Not Putting Food in Her Dish

Almost Time

It is all coming to a head. The birth of our baby that is. My wife's disability still hasn't kicked in, so there are money worries, and there are things not getting done that need to be done, but overall, time stops for no one or no thing. Neither do bills, but you know, it's just money. I find myself repeating this over and over... really everything will work out.

And we already have a list of people coming over, I really don't know why, but they are coming, from parents to friends they are a' coming. And that is a good, hell a great thing. I can't thank everyone enough. It is all just... a bit much. I'm not saying to not come... Come, help out, just don't expect much in return right now.

And meanwhile my wife's stomach has acquired a new zip code. I'm not trying to say she is fat, it is all the pregnancy, and man it is crazy. I don't mean, "Oh my god I live with a hippo" I mean, my wife's stomach has a definite aura about it and it wasn't as noticeable for her last baby.

Half Empty... Half Full... Who Cares?

I am still dealing with my stroke, it has been almost two years, and I think I will always feel a little off. Not to say that I have a bad life or I wish anything could be different, I deal, and that is about it. But it has been so long since I had a stroke that I can't really remember if I can/can't do something... if it is because of the stroke or I never really could ever do it... even pre-stroke.

What I mean is, let's say I'm working with tools (screwdriver, wrench, etc.) and I just can't get the angel right or something won't come loose... is it because of the stroke? Or is it just because it is what it is? I really don't know, and odds are I never will.

I still have a crooked smile, or I should say half a smile. My wife is the owner of the "crooked smile" and she did not have a stroke to get it. But still, I feel if I would have exercised more, maybe I would feel differently but then again, I could feel even worse (because nothing would improve, I would then feel I wasted my time).

Is a glass half empty or half full, it really just depends on who is looking at it. But I prefer to see it as half full. I am doing much better at Guitar Hero, and I know it sounds kinda of hokey but it really does offer me some therapy. I haven't gotten to the next level (I'm at medium now), and I don't know if I ever would have (stroke or no stroke) gone to the next level anyway.

I downloaded "The Stroke" a song by Billy Squire. It has nothing to do with this post, but the name... I mean hello? I posted what I found on YouTube... Enjoy!

The Inside-Out Man

Ok, See when it comes to having things right-side in... instead of inside-out... I a bit of a klutz. I just don't think that much of it. My wife on the other hand, is very particular. Not to say that she she is overly so, it is just that she makes sure that everything is right, and I don't.

This became apparent from the beginning. It was the second or third date and I had a little trouble, put on my shirt inside-out and she told me about it... only after our date. She thought I may have put it on like that because we were taking the dogs out to the dog park, but I wasn't, I was just a schmuck that wasn't paying attention.

Which brings us to today. I wear my underwear, or drawz as I call them, inside-out or right-side in because it just doesn't matter, I mean it feels the same, looks pretty much the same (minus the tag), for all intents... it is the same.

It just doesn't matter, seriously it doesn't...

School for What?

I was driving my 3-year-old to school the other day. Which seems normal, I mean no accidents were caused or affected by me, just an ordinary trip to school really. Then my daughter screams at me... "Why didn't you stop at the red-light?"

Now I was waiting at the red-light, in fact stopped at the red-light. But my daughter (seated right behind me) can only see the crossing traffic's red-light. And so she can't understand why I am going, when she sees the light as red. You see she is learning about safety in school.

My little back-seat driver. Don't you just love it? Safety is so overrated.

Classic Film Friday: Cannonball Run II

So I simply had to pick this movie, I mean who doesn't like fast cars, hot women and a bit of comedy. Does this movie have a plot? Not really, I mean, it is about a race across the country. Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, the Rat Pack, Ricardo Montalban, Jamie Farr, Jackie Chan and a forest full of others.

The Sheik (Jamie Farr) has offered 1 million dollars to the winner. Watch as they drive fast, stupid, crazy cars and who will be victorious? in the race and the fights... Watch and see.

Wasps

So I was trimming the bushes around the house. Pretty normal right? Well I was cutting, and my 14-year-old would take all the clippings and throw them out back (I'm making a compost pile). That was going surprisingly well, that is until I cut this one branch and found this:


Lucky for me they were feeling ill from the cooler weather, and did not perceive me as a threat. But my daughter was looking for the next one, and the next one, thus slowing me down. The "next one" never came, but that was a close call.