Mad Men and other thoughts

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Mad Men

Here are my tweets on watching this week's episode of Mad Men:

Anyone else notice the date of that wedding? Nov. 23,1963 day after the assassination #MadMen

The genius of Don Draper applies in all facets of life... #MadMen

OMG I just clued into seeing her smoking and drinking at what has to be 7 or 8 months, how classic and timely...

"You're not fat anymore..." Gotta love Mad Men,

Following up those thoughts. Poor Peggy, she's ahead of her time and has to cope with all the trappings of that: obnoxious close minded men who either ignore her being a woman or fumble their way through trying to accept her. And her odd attempts to grow into her own idea of what she should be: one of the boys, even if that means a shallow one night stand. Another classic 'this is the early 60's after all' moment when you notice Peggy Draper drinking and smoking while pregnant. Another great episode, better than the first one of the season in my opinion.

Family Moments

So today was the first day for me to drop Emily off at Day Care then take the boys to school. I had given myself some leeway on time, and I have to say it worked like a charm. She was easy to pass off, and then it was a simple drive to the school, where we were actually kind of early. So my timing is right on target. Feels good to handle things like this so smoothly.

Emily apparently did quite well at Day Care yesterday, took a nap, ate her food, and had no problems with the other kids. All the things we could hope for. I would expect any problems she might have to come up this week, because after a week her routine should settle in. I really think this is a very good thing for her and the rest of the family as well. Because this way Connie and Tammy can really move on to getting settled with everything that has changed in their lives.