Monday, October 1, 2007
still alive. kind of.
I went to a beer convention saturday night. Somewhere in the back of my head I was thinking that I could get out of the beer convention, with out paying the true price. The hangover the next day. Wrong wrong and wrong again. I am not going into the details, it wasn't the worst hang over I have had, and not the best one I have heard about either, but it was my hang over. Now it is Monday, my hang-over is gone and the memories that survived saturday night are still around. Coffee beer, Warm beer shooters, Single Malt Irish whisky (For those of you who know your single malt from a hole in the ground, you read correctly Single Malt "Irish", it was good, smokey) Left-handed milk beer etc etc. If you have never been to a beer convention/festival, I can recommend it. It is pretty much a goal orientated activity, but as I said before. You cannot, absolutely no way get away from the hang over.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
sunday morning
I was about to write saturday, but I lost my saturday to work. That really sucks. I had to fly down to Gothenburg on Friday and fix some systems. It was necessary, but absolutley no fun. Oh well, got back yesterday at 2o'clock had time for a bite to eat and a coffee and then back to work at 4. I worked until about 7:30 in the evening. I am really brain tired today. The worst part is that it will affect my patience level. I know I will have less patience with the boys today than I should, that is because I am tired from work. Not fair to them or Jonna, but that is the way it is sometimes.
Today is a day for visiting friends. We are already done with breakfast, and will probably be out the door be fore 9.
That is if I can stop surfing myspace, that place is like a drug, I start bouncing profiles and get caught there for a half hour. It is the biggest popularity contest since High School.
I think they should have a myspace theme song contest. The prize can be that they make everyone on myspace your friend and let you view all the private stuff that people have blocked out like Tom can. I wonder how many people don't realize that Tom can see everything on myspace. Gotta take a shower and get out of here.
Today is a day for visiting friends. We are already done with breakfast, and will probably be out the door be fore 9.
That is if I can stop surfing myspace, that place is like a drug, I start bouncing profiles and get caught there for a half hour. It is the biggest popularity contest since High School.
I think they should have a myspace theme song contest. The prize can be that they make everyone on myspace your friend and let you view all the private stuff that people have blocked out like Tom can. I wonder how many people don't realize that Tom can see everything on myspace. Gotta take a shower and get out of here.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
airport
Now I am sitting at the emptiest airport I have ever been in. No one except me, some guy on the phone and two lost little old ladies, fly on a saturday. These two little old ladies, just keep wondering around and around. I think they want a cup of coffee or tea, but the coffee shop is completely unmanned. I am a little in the mood just to jump back there and make everyone a cup of coffee, but that is probably a terrorist act and I would get thrown into the dungeon. Here we are the 4 of us an no coffee/tea. What is the world coming to.
Friday, August 17, 2007
server hall server hell
I am a sysadmin... I keep server systems running and provide customers with services.. right now, late in the evening I am sitting in a server hall with a noise level of a taxiing 747. For the po-dunk non-travellers in the crowd. That is really loud. I put on my headphones and disappear into www.jerryradio.com which I can warmly recommend. I have a screen next to me with a progress bar.. It is my best friend right now. It is the only indication as to how things are going. I am tired, and my eyes hurt. You know like when you have been driving for a really long time and you want to stop, but just can't stop. Not yet. Almost. Just not yet. I am bitching, I am drinking really bad automat coffee. Good thing I slept in a little this morning. Otherwise I would really be messing things up.
Monday, August 13, 2007
half time report
Everyone is asleep. It is probably wrong to use the idea of everyone for two people, but I just did and there isn't anything anyone can do about it. Charlie, went to sleep at 13:30 and Dylan at 14:00, it is now 14:20, and I have a feeling it is going to be impossible to put them to sleep tonight and impossible to wake them up tomorrow morning. Amazing, the level of stress a nap can cause, so I am not going to stress it, I have been stressing things entirely too much the past year or so, and enough is enough. These things will work themselves out an be a lot less of a problem if I quit worrying about them. I had a conversation with some friends on vacation, can fear and worry be seperate issues? Can you have a fear without worrying about it? I think you can. I think you can have a fear and not worry about it. The not worrying part does not remove the fear, but it does do a good job of making it a low stress point.
more later.
more later.
i promise to go to bed earlier
There is a combination in my life, I go to bed later than I should wake up earlier than I want to and spend the day feeling like I would rather be sleeping. This is the way it has been and so shall it be for eternity.
We are back to reality now. Jonna went to work, I am home with the boys today. I will be starting work tomorrow. I don't see any reason to work. I don't have this urge to go to work, I would rather just sit and play guitar. Maybe if I bought a guitar for work and played 5 minutes every hour I would feel better about work.
It was supposed to rain yesterday and didn't, today it is supposed to rain, and I think it will, I have to figure out something to do with the boys today. Otherwise we are going to drive each other nuts.
Maybe tonight, I will go to bed early.
We are back to reality now. Jonna went to work, I am home with the boys today. I will be starting work tomorrow. I don't see any reason to work. I don't have this urge to go to work, I would rather just sit and play guitar. Maybe if I bought a guitar for work and played 5 minutes every hour I would feel better about work.
It was supposed to rain yesterday and didn't, today it is supposed to rain, and I think it will, I have to figure out something to do with the boys today. Otherwise we are going to drive each other nuts.
Maybe tonight, I will go to bed early.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
13:00 and I was more awake at 02:00
Jet lag is a pain in the ass, jet lag with kids is worse.. I haven't written that much the past month or so. We are on our last week of vacation after 3 weeks in the states. We got back yesterday and are trying to recover today. It was a long trip and the kids did great yesterday, went to bed at the normal time and everything seemed great, until midnight when they woke up and wanted to get up and play. We "discussed" things for about 3,5 hours. Needless to say today we are a little tired all of us. Now after breakfast it is time for some showers and get outside, it is not raining for the moment, but that is the forecast.
Friday, July 13, 2007
26 hours usairways sucks
Well we have arrived in the States, and I came to the conclusion that we are never flying that way again. US Airways sucks. The plane was a leftover from the early 80's and don't forget that was 27 years ago. The reading lights and the air conditioning was working sporadically at best. It took us 26 hours door to door. My sister and Mom picked us up. Nice to see my new niece right off the bat. Now we are here. Jonna and the boys are sleeping and I just made myself a bagel and decided to get my net fix. Mom has fixed things up for us really nice. The weather so far is promising, so lets see how it goes.. I am going to take a little nap now and promise to write more later..
Monday, July 9, 2007
Green hair and pride.
It is hard to say who was prouder today, me or Dylan. We went to get his haircut today. This is his third haircut by a professional. I have never seen him be quiet for 15 minutes straight. He sat still and quiet while she cut his hair, 15 minutes. It was really cool to see how hard he was trying. When she was done and he got some wax and green hairspray you could have tide a string around his ankle and carried him around like a helium balloon. It was amazing.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
sunshine +++
Ok, I haven't forgotten to write here, I just haven't. We are on a little mini-vacation in the south of Sweden and I haven't touched a computer in days. Pretty good if I do say so myself, and I do. We are in a very nice place right now and enjoying things a lot. The tempo is a little slow for my taste, but is probably better for me than I know. :) The boys are a little up and down. Charlie took a turn for the better today and is in a top mood. It really helps how they are doing. We have had a lot of great food and company and I will give a few more details later.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
thursday night ... pre-weekend
Jonna came home with candy today. She met a contact at a record company and may be doing business with them. He asked her what kind of music she liked and just loaded her up, so now I am listening to Chris Cornell solo album "Carry On" ... so far it is so so.. Maybe it is one of those albums that grows on you. We will have to see. It is really nice to turn off the TV and have music on. Just feels better.
This weekend is going to be busy, Friday and Sunday are pretty laid back, but we are going to a wedding on Saturday. Food and drink and conversation without the kids.. and a sleep in morning.... muhahahahha. If you have been reading, you know I love my kids, but you gotta get away. You got to miss them sometimes and keep your perspective. I keep coming back to it, but perspective is everything.. oy my brain is mush, I am going to do some other stuff and go to bed before this gets out of hand.
This weekend is going to be busy, Friday and Sunday are pretty laid back, but we are going to a wedding on Saturday. Food and drink and conversation without the kids.. and a sleep in morning.... muhahahahha. If you have been reading, you know I love my kids, but you gotta get away. You got to miss them sometimes and keep your perspective. I keep coming back to it, but perspective is everything.. oy my brain is mush, I am going to do some other stuff and go to bed before this gets out of hand.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
shock
Well I was right, my body is in shock, I actually rode the bike home. Now I am in pre-pain. I am just a little sore, and very tired. I know on the other hand that tomorrow, I feel the true meaning of pain. I have a little education in physical training and I have learned that you should start slowly and build up. If I know this why don't I do it. The list of things that I know I should do compared to what I actually do is frightening. Maybe I should start compiling it. :) I wonder how it would compare to yours.
It was a rough night with the boys. Charlie was way off and was crying most of the evening. I can handle a lot of stuff. Crying is my soft spot, I can't handle it. I get stressed out and just want to run away, I don't want to deal with it, but you can't tell a 1,5 year old to shut up and get over it. Well you can, but I promise that you wouldn't feel very good afterwards. No running away, no hiding you just have to take it. Crying = tired, both me and the kid. Dylan was in a good mood for the most part. He is at a really nice stage. Easy to communicate with, funnier than anyone besides me should be. I guess that was my balance for tonight, Charlie = Difficult : Dylan = Easy. Me ..... still tired. Good night.
It was a rough night with the boys. Charlie was way off and was crying most of the evening. I can handle a lot of stuff. Crying is my soft spot, I can't handle it. I get stressed out and just want to run away, I don't want to deal with it, but you can't tell a 1,5 year old to shut up and get over it. Well you can, but I promise that you wouldn't feel very good afterwards. No running away, no hiding you just have to take it. Crying = tired, both me and the kid. Dylan was in a good mood for the most part. He is at a really nice stage. Easy to communicate with, funnier than anyone besides me should be. I guess that was my balance for tonight, Charlie = Difficult : Dylan = Easy. Me ..... still tired. Good night.
less than an hour
OK, I did it and it took less than an hour. I am not starting a new life, I am not recreating myself. I am just trying to build one good habit for my body. I cycled to work. 20 kilometers, less than an hour. I don't think I will be cycling home tonight. That would probably send my body into shock, I will probably take the bus and the opportunity to sleep. I get of f at 2-2:30 today so I can pick up the boys. I hope it went OK for Jonna and the Drop.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The Drop
now I am sitting on the bus without a heart. I just left mine, crying, clinging, alone in a room full of people. Charlie isn't taking the drop off that well. He cries just at the sight of the daycare door. He knows that we are going to leave him there. Without an explanation. Without any justifiable reason as far as he is concerned. How can I tell him about the bills, about the need to work in order to support our happy little family. I know he will learn to like daycare. Dylan is the complete opposite. He ran down to daycare from the house. "raka spÄret pappa!" ("straight there, pappa") His mom taught him that. Then he revs up his motor and runs down to daycare. When was the last time you revved up your motor before you ran. It is a special age. You are old enough to run, but not aware enough to know that only your dad thinks you are the coolest thing on two feet when you rev up your motor. That is how I started my day. With yin och yang, up and down. Positive and Negative. It is going to take me a few hours to find the balance in this situation.
Monday, June 11, 2007
rock stars
We all have our heroes, people we look up to, want to be like or wish we had their skills. These figures change as time goes by. I know this is sappy, trust me, but right now my heroes are my kids. Dylan walks into a party and "Here's Dylan!". You just have to respect that. I do at least. Before I had kids I thought about all the stuff I was going to teach them. The biggest surprise is every thing they have to teach me.
Today is an at home with the boys Monday for me. It was a really good day. I had bought a little pool for them yesterday. It is amazing how much fun you can have with a 10 dollar plastic pool and some water. I should have bought a bigger model so there was room for me. Dylan kept asking if I was going to swim. He likes for everyone to participate. Of course everyone doesn't always include Charlie, actually it excludes him most of the time. I don't really know if I should feel sorry for Dylan or be happy for him. Charlie is a definite personality.
You might think that the cracker is just in his mouth for a minute,
Sunday, June 10, 2007
blah blah blah
I have more trouble coming up with titles to these little moments blogging than I do typing away letting the bs flow. I have always shared all the superficial details with everyone I know, probably wearing out ears left and right, even though no one ever complains. At least not directly to me. Anyway, we are on sunday, the weekend is moving right along and it is a nice weekend.
Friday night we grilled out with friends. One of those get togethers with 6 families and 10 kids, all under the age of 5 except for an 8 year old. Keeps everyone busy, there isn't any real time to sit and just let things move along, the kids make sure of that. Don't misunderstand me, it was really good, relaxing as it can possibly be these days. I had made cheesecake ice cream that we had with fresh strawberries. Jonna said it was as good as or maybe better than Ben and Jerry's, she really knows how to give a compliment.
Saturday was intense. Jonna was at a bachelorette party. Me and the boys. We were taking it kind of slow when Df called and asked if we wanted to go swimming. Then I tried to kick it up a gear and get us out of the house. It is like being the head clown of a three clown circus. No one was cooperating, not even me. I couldn't find anything. In the end, sweaty but without yelling, we made it out of the house. In to the car and off to swim. The first place we went to was a bust. No good place for the kids to get into, so back into the cars and on the road again. I was afraid that Charlie was going to fall asleep before we got to the next place and could eat. Bingo, was I right or was I right.. sleeping like a sweaty little kid in the back of the car. Carefully into the wagon with him, the only thing worse than him sleeping early is him waking up after 15 minutes ( in the end he only slept like 30-40 minutes anyway). Then down to the little swimming area. It was good, lots of people, kids everywhere. We ate a little pasta salad compliments of Df and Sf. Dylan ate the usual amount which isn't much, and his cousin Tf followed suit, much to Sf's consternation. Tf usually eats really well, but Dylan is a really bad influence when it comes to that. After lunch and a "swim", mud pies and peeing on the beach (Charlie, not me). We had an ice-cream and headed of home for nap time. Dylan crashed hard in the car, Charlie had already slept 30 minutes, so he felt no need to sleep and make my life easy.
After Dylan slept we headed of to Rn, Vn, Kn and the new son Vkn. They are a great family, very relaxed and a lot of fun to hang out with Rn is great with kids, there just isn't two ways about it. He is a big kid himself, and can outplay the little ones. Fh och As with their daughter J were over to. All of them are a real pleasure to be around. The food was excellent. Entrecote steak and Fresh potatoes with Feta cheese melted around. A green salad and some really good bread. I was driving so it was water for me, but the beer cans looked really really good. Oh, well. Rn was unbelievably popular when he came out with enough ice-cream for 20 kids for the 4 kids to share. Dylan's comment was that he always always wanted to come to Rn and Vn. "Jag vill alltid alltid komma hit" ("I want to always always come here.") Then it was time to head home, Charlie was getting tired falling down and just a mess. Busted his nose on the floor so there was blood. Not fun, cleaned up a little bit and then dumped him and Dylan in the car. We were home about a quarter to 8. It had been a really good day, the only downside was that Jonna wasn't with, but you can't have everything.
I leave today for another post, you can read that one later if you still have the energy after this one. :)
hope your weekend has been as good as mine is.
Friday night we grilled out with friends. One of those get togethers with 6 families and 10 kids, all under the age of 5 except for an 8 year old. Keeps everyone busy, there isn't any real time to sit and just let things move along, the kids make sure of that. Don't misunderstand me, it was really good, relaxing as it can possibly be these days. I had made cheesecake ice cream that we had with fresh strawberries. Jonna said it was as good as or maybe better than Ben and Jerry's, she really knows how to give a compliment.
Saturday was intense. Jonna was at a bachelorette party. Me and the boys. We were taking it kind of slow when Df called and asked if we wanted to go swimming. Then I tried to kick it up a gear and get us out of the house. It is like being the head clown of a three clown circus. No one was cooperating, not even me. I couldn't find anything. In the end, sweaty but without yelling, we made it out of the house. In to the car and off to swim. The first place we went to was a bust. No good place for the kids to get into, so back into the cars and on the road again. I was afraid that Charlie was going to fall asleep before we got to the next place and could eat. Bingo, was I right or was I right.. sleeping like a sweaty little kid in the back of the car. Carefully into the wagon with him, the only thing worse than him sleeping early is him waking up after 15 minutes ( in the end he only slept like 30-40 minutes anyway). Then down to the little swimming area. It was good, lots of people, kids everywhere. We ate a little pasta salad compliments of Df and Sf. Dylan ate the usual amount which isn't much, and his cousin Tf followed suit, much to Sf's consternation. Tf usually eats really well, but Dylan is a really bad influence when it comes to that. After lunch and a "swim", mud pies and peeing on the beach (Charlie, not me). We had an ice-cream and headed of home for nap time. Dylan crashed hard in the car, Charlie had already slept 30 minutes, so he felt no need to sleep and make my life easy.
After Dylan slept we headed of to Rn, Vn, Kn and the new son Vkn. They are a great family, very relaxed and a lot of fun to hang out with Rn is great with kids, there just isn't two ways about it. He is a big kid himself, and can outplay the little ones. Fh och As with their daughter J were over to. All of them are a real pleasure to be around. The food was excellent. Entrecote steak and Fresh potatoes with Feta cheese melted around. A green salad and some really good bread. I was driving so it was water for me, but the beer cans looked really really good. Oh, well. Rn was unbelievably popular when he came out with enough ice-cream for 20 kids for the 4 kids to share. Dylan's comment was that he always always wanted to come to Rn and Vn. "Jag vill alltid alltid komma hit" ("I want to always always come here.") Then it was time to head home, Charlie was getting tired falling down and just a mess. Busted his nose on the floor so there was blood. Not fun, cleaned up a little bit and then dumped him and Dylan in the car. We were home about a quarter to 8. It had been a really good day, the only downside was that Jonna wasn't with, but you can't have everything.
I leave today for another post, you can read that one later if you still have the energy after this one. :)
hope your weekend has been as good as mine is.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
routines
It is difficult to find the balance of routines and excitement. Lets be honest routines are not exciting, they are safe, they are the easy way. How do we find the balance, between safe and routine and unexpected and exciting. It seems that a lot of kids really do well with routines and don't handle too many surprises really well, yet at the same time they can get board really quick if you aren't careful. Balance has never been my strong point, I am an extremist. That is the way it works with me. On or off. Today we almost had a really good balance. Picked up early at daycare. Then we went and were on the swings for a little while. After that we started up the sprinkler. Dylan is the sprinkler king. He loves it. Charlie, while he loves to swim in a baby pool could really have skipped the sprinkler. After that we made dinner and cleaned up and then back outside for more play. This is where we lost the balance, once it was time to come in and get cleaned up for the evening, Charlie lost it. Nothing could please him. Dylan jumped in the bath for some more water time and I ended up sitting on the floor with Charlie for 20-25minutes to calm him down. After that he drank his formula and was ready to go. Bedtime was quick and easy. All in all a really good evening, not perfectly balanced, but fun, a lot of fun.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
nice day
Today was a good day. There isn't two ways around it. I got up early with the boys. Breakfast and a little goofin and then time to trade with Jonna. She got up had breakfast and hung out with the boys and made some plans for the day. We went to a nature reserve about 10 minutes from our home. It is a little place down by the water that is really great. They have a few animals. Pigs, horses, cows and sheep, not to forget the hens and the rabbits. Dylan can hang out and watch the pigs for ever, he really loves the pigs :) .. anyway, we met friends there. It was a lot of fun, looking at the animals, having a picnic, and Dylan and I even took a swim. It was 23C/74F in the air and 10C/50F in the water. Pretty cold, but really refreshing. Once we got home we basically had time to change before we went over to Sf and Df for dinner. Sf had her birthday yesterday, so we got treated to some really good food. Grilled Salmon and Chicken and a couscous salad that was really good. Sf had made a TiramisĂș for dessert it was really good. I wasn't alone in eating two pieces. Here I am now stuck on the couch, essentially unable to get off of it. There is no hope of tomorrow being as good a day, it is a workday. Bleh.. I'd rather be at home thanks.
Monday, June 4, 2007
a cup of coffee and two sleeping angels...
It is 13:30, i have just sat down to enjoy a cup of coffee and drop a line to the world. Both boys are sleeping and as all children, they sleep like angels, deep and relaxed.
This is the second Monday off with the boys, but the first one where I have a work week behind me. It is nice to be at home, especially with the nice weather. Work is going well. It is a little bit of a twilight zone for me, I don't have the same outlook on life that I had before. I want to be with my family and friends more than before, if that is possible. That is the way it is. We will see how it goes.
We took a trip to a used store for baby stuff, we need a "stÄbrÀda" standingboard? I have no idea what it is called in English, you hook it onto the baby wagon so the bigger kid can stand up and ride along. Anyway the 2ND hand store was under renovation, so we are still without. Then we drove out to the Plantagen to check on a willow bush, but they didn't sell it. Oh well, you can't win all the time. Going to have to do some checking around.
I gotta go an wake up Dylan now, not fun, but he can't sleep too long now, or he will be up until 10 tonight, not fair to Jonna since she gets to put them to bed tonight.
We are keeping a really easy pace. Slow day,
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
positve and negative
The positive with work is that you can steal 5 minutes and post the negative right now is the the office building I am sitting in didn't come with the air option, so we don't have any air. I wonder if I can buy a can of air. I saw a movie once where they had air in a can, or maybe it was a book I read. That is what I need right now a big can of Air, and not the light stuff either.
1st day
up early, brushed my teeth and combed my hair. Here I am back at work. 15 minutes to my first meeting. Not a whole lot to do just yet, but here comes the boss. It is going to be interesting to see how quickly I can get in gear. Right now I feel like the new guy at work, hell I couldn't even find the copying machine.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
hows the weather
I have always wondered at the great lengths family will go to discuss the weather. I don't talk to my family as often as I feel is the "right and proper" amount. Maybe all this weather talk is a way of saying how are you in code. You know if I answer "it is raining not much going on" then it is piss, but if I say "it is raining, but we were out hopping in puddles and making a big old mess" then life is good. :) I am on my way to pick up the boys. I think we will go and hop in some puddles. How is the weather there?
Monday, May 21, 2007
not as planned
Charlie cries when I leave him at daycare... and Dylan is home sick. I was planning on getting a bunch of stuff done today, It probably won't be that way now. With Dylan home it limits how much other stuff I can do.
I found a course in guitar building, it seems really cool. It costs a lot, but can definitely be put on the 10 year to do list. Imagine playing on a guitar that you built. What a cool experience.
My brain stopped.
I found a course in guitar building, it seems really cool. It costs a lot, but can definitely be put on the 10 year to do list. Imagine playing on a guitar that you built. What a cool experience.
My brain stopped.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
count down
Tomorrow is Monday and the beginning of the end. This is the last week I will be home with the boys on paternity leave an entire week. The week after that it is back to work for me, it is a huge change, because from that point forward that is how life will be for quite a long time. We are not going to have anymore kids. Our 2 are enough for us. A lot of my friends are having kids right now, some their first and some their second and even some their 3rd, congratulations and good luck. May the force be with you :) I wish that all countries had paternity leave like Sweden. I think the world would be a better place. Fathers would be closer to their kids, have more respect for the mothers and have more faith in themselves. If you don't believe me you have to try it, you can't just take my word for it.
luxury problems
I have received a clean bill of health and am with that reduced to only having luxury problems. Luxury problems by my definition are about 95% of the problems we have in life. At least in the western world. Sickness = problem, lack of money to buy a new guitar = luxury problem. If you find yourself feeling a little sorry for yourself. Look at the cause. The problem and then put it in a category. Problem or Luxury problem. Try to be honest with yourself. This really does help to put perspective on things. Now I am going out into the sun to enjoy a luxury problem. Renovating our deck...
Thursday, May 3, 2007
killing time
Why is it that the more stuff I have to do, the faster time goes... it just runs right out of my hands and I get practically nothing done. Here I sit with 5 other things I should be doing, and I am writing here. No where on my to do list does it say write on the blog. Not one of the action points. Maybe I should just take a nap :)
I will be starting work again very soon. This is going to be strange for me. I have a certain number of goals with going back to work. I am very afraid that I won't meet any of them. I have a wonderful habit of sharing my goals, visions, idea's with friends and complete strangers. In some way that seems to be equal with accomplishment for me. Not actually doing it, but telling someone that I had the idea.
#2 is down at daycare with Jonna, She is taking the schooling in process today. That way when it is her turn to drop the boys off it won't be a complete mess for her. That is the plan at least. #1 is really easy when it comes to daycare, I think he really likes it there. #2 is going to like it I am sure, but I don't know how the drop offs are going to go..
Well off to the day. Laundry to do, lunch, snack and dinner to make, a slide being delivered. Lots of stuff..
I will be starting work again very soon. This is going to be strange for me. I have a certain number of goals with going back to work. I am very afraid that I won't meet any of them. I have a wonderful habit of sharing my goals, visions, idea's with friends and complete strangers. In some way that seems to be equal with accomplishment for me. Not actually doing it, but telling someone that I had the idea.
#2 is down at daycare with Jonna, She is taking the schooling in process today. That way when it is her turn to drop the boys off it won't be a complete mess for her. That is the plan at least. #1 is really easy when it comes to daycare, I think he really likes it there. #2 is going to like it I am sure, but I don't know how the drop offs are going to go..
Well off to the day. Laundry to do, lunch, snack and dinner to make, a slide being delivered. Lots of stuff..
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
may
Well now May has started. This is going to be a turbulent month to say the least. There is a ton of stuff going on, and a lot of it really important.
Every 6 months I get a reminder. I big note telling me that life hasn't gone as planned. At least not as I planned it. May is one of those months. One of those months where I and a lot of people around me just have to cope and survive. Then sometimes even in May you have a really good day and you can forget about it all. Ok, maybe not forget about it, but at least push it so far down under the radar that it doesn't blip as hard.
Lets make it through May and see how we are doing ok?
anyway.. today was a good day.
Every 6 months I get a reminder. I big note telling me that life hasn't gone as planned. At least not as I planned it. May is one of those months. One of those months where I and a lot of people around me just have to cope and survive. Then sometimes even in May you have a really good day and you can forget about it all. Ok, maybe not forget about it, but at least push it so far down under the radar that it doesn't blip as hard.
Lets make it through May and see how we are doing ok?
anyway.. today was a good day.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
duty
down the stairs, open the door. in the dark without my eyes adjusting to the dark, i find #2 ( my youngest, a boy not a girl, rampage). pick him up in my arms from his crib after finding his binky. carry him over to our room and put him into the bed next to his mother. change a huge pee diaper, my wife wakes up enough to distract #2 so he doesn't roll over while i change his diaper. bring it upstairs, throw it away and sit down back at the glowing computer screen. the ticking clock is reminding me that me and both boys will be up early tomorrow, so i can't do this forever, even though i could sit here all night long and type. i have a wonderful wife and two great kids. is there anything else a guy could wish for?
how are you?
life is an emotional roller coaster. everyone pretty much knows this, you have your ups and downs and that is just the way things go. the hard part is when your roller coaster is going up and down really fast. mood swings are surprisingly tiresome and irritating. how do you avoid them, what are the catalysts? i don't think i am looking for advice, i just want to shake some dust out of my head.
i need to go to sleep, but something is keeping up, maybe it is a childish need to do something other than what i should do. i should have went to sleep hours ago, but instead i find myself wandering around some of my favorite web sites wasting time. during this time the moon has moved from the left side of the window way over on the right side. not quite full, but definitely pretty.
i wrote an e-mail to a friend a few hours ago. i honestly hope it doesn't ruin his day. my youngest is waking up.. duty calls.. 01:09
i need to go to sleep, but something is keeping up, maybe it is a childish need to do something other than what i should do. i should have went to sleep hours ago, but instead i find myself wandering around some of my favorite web sites wasting time. during this time the moon has moved from the left side of the window way over on the right side. not quite full, but definitely pretty.
i wrote an e-mail to a friend a few hours ago. i honestly hope it doesn't ruin his day. my youngest is waking up.. duty calls.. 01:09
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
"freedom is just another word ...
for nothing left to lose" Kris Kristofferson from Me & Bobby McGee, yes it is Kris that wrote that one not Janis.. oh well now you know. Anyway.
Life may seem to have you in a rut, not sure why you are doing all the things you are doing everyday. STOP. Think about what you are doing instead of doing it on automatic. Start appreciating all the good things in your life. Every minute you are sitting there feeling sorry for yourself is a minute that you just wasted. Don't get me wrong, don't think for a second that I haven't been throwing some major personal pity parties. I have every right to, but I am wasting my precious life every minute I mope around feeling sorry for myself. If I can go around being happy, so can you, not because I am stronger or smarter or bought the miracle cure on the tvshop, more for the fact that I am no better than you. Hell you would tell me that yourself after a couple of beers.
Look around you at all the things tying you down. Your family, friends, good habits, hobbies and start appreciating them.
If you think this was directed at you, then maybe it was, but don't be surprised or bruise your ego if I wrote it for someone else. Only I know.
peace, love and very unmanly hugs to all of you out there today and tonight.
Life may seem to have you in a rut, not sure why you are doing all the things you are doing everyday. STOP. Think about what you are doing instead of doing it on automatic. Start appreciating all the good things in your life. Every minute you are sitting there feeling sorry for yourself is a minute that you just wasted. Don't get me wrong, don't think for a second that I haven't been throwing some major personal pity parties. I have every right to, but I am wasting my precious life every minute I mope around feeling sorry for myself. If I can go around being happy, so can you, not because I am stronger or smarter or bought the miracle cure on the tvshop, more for the fact that I am no better than you. Hell you would tell me that yourself after a couple of beers.
Look around you at all the things tying you down. Your family, friends, good habits, hobbies and start appreciating them.
If you think this was directed at you, then maybe it was, but don't be surprised or bruise your ego if I wrote it for someone else. Only I know.
peace, love and very unmanly hugs to all of you out there today and tonight.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
just a little pause, now I am back from outerspace..
I haven't written for a while, I got a little down there and didn't want to spread any negative vibes. Right now it is about 50/50. I want to go home and visit my family. I have my closest and dearest here don't get me wrong, but sometimes you just need to get back and see your extended family. Plus the weather here has been a little sucky, I want sunshine...
Braindust
I go on and on, at least in my head, about perspective. Life perspective and individual truth is something that I am working on, once again in my head, and now here. Part of that Life perspective is where you grew up and your family and old friends. No matter how long you have been away or how far, or how little you think you have in common, you should go back from time to time. It helps with the life perspective, helps you with your choices, because everytime you go back you are different from last time you were there, and all those old places and people, friends and family you knew, know. They will be different too, because the perspective and the truth has adjusted itself.
Braindust
On other fronts, Dylan is having a hard time with Jonna leaving in the evenings if she is going to go out and do stuff and that is hard on her. One of many phases to come. Charlie is falling a lot now a days, maybe he is in a growing spurt and has a hard time with balance who knows, but he does good for a kid who has been walking since 9 months.
Braindust
I go on and on, at least in my head, about perspective. Life perspective and individual truth is something that I am working on, once again in my head, and now here. Part of that Life perspective is where you grew up and your family and old friends. No matter how long you have been away or how far, or how little you think you have in common, you should go back from time to time. It helps with the life perspective, helps you with your choices, because everytime you go back you are different from last time you were there, and all those old places and people, friends and family you knew, know. They will be different too, because the perspective and the truth has adjusted itself.
Braindust
On other fronts, Dylan is having a hard time with Jonna leaving in the evenings if she is going to go out and do stuff and that is hard on her. One of many phases to come. Charlie is falling a lot now a days, maybe he is in a growing spurt and has a hard time with balance who knows, but he does good for a kid who has been walking since 9 months.
Friday, April 13, 2007
sorry
wife came home with a little correction for my math, or that I should be clear about something, I am not the only one who cleans up around here, She helps out sometimes too :)
cute and yet not.
I make a quick lunch and feed him and then he helps me clean up the table. "There you go pops, all done. See nothing left on the table." Anytime you read, fed the kids, as a thing done during the day, think about these images. I do, everyday 3 times a day, 7 days a week. There are a lot of things with the kids I love, and a couple that just drive me up the wall..
30 seconds in the micro, 10 minutes of play/eat, 20 minutes of cleaning. :)
Thursday, April 12, 2007
the quick addiction
how can I get addicted to something like writting a blog so quickly, maybe it is because I am screaming for therapy somewhere in my tortured soul, or maybe I am just a flasher having a good time with out running the risk of getting arrested.
We went to ikea tonight, the family place. The kids had fun, we spent money, and I didn't have to screw anything together you can't really beat that can you.
I am tired and need sleep, but it seems that I needed a little fix first.. what can you say except... aaahhhh...
We went to ikea tonight, the family place. The kids had fun, we spent money, and I didn't have to screw anything together you can't really beat that can you.
I am tired and need sleep, but it seems that I needed a little fix first.. what can you say except... aaahhhh...
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
crossposting
I don't know if this illegal in the blog world, I might be breaking some unwritten or even written rule for all I know. I like the editor better here at blogspot compared to myspace mostly for the abc(checkmark) button that lets me do a spell check. So here is the post that I just put on MySpAcE just to check things out a bit.. any opinions?
good night
Today was a good day. I took a walk with Charlie and some other people that are on paternity leave after we dropped the older kids off at daycare. It was windy but with a distinct feeling of spring. Then we went over to one of the other parents house becuase her son turned 1 to day so it was coffee and cake. You just can't beat coffee and chocolate cake.. After that it was quick trip to "centrum" to get some errands done and then home, so Charlie could sleep. I made dinner already in the afternoon so that once I picked Dylan up at 2 there wouldn't be any stress.
2oclock picked Dylan up and down to the park for playtime, everyone just seemed to be in a good mood today. Lots of fun. After that we went up to our place and was playing outside there. We didn't get in until 20 after 5. Almost 3.5 hours outside, that will put anyone in a good mood..
A quick dinner, spaghetti and meat sauce after Jonna got home and then in the tub with Charlie because that is the only way to get him clean after spaghetti and meat sauce. Then I took of to my course which was a lot of fun tonight, I really enjoy my teacher he different, but really good.
Now after finally getting a picture up on blogspot I am considering a move.. I really need the spell check. I am going to have to see, but if you are reading this and you miss me after a couple of days check our romu42.blogspot.com I might have moved in.. I am not sure, unsure.. oi oi what should I do.. is there anyone out there with an opinion.. I will post this same one on blogspot.. can't someone make this choice for me.. :)
good night.
good night
Today was a good day. I took a walk with Charlie and some other people that are on paternity leave after we dropped the older kids off at daycare. It was windy but with a distinct feeling of spring. Then we went over to one of the other parents house becuase her son turned 1 to day so it was coffee and cake. You just can't beat coffee and chocolate cake.. After that it was quick trip to "centrum" to get some errands done and then home, so Charlie could sleep. I made dinner already in the afternoon so that once I picked Dylan up at 2 there wouldn't be any stress.
2oclock picked Dylan up and down to the park for playtime, everyone just seemed to be in a good mood today. Lots of fun. After that we went up to our place and was playing outside there. We didn't get in until 20 after 5. Almost 3.5 hours outside, that will put anyone in a good mood..
A quick dinner, spaghetti and meat sauce after Jonna got home and then in the tub with Charlie because that is the only way to get him clean after spaghetti and meat sauce. Then I took of to my course which was a lot of fun tonight, I really enjoy my teacher he different, but really good.
Now after finally getting a picture up on blogspot I am considering a move.. I really need the spell check. I am going to have to see, but if you are reading this and you miss me after a couple of days check our romu42.blogspot.com I might have moved in.. I am not sure, unsure.. oi oi what should I do.. is there anyone out there with an opinion.. I will post this same one on blogspot.. can't someone make this choice for me.. :)
good night.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Monday, April 2, 2007
lets check out google
i have started writing stuff on myspace, you can find it at www.myspace.com/romu42 . I am going to try the google blog also. I am already using every other service through google, so why not be totally assimilated
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