luci the kraken

luci... the kraken! it's an obnoxious song gary coined. those are the words, repeated over and over. it involves fast hard strumming on the acoustic guitar with a lot of minor sliding bar chords. it ends with a ludicrous gentle strum on a major chord. we were giving her a bath and she kept standing up out of the water and screeching. so we named her 'kraken', after the water beast in clash of the titans. i love it when she requests, 'sing kraken daddy...'

luci met me at the door after work wearing her pink fairy wings, tutu, crown, and ballet shoes. 'hi nori!' she waved her magic wand at me. nori is the mermaid from barbie mermaidia. 'hi elina!' i played along. i got off my shift earlier than i thought, so we all celebrated by going out for krispy kreme and fresh air. luci ate a whole donut, then went after another one with sprinkles. 'my tummy hurts, mommy.' 'yeah,' i said, 'don't eat too much of the sweet parts...'

in the middle of the night she climbed into bed with us. 'i have to go poop daddy.' yeah right. she's used that one on us before. it's a ploy to get us to go downstairs and play when its bedtime. then gary woke me up at 5:30, wretching and gagging. 'mad! luci threw up on your back!' gary has a really weak stomach. i realized i was kind of wet... she missed 'lijah by mere centimeters, but of course he just lay there giggling with his lopsided smile.

thus begins the day. i left at 7:00 and it was still coming out of both ends. i sneaked back after morning report with gatorade from the cafeteria. i love living across the street. poor g. what a guy. what a daddy. yesterday he was playing songs from barbie for her on the keyboard, 'once a lass met a lad, and a gentle one was he... i'll be yours if i know that you love me for me.'