June 2019 Haiku
June 1 (Saturday)
Rainy days call for
Waterproof boots, a rain coat
And running around
June 2 (Sunday)
Playing at a park
That mom’s here with like 10 kids
You poor, poor woman
June 3 (Monday)
Intern’s hairdo says
‘I am very good at code.’
(Pssst. That means bad hair.)
June 4 (Tuesday)
Every chance I get
I’m scouting toys for my son
………. That I also want
June 5 (Wednesday)
Teammate shows idea
All: INTENSE TECHNICAL Q’s
(Nerd speak for: love it!)
June 6 (Thursday)
‘You Got Those Weird Poops’
It’s my new restaurant idea
All you can eat, obvs
June 7 (Friday)
Dad, son … Doing what?
Standing by a major road
Saying: ‘truck!’, ‘woahhhhh!’, ‘jeep!!’
June 8 (Saturday)
Dad’s day gift making
Impressive just how quickly
‘Art’ can become food
June 9 (Sunday)
Exploring new parks
My new favorite thing to do
With my little pal
June 10 (Monday)
Driving down defects
Writing tests can be painful
But mostly cathartic
June 11 (Tuesday)
USWNT
Out there like Alabama
vs South Vermont Prep
June 12 (Wednesday)
Car back from the shop
‘How’d it go?’ … ‘They called me gross.’
*Looks at car* … *Nods* … *Shrugs*
June 13 (Thursday)
Kid pet a bunny!
His lifelong (well, week-plus long)
Goal has been achieved!
June 14 (Friday)
Counting with my son
‘1’ “One!” ‘2 …’ “Twooooo!” ‘3!’ “FIVE!” ‘No,
Not yet doll it’s – ‘ “FIVE!”
June 15 (Saturday)
My new age track star
He gets ‘ready,’ ‘set,’ and ‘go’
… Runs to random spot
June 16 (Sunday)
Happy father’s day
What age will my son realize
Sealed fate of nerdness?
June 17 (Monday)
Colleague has fish lunch
You are to the microwave
What Trump is to States
June 18 (Tuesday)
Big sleep step for kid
No more sleep sack! (Which leads to …
Nighttime gymnastics)
June 19 (Wednesday)
No sleep sack update
Calmly reading bedtime book …
While son chants ‘sleep sack!’
June 20 (Thursday)
Lounging in backyard
Kiddo plays and talks to self
Life is just plain good
June 21 (Friday)
Costco trip with kid
Picky eater at home. Here?
Wolfs down the samples.
June 22 (Saturday)
Wife makes kid ‘coffee’
Milk, plus one part chocolate milk
Sit, and sip, as fam
June 23 (Sunday)
Raise shirt, slap belly
At a park later that day
Kid mimics me … Great …
June 24 (Monday)
Kid crawls into car
Spots, snags an old gummy bear
“Gummy!!” said with JOY
June 25 (Tuesday)
Got called ‘hip’ today
I’m not hip. At all. Trust me.
It’s just ‘young’ in disguise
June 26 (Wednesday)
Three word phrases! Whoo!
‘Not the hands’ kid says, doing …
… What I said not to …
June 27 (Thursday)
You know what I like?
Every bad movie out there
Has one “it’s good!!!” fan
June 28 (Friday)
Heading to Houston
Heat, humidity, and fam
(Fam time gets first place)
June 29 (Saturday)
Wife’s grandma’s birthday
Wife gets up to say something
Me: ‘look!’ Son: ‘OUTSIDE?!?’
June 30 (Sunday)
Toy weed wacker gift.l
It. Is. A. HIT. Kid patrols
Backyard, weed wacking
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