The Adventures of Captain Imperfecto

You are here: Home » Disney for his Birthday Nico at The Caribbean Walt Disney Resort  March 5, 2014 It was Nico’s sixth birthday and I wanted to throw him a birthday party but I thought that the money I would spend to throw a party could be better spent at something he likes to do, like going to Walt Disney World rather than having a four hour party where other parents “ohh and ahh” their own kids accomplishments. “Look at little Bobby, he can tie his own shoe.”   :He was feeding that lace up his nose earlier” – I’d more than likely think to myself. So I’d rather enjoy Disney. We have annual passes. Those passes use to be so expensive and would require payment in one lump sum. But now Disney World allows the payment to be broken up over twelve months. It’s a lot easier that way for parents on a budget. I try to go for the full experience with the boys so we stay on an onsite resort. I think the experience is more for me. I still haven’t gotten the...

You are here: Home » Goodbye Sleep Left to right: Christopher and Nico rest on our way to a boating island  February 18, 2014 If you are having a child, you've already heard about it. "Say goodbye to sleep." At least, I heard that statement all the time when we were expecting our first child. I didn't understand the big deal about this nonsense of no sleep. Have a kid. The kid sleeps for hours. Take turns with your significant other caring for the baby while the other sleeps. Go to grandparents, pass off kids, and sleep for those available hours. How can that statement ring true? Boy, was I wrong! Bye, sleep, how I miss thee. I miss your sleepy days. I need you to sleep. I now see why teenagers just want to sleep. They're saving their sleep credit so that sleep will be out of their system when they produce kids. The lack of sleep is even worse now that I'm a widowed dad. I just don't get any more Z's that I had after the boys were born. The...

You are here: Home » Rough and Tumble Front: Nico Rear: Christopher swimming at a local boating island  February 13, 2014 My sons are like acrobats. Rough and Tumble is what I would call them if they were a traveling circus show. They keep me entertained every moment they perform their little acts of unskilled rolling and tumbling. But they also give me a minor heart attack when I'm unprepared for their antics. Raising two sons so close in age (4 and 5) is giving me gray hair quicker than I anticipated, but I am bald, so I am only assuming. Even if I am bald, I know the gray is there! Thankfully, they are keeping their father on his toes. Rough and Tumble can interchange depending on what's happening throughout the day. The boat docks are a fun place to stroll. But when the boys are in the bathing suits, all bets are off. One particular day, we were walking the docks in a small boat inlet, a cove of sorts, where I could moor our boat to get out and walk around the is...

You are here: Home » Out of the Brush, A police story Nico at a photo shoot 2014 January 27, 2014 The brush was thick. But I wasn’t giving up. He was hiding in its thickness assuming I would just give up. But I’m no quitter. And there is no way in hell I was going to let him escape. The K9 dog could not reach further into the brush so someone would have to go in to flush him out. They didn’t have to ask for a volunteer twice. I quickly stepped up front while removing my gun from my holster. “I’ll go,” I announced. I honestly wasn’t afraid. There was plenty of other cops around to shoot if the suspect decided not to go quietly. I just hope they had good aim. I would be in the middle of the gun battle. In this job we have no choice but to trust the men and women with whom we work with. They are the lifelines that will keep my ass alive if something terrible went down.  I no doubt trusted them. This job as a mouse into the trap could only fit one person dow...