Reality Me

* cat napped. stared at the computer. Then went and chopped some wood. The 7 yr old joined me. Then the 10 yr old joined me. I walked down to the creek to discover that the “entrance” to the cave has developed into a sinkhole and has gotten larger. It’s concealed by leaves and debris but I’m going to have to make it a priority to see just what it has developed into. On the adventurous side, it may be an excuse to pull out the old haress and ropes and do a little spelunking. It’d be really cool if there was a half decent cave system to play around in. The negative is that the entrance is definitely not on my property which is good and bad.

The 10 yr old was in a very good mood and very helpful with the wood spliting and hauling it closer to the house.

Ambivalence

Here’s that thought process thing that gets me in so much trouble.

I can’t work right now because my mind won’t calm and I’m tired. I figure the best thing to do would be to remove the starter from the Jeep so that I can take it by Autozone to get the new one; however, the Haynes manual to the Jeep is awol. Could be in the garage; could be in the boxes in the bedroom; could be in my messy desk; could be somewhere else in the office. The act of trying to find the manual could lead to any of several multiple day projects. So instead I am frozen.

* I’ve reached that stage of the day where I am historically unfocused and unproductive. I have a longing to be doing something but can’t put my finger on it. I definitely need a change of task for a few but it needs to be entertaining and rewarding. Perhaps this is the time to remove the starter from the Jeep.

* Ah. The baby awakes from her nap. I’m making progress on the work but its still slow going. I’ll take some time to play with the baby (near 20 mths now). Let’s give her a little playtime in the crib. She sounds happy.

* Back on the job

* power nap

* Continuing to make coding progress but I feel like I’m walking through quicksand. I can do better than this!

* Cleaned out spam. Going to freshen coffee then get to programming like a rabbid beaver

* Kids dropped off. Trying desperately to read paper before taking the 13 yr old to school

* I’m getting close to 0 spam. Wierd feeling.

* I need hand lotion badly!

Woodburning stoves Everyone loves a fire. Everyone loves a huge, ancient oak tree. I’ve come to understand that I’m moving an oak tree into my house and that those things are heavy.

* Time to take the carpool to school.

A New Day!

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This Morning

* Woke at 5:45 on my own accord and got up at 5:48 for a refreshing bath then woke the kids at 6:12. The baby cried out just before I went into the 10 yr old’s room (which is where the baby sleeps…I want to add onto the house sooo badly) but the baby stayed asleep. She must have had a bad dream.

* Regretting not staying up all night but happy that I didn’t at the same time

Today’s goals: Wrap this php thing!! Create a marketing piece. Remove dead starter from Jeep.

* was going to try to pull an allnighter but I need some sleep. Nite all.