Category: Daily Life

Long overdue proposal mailed. Finish the game!

Finished the b/w flyer for the zoo event. Not to my satisfaction but certainly falls under a “good enough” category. Finish the game!

Morning spent answering email and making phone calls.

A New Day!

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This Morning

Woke at 3:33. Thought that was significant and almost…almost!…got out of bed to try to get some work done. It’s the only way I ever will so I have to start getting up around 3 or 4!

Woke again at 5. Then 6. Did not want to get out of bed.

Desire: Go backcountry camping.

Goals: I failed to acheive almost all my goals yesterday. Today’s goals should be to accomplish yesterday’s goals. MUST print some of Sarah’s digital pictures (her school wants them on print so they can scan them in–stupid!). 3 eldest children have dental appointments today. I had wanted to spend this morning downtown at the City County Building and the Chamber of Commerce but I didn’t get my p’s and q’s in order yesterday so it would be a waste of time. I’m so aggrivated with myself!

Last Night/Afternoon

Spent the latter part of the afternoon building a baby bed for Amy. She loved it! And at one point walked back to the room with the bed, laid down in it, covered herself up and went to sleep for a good couple of hours. She’s such a big girl!

I had a meeting at Sarah’s school to discuss their class trip. I’m going to chaperone. So far I’m the only dad. 24 boys going. I can handle that!

[The human mind is incredible. I just picked a candy sprinkle (like on a doughnut) up off the table. It’s so tiny I could barely pick it up. But I was able to toss it 10 feet into the sink. I didn’t see it fly or land but I heard it roll around in the sink. The toss was done effortlessly. Can you imagine the calculations that had to be going on for that to happen?]

I promised the boys a bonfire for roasting marshmellows so I instructed Tommy on how to build it then we lit it up and had a good ol’ time. We roasted marshmellows, ordered pizza, had more marshmellows, got everyone bathed and to bed. I wanted some time to gather my thoughts but Cathy was bathing and Amy decided it wasn’t bed time so she needed to play then slept in the crib.

I was raised a Southerner with manors manners and taught to respect other people and other people’s property.

I think that people today have s*&t for brains, are completely self-centered and absolultely have thrown Mrs Manor’s Manner’s Book of Etiquette out the window.

So I’m driving into my street. It’s a cove. 7 houses. Unfortunately this causes a bunch of traffic from people thinking its a convenient turn-a-round. So, I’ve parked one of the cars strategically in the street so that people have to slow down and landscapers have to back up since their trailers can’t make the turn.

My neighbor is having some kind of gathering and as I drive down the street returning from an errand one of their guests is preparing to leave in her convertible. She takes a final drag off her freshly lit cigarette and tosses it onto the road still burning. I ponder. I consider a reaction. I respond instead. I had moved my car to the right of the road so she could get by; I quickly move it to block her. I get out the car. Walk to the cigarette and crush it out. Pick it up. Slowly walk to the neighbor’s trash can. Throw it away. And return to my car then drive past her into my driveway. I should have made and kept eye contact the whole time (my only regret). My typical response would have been to have a chat and hand the cigarette back to her but this approach felt right considering she was a friend of a likeable neighbor.

I suppose I could have waited until after she left but I like to make a point.

Amy is up. We are in the process of putting together a bed for her and her mattress is on the floor. She is jumping on it like a trampoline. Yesterday she spent the entire day laying on it, sitting on it and playing on it. She always knows what is “hers”.

Noah just came in wearing two watches–almost 2nd grade appropriate. I had to de-geek him and ask him to wear only one watch. I had him remove The Simpson’s watch since it talks and makes lots of noise. Noah has enough problems with talking in school without a watch to help him.

Does anyone remember synchronizing watch alarms in school? I think it was probably high school but the digital watchs had become fashionable…oh man! remember those red led numbers? (that was probably middle school)…and I clearly recall leading people to set the alarms to all go off at a certain time during class. It was like a guaranteed moment of silence and starring from the teacher.

A New Day!

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This Morning

Slept like the dead! Did not want to get up this morning. The kids are moving sluggishly too.

Desires: Haul the rest of the wood from the neighbor’s before the fruits of my labor wander off, work on the yard with a brush burn, find the Jeep manual and work on the Jeep, get income

Today’s goals: Create a new business card design, create a marketing sheet, schedule a meeting with my recruiter (light a fire or fire him–one way or another there is going to be heat), study the MS Parter site to see how I could better be using it, Tommy’s psychologist appointment, meeting at Sarah’s school regarding 5th grade class trip, and finances.

Last Night

Watched deleted scenes and easter eggs from Futurama Season 1 with the wife.

I got out and did some yard work. Small dent but progress. The area that I cleared last summer has scrub that has grown 2-4 feet since I last worked on it. Wonderful living in a rain forest! (E TN does actually have a rain forest. Many of the rain forest movies are filmed there).

Cooked hamburgers for dinner and did a fine job I might add. Couldn’t have done it without the patty expertise of my wife Cathy Squarepants.

Blogging and then relaxing in bed next.

Wahoo! I bought Abschlussfahrt nach England (2001) on Blogshares at 20 cents a share and its up to $162.82!

My head feels like someone’s put a mixer in it and has the mixer on high speed. I want to get the trash out of the driveway but I need the Jeep running for that so I need to get the Jeep manual which I am pretty sure is buried in the garage and I need my tools which are scattered and buried in the garage and to clean the garage I need to move stuff out to the driveway but to do that I need to clean the driveway first which means I need the Jeep working….

Amy is now trying so hard to interact with Lucy. She has the dog’s “budda” but the dog doesn’t want to play. Amy needs a puppy.