Good day everyone. Positive thing about today is that it is pay day. Negative thing about today is that it is pay day. Why is it positive and negative? Positive because it's money. Who doesn't like getting payed for the work they do? I know I do! Most people wouldn't mind getting paid for doing nothing. However, in today's world, that doesn't usually happen too often. So, today is a good day because of the bi-weekly time when the company says "We appreciate you! Here! Here's what we owe you for working for us!" I enjoy that side of it.
The negative side is that the paycheck can and most often does disapear entirely on bills and necesities. For instance. The big bill we are now trying to clear is the Electric bill. After the $1,800 that was payed to them, the account remains with a balance due of $380.00 I believe. Not to mention our cell phone bill, which is always high due to the fact that we both have blackberry storms. Do we need to have these fancy phones? Nope. But I have come to believe that I would rather pay a higher bill, and have phones that we are really happy with, resulting in us more than likely remaining with the cell phone provider, rather than us have regular phones, have maybe a slightly lower bill, but not really be happy with them. I guess it depends on what you want to get from the service.
After paying verizon not quite $200.00, we looked at how much we had in our account left. We had enough to pay the full $380.00 plus have like 45 or 50 left over for gas and food, and that was without paying qwest anything. So what we ended up doing is we split it. We payed down the electric balance by half, and payed half of what the qwest bill was. Thankfully most the company's we have services with will work with us, allowing us to split the bill if we have to during the month. And even though it's a slow work in progress, we have an auto payment going out every 4 weeks paying down one of the debts. We have 5 payments to go, but I'm hoping maybe after one more payment, maybe I can call them and see if we could settle it, saving some money and closing the debt sooner.
That thankfully left a little bit of breathing room to get gas and groceries. I prefer to pay the bill entirely. The main reason is that when you pay only half a bill, then 2 weeks later, you pay the other half, by then, you have another bill due possibly. Then you pay half that one, and by the time you pay again another bill could be due, which could easily result in your bill just adding up. Thankfully we have been able to work with them and not have that happen.
I'm SOOO loving the house of night series. This morning I finished book number 3. I have book number 4 with me and will be starting it tonight. So many things have happened so fast. We are looking at not only getting the remaining books in the series some time soon *whenever we are able*, but possibly starting to get the books in the series the Sword of Truth. If you have never heard about that, and have never heard of the tv series called the Seeker, you should check it out! I have not read the books just yet. Erin is working on number 1 on her kindle. But the TV series rocks! They are debating about what they are going to do with it. It was up for being cancelled, but now they are trying to work it out so they can continue it. Hopefully they keep it going! It's another Netflix fav of ours.
In closing, last night I had my head bitten off by one of the staff members. She's not a nurse, she's actually an x-ray tech. Usually she's one of the more friendly staff members here, and I can always come down the hall, see her, and go "Hey Lauri! How are you doing?" And she's always very friendly back. Last night, she snapped at me "I've only had 2.5 hours of sleep!" I was like "I know how you feel." Which she snapped at me again. "Um, actually you don't." I was like "Actually Lauri, I do. I have had many days with only 2 hours of sleep." She was like "Yeah well have you had multiple kids having to come to the ER?" "No? I only have 2 kids and thankfully we have not had to do an ER visit for a while." "Well there ya go." She said and stomped off. I was like "wow. Ok. I'll leave her alone." Some of the nurses were standing there with their mouths hanging open, and when the x-ray tech left, they came over to me and were like "She's been really on edge since last night for some reason." I was like "I see that. I will just not say anything to her, and try not to get her further pissed off."
So, I guess the lesson for today is, well besides the fact that you should get as much sleep as you can, preferably at least 8 hours, when you are sleep deprived, it does not do any good to anyone to jump down someone's throat because of the fact that you are crabby or having a rough day. Yes you might be feeling like complete and utter shit. But by snapping at someone who is just trying to be friendly with you, not only do you feel like shit, but you could make them feel on edge, especially when they see you after that. Just food for thought. Do with it what you will. I will write more for you tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Day 44
Good day everyone. I hope you all have been doing well. Today Erin didn't have to work until 11 this morning. Zoe was scheduled to go to the daycare today. While they were gone, I figured I would try to get as much sleep as possible. The main reason for it was being scheduled to work tonight. I figured the more sleep I got earlier today, the easier working over night will be.
How do we as individuals keep ourselves motivated as we pursue our dreams and goals? You are all aware that I am slowly working on writing a book. I admit that the last 2 or 3 weeks, I really have not written a whole lot in it. It's not that I have given up on completing it. I will not allow myself to give up. It WILL be completed and published. But it makes me wonder as to why I have had the hardest time getting myself to sit down and work on it. Maybe things will be easier now that I have more time on my off days because of the school semester having come to an end last week. This weekend was my first time in the last 6 months that I did not have to leave the house on multiple days to go to class for an hour at a time. I know, it's not much time away from home, but it was enough of a break that it actually felt like it was a serious chunk in the day.
I can't explain why it felt that way. I'm just glad that it is done and that now I will be resuming classes at home. The book isn't the only thing that has taken a dent as far as how much time I have spent with it. World of Warcraft has too. The last few weeks, probably around the same time that I stopped working on the book as much, I stopped playing WoW too often as well. Do I want to play? Sure! I don't know why I haven't really been playing though. There have even been a few times when I open the game up, and stare at the screen showing both my characters. For a few minutes I will look at the screen and think "Which character should I work on? My priest or my mage?" Then after a few minutes of indecision, I exit out of the game entirely. Wierd I know.
I'm just happy that I have been able to keep coming on and updating my blog, minus the day I completely forgot. Exercise is the other issue. I mentioned that I had been lacking as far as working on my diet and exercising the past week, and that soccer practice last night really had me huffing and puffing. Hell, I might as well have been a smoker. After a brief but very good run afterwards, I started to feel like "maybe I can do this. Maybe I can get out and start getting into a running schedule like I did before I got into the air force." Would it be enough for me to be able to run a mile and a half in 11 1/2 minutes? Hopefully. I'm sure when I'm running that for the civil service test, I will have my stop watch on my watch running so that I can judge how well I'm doing time wise. When I was in the air force and had to run timed tests during tech school, I would time myself, and that way when we got half way down, and were running back to the start/finish line, I knew if I needed to do moments of sprinting to make up for my time. Sometimes I was doing well enough on time that I just kept a good pace and I was ok.
Running around with the soccer players and playing against them as a player in a scrimage is fun. It constantly has me remembering when I was a player on a team as well. Those were the days. I still have the same love for soccer that I have always had. Not just as a player, but it has made me begin remembering moments when I was a referee and had my own crew in Nebraska that went around to tournaments. After we had been at it a while, we mostly were at tournaments where the management actually put us up in hotels and provided meals for us while out at the soccer complexes. Those were the days. I know that I plan to get back into refereeing. The thing I don't know is whether or not I will eventually have another crew formed, or if I will go to tournaments solo, with simply the company of Erin and the girls there to enjoy time away from clinton and just being able to watch their father/husband ref.
So in closing, when we watched buffy earlier, it went into the subject of Willo and how she was so dangerously addicted to magic. Through her addiction, it made her an extremely powerful witch. Her girlfriend Terra, whom she cared for deeply, left her because of how much she was into magic. When it came down to her loved ones getting hurt or leaving her, it made her realize how much she needed to change. She went off the magic fix cold turkey, which was extremely difficult for her. Now we are waiting to see if Terra will come back to her, or if it will be over indefinitely between them. It made me think about how easily things can become addicting. Sometimes it's easy to get over it. Some addictions have life long impacts. WoW, was an addiction for me and my ex back before we divorced. Some days I would even say it was one of the big reasons why we split up. Yes there were problems before, but I guess that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Thankfully, I have noticed that although Erin plays more than I do, she is not addicted. She plays for a while, but then she is doing homework, or watching netflix with us. So I guess the lesson for tonight is to be careful. Things might seem really good, really cool, whatever, and you might even find yourself addicted to them. Sometimes those addictions are healthy, but a lot of them are not. Just be careful. :)
I think that will be all for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
How do we as individuals keep ourselves motivated as we pursue our dreams and goals? You are all aware that I am slowly working on writing a book. I admit that the last 2 or 3 weeks, I really have not written a whole lot in it. It's not that I have given up on completing it. I will not allow myself to give up. It WILL be completed and published. But it makes me wonder as to why I have had the hardest time getting myself to sit down and work on it. Maybe things will be easier now that I have more time on my off days because of the school semester having come to an end last week. This weekend was my first time in the last 6 months that I did not have to leave the house on multiple days to go to class for an hour at a time. I know, it's not much time away from home, but it was enough of a break that it actually felt like it was a serious chunk in the day.
I can't explain why it felt that way. I'm just glad that it is done and that now I will be resuming classes at home. The book isn't the only thing that has taken a dent as far as how much time I have spent with it. World of Warcraft has too. The last few weeks, probably around the same time that I stopped working on the book as much, I stopped playing WoW too often as well. Do I want to play? Sure! I don't know why I haven't really been playing though. There have even been a few times when I open the game up, and stare at the screen showing both my characters. For a few minutes I will look at the screen and think "Which character should I work on? My priest or my mage?" Then after a few minutes of indecision, I exit out of the game entirely. Wierd I know.
I'm just happy that I have been able to keep coming on and updating my blog, minus the day I completely forgot. Exercise is the other issue. I mentioned that I had been lacking as far as working on my diet and exercising the past week, and that soccer practice last night really had me huffing and puffing. Hell, I might as well have been a smoker. After a brief but very good run afterwards, I started to feel like "maybe I can do this. Maybe I can get out and start getting into a running schedule like I did before I got into the air force." Would it be enough for me to be able to run a mile and a half in 11 1/2 minutes? Hopefully. I'm sure when I'm running that for the civil service test, I will have my stop watch on my watch running so that I can judge how well I'm doing time wise. When I was in the air force and had to run timed tests during tech school, I would time myself, and that way when we got half way down, and were running back to the start/finish line, I knew if I needed to do moments of sprinting to make up for my time. Sometimes I was doing well enough on time that I just kept a good pace and I was ok.
Running around with the soccer players and playing against them as a player in a scrimage is fun. It constantly has me remembering when I was a player on a team as well. Those were the days. I still have the same love for soccer that I have always had. Not just as a player, but it has made me begin remembering moments when I was a referee and had my own crew in Nebraska that went around to tournaments. After we had been at it a while, we mostly were at tournaments where the management actually put us up in hotels and provided meals for us while out at the soccer complexes. Those were the days. I know that I plan to get back into refereeing. The thing I don't know is whether or not I will eventually have another crew formed, or if I will go to tournaments solo, with simply the company of Erin and the girls there to enjoy time away from clinton and just being able to watch their father/husband ref.
So in closing, when we watched buffy earlier, it went into the subject of Willo and how she was so dangerously addicted to magic. Through her addiction, it made her an extremely powerful witch. Her girlfriend Terra, whom she cared for deeply, left her because of how much she was into magic. When it came down to her loved ones getting hurt or leaving her, it made her realize how much she needed to change. She went off the magic fix cold turkey, which was extremely difficult for her. Now we are waiting to see if Terra will come back to her, or if it will be over indefinitely between them. It made me think about how easily things can become addicting. Sometimes it's easy to get over it. Some addictions have life long impacts. WoW, was an addiction for me and my ex back before we divorced. Some days I would even say it was one of the big reasons why we split up. Yes there were problems before, but I guess that was the straw that broke the camel's back. Thankfully, I have noticed that although Erin plays more than I do, she is not addicted. She plays for a while, but then she is doing homework, or watching netflix with us. So I guess the lesson for tonight is to be careful. Things might seem really good, really cool, whatever, and you might even find yourself addicted to them. Sometimes those addictions are healthy, but a lot of them are not. Just be careful. :)
I think that will be all for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Day 43
Good evening everyone. Today went pretty well. I met up with my stephen minister, as I do now every other week. Then came home to grab lex and head to soccer practice. Lex came down and was like "Daddy? I can't find my socks, shinguards, or shoes." I was like "Well then you have a problem. You need to find them."
About 2 minutes after practice was already going, Lex came down and had her shoes, shinguards, and socks. I said "Put them on in the truck. Lets go." When we got there, the girls were doing passing and shooting drills. After just a little while, it was time to scrimage again. Once again, me and the coach against the 8 girls. I can tell that with it having been a few days of having not exercised, I was more winded than I was last week. So, after we got home from soccer practice, Erin and Zoe were still down for naps, and I went to put hercules on for lex and I, and the batteries in both the remotes were both dead. I thought "crap, do we have any other devices that use AA batteries that I can steal the batteries from for one of our remotes?" Then I remembered, I had a $5.00 in my id holder. I was like "Lex, change out of your soccer gear and get normal tennis shoes on, and that I was headed to Jewel to see if I could get some cheap batteries.
On the way to jewl, we jogged most of the way. I would run and pass her, her yelling "HEY! NO FAIR!" and then she would pass me. On the way back, we ran till we got onto 3rd st coming up to the house, and I walked half the way. Lex was like "I'm going to get to the house sooner!" She ran till she was a block and a half ahead of me, and then was walking. I waited till she wasn't paying attention and then I sprinted. She glanced over her shoulder just in time to see me fly by her. She was like "NO!" And ran to try to catch up with me. It was me first running up our front porch steps, her right behind me. I touched the door a second before she did. She was like "AH MAN!" I was like "I WON!" and then collapsed down on the steps sitting down trying to catch my breath. Inside I could hear her breathing really hard, and I said "Slow your breathing Lex." She was like "Huh?" I was like "The faster you breath, the worse it is. Take a breath, hold it for a second or two, then breath out. Do it like that and you will catch your breath."
Being winded makes me worry about the testing for the deputy sheriffs position. Only worry because of hating how it feels to be winded from running. That makes me not really enjoy running in general. But I guess I just need to try to do it more, because hopefully it will get easier the more I do it. So I think I will call that it for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
About 2 minutes after practice was already going, Lex came down and had her shoes, shinguards, and socks. I said "Put them on in the truck. Lets go." When we got there, the girls were doing passing and shooting drills. After just a little while, it was time to scrimage again. Once again, me and the coach against the 8 girls. I can tell that with it having been a few days of having not exercised, I was more winded than I was last week. So, after we got home from soccer practice, Erin and Zoe were still down for naps, and I went to put hercules on for lex and I, and the batteries in both the remotes were both dead. I thought "crap, do we have any other devices that use AA batteries that I can steal the batteries from for one of our remotes?" Then I remembered, I had a $5.00 in my id holder. I was like "Lex, change out of your soccer gear and get normal tennis shoes on, and that I was headed to Jewel to see if I could get some cheap batteries.
On the way to jewl, we jogged most of the way. I would run and pass her, her yelling "HEY! NO FAIR!" and then she would pass me. On the way back, we ran till we got onto 3rd st coming up to the house, and I walked half the way. Lex was like "I'm going to get to the house sooner!" She ran till she was a block and a half ahead of me, and then was walking. I waited till she wasn't paying attention and then I sprinted. She glanced over her shoulder just in time to see me fly by her. She was like "NO!" And ran to try to catch up with me. It was me first running up our front porch steps, her right behind me. I touched the door a second before she did. She was like "AH MAN!" I was like "I WON!" and then collapsed down on the steps sitting down trying to catch my breath. Inside I could hear her breathing really hard, and I said "Slow your breathing Lex." She was like "Huh?" I was like "The faster you breath, the worse it is. Take a breath, hold it for a second or two, then breath out. Do it like that and you will catch your breath."
Being winded makes me worry about the testing for the deputy sheriffs position. Only worry because of hating how it feels to be winded from running. That makes me not really enjoy running in general. But I guess I just need to try to do it more, because hopefully it will get easier the more I do it. So I think I will call that it for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Monday, May 17, 2010
Day 42
Good evening everyone. This morning I woke Lex up by 6:45. I went downstairs, got her cereal on the table, and came back up. She was laying back down. I was like "Lex! Get up!" She jumped up, got out of bed, and walked to her closet. At this point, usually she is good to go. I climb back into bed for abotu 20 minutes. She gets dressed, goes down and eats her breakfast, and then when it is time she comes up and is like "Daddy, it's time to go." Sometimes I even set a time for about 20 or so after 7 so she comes knows when it is time for us to head to the bus stop.
Today I fell back asleep, and then I realized what time it was a few minutes before 9AM. I went into Lex's bedroom and looked in her closet. She was still sitting there, still mostly in her pj's. She had a t-shirt on but still had her pajama pants on. I was like "Lex! What's going on? What have you been doing?" She was like "I've been looking for my shirt." I was like "for the past 2 hours? It's 9AM!" She was like "It is?" "Yes! You're already a half hour late for school! Get downstairs, we have to go NOW!" When we came downstairs, I noticed that her cereal was still on the table. She had not been downstairs at all.
Tonight around 8pm, I paused the netflix, and we chatted with Lex. It was mainly about how she has been in 3rd grade for about 9 months so far *she has about 2 weeks to go*, and she has always had problems getting up in the morning. We send her to bed early and she still takes a while to get up. So tonight we told her that no more staying up till 10. We plan to have her in bed by 8:30 or 9. Also I replaced a bulb in her room so hopefully that'll help. She has my old alarm clock in her room but has yet to use it. So tonight i set two alarms on it and put it full volume. Of course, we will see what happens tomorrow morning!
I logged onto my class at the community college website and checked my grade. I had a B at midterm and I ended up with a C over all. It would no longer show me the individual grades so I have no idea what brought my grade down. It could have been my attendance the past 2.5 weeks, or it could have been my final grade. The last paper was worth 100 points. If she didn't score me very much on it, that could have dropped my grade an entire letter. Oh well. I'm not too worried about it for 2 reasons. 1) a C is perfectly fine to me. It means a passing grade, credit for the clas, etc. 2) I'm switching schools to AMU for my hospitality major. so I mainly wanted to successfully complete the class with at least a C. I figure if after I get my bachelors in hospitality, if I decide I want to complete the nursing degree then at least I have it started.
In closing, my days off are definetely different without having to head to the college on monday wednesday and friday to go to class. I'm looking forward to being able to complete my classes simply by logging online. That'll be great. I should hopefully be receiving my books in the next two weeks I think. The only other thing I will write about tonight is Lex's soccer. Tomorrow we have practice. The last game is scheduled for this coming saturday. The only thing is there is still 2 games that have to be rescheduled. Since we all had to pay a fee at the beginning of the season, I'm hoping that it they will not just forget those games. I think the kids really should be allowed to play every game that was scheduled. I think that will be it for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Today I fell back asleep, and then I realized what time it was a few minutes before 9AM. I went into Lex's bedroom and looked in her closet. She was still sitting there, still mostly in her pj's. She had a t-shirt on but still had her pajama pants on. I was like "Lex! What's going on? What have you been doing?" She was like "I've been looking for my shirt." I was like "for the past 2 hours? It's 9AM!" She was like "It is?" "Yes! You're already a half hour late for school! Get downstairs, we have to go NOW!" When we came downstairs, I noticed that her cereal was still on the table. She had not been downstairs at all.
Tonight around 8pm, I paused the netflix, and we chatted with Lex. It was mainly about how she has been in 3rd grade for about 9 months so far *she has about 2 weeks to go*, and she has always had problems getting up in the morning. We send her to bed early and she still takes a while to get up. So tonight we told her that no more staying up till 10. We plan to have her in bed by 8:30 or 9. Also I replaced a bulb in her room so hopefully that'll help. She has my old alarm clock in her room but has yet to use it. So tonight i set two alarms on it and put it full volume. Of course, we will see what happens tomorrow morning!
I logged onto my class at the community college website and checked my grade. I had a B at midterm and I ended up with a C over all. It would no longer show me the individual grades so I have no idea what brought my grade down. It could have been my attendance the past 2.5 weeks, or it could have been my final grade. The last paper was worth 100 points. If she didn't score me very much on it, that could have dropped my grade an entire letter. Oh well. I'm not too worried about it for 2 reasons. 1) a C is perfectly fine to me. It means a passing grade, credit for the clas, etc. 2) I'm switching schools to AMU for my hospitality major. so I mainly wanted to successfully complete the class with at least a C. I figure if after I get my bachelors in hospitality, if I decide I want to complete the nursing degree then at least I have it started.
In closing, my days off are definetely different without having to head to the college on monday wednesday and friday to go to class. I'm looking forward to being able to complete my classes simply by logging online. That'll be great. I should hopefully be receiving my books in the next two weeks I think. The only other thing I will write about tonight is Lex's soccer. Tomorrow we have practice. The last game is scheduled for this coming saturday. The only thing is there is still 2 games that have to be rescheduled. Since we all had to pay a fee at the beginning of the season, I'm hoping that it they will not just forget those games. I think the kids really should be allowed to play every game that was scheduled. I think that will be it for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Day 41
Evening everyone. We were up late last night, so today I slept in a little bit instead of getting the girls up for church. Today we continued our Sliders marathon. I think we are, so far, near the end of the 2nd season. There are a total of 22 episodes that consist of seasons 1 and 2. We just started episode 21. Erin just told me that she already added seasons 3,4, and 5 to our que.
Tonight was a pretty good night. Before Erin got home, I set out the hamburger to thaw. It was a 5 lb package. I figured I wanted to use roughly about 3 lbs of it and make two pans of meat loaf. Erin asked me if I was making two, and I said yes. She said that making two, we could put one batch in the freezer and bake it up a day or two later. To go with it, I made garlic and cheddar mashed potatos. I used the grease from the meatloaf and diced up onions and made a beef gravy. It all was really good. The only one that really didn't seem at all interested in eating it was Zoe. When I showed her her plate she seemed excited but then she wouldn't touch it. While the rest of us were eating, I diced up and microwaved a hotdog for Zoe and she gobbled that right up. That told me that it was not that she was not hungry, it was more that for whatever reason, she just did not want the meatloaf and potatos. That surprised me a little bit though because Zoe is not normally against meat and potatos. But she also has not been feeling well so that may have something to do with it.
It is 11:50 PM currently and we are starting episode 22. I really like this series. It's action packed so it keeps Erin and I enjoying it, but it is also good for the kids to watch too. Lex seems to have been enjoying it also. As far as WoW, I really haven't played a whole lot lately. I want to, but at the same time I just don't feel motivated to play. I'm not sure why. Erin on the other hand plays a little more than I do. Maybe it's just how differently we are both wired. I'm wired to be an occasional video game player, but I also have trouble staying motivated to keep playing.
So in closing, today Lex had the game called "Farkle." She asked if we could have a family night tonight and play together. Erin and I looked at eachother and were like "Sure, that'd be great hun!" When we played, I was the first one to 10,000 points, and then I said "Ok, it's between you two. I will take Zoe up to bed." When I came down, I was like "So who won?" And Erin was like "Lex won!" Then she was like "Ally, thanks for recommending a family fun night. It was really fun! We should do this more often!" Lex was like "YUP!"
So with that, I will call that it for tonight. I will write more for you tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Tonight was a pretty good night. Before Erin got home, I set out the hamburger to thaw. It was a 5 lb package. I figured I wanted to use roughly about 3 lbs of it and make two pans of meat loaf. Erin asked me if I was making two, and I said yes. She said that making two, we could put one batch in the freezer and bake it up a day or two later. To go with it, I made garlic and cheddar mashed potatos. I used the grease from the meatloaf and diced up onions and made a beef gravy. It all was really good. The only one that really didn't seem at all interested in eating it was Zoe. When I showed her her plate she seemed excited but then she wouldn't touch it. While the rest of us were eating, I diced up and microwaved a hotdog for Zoe and she gobbled that right up. That told me that it was not that she was not hungry, it was more that for whatever reason, she just did not want the meatloaf and potatos. That surprised me a little bit though because Zoe is not normally against meat and potatos. But she also has not been feeling well so that may have something to do with it.
It is 11:50 PM currently and we are starting episode 22. I really like this series. It's action packed so it keeps Erin and I enjoying it, but it is also good for the kids to watch too. Lex seems to have been enjoying it also. As far as WoW, I really haven't played a whole lot lately. I want to, but at the same time I just don't feel motivated to play. I'm not sure why. Erin on the other hand plays a little more than I do. Maybe it's just how differently we are both wired. I'm wired to be an occasional video game player, but I also have trouble staying motivated to keep playing.
So in closing, today Lex had the game called "Farkle." She asked if we could have a family night tonight and play together. Erin and I looked at eachother and were like "Sure, that'd be great hun!" When we played, I was the first one to 10,000 points, and then I said "Ok, it's between you two. I will take Zoe up to bed." When I came down, I was like "So who won?" And Erin was like "Lex won!" Then she was like "Ally, thanks for recommending a family fun night. It was really fun! We should do this more often!" Lex was like "YUP!"
So with that, I will call that it for tonight. I will write more for you tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Day 40
Good evening everyone. Tonight I'm thinking I will at least do a short entry. I'm not sure what to write about today. The main reason is that I have not really done a whole lot today. Ok, Friday was a bit rough. I ended up not going to sleep until 3 in the afternoon. Around 7, I woke up, showered, got ready for work, and headed out.
Then this morning, I got off at 6. By 6:30 I was laying down in bed. About an hour later, I was partially woken up by Erin. She told me that the coach was on the phone, and that she was sick with strep or something. She was asking if I would be able to coach the team for the game. I said "sure, I can do that." But of course, being that I was very sleep deprived, and was only partially awake, one thing slipped my mind. Here's what happened. I had my alarm set for juts before 11. Her game was scheduled for 11:30. Well my alarm went off, and I must have hit snooze because I remember it being just before 11, and then next thing I know it was 11:45. I jumped out of bed and quickly getting dressed, yelling "Shit!"
Coming downstairs, Lex and Zoe were watching a show on Netflix. Right by the TV is a clock. Technically, Lex should have been able to see the time and know when she needed to leave. I was like "Lex, what time is your game?" She was like "11:30?" I was like "yeah? What time does the clock say?" And she was like "11:45. uh-oh!" I was like "yeah. I over slept. Why didn't you come up and say anything?" She was like "I forgot?" So we headed out really fast. By the time we got to the field it was after 12PM. They were on their 3rd quarter of the game. One of the parents had stepped in and were acting as ref/coach for our team. I would have taken over for her, but the thing that I didn't think about when Laura called and talked to Erin was this. We were on the drive to the fields when I thought "crap, I can't coach them anyway because I have to watch Zoe also, since Erin is at work today." So when we got there, I coached and supported from the side, but didn't actually do the official coaching.
When we came home, I baked up the $2.00 pizza we had gotten from Aldi's. Next time I will put it in for 20 minutes instead of the 17 it called for. Some of the cheese wasn't completely melted, and the crust was not crisp. I like my pizza crust to have a nice little crunch. Not be burned necesarily, but to be crispy. Then I turned on the streaming netflix through the wii and started trying to hunt for a new series to start. Erin is doing a lot of Buffy while i'm gone, so I'm completely lost on that. I've been doing hercules when I get home from work in the mornings, and occasionally with Erin some days. So lately I have wanted to start one that is completely seperate, but also one that the kids can watch. The one I decided on was the series called Sliders. I watched some of those episodes a while ago, and really loved the series. Lex, Zoe and I started it, and then we restarted the episode we were on when Erin came home from work. We literally were watching that till just a little while ago. It was after 11 when Erin and I turned on something else. I think we are on episode 14 of season one.
I could have kept going, but Erin told me she added a few new movies to the que, so I selected one of those. So far the movie is pretty good. I'm definitely going to bed afterwards. Would like to not only be able to wake up around 9 or 10 and feel rested, but I would like to take the girls to church this weekend. Erin is working tomorrow. In fact, since they have trained her in the kitchen working with the pizzas, she has been scheduled much more. In fact, she worked today, she works tomorrow, and I believe monday through friday. I'm sure she will feel better about the improvement in her paychecks. That will be nice.
Last night at work, I changed things up a bit. Usually when I start unlocking, I always begin at North campus, and when it is completely unlocked I then drive to south and unlock that. Usually I am back at North campus by 4:45AM. Today instead of starting with north, I left north campus around 3:55, and had south campus unlocked by 4:15, then drove back to north and had it unlocked by 4:35. That is the earliest that I had ever been done unlocking and the best part about it was that I was already at North campus. I didn't have to drive back since I was already there. It gave me some extra time to dive back into the book I'm reading. I'm working through the house of night series, and I'm on book number 3. I'm probably half way through it, and it's the most intriguing thing ever. It's like every time I finish a chapter, no matter if I need to go to bed, need to head home, need to do anything, I want to keep going. The end of each chapter leaves me wanting to see what is going to happen. So there have already been a few times when I put the book down, telling myself "ok, it's alright, you will read more later."
In closing, today I sort of did not worry about my diet. I snacked and ate the pizza, and stuff like that, and the thought of how I was straying from the diet today crossed my mind. I guess with the lack of sleep lately, I needed to just take my first day off from work and relax and unwind. Some days I guess you just need to let loose. So I think I will call that it for now. I will write more for you tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Then this morning, I got off at 6. By 6:30 I was laying down in bed. About an hour later, I was partially woken up by Erin. She told me that the coach was on the phone, and that she was sick with strep or something. She was asking if I would be able to coach the team for the game. I said "sure, I can do that." But of course, being that I was very sleep deprived, and was only partially awake, one thing slipped my mind. Here's what happened. I had my alarm set for juts before 11. Her game was scheduled for 11:30. Well my alarm went off, and I must have hit snooze because I remember it being just before 11, and then next thing I know it was 11:45. I jumped out of bed and quickly getting dressed, yelling "Shit!"
Coming downstairs, Lex and Zoe were watching a show on Netflix. Right by the TV is a clock. Technically, Lex should have been able to see the time and know when she needed to leave. I was like "Lex, what time is your game?" She was like "11:30?" I was like "yeah? What time does the clock say?" And she was like "11:45. uh-oh!" I was like "yeah. I over slept. Why didn't you come up and say anything?" She was like "I forgot?" So we headed out really fast. By the time we got to the field it was after 12PM. They were on their 3rd quarter of the game. One of the parents had stepped in and were acting as ref/coach for our team. I would have taken over for her, but the thing that I didn't think about when Laura called and talked to Erin was this. We were on the drive to the fields when I thought "crap, I can't coach them anyway because I have to watch Zoe also, since Erin is at work today." So when we got there, I coached and supported from the side, but didn't actually do the official coaching.
When we came home, I baked up the $2.00 pizza we had gotten from Aldi's. Next time I will put it in for 20 minutes instead of the 17 it called for. Some of the cheese wasn't completely melted, and the crust was not crisp. I like my pizza crust to have a nice little crunch. Not be burned necesarily, but to be crispy. Then I turned on the streaming netflix through the wii and started trying to hunt for a new series to start. Erin is doing a lot of Buffy while i'm gone, so I'm completely lost on that. I've been doing hercules when I get home from work in the mornings, and occasionally with Erin some days. So lately I have wanted to start one that is completely seperate, but also one that the kids can watch. The one I decided on was the series called Sliders. I watched some of those episodes a while ago, and really loved the series. Lex, Zoe and I started it, and then we restarted the episode we were on when Erin came home from work. We literally were watching that till just a little while ago. It was after 11 when Erin and I turned on something else. I think we are on episode 14 of season one.
I could have kept going, but Erin told me she added a few new movies to the que, so I selected one of those. So far the movie is pretty good. I'm definitely going to bed afterwards. Would like to not only be able to wake up around 9 or 10 and feel rested, but I would like to take the girls to church this weekend. Erin is working tomorrow. In fact, since they have trained her in the kitchen working with the pizzas, she has been scheduled much more. In fact, she worked today, she works tomorrow, and I believe monday through friday. I'm sure she will feel better about the improvement in her paychecks. That will be nice.
Last night at work, I changed things up a bit. Usually when I start unlocking, I always begin at North campus, and when it is completely unlocked I then drive to south and unlock that. Usually I am back at North campus by 4:45AM. Today instead of starting with north, I left north campus around 3:55, and had south campus unlocked by 4:15, then drove back to north and had it unlocked by 4:35. That is the earliest that I had ever been done unlocking and the best part about it was that I was already at North campus. I didn't have to drive back since I was already there. It gave me some extra time to dive back into the book I'm reading. I'm working through the house of night series, and I'm on book number 3. I'm probably half way through it, and it's the most intriguing thing ever. It's like every time I finish a chapter, no matter if I need to go to bed, need to head home, need to do anything, I want to keep going. The end of each chapter leaves me wanting to see what is going to happen. So there have already been a few times when I put the book down, telling myself "ok, it's alright, you will read more later."
In closing, today I sort of did not worry about my diet. I snacked and ate the pizza, and stuff like that, and the thought of how I was straying from the diet today crossed my mind. I guess with the lack of sleep lately, I needed to just take my first day off from work and relax and unwind. Some days I guess you just need to let loose. So I think I will call that it for now. I will write more for you tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Friday, May 14, 2010
Day 39
Morning everybody. Yes, that's right, I said morning. It's just before 7 AM. About 2 am this morning while I was walking around patrolling outside at work, I thought about the blog and then thought "Oh shit!" I had briefly thought about logging on earlier in the day before work, but never did, and then completely forgot. So, in almost 40 days of writing in the blog, I made my first slip up. So, as it turns out, for the first time, I forgot to write my blog entry. The funny thing was it really didn't bother me too much. I guess the fact that I have gone almost 40 entries so far makes me not feel so bad about one day of accidentally forgetting.
So yesterday, I picked up a new adapter and clamp for my tail pipe around 6:45PM. Lex rode with me to Autozone. When we got back here, I immediately climbed under the truck with a set of plyers, and began working on getting the tailpipe reconnected to my cat converter. When I did that about 2 1/2 months ago, because I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do to fix it, it took me about 2 hours. This time I climbed under my truck at at about 20 after 7 PM, and by 7:35 I was done.
This morning, after sending Lex to the bus stop, I am going to do my best to stay awake for however many hours I can. Erin is working 9-2 again today, and normally Zoe would be in Day Care. However, the daycare, I believe, was not going to be taking any kids for today. I'm not sure what the reason was, but we knew about it for the last few days, so at least we knew in advance.
So yesterday I kept saying to myself "Ok, you will be able to deal with the sleep issue tomorrow. No problem." At least tomorrow (Saturday) the soccer game isn't until 11:30. So when I get off at 6, I will need to get home, put the dog out so he can go to the bathroom quickly, and then go to bed asap. That will give me till 10:45 or 11 to sleep before having to get up and load the kids in the truck to head to the game. That was one of two big reasons I needed to get my tailpipe re-secured on. Reason #1: I messaged Eric a few days back saying "I hope you guys are having a good week!" We don't hear from him often, yet alone see him, and so lately I have made it a point to text him every week wishing him well. I just had a voice inside me telling me that I should do that. So, every week, that's what I do. I message and wish him well. It took about 2 days but I did eventually get a response back from him. It said "We are good! How have you guys been?"
I responded back, telling him about the truck. He said "The car pit is still an option if you are interested." I asked him what he had in mind, and he said that I was welcome to come down and that he'd help me secure the tail pipe on permanently. I asked him, if I came down, would he also help me swap out my rear gas tank for the new one I bought when I first bought the truck. He said he would. I'm pretty sure he said also that Sophie would be gone for a little bit so we'd all have the house to ourselves. I told him I would try to see if Erin and the girls could come down too. I already know that Lex wants to go with me. She was like "Daddy! I want to go see uncle Eric too!" I was like "no you dont! :P" lol.
Oy. Staying awake when you're tired and you have already been up all night working is not the easiest thing to do. Here it is, now 8:27, I have been casually writing this blog entry for a little over an hour. I write a little bit, and then focus on the episode of hercules that I'm watching. I'm thinking that if I sit here reclined too much longer I might end up falling asleep anyway. I'm much too comfortable, and tiring fast.
So, if I can summon up the strength, I might do some minor cleaning in the kitchen and out here in the family room. I already got rid of the trash bags outside. That was the first thought I had when I got my truck back in running order again was "Hey, now I can take care of the trash!" We didn't have a 'ton' of trash bags filled, but there were enough. When I got off work, I loaded all the trash into the bed of my truck and got rid of it all.
So in closing, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to being able to go to bed. I figure I will wait till it is as close to when Erin gets home as I can get. I figure on getting Zoe up soon so that the closer it gets to Erin getting home, the better time it will be for laying Zoe down for a nap and hense myself laying down. Even if I end up sleeping till 6 or 7 tonight and getting up to shower and get ready for work, oh well. My mind is really foggy right now so I will call that it for today. I will write more for you tomorrow.
Thanks for being here!
CB
So yesterday, I picked up a new adapter and clamp for my tail pipe around 6:45PM. Lex rode with me to Autozone. When we got back here, I immediately climbed under the truck with a set of plyers, and began working on getting the tailpipe reconnected to my cat converter. When I did that about 2 1/2 months ago, because I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do to fix it, it took me about 2 hours. This time I climbed under my truck at at about 20 after 7 PM, and by 7:35 I was done.
This morning, after sending Lex to the bus stop, I am going to do my best to stay awake for however many hours I can. Erin is working 9-2 again today, and normally Zoe would be in Day Care. However, the daycare, I believe, was not going to be taking any kids for today. I'm not sure what the reason was, but we knew about it for the last few days, so at least we knew in advance.
So yesterday I kept saying to myself "Ok, you will be able to deal with the sleep issue tomorrow. No problem." At least tomorrow (Saturday) the soccer game isn't until 11:30. So when I get off at 6, I will need to get home, put the dog out so he can go to the bathroom quickly, and then go to bed asap. That will give me till 10:45 or 11 to sleep before having to get up and load the kids in the truck to head to the game. That was one of two big reasons I needed to get my tailpipe re-secured on. Reason #1: I messaged Eric a few days back saying "I hope you guys are having a good week!" We don't hear from him often, yet alone see him, and so lately I have made it a point to text him every week wishing him well. I just had a voice inside me telling me that I should do that. So, every week, that's what I do. I message and wish him well. It took about 2 days but I did eventually get a response back from him. It said "We are good! How have you guys been?"
I responded back, telling him about the truck. He said "The car pit is still an option if you are interested." I asked him what he had in mind, and he said that I was welcome to come down and that he'd help me secure the tail pipe on permanently. I asked him, if I came down, would he also help me swap out my rear gas tank for the new one I bought when I first bought the truck. He said he would. I'm pretty sure he said also that Sophie would be gone for a little bit so we'd all have the house to ourselves. I told him I would try to see if Erin and the girls could come down too. I already know that Lex wants to go with me. She was like "Daddy! I want to go see uncle Eric too!" I was like "no you dont! :P" lol.
Oy. Staying awake when you're tired and you have already been up all night working is not the easiest thing to do. Here it is, now 8:27, I have been casually writing this blog entry for a little over an hour. I write a little bit, and then focus on the episode of hercules that I'm watching. I'm thinking that if I sit here reclined too much longer I might end up falling asleep anyway. I'm much too comfortable, and tiring fast.
So, if I can summon up the strength, I might do some minor cleaning in the kitchen and out here in the family room. I already got rid of the trash bags outside. That was the first thought I had when I got my truck back in running order again was "Hey, now I can take care of the trash!" We didn't have a 'ton' of trash bags filled, but there were enough. When I got off work, I loaded all the trash into the bed of my truck and got rid of it all.
So in closing, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO looking forward to being able to go to bed. I figure I will wait till it is as close to when Erin gets home as I can get. I figure on getting Zoe up soon so that the closer it gets to Erin getting home, the better time it will be for laying Zoe down for a nap and hense myself laying down. Even if I end up sleeping till 6 or 7 tonight and getting up to shower and get ready for work, oh well. My mind is really foggy right now so I will call that it for today. I will write more for you tomorrow.
Thanks for being here!
CB
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