How the mighty have fallen, seems like just a year ago I was holding court encouraging one and all to buy RVs and join us on the coast. A couple of bad plays in life and I find myself tucked in the kids cubby of my mom's RV, feeling like a child even as my own child lies five feet away in the sofa converted to a bed. This is either the sad reality of the rest of our lives where I get to ride "bitch" to family functions or it is a necessary step to improving ourselves financially and doing it right in a couple of years.
It is kind of funny, in a way, staying with my mom, feeling like a kid. When we arrived in Corpus, my folks had already been here and we told them we could meet them at the big HEB by the RV park. That was fine, we both got there about the same time, walked in with Mom and she lost us about two minutes into the store. I don't know what turn she took, but we got eggs, and then I turned because Wife was being Wife about getting something or other. I like trying new things, she prefers the mantra "I don't eat it at home, why would I eat it here." I was thinking bagels would be yummy with those philly cream cheese flavored thingies in pineapple or strawberry, but I was quickly reminded that I don't normally eat that. My mom disappeared while that played out and then we couldn't figure which direction to go and I didn't want to start putting things in the basket without comparing what she was getting. Wife was pushing me to decide between this and that, meanwhile I am not wanting to decide without knowing if my mom had already gotten some of whatever, so I am all GRrrrrr!!! walking around looking for her, then one of the older HEB ladies asked if I was looking for something, and I said thanks, but not really, I heard Wife tell her "He lost his Mommy, he can't think without her." I gave her a half-ass Heh heh. Mom popped out a couple seconds later that she went to get Styrofoam plates, I forget she is magically slow, we walked half the aisles in the time it took her to go get the plates, she hadn't gone anywhere far, just one row over from where we lost her.
I have no intention of being lame for life, and I do own my own RV, it just hasn't been moved and I am not sure how it would do on the highway, and I would have to ask my father in law for my old truck, but I could have brought my RV up to the coast too. I am thinking for next year, we might do that, although I am also certain we are going to Disney, so I don't want to squawk about the RV too. I had always thought it feels good to be the power person, the alpha, with the toys at my command, but I do like this showing up and everything is already set up, we just got our clothes and pillows off, bought some food, and laid down where they told us to. I guess this is how our friends felt when we would invite them, just throw down anywhere, as long as there is air conditioning, it is all good.
I don't think you can keep a good man down permanently, just give me a credit score of 750 or so and watch me rally. I fully see myself in one of those class A motorhomes, using it to go to Florida, campout on the coast, follow Chubs on football games, anything that requires that larger than life attitude. For this year though, we be mooching!
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
7/6/17 Interview For A Job Tainted By Reality?
Wife was called for an interview to a position she applied for a couple months ago with TEA. The job is located here in Austin, so it seems like a slam dunk to apply and take the job, except for the changes they made to it. Initially, there were going to be five new positions, and the pay was going to be $85k-$115k. The position also called for traveling 10% of the time. What is not to like, Wife is scared of flying, but with 10% travel, flying seems highly unlikely?
On to the reality of the job. They made changes to it, first, there would only be three people hired for these positions, travel time was changed from 10% to 70%, and the worst part of it, the pay was reduced to mid $50k-$72k. Wife is already making more than the maximum, so the job then must have other interesting tidbits to it. It turns out that there isn't, and in recent years there has been a lot of turnover, so it's not like working there would protect her from layoffs.
If all this wasn't shitty enough, there would also be a loss of the two weeks off in Christmas, Summer, one week in Spring Break, one week in Thanksgiving, couple days for Easter, Memorial, Labor, MLK, and the ten personal days. She has already been told that because she is the newest one, she would be on call Christmas Eve, or New Year's Day. That is some hokey shit. I remember her dealing with some homeless kids when she was in Bastrop. They always seemed to have issues on the holidays, and this job would call her to work with this population.
I told her it was easy enough, start with asking yourself "do you want to come home desperately right now?" If you feel a yearning to be home, then this job could get you here, but there will be consequences, such as all the traveling, and a slight pay cut. Another angle is to let your superintendent know that you are being interviewed, if he really needs you, come up with more money. My opinion is to interview and if offered the job to ask what you feel is a fair salary. They can say no, but they cannot expect to get people with experience and Master's degrees, and knowledge of specific grants and things to show up and work for a pittance.
This is the second time she interviews for a job which had a much higher starting pay, only to be reduced for whatever reason, and here we are, having to decide if we as a family want to sacrifice for the good of a job that ultimately may not be appreciated.
We have sacrificed quite a lot for her chance to work as a Director, I don't think in the small town where she is and where rewards are more based on the good ole boy system that Wife has been appreciated for what she has done. Meanwhile, we get to have a relationship only by phone during the week, and with these job opportunities being as scarce as they are, maybe a small pay cut and huge travel itineraries are the best way to get Wife back home the quickest way possible.
On to the reality of the job. They made changes to it, first, there would only be three people hired for these positions, travel time was changed from 10% to 70%, and the worst part of it, the pay was reduced to mid $50k-$72k. Wife is already making more than the maximum, so the job then must have other interesting tidbits to it. It turns out that there isn't, and in recent years there has been a lot of turnover, so it's not like working there would protect her from layoffs.
If all this wasn't shitty enough, there would also be a loss of the two weeks off in Christmas, Summer, one week in Spring Break, one week in Thanksgiving, couple days for Easter, Memorial, Labor, MLK, and the ten personal days. She has already been told that because she is the newest one, she would be on call Christmas Eve, or New Year's Day. That is some hokey shit. I remember her dealing with some homeless kids when she was in Bastrop. They always seemed to have issues on the holidays, and this job would call her to work with this population.
I told her it was easy enough, start with asking yourself "do you want to come home desperately right now?" If you feel a yearning to be home, then this job could get you here, but there will be consequences, such as all the traveling, and a slight pay cut. Another angle is to let your superintendent know that you are being interviewed, if he really needs you, come up with more money. My opinion is to interview and if offered the job to ask what you feel is a fair salary. They can say no, but they cannot expect to get people with experience and Master's degrees, and knowledge of specific grants and things to show up and work for a pittance.
This is the second time she interviews for a job which had a much higher starting pay, only to be reduced for whatever reason, and here we are, having to decide if we as a family want to sacrifice for the good of a job that ultimately may not be appreciated.
We have sacrificed quite a lot for her chance to work as a Director, I don't think in the small town where she is and where rewards are more based on the good ole boy system that Wife has been appreciated for what she has done. Meanwhile, we get to have a relationship only by phone during the week, and with these job opportunities being as scarce as they are, maybe a small pay cut and huge travel itineraries are the best way to get Wife back home the quickest way possible.
7/5/17 4th Of July On The Cheap?
It has been awhile since we celebrated 4th of July at home. Usually, we have been in Florida this week, but because of funds we decided not to do it this year. It is one of my little regrets and I told Wife I didn't care how, we are going back next year. I love the whole loading up the Excursion, and traveling together, even if we get there stinky and stiff. The trip to Houston on Monday was an approximation and nice, but I want to be gone for the whole week. The parks may be cheesy and overpriced, but I enjoy them too, because we are there as a family, and Boy may not like everything, but I can buy a smile out of him, if anything.
This year, we did not even think about inviting our old friends or even family. We just decided that whoever wanted to show up, could. All I cared about was us four being together. Boy has had a couple days off, not sure why, but with Wife gone most weeks, I like that we have had most meals together this week. Boy had plans to grill with his friends here at the house, he was unsure what we were going to do. When we told him we were staying, he said they were going to grill, I am not going to fight him, I said sure, you can be outside in the heat.
They went and bought some funky red meat from a Mexican place, I've seen and dealt with it before, but it is not my favorite. Because I knew they were going to do this, we went to the store too and bought some chicken breasts, ribs, corn, and sausages. The ribs took too long and we ended up putting them in the stove as they just did not fit in the grill. This made the kitchen warm, even now at 2:00am, it still feels warmer downstairs than up in the bedrooms.
We bought a round coconut cake, and Wife got the stuff to make angel food cake with strawberries, whipped cream, and red filling, and then Boy's bestie made a homemade german chocolate cake, which was delicious, one of the best cakes I have ever eaten, yum.
It was weird, after all the eating, we didn't buy fireworks, so we kind of fizzled. Boy wanted to be in his room to show off the new redo with the new paint job and the new TV. Chubs has been in his room most every minute since getting back from Crystal last week. I talked with my mom briefly, and discussed the possibility of meeting them in Corpus Christi on Friday, then got off the phone.
I was feeling full, and sticky and humid, so to the bathroom, did my business, showered, and came back downstairs. It was still warmer in the living room than upstairs. I ate a huge piece of cake, and fell asleep. Wife woke me at 12:30am, I went upstairs, tried writing, fell asleep, got up, peed, then finally got revved up by something. Now it is 3:05 am and am no longer sleepy, so this has been a lot easier to write. I kind of miss the fireworks, but I don't miss that I would buy most of them when we have popped any in the past. It was nice not to have that extra $300 bill.
This year, we did not even think about inviting our old friends or even family. We just decided that whoever wanted to show up, could. All I cared about was us four being together. Boy has had a couple days off, not sure why, but with Wife gone most weeks, I like that we have had most meals together this week. Boy had plans to grill with his friends here at the house, he was unsure what we were going to do. When we told him we were staying, he said they were going to grill, I am not going to fight him, I said sure, you can be outside in the heat.
They went and bought some funky red meat from a Mexican place, I've seen and dealt with it before, but it is not my favorite. Because I knew they were going to do this, we went to the store too and bought some chicken breasts, ribs, corn, and sausages. The ribs took too long and we ended up putting them in the stove as they just did not fit in the grill. This made the kitchen warm, even now at 2:00am, it still feels warmer downstairs than up in the bedrooms.
We bought a round coconut cake, and Wife got the stuff to make angel food cake with strawberries, whipped cream, and red filling, and then Boy's bestie made a homemade german chocolate cake, which was delicious, one of the best cakes I have ever eaten, yum.
It was weird, after all the eating, we didn't buy fireworks, so we kind of fizzled. Boy wanted to be in his room to show off the new redo with the new paint job and the new TV. Chubs has been in his room most every minute since getting back from Crystal last week. I talked with my mom briefly, and discussed the possibility of meeting them in Corpus Christi on Friday, then got off the phone.
I was feeling full, and sticky and humid, so to the bathroom, did my business, showered, and came back downstairs. It was still warmer in the living room than upstairs. I ate a huge piece of cake, and fell asleep. Wife woke me at 12:30am, I went upstairs, tried writing, fell asleep, got up, peed, then finally got revved up by something. Now it is 3:05 am and am no longer sleepy, so this has been a lot easier to write. I kind of miss the fireworks, but I don't miss that I would buy most of them when we have popped any in the past. It was nice not to have that extra $300 bill.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
7/4/17 Casual Trip To Katy Mall
We haven't had much of an escape from Austin this year. I wasn't really planning on going anywhere other than Wife suggested going to Houston last night. I wasn't really wanting to go, not because I didn't want to go, but because the idea of getting up early just pisses me off. I sort of ignored Wife when she asked, stayed up until 5:30am and finally told both boys to go to bed sometime before 6:00am. I figured if we still went, Wife could drive and I would catch up with my sleep on the road. We have been kind of distracted with painting and redoing the boy's rooms.
The main reason I like going to that mall is that it has the Bass Pro Shops and I love looking at boats. Their boats ranged from $590 skiffs that you can paddle or run on a trolling motor in a pond to a large offshore 38foot fishing type boat for $155,000. The terms are then 10% down for 240 months and one pays about $989. The price seems high but each of the two 300HP engines cost upwards of $30,000. So we walked around the boats, both boys bored, Wife insisting if I were to buy one it would be a pontoon, so even in my fantasies, I can't have the sexy bass boat that barely seats three and will go over 70mph over the water. Nope, I have to think like a family man even when I am years away from possibly buying a new vessel.
We then start walking outside and it takes Boy this long to figure out this is not the Galleria Mal in downtown Houston. I told him no shit, that would have taken over three hours to get there and less enjoyable, not like we were going to ice skate. The next store we walked into was one of those where you can buy incense and I wanted to because sometimes it's nice to burn something that smells nice. I didn't because I didn't want to carry them the rest of the day. Coach was next and Wife found some cute Mickey Mouse themed purses. They looked very nice but were also $440. They had a sale price of 50% and when we walked in we were given another 50% coupon. I asked a random sales guy walking around if we could double up on the coupons, expecting him to say no, but instead he reassured us that yes, we could. The purse was about $119 and I was thinking it was good at $220, so cool beans for us.
The rest of the time we walked, it is designed in a circle, eventually, it took us all the way around back to Bass Pro Shops. I was hoping to find a magazine store to get Boating, a magazine to order a subscription. I did not find it at the bookstore even though the magazine selection is huge. I did find it at the Bass Pro Shops. I got a couple other magazines and got ready to get back on the road. We discussed dinner and although I was open to eating there or back in Austin, Wife thought it better to eat here. I assumed my normal position which is attempt to stay awake and fall asleep within the first few minutes of being on the road. I awoke in Austin, we ate a good meal in at a so-so Applebee's and called it a night.
The main reason I like going to that mall is that it has the Bass Pro Shops and I love looking at boats. Their boats ranged from $590 skiffs that you can paddle or run on a trolling motor in a pond to a large offshore 38foot fishing type boat for $155,000. The terms are then 10% down for 240 months and one pays about $989. The price seems high but each of the two 300HP engines cost upwards of $30,000. So we walked around the boats, both boys bored, Wife insisting if I were to buy one it would be a pontoon, so even in my fantasies, I can't have the sexy bass boat that barely seats three and will go over 70mph over the water. Nope, I have to think like a family man even when I am years away from possibly buying a new vessel.
We then start walking outside and it takes Boy this long to figure out this is not the Galleria Mal in downtown Houston. I told him no shit, that would have taken over three hours to get there and less enjoyable, not like we were going to ice skate. The next store we walked into was one of those where you can buy incense and I wanted to because sometimes it's nice to burn something that smells nice. I didn't because I didn't want to carry them the rest of the day. Coach was next and Wife found some cute Mickey Mouse themed purses. They looked very nice but were also $440. They had a sale price of 50% and when we walked in we were given another 50% coupon. I asked a random sales guy walking around if we could double up on the coupons, expecting him to say no, but instead he reassured us that yes, we could. The purse was about $119 and I was thinking it was good at $220, so cool beans for us.
The rest of the time we walked, it is designed in a circle, eventually, it took us all the way around back to Bass Pro Shops. I was hoping to find a magazine store to get Boating, a magazine to order a subscription. I did not find it at the bookstore even though the magazine selection is huge. I did find it at the Bass Pro Shops. I got a couple other magazines and got ready to get back on the road. We discussed dinner and although I was open to eating there or back in Austin, Wife thought it better to eat here. I assumed my normal position which is attempt to stay awake and fall asleep within the first few minutes of being on the road. I awoke in Austin, we ate a good meal in at a so-so Applebee's and called it a night.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
7/3/17 Rough Night? (Movie)
We cannot be on a staycation without going to the movies once or twice, specially since it is free to us. We ended up going to the movies Saturday night, amongst the painting of Boy's room, we stopped long enough to enjoy a chick flick trying to be a dude comedy. Rough Night, starring Scarlett Johansson, Jillian Bell, Kate Mckinnon, Ilana Glazer, and Zoe Kravitz has that feel of a bunch of smaller gag scenes put together to create a night or a weekend of crazy fun, like The Hangover.
Scarlett is the straight laced girl of the group in the middle of running an election trying to become a state senator while being engaged and attempting to plan her life around all that activity, including her bachelorette party. Jill is her BFF who is very intense and loyal. She will do anything for her friend and the proof of having done it with pictures. Kate Mckinnon is a lunatic on SNL playing many roles week in and week out, she is faking the Australian accent, but not so much the injuries she gets while being a good sport.
The other two girls are friends of the core group but not besties, they are very close to each other though as we see in flashbacks, they were a couple and because Zoe is going through a divorce, Illana sees a chance to get in there.
The movie is mostly hit and miss in the beginning, until they all end up together in the airport. The shenanigans are going according to plan until they hire a stripper and he arrives all hot and in a hurry. He comes on strongly to the Scarlett character who puts a quick stop to it, but Jill, who is the chubby one in the bunch aggressively attacks him and accidentally kills him. The rest of the movie is based on hiding the evidence.
There is a weird couple next door and their main purpose of showing up in the movie is to give a light "raping" to the Zoe Kravitz character, who is pretty hot and the scene plays out pretty good in the sand, other than no nudity.
The fiancé to Scarlett (Paul W. Downs), I have only seen him in the show with Ilana Glazer, in Broad City, plays it pretty off the wall. He calls to check on the fiancée, he can't get a hold of her and his friend suggests he gets there as quickly as possible, like the engineer woman a couple years ago who put on some diapers and drove across the US in record time. This leads to some of the funnier scenes, such as when he has to round up money for gas after his card is locked up from weird transactions. He has another pretty funny scene when a cop pulls him over for speeding and he has to prove he is not drunk.
The girls admit that they have been floating apart over the years, there is nothing like a murder to bring them back closer than ever before. It was not the best movie, and probably would be best suited as a DVD rental, it certainly was not the worst movie I have seen this year.
Scarlett is the straight laced girl of the group in the middle of running an election trying to become a state senator while being engaged and attempting to plan her life around all that activity, including her bachelorette party. Jill is her BFF who is very intense and loyal. She will do anything for her friend and the proof of having done it with pictures. Kate Mckinnon is a lunatic on SNL playing many roles week in and week out, she is faking the Australian accent, but not so much the injuries she gets while being a good sport.
The other two girls are friends of the core group but not besties, they are very close to each other though as we see in flashbacks, they were a couple and because Zoe is going through a divorce, Illana sees a chance to get in there.
The movie is mostly hit and miss in the beginning, until they all end up together in the airport. The shenanigans are going according to plan until they hire a stripper and he arrives all hot and in a hurry. He comes on strongly to the Scarlett character who puts a quick stop to it, but Jill, who is the chubby one in the bunch aggressively attacks him and accidentally kills him. The rest of the movie is based on hiding the evidence.
There is a weird couple next door and their main purpose of showing up in the movie is to give a light "raping" to the Zoe Kravitz character, who is pretty hot and the scene plays out pretty good in the sand, other than no nudity.
The fiancé to Scarlett (Paul W. Downs), I have only seen him in the show with Ilana Glazer, in Broad City, plays it pretty off the wall. He calls to check on the fiancée, he can't get a hold of her and his friend suggests he gets there as quickly as possible, like the engineer woman a couple years ago who put on some diapers and drove across the US in record time. This leads to some of the funnier scenes, such as when he has to round up money for gas after his card is locked up from weird transactions. He has another pretty funny scene when a cop pulls him over for speeding and he has to prove he is not drunk.
The girls admit that they have been floating apart over the years, there is nothing like a murder to bring them back closer than ever before. It was not the best movie, and probably would be best suited as a DVD rental, it certainly was not the worst movie I have seen this year.
7/2/17 "I Didn't Even Want To Paint My Room, But If He Gets New Paint, So DO I?
We managed to paint Boy's room last night, all in one glorious six hour period. It was quite hard and a major pain in the ass. He must have had 80% of his wall covered in posters and framed art, the boy has a thing for cartoon boobs. As we were painting, I said something like "well, the room really did need a new paint job, your walls look horrible", even soda and food stains here and there. He says "ehh, I wasn't even thinking of painting my room, it looks fine, but if you're going to paint Chub's room, I want new free paint too." Spoken like a boy after my own heart.
His room has looked more and more like the equivalent of a hamster cage. He has his sleeping corner, his side where he exercises (his brain), a mound of unused clothes, which is where we think he poops when he doesn't leave his room for long periods of time. All joking aside, he also has tons of video games, board games, and electronic doodads where he says this is the controller for a flight simulator, this is the controls for a two player game, if I build a box and make it look like an arcade. Everything in his room is a unique piece of this or that, which means we couldn't just start throwing stuff away.
Originally, his room was painted cream and red. The smaller walls were red and the longer ones were cream. This looked fine for awhile, but eventually, all the poking on the walls hanging artwork made holes and then he attempted to fix them with plaster which made things worse. The new color was his choice, but again, he just tells me the color, but doesn't want to go to the Home Depot. He chose like a gun metal grey, which I don't know if it exists by the exact name, but we will find out. Between Wife and I, we chose a color called "calligraphy", seemed perfect and not too dark.
I told Boy with all the clutter in his room, maybe we would do a wall tonight, and then decide on what direction to go. He then decided he wanted a full makeover and the wall where he has his TV is now where he put his bookshelves. His TV is now where the bookshelves were. His desk is to be replaced by a sofa. His dresser was swapped by the bed and the overall effect is less room to call his bedroom a sleeping room and more space to call it an entertainment center.
The other major reason he wanted change is because we got him a new 60" TV. He was a little pissed when we got Chubs the new Nintendo Switch, and quickly said we needed to make things fair and right by buying him a 4K television and the clarity is amazing. I was up with him until 6:00am. I did most of the painting and then bolted the base of the TV holder to the wall. He said he would handle the rest, so he could take his time. He continued until 9:00am, but it is still a mess in his room and the hallway coming out to the steps. But when he does finish, that room will look pretty great.
His room has looked more and more like the equivalent of a hamster cage. He has his sleeping corner, his side where he exercises (his brain), a mound of unused clothes, which is where we think he poops when he doesn't leave his room for long periods of time. All joking aside, he also has tons of video games, board games, and electronic doodads where he says this is the controller for a flight simulator, this is the controls for a two player game, if I build a box and make it look like an arcade. Everything in his room is a unique piece of this or that, which means we couldn't just start throwing stuff away.
Originally, his room was painted cream and red. The smaller walls were red and the longer ones were cream. This looked fine for awhile, but eventually, all the poking on the walls hanging artwork made holes and then he attempted to fix them with plaster which made things worse. The new color was his choice, but again, he just tells me the color, but doesn't want to go to the Home Depot. He chose like a gun metal grey, which I don't know if it exists by the exact name, but we will find out. Between Wife and I, we chose a color called "calligraphy", seemed perfect and not too dark.
I told Boy with all the clutter in his room, maybe we would do a wall tonight, and then decide on what direction to go. He then decided he wanted a full makeover and the wall where he has his TV is now where he put his bookshelves. His TV is now where the bookshelves were. His desk is to be replaced by a sofa. His dresser was swapped by the bed and the overall effect is less room to call his bedroom a sleeping room and more space to call it an entertainment center.
The other major reason he wanted change is because we got him a new 60" TV. He was a little pissed when we got Chubs the new Nintendo Switch, and quickly said we needed to make things fair and right by buying him a 4K television and the clarity is amazing. I was up with him until 6:00am. I did most of the painting and then bolted the base of the TV holder to the wall. He said he would handle the rest, so he could take his time. He continued until 9:00am, but it is still a mess in his room and the hallway coming out to the steps. But when he does finish, that room will look pretty great.
Saturday, July 1, 2017
7/1/17 Two Weeks Of Normalcy?
We are finally in the 4th of July holiday we have been looking forward to since the end of Spring Break. As things go, I kind of expected Wife to show up late and she did not disappoint. She had told me she would be out by 6:00pm and home by around 9:00pm. I only cared because I was grilling some fajitas and wanted to have them done as they got here. At a certain point, I call Chubs since Wife is driving and they are supposed to be here, but Wife has taken a short cut through 1604 to stop at her mom's house for a pee break. This adds about 45 minutes to the trip, plus the time spent actually talking to her folks.
This gave me time to finish painting Chub's room which I started doing Sunday night. Sunday, I was up until 6:00am painting two of the walls. Before I could paint, I needed to move all his furniture and he has furniture all around his room. King size bed, two futons, another small sofa, dresser, night stand, TV console, and big sturdy desk plus all the posters and pictures. The walls had been burned orange and I did not think one coat of paint would be enough to cover the beauty of the Longhorn color, but I used the pricier paint and it got it done, but I needed two cans as it goes on pretty thick. Now his room is the color of the green light at any intersection, so I expect him to open his eyes and GO!
Today is Friday afternoon, we just had a great family breakfast with egg and mini sausage tacos, I am in the midst of writing my blog and we are fixing to run some errands today, fun. Wife has some checks to cash. She will be at some conferences in the next weeks and this will keep her up in Austin for almost three weeks, and the checks are supposed to feed her, but she can starve during the day and give me that money. Chubs came back from Crystal City intent on needing something from Best Buy which he said he would buy with his own cash, who am I to say no to that?
Wife needs to get some books at Barnes And Noble so that is another pit stop. I need a new book to read. Honestly, I have too many heavy thinking books and I just don't feel like breaking into them, but I am trying to read at least one book a month, and I have fallen behind big time.
At least we are no longer in a money crunch, with the selling of my truck, we are breathing fine. We can afford to go out to eat a couple times, if we choose. Speaking of money, I still need to do our bills for this week, Wife just got paid today.
Wife is in a cleaning frenzy. Since I was consumed with Chub's room, I didn't really do much of anything else, but really, I also didn't make much of a mess. I dirtied three underwear and three pair of socks, and three T-shirts. I wear the same pants all week now, since I have been wearing the goofy compression socks that go up all the way to my knees. I thought painting would be more important, as it is a once and done activity.
This gave me time to finish painting Chub's room which I started doing Sunday night. Sunday, I was up until 6:00am painting two of the walls. Before I could paint, I needed to move all his furniture and he has furniture all around his room. King size bed, two futons, another small sofa, dresser, night stand, TV console, and big sturdy desk plus all the posters and pictures. The walls had been burned orange and I did not think one coat of paint would be enough to cover the beauty of the Longhorn color, but I used the pricier paint and it got it done, but I needed two cans as it goes on pretty thick. Now his room is the color of the green light at any intersection, so I expect him to open his eyes and GO!
Today is Friday afternoon, we just had a great family breakfast with egg and mini sausage tacos, I am in the midst of writing my blog and we are fixing to run some errands today, fun. Wife has some checks to cash. She will be at some conferences in the next weeks and this will keep her up in Austin for almost three weeks, and the checks are supposed to feed her, but she can starve during the day and give me that money. Chubs came back from Crystal City intent on needing something from Best Buy which he said he would buy with his own cash, who am I to say no to that?
Wife needs to get some books at Barnes And Noble so that is another pit stop. I need a new book to read. Honestly, I have too many heavy thinking books and I just don't feel like breaking into them, but I am trying to read at least one book a month, and I have fallen behind big time.
At least we are no longer in a money crunch, with the selling of my truck, we are breathing fine. We can afford to go out to eat a couple times, if we choose. Speaking of money, I still need to do our bills for this week, Wife just got paid today.
Wife is in a cleaning frenzy. Since I was consumed with Chub's room, I didn't really do much of anything else, but really, I also didn't make much of a mess. I dirtied three underwear and three pair of socks, and three T-shirts. I wear the same pants all week now, since I have been wearing the goofy compression socks that go up all the way to my knees. I thought painting would be more important, as it is a once and done activity.
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