A few things
Christmas
Christmas was great for the kids this year. This is the first year that didn’t get so much stuff as to where furniture had to be rearranged to get it in the apartment. My daughter said this was her best Christmas ever because she got everything she asked for. That is how I am going to shop from now on for Christmas, get them what they want, grab a few clothes and call it a day. They had lots of fun picking out what they wanted. I actually found a real use for my camera phone. I had them hold they toys that they wanted and I took a picture so that I could easily find them when I went back to the store. No more of that yeah dad I did want the bratz doll for Christmas but the one I showed you had on tan boots not red loafers. I like anything that makes Christmas shopping a little easier.
I am also officially ghetto now in that I have a big screen television in an apartment. Since I plan on buying a house in the next couple of years it isn’t that bad, I guess. I didn’t go out and buy a new one. My parents had an older model in the storage house out back that needed to be fixed. They bought one of those high tech ones a year or so ago. The color was messed up in the old one. Since they are building a new house my dad is cleaning out the storage. He decided to take it to the television shop to see what it would take to get it fixed. The price was right so I went on and had them do the dang thing. It shows a really pretty picture. It was kind of high end back in its day so the picture is better than some of the newer models that I see around. Of course it is big as old out doors a reminder of the old days when a big screen was also a piece of heavy furniture whose top could serve as a bookshelf, entertainment cabinet, and a trophy case. My fiancé said it best when she said “I don’t remember it being this big” my reply being “me either”. All in all though we are still happy with the decision to get it fixed.
New Years
New Years was pretty uneventful for me. I didn’t do anything worth writing about. I was planning my usual ceremony of drinking liquor and playing video games. Things didn’t go as planned though. I decided to grab a pizza after I dropped the kids off at Church (I know bad dad). I took it back to the spot and commenced to throwing down heavily. This left me with a stomach so full that the only liquor I managed to drink was one beer. I should have went with plan number two which was to go back home get dressed and come back to Church. This plan was sparked by the fact that I helped my mother unload her car when I dropped the kids off. To my delight my grandma had a cooked a big pot of fried potatoes. Man I love fried potatoes. I just knew that the kids would bring home dear old dad a steaming plate of breakfast home but they didn’t. There was only a couple of sausage and a piece of bacon in the container that I sent the sausage to Church in when I opened it up. The bad thing was that someone got hungry during the night or early in the a.m. and ate that. I suspect it was my son because the container was still in the frig when I woke up Saturday morning. My fiancé had to work New Years Eve so I brought in the New Year like I spent most of last year thinking and alone.
Withdrawals
I am going through withdrawals this week. My body is putting up a heck of a fight against my mind. I got some much needed work during my time off. Of course I have been working my tail off trying to get caught up this week. My mind is here but my body is still on the vacation schedule and refuses to get with the program. It is so bad that I actually took off yesterday morning so that I could sleep in late. Now my mind tells my body to get up and go to the bathroom at around 5:30 in the a.m. My body does not have a problem with this so after a little release it heads right back towards the bed for a couple more hours of rest and my mind has to remind it to start getting ready for work. My mind and body both agree around 1 p.m. that it is time for lunch. They though differ on what to do immediately afterwards. My minds says time to head back to work and finish the day while my body wants to go lay down and catch a nice nap. I hope that they can come to an agreement soon. This battle is starting take its toll.
Christmas was great for the kids this year. This is the first year that didn’t get so much stuff as to where furniture had to be rearranged to get it in the apartment. My daughter said this was her best Christmas ever because she got everything she asked for. That is how I am going to shop from now on for Christmas, get them what they want, grab a few clothes and call it a day. They had lots of fun picking out what they wanted. I actually found a real use for my camera phone. I had them hold they toys that they wanted and I took a picture so that I could easily find them when I went back to the store. No more of that yeah dad I did want the bratz doll for Christmas but the one I showed you had on tan boots not red loafers. I like anything that makes Christmas shopping a little easier.
I am also officially ghetto now in that I have a big screen television in an apartment. Since I plan on buying a house in the next couple of years it isn’t that bad, I guess. I didn’t go out and buy a new one. My parents had an older model in the storage house out back that needed to be fixed. They bought one of those high tech ones a year or so ago. The color was messed up in the old one. Since they are building a new house my dad is cleaning out the storage. He decided to take it to the television shop to see what it would take to get it fixed. The price was right so I went on and had them do the dang thing. It shows a really pretty picture. It was kind of high end back in its day so the picture is better than some of the newer models that I see around. Of course it is big as old out doors a reminder of the old days when a big screen was also a piece of heavy furniture whose top could serve as a bookshelf, entertainment cabinet, and a trophy case. My fiancé said it best when she said “I don’t remember it being this big” my reply being “me either”. All in all though we are still happy with the decision to get it fixed.
New Years
New Years was pretty uneventful for me. I didn’t do anything worth writing about. I was planning my usual ceremony of drinking liquor and playing video games. Things didn’t go as planned though. I decided to grab a pizza after I dropped the kids off at Church (I know bad dad). I took it back to the spot and commenced to throwing down heavily. This left me with a stomach so full that the only liquor I managed to drink was one beer. I should have went with plan number two which was to go back home get dressed and come back to Church. This plan was sparked by the fact that I helped my mother unload her car when I dropped the kids off. To my delight my grandma had a cooked a big pot of fried potatoes. Man I love fried potatoes. I just knew that the kids would bring home dear old dad a steaming plate of breakfast home but they didn’t. There was only a couple of sausage and a piece of bacon in the container that I sent the sausage to Church in when I opened it up. The bad thing was that someone got hungry during the night or early in the a.m. and ate that. I suspect it was my son because the container was still in the frig when I woke up Saturday morning. My fiancé had to work New Years Eve so I brought in the New Year like I spent most of last year thinking and alone.
Withdrawals
I am going through withdrawals this week. My body is putting up a heck of a fight against my mind. I got some much needed work during my time off. Of course I have been working my tail off trying to get caught up this week. My mind is here but my body is still on the vacation schedule and refuses to get with the program. It is so bad that I actually took off yesterday morning so that I could sleep in late. Now my mind tells my body to get up and go to the bathroom at around 5:30 in the a.m. My body does not have a problem with this so after a little release it heads right back towards the bed for a couple more hours of rest and my mind has to remind it to start getting ready for work. My mind and body both agree around 1 p.m. that it is time for lunch. They though differ on what to do immediately afterwards. My minds says time to head back to work and finish the day while my body wants to go lay down and catch a nice nap. I hope that they can come to an agreement soon. This battle is starting take its toll.
posted by mrcrazyone @ 1:03 PM
2 Comments:
At January 9, 2005 at 6:09 PM,
melyssa said…
i've missed your posts while you were vacationing j!
i feel ya on the new year's bit. goregous had to work too. and i was depressed. so i spent new year's thinking and alone and had no one to kiss at midnight.
next year will be better when his seniority improves.
happy holidays and welcome back to the blog world!
At January 10, 2005 at 1:33 PM,
mrcrazyone said…
Thank you Melyssa. It is good to be missed. I am with you on that. Next year I hope my fiancé will not be working nights anymore so that we can bring the New Year in right.
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