I like your ideas. I will try to do one night a week. I think Wednesdays would usually work for this. This also used to be date night . I don't see why I cannot be home by 5:30 on these days. I remember "murder in the dark" from my youth, but forgot completely how to play. I looked it up on the internet. There are many variations, but I don't think my younger children will get it. What is your version? How does one incorporate prizes? What is a tickle night? in my house, every night is tickle night . V, you are awesome.
I am still civil. It is still hard.
Originally Posted By: rdken
How is the marathon training coming? I'm applying to med school. Any advice for the future?
rdken, thanks for stopping in. half-marathon training is going OK. A bit busy with work and Jewish high holidays - so it is hard to find time to train. I checked out your thread. Best of luck in your sitch and life in general. Advice for the future: 1) Embrace the obstacles in your life, because you grow from them (easier said than done, right?) 2) My mantra in residency was: "they can do what they want but they can't stop time." 3) find things for which you are thankful - even in our sitch, there is a lot for which to be thankful. It prevents one from becoming bitter. 4)You want to find something that you're good at, that you love to do, and that someone will pay you to do. That is the definition of career success. If you can hit the intersection of this three-way venn diagram, you're golden. 5) look up Calvin Coolidge's quote about perseverance and learn it well.
. I don't see why I cannot be home by 5:30 on these days. I remember "murder in the dark" from my youth, but forgot completely how to play. I looked it up on the internet. There are many variations, but I don't think my younger children will get it. What is your version? How does one incorporate prizes? What is a tickle night? in my house, every night is tickle night 
. V, you are awesome.