Episode 57

let's get into it shall we so lucas had a quiz this past week spelling some sight words a little math mix in and somehow i end up in the kitchen at the table studying for with him okay carpool crew i need you to sit with that for a second i'm a grown man i have a mortgage i pay taxes Okay, correction.

We pay back taxes.

It's unreal, but that's a talk for another episode.

And I spent an hour of my Tuesday night quizzing myself on a first grade sight words right alongside my six years old.

Because apparently, that's part of the deal now.

Here's the part that nobody warns you about.

You think you remember this stuff? You think I've been, you know, alive for decades? I went to school, different countries, multiple schools.

This will be easy.

And then your kid hands you the study sheet, and there's a word on there that just stops you cold.

Lucas goes, Dad, how do you spell because? Guys, I'm not going to lie.

I froze.

Full stop.

Like my brain just closed the app.

I know how to spell because.

I have spelled that word like 100,000 times in my life.

But in the exact moment, staring at my son's hopeful little face, I genuinely blinked.

I started sounding out loud.

I was like the one taking the quiz.

Because B-E.

No, wait.

Like, seriously, I went through the whole process.

He's looking at me like I just failed him as a father.

I got there eventually.

For the record, I did not forget how to read.

I simply had a moment.