Fixing 35+ years of mistakes in two weeks went about as well as expected.
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
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Happy New Year
How has 2019 begun? I awoke at 4am ready to tackle the day but convinced myself to rest some more. So, at 10am I roll out of bed. This is not a good sign.
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2019
To overshare or to fall off the grid?
Great success or enormous failure?
One way or another, this year is going to be vastly different than years past.
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My weekend?
Decided on a trip to the VA Creeper. Planned a scout meeting. Flooded a house. Cleaned a house. Flooded it again. Programmed. Replaced two shutoff valves with ball valves. Continued my pursuit to learn how to grow food inside. Documented issues for a client. Hung out with a dozen, half-naked cool people. Played with fire. Knocked holes in the drywall. Gutted a fandangled washing machine. Visited Home Depot 3 times and Lowe’s once. Made my first ever Aldi purchase. Dwelt with some personal politics. Read a book with my son. Programmed some more. Killed a hornets’ nest. Balanced books. Created invoices. And cooked meals for a week.
Typical.
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Tears of a Parent aka Oh How I Cry
My children may never know
How many tears I shed for them
Tears of joy for their successes
Tears of sadness when they are down
Tears of regret for my mistakes
Tears of anguish at my shortcomings
Tears of frustration for lack of time
Tears of angst for their future
Tears of confusion when they do not listen
Tears of acknowledgment that they walk their own path
Tears of befuddlement for making the simple hard
Tears of acceptance for innocence lost
Tears of pride for the compliments they receive
Tears of satisfaction when they smile at their achievements
Tears of ecstasy seeing them grow into independent adults -
Weekend update
A productive weekend was had. I slipped in some home improvement. The weather was beautiful. I really wanted to clean out the garage and repair the garage door but that wasn’t in the picture. Too much client work to be had. And I did get a lot of client work done but so much more remains. I wish I could have a few more days in this weekend. I am tired but need to go at it for a few more hours.
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Hot Yoga
And then when you finally gain the courage to wear appropriate spandex attire for your yoga class, a co-worker shows up.
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Adult children, multigenerational homes, and boundaries
Adult son takes over garage…I can cope.
Adult son takes over driveway…I can cope.
Adult son takes over lower lot of yard and landscaping…I’m a little twerked but I can cope.
Adult son takes over refrigerator and kitchen…we may have just crossed a line.
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I’ve reached that point in my life…
I’ve reached that point in my life when I have decided I want a 2.5 or 3 car garage…so that my adult child can live in an efficiency over said garage.
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What do you want to be when you grow up?
At no point in my childhood did I ever answer the question, "What do you want to do when you grow up?" with "Work three jobs to barely make ends meet." I also did not answer, “When I am 49-years old, I hope to be still trying to answer that question."