November 1st, 2006 @ 1:55PM
Well I thought I was going to work today, even had my suit on. But then I realized my stomach wasn't done being bad. Since this is day 3 and a half of the stomach seige, I called my doctor. He decided this is food poisoning, most likely from the night before, which sucks, I ate at one of my favorite pizza places that night. So, I've got a buttload of antibiotics (oh, that's an unfortunate choice of a metaphor) to take and a phone call to make to the Health Department, so that the restaurant will be inspected.
Last night we did take the kids trick or treating and they had a great time. Viv really loved the concept, she was giggling and running all over the place in her little unicorn costume following her brother the astronaut around. My mom got home yesterday finally to the house of sick and sad. I need more gatorade...
October 26th, 2006 @ 9:32AM
I had a somewhat better day yesterday, did some laundry, watched the kiddos to let Dana get some stuff done, read some Curious George to my son, woke up got 2 miles in, drove my son to school - now I'm here writing this.
Tonight I need to get the coffin and other leftover big props from Neeta and then figure out what to do with them...hmm, I do need some storage. I bet my parents would love a black coffin in their basement.
October 24th, 2006 @ 9:38AM
The meeting yesterday was OK, my son slept over again last night, and my father came home worried about his non-eating son and cooked me a steak and made me eat. I slept horribly last night, like almost not at all. My new desk sucks, it's in a hallway.
I spoke to my mother last night and she told me about the fucking idiots at the hospital that told my father to wheel her in the wheelchair she was in down some downtown Philadelphia city blocks to another location for testing for her surgery on Thursday to repair the third broken bone in her leg. If that doesn't sound stupid to you, think about a crowded rush hour street...what happens if someone bumps into my mother's broken leg? I can't believe #1 someone thought that was an OK idea, #2 the hospital thought from a liability standpoint this was a good idea. Needless to say, my father went "Jersey" on them, my mother was crying, and they finally saw the light.
I'm trying to follow the recipe to happiness given to me by my doctor : get 6-8 hours of sleep, eat meals, exercise every day, pray, do good to others, have a friend to talk to, and stay busy. The do good to others is becoming challenging with the lack of good others are doing to me and mine. So straighten up others, pronto - I love these people.
October 23rd, 2006 @ 9:46AM
This whole process is really, really hard. Seeing picturesof Daddy taken down, it was impossible to sleep at all last night. Luckily my son slept over again last night and some extra hugs from Bubba made it ok. It's all normal for this insanity going on, I need to get on as does she. It hurts, but it's gotta happen I guess.
On Saturday night, Van and Viv slept over, we watched E.T. on my iMac cuddling in my bed. At the end when Elliot gave ET a hug, my son asked, "Why is hugging a naked alien?"
"Very good question son."
Tha haunted house went really well on Friday night. We scared some kids and a couple parents too. My knee is still hurting a bit from kneeling down behind the hidden picture frame and inside the coffin for a period too. The wolfman mask was itchy too.
Meanwhile my mother is going to have a second surgery on a third broken bone found in her ankle, she will be relocated to her third hospital today for the procedure. She won't be home by the end of the week most likely. This has been hard on my dad - he's visiting his injured wife, helping make sure his grandfather gets his meds and has meals, and then there's this miserable son in the basement that doesn't seem to eat, sleep, or smile unless his kids are around. I know I'll be OK eventually Dad, love will be the answer, one way or another - we'll all make it through.
October 19th, 2006 @ 9:48AM
Tonight's Haunted House building activities should be something akin to trying to string a guitar while standing in a tornado. We need to put the divider walls up, put the props into place, finish building some props, and during all this manage two kids in the gymnasium of the school.
October 18th, 2006 @ 10:28AM
My son slept over last night, that was great. He did his homework with my Dad and we read his book about flies (he picked out from the library) a couple times and he slept well for me. My family friends Tom and Barb didn't get in until very late due to some flight delays getting here from New Mexico.
My mother is still in the hospital, but starting to feel herself a little more. I miss her a lot, she's such a sweet soul, she's the last person that deserves an injury like this.
I propose that the Flyers just replace their defensemen with some highway cones, I believe they will be equally effective. I can't believe we lost that game 9-1! Esche looked terrible. The Sabres flew around the Flyers at will, if they had tried, they could have put in 15 goals.
October 17th, 2006 @ 3:26PM
I'm not sure why, but my body thought it would be fun to wake the fuck up every 45 minutes last night...oh look, it's 2:45 am....hey, look 3:20am...oh snap, 3:55am...
So as tired as I am, my parents have friends coming into town that will jettison me onto a couch or child's bed. I feel like I'm getting the flu. The friends of the family that are coming into town are incredible people. I'm bringing my kids over to meet them. Tom is a 50 something year old 6'8" former football player for the University of Colorado and a playright. He's also one of the funniest guys I've ever met. "Want a coozy for that beer Tom?" "No need, I won't give it a chance to get warm." His wife makes this incredible pottery and I'd really like to do a website for her, just because I enjoy her work so much.
Well, I officially kicked Microsoft off my iMac last night, dragging that trial version of Office into the trashcan and then installing OpenOffice. the OpenOffice install was a little tricky, you need to have X11 installed and the version listed on the Apple website isn't the right version if you're on OS 10.4 like me. I had to use the Tiger DVDs that came with my Mac and you had to kind of hunt for the right version of X11 (not the X11 SDK). I got it installed, but that kind of bothered me, that was very un-Mac-like, quite PCish if you ask me.
October 16th, 2006 @ 10:04AM
Van and Viv spent the night with me on Friday night, that ruled. Viv took her time going to sleep, but she did it and had a good time. My son stayed over on Saturday night too. I had both kids with me most of the day Sunday. I am doing ok right now, that's about the best I can hope for. My wife has a bad migraine today, I picked up little Van, then ran out to the drug store to get her migraine meds and a new heating pad for her. I hope the kids behave today for her.
Now, to the really crumby news, my Mom and Dad went down to the boat on Saturday and while getting on the sailboat, my mother slipped fell into the water and badly broke her leg. She wasn't in the water long, but with the frigid Forked River waters, it didn't take long to get her really cold. My mother has Addison's disease, so any kind of shock to the system can be really bad news. She went into shock somewhat, but got to the hospital eventually. Her surgery was yesterday and they put a rod into her leg. She should be home in a couple days. My dad is having a tough time with all this, he feels really guilty and he's having a tough time with his wife being in a hospital an hour a way right now.
October 13th, 2006 @ 9:43AM
I forced myself to bed at 11pm last night and got some good sleep finally. I feel much better this morning, esepecially after getting a couple miles in on the morning run. tonight, hopefully, Viv and Van will come stay over. This will be Viv's first sleep over, I can't wait.
October 12th, 2006 @ 9:46AM
The whole Cory Lidle thing is just awful. His poor wife and son. I can't even comprehend the pain they're in right now. I really wish the media would stop replaying the security camera clip of the plane hitting the building. Can you imagine if it you were in that plane and your 6 year old son happens to change the channel in time to see that burst?
I hung out with the kiddos last night, read a book about lightening to my son before bed, watched some SpongeBob and a little of the first period of the Flyers game. I stayed up too late. I gotta get some sleep tonight.
