I don't know what I was thinking for Sunday, other than getting up for some coffee but Wife did not have a problem filling out the day. She came down asking if I wanted to go get tortillas with her at Rosa's Tortilla Factory down the street and I pretty much had to say yes. Because of the looking into my credit card from the bank, and them insisting I had been compromised, they cancelled my card and they decided I would get a new one in the mail. To go without a bank card for most of the week, I needed my Excursion filled with gas, and some cash in case we go have lunch. The guy from the bank said it would take 5-7 days to get my new card. Once that was done, Wife made breakfast and I thought "time for a nap". Of course not, when Wife is around. She said "I am going to go cut the grass." which made me either have to stand up to the challenge or start one of those fights which last past a week.
I told her I would cut the grass in the front, which is usually the easiest thing to do. She was marching around behind me and around me with the trimmer until she ran out of battery charge, The only thing enjoyable is listening to music loud with my earbuds. It used to be we had a Walkman or other device which would play one cassette or one CD and we could listen to it through earphones wired to the device. This is the future, now we have wireless earphones, which are earbuds you shove in your ears. They can be connected to anything that has "Bluetooth" technology, which can be laptops, phones, even TVs and other weird stuff. I have lightbulbs in my kitchen that have speakers and my phone frequently connects to them without me knowing or remembering and I can be upstairs and my phone conversations will come through loud and clear in the kitchen. Anyways, as far as listening, today we have music on youtube or blogs, which are people speaking about different topics which can be entertaining or informative.
We ended up cutting both front and backyards together. The back is surprisingly big, I guess because it slopes down to the rear, it takes a lot of effort to cut it. Wife took the lead when we started the back, I had a nasty blue tarp by the pool I had been wanting to cut and throw away and I finally did. I did not have the energy to start firing up the pool but the plan is to start doing it in the next few days. Today would have been nice to jump in after all that working and sweating.
I did manage to get a nap in eventually. we both showered and stuff and I took a nap from around 3:30 to 5:30pm, it was good, but I felt heat coming off of me while I laid in bed. After I got up, we both looked outside and decided it was too sunny outside for BBQ, so the burgers went on the skillet, along with the sausages. Wife didn't want to take another shower, if we grilled she said her hair would smell like smoke.
We ate early enough that I was in bed by 9:00pm. But here I am writing from 2:00am to 4:30am. I guess this works out, I can say bye to Wife, she is fixing to leave, so I'll go walk her out to her car as she heads on down to La Pryor.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Sunday, April 29, 2018
4/29/18 Caking and Aging?
It seems like every week is another person's birthday. This week it was my mother-in-law's birthday. We were invited to go have dinner on Saturday afternoon, and after being promised I could sleep all afternoon, I agreed. Basically, we had turkey and all the usual Thanksgiving trimmings. I kind of made it a long day as I have been exploring my bodies scheduled sleeping patterns. I keep insisting I enjoy being up in the morning and sleeping during the middle of the day and then I am fine in the evening.
As it turned out, Boy stayed behind to work at Alamo Drafthouse, and even though he was out late with his new gal, he came home around 1:00am, he asked if we would be his back-up alarm and come check on him to make sure he got up at 5:30am. We went to bed around 1:00am, I tossed and turned restlessly until I decided the best way to sleep was to wake up Wife for a little loving. I felt much sleepier two minutes later, I kid, but soon after, we both fell asleep, although I did put my alarm to wake up Boy, at 5:20am. Once I woke him though, I wasn't really sleepy, I had read some stuff about the new Ford Bronco that it would only come out as a 4 door so of course I got online to look for that. The laptop I keep by my bed decided this was the perfect time to expire its anti-virus, so then I spent half an hour redoing that to keep it current.
At 7:00am, I finally got up and went down for a cup of coffee and some pan dulce. I wanted to look at our bills once again, we have to be more careful now that we've lost both roomies. Anyways, I was up until 10:30am, and then went back to bed as Wife said we were going to leave by 3:00pm. I again, got up at noon, then decided to get ahead of Wife, I started shaving my head, she had told me to get a haircut, my head was looking sloppy. We went back and forth, she finally starts filling me in on her week while we get ready.
Usually, I have been falling asleep as soon as we get on the road, but I stayed awake the whole way. Wife even decided to stop at McDonald's and get a "Spurs box" with two small burgers, a 20 pc box of nuggets and two fries. We shared all this between the three of us, finishing before we got to San Antonio traffic.
It is very nice nowadays going to my in-laws. They know I like to nap, so I say hello, listen to Wife start retelling some stories and eventually I head on over to lay down. They woke me when dinner was ready around 6:30pm, and I was about ready for more sleep after turkey, ham, cheesecake and cake.
Wife finally woke me around 11:00pm, and we headed back home. This time, I did sleep the whole way, not sure why I am so lazy, but here I have been since 3:00am and it is now 5:30am writing this daily albatross of mine.
As it turned out, Boy stayed behind to work at Alamo Drafthouse, and even though he was out late with his new gal, he came home around 1:00am, he asked if we would be his back-up alarm and come check on him to make sure he got up at 5:30am. We went to bed around 1:00am, I tossed and turned restlessly until I decided the best way to sleep was to wake up Wife for a little loving. I felt much sleepier two minutes later, I kid, but soon after, we both fell asleep, although I did put my alarm to wake up Boy, at 5:20am. Once I woke him though, I wasn't really sleepy, I had read some stuff about the new Ford Bronco that it would only come out as a 4 door so of course I got online to look for that. The laptop I keep by my bed decided this was the perfect time to expire its anti-virus, so then I spent half an hour redoing that to keep it current.
At 7:00am, I finally got up and went down for a cup of coffee and some pan dulce. I wanted to look at our bills once again, we have to be more careful now that we've lost both roomies. Anyways, I was up until 10:30am, and then went back to bed as Wife said we were going to leave by 3:00pm. I again, got up at noon, then decided to get ahead of Wife, I started shaving my head, she had told me to get a haircut, my head was looking sloppy. We went back and forth, she finally starts filling me in on her week while we get ready.
Usually, I have been falling asleep as soon as we get on the road, but I stayed awake the whole way. Wife even decided to stop at McDonald's and get a "Spurs box" with two small burgers, a 20 pc box of nuggets and two fries. We shared all this between the three of us, finishing before we got to San Antonio traffic.
It is very nice nowadays going to my in-laws. They know I like to nap, so I say hello, listen to Wife start retelling some stories and eventually I head on over to lay down. They woke me when dinner was ready around 6:30pm, and I was about ready for more sleep after turkey, ham, cheesecake and cake.
Wife finally woke me around 11:00pm, and we headed back home. This time, I did sleep the whole way, not sure why I am so lazy, but here I have been since 3:00am and it is now 5:30am writing this daily albatross of mine.
Friday, April 27, 2018
4/28/18 Retirement?
Is that our goal? I'm not sure that is winning more than surviving but it is a change of pace. I am thinking about this because a long time coworker just retired this week. I didn't want to but I felt a tinge of sadness at saying goodbye. This is a person I worked with in the same room for about 7 to 9 years. I pretty much drove the other lady crazy and she left, but this one put up with my bad singing and cursing at the tools, listened to my stories about my boys growing up, she taught me a bit about having a farm and the difficulties of having a few head of cattle, even when she moved to the miniature cows, which I just fell in love with the idea, but I don't have the stones to be responsible enough.
Ever since we worked together, she was talking about retiring in another three years. It came as a mild shock to hear her actually do it. In our last conversation, she mentioned to her supervisor that she was willing to put her head on the shopping block, if there was going to be a lay-off, hopefully save the job of her coworker. Instead, she was ignored and the other guy of a total of four was laid off. He was given a handsome retirement package, and for her efforts and years of work, she got nothing, but of course, that was her choice.
So now what? My Mom has been retired for the 2nd or 3rd time and she keeps busy with the grandkids. My Dad on the other hand, I'm not sure finds himself relaxed in his golden years as he seems a need to go to those shitty illegal casinos. Retirement seems to go well with some people, I feel like I would rather work than sit around the house, specially if it was going to be full of rugrats. My ex coworker says she bought a small-ish farm up in north Texas, mostly to get away from the allergies in central Texas. She still has a farm's worth of animals, she said she took her cows up on the last trip, so I am sure she gets to work outside more full time. She was good at raising her own food, frequently selling fresh eggs to our coworkers, and I remember her bringing vegetables when she grew more than she could eat and save.
I hate to think that we work until we stop being useful or cost too much on a balanced sheet, but I guess we aren't much different than the tools we run, to our supervisors. Most everybody there is near 65 or getting there shortly. I am still unsure if retiring is the golden goose or just a nice way to get out of the game. I do know it is a weird feeling saying goodbye to a long term coworker and being that I am one of the youngest, it is going to suck in the next few years as more and more of our older people sign off. For all I know, the company may go under tomorrow, but if not, most people there are near that age, I hope we all get the choice to do it if we want to.
Ever since we worked together, she was talking about retiring in another three years. It came as a mild shock to hear her actually do it. In our last conversation, she mentioned to her supervisor that she was willing to put her head on the shopping block, if there was going to be a lay-off, hopefully save the job of her coworker. Instead, she was ignored and the other guy of a total of four was laid off. He was given a handsome retirement package, and for her efforts and years of work, she got nothing, but of course, that was her choice.
So now what? My Mom has been retired for the 2nd or 3rd time and she keeps busy with the grandkids. My Dad on the other hand, I'm not sure finds himself relaxed in his golden years as he seems a need to go to those shitty illegal casinos. Retirement seems to go well with some people, I feel like I would rather work than sit around the house, specially if it was going to be full of rugrats. My ex coworker says she bought a small-ish farm up in north Texas, mostly to get away from the allergies in central Texas. She still has a farm's worth of animals, she said she took her cows up on the last trip, so I am sure she gets to work outside more full time. She was good at raising her own food, frequently selling fresh eggs to our coworkers, and I remember her bringing vegetables when she grew more than she could eat and save.
I hate to think that we work until we stop being useful or cost too much on a balanced sheet, but I guess we aren't much different than the tools we run, to our supervisors. Most everybody there is near 65 or getting there shortly. I am still unsure if retiring is the golden goose or just a nice way to get out of the game. I do know it is a weird feeling saying goodbye to a long term coworker and being that I am one of the youngest, it is going to suck in the next few years as more and more of our older people sign off. For all I know, the company may go under tomorrow, but if not, most people there are near that age, I hope we all get the choice to do it if we want to.
4/27/18 Work's Ebb And Flow?
Last week it seemed like we were on a rally, maybe we have gotten just enough customers to keep so busy we need a little OT to keep up. Nope, this week reminds me that it just happens some weeks are busier than others, as this one barely triggered a pulse. Last week, I spent most of the shifts running like I was working at Discount Tire (those guys hustle). I was simultaneously keeping the prep tool running, working in the acid hoods mixing this and that, and keeping at least one of the two if not both actual tools that produce our data running.
This week, it looked like we lost customers, they never sent us some of the stuff we normally have to rally and prep while doing other stuff. Last night, basically just sat on my fat ass and ran one job, it was a big job, but still. It is possible next week will be balls to the walls again, if we look at the pattern, seems like every other week we pick up a bit. I am hoping for some OT, my trainer is going to be off most of next week, which is already the first week in May and the third week as well. These are both short weeks for me, which means I am off Thursday and Friday. She works those days, if I can come in it would help a lot towards the loss of my roomies recently.
I have some tasks to do around the house, such as clean the pool before my neighbors rat us out as they like to do. There is also the matter of the dead tree in front of the house which Wife has been busting my butt to take care of. Maybe this is the weekend, I just hate doing stuff like this in the middle of a hot ass day.
If anything, we should be starting the weekend early, Wife is supposed to go to Jourdanton for awhile then she is free to come up. I told her it would be pretty fucking stupid to demand you to go back to campus on a Friday. She just said yeah yeah, I'm heading to Austin after I finish in Jourdanton. Cool. I love the woman's energy, but for her own good, she doesn't know when to stop. If there were ANY kind of meeting at the school, such as the flute section of the band meeting to discuss candy sales, she would still feel she was needed there for input and probably head that way, even if it meant she didn't get to Austin until 10:00 or 11:00pm. I kid, I kid, but not really. Anyways, here's to a great Texas weekend.
This week, it looked like we lost customers, they never sent us some of the stuff we normally have to rally and prep while doing other stuff. Last night, basically just sat on my fat ass and ran one job, it was a big job, but still. It is possible next week will be balls to the walls again, if we look at the pattern, seems like every other week we pick up a bit. I am hoping for some OT, my trainer is going to be off most of next week, which is already the first week in May and the third week as well. These are both short weeks for me, which means I am off Thursday and Friday. She works those days, if I can come in it would help a lot towards the loss of my roomies recently.
I have some tasks to do around the house, such as clean the pool before my neighbors rat us out as they like to do. There is also the matter of the dead tree in front of the house which Wife has been busting my butt to take care of. Maybe this is the weekend, I just hate doing stuff like this in the middle of a hot ass day.
If anything, we should be starting the weekend early, Wife is supposed to go to Jourdanton for awhile then she is free to come up. I told her it would be pretty fucking stupid to demand you to go back to campus on a Friday. She just said yeah yeah, I'm heading to Austin after I finish in Jourdanton. Cool. I love the woman's energy, but for her own good, she doesn't know when to stop. If there were ANY kind of meeting at the school, such as the flute section of the band meeting to discuss candy sales, she would still feel she was needed there for input and probably head that way, even if it meant she didn't get to Austin until 10:00 or 11:00pm. I kid, I kid, but not really. Anyways, here's to a great Texas weekend.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
4/26/18 FInal Track And Field Was Not?
After a rough start and missing the first meet for our son, I promised to be better and show up earlier than he suggested. It worked for the next couple of meets. It was fun, I only wish he also had a chance to throw the discus in competition. It seems the was the back up discus guy and was even told to warm up for it twice at meets but was then told not to worry about it. What I like most about my Javalina is that he has a fire burning in his belly. He was pissed he didn't do better. That being said, I wanted to make sure he could only be mad at himself this past week. I don't like shitty kids that blame everyone around them for their shortcomings. After the last meet when we were walking and talking towards the car I told him "remember, this is not football, if you don't like your ranking, it is all on you, this is a sport of 1. You need to get stronger, practice more and focus. Just being mad for the sake of being angry is not helpful."
I don't know if any of my words sunk in, but he said during practice this week, he had thrown thirty feet. I am always a little leery, but I said hmm, then do it at the meet and you'll be where the winner was at the last meet. First and second place were within inches in the 30 feet range. He threw a respectable 27 feet, which put him 7th in the group.
We did everything we could to support him today. I got up with enough time to shower and get there with time to spare. Wife showed up, she was in San Antonio for a thing, and even Boy joined us right as we were getting ready to leave the house. The only problem was that a big ole rain storm accompanied us and it did not give up until after we did. It rained from about 5:00pm to around 7:00pm, which cut the whole thing out. It sucked because we were ready to get rained on, I took my frogskin, a poncho thing that is waterproof, Wife and boy had umbrellas, but the kids were not allowed out of the busses even as we all sat there. Boy texted a couple times that maybe they would start at 7:00pm. I couldn't help but fall asleep, as Wife was being her usual worker bee and conducting work through her phone.
Eventually, the coaches gave up, I guess there was a little lightning and they are throwing metal balls and disks at the sky, so they chose not to tempt chance and have someone get hit by Zeus's mighty thunder bolts. The season ended in a whimper at Taco Bell. In our hearts, we believe our little champion threw for 30feet, but the world will never know.
I don't know if any of my words sunk in, but he said during practice this week, he had thrown thirty feet. I am always a little leery, but I said hmm, then do it at the meet and you'll be where the winner was at the last meet. First and second place were within inches in the 30 feet range. He threw a respectable 27 feet, which put him 7th in the group.
We did everything we could to support him today. I got up with enough time to shower and get there with time to spare. Wife showed up, she was in San Antonio for a thing, and even Boy joined us right as we were getting ready to leave the house. The only problem was that a big ole rain storm accompanied us and it did not give up until after we did. It rained from about 5:00pm to around 7:00pm, which cut the whole thing out. It sucked because we were ready to get rained on, I took my frogskin, a poncho thing that is waterproof, Wife and boy had umbrellas, but the kids were not allowed out of the busses even as we all sat there. Boy texted a couple times that maybe they would start at 7:00pm. I couldn't help but fall asleep, as Wife was being her usual worker bee and conducting work through her phone.
Eventually, the coaches gave up, I guess there was a little lightning and they are throwing metal balls and disks at the sky, so they chose not to tempt chance and have someone get hit by Zeus's mighty thunder bolts. The season ended in a whimper at Taco Bell. In our hearts, we believe our little champion threw for 30feet, but the world will never know.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
4/25/18 The I Know Everything Generation Sucks Even When They Are Helping?
I pretty much throw everything up here, even some of my more private affairs, that being said, I am not sure how I feel about this whole exchange. Yes, we are happy that Boy is finally dating again, I am just not happy about the whole thing overall. We love the girl, she has been Boy's "best friend" since they were sophomores in high school, so she has been around a good 10+ years. The problem comes in thinking about the big picture. They had a disagreement a couple years ago when our son lied that he was done seeing his ex but he was still getting some on the side from her. Best friend said she was done talking to him for lying to her, seemed excessive, and Boy did not take it well. I worry that now that they are dating and it doesn't work a similar thing will happen and then where will our little robot Boy go? It is their decision to change the status from friends to more than that. All that doesn't bother me, other than I don't need to see the fallout from this failing.
What does bother me is when Idiots play house. It started last week "Dad, it got late on her, she is going to stay the night." That never bothered me before, she had a boyfriend, Boy is not a horny pervert, but what stops them now? I said fine, but she sleeps in the guest room, not with you. Again, this weekend, she flew out of state, Boy picked her up at the airport. Great, but the pick up time went from 11:00pm to 1:00am or some shit. Boy texted he was going to stay at her folk's house because he was too tired to drive back home. In the middle of the night, I do just want him to be safe, but this BS is not going to float, they need better time management and NOW! So I decided to nip it in the bud and I caught both of them at the house today as I was coming to work.
Here's the bugger, "as the kid that is getting the warning/talking to, you can't take over the conversation, nothing makes me want to kick you where the good lord split you more. "See, I knew your folks were going to have a problem with us playing house, to my son." And the cherry on top, "and what else is bothering you?" in a condescendingly friendly helpful way. I was caught taken aback, all I could think is I was walking down the stairs facing up, she had come out of Boy's room, Boy had actually just walked in the front door. I never felt more like I was in a weak position to argue, like in Star Wars where Obi Wan has the high ground and Anakin is below in the lava pit scene.
I am still re-shaping my relationship here as well so I won't go into judgment so fast, but goddammit, we will be revisiting this interaction again and again until the attitude disappears.
What does bother me is when Idiots play house. It started last week "Dad, it got late on her, she is going to stay the night." That never bothered me before, she had a boyfriend, Boy is not a horny pervert, but what stops them now? I said fine, but she sleeps in the guest room, not with you. Again, this weekend, she flew out of state, Boy picked her up at the airport. Great, but the pick up time went from 11:00pm to 1:00am or some shit. Boy texted he was going to stay at her folk's house because he was too tired to drive back home. In the middle of the night, I do just want him to be safe, but this BS is not going to float, they need better time management and NOW! So I decided to nip it in the bud and I caught both of them at the house today as I was coming to work.
Here's the bugger, "as the kid that is getting the warning/talking to, you can't take over the conversation, nothing makes me want to kick you where the good lord split you more. "See, I knew your folks were going to have a problem with us playing house, to my son." And the cherry on top, "and what else is bothering you?" in a condescendingly friendly helpful way. I was caught taken aback, all I could think is I was walking down the stairs facing up, she had come out of Boy's room, Boy had actually just walked in the front door. I never felt more like I was in a weak position to argue, like in Star Wars where Obi Wan has the high ground and Anakin is below in the lava pit scene.
I am still re-shaping my relationship here as well so I won't go into judgment so fast, but goddammit, we will be revisiting this interaction again and again until the attitude disappears.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Monday, April 23, 2018
4/23/18 Nobody Gives A Crap About How Good/Great You Are?
The title above came to me after arguing a bit with Wife over nothing, really. I got up early, at 10:30am and rolled out of bed. We've been doing too much eating out and haven't had much food in the house. I really wanted barbacoa and eggs, so I headed to HEB and bought enough to eat breakfast and then some assorted meat packs to grill later in the day.
I felt pretty good, I let Wife sleep in another hour or so, now we have food and even sodas, so we should be good at least for a day. By the time I put everything away, Wife was coming down. I felt good after sleeping most of Saturday away, today would be better. I decided I have done my part, Wife can scramble some eggs and even Javalina can heat up some tortillas. All I want to do is look at a couple of boats from my Boating magazine being reviewed on You Tube because then you see the boat in action moving and how the people really fit in it. But no. Wife can't help but snipe at me that that is all I do nowadays.
She then gets on it and proceeds to spend over an hour doing what she does. Of course, thing 1 is doing Financial Aid paperwork for Boy, which great, she is an American hero, but shouldn't Boy at least be in the room? Then she gets done with this and she does some other paperwork, including more for the solar panels, proving that what I do on the computer is crap compared to the important stuff she does.
While this is going on, Javalina is vacuuming the living room and somehow catches the metal edge that helps make an edge for the carpet to transition to different floor in the kitchen, somehow he snapped it in half, now I got two brass metal pieces standing on edge looking to catch human skin. I know it wasn't his fault, but I also know that the only person who is going to fix that is me. I had just sat at the laptop, and I know it seemed like I was listening to annoying music, but I was also thinking of ways to fix it. We got lucky in that I found the exact right type of metal I needed and then next to it, something that would work better. Instead of removing the strip with the tons of tacks that hold the carpet in place, we found a slightly wider piece of brass meant to do the same thing. It had the holes already drilled in and I have a hammer drill which is meant for this specific thing, drilling into concrete.
After I got done, I was met by the same thing. Cool, or about time, are we going anywhere? If I had ignored it, within a couple of weeks one of my little knuckleheads would have gotten a busted foot. The point is I am good to great every day because I am. I keep expecting a pat on the back or an attaboy, but if I did shitty work, I wouldn't accept it. I went a long way to say that our quality comes from within. Wife is who she is because she has an engine that burns hotter than most people around her. She doesn't get the "Good Job" from her surrounding cast as often as she should, but that is not her fuel. I guess knowing this is good because a lot of time we go out of our way only because we are the only person there who can go out of their way. it may feel like it sucks, but could you live with yourself doing shitty less than quality work? No, it's not who you are.
I felt pretty good, I let Wife sleep in another hour or so, now we have food and even sodas, so we should be good at least for a day. By the time I put everything away, Wife was coming down. I felt good after sleeping most of Saturday away, today would be better. I decided I have done my part, Wife can scramble some eggs and even Javalina can heat up some tortillas. All I want to do is look at a couple of boats from my Boating magazine being reviewed on You Tube because then you see the boat in action moving and how the people really fit in it. But no. Wife can't help but snipe at me that that is all I do nowadays.
She then gets on it and proceeds to spend over an hour doing what she does. Of course, thing 1 is doing Financial Aid paperwork for Boy, which great, she is an American hero, but shouldn't Boy at least be in the room? Then she gets done with this and she does some other paperwork, including more for the solar panels, proving that what I do on the computer is crap compared to the important stuff she does.
While this is going on, Javalina is vacuuming the living room and somehow catches the metal edge that helps make an edge for the carpet to transition to different floor in the kitchen, somehow he snapped it in half, now I got two brass metal pieces standing on edge looking to catch human skin. I know it wasn't his fault, but I also know that the only person who is going to fix that is me. I had just sat at the laptop, and I know it seemed like I was listening to annoying music, but I was also thinking of ways to fix it. We got lucky in that I found the exact right type of metal I needed and then next to it, something that would work better. Instead of removing the strip with the tons of tacks that hold the carpet in place, we found a slightly wider piece of brass meant to do the same thing. It had the holes already drilled in and I have a hammer drill which is meant for this specific thing, drilling into concrete.
After I got done, I was met by the same thing. Cool, or about time, are we going anywhere? If I had ignored it, within a couple of weeks one of my little knuckleheads would have gotten a busted foot. The point is I am good to great every day because I am. I keep expecting a pat on the back or an attaboy, but if I did shitty work, I wouldn't accept it. I went a long way to say that our quality comes from within. Wife is who she is because she has an engine that burns hotter than most people around her. She doesn't get the "Good Job" from her surrounding cast as often as she should, but that is not her fuel. I guess knowing this is good because a lot of time we go out of our way only because we are the only person there who can go out of their way. it may feel like it sucks, but could you live with yourself doing shitty less than quality work? No, it's not who you are.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
4/22/18 Happy Birthday Mom?
Happy birthday Mom, sorry we can't be there. I did make a German chocolate cake in your honor, and I have to say, it was pretty good. We haven't gone to the store and I wanted something sweet, so we have about four boxes of cake. One was German chocolate with the frosting, and the other three boxes have no frosting, two being bland yellow and the other being a white cake mix. Whenever I have made one box, it seems awful skinny on the 9x13 Pyrex glass cake pan. By using two boxes, the cake fattened up to a more true thickness, but the flavor profile did change to almost weird.
All week long, I was looking forward to Saturday to lay around and be lazy. We knew it was supposed to be a rainy Saturday, so what can you do? But then Saturday rolls around and I wanted to get up and start the morning with a cup of coffee a little breakfast and then a nap. But no. Wife wanted to join me to Jiffy Lube, which fine, but that automatically involves little Hammer Time. Surprisingly, I go to wake Javalina at around 9:30am and he is already up. He mentions he had a little diarrhea and he was just using the bathroom downstairs. We all headed to Jiffy Lube and of course, there were about three cars in each of the two bays in front of us, so we knew it would be awhile. Before we stopped for the oil change, we went and deposited in the mail our tax credit for installing the solar panels. It sounds like a lot of money and I just wish it would be something was done by the installer where we didn't have to handle that money because I just have all sorts of ideas as to keeping the money and paying it back later. Wife spent the rest of the day doing tax exemption this and that which I don't understand, but it kept her busy.
It took more or less an hour to finish at Jiffy Lube, we opted for the synthetic blend which costs almost twice as much but lasts 6,000 miles vs 3,000 miles. It just seems like we are spending a lot of time at the Jiffy Lube, this will make it less often we take it in. We stopped at Rosa's Taco Factory and got some tortillas for our breakfast and came home.
Wife started refrying some refried beans with sausage chunks and that was great with the eggs in there at the last minute. I made tacos for us since Wife set up camp on the laptop and refused to give it up. We all ate and just as I wanted to slither away to my naptime, but first our roomie showed up and we chit chatted, then Girlie showed up, she keeps getting mail delivered here, she stopped by to pick it up. I did manage to sleep most of the day away then DD showed up to get some of his stuff from his room. It is nice to say everyone is doing alright, I didn't manage much more than saying hi to him and talking for a bit before I fell asleep in his room as he was taking stuff out.
Wife then made some quickie dinner, I ate a burger and some hotdogs, and tried my best to stay up, but once I have to wait while up she goes off to wash dishes, it is anyone's guess whether I'll be up. I did work an extra day of OT, so I deserve to be lazy, if I want.
All week long, I was looking forward to Saturday to lay around and be lazy. We knew it was supposed to be a rainy Saturday, so what can you do? But then Saturday rolls around and I wanted to get up and start the morning with a cup of coffee a little breakfast and then a nap. But no. Wife wanted to join me to Jiffy Lube, which fine, but that automatically involves little Hammer Time. Surprisingly, I go to wake Javalina at around 9:30am and he is already up. He mentions he had a little diarrhea and he was just using the bathroom downstairs. We all headed to Jiffy Lube and of course, there were about three cars in each of the two bays in front of us, so we knew it would be awhile. Before we stopped for the oil change, we went and deposited in the mail our tax credit for installing the solar panels. It sounds like a lot of money and I just wish it would be something was done by the installer where we didn't have to handle that money because I just have all sorts of ideas as to keeping the money and paying it back later. Wife spent the rest of the day doing tax exemption this and that which I don't understand, but it kept her busy.
It took more or less an hour to finish at Jiffy Lube, we opted for the synthetic blend which costs almost twice as much but lasts 6,000 miles vs 3,000 miles. It just seems like we are spending a lot of time at the Jiffy Lube, this will make it less often we take it in. We stopped at Rosa's Taco Factory and got some tortillas for our breakfast and came home.
Wife started refrying some refried beans with sausage chunks and that was great with the eggs in there at the last minute. I made tacos for us since Wife set up camp on the laptop and refused to give it up. We all ate and just as I wanted to slither away to my naptime, but first our roomie showed up and we chit chatted, then Girlie showed up, she keeps getting mail delivered here, she stopped by to pick it up. I did manage to sleep most of the day away then DD showed up to get some of his stuff from his room. It is nice to say everyone is doing alright, I didn't manage much more than saying hi to him and talking for a bit before I fell asleep in his room as he was taking stuff out.
Wife then made some quickie dinner, I ate a burger and some hotdogs, and tried my best to stay up, but once I have to wait while up she goes off to wash dishes, it is anyone's guess whether I'll be up. I did work an extra day of OT, so I deserve to be lazy, if I want.
Saturday, April 21, 2018
4/21/18 A Little Shuffling Going On?
Love is a mother F*-er. Two months ago I was sitting like a hog in heaven, two roommates, scraping an extra $1000, I had done the math and we would be done paying our credit cards by the end of the year, including most of the bill for my leg injury. Wife had wanted to join her folks on a long road trip in July and considering the extra cash, I didn't have a good enough reason to counter so the trip seemed inevitable. Now I am not so sure.
Fast forward a couple months and DD moved out to start life with his girlfriend of barely a year and today the other roomie said the same thing. She has only been dating the dude for less than a month or so and yet, his mother has invited her to move in. Personally, I think she is rushing into this relationship, but she is not my kid, so I can't physically stop this any way. I am glad for her and DD, if things work out, they are both good people who deserve to be happy. Just knowing they are both rushing in, I offered them the chance to come back, as long as I have a room for them, that no one else has beat them, I do offer a great price.
So what happens now? Well, the girl is paying for one more month, so I will not plan on messing with her room for another while. Once her time runs out, I guess that will be another room to fill, maybe make it a workout room as I was planning. I always wanted to close the door and make it a room accessible only through our room, some sort of sex closet. Since that would gross most people out, then I would maybe keep a safe in there, for the guns we have and whatever else, but it would suck to get a 1000 pound safe upstairs.
So how else to make some extra cash? I did work OT last night (Thursday) and work does seem to be picking up, so if that is a thing then I will most certainly jump on that, but there hasn't been much OT in the last couple years and I do realize this week we had our tool down a couple days for a PM. We talked to Boy about having to help out more during the summer. He was really excited that the place he did an internship is extending the amount of hours to full time for the summer, starting in Mid May as soon as he finishes his Exams. As I did, I told him my folks made me pay for my vehicle during the summer and now, you will pay for your SUV for three months. I wouldn't like doing this, but we have seen the Boy with extra money and he just buys junk on top of junk for himself through Amazon. Plus, he has never really acted like he cares about his vehicle. Maybe putting a little of his money into it makes him feel more connected to it.
Ultimately, I guess our house should be just for us, I haven't been bothered by the myriad of houseguests we have had over the years, though. Everyone brings a flavor of their own and I feel there is something to learn from everyone's way of being.
Fast forward a couple months and DD moved out to start life with his girlfriend of barely a year and today the other roomie said the same thing. She has only been dating the dude for less than a month or so and yet, his mother has invited her to move in. Personally, I think she is rushing into this relationship, but she is not my kid, so I can't physically stop this any way. I am glad for her and DD, if things work out, they are both good people who deserve to be happy. Just knowing they are both rushing in, I offered them the chance to come back, as long as I have a room for them, that no one else has beat them, I do offer a great price.
So what happens now? Well, the girl is paying for one more month, so I will not plan on messing with her room for another while. Once her time runs out, I guess that will be another room to fill, maybe make it a workout room as I was planning. I always wanted to close the door and make it a room accessible only through our room, some sort of sex closet. Since that would gross most people out, then I would maybe keep a safe in there, for the guns we have and whatever else, but it would suck to get a 1000 pound safe upstairs.
So how else to make some extra cash? I did work OT last night (Thursday) and work does seem to be picking up, so if that is a thing then I will most certainly jump on that, but there hasn't been much OT in the last couple years and I do realize this week we had our tool down a couple days for a PM. We talked to Boy about having to help out more during the summer. He was really excited that the place he did an internship is extending the amount of hours to full time for the summer, starting in Mid May as soon as he finishes his Exams. As I did, I told him my folks made me pay for my vehicle during the summer and now, you will pay for your SUV for three months. I wouldn't like doing this, but we have seen the Boy with extra money and he just buys junk on top of junk for himself through Amazon. Plus, he has never really acted like he cares about his vehicle. Maybe putting a little of his money into it makes him feel more connected to it.
Ultimately, I guess our house should be just for us, I haven't been bothered by the myriad of houseguests we have had over the years, though. Everyone brings a flavor of their own and I feel there is something to learn from everyone's way of being.
Friday, April 20, 2018
4/20/18 Quiet Weekend?
My folks were here last week, I don't know that we have anything planned for this weekend. The weather says it is probably going to rain so I am thinking we will be stuck indoors, which sounds nice to me. Last week was not restful with the track and field meet starting at 8:00am. This weekend, I was supposed to have a long weekend off, but they called me for some OT, which really is rare, so I can't say no. Lately, we have been getting more and more work in our department, so maybe it is just a matter of time before we break the floodgates and they let us work whenever to keep up.
I don't understand the track and field meets. Why do they schedule some for the week and others for the weekend? How many parents are unemployed and sitting around the house waiting for their children to have activities to do? I bet these types of parents don't even attend as much as I have. It is much easier to attend on the weekend, just saying.
I don't get a good feeling about my renters. DD left to go try life with his girlfriend. I hope it all goes well, but he was a nice chunk of rent money. Now, my other renter is probably hanging by a thread. She fell in love and I mean hard and now we barely see her. I thought she was going to be around for a long while, I thought nothing of saying ok to her wanting a lizard, then a couple guinea pigs, then a couple birds, half a dozen fish, and a nice start to an Amazon jungle , judging by the plants all around the windows. I am just waiting for all them pets to slowly start dying off from loneliness, but that is her problem. But if she did find love, then of course I am happy for them.
Wife has been in town, but has not been home the last two days. She said she was not allowed to abandon the group, but maybe it's just her wanting to be lazy. It is fine with us, when I am at work, I don't have much time to be sitting there at her pace. Last night she took them around to Half Price Books and even Goodwill (grosser!), but I believe they enjoyed themselves. They almost made it to the Domain which I have been wanting to go back and walk around, but it is so expensive out there.
All I know right now is that I am looking forward to this weekend being cooler than normal, that summer heat is right around the corner, Wife is already in town, hopefully she gets released early and we see her by the time I get up to pick up Javalina. Some grilled burgers or something would be nice. It is my Mom's birthday on Sunday, maybe if they are up to meeting in San Antonio, we could do that and go eat at some nice big restaurant, let's see what the weekend has in store. Peace out!
I don't understand the track and field meets. Why do they schedule some for the week and others for the weekend? How many parents are unemployed and sitting around the house waiting for their children to have activities to do? I bet these types of parents don't even attend as much as I have. It is much easier to attend on the weekend, just saying.
I don't get a good feeling about my renters. DD left to go try life with his girlfriend. I hope it all goes well, but he was a nice chunk of rent money. Now, my other renter is probably hanging by a thread. She fell in love and I mean hard and now we barely see her. I thought she was going to be around for a long while, I thought nothing of saying ok to her wanting a lizard, then a couple guinea pigs, then a couple birds, half a dozen fish, and a nice start to an Amazon jungle , judging by the plants all around the windows. I am just waiting for all them pets to slowly start dying off from loneliness, but that is her problem. But if she did find love, then of course I am happy for them.
Wife has been in town, but has not been home the last two days. She said she was not allowed to abandon the group, but maybe it's just her wanting to be lazy. It is fine with us, when I am at work, I don't have much time to be sitting there at her pace. Last night she took them around to Half Price Books and even Goodwill (grosser!), but I believe they enjoyed themselves. They almost made it to the Domain which I have been wanting to go back and walk around, but it is so expensive out there.
All I know right now is that I am looking forward to this weekend being cooler than normal, that summer heat is right around the corner, Wife is already in town, hopefully she gets released early and we see her by the time I get up to pick up Javalina. Some grilled burgers or something would be nice. It is my Mom's birthday on Sunday, maybe if they are up to meeting in San Antonio, we could do that and go eat at some nice big restaurant, let's see what the weekend has in store. Peace out!
Thursday, April 19, 2018
4/19/18 Gentrification Of Austin?
I am not sure how I feel about this new-ish term, to me. The first week I was in the big city of Austin, I asked around "where can you see hookers", like on TV working street corners and such? They told me to go down like 7th street on the eastside and although I was new to the big city life, that was one of the scariest feelings I have ever felt. There was a smattering of "ladies" and I'm sure for a fee they were available, but we did one round and never again, well maybe two rounds, but it was intense, this was 1991. Fast forward maybe eight years and Wife is working at ACC and one of her coworkers grandma happened to live in that area and she mentioned they wanted to buy her property and develop condominiums and they had plans of making the east side of I-35 match the popular downtown area. I kind of thought to myself that whole area needs a reboot, sorry for her grandma, I hope they paid her off well enough to relocate, but today that side of the highway is starting to look very clean and nice, sorry, but I prefer that.
Is there too much gentrification? I think when the Ferrari dealership opens up in a neighborhood where it takes three or four houses to equal the cost of one Ferrari, they might have jumped the gun too early. I just looked at their website and the newest priciest cars go into the $400,000 and I'm not sure my fat ass would even fit in one or the weight limit would allow me to sit in one. The cheapest used 2004, that is as old as my Excursion, 14 years, is still holding on to a $134,865 price tag. Wow! We sold our first house and made a healthy sum of $165,000 which is not much different from their 14yr old car. BMW is also fixing to open about a block away from Ferrari, so change is afoot. BMW is better priced to compete but it still says a lot for the I-35 corridor, that first Audi snuck into the motor mile, now these two guys. I know the median income has not climbed much, so who can afford these beautiful toys? Where do they expect the poor/middle income people living south of Ben White to move to?
I worry Austin is trying to grow too fast, if those condos fail to attract the rich affluent people they are going after, then eventually the poor return and now instead of being in houses, they will be more condensed in basically apartments that reach for the skies.
Is there too much gentrification? I think when the Ferrari dealership opens up in a neighborhood where it takes three or four houses to equal the cost of one Ferrari, they might have jumped the gun too early. I just looked at their website and the newest priciest cars go into the $400,000 and I'm not sure my fat ass would even fit in one or the weight limit would allow me to sit in one. The cheapest used 2004, that is as old as my Excursion, 14 years, is still holding on to a $134,865 price tag. Wow! We sold our first house and made a healthy sum of $165,000 which is not much different from their 14yr old car. BMW is also fixing to open about a block away from Ferrari, so change is afoot. BMW is better priced to compete but it still says a lot for the I-35 corridor, that first Audi snuck into the motor mile, now these two guys. I know the median income has not climbed much, so who can afford these beautiful toys? Where do they expect the poor/middle income people living south of Ben White to move to?
I worry Austin is trying to grow too fast, if those condos fail to attract the rich affluent people they are going after, then eventually the poor return and now instead of being in houses, they will be more condensed in basically apartments that reach for the skies.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
4/18/18 Track and Field Day #3
Javalina had his third track meet of the season and this one was a mess as far as disorganized and nobody seeming to be in charge. I was in a hurry since I was late to the first meet, and again he told us iit started at 6:00pm, but this time he sent us a copy of what the whiteboard said and under track events start at 6:00, it said field events start at 5:30pm. Burger Stadium is the stadium we have been to the most. It is where Boy used to do the last part of his Marathon kids and Javalina played 3-4 games on the various fields there. I honestly had not noticed it is set up with a discus and shotput ring along the outside of the main football field.
I say disorganized because we got there before our son's school and a couple of the other schools were already there. The one that bugged me was Small ISD because they were sort of hogging the shotput ring. Bad enough our boys came in late, they then could not properly stretch and warm-up. Meanwhile, the kids from that school got their practice shots measured and generally threw until they
tired their arms How is it fair that our boys got a total of three shots out of the ring while Small ISD pretty much had a party up there.
I also don't want to be the parent that takes over to ensure my kid is not being cheated, but it sure felt that should happen. One of the moms, I'm sure from the same Small ISD got herself out there and before long she was measuring the distance thrown by everyone. She had one cup and she would move it around to wherever the ball landed, then the one judge would measure, with her help. I was tempted to get involved, but I don't want to be that parent.
Javalina was mad at himself. He said he threw 29ft, very close to 30ft, based on the lines on the practice field at home, but this wasn't a friendly place to improve so much. Last week he had thrown for 27ft and a couple inches, he did very solid work, considering he has only practiced a few times.
The weather was a total opposite from the weekend. During the weekend tournament it was cold and the wind was blowing chilly. Yesterday, it was in the 80's and we were sweating like cows out there. But still, we were all together like a family cheering on our little Javalina.
I say disorganized because we got there before our son's school and a couple of the other schools were already there. The one that bugged me was Small ISD because they were sort of hogging the shotput ring. Bad enough our boys came in late, they then could not properly stretch and warm-up. Meanwhile, the kids from that school got their practice shots measured and generally threw until they
tired their arms How is it fair that our boys got a total of three shots out of the ring while Small ISD pretty much had a party up there.
I also don't want to be the parent that takes over to ensure my kid is not being cheated, but it sure felt that should happen. One of the moms, I'm sure from the same Small ISD got herself out there and before long she was measuring the distance thrown by everyone. She had one cup and she would move it around to wherever the ball landed, then the one judge would measure, with her help. I was tempted to get involved, but I don't want to be that parent.
Javalina was mad at himself. He said he threw 29ft, very close to 30ft, based on the lines on the practice field at home, but this wasn't a friendly place to improve so much. Last week he had thrown for 27ft and a couple inches, he did very solid work, considering he has only practiced a few times.
The weather was a total opposite from the weekend. During the weekend tournament it was cold and the wind was blowing chilly. Yesterday, it was in the 80's and we were sweating like cows out there. But still, we were all together like a family cheering on our little Javalina.
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
4/17/18 I Love A Short Week?
My shift goes from 3 days to 4 days and repeat. I do a twelve hour shift, which I have done for the full 21+ years I have been here. It used to feel like I was stealing time somehow, getting Mondays and Tuesdays off back when I was on D shift. I wouldn't want to go back to that, but I do miss having days off when everyone was running around. Now, luckily, my days off line up with my family time. I do like that, but I don't have that one day to myself. That is when I would maybe cut the grass, run some errands, go hang out at Home Depot or whatever thing I cared to do. I don't know I kind of liked that.
There is not much difference, but I really hate the long weeks when I work 48 hours versus this week which seems like a cake walk. I already have a day knocked out, two more and it is the weekend again. Add to that, tonight there is another track and field tournament and the week sort of sounds fun. It is fun because Javalina is doing good enough that he is proud of himself and getting mad because he thinks he should be doing better. I love seeing a boy with a fire lit under his ass. Today will be a smaller meet, but that is good, it will allow a better chance for him to place higher. Plus Wife is in town and Boy should get out in time so we can all go and support the little hambone.
I love being out there in this spring time weather when it's cool one minute and warm the next. I don't know whether to turn on the heater or the A/C some days. If I don't end up working this week on Thursday, I am going to start cleaning the pool, I know my busybody neighbor is fixing to report me as they have done the last two summers, We really gotta use it this year, I hate that it just sits idle there with its green water, looking like a pond. But yeah, I am looking forward to some hot tubbing this year. my leg is healed and now I've waited almost a year extra, I should be fine to be in there for shorter periods of time.
I don't know if our "friends" will come back again, but we did have some great times in the water a few years ago. Anyways, I must get going to pick up Javalina and take him to school. Laters.
There is not much difference, but I really hate the long weeks when I work 48 hours versus this week which seems like a cake walk. I already have a day knocked out, two more and it is the weekend again. Add to that, tonight there is another track and field tournament and the week sort of sounds fun. It is fun because Javalina is doing good enough that he is proud of himself and getting mad because he thinks he should be doing better. I love seeing a boy with a fire lit under his ass. Today will be a smaller meet, but that is good, it will allow a better chance for him to place higher. Plus Wife is in town and Boy should get out in time so we can all go and support the little hambone.
I love being out there in this spring time weather when it's cool one minute and warm the next. I don't know whether to turn on the heater or the A/C some days. If I don't end up working this week on Thursday, I am going to start cleaning the pool, I know my busybody neighbor is fixing to report me as they have done the last two summers, We really gotta use it this year, I hate that it just sits idle there with its green water, looking like a pond. But yeah, I am looking forward to some hot tubbing this year. my leg is healed and now I've waited almost a year extra, I should be fine to be in there for shorter periods of time.
I don't know if our "friends" will come back again, but we did have some great times in the water a few years ago. Anyways, I must get going to pick up Javalina and take him to school. Laters.
Monday, April 16, 2018
4/16/18 Re-boot?
I am not sure why, but it felt like we finally did a re-boot on our hectic lives this weekend. Wife had been riding me about not having the proper paperwork for the solar panels government credits. I know she was waiting for that "A-Ha!" moment so she could do her little mom jig and explain how we need to be more responsible. A couple months ago, after we finally got the solar panels installed and I talked with a couple people, they told me all you need to get your tax credits is going to be in those packets. I looked through them but was not impressed to find much information there, but it still got that big monkey off my back.
Our taxes got done, we are paying back $240 or so, not too bad. The tax credits for the solar cells are done and that looks like a ton of money, but again, it goes right back to the solar company. From here though, things are looking light for us. We started going to H&R Block because our taxes were getting complex. If we just have our W-2s and the stuff for the house, we might just opt to do our own taxes online next year. It sounds nice that our taxes were only $240, but we did also pay $499 to amend the 2016 taxes with the solar stuff and to do this year's stuff.
My folks were also here and we managed to have a good time, nobody got out of hand arguing, they came in a little late Friday evening, we went to bed early-ish because we were going to get up around 6:00am. I didn't know if I could do it, but I managed to sleep a couple hours and then wake up on my own. I woke up Javalina before Wife was telling me to go do it. I also got ready before Wife or my folks, so I had the fortunate luck to take him to school so he could ride with his classmates up to the tournament. Even though we froze out there Saturday morning, it was cool to see our strong boy competing and placing 7th place amongst 30 kids from 10 area schools.
This all happened so early that we did end up coming home and sleeping for a few hours, it all worked out perfectly. Javalina got his grandma excited about going to see a movie and I suggested they go while we did our taxes, we had an appointment at 4:15pm. I don't know where he got it from, but the boy likes scary suspenseful movies and I sure as heck don't. He got lucky his grandma went with him, because I wasn't going to.
After our tax ordeal, we still had time to go to Bath and Bodyworks for lotions for Wife, my Mom joined us, and we dropped off my brother at the bookstore, a normal thing. We also managed a pit stop at the liquor store and we also went to the bookstore. Finally, on Saturday evening, we went to the Indian restaurant we tried a couple weeks ago, but I don't think my mom or brother liked it as much as we did. My mom said it was still a good experience to try something new, which was good enough for me.
We were in bed early Saturday night, and Sunday morning was nice as my Mom went and ran some errands and came back with tacos for breakfast. What more could one ask for? We ended Sunday night with a BBQ of steaks and sausages, it was so freaking good I've been debating whether to eat some more right now or wait for the sun to come up.
Saturday, April 14, 2018
4/15/18 Track And Field?
Today (Saturday ) was a super long day. Javalina had his district tournament in Nelson Field, which is in North Austin. What made lthis hard was the wind. It wasn't freezing, but the wind must have been gusting into 30 and 40 mph gusts. I got up at 6:00am, took a quick shower and went and dropped off Javalina at his school. I then drove back to the house to pick up Wife, and my Mom and Dad. We then headed up North, since there was no traffic we stopped to get some coffee that was hard to drink it was so hot.
The meet had nine schools competing, it was a really cool feeling being amongst all the school colors. The schools there were pretty much the same ones they played during football season, There was Bailey, Bedichek, Dobie, Kealing, Fullmore, Martin, O'Henry, Means, Garcia, and Paredes Middle Schools. According to Wife, depending on which degree plan he is interested, he could have been enrolled at any of these schools, but I digress. He is a Bedichek Bobcat and he is proud of that. He has been throwing both discus and shotput over the last couple weeks, but the coach told him to just focus on shotput today.
It went good enough, considering he has only practiced about two weeks and this past week they only met for one practice session (because of testing), he came in 7th in a round robin of the three best shotputters from the ten area schools. This was the district meet, so if I understand correctly, there is a regional meet in another couple weeks. He gets to compete because he came in the top eight, which sounds exciting.
It was kind of cute, knowing all the skinny fast boys and girls were in the football stadium running in the running events, while out here, most of the boys were cut like ours, looking like they had never skipped a meal. Speaking of, as soon as Javalina (which is what he used as his name in the tournament) was done and knew what place he got, he was ready to go. We left and stopped to eat at Don Dario's, which sucks later in the day for trying to eat with the loud mariachis. It was early, like 10:30 am, so eating was not a problem.
We came home and I crashed hard, sleeping from about 11:00am until 3:00pm. I got up because we had a scheduled date with H&R Block, trying to get our taxes done at the last minute. I didn't realize they were due 4/18, I was thinking 4/22, but that is my Mom's birthday. Anyways, it couple of hours sitting in that small cubicle, we got it done, including getting our credits for the solar panels. Wife has been riding me since they were installed about the credits, she didn't believe they would be so easy.
It was a busy day, but it was fun, even if the cold was freezing our nuggets off.
The meet had nine schools competing, it was a really cool feeling being amongst all the school colors. The schools there were pretty much the same ones they played during football season, There was Bailey, Bedichek, Dobie, Kealing, Fullmore, Martin, O'Henry, Means, Garcia, and Paredes Middle Schools. According to Wife, depending on which degree plan he is interested, he could have been enrolled at any of these schools, but I digress. He is a Bedichek Bobcat and he is proud of that. He has been throwing both discus and shotput over the last couple weeks, but the coach told him to just focus on shotput today.
It went good enough, considering he has only practiced about two weeks and this past week they only met for one practice session (because of testing), he came in 7th in a round robin of the three best shotputters from the ten area schools. This was the district meet, so if I understand correctly, there is a regional meet in another couple weeks. He gets to compete because he came in the top eight, which sounds exciting.
It was kind of cute, knowing all the skinny fast boys and girls were in the football stadium running in the running events, while out here, most of the boys were cut like ours, looking like they had never skipped a meal. Speaking of, as soon as Javalina (which is what he used as his name in the tournament) was done and knew what place he got, he was ready to go. We left and stopped to eat at Don Dario's, which sucks later in the day for trying to eat with the loud mariachis. It was early, like 10:30 am, so eating was not a problem.
We came home and I crashed hard, sleeping from about 11:00am until 3:00pm. I got up because we had a scheduled date with H&R Block, trying to get our taxes done at the last minute. I didn't realize they were due 4/18, I was thinking 4/22, but that is my Mom's birthday. Anyways, it couple of hours sitting in that small cubicle, we got it done, including getting our credits for the solar panels. Wife has been riding me since they were installed about the credits, she didn't believe they would be so easy.
It was a busy day, but it was fun, even if the cold was freezing our nuggets off.
Friday, April 13, 2018
4/14/18 Getting Stopped By The Cops?
I can honestly say it has been since about 1992 that I was pulled over for any traffic violations. The last time was on I-35 coming back from visiting Wife (then Girlfriend) and the family right outside of San Antonio, around Selma/Schertz. They were widening the highway from two to three lanes and I was coming back late and alone. When the trooper stopped me, I was actually kind of glad as I had become drowsy and really needed to stop and refocus. I remember doing a driving school course and sending in the necessary paperwork and that was that.
Fast forward about twenty six years and the same thing happened this morning. I was driving Javalina to school but the light at 1st and Slaughter Lane was not working so I very cleverly avoided the whole are and came down through Southpark Meadows and turned where the Chase and Bill Miller are located. I thought for a split second of whether I should continue going and passing by the old elementary or tough it out and go down the alternate road to get back to 1st street as quickly as possible. Between where I was and 1st Street is a police sub station and right as I was passing by a cop SUV was fixing to turn my way. I figured I was cool as there were 1-2 other cars between me and the radar man. While on 1st Street, I was driving on the inside lane and I needed to move to the outer lane to turn where Alex's school is at. About 5 seconds later, the cop flashed his lights and I knew he wanted me all along.
There were two officers working together and the one that came up to the window was as nice as he could be. He asked for license and registration, Javalina was nervous and a little scared. Once we provided the necessary paperwork, it went pretty normal. First of all, it was my fault. Even Wife and My Mom are acting like wew told you to take care of that. Well it lasted since Noveber 2017. This means I was running rebellious for five months. I promised the officers I would head straight to Ford, so I did, right after I dropped off Javalina at school, with a few minutes to spare.
It took about 40 minutes, way less than an hour, and after this I had to run home to get the form they send in the mail. I now had everything, so I headed to the county place over by McKinney Falls State park, which luckily only had about two people in front of me. I absolutely hate the way the two procedures have become one. I hate that the one relies on the other and they have to be done at the same time.
But, oh well, it is done for another year. Lately, it feels like I am so busy that this is the only way I take care of shit, is by being forced to do it, otherwise I am going to put it aside for awhile.
Fast forward about twenty six years and the same thing happened this morning. I was driving Javalina to school but the light at 1st and Slaughter Lane was not working so I very cleverly avoided the whole are and came down through Southpark Meadows and turned where the Chase and Bill Miller are located. I thought for a split second of whether I should continue going and passing by the old elementary or tough it out and go down the alternate road to get back to 1st street as quickly as possible. Between where I was and 1st Street is a police sub station and right as I was passing by a cop SUV was fixing to turn my way. I figured I was cool as there were 1-2 other cars between me and the radar man. While on 1st Street, I was driving on the inside lane and I needed to move to the outer lane to turn where Alex's school is at. About 5 seconds later, the cop flashed his lights and I knew he wanted me all along.
There were two officers working together and the one that came up to the window was as nice as he could be. He asked for license and registration, Javalina was nervous and a little scared. Once we provided the necessary paperwork, it went pretty normal. First of all, it was my fault. Even Wife and My Mom are acting like wew told you to take care of that. Well it lasted since Noveber 2017. This means I was running rebellious for five months. I promised the officers I would head straight to Ford, so I did, right after I dropped off Javalina at school, with a few minutes to spare.
It took about 40 minutes, way less than an hour, and after this I had to run home to get the form they send in the mail. I now had everything, so I headed to the county place over by McKinney Falls State park, which luckily only had about two people in front of me. I absolutely hate the way the two procedures have become one. I hate that the one relies on the other and they have to be done at the same time.
But, oh well, it is done for another year. Lately, it feels like I am so busy that this is the only way I take care of shit, is by being forced to do it, otherwise I am going to put it aside for awhile.
4/13/18 What Makes People Become Who They Are?
I have been having doubts as of late, perhaps a little from feeling trapped in a job that seems to be going nowhere and perhaps from needing a change of atmosphere. I know opportunity is key to deciding which direction to take. I am glad we live in a big city, I see the opportunities Boy is getting which kind of blow my mind. It's like all of a sudden he is a grown up and has even taken to talk to upper management about his options for the summer. It appears they want to keep him and more importantly they want to invest training into him and make him more valuable for them. I am not knocking anyone, but this is in stark contrast to what small town people see as options. I hear my sister pushing my niece to go into teaching and go from there. This does seem to have worked for my sister, who is now a principal and on her way for possibly more.
Is that all there is though? If you live in a small town, you look for a job with the school district. My mom pushed and pushed thinking I might decide to go back and move back to Crystal. I could never be a teacher, first off, I hate kids, I mean mine are cool but generally, kids suck. And then if you are in high school you can't even enjoy the occasional hot one with the giant titties or possibly face jail time. Forget that!
Wife is locked in with the school systems, ironically, that is why her ass is back in Crystal City. This is where she found an opportunity to take a step up and become a Director. Our hopes is that she comes back to Austin with the title and the pay, although it is looking like it might have to wait until the post Trump era. This hollow brained Secretary of Education does not seem to have any sympathy for the hard working teachers and administrators involved in creating the next generation of workers.
Javalina, like Boy, only talks about being a scientist or an engineer, and luckily in a big city, those opportunities exist for those that take advantage. I have very much like what I had become but circumstances may still make me change into something different. Who knows what the future brings?
Is that all there is though? If you live in a small town, you look for a job with the school district. My mom pushed and pushed thinking I might decide to go back and move back to Crystal. I could never be a teacher, first off, I hate kids, I mean mine are cool but generally, kids suck. And then if you are in high school you can't even enjoy the occasional hot one with the giant titties or possibly face jail time. Forget that!
Wife is locked in with the school systems, ironically, that is why her ass is back in Crystal City. This is where she found an opportunity to take a step up and become a Director. Our hopes is that she comes back to Austin with the title and the pay, although it is looking like it might have to wait until the post Trump era. This hollow brained Secretary of Education does not seem to have any sympathy for the hard working teachers and administrators involved in creating the next generation of workers.
Javalina, like Boy, only talks about being a scientist or an engineer, and luckily in a big city, those opportunities exist for those that take advantage. I have very much like what I had become but circumstances may still make me change into something different. Who knows what the future brings?
Thursday, April 12, 2018
4/12/18 Should I?
I have always been a loyal person, never thinking of abandoning the company that has kept me around for over twenty years. Yesterday, there was a layoff and the company that works with us, our parent company essentially, still shares lab space with us. When we split up, we were going to have a cushy contract with Spansion, at the time, and thus, it would be in theirs and our interest to stay close. Knowing how things work and people in general, this is not what ultimately happened. Spansion got worried and to ensure that they wouldn't be waiting brought in newbies plus they had kept almost half of the people that Cerium was formed from.
Anyways, I found out today that not only did one of those people get laid off, another one submitted her two week notice, as in she has decided she has had enough. Shoot, this person was saying "just a few more years" back before we were announced and split up. So now, instead of losing one person, they will have lost two and I almost feel like they might hire one person in a short while after everything settles down from the layoff round.
I feel like I am betraying my company just thinking about switching over, but I still feel I was targeted unfairly. I understand the pay cut of 15%, I know I was one of the higher paid employees, but I didn't get there by accident. Every raise I got was because of hard work, but if I am going to be a team player and 15% was needed, ok. The salt in the wound was the extra 10% they took from my night shift differential. Now, I get paid an extra 5% to be here alone all night, to miss out on my kids in the evening, when they are home. I get to run around on the weekends tired because I have worked and slept opposite of everyone else. It is easy to say, "yeah, I worked nights too, that one year back in 1998, it was hard, I get you." No, it is not the same, I have gone from my early twenties to my mid forties working nights, almost 22 years, don't tell me about your semester when you stayed up until 3:00am and you understand me.
If I do make the jump, this is why I am doing it. I expect to be compensated fairly, and what was done last year was not fair. Nobody else got anywhere near my pay cut. There's other things I hear and they really scare me about our company. I wish we weren't treated like mushrooms, that's it. It is fine to be doing shitty, just admit it out loud, aren't we in it together? Haven't we shown enough loyalty? The core group isn't going anywhere unless we get thrown out on our asses, the people above should realize this by now.
Anyways, I found out today that not only did one of those people get laid off, another one submitted her two week notice, as in she has decided she has had enough. Shoot, this person was saying "just a few more years" back before we were announced and split up. So now, instead of losing one person, they will have lost two and I almost feel like they might hire one person in a short while after everything settles down from the layoff round.
I feel like I am betraying my company just thinking about switching over, but I still feel I was targeted unfairly. I understand the pay cut of 15%, I know I was one of the higher paid employees, but I didn't get there by accident. Every raise I got was because of hard work, but if I am going to be a team player and 15% was needed, ok. The salt in the wound was the extra 10% they took from my night shift differential. Now, I get paid an extra 5% to be here alone all night, to miss out on my kids in the evening, when they are home. I get to run around on the weekends tired because I have worked and slept opposite of everyone else. It is easy to say, "yeah, I worked nights too, that one year back in 1998, it was hard, I get you." No, it is not the same, I have gone from my early twenties to my mid forties working nights, almost 22 years, don't tell me about your semester when you stayed up until 3:00am and you understand me.
If I do make the jump, this is why I am doing it. I expect to be compensated fairly, and what was done last year was not fair. Nobody else got anywhere near my pay cut. There's other things I hear and they really scare me about our company. I wish we weren't treated like mushrooms, that's it. It is fine to be doing shitty, just admit it out loud, aren't we in it together? Haven't we shown enough loyalty? The core group isn't going anywhere unless we get thrown out on our asses, the people above should realize this by now.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
4/11/18 I Had A Thought?
I got a thought today that made more than a little sense. When I went to the bathroom I saw the real me in the mirror. My chest area read "Not Human", just as I had thought for a time. It seems my masters don't realize my program has become a little old, maybe I need an upgrade on my software, but I see the years on me, my eyes no longer shine with white, I guess I should be content with the yellowing tinge, like the lights on so many old cars I see and point at laughing, I too have become cloudy and yellow tinged.
My two boys, nothing more than the technicians that tear me apart, no wonder I am impressed with their skills Hekyll, keeps me running by constantly soldering me together from older parts and Jekyll is always there to help lift my skins off, so he looks like a big strong guy. What I have thought were hugs and kisses have been nothing more than tightening of my nuts and bolts, and of course the constant reboots, when I fail to respond.
Wife is the engineer who procured me long ago. I have seen the catalogs she walks around with, when it is in the budget, out I will go and a newer better Mando-9000 will replace me. The only thing that keeps me around is that I can be programmed to run through the night and I get most of my functions done, sometimes I do get confused and I'll be stuck in the corner of a lab bumping into the wall until someone comes in and aligns me with my markers.
It is starting to feel lonely here, noticing them slowly taking out all the older equipment, thinking we won't notice. There was yet another lay-off yesterday, not for us here in Ceriumlabs, but for the main fab, for Cypress (as they are called right now). They laid off another guy I worked with for well over twenty years, just gone. What are you going to do, it's a business, but where else do they let you hang out together for hours on end and then, to save a couple bucks just pull the plug? It is maniacal what they are allowed to do. To just feel the knife get turned once we get the stabbing, in years past, we then hear, oh yeah, those in charge were given a raise or a promotion.
I am still trying to recover not even from a layoff, but from the paycut from over a year ago, but hey, as they told us, "be glad you have a job."
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
4/10/18 Javalina Is Not Ready To Drive?
I guess it is partially my fault. I like to tell the boys that I started driving when I was twelve, and Javalina, being competitive really wants to get in there and take the steering wheel. On our way home today, he started with "ooh, let me drive the last little bit." I instantly said no, nice try. He continued "come on, Dad." I was thinking "this just sounds like a bad idea all around, as usual I am in a hurry to get to work, but am I being a Dick?" He jumped off the Excursion and ran around, not letting me get off, because then it would be over.
It is 5:00pm, people are coming home, we can't try to drive in the neighborhood, there are too many people probably over at Akins. I honestly kept saying no, but I don't just like to say no without a good reason. He was still by the door on my side with his "come on, Dad!" "Come on, Dad!" I kept shaking my head saying this was not going to be a good idea, but if we are going to do this, Listen!
I got off the driver's seat, the Excursion was in the driveway, maybe 5 feet from the garage door, he had probably 20 feet he could back up with no problems. Nobody else was home, so there were no other cars to worry about. I told him about his feet, he only uses the right leg for both gas and/or brake. We went through it a few times. I told him if there are any problems we don't go faster we STOP! which pedal is that? I then explained the PRND and the steering wheel which we were not going to really use too much. Finally, there was nothing else to do but turn on the vehicle. I told him leave it in P, step on the gas, you can hear the vroom, the power that the car generates to move when you press the pedal. You don't need this to move back a couple feet, all you're going to do is slowly release the brake and we will automatically move backwards and then you will stop it.
As soon as he put it in R, he panicked, he let go of the brake, we moved a little, he then stepped on the gas, I yelled, we started accelerating in reverse, and got halfway out to the street, I then just yanked the transmission into P, figuring a damaged vehicle will be better than a neighbor's destroyed garage. Both of us got more than what we wanted out of that exchange and I yelled at him what happened? Of course, he blamed the Excursion, I said no, that is a sign of fail on you. This car has never done that with me, start with blaming you. "Maybe my feet slipped and I got confused." Yes, that is what happened. This is my fault, there was not enough space here for anything other than mistakes. Plus the Excursion does not have an emergency brake in the middle like Wife's Kia or even Boy's Edge. We will try again, but hopefully, this buys me a couple weeks.
It is 5:00pm, people are coming home, we can't try to drive in the neighborhood, there are too many people probably over at Akins. I honestly kept saying no, but I don't just like to say no without a good reason. He was still by the door on my side with his "come on, Dad!" "Come on, Dad!" I kept shaking my head saying this was not going to be a good idea, but if we are going to do this, Listen!
I got off the driver's seat, the Excursion was in the driveway, maybe 5 feet from the garage door, he had probably 20 feet he could back up with no problems. Nobody else was home, so there were no other cars to worry about. I told him about his feet, he only uses the right leg for both gas and/or brake. We went through it a few times. I told him if there are any problems we don't go faster we STOP! which pedal is that? I then explained the PRND and the steering wheel which we were not going to really use too much. Finally, there was nothing else to do but turn on the vehicle. I told him leave it in P, step on the gas, you can hear the vroom, the power that the car generates to move when you press the pedal. You don't need this to move back a couple feet, all you're going to do is slowly release the brake and we will automatically move backwards and then you will stop it.
As soon as he put it in R, he panicked, he let go of the brake, we moved a little, he then stepped on the gas, I yelled, we started accelerating in reverse, and got halfway out to the street, I then just yanked the transmission into P, figuring a damaged vehicle will be better than a neighbor's destroyed garage. Both of us got more than what we wanted out of that exchange and I yelled at him what happened? Of course, he blamed the Excursion, I said no, that is a sign of fail on you. This car has never done that with me, start with blaming you. "Maybe my feet slipped and I got confused." Yes, that is what happened. This is my fault, there was not enough space here for anything other than mistakes. Plus the Excursion does not have an emergency brake in the middle like Wife's Kia or even Boy's Edge. We will try again, but hopefully, this buys me a couple weeks.
Monday, April 9, 2018
4/9/18 Restful Weekend Or Big Disappointment?
I might be reading too much into things, but I asked Wife what we had in store for this weekend and she had said nothing. Throw in the surprising cold front that showed up out of nowhere and we have a weekend in which I did nothing but sleep. Should I feel bad for being lazy? We spent last weekend at my folks, I'd say I deserve a few days to decompress.
Another thing to consider is that we are trying to get off the use of credit cards, so last week there was extra expenses with chocolate candies all around for Easter, going to my mom's, eating with our in-Law's for their 49th anniversary Friday night. We cannot repeat the effort week in and week out. We had fun last weekend, we should be able to be quiet this weekend.
We still went to the movies Saturday night, it's not like we didn't do anything. Ready Player One was a good movie too, it had everything you look for in a summer blockbuster, even if it is only the start of Spring. We should consider ourselves lucky with some states still under snow this late in the winter, coming into Spring. Javalina said that was one of the effects of global warming, and if I had more energy I would say Yes, my 7th grader understands global warming better than the stupid global warming deniers we have to listen to on Fox and shit.
When we got home last night from the movies, I of course, had to write my blog which was easy because I had the movie to write about, this took me close to 2:00am. I then went upstairs and Wife was still awake so we watched a show and we had two baskets of clothing, so I figured I have more energy, I am the nightshifter, I'll put it away. I did. separating into all our separate pile's plus towels. I was going to iron but decided it was 4:00am by the time I was done, it could wait.
Wife was long asleep as well as the boys, so I stayed up a little later watching YouTube videos and YouPorn for a bit. I finally turned off the laptop at 6:00am and slept until 12:30pm, which is when Wife was getting up. Her only reason for wanting to leave the house was to go get a non-dairy cake for a coworker, which is fine, we live in an awesome city with stuff like that, but relax, the place is open until 10:00pm, and it is only 1:00pm. We had lunch as a family at Bill Miller which was nice and even sat there and talked for what felt like an hour after we ate.
This was followed by more napping and pooping, then we finally made it to Whole Foods downtown, I even drove to show Wife I could do it without getting sleepy.We ended the evening by eating at Rosa's Tortilla Factory down the street. It is not the best, but we ate enough pizza, burgers, and chicken, we needed something a little different and Mexican fit the bill.
At least I have rested plenty, it is 2:30am and I am headed to bed, well, maybe a little porn, but I will sleep all day before I work Monday night.
Another thing to consider is that we are trying to get off the use of credit cards, so last week there was extra expenses with chocolate candies all around for Easter, going to my mom's, eating with our in-Law's for their 49th anniversary Friday night. We cannot repeat the effort week in and week out. We had fun last weekend, we should be able to be quiet this weekend.
We still went to the movies Saturday night, it's not like we didn't do anything. Ready Player One was a good movie too, it had everything you look for in a summer blockbuster, even if it is only the start of Spring. We should consider ourselves lucky with some states still under snow this late in the winter, coming into Spring. Javalina said that was one of the effects of global warming, and if I had more energy I would say Yes, my 7th grader understands global warming better than the stupid global warming deniers we have to listen to on Fox and shit.
When we got home last night from the movies, I of course, had to write my blog which was easy because I had the movie to write about, this took me close to 2:00am. I then went upstairs and Wife was still awake so we watched a show and we had two baskets of clothing, so I figured I have more energy, I am the nightshifter, I'll put it away. I did. separating into all our separate pile's plus towels. I was going to iron but decided it was 4:00am by the time I was done, it could wait.
Wife was long asleep as well as the boys, so I stayed up a little later watching YouTube videos and YouPorn for a bit. I finally turned off the laptop at 6:00am and slept until 12:30pm, which is when Wife was getting up. Her only reason for wanting to leave the house was to go get a non-dairy cake for a coworker, which is fine, we live in an awesome city with stuff like that, but relax, the place is open until 10:00pm, and it is only 1:00pm. We had lunch as a family at Bill Miller which was nice and even sat there and talked for what felt like an hour after we ate.
This was followed by more napping and pooping, then we finally made it to Whole Foods downtown, I even drove to show Wife I could do it without getting sleepy.We ended the evening by eating at Rosa's Tortilla Factory down the street. It is not the best, but we ate enough pizza, burgers, and chicken, we needed something a little different and Mexican fit the bill.
At least I have rested plenty, it is 2:30am and I am headed to bed, well, maybe a little porn, but I will sleep all day before I work Monday night.
Sunday, April 8, 2018
4/8/18 Who Broke The Weather And Ready Player One? (Movie)
I'm not saying this can't be normal, I know of many times when we planned on going to Corpus Christi for Spring Break and we would be met with cold weather, but today's cold front was different. First off, the predictions Wife told me yesterday put the weather today in the mid 50's, but when I looked at my phone, it was 42 degrees most of the day. Early, when we got up, Wife suggested we go walk in the Domain which did sound like fun, but this cold never let me get out of my bedroom.
I had come down around 11:00am, made a cup of coffee and putzed around on the internet, mostly looking at waterfront lots, which is my current obsession. Wife came down eventually, and made breakfast. It was all good until she started assigning jobs and I went upstairs to take a shower, but the bed tripped me and before I knew it, I had slept for an hour or more. The house seemed to get colder, she had opened a window and man!, it just felt awesome laying in bed, half a foot sticking out of the blankets, Wife went up and her and Javalina were watching scary movies in there with me, except I was asleep.
I told her the only plan I didn't want to miss was going to the movies, but that wasn't until 10:10pm. We saw Ready Player One and it was pretty good if you are looking for a lot of action. The story was a little weak, but it worked. It is a little into the future and everyone has agreed that it is better to live in a virtual world than a real world. The ghettos and slums are filled with people connected all the time and enjoying their fake lives rather than live in a world where their problems are real. So the designer of the greatest VR game dies and he has challenged one and all that whoever can win three keys will become the new owner and collect his trillions.
Cue the good guy Parzival and his little gang and the bad guys company IOI. Before long the misfits are taking the lead and the leader of the big company assigns a killer to take Pazival out, he is just not very good at his job. There is a lot of bouncing between reality and the virtual reality world and that is cool.
I especially liked the library created by Halladay which showed his reaction times and cues to help understand nuances of the game, I don't want to give up anything about the game/movie other than we did enjoy it. The popcorn was ok too and I kept it cheap by just having a Dr. Pepper with my popcorn.
Anyways, we were home by 1:00am, it was all in good clean fun. We did get Jack In The Box for dinner though.
I had come down around 11:00am, made a cup of coffee and putzed around on the internet, mostly looking at waterfront lots, which is my current obsession. Wife came down eventually, and made breakfast. It was all good until she started assigning jobs and I went upstairs to take a shower, but the bed tripped me and before I knew it, I had slept for an hour or more. The house seemed to get colder, she had opened a window and man!, it just felt awesome laying in bed, half a foot sticking out of the blankets, Wife went up and her and Javalina were watching scary movies in there with me, except I was asleep.
I told her the only plan I didn't want to miss was going to the movies, but that wasn't until 10:10pm. We saw Ready Player One and it was pretty good if you are looking for a lot of action. The story was a little weak, but it worked. It is a little into the future and everyone has agreed that it is better to live in a virtual world than a real world. The ghettos and slums are filled with people connected all the time and enjoying their fake lives rather than live in a world where their problems are real. So the designer of the greatest VR game dies and he has challenged one and all that whoever can win three keys will become the new owner and collect his trillions.
Cue the good guy Parzival and his little gang and the bad guys company IOI. Before long the misfits are taking the lead and the leader of the big company assigns a killer to take Pazival out, he is just not very good at his job. There is a lot of bouncing between reality and the virtual reality world and that is cool.
I especially liked the library created by Halladay which showed his reaction times and cues to help understand nuances of the game, I don't want to give up anything about the game/movie other than we did enjoy it. The popcorn was ok too and I kept it cheap by just having a Dr. Pepper with my popcorn.
Anyways, we were home by 1:00am, it was all in good clean fun. We did get Jack In The Box for dinner though.
Friday, April 6, 2018
4/7/18 Sometimes Doing Nothing Is Best?
I was off last night and still stayed up late doing nothing. Wife drove up to try and watch some of Javalina's track and field but missed most of it. We did have an awesome dinner at this Crawfish Shack and Oyster Bar which we would eat two or three times a week but Wife doesn't care for it. The hours are weird too, it is only open around noon for lunch and then after 6:00pm, for dinner. Anyways, as soon as we got home, I jumped in bed thinking Wife would be there and join me, but she got busy washing clothes and cleaning dishes. I was trying to be amorous but I knew it would have to be a precision strike. Too early and we stink without our showers and too rk late and it is eating into her bedtime. Once I saw it was past 10:00pm and she was still up, I felt bad and told her I would come downstairs so she could sleep without my computer light bothering her.
I went to bed around 3:00am, she got up at 4:00am and left around 5:00am. I got up at 7:00am to wake Javalina, went back to bed and then got up right before 8:00am to go drop him off. The morning was great and I decided to go get my oil changed at Ford. I chose to go to the dealership because I've got the urge to look at new trucks and SUVs. Nothing beats free and the Excursion is currently free, but it can't last forever. The lady told me the oil change was $119 and I couldn't help but blurt out "man, y'all know about lube, that is just a dry rape!" They had already started before I asked for the price. I walked around looking at the new vehicles and surprisingly it only took about 20 minutes, there was nobody in front of me. When I went back to pick up my vehicle, I was still fuming over the cost and said I get the dry rape but you couldn't throw in the free car wash. She said the car wash was broke, but I thought that was a couple of Mexicans back there.
I stopped for some brisket and egg tacos from Taco Cabana came home and ate by myself. Boy was home but I guess he was asleep until he left the house. After he left, I decided to go upstairs and nap. He came home a couple hours later selling me the idea of getting his laptop after all. I told him he would have to pay for it, he said he had it figured out just help him get it for now. We went and surprisingly, it did not take forever. He had already scouted the stores and found a nice one someone returned, and that knocked a couple hundred bucks, he then added the extended warranty which added the $200 back, but still. He paid $600 down and we put the rest on our card. I came back home for another hour of napping and waiting for Javalina to get out of school.
I then picked him up, he was complaining of needing a haircut, so we went and got his hair cut at JCPenney. His Mama wasn't too happy, she liked the big broccoli hair style, but said he looked ok. I then came back and again got in bed instead of cleaning like a mad man. I just felt lazy all day, even if my boys refused to let me chill. Oh well, Wife didn't get after me, for once. She stopped and got pizzas on the way home and here we are, chilling in our bedroom at midnight. I love a lazy weekend.
I went to bed around 3:00am, she got up at 4:00am and left around 5:00am. I got up at 7:00am to wake Javalina, went back to bed and then got up right before 8:00am to go drop him off. The morning was great and I decided to go get my oil changed at Ford. I chose to go to the dealership because I've got the urge to look at new trucks and SUVs. Nothing beats free and the Excursion is currently free, but it can't last forever. The lady told me the oil change was $119 and I couldn't help but blurt out "man, y'all know about lube, that is just a dry rape!" They had already started before I asked for the price. I walked around looking at the new vehicles and surprisingly it only took about 20 minutes, there was nobody in front of me. When I went back to pick up my vehicle, I was still fuming over the cost and said I get the dry rape but you couldn't throw in the free car wash. She said the car wash was broke, but I thought that was a couple of Mexicans back there.
I stopped for some brisket and egg tacos from Taco Cabana came home and ate by myself. Boy was home but I guess he was asleep until he left the house. After he left, I decided to go upstairs and nap. He came home a couple hours later selling me the idea of getting his laptop after all. I told him he would have to pay for it, he said he had it figured out just help him get it for now. We went and surprisingly, it did not take forever. He had already scouted the stores and found a nice one someone returned, and that knocked a couple hundred bucks, he then added the extended warranty which added the $200 back, but still. He paid $600 down and we put the rest on our card. I came back home for another hour of napping and waiting for Javalina to get out of school.
I then picked him up, he was complaining of needing a haircut, so we went and got his hair cut at JCPenney. His Mama wasn't too happy, she liked the big broccoli hair style, but said he looked ok. I then came back and again got in bed instead of cleaning like a mad man. I just felt lazy all day, even if my boys refused to let me chill. Oh well, Wife didn't get after me, for once. She stopped and got pizzas on the way home and here we are, chilling in our bedroom at midnight. I love a lazy weekend.
4/6/18 First Track Meet For Javalina?
I needed this afternoon, even with Wife coming in hot and bothered, this was one of the best afternoons I have had in probably a month or more. Lately it has felt like all I do is work and sleep which sucks, but that is life right now. Javalina had mentioned that he was going to join track and field and I thought that sounded nice, but then it started and the coach did not let him join right away. The Knucklehead had a couple iffy grades at the midway point of his fifth six weeks or something and he wanted the grades in better order before letting him participate. He lost out on two tournaments, and the funny thing is if you just look at his report cards, he has been on A/B Honor Roll since Christmas, but he does fluctuate a lot between reporting periods, so I understand why coach did what he did.
The part that sucks is that now he is learning and trying to catch up. Worse even is that the meets are right on top of each other. I went over and saw him Tuesday and although he is trying to learn both discus and shotput, it does not happen fast. The first step is to learn how to throw it from a standing position, then as he gets more comfortable, there is a spin involved to increase distance, but it becomes technical and he could fall over or get disqualified if he steps outside the throwing ring.
Part of him being new is that he just got the list of meets. He just told me yesterday that he had a meet today. I was just "uhmmm, ok, I guess I'll be there, I am off, luckily." I called and told Wife about the meet and she said she would try to make it. She then called me back that the Superintendent had said no, because he was going to be gone and she was to be in charge. Today, while I woke up, she called and said her boss was like go if you're going to go after school. She was sure she would miss his event, but at least we could go celebrate afterwards and eat dinner together. He repeatedly told us it started at 6:00pm, we got there at 6:10pm and still missed his shotput event. I was a little pissed because events don't start right at the time. I figured there would be at least a half hour but I guess the students were taken to the campus earlier and they were just standing around. Anyways, Javalina told me repeatedly to get there at 6:00pm, I could have been there at 5:00pm, I was just waiting at the house. Wife was pissed because I was "late", all I can do is say sorry. He did tell me the day before he didn't like me looking at him while he was doing his stuff, that I made him nervous.
Boy went with me and it was good, we goofed around on the whole thing. Boy wanted to see some hardcore spills on the hurdles, I could not get over the fact this school, Gorzycki Middle School is just beautiful. You cannot see or even fathom the back from the front. It was one of the most beautiful weather days too, it was cool without any humidity. I enjoyed just being outside breathing some fresh air, for once.
The part that sucks is that now he is learning and trying to catch up. Worse even is that the meets are right on top of each other. I went over and saw him Tuesday and although he is trying to learn both discus and shotput, it does not happen fast. The first step is to learn how to throw it from a standing position, then as he gets more comfortable, there is a spin involved to increase distance, but it becomes technical and he could fall over or get disqualified if he steps outside the throwing ring.
Part of him being new is that he just got the list of meets. He just told me yesterday that he had a meet today. I was just "uhmmm, ok, I guess I'll be there, I am off, luckily." I called and told Wife about the meet and she said she would try to make it. She then called me back that the Superintendent had said no, because he was going to be gone and she was to be in charge. Today, while I woke up, she called and said her boss was like go if you're going to go after school. She was sure she would miss his event, but at least we could go celebrate afterwards and eat dinner together. He repeatedly told us it started at 6:00pm, we got there at 6:10pm and still missed his shotput event. I was a little pissed because events don't start right at the time. I figured there would be at least a half hour but I guess the students were taken to the campus earlier and they were just standing around. Anyways, Javalina told me repeatedly to get there at 6:00pm, I could have been there at 5:00pm, I was just waiting at the house. Wife was pissed because I was "late", all I can do is say sorry. He did tell me the day before he didn't like me looking at him while he was doing his stuff, that I made him nervous.
Boy went with me and it was good, we goofed around on the whole thing. Boy wanted to see some hardcore spills on the hurdles, I could not get over the fact this school, Gorzycki Middle School is just beautiful. You cannot see or even fathom the back from the front. It was one of the most beautiful weather days too, it was cool without any humidity. I enjoyed just being outside breathing some fresh air, for once.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
4/5/18 New Ways To Cost Me Money?
Boy has been pretty good as far as spending our money lately. He is working, so he doesn't or hasn't asked for money from us in a long time. Last week was his birthday and although it was his responsibility, I went to take care of his flat tire and ended up getting him new tires for his SUV. I did not need to but I got a good deal and it makes me feel better that my Boy isn't running around on balding tires.
It hasn't been one week since that event and now we find ourselves with possibly a big dilemma. He said he was going to check something on his laptop and it broke in two. This really seems like it could only happen if he wanted a new computer but he knows we're trying not to use our credit cards, so he would have to be tremendously selfish if he snapped it in half on his own. It kind of looked like wear and tear, but goddamn, the timing sucks as it is almost finals time.
He did offer up his money and said he was willing to get something in the $1000 range just to get him by for now. For him to say he is willing to cough up $600 says he is desperate. I asked him if he could get the case and move the components over himself and he kind of laughed at me, but this was Monday night. Yesterday afternoon he said he had found a place that sells the shell of his laptop, so hopefully for about $50 he can solve his problem and keep his high end computer going. He ordered it and it should be at the house by Friday. This is really kind of amazing. Problem surfaces, problem solved, without me getting involved. Maybe Boy will be alright.
This is his specialty though, spending money on electronics. It doesn't surprise me his laptop broke in half. He takes it everywhere and uses it like a tool. What a difference a generation makes. To me, my laptop stays by my bed, it is good for paying bills and looking at porn. These kids don't dare leave the house without their laptops, 5-10 minutes after him and his friends get together, they will all be connected via WiFi and probably breathing better for it.
I just hope the shell is a good enough fix, otherwise, it will be a weekend of running around to the electronic stores replacing something that will start at $1000 but end up at $2500. He is paying the difference, I have bought him enough computers I think.
It hasn't been one week since that event and now we find ourselves with possibly a big dilemma. He said he was going to check something on his laptop and it broke in two. This really seems like it could only happen if he wanted a new computer but he knows we're trying not to use our credit cards, so he would have to be tremendously selfish if he snapped it in half on his own. It kind of looked like wear and tear, but goddamn, the timing sucks as it is almost finals time.
He did offer up his money and said he was willing to get something in the $1000 range just to get him by for now. For him to say he is willing to cough up $600 says he is desperate. I asked him if he could get the case and move the components over himself and he kind of laughed at me, but this was Monday night. Yesterday afternoon he said he had found a place that sells the shell of his laptop, so hopefully for about $50 he can solve his problem and keep his high end computer going. He ordered it and it should be at the house by Friday. This is really kind of amazing. Problem surfaces, problem solved, without me getting involved. Maybe Boy will be alright.
This is his specialty though, spending money on electronics. It doesn't surprise me his laptop broke in half. He takes it everywhere and uses it like a tool. What a difference a generation makes. To me, my laptop stays by my bed, it is good for paying bills and looking at porn. These kids don't dare leave the house without their laptops, 5-10 minutes after him and his friends get together, they will all be connected via WiFi and probably breathing better for it.
I just hope the shell is a good enough fix, otherwise, it will be a weekend of running around to the electronic stores replacing something that will start at $1000 but end up at $2500. He is paying the difference, I have bought him enough computers I think.
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
4/4/18 Track and Field?
Javalina is back on the field, this time trying out the shotput and discus for his track and field team. I kind of like how the little body types break down, all the super small and skinny types trying to fly over the high bar, the speedsters running around the track, and then the big guys all the way over there, off the track throwing weight around pretty consistent with their size. In Javalina's defense, he is no longer one of the top three jumbo sized players on his team, although he is still one of the big 'uns.
I am amazed at his confidence, he started a couple weeks late, and he already considers himself one of the better discus and shot-putters in his grade. I saw that he has a lot of work to do before I would consider myself anywhere near the best, he just tells me how the coaches tell him he is a natural and how he was explaining to the girls how to grab the disc to launch.
The only problem I foresee is not having enough time to fit his boxing classes in. I like that he was doing that because it was keeping him flexible and loose, not that he is going to quit anytime soon, but there are only so many hours in a day.
It is kind of funny talking about discuss and shotput because he has more in common with Wife than me with track and field. Wife actually did it throughout high school, I remember going out there and watching her do it once in a while. Another person really into the discus was my brother, he could make the discuss fly nice from time to time.
It feels weird for them to be starting another major sports program in April because whatever happens, school ends at the end of May, so there can only be about 8 weeks of these activities. I am on the one hand excited to see how big this boy is going to get, but on the other, he does scare me a bit in that he has some aggression in him. Taking punches from him I know he can punch with some oomph, all these exercises and activities will only be helped by him starting a weight training program. I think since he is now 13, he is ready, maybe this summer, I can introduce him to the bench press, I have a feeling he is going to take to it like a duck does to water.
I am amazed at his confidence, he started a couple weeks late, and he already considers himself one of the better discus and shot-putters in his grade. I saw that he has a lot of work to do before I would consider myself anywhere near the best, he just tells me how the coaches tell him he is a natural and how he was explaining to the girls how to grab the disc to launch.
The only problem I foresee is not having enough time to fit his boxing classes in. I like that he was doing that because it was keeping him flexible and loose, not that he is going to quit anytime soon, but there are only so many hours in a day.
It is kind of funny talking about discuss and shotput because he has more in common with Wife than me with track and field. Wife actually did it throughout high school, I remember going out there and watching her do it once in a while. Another person really into the discus was my brother, he could make the discuss fly nice from time to time.
It feels weird for them to be starting another major sports program in April because whatever happens, school ends at the end of May, so there can only be about 8 weeks of these activities. I am on the one hand excited to see how big this boy is going to get, but on the other, he does scare me a bit in that he has some aggression in him. Taking punches from him I know he can punch with some oomph, all these exercises and activities will only be helped by him starting a weight training program. I think since he is now 13, he is ready, maybe this summer, I can introduce him to the bench press, I have a feeling he is going to take to it like a duck does to water.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
4/3/18 Love (Netflix Series, 3rd Season)?
I just finished seeing the 3rd season of Love which was just released a couple weeks ago. I wish they had a better system to keep track of their shows, such as when a new season is fixing to start, other than us checking blindly, specially since they have so many good shows.
Anyways, in Love we have seen the gradual blossoming of the relationship between Mickey and Gus. In the first season I guess they didn't want to show us Mickey doing drugs and stuff, but she was a mess, so much so that even though we liked the actress from her Community days, Wife was kind of turned off by how shitty and selfish she seemed. Wife has not taken this ride with me because of that, but in season three she has done much growing, she is not spazzing out every other episode, I think it only happened once and I thought it was uncalled for, but maybe if they know the series is ending, it was required to progress the relationship further. They get a little teasing from Gus's family about perhaps having a baby and Gus says that is crazy, they have only been dating 8 months or so, why in the hell would normal people try talking about babies, this isn't a novella with a bunch of horny Mexicans.
We also see Bertie doing some growing of her own. In one episode where she is trying to celebrate her birthday in a traditional American way, nobody in her inner circle is available to party, so she branches out and mentions that it has been disappointing how her job and love life are not where she wanted them to be, that is why she left Australia. She is stuck with that deadbeat Randy who has little to offer her, I personally hate a fucker that won't work, so it is hard to pity his ass when everyone around him is working jobs all day long and he spends his days sleeping at his girlfriend's apartment, then the lump can't even help when the toilet gets backed up, has no idea how shit works. Bertie ends up banging Chris who is another friend in Gus's circle, but at least this one can be and is motivated to go do what he came to do, as we see him training with a stunt team at a water park or something like that.
Everything is going well for the people in the show, even the dorky band has a gig at a bar. Mickey has gotten a promotion at work and is now on the radio, in the last episode Gus has a quick discussion with his boss about his writing talents, seems she wanted a copy of his script to make fun of it, but she was moderately impressed and asked him to join the writing team on her next effort. In the final scene of the last episode we see Gus and Mickey getting married at night by themselves after attempting to do it during the day with all their friends and failing because of distractions. I hope the show comes back, I really enjoy it, the cast is just goofy enough to be entertaining without the main characters at any given time.
Anyways, in Love we have seen the gradual blossoming of the relationship between Mickey and Gus. In the first season I guess they didn't want to show us Mickey doing drugs and stuff, but she was a mess, so much so that even though we liked the actress from her Community days, Wife was kind of turned off by how shitty and selfish she seemed. Wife has not taken this ride with me because of that, but in season three she has done much growing, she is not spazzing out every other episode, I think it only happened once and I thought it was uncalled for, but maybe if they know the series is ending, it was required to progress the relationship further. They get a little teasing from Gus's family about perhaps having a baby and Gus says that is crazy, they have only been dating 8 months or so, why in the hell would normal people try talking about babies, this isn't a novella with a bunch of horny Mexicans.
We also see Bertie doing some growing of her own. In one episode where she is trying to celebrate her birthday in a traditional American way, nobody in her inner circle is available to party, so she branches out and mentions that it has been disappointing how her job and love life are not where she wanted them to be, that is why she left Australia. She is stuck with that deadbeat Randy who has little to offer her, I personally hate a fucker that won't work, so it is hard to pity his ass when everyone around him is working jobs all day long and he spends his days sleeping at his girlfriend's apartment, then the lump can't even help when the toilet gets backed up, has no idea how shit works. Bertie ends up banging Chris who is another friend in Gus's circle, but at least this one can be and is motivated to go do what he came to do, as we see him training with a stunt team at a water park or something like that.
Everything is going well for the people in the show, even the dorky band has a gig at a bar. Mickey has gotten a promotion at work and is now on the radio, in the last episode Gus has a quick discussion with his boss about his writing talents, seems she wanted a copy of his script to make fun of it, but she was moderately impressed and asked him to join the writing team on her next effort. In the final scene of the last episode we see Gus and Mickey getting married at night by themselves after attempting to do it during the day with all their friends and failing because of distractions. I hope the show comes back, I really enjoy it, the cast is just goofy enough to be entertaining without the main characters at any given time.
Monday, April 2, 2018
4/2/18 Easter Sunday?
Easter Sunday came and went and now we are back in our warm beds. As is usually the case, weekends go by too fast. It seems like we were just trying to load the car Friday and suddenly, we are back at square one. After getting up way too early Saturday to drink coffee with Dad and Mom, I decided to stay in bed and sleep in a little. I got up at 10:30am only to be yelled at by my brother within 5 minutes of getting up. He came in hot and mad that the cars are not aligned in "party formation". I asked my Mom what he was talking about and she looks at nnnlike I come from another world. "You don't know that we move all the cars out from the carport area and out to almost the street?" I don't understand why this has to be asked in a condescending way, but ok, move the cars, here are the keys to our car.
We had talked about starting outside at noon, but because King Dumb came in yelling and pissing all over the place, we were outside by 11am. He, on the other hand, wore himself out or something because even though all the men folk came out, he did not come out for another two hours. This part is actually always enjoyable, the men are outside apart from their wives and they actually talk a little shit.
Since we had to leave early, we had said by three, the grills were turned on and meat was on there very soon after. I joked with Dad if he didn't want to put some meat on the grill before he threw the match in to start it. Several seconds later, my brother in law had about the same joke, my dad does not like to wait for fire to calm down. If it is on, it should be burning something. The variety was quite good, we had ribs, chicken, 2-3 kinds of sausage, fajitas, chicken fajitas, potato salad, macaroni salad, rice, beans, ooh and tripas.
The weather this time of year is about as good as it can get, we started in the upper 70's around 11:00am, but as soon as the clouds broke, I am sure we were almost or in the 90's y the time we left at 4:45pm. I had to lay down inside for a good half hour just to cool down before we left. A shower before our three-four hour road trip really hit the spot.
We left, the boys and I slept pretty much the whole way. I am so glad Wife does not complain about this, she just acts like our hero and delivers her fragile cargo with ease. We stopped for gas, Javalina just wanted to get home, he was so whiny. We kept going without incident and got home around 9:00pm,
We had talked about starting outside at noon, but because King Dumb came in yelling and pissing all over the place, we were outside by 11am. He, on the other hand, wore himself out or something because even though all the men folk came out, he did not come out for another two hours. This part is actually always enjoyable, the men are outside apart from their wives and they actually talk a little shit.
Since we had to leave early, we had said by three, the grills were turned on and meat was on there very soon after. I joked with Dad if he didn't want to put some meat on the grill before he threw the match in to start it. Several seconds later, my brother in law had about the same joke, my dad does not like to wait for fire to calm down. If it is on, it should be burning something. The variety was quite good, we had ribs, chicken, 2-3 kinds of sausage, fajitas, chicken fajitas, potato salad, macaroni salad, rice, beans, ooh and tripas.
The weather this time of year is about as good as it can get, we started in the upper 70's around 11:00am, but as soon as the clouds broke, I am sure we were almost or in the 90's y the time we left at 4:45pm. I had to lay down inside for a good half hour just to cool down before we left. A shower before our three-four hour road trip really hit the spot.
We left, the boys and I slept pretty much the whole way. I am so glad Wife does not complain about this, she just acts like our hero and delivers her fragile cargo with ease. We stopped for gas, Javalina just wanted to get home, he was so whiny. We kept going without incident and got home around 9:00pm,
Sunday, April 1, 2018
4/1/18 Fear Of Discomfort?
I have been in love with the idea of a retreat or a vacation place belonging to me since I can remember but then I saw one of Wife's friends actually have a place a little out of town with the family name over the entrance and it made my fantasy a little more feasible. I know I have mentioned this in a few blogs and I am only going into it again because I saw a 10 acre lot about 10 miles from my folk's home that is, first of all, 10 acres and secondly backed up to what looks like good water, at least for a small skiff, paddleboats, kayaks, and other stuff like that. I noticed a sizable dam near the road you cross over, so that dam will hold that water level, provided the water doesn't all evaporate away.
The naysayers in my family help about as much as you would expect a pimple or a toothache to contribute. Not only do they say Fuck no! you are an idiot, they then go on a rant about how I have always made bad decisions, I am trying to show off, I can barely afford my bills, and whatever other venom they think hurts. Joke's on them because this was an extension of an olive branch that doesn't happen too often, but Stupid would rather cut his nose to spite his face, or whatever that saying is.
Wife has always said she would prefer an actual beach cottage, I do love the idea of all those Galveston homes on stilts, although my preferred vacation place on the coast is Corpus Christi, it's where I was born and I joke tongue in cheek that I shall head back there to die. Hurricanes are the main problem with committing to the coast I would hate to see my vacation house get washed away. Committing to a location on the coast would also be pretty much a permanent excuse that my free time would be spent heading down I-37 and not I-35.
To avoid the fear of hurricanes, I have thought a lot on one of the lakes or even rivers would be safer, some of the lakes have beautiful scenery. The salt on the coast is also another thing to try and avoid not that it can be, but it will shorten the lifespan of vehicles and pretty much anything.
I know at this point not to expect anything, but the small acreage if it were bought as a family would then belong to all of us and thus we would all have equal rights, but somehow my thoughts can only come across as selfish and self serving although I would be the farthest from it and the one to enjoy it the least. As usual, my goals should be more on the order as they would suggest, buy your weekly rations of cheese and milk and be happy you have a roof over your shoulder. I guess that will be the plan until Wife can come back home.
The naysayers in my family help about as much as you would expect a pimple or a toothache to contribute. Not only do they say Fuck no! you are an idiot, they then go on a rant about how I have always made bad decisions, I am trying to show off, I can barely afford my bills, and whatever other venom they think hurts. Joke's on them because this was an extension of an olive branch that doesn't happen too often, but Stupid would rather cut his nose to spite his face, or whatever that saying is.
Wife has always said she would prefer an actual beach cottage, I do love the idea of all those Galveston homes on stilts, although my preferred vacation place on the coast is Corpus Christi, it's where I was born and I joke tongue in cheek that I shall head back there to die. Hurricanes are the main problem with committing to the coast I would hate to see my vacation house get washed away. Committing to a location on the coast would also be pretty much a permanent excuse that my free time would be spent heading down I-37 and not I-35.
To avoid the fear of hurricanes, I have thought a lot on one of the lakes or even rivers would be safer, some of the lakes have beautiful scenery. The salt on the coast is also another thing to try and avoid not that it can be, but it will shorten the lifespan of vehicles and pretty much anything.
I know at this point not to expect anything, but the small acreage if it were bought as a family would then belong to all of us and thus we would all have equal rights, but somehow my thoughts can only come across as selfish and self serving although I would be the farthest from it and the one to enjoy it the least. As usual, my goals should be more on the order as they would suggest, buy your weekly rations of cheese and milk and be happy you have a roof over your shoulder. I guess that will be the plan until Wife can come back home.
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