Evening everyone. I'm not sure how long of an entry I will have for you all tonight. Today has been interesting, but good. This morning, I got off at 6 AM. I came home, grabbed a snack, let the dog out, and wondered "should I get the lawn mowed and done with before getting a few hours sleep before the game?" But then I thought "no, I should get a few hours of sleep." The game was scheduled for 10:15, so I figured that 2.5 or 3 hours of sleep would be good to get before the game. Well, when I finally layed down, I did not end up falling asleep until after 7:30. So, when 9:30 came along, I was like "ugh. I don't want to get up," but of course I did get up.
So, 10:15, the game bagan. I noticed more of an improvement with the girls today. Finally got through to them, through telling them to shoot, and through scrimmaging them, that they got down to the other team's goal quite a bit, and took some good shots. In fact! Wait for it! They also kept the other team from scoring on them, and one of our girl's dribbled up not too far from the goal. Erin, Zoe, and I were a little ways away under the shade of a tree, and we yelled "SHOOT IT! SHOOT IT!" She looked up, and then took a shot, and sheh scored. WE WON! Although the season is almost over, only one game left that we are making up next weekend, after stepping in to help the coach, I can see the that we have brought these girls such a long ways in such a short time. After the game, I went over to ask Laura about the last practice and last game, and one of the parents patted Laura on the back and was like "Good job coach!" Tonight I asked Erin "Should I be upset about not really being recognized for my efforts with the team?" I told her about the parent saying that to the coach, and how part of me feels that a big reason why the girls have come so far is because I have stepped in and helped out. Laura is a really nice lady, I like working with her as far as coaching the team. Erin said that she's certain that Laura appreciates my help, and knows I have done a lot for the team, and that the parents just might not know for sure.
The way I decided to think about it was this. Yes I may not really get credit for the stuff that I have taught these players, but next season I will be the head coach. So, next season I'm sure I won't have to worry that people don't know that I made a big difference in how well their kids will know how to play the game. So, I guess I have that to look forward to.
Then, around just about 3 oclock, we put Zoe down, and then the rest of us went back to bed for a nap. We had budgeted $100.00 for groceries out of our paycheck, and so I set my alarm for 6:00, which would have been about 3 hours. Of course, Zoe had other plans. About 2+ hours after we layed down, Zoe was basically knocking on her door indicating that it was time for us all to get up. We got up, and after doing some small work on fixing our TV, we went to Aldi's and did some grocery shopping.
In closing, starting Monday, basically I will need to find an area about 2 miles long, and run it every day for the next two weeks. I have about 2 weeks till the civil service testing. I am afraid of the date coming up on me, and being terrified to go because I'm sure that I will not be able to pass the testing. I don't want that to happen, so I have to prepare myself. I think I will call that it for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Friday, May 21, 2010
Day 46
Wow. It is so hard to believe that I am on the 46th entry. Time just flies when you are having fun I guess. Not all days are fun, but most are. The way I try to think about it is this. You will only have things as good as you will allow yourself to. If you think life is shit, then of course, life will feel like shit for you. If life feels like shit, but you keep telling yourself that things are great, that you feel good, that you are doing good, etc, things will start to look up. In the past, when I was with my ex-wife (very rough 4+ years), I went through a few periods where 1) I had allowed myself to drift away from God. And 2) I literally felt like crap. I would go to work, tired as hell, aching all over, thinking "Why does life suck so bad?" Well, when I got involved in a really good church, they taught me that God gave us the gift of being able to speak powerfully. It can be used for good. For example, when I learned about this, I figured I would try it out. It was hard as hell. I'm sure a lot of you can imagine how difficult it would be to say you feel great when you feel the exact opposite right?
Well, That was me. Feeling like crap, tired as hell, in a way, hating my life, when people said "Hey Chris! How are you today?" I said "I'm great! I'm doing really good. I feel awesome! How are you?" I was so far down that it literally took me maybe 2 or 3 weeks before suddenly what I was telling people didn't feel like a lie. I actually felt really good. Not great yet, but it was a start. So I kept going. Another couple weeks, and although life with my ex was never easy or fun, physically, emotionally, and spiritually I was doing really well. You could say that with God's help, through what I had learned, I was able to dig myself out of the hole I was in, and patch the holes that I had in me spiritually.
Now, our words having power can be used for bad as well. In fact, without even realizing it, a lot of people do this. What it involves is usually talking negativity to someone. "You suck!" Or "You're going to get beat out there!" Or "i hope you die!" Or even "I hope you fail!" These kinds of things can actually, for lack of a better word, curse someone. The negative words actually can drag them down, and in some instances, cause that person harm. I can't explain it really, I just know that it is indeed true. So with this little ramble, the lesson is to not only think and speak positively about yourself, but to those around you. Don't be the cause of other's misfortune or bad luck simply because you felt you just 'had' to say something mean to them. Nobody wins that way.
Moving on! We usually mow the lawn at least once a week. I mowed our lawn a week ago from Wednesday, and so it has only been a little over a week. However, when ever I have wanted to mow the grass, minus the few sunny occasions when I had something else going on, it was raining that day and so I wasn't able to. With all the rain, our lawn has grown so much in just a week. I know for a fact that it HAS to get done tomorrow. I'm really hoping it will not rain again tonight or tomorrow so I can get it done. I hate it when there is something I know I 'have' to do, but for whatever reason can't.
Tomorrow morning at 10:15 is technically Lex's last soccer game. However, we are making up at least one game, so we will probably have that next weekend or this coming Tuesday. I guess we will find out tomorrow. There is a second game that was cancelled so I'm hoping that will mean we will still play two. However, the coach from the other team that we need to make up with has not been returning any of our calls, so that game looks like it might not get made up. I don't understand. You agree to coach a team. The player's pay the fee at the beginning of the season in order to be on the team, with the right to play every single game scheduled, and this coach is so not doing his/her job. I really need to get up to the Y and officially get my name down as a coach for the next season. I think they have them both in spring and in fall. I wish they did them during the summer. Plus, the seasons are just too damn short! It started just before May I believe and yet here we are, already at the end of the season. Some day I can see myself forming the official "Clinton Soccer Club" and building up the soccer program here. I want to have normal leagues, with certified referees officiating the games. None of these games with coaches in the middle making the calls *when a lot of them don't know much about soccer*.
So, in closing, there has been progress lately. I remember mentioning that for a fe weeks, I really didn't write a whole lot, especially in my book I'm writing. I did however, as you can all see, come here and update my blog. Well, I prayed a lot about it, and finally was able to get back into working on my book. Over the last two days I have hammered out at least 4 pages. It's all a matter of sitting there, closing my eyes, and letting my mind wander and bamn. The images of the story come to my mind, and my fingers start going.
So, hopefully I will be able to keep this momentum going. I think I will call that it for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Well, That was me. Feeling like crap, tired as hell, in a way, hating my life, when people said "Hey Chris! How are you today?" I said "I'm great! I'm doing really good. I feel awesome! How are you?" I was so far down that it literally took me maybe 2 or 3 weeks before suddenly what I was telling people didn't feel like a lie. I actually felt really good. Not great yet, but it was a start. So I kept going. Another couple weeks, and although life with my ex was never easy or fun, physically, emotionally, and spiritually I was doing really well. You could say that with God's help, through what I had learned, I was able to dig myself out of the hole I was in, and patch the holes that I had in me spiritually.
Now, our words having power can be used for bad as well. In fact, without even realizing it, a lot of people do this. What it involves is usually talking negativity to someone. "You suck!" Or "You're going to get beat out there!" Or "i hope you die!" Or even "I hope you fail!" These kinds of things can actually, for lack of a better word, curse someone. The negative words actually can drag them down, and in some instances, cause that person harm. I can't explain it really, I just know that it is indeed true. So with this little ramble, the lesson is to not only think and speak positively about yourself, but to those around you. Don't be the cause of other's misfortune or bad luck simply because you felt you just 'had' to say something mean to them. Nobody wins that way.
Moving on! We usually mow the lawn at least once a week. I mowed our lawn a week ago from Wednesday, and so it has only been a little over a week. However, when ever I have wanted to mow the grass, minus the few sunny occasions when I had something else going on, it was raining that day and so I wasn't able to. With all the rain, our lawn has grown so much in just a week. I know for a fact that it HAS to get done tomorrow. I'm really hoping it will not rain again tonight or tomorrow so I can get it done. I hate it when there is something I know I 'have' to do, but for whatever reason can't.
Tomorrow morning at 10:15 is technically Lex's last soccer game. However, we are making up at least one game, so we will probably have that next weekend or this coming Tuesday. I guess we will find out tomorrow. There is a second game that was cancelled so I'm hoping that will mean we will still play two. However, the coach from the other team that we need to make up with has not been returning any of our calls, so that game looks like it might not get made up. I don't understand. You agree to coach a team. The player's pay the fee at the beginning of the season in order to be on the team, with the right to play every single game scheduled, and this coach is so not doing his/her job. I really need to get up to the Y and officially get my name down as a coach for the next season. I think they have them both in spring and in fall. I wish they did them during the summer. Plus, the seasons are just too damn short! It started just before May I believe and yet here we are, already at the end of the season. Some day I can see myself forming the official "Clinton Soccer Club" and building up the soccer program here. I want to have normal leagues, with certified referees officiating the games. None of these games with coaches in the middle making the calls *when a lot of them don't know much about soccer*.
So, in closing, there has been progress lately. I remember mentioning that for a fe weeks, I really didn't write a whole lot, especially in my book I'm writing. I did however, as you can all see, come here and update my blog. Well, I prayed a lot about it, and finally was able to get back into working on my book. Over the last two days I have hammered out at least 4 pages. It's all a matter of sitting there, closing my eyes, and letting my mind wander and bamn. The images of the story come to my mind, and my fingers start going.
So, hopefully I will be able to keep this momentum going. I think I will call that it for tonight. I will write more for you all tomorrow.
Thanks for being here.
CB
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Day 45
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
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
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
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