Reality Me

Category: Daily Life

Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.

  • Knoxville sunset

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  • Typical Monday

    1. Philips HUE lights fade on at 5:30 am.
    2. I curse the day
    3. Turn off Philips HUE lighting and reset light alarm for 5:55 am.
    4. 5:55am curse the day
    5. Let the dog(s) out
    6. Wake the kids
    7. Feed the cats
    8. Feed the kids
    9. Tell the kids, "Dad is going to get dressed" which they know means "Dad is going to sleep another 20 minutes."
    10. Wake up and curse the day
    11. Take one child to the bus stop
    12. Return home and make sure the other child goes to the bus stop
    13. Curse the day
    14. Drive to work
    15. Pass the elementary school and bemoan it’s transition from academic institution to penitentiary due to 9/11 fears (have commentary with self about the terrorists winning)
    16. Turn on NPR to hear more commentary about humans hating humans
    17. Drive to Starbucks and observe the escalation of the parking lot wars between Starbucks and Shell and let commentary run in head about how a cooperative approach could net them both more business but instead they are hurting each other because humans
    18. Curse myself for buying breakfast instead of making an economical breakfast at home and not bringing my lunch
    19. Drive toward work and mentally berate self
    20. Get to work exhausted and ponder why Monday’s suck

  • Dogs and cats cohabitation (and I own no couch)

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  • From the mouths of jobs

    Evan, bemoaning tomorrow being a school day.
    Dad: "I’ll switch with you. You go to work for me and I’ll go to school for you."
    Evan: "Ok. I’ll go and ask them to fire me. Then I’ll get a fun job like Chuck E Cheese or Sonic!"

  • Have you ever felt despair?

    So I’m feeling a little down. Well, a lot down. Something uplifting for me is reading. So, I’m reading the Dresden Files. Jim Butcher’s first book in the series is Storm Front. I open to chapter 18 and read:

    Have you ever felt despair? Absolute hopelessness? Have you ever stood in the darkness and known, deep in your heart, in your spirit, that it was never, ever going to get better?…

    [Source, Storm Front (Dresden Files), Chapter 18]

  • State of me

    Paralyzed

  • Timed maze

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  • Mr Peabody’s feline cousin

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  • Greekfest

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  • Sing with me!

    Spread sunshine, all over the place, and put on your Xanax face!

  • How old am I?

    I just received an email with a link to an article titled "Memory slips in your 70s may be an early hint of future dementia"

    1. How old do they think I am?!
    2. And what makes them think I’ll even live to see 70?!

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