What I Did This Weekend, or

Things I Learned From My Baby Niece-y, Who Is A Genius 

1. When you are tired, take a nap. 
2. When someone is irritating you, turn around and scream until they go away. 
3. When you don’t agree with something, say “NO” and shake your head vigorously. 
4. When you are hungry, eat something.
5. When you are grumpy, bitch about it and then make someone you love hold you for awhile.
6. Don’t mess around with the DVD player.
7. It’s fun to run around naked.
8. When you see something new, pick it up, look at it from all angles, bang it around and put it in your mouth so you can understand what it is.
9. If it doesn’t interest you, drop it.
10. Don’t put electrical cords in your mouth.
11. Look around periodically to make sure someone you trust has got your back.

In terms of simple literal lists that are intended to have a deeper symbolic meaning that reminds us of the important things in life and someday turn into best-selling three-inch by three-inch books that make great generic graduation/birthday/Christmas presents for people you don’t know that well or work colleagues, I thought that one was pretty good.

Especially number five. I’m partial to number five.