Day One

...weekday one that is...

It's the time of the year that more and more people are learning to love more than ever. That's right, it's the opening weekend of the NFL season! What a way to start off the season too! There were a couple of very good games for us to all watch! It means a lot more to me than it might for most. Not only do we get to root for our favorite team, but we all get to hang out with family and friends. It's something that I don't get to do these days, or at least it seems that way. Good food, alcohol and family....does it get any better than that? I don't know.

It certainly was an added bonus that The Texans started off the year the way that they were supposed to, by stomping on the Manning less Colts. Sure people still find things to complain about them, but in the end, they won big. Isn't that what it is all about anyway? Ultimately getting that all important "W"? Not only that, but I think I started off the season by drinking a bit too much. I guess that tends to happen on the first Sunday of the season because there isn't anyway that I can keep that kind of drinking up every Sunday....nor do I plan to....

As the first Monday of my week long vacation came to an end, I guess it was a productive one. We got to straighten up the living room/table. Well, I have to give most, if not all, of the credit to Ruby. Always a battle it is to try and clean our poor little, broken home. Although, it won't stay like that for very long, it felt good to have a clean room for just a little while....

Here are just a few thoughts that I had while watching the Pats and Dolphins game. Had Raymond not been playing on my phone, I might have tweeted these...

"They gonna kill Reggie Bush if they keep letting him run inside."
"Dolphins are celebrating that first touchdown like they are going to the Super Bowl, relax, there are still three more quarters!"
"Ok, the Dolphins are trying to make this a game!"
"Ok, Reggie bush wants to be an every down back? Well, I want to be a millionaire"
"An all out blitz on the goal line against Brady? Making it too easy for him"


****a couple more days for the big bluray release, here's a little something that i thought was funny.....

Ok Lucas...

...Ok Lucas, now you're just fucking with us, right?!?! At first I didn't think much of this because I thought it was fake, but it looks like it is legit....



WTF Lucas? C'mon!!! Now even I am starting to get pissed. I almost don't want the bluray's now, but still, I can't resist...

Thoughts?!?!

The going on's....

Well....here we go again...haven't updated much, but hey! What are you going to do?

Hmmmm....let's see...well, Raymond has completed about a week and a half of Kindergarten at RIVER OAKS ELEMENTARY!! That is definitely something! He seems to really like it too! I mean it's just elementary school, and I am sure that it is fun, but he seems to really like going. It's kind of cool for me to drop him off in the morning and pick him up in the afternoon! I mean, I feel like I am doing my part as a parent. I am actually helping out. Although, getting used to the new schedule has been a little bit tough. Oh, I am sure we will adapt, but getting up a little bit earlier and leaving about 15 to 20 minutes than I am used to is definitely different. Raymond has seemed to adapted ok. It can be hard to wake him up in the mornings, but once we get him up, he is usually fine. He hasn't been defiant about actually going to school, which is a big time bonus, of course we are only almost two weeks in.

Not to be lost in all of this, the Girls are doing just fine in there second semester of daycare, I guess you will call it. They seem to like going too! They have a little head start in learning, compared to Raymond, that should only be beneficial. It is always, always cool to see and hear them sing and dance a bit more too!

Time is going just too damn fast. I don't know what to make of it. On the plus side, Football season is upon us for the most part, and the negative....where does all of the time go? Man, I wish I had an answer for that.

We are forever trying to get the house in order. I really don't know how much longer we could put up with this ol' house before it either breaks in half, or sinks into the ground. It's depressing and embarrassing. I think it is a big part of the reason why we just don't have any events out our house anymore. The year of no rain surely hasn't helped out one bit. Man, I simply don't remember a summer, or year like this. Where is the rain?!?!?

Two more weeks until the Girls two year birthday, Star Wars being released on Bluray, and a week long vacation for me! I cannot wait for that!! I hope to make the most of it....

Here's a random pic of the above mentioned, in which I am eagerly anticipating....

Solo shot first, ok?!?!

So much to do...

....so little time. That is so very true. The other day I was thinking of things that I missed doing and wanted to start back up, eventually. I got a small list together which looked like this...

Read books
Read comics
Play guitar
Listen to music
Work out
Play video games
Watch movies
Work on yard
Hang out with friends
Keep house clean

The list doesn't look long or all that difficult to get accomplished, but it is. A lot of it can get done, I think that I just need to organize my time better...well...duh....

A lot of it also depends on my work schedule. I have decided that I am not going to work as much as I have. That is easier said than done, but I think that I have to put my foot down somewhere, because work surely isn't going to help me in that. I think if they had it their way, I would never get to leave. For some reason, they want me to have all of the hours and send everyone else in the department home. That's not going to happen anymore. Something has got to change and I think that I am the only one that is going to force that issue. I absolutely have to. If they don't like that, then something will definitely change.

It feels like it should be a simple thing, but for me, it just isn't. As I type this, I feel a little stress coming on, or just my stomach wanting to knot up a bit. I am not one to get stressed out either, but thinking about work has done that to me....and that is not a good thing....enough about that (for now).

and from the "it's about time" department here is my random picture for this entry....



ok, Chris give us some more updates on your movie there, I need more! Oh! I didn't realize that the next movie is due out on Raymond's birthday next year! Sweet!!

Update Number Two from Vacation...

It's Thursday, which means that my vacation is almost done. Luckily Memorial Day adds another day to it, but eventually it has to come to an end, doesn't it?

Took advantage of the day today I must say. We took Raymond to see Thor and Kung Fu Panda 2 (the latter in 3D). It worked out pretty well. I thought Raymond acted up a little during Thor and it started to make me upset, but seeing, and hearing two to three kids act up during Kung Fu Panda 2 reminded me that Raymond isn't bad at all. In fact, he wasn't even close to be bad compared to them. Whew! I am grateful!

Hot Dogs, Turkey Hamburger Patties, and Apricot Chicken were all grilled up today. Man, I felt like I spent more time on the grill today than I did during the Beach House weekend! The heat may play a factor in that. Damn, the heat has turned up in Houston...it's back to normal now. Hell, it should be 78 degrees tonight around 10:00...not cooling off enough at night. I did a little stuff in the yard, or just outside that I have needed to tend to for a while tonight. It wasn't yard work, but it was still doing something.

Tomorrow, we get up and take the Kiddos to school in the morning. That means Ruby and I will have a little time to ourselves. There is so much to do, I am not sure what we are going to get done exactly. I know for sure we will probably finally get a lunch in to ourselves. It should be a nice way to end off the week....

No random pic this time, but I will try to put one in other entries...let's just say for the hell of it, yeah?!?! Cool...

...An update, and a random pic...

....hello....here I am again, trying to update after several weeks...

Right now, I am currently enjoying a much needed vacation, a week and a day off of work. It's nice to be off of work, in any capacity. Sure, we aren't getting nearly everything accomplished that we would like, but it is nice nonetheless....

Beach House 2011 came and went. It never seems to last. This year's was different than years past...that isn't a bad thing, it's just different. I don't think that I came even close to drinking the amount that I have before. I guess the best way to describe it this year was that it was just low key; more chill than ever before. Another sign that we are just getting older!

What you find about vacations when you have kids, is that almost nothing goes as planned. Kids will definitely make sure of that. You just have to deal with it and enjoy the time that you have off. I think that I have for the most part. I really don't have anything to complain about since I am not at work. That is all that I really want. Another factor is that I think that I have so much that I want to do, it is almost impossible to get to them, or get them done. It's all good.

Well, here is the random picture that I eluded to in this entry's title. I don't know why I am putting this, but I really liked it when I first came across it. Jim Henson's passing was something like 21 years ago on May 16...wow!

what to do?

Here is another post that I started to work on a couple of days ago. I saved it so I just would delete it and not update anything.

I find that if I type something up and email to myself, I can build a entry from that, or just get a snapshot of how I was feeling for a moment in time. As you can see, work is giving me a lot of trouble these days and even though I hate to write about it, it's almost unavoidable. Here is is....


It's hard to be positive when you are in a place that seems to beat you down. Even if you are trying to keep a positive face on. I guess the true feeling is still out there, giving that negative vibe. I keep trying to be nice guy, I mean, that is what I am by nature, and nice guy, but there comes a time where being nice just doesn't get it done. I think it is that time now. Well, maybe past time. I hate to say that, I hate even more to do it, but I am going to have to. I hope that it comes across ok and gets the job done.

It just sucks that it has to come down to this. Still I am patient, I realize that I am probably too patient, but I wait and see what will happen....

It's difficult for me to figure out how I want to treat this, or what I am going to do long term. I think the long term solution is inevitable. I hate to say it, but it might be for the best. At least for me. For now, part of me wants to just work and continue on, not letting anything get to me but there are other times where you just can't ignore things. I don't know. I guess, I just don't know how much longer or how much patient that I can continue being. Only time will tell? I guess so because right now, I don't have any real answers....