Me: "Amy, I’m going to kill you."
Amy, 11 years old, jumping off the glass top stove to the kitchen floor: "Sorry Daddy."
Me: "Do you see that step ladder beside the fridge?"
Amy: "Yes."
Me: "Use it! What is the stove top made of?"
Amy: "Glass."
Me: "I love you Amy!"
Amy: "I love you too Daddy."
Me: "I’ll put that on your tombstone."
Category: Daily Life
Ramblings, often stream of conscious, journaling the events of my life.
Computer Repairs
Yesterday my laptop computer overheated. I blew the dust out. The cooling fan quit. I took my laptop apart. I cleaned it more. The fan came back to life. I reassembled the computer. I now have an extra screw.
Trials and tribulations of a EV owner
Does waking up and realizing you forgot to charge the car cause anxiety? No. It just means that I may plan my day a little differently, or add a visit to a park with a charger. There are plenty of miles left of the current charge. (pun intended)
I took the high road
This morning I was the lead car at a traffic light. As it turned green, a car zipped around me and pulled into my lane in front of me. My blood boiled. As we approached the next light, the car signaled and without waiting for an opening cut off the car beside me to squeeze into the right lane. I put my car in park, got out and approached his car. With angry words already composed in my head, I raised my first to pound on his window, but before I did, I noticed his company uniform and I considered the time. I imagined he is probably trying to get to work 3 minutes ago, possibly on his last reprimand with a boss who does not understand his obligation to his family. Perhaps he is a single dad trying desperately to get his child or children to school and fighting traffic to get to work on time for a check that maybe barely makes the bills. I lowered my hand and walked back to my car. Perhaps he saw. I’d like to think that he did not. I do not need to add to this gentleman’s stress.
The next time you are ready to lash out, take pause and consider the other person’s situation. Perhaps today we are all better without the confrontation.
Every week!
Oh shit, Monday again.
Either genius or stupid
Depending on your perspective, this is either a genius or not very brilliant solution to a cat problem. The kittens have taken to chewing electrical cords. At $80 a cord, Apple is loving our kittens. So, I’ve decided to train them away from cords…by squirting them with water when I see them chewing a cord. I think it is a spark of genius! One way or another, this problem will end.
Parenting with a squirt gun
I don’t hit my children but I do yell far too much. I’ve decided to quit yelling. Instead I’m going to carry a squirt bottle with me everywhere I go. If my children appear damp, don’t jump to concluding they got caught in a squall, but know their behavior has been corrected.
Mondays
It’s what Xanax was invented for. [sic]
Deadlines and tech support
So I have deadlines? Naturally that means I will have hardware and network issues.
From the mouths of babes
My oldest son: "Can I test the spray paint here?"
Me: "You are standing too close to the house and our grill and other stuff that the wind could carry the overspray of the paint onto and cause your death. And I really don’t want to go to jail for the rest of my life."
Because I ripped my pants!
Hahahahaha
Panic
Nothing quite compares to waking up in a total panic attack.
I am very excited about this movie!
State of Me
I am tired. And I acknowledge that dimly is no excuse.
Failing at life
Since leaving the basement in 2010 to work in Cubeville, I believe my biggest failing in life has been to not find my "Cheers" in which to get schnookered for the transition from work to home and vice versa.
