Year: 2004

Amy is up. Cathy slept through her crying–I suspect tylenol sleep aid was necessary last night. I wish she could sleep better. Our friend Tim has suggested some exercises. She should get more details from him.

When I went down to get Amy she was yelling (gleefully) and jumping up and down in the crib. Her feet must have been grabbing 10cm (4 inches) of air! She is in a talkative fun mood as is typical in the mornings. She makes my day!

As I get her out of the crib, we take a moment to study what’s in the crib and she decides “nite nite” (her words for her blankie). Her ritual is that one thing must leave the crib with her. Out of the crib she takes a moment to identify the dog “Luscy” (Lucy) and “Mama, nite nite” (Mama is asleep).

She was wearing my house slippers (looking goofy as a clown) and saying “Dada shoes. Dadas shoes.”

Dog gone this girl is smart! She was crying for a cookie so I gave her dry cereal instead and she was standing in front of the utensil drawer and started asking for a spoon. “Dada, a sfoon. Dada, a sfoon.”

She is now in her play house yammering away. She spilled some cereal and cried out “Dada, a pill!” so I ran the rescue and put the pieces of cereal that spilled back into the bowl and she was quite happy.

I could go on and on. She is so much fun to be around!

A New Day!

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This Morning

Amy awoke at 12:30am and I couldn’t get her to settle. I tried putting her back in her bed after holding her and returning the lost pacifier, blankie (she calls it her “nite nite”), and juice but that nor the crib worked. She lay with Cathy and I for a half an hour then I moved her to the crib. She didn’t sleep well because she was up at 6 (I think she went back down) even though I turned the alarm off before it went off. Even though I frequently get up before the alarm, I still want one of these by Harris Communications.

I so wanted to sleep in today. I’m sorta thankful that I have responsibilities that make me get up. I wish I could get back to getting up and exercising. If we had carpet and it was kept clean, I would be more likely to do my stretching every morning and evening.

I am getting really strung. I have to get the art computer working again. I have to do finances today. I have to spend all day juggling. I really need to rent the snake for the pipes. I would like to help Cathy run around and empty the Project Linus boxes (Sarah says the one at school is full again).

Gave Noah Claritin again. I can’t tell if he is getting the sniffles or is having allergies again. He’s so laid back that it doesn’t seem to bother him either way.

The wife and I were just talking about the infamous “cough test” done in high school with the boys. She says “Nah! That didn’t happen” and I assured her that one day we went into the school nurses office 5 boys at a time where we were told to drop our pants and “cough.” I clearly remember the boy in front of me being asked “please move it to the left.”

Still don’t know what the test was for but its not a memory that fades easily. The wife says “you were sexually abused!”

Another documented related story.

The Jeep is fixed! Pictures later perhaps…

I started to work on the Jeep only to realize I needed to go buy an E-12 torx socket to be able to do this. Headed out, bought the tool, picked up my special order lightbulbs for the bedroom, then went to Tommy’s school and checked him out for his psychologist appointment. We went to the psychologist and I wrote a letter to Amy then met with the doctor and Tommy briefly, then played with my phone until the battery low warning came on. After the psychologist I took Tommy to the eye glass place to fix the glasses he broke in an attempt to get out of doing homework. Turns out his frames are discontinued so the warantee is no good anymore. They fixed them with a piece that is close to the existing one. His next trip in will be for brand new glasses (start putting away another $200). We went home so Tommy could yell as his mom some and have lunch. Considered keeping Tommy home but I took him back to school (which is what I really wanted to do because of his surliness and to see how he would handle the rest of the day). Then I returned home and bummed around until I finally motivated myself to get out and work on the Jeep. Once I started the work was easy going and I now have a greasy starter to take to Autozone for testing and replacement.

Heading out now.

Amy the sweet thing has discovered pleasure in sleeping in a toddler bed. She now wakes up and plays with her toys.

I heard her ranting so I went and opened the door. This morning she had difficulty getting to her toys and she was saying over and over “toy! toy! toy!” so I pulled them out a little and left the door open. Instead of following me out, she decided to play with her toys. Very big girl!

The kids are off. Amy is remarkably still asleep. The wife is in dreamland.

My anxiety is up with mixed feelings on what I should be doing. a) fix Jeep (this is like a keystone. If I fix it, it will aid me in many other activities) b) clean office and garage c) program d) go rent the snake to fix the bathroom sink

Ugh. I’m just dreading getting to work on the Jeep. I don’t know why. It’s the kind of thing I enjoy. I’d enjoy it more if my tools were organized and the garage were not such a stye.

A New Day!

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This Morning

Didn’t want to get up. The first alarm isn’t going off. I suspect the volume has been turned down. Time to order an alarm clock from Harris Communication.

Todo: Put new starter in Jeep. Stressing over getting the office and paper work in order faster. Need to be soliciting new work.

Last Night

Spent quality time with the wife. Talked about babies.

Support group went really well. I had a good time leading it. I like leading groups. I’d make a good project manager. Not nearly the turn out I had expected but a great meeting that was very helpful to a new visitor.

Came home tried but stimmed. Time to help the wife then settle to collect my thoughts and regroup for the evening.

Key dates are here for bills. Time is tight for preparing for performances.

Amy up. Kids done homework. Tommy worked in yard.

My head is swimming. I can’t wait for this evening to be done.

Cathy left for her meeting. I had a phone call and found out I’m in the pool for another job possibility with yet another company that I’m familar with. That puts me in active consideration with 3 companies and a total of 5 positions. My new Motorola v400 is already exhibiting some Gremlin like behaviors that are irritating me. I have the Midas touch for electronics. I love them! I know how to do fantastically cool things with them. But they melt with my touch!

Noah and Sarah are home. I need a nap.