as best I can
Bill (former co-worker buddy from TD Commerce) sent me a picture of a cartoon I drew while working there of Lori and Paul… I miss those guys, good peoples.
Speaking of Bill, he is going to drop off a bunch of left-over fence slats so that I can replace a few missing and damaged parts of the fence around Bub’s Backyard Soccer Stadium. Sweet!
Yesterday was Bub’s last day at Nokomis, very proud of my little guy. The past couple nights have been tearful for both of them, some of these changes have been tough. All I can do is keep their routine and their world together as best I can (as I was telling one of my good high school buddies just this morning).
I had a decent day yesterday, but the pendulum of worry is definitely making an arc that is scaring the shit out of me again. There is work coming in, but some isn’t paying work. Some of it is not paying right now, some of it might pay one day in the future, and some, we’ll just see. I did get a decent first pass at the Lowgrove Farm design (and heard back from Liv and the owner that they were happy too – SWEET!). After a phone meeting today, I should be 100% cleared for take-off on TheFamilyRegistry.com.
The kids and I have been reading some good books lately – we got the first chance (because their library dork Dad got on the waiting list two months before it came out!) to read Elephants Cannot Dance!, Billy’s Bucket, Our Twitchy, and Cluck O’clock.
- Best Detention Slip Ever – thanks jenijen
- Best Freakout Ever – thanks Sage
- Lawn Ornament Ordinance – thanks Sage
- Only a Man Would Attempt This – thanks Sage
- Stills from Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland
- Pug Fight
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:37 am
Congrats to Bubs!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:49 am
well done bubs.
as for you, i’m sorry for the sphincter puckering situations. if it’s any consolation, i’m there with ya.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:51 am
Hang in there Furball, you’re doing great, you are you are.
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June 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 am
Chris – he’s a proud dude
lime – this all sucks so bad, i can’t tell you how much i regret leaving that job I had 8 months ago
Jazz – i don’t agree with that statement as far as the provider part of me is concerned at all
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:53 pm
How long have we been friends? I swear your little man has grow up a ton since I first met you! He doesn’t look like a little kid anymore, more like a big kid!
And I’m sorry you are struggling right now with feeling like a poor provider. I have to say that I think you are working your hardest and bad situations sometimes happen that are out of our control. It’s what we do with that that counts and as far a I can see, you are working your butt off to try and make things better. No one should faultyou for that, especially not yourself!
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June 24th, 2009 at 10:36 am
tori – Bubs has grown a ton lately, you’re very right. And it’s hard facing where things are right now, I know I’m doing the right things at this point, but it’s tough not to look back and think WTF was I thinking?
June 24th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
So. I love beer. Wait, I think that was the other post. That’s right, this post is: I love Mo Willems! I went to Book Expo in NYC a few weeks back and I met Mo Willems! He signed a copy of Elephants Cannot Dance for me! and he was really nice! I gave all of my other free books to the library, but not my Mo book! For the record, this isn’t my favorite Elephant and Piggie book. I like “There’s a Bird on Your Head!” best. But my favorite Mo, by far, is Leonard the Terrible Monster.
Oh, and try not to get too stressed, Van. You’re doing the best you can.