June Week 5
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June Week 5
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Monday June 25, 2001 I got Autumn to school on time, she seemed genuinely excited about being there... I went directly to the Gym after dropping her off and spent about an hour there. I was still tired from last night so when I got back from the Gym I laid down for a few minutes... a few minutes later it was 12:10 and I was 10 minutes late picking up Autumn... One of Bonnie's kids is having some medical troubles so we have her kids while they are at the hospital... only four of them... Mike, as predicted, is in serious doo-doo... he's pretty upset with himself... which is a good thing. He usually has a hard time assuming responsibility for his actions. Mike is upset with us for not letting him go to "Schooners" in Lancaster... after messing up thoroughly yesterday he is now upset with me for not driving him to Lancaster and then driving back to pick him up at midnight... I don't understand how his mind works and I am utterly clueless about how to deal with this... the kid is making me crazy. I need to get started on building a new front porch... the one there now is on it's last legs, getting a little dangerous actually. ...but I need to take up the rug in the dining room and living room and put down tile first... that is, as soon as I pull down the old ceiling in the dining room and put up a new one and replace the dry wall ... but the boys room needs new drywall too and the rug in their room is a job for Haz-Mat... then again if I don't clean out the utility room I won't be able to... maybe I'll just take another nap and think on this a little more. It helps to organize chores into categories... - Things I won't do now - Things I won't do later - Things I'll NEVER do!
Tuesday June 26, 2001 I made it to the gym again... worked out for about an hour... I'm still pretty clueless about the machines but I watch the other folks work out and pick up a little each day... My eating habits haven't improved a bit... I still eat like every meal was my last. I took all (Mike was with Christy) the kids to the park, nine of them. they had a ball playing tag there, I had fun watching them, I was jealous of their ability to let it all hang out. I killed another rattlesnake... the kids were on their way up the driveway and a snake came out of the weeds the girls ran up the hill and the boys ran down... (interesting phenomenon)... the snake appeared to be trying to mind it's own business but it eventually sealed it's fate by coming toward the house, and the dogs were starting to get interested... so I shot it. My neighbor would be upset, but the damn things are dangerous... It was the last day of Christy's class down at Champions... They were putting on a "Pot Luck" and Christy wanted the kids down there. I took them down along with Bonnie's kids. Bonnie came about a half hour later and picked up her girls and Calie and Monica... we kept Richard and David... Little David is a real trip, he is about 5 has a cute lisp... cracks me up when he talks. Wednesday June 27, 2001 Oiler coach Bum Phillips when asked by Bob Costas why he takes his wife on all road trips, Phillips responded: "Because she is too damn ugly to kiss good-bye." Autumn had therapy, they wanted to do Quarterly Review... I don't like to do those things... I can't tell them what they want to hear like Christy can. so I stone-walled them...I took Autie to school, she would get about an hour and a half... after I dropped her off I went to the Gym for about 45 minutes. Mike went to Scottie's house, then next door to Brian's house then to Church with them... the kid is a real social butterfly. Christy had meetings all afternoon, when she got back I took Cindy and went to Barnes and Noble... I bought some more "Bill Bryson" books... damn he's funny... Thursday June 28, 2001 Mike went to Brian's, he got home when he said he would Friday June 29, 2001 Christy took Autumn to get her MRI... Autumn had to be sedated but she did well... we will get the results of the scan in a week... The Neurologist wanted to be sure there was nothing wrong... her seizures were a concern... She has had no problems since she went onto the new medication (Lamictal)... she has two more weeks to to get on the full dose then we can wean her from Phenobarbital. Christy went on an overnight Retreat/Seminar called the Facilitators Institute... it is part of the training she will need to work for the County...
We often forgive those who bore us, but we cannot forgive those whom we bore. -Francois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) [Maxims]
The reality you have dialed is not in service. Please check the value of pi or consult your local deity. Saturday June 30, 2001 Been another long day... Christy got home about 16:00 kids weren't bad but they were getting on my nerves... Calie couldn't keep herself from hitting Mokie and yada yada... SSDD. Need to gear up for the trip...I don't seem to be able to muster up any enthusiasm... only trepidation... this will be a telling trip...I can only remember one like it, but it only lasted three days. I am not a solitary person, I am not particularly comfortable with myself... I appear to require the presence of others to be comfortable... on reflection that is not completely true I am most comfortable at home or with friends. I am not sure where the discomfort comes from, no one to share with? No one to experience the moment? I don't want to have expectations but it's hard not to... some folks claim to be able to be completely open, to experience the moment... I can manage that occasionally at a movie or at a musical performance. But, in the everyday world I always seem to be waiting for the other shoe to drop, a trap door to open...
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