The snake passed. It definitely was 1.2 meters (4 feet) or more. Since the cat killed the chipmunks and I’m taking out the habitat and the snakes, a part of the appeal of the yard is lost for me. It’s been a long time since I noticed Racoons or possum too. The owl is rarely heard anymore and I haven’t seen the hawk alight in years.
I am still excited about the progress on the yard. I have great plans!
Yuck. Just ran the lawn mower over a 4 foot (1.2 meter) black snake and it lived. I like having those snakes around. They keep the mouse population down. I need to go put it out of its misery and bury it.
A New Day!
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This Morning
Woke feeling miserable this morning. Got the kids up at 6 and slept until 6:25 then gave Tommy his medicine. After getting the kids off I came home to sleep some more but mostly laid in bed listening to Amy play over the intercomm. An hour later or so she started to ask for Dada so I went upstairs and we sat on the couch together and watched television and she wrestled some. After Cathy woke I returned to a deep sleep for 2.5 hours. I can feel my body fighting something and winning.
Last Night/Afternoon
It was Cathy’s birthday and of course I went upstairs with intention of reminding the kids but I forgot and they went the whole day without saying anything to their mother. Poverty and stress kept me from making her special day anything special at all.
In the evening Tommy stayed home to watch a movie while Cathy and Sarah did some mall shopping and Noah, Amy and I went to a muddy soccer field to have practice cancelled. We all ended up gathering at IHOP minus Tommy. This disturbed Noah greatly, “I wanted Tommy to come.” So Noah and I had one of those conversations about decisions and consequences and making choices.
Later a naked Amy was sitting on Tommy during reading time and peed on him. He reacted but for Tommy it wasn’t altogether that bad a reaction.
Sarah and I watched a movie on the Mayan pyramids as an extra credit assignment then I realized we missed Smallville! Ugh! Got to spend some time with Cathy after the kids went to bed.
I went and picked up two cakes from Rita’s Bakery (thanks to a wonderful mother-in-law) and delivered one to Cathy’s mother (who will deliver it to her mother) and one to Cathy.
Now I prepare for a meeting followed by an interview.
Amy has the greatest way of saying “hello”… “Hi Dada Hi!” and I now reply “Hi Amy Hi!” It’s so sweet!
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This Morning
Woke at 5 to silence the music and debated getting up. Woke again at 5:50 and turned the alarm off so it would not go off at 6. Noah woke me at 6:10. Gave Tommy medicine at 6:25.
Last Night
Spent quality time with the wife. As tense as she’s been lately something seemed to have dropped. She was much more relaxed.
Spread out caffeine jolts to stay alert
Worried you might wake up in your coffin? Fear not! Coffin Alarms are here!
Came home to watch the kids while Cathy ran errands. Sarah and Noah immediately shot out the door to their friends. Noah later returned with sandwich bags of Cicada exoskeletons..Cathy will be thrilled when cleaning his room tonight. Sarah returned right behind Noah and was less than thrilled when I asked her to write down phone numbers of the people she invited to her party complaining “I’ll call them!” Well, if I waited until she called them she’d be 12 before I knew who was coming to her 11th birthday party.
She ended up helping me and I completely 11 phone calls to her 3. She will not be a call center operator that’s for sure!
Dinner was cooked. Pizza for the younger 3 and 30 minutes later brocoli and cheese stuffed chicken breasts for Tommy and I. Cathy is at a Girl Scout Council meeting and will eat later. Tommy was angry that he wasn’t eatting thin freezer pizza declaring “It’s not fair!” in a huff. He was later very happy with his meal wanting more after shoving it down. Amy ate most of her slice of pizza and is helping me finish my chicken. Cathy left a half a 12 oz glass bottle (long neck) of orange creme soda here and Amy keeps drinking from it–never spilling a drop!
Had lunch with some old business associates. We reminisced briefly then mostly talked about our families. Took a trailer load of trash to the dump. Need to do about 2 more but I don’t see it happening.
Spent 9am-11am making phone calls and sending emails to try to drum up contracts.
Now must get ready for a convoluted lunch time.
High school bans book on censorship.
Sarah and Noah got themselves read with happiness and no problems. After dropping them off at school I returned to find Amy playing happily in the girls’ room. I opened the door slightly and started to return to the kitchen to hear an excited voice say “ooeh Dada!”
How is it that if you put something in a pile for Goodwill that the children know it must be pulled out and played with. Amy instantly went to a ride-on toy lion although she has the most exceptional ride-on toy car. Amy is jolly this morning. Non-stop talking. Playing very nicely.
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This Morning
My body is adjusting to the concept of waking earlier. At 5am my wife kicked me because the music alarm was on and I had not silenced it. I never fell back into anything more than a light sleep. Mostly I stared at the clock until 6am. The next challenge is making myself get out of the bed.
Sarah wanted something out of her room so I went to get it and Amy squeaks in the sweetest little voice “Hi Dada.” I had to reply “Hi Amy. Nite nite.”
This morning I’m in a cool, calm freak out. Needs: call all my contacts, letters to business, call local developers.
Last Night
What more Futurama with the wife. Can’t find any easter eggs on Disc 3 for Season 3 which is somewhat disappointing. After watching an episode of Futurama on DVD we turned on Futurama on television (just worked out that way) but we were both falling asleep so Cathy says turn it off. I began to get frustrated because the dvd remote was having absolutely no effect on turning the show off. After a few seconds Cathy says, “Oh! This is the tv!”
According to Durex – This a UK campaign and has some very nice posters and lesson plans from the link.
Special thanks to terreus for the interesting pictures that led to the Durex site.