Sam Evans

Text | Mack & Sam

The date for Easter fluctuates a stupid amount, so it was definitely early in some sense of the word. I never got into April Fool's myself, but I feel like the older you get the more annoying it becomes because really serious stuff suddenly feels like it's being joked about even when it's not. Did you actually come up with anything or did you accept that you're finally too old? I loved your little Easter Egg map, it was so damn cute. Also, thanks so much for the help getting that Easter basket together, he loved it.

It's hard at times to figure out how they keep track of when Easter is, so I just gave up on trying to make sense of it all. Have you never pulled an April Fools? I always liked pulling the small jokes, you know. Like tell people their fly's open, or their laces are untied... and it's extra funny when you manage to have someone look down to check their laces while they're wearing shoes without any laces in them. Uhm, I'm slowly accepting that I'm getting too old for stuff like that. Yay, that makes me feel happy to hear you say that. I like drawing them. He did? Awesome! It was so much fun to help you put it together. So up for doing it again next year.

Not me. And not just because of the cold; with my co-ordination--or lack thereof--skiing and I do not mix well. Running is about as athletic as I can manage without too much bruising.

How about wrapping yourself in bubble wrap? That could help prevent some bruising? Skiing is so much fun.

If you do, I will need pictures.

Deal, you'll get a whole photoshoot of me and my bubble bath crown.

I do. And I appreciate it more now than I ever have.

A bubble crown? I never thought about doing that, but I'm going to try it next time I'm taking a bath.

Mother Nature is a wily one; you never know what she's going to get up to next.

True, true. Before you know it you can go skiing cuz there's snow in April, ha.

It wasn't the explanation itself that took 2 hours; that took about 10 minutes. It was answering the many--and oft repeated--questions about various whys that took the remaining hour and 50 minutes.

Ah, I get it. She starts looking more and more like her mom when it comes to that. Now you know what it's like to be in our shoes, ha. Still luv ya, a zillion questions and all, but you know that, right?

The one in the Sierras? I have, and just reading about it has me reaching for extra blankets.

Yeah, that was the one I meant. The weather is weird at times.

Did you hear about that snowstorm sweeping over Cali at the moment? Last days of winter indeed, ha. You know me, super curious all the time so about this secret you're keeping to yourself for now... Is it a fun one?

After spending two hours explaining to my daughter why we we weren't planting them outside, I spent the last three hours cleaning up from her 'helping' me get my spring seeds potted, including a bubble bath for both of us.

Not gonna lie, kinda curious why it took 2 hours to explain why you weren't planting those seeds outside but hey, at least you finished the whole planting thing with a bubble bath, so that's good right?

Good, because it's the truth. Exactly. I am. Any and all bruises have faded as they should, with nothing but the "ruined" pictures to prove it.

Just picture me walking around with a silly big grin on my face that just refuses to fade. Next time we're gonna make some non-ruined pictures so you have happier memories with that doofus. I wonder how long it's gonna take for Rach to figure out you're talking about my Banner, it's funny to read, and makes me giggle whenever I see it.

It's alright! And I think they're both good boys, but only if his owner is okay with me saying that. And yeah, I don't know what it is with dogs and sticks that are bigger than them, but I was not expecting to get taken out at the knees because of it.

Uhm... well to be honest... uhm... his owner is pretty okay with you saying that. The whole stick thing is fun till they manage to take you out with one of them. Are you okay, though? Any pain or bruises left from it?

I wonder if I should make a date profile, or if it's still too soon to move on? Sorry, I'm mostly rambling to myself, I just miss having that special connection with someone.

Wow, that's a tricky question. I don't know if it's too soon or not. I think only you can answer that question. If it feels okay to make a dating profile then make one. If not, maybe wait a bit longer.

Any Halloween celebrations happenin' in the city? Asking for a friend who's totally not super freaked out about his own wedding and is trying to find a distraction.

No idea about any good Halloween parties over there, sorry. But I'm sure that there will be plenty of clubs that will have something planned, right? Is this friend of yours getting a slight case of last-minute nerves and cold feet before his wedding?

You know, for all the reasons I've had weird bruises before, "St Bernard with a giant stick" is a very interesting one. Not that I mind, per se, but I really didn't think he'd hit me that hard. Then again, I think a few of them might be from where I made contact with the ground.

St Bernard's owner feels really sorry for getting you hurt like that. He's a good boy, I mean Banner is, but he sometimes needs to remember he's not really small-sized. What is it with dogs trying to carry sticks around that are like 5 times their size anyway, right? And in his case, that kinda makes a stick more like a tree.