Year: 2004

A New Day!

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This Morning

Slept through the night (I think). Up at 7am to rouse Tommy and do my stretching exercises. I almost talked myself out of the stretching but man does my back ever feel better for having done them!

Goals?

a) submit resume to jobs advertised in yesterday’s paper (this should have been done yesterday)

b) decide whether or not to accept a 2nd interview for a job I am far overqualified for that pays $9.50 per hour more than I am getting now DONE

c) do something with my parking ticket (either pay it $25 or appeal it-$0 or $92) DONE

d) find a contract immediately

e) sales calls

f) follow-up letters to previous sales calls

h) evaluation and bid on network project and web application project

i) trade in cell phone for one that works

j) fax invoice for services rendered DONE

l) eat lunch DONE

I’m going to compliment myself on this one because the steaks came out just right!

Helped Noah collect ants for his ant farm. Strange. These little things I once or twice a year battle to get them out of the house I am now bringing into the house on purpose. Couldn’t help but stare and watch them work.

Amy was jazzed to be home. She obviously had a blast this weekend and was quite wired. She ran around giving everyone big hugs and had a perpetual smile on her face. I think she loves her trips with her grandparents but is always excited to return home.

Done out. Time to lay in bed with the wife.

My typically weekly cleaning includes scrubbing the hardwoods minus the bedrooms. That’s done.

Time to cook dinner.

Whew! Kitchen cleaned and I mean CLEAN! Scrubbed all exterior surfaces (inside the cabinets and fridge alluded me). Moved the appliances and scrubbed under them. Scrubbed floor.

Onto hardwoods…

Tommy, Noah and I played an adventure in Dungeons and Dragons and had a blast!

Tommy just ran over one of my dwindling supply of moving straps with the lawn mower. I can’t be angry at him although he is supposed to look where’s he is mowing. I have to be angry at myself for not putting it away in the first place. I don’t want to waste energy being angry. Just learn learn learn. Two steps forward one step backwards.

It was not Noah I heard but Tommy. Cathy has risen also. So I decide to make breakfast.

A New Day!

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This Morning

As we lay down to bed last night my wife comments “there is no baby here tonight. You don’t need to wake up at 2am, 4am and 6am.” I questioned the 2am. The 4am is an alarm I have oft set. The 6am is the other alarm. I said “no problem. There are no alarms set.” I woke at 1:45, 3:30 and 6am! I finally dragged myself from bed around 9am because our visiting dog (we have the inlaws dog while the inlaws have our girls) was barking and I just knew that if she didn’t get a walk there would be more mess than I was sure was already upstairs (she prefers to poop on our wood floors instead of the grass).

The next debate. As my family sleeps, what is my next move?

a) Cook bacon, eggs, toast and sausage DONE

b) Clean my office and/or desk

c) Get the paper and submit resumes

d) Work on automating one of my websites (the stages: make database driven, grab data automatically)

e) Read a book

f) Home repair

g) Clean the garage

h) Play Dungeons and Dragons with the boys DONE

i) Work on wife’s web projects

j) Weekly cleaning of kitchen, bathroom, wood floors minus bedrooms, and wood floors in the bedrooms

k) Fix lunch (sandwiches) DONE

l) Cook steaks for dinner DONE

Noah rises.

The day was action packed.

Worked in the yard removing old fencing, hidden garbage (raccoons and previous owners), and brush.

Got upset with Tommy over his decisions in the kitchen then I felt bad and relized I need to use words of affirmation with him and help him learn.

Sent Sarah and Amy off to middle Tennessee with the grandparents.

Took the boys and wife to see Shrek 2. What fun!

Bought groceries.

Had a wonderful dinner.

Watched movies with the wife and found sleep.

A New Day!

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This Morning

I lay in bed in that state half between sleep and have been awake and just completely wigged out. I sometimes drifted awake enough to look at the clock. It was totally a panic attack.

As I got up and dealt with a collection call from evil Sears I started to come around and relax. Upstairs I stretched and Amy and Noah use the opportunity to play daddy-jungle-gym. Prior to the stretching Amy had wanted some time with Noah. He had cereal with milk in it and insisted hers have milk too. As soon as I helped her she said “bye bye daddy” and sat right up against Noah for some quality time with her big brother. Spending some time helping the kids have a block stacking contest was a thrill and relaxing. Sarah is a sore loser.

Now for an hour of clearing the yard.

Had one sales call today and mostly stared at the computer beating myself up mentally for not being on the cover of Fortune500 already.

Time to run Noah to his friend’s house. If only a major street didn’t separate them they could ride between the two houses all day long.