I am housebound. There is no point to shoveling the sidewalk ... the drifts are impossibly high and gusty,

There was no sidewalk there so he had to walk on the street.

The sidewalk has been out there 100 years,

The sidewalk has been out there 100 years.

From this point on we're not going to be patient any more. I think we're capable of more. We have kids who have strengths and we just have to get them to play to those strengths. That's the most important part at this point.

There's no point in dwelling on rejection.