Today I left the house while my son was crying because he missed me. Nothing really stops you in your tracks like that. I had to step back and assess what’s going on in my life. I’m very busy with my moonlighting (more on that in another post) these days and since there are only 24 hours in the day, something has to give. Lately it’s been sleep and family time.

So, I made Wednesdays the official day of play. My son nodded that this was a good thing but the tears were still there. I’m not one to give him whatever he wants, but I think one devoted day amongst the other days, where he gets maybe an hour of daddy time lately, maybe is not too much to give. We’ve also been doing this thing where we go to the park on Saturday mornings. He gets to ride his bike, Heidi gets to walk, and I get to study. It’s getting a bit cold here lately, so not sure how much longer this will last.

That’s all for now. I just wanted to vent a little about how much I miss my family. I work so much because I love them so much, but it’s a bit of a catch 22.

Hi there, gang. I’m baaaack. Oh my gosh, you say! Is he going to actually pretend to be a blogger again! Why yes, dear netizen, I am going to pretend to be a blogger. I noticed that my F-List internet celebrity status might have dropped to the G-List, so I thought I’d pop back in here to see if I can pump more random, useless drivel into the internet.

Shall we start a poll on how long I will last this time? Will it be just this one post? Maybe I can make it back to being a monthly contributor? Maybe if I shoot for the stars I can pop an article in here once a week again? Who knows. When you live in Failureville, all roads lead to ImprovementTown. So, I’m going to give it a shot. This is supposed to be something my son can look back on when I’m committed to dust and think to himself, “Damn, only if my dad spent his energy on something worth while, I might have a nice inheritance now…”

Since I’ve been gone for awhile, and I don’t have time to catch you up on everything, I’m going to give you the speed version of the current situation.

I still love my day job. I still have a side business. My son is doing well. My wife is still a hottie. More importantly, she still thinks I’m pretty ok and hasn’t decided to leave me for David Hasselhoff. My son took off his training wheels. We bought new cars. We still love our new house. I’m tired.

That’s it for now hopefully there will be more later. :)

…And we’re off to Bartlett Lake! Rain is in the forecast, so we’ll see how this turns out! Should be good fun, with a bunch of nerdy guys like me. I think someone is brining one of those crazy ass board games too. No, not Monopoly… The games make Monopoly look like checkers. LOL I usually don’t partake in these games now, since we have COMPUTERS. But, I did my share of nerdy board games back in the day. Starfleet Battles for the WIN! :)

So, I got to take my son to school for the first time today. Well, the first time for his Kinder years. He was trying to be so brave, and almost made it, till I had him come give me a hug. He broke down and started crying. He quickly recovered once I reminded him that he was supposed to be a brave soldier. LOL

It was great to go see him there… a big boy… all grown up… … :( Where did my little boy go!? :( I feel really bad for him because I know it must be so overwhelming to him. He doesn’t understand all the good this is doing for his character, etc. Ehh, by the end of the day he’s forgotten the trauma of the morning so it’s all good. I feel really bad for Heidi though. Having to go through that every morning… well, not every morning, but you know. It’s tough to watch your son feel so scared and nervous and not rescue him…

I can’t wait to go pick him up at the end of the day! :)

Tomorrow I will be jumping in a vehicle and heading up to Barttlett Lake up in Phoenix. Just a bunch of guys, food, beer, whiskey, vodka, and no technology. Time to reboot the system so to speak. Maybe do some networking up there as well, who knows. It’s going to be good to get out with a bunch of great folks and just relax.

The trifecta is complete. The A/C in Heidi’s car crapped out on us, and we fixed it. The A/C in my car crapped out on us, and we fixed it. The A/C in our house just crapped out this weekend, and we fixed it. Several thousand dollars later, hopefully we have appeased the climate control gods enough to go easy on us for a bit.

Seems our evaporative coil and condenser coils were mismatched because the outside condenser unit was replaced with no thought put toward what the evaporative coil was like inside. So, we had a 5 ton condenser coil, and a 3.5 ton evap coil which meant we were cooling off the refrigerant faster than it could absorb the heat from the air. In addition, we had a leak somewhere in the system, which is what prompted the initial call for assistance. Long story short, the coils match now, the leak was probably in the replaced coil, and we should be able to run the unit at a lower temperature than we initially thought and actually improve efficiency.

The A/C fun basically shot our Saturday to hell, and not much at all got done today either. But, that’s ok. Sometimes you’re the bug and sometimes you’re the windshield…

Tomorrow, I go find out what’s wrong with my back. If someone mentions surgery, then someone will be getting the finger.