The Inconvenient Truth About Old Son: Guest Blog, by Lora Clark

Yes, Old Son is resting.  Allow me to fill you in on some of the reasons I think this is happening:

• Dad is now collecting twist ties.
• He's saving them for "later."
• He's asked to sleep between Tim and me.
• We often find him curled up on the pantry floor with his Hudson Bay Blanket.
• He's been on Ebay day and night trying to buy a 1942 aviator hat, complete with goggles.
• He asked Bishop McCullough if he could be a greeter for church, "Wal-Mart style."
• When I asked him if his pills were organized and if he'd taken them, he answered, "all blue ones today.  Those are gooo-ood."
• Haagen Daz Rum Raisin or Vanilla for lunch every day.  He's trying to raise their stock index.
• He's been in chat rooms like, "Disney Cruisers" and "Crockstar Cooking."
• Speaking of cooking, he's whipping up things like sauerkraut, raw eggs and croutons.
• I found out he's sleeping with his Timberland boots on, just in case we have to evacuate for wildfires.
• On November 1, he began wearing a winter parka indoors...even though it was still 85 outside.  Always an Idaho boy.
• Today he accidentally wore Josh's underwear.
• He gets his beard trimmed at "Roosters," and asked Carey to shave only the left half off, so he could sleep more comfortably on that side.
• He's watched Splendor in the Grass with Natalie Wood over 100 times.  He shows keen interest in the re-opening of her murder case.  [He's been writing Bobby Wagner hate mail.]
• He rides the lawn mower with Pedro on Thursdays, to work on his Spanish.

So I think we're good here--no cause for alarm.  We thought of buying him an elf costume for the holidays, just to keep him busy.