Reality Me

Noah just whalloped me in chess.

Look Mummy! It’s an albatross… up in the sky!

…that hurt.

For guy reasons I just can’t stop reading this site.

Read about graphing your adsense earnings and Google Maps.

So I wake at 12:30! I’m thrilled. I can get 5-6 hours of work in before the house activity starts!

So at 3:30 I open my eyes and lie in bed listening to someone wandering about. Shortly later Amy wanders into the bedroom. It’s only natural that I want to stay in bed and keep her between Cathy and I for safety.

A few minutes later I’m punished with a calf cramp that makes me want to scream.

At 4:30 I rise to get to work. I’m particularly happy because the dog has chosen to stay in the bed with Amy and Cathy which should make Cathy very happy. I have this happy thought as I climb the stairs and by the last step the dog is behind me. I close the gate trapping her downstairs. She’ll punish me by spoiling the carpet I’m sure.

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Cleaning is fun. I just found two unopened bottles (safety seals intact) of multivitamins on my desk that expired in March…

of 2003.

I missed a photo opportunity of a lifetime this morning!

As if a scene taken right out of a movie, Wierd Science perhaps?, one of the boys had his underwear on the outside of his sweatpants! When confronted on this his reply was “I didn’t know [they were on the outside]” but he quickly rectified the situation. I really don’t want to try to imagine why they ended up on the outside.

I’m up at 4:30 this morning; I blinked it was 5:30!

TN Lottery has the Cash 4 drawing starting on April 17th.

Time to cook. Tonight: bacon, eggs, toast and crab legs.

Resume programming in two hours.

I’m so bad at asking for help. I’ll undergo unnecessary pain before asking for help. I’d give up limbs to others in need while refusing a bandaid from others for myself. The inability to ask for or graciously accept help must be my greatness weakness.

I made strides today. I swallowed my pride, picked up the phone and began making phone calls to see if I can get on Medicaid or (the defunct) TennCare or something. Shoot. Maybe someone has a grant money that could come our way if we were to do some gestational diabetes study for them. The news seems to imply that if superstars give out $10k and $20k for the right sob story but you won’t catch my children spending the night with any of them. Anyone know a superstar needing a good tax rightoff?

…I must produce:
a laughable sum of money to cover an absurd financial burden

ps. Your referrals for web design and computer maintenance are much appreciated! I’m looking for real estate agents that want a professional website for only $65 per month plus some setup costs.

I just got off the phone with the hospital. We are going to deliver the baby in the living room. Everyone is invited to watch!

A messy desk kills me. I haven’t seen the surface of my desk in a year. I’ve begun the great organization. Having discovered my floor yesterday has motivated me to do more.

Dry erase addiction. I love to work with a dry erase board. I’m very visual so it helps in my teachings and presentations to draw and a dry erase board is just such a beautiful medium for planning.

Do not automatic until the manual process works! A dry erase board also helps you work out processes that can later be automated. My database designs, business rules, etc all begin on dry erase.

Yesterday I re-hung a dry erase board that had be tucked away in the garage. I instantly felt like a saved person!