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Mall Standing

How long can a dad stand in the middle of a walkway at the mall, holding shoes, before people notice…

Hundreds stroll by, none giving a second glance. Feet feel like they will permanent root to the tile soon.

Happy couples.

Single moms with a small gaggle of little ones… all shapes and sizes.

Everyone in a phone. Including me writing this

Thought like… I wonder where I could stand where the ac would blow on me. I wish there was a chair here. My back hurts.

Poor girl in the baby toilet protection kiosk… she hasn’t sold anyone in 45 min. Most people just say no thanks. Sone ignore her like she isn’t saying anything. But then again how pushy do you have to be selling potty protectors.

The smell of pretzels wafting over me. Man. Why are those things so delicious… butter. Butter is why.

Ok. Now I’m getting impatient. When I move again I will have to be sure not to stumble or fall else I will stand out as a bad dad.

Keeping good posture seems to help a little.

Wow. I wonder if that little dog is going to drop a deuce.

More dads are crowding around me. Clearly this is a good spot. Annnnnd it’s time to move.

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What’s the deal with being in shape

I want to have the end product of being in shape but the actual work of eating correctly and exercising is not appealing… well… less appealing than eating amazing food then being lazy in a food coma.

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How long is too long for a vacation

You know a vacation is the right length when the last day you are thinking about how nice it will be to be back home and look forward to the long drive home!

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What if you treated a role at “not work” like you treated your role at work?

Hang with me here… at work you’re successful when you complete your deliverables and exceed expectations.

What if you internally defined those role expectations and deliverables for each “role” you have at “not work”

Being a friend as a role… might include checking in regularly… having time set aside … etc…

Being a Husband as a role… dishes… date night… good will gestures… to do lists.

Being the house handyman role…

If you could be deliberate in what you do for that role you could measure in a way if it helped and exceed expectations for that role. Then ultimately you would be better at that role… and then the reward… that role would be easier for you.

I’ll give it a shot.

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It’s been a while. Apparently this is the new old new again. The unsocial media.

Refridgerator

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Ahhhh

I figured out how to make things bigger and smaller

Either way. It’s Christmas 2021. Kids have opened all their gifts. Wife is happy. I have coffee.

Job is good

Yeah. I’m ok.

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Wow. Forgot I had this. Maybe I should write in here more often.

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Sleepy Time

40 pounds of kids on me right now... its a 75/25 split between the girl and boy. I think she will be taller. If she is as cute as the boy I will have boy problems... 

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That was a fun night.

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Angry cleaning.

If you ever get the chance to clean and then to clean when your angry you will find angry cleaning to be much more thorough. Preggo wife. Naptime. Don't disturb with sound. Clean bathroom next to master bedroom where wife is sleeping. There is something that doesn't belong above. I thought it was the cleaning part. She woke to find the bathroom not cleaned and went right into angry cleaning mode. In the end even the kitchen floor was washed. Nothing beats a house angry cleaned.

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I can't tell you how good it made me feel to draw on a 1300$ laptop

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Saturday

So today I was supposed to be lazy... I wake up, make coffee and lounge around. Shower time. Brush my teeth and out the door. Looking at houses. It's swealteringly hot outside. It's so hot I make up new words to describe how hot it is.

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My home away from home...

Here at the office I feel like its a semi functional divorced mentally handicapped family reunion.

We have people that have been here for years... stuck in cubical land that have boxes of shit under their desk. they carry it from cube to cudebe as we move around... there are signs that get torn and carpet that wears... but these horders keep all their papers and dont let go. 

It makes me wonder what their home life is like.. or if there is even a home life... and why do I care. 

I am days from being a father... why do I even care at all about these people?

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Beach Day

It's 100 degrees outside... and it is time to go sweat. 

I want to stay inside and read The Hobbit one more time... but the wife wants to go to the beach... I guess Ill pack the good camera and take pictures of her in between cold water and reading... 

Did I mention i wanted to read The Hobbit in the shade?

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When I sit at work I doodle. I made this when I was bored. Now I feel better

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Acceptable

What is acceptable. To say. To write. To think. To tell others. To do. To want. To need.

I think those who live the longest an happiest are those who make sure they themselves accept what they think say and do.

I want to live long an happy.

I went to bed last night realizing that I have been going to the same place every-night for over 6 years. That same bed. It's a great bed. But then I thought. I'll be going to this be for tue rest of my life. What am I doing with myself. I want to have adventures. Not fucking be an office drone forever.

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How do I keep on keepin' on

So I have come to a crossroads. I want to be happy at my job. Yet. I HATE my job.

This week I will experiment with being a ninja and shirk as many responsibilities as possible and yet have everything done.

Day 1

Bring personal Laptop to work and Photoshop the bosses photo while getting paid.