Not Good at Acting My Age?

I turn 45 years old next month… and I’m starting to wonder if my maturity level isn’t quite matching my age. Friday night, it was Guys’ Night Out. So naturally, we drove about an hour away to Woodville to see the wrestling event there at their high school.

The energy in that gymnasium was my version of warm and inviting. So… I couldn’t help but join in the action by taunting the wrestlers who deserved it.

Yes, I am in my mid 40s. I have a wife and two kids.

When word got out the next morning, my wife was not surprised at all to learn that I instinctly confronted all the bad guys from the stands… as well as one in particular, as he was crawling away from the ring. I gave him a stern warning:

“STAY DOWN! You’re not going anywhere. You’re going to sleep on the gym floor tonight.”

At that point, he lifted himself up from the gym floor in an attempt to slap me across the chest, as I immediately put up my dukes in response. Then, still exhausted from losing the main event of the night, he fell back on the floor and I walked away like Vin Diesel walking away from an explosion.

Yep. Turning 45 years old next month.

Dear Jack: Back to Slime

15 years, 3 months.

Dear Jack,

There’s no way around it. You had just as much fun as your sister and cousin this past Saturday, making slime from Dollar General shaving cream at Nonna and Papa’s house.

The slime has continued to have daily replay value back at our house every day after school.

I love it that playing with homemade slime is an activity both you and you sister can bond over. I wouldn’t have guessed it!

Love,

Daddy

Dear Holly: Dollar Store Shopping Spree

9 years, 10 years.

Dear Holly,

This past Saturday while Mommy and I drove to Chattanooga to go see a movie and out for lunch afterwards, you spent the day at Nonna and Papa’s house.

As the pictures started rolling in, it appeared that Nonna had taken you and your cousin Darla on a Dollar General shopping spree!

Not only did you get a new stuffie, but you had so much fun making slime with the shaving cream you bought.

Good way to spend a Saturday.

 

Love,

Daddy

Dear Holly: You Joined Me for Play Practice

9 years, 9 months.

Dear Holly,

During the couple of weeks of rehearsal for the play, you decided to join me on three different occasions for our rehearsals.

That meant you got a front row seat to the show, in addition to you hanging out with Mommy helped me rehearse my lines.

I can say this confidently: You learned my lines better than I did!

Love,

Daddy

Dear Jack: Your Theatrical Dad?

15 years, 3 months.

Dear Jack,

I do wonder what it must be like to have a dad who is the guy up there on the stage, playing up a completely cartoonish character in an effort to entertain the crowd.

Well, I guess it’s all you know. You’ve grown up seeing me go up to strangers when we are out in public.

So yeah, it’s nothing new to you.

Love,

Daddy