Happy birthday, sumi!

My kids have heard swear words here and there, but we don't tend to use them at home, which mean my kids have not clue one how to use them in conversation.

It was weird hanging out with my best friend from university and her eight-year old and working out what was okay to say and what wasn't. I mean, this friend was as wild as or wilder than me as a kid, and isn't exactly toeing the straight and narrow for a forty year old, but her kid's well old enough to understand or want to much of what I'm talking about.

And my filters only work well at the office.

I don't think I crossed any lines--and I was careful about the actual subject matter, but they did swear more than my default kid-level tries to aim for.

Which was nice.

Kid's a total straight arrow. It's cute.

Tangentially, she got to wear purple nail polish for Halloween, and BFF said that she only let her wear bright colours for special occasions, since they were grownup. In my head, crayola colours are more kidlike, and I'd expect to see them on an eight-year old before beige, since, you know, fun.

My friend texted to say she was in labor this morning and then her sister just posted that she'd had the baby this morning with no other details. Am going crazy wanting more info NOW! (Awesomely, verrrrry pregnant friend made it out to my bachelorette party on Saturday night!)

I just wish someone would admit that travel has inherent risks and we'll do what we can to minimize them without making everyone feel like they'd rather have stayed home.

There is absolutely no way to insure that a really smart, determined person won't get a weapon or bomb aboard a passenger airplane sometime in the future.

A friend got called out by her kindergartner for using the "s" word. Since both she and her husband do say damn and shit once in a while and the kids had never reacted, she had no idea what he was upset about, It turned out she said someone was "stupid," which was not allowed in his class. She apologized. No more "S" words in that house.

Owen said the same thing one day. A kid got in trouble in gym for saying the "s word." Turns out it was "shut up." I assumed it was "shit."

We say "fuck" all the time around here but we don't say, "shut up" either.

Wow, Lisa -- that's impressive! Also, what did you do for your bachelorette? (Also also, I don't know enough men, apparently -- the other day I asked a male coworker a question about his bachelorette. Oops.)

It turned out she said someone was "stupid," which was not allowed in his class.

Oops! Of course, I think that actually makes more sense as a lesson kids should be taught.

See, I could never remember to not say "stupid" or "shut up" around a kid. That's parenting stuff, above and beyond grownup stuff, and I have none of those reflexes.

I think I can not swear because I imagine my parents were listening. But then again, I am trying to swear more around them (I'm in the midst of a trying-to-be-frank period, which now means my father wants to look at my fanart).

I just wish someone would admit that travel has inherent risks and we'll do what we can to minimize them without making everyone feel like they'd rather have stayed home.

Not just this, but let's stop fending off the LAST terrorist attempt. You know what the shoe & underwear & liquid bombers all have in common? THEY DID NOT BLOW UP ANY PLANES. They ALL failed. So why the hell do the rest of us now have to walk barefoot through full-body scanners without our bottled water?

We say "fuck" all the time around here but we don't say, "shut up" either.

That's our house all right. Expletives are sometimes necessary and/or fun. "Shut up" is just plain rude.