week update

I had monday off as a holiday, but I made up that time at work tuesday through saturday. I'm feeling the deadline pressure looming. My boss asks me "Are you feeling the pressure?" I replied "Yeah" --in a 'you ain't fricking kidding, dude' tone. He responded "Good." It's hard to explain, but it was a healthy work conversation. My workload, like everything else in life, is like a sinusoidal wave and right now I'm headed to the maximum amplitude point of the curve. So I'm tired, but hopeful and not worrying.

Although it really sucks only seeing my kid for 30 minutes in the morning and maybe 30 more at night. That's the hardest part of being a parent so far.

The best part about today was after I left work I picked up X from Amanda at her sewing class and went over to Barnes and Nobles and bought a magazine and a Tazo green tea from Starbucks (gross drink --do not get this!) and sat a read and X slept. When Amanda came by after her class and picked us up I felt so refreshed. It was like I took a nap.

cake

I smashed a piece of cake in my wife's face tonight while she proofread our city taxes. It was really, really funny.

What do you know, our camera worked perfectly!

catching up

Hey, I'm still here. I've been working a crapload of hours lately (including saturdays) and haven't had much time for fun things like blogging. However, thanks to the holiday weekend, I have some extra time.

I just finished our taxes. Boy, when you have a kid and a house you get a crapload of money back. I was skeptical about that, so that was a pleasant surprise. When are you going to be able to file city taxes online?

I'm a single parent today. Momma's off at a sewing class so I'm in charge. Xander was being crabby so I put him down for his evening nap. The screaming stopped so I think he's asleep. It was only 5-10 minutes of yelling. It's good that it only lasts that long. Maybe we'll go for a drive later and go to the carwash.

So for Lent I decided to give up sweets. At first I decided to just limit myself to only one per meal, but then Amanda and I were talking and I felt guilty and inspired at the same time so I chose to give up sweets altogether. It hasn't been to bad, except last night when we sat down to watch 'Live Free or Die Hard' and Amanda sat down next to me chomping on a candy bar. I did take advantage of the 'you can have what you give up for Lent on sundays' idea this morning after mass. They had free coffee and doughnuts after mass...and let me tell you, that was one of the BEST doughnuts I've had in a long, long time.

Live Free or Die Hard was a good movie. I didn't realize the Mac guy from the Mac vs PC commercials was in it. He was pretty good. I kept waiting for him to say something Mac-oriented, but he didn't. It was a good action flick. I think I'd most likely put Bruce Willis on my tough-guy list. The semi-truck vs fighter jet was a silly scene, so was the bit in the elevator shaft. It was all realistic up until then :)

addendum

I would like to add to my rant from yesterday that I think Wes Welker of the Patriots would have deserved MVP honors if the Pats would have won. His performance was phenomenal. That little squirt is unstoppable.

We had another fun Home Depot trip this weekend. Bought a hot water heater blanket, an AC cover, a peephole and some wood to build some rolling storage bins under the basement stairs. We also picked up some paint for the master bathroom. We are going to paint it Lauren's Lullaby, which is light pink.

The only problem is I'm not finding too much time to work on my favorite project which is building my little storage area with drawers on wheels in the basement.

Funny thing: while at Home Depot searching for casters for my rolling bins, I asked a HD employee where the casters were and he replied "What's a caster?". I was really surprised, 99% of the time they know exactly what I ask.

Still no hot dog vendor at HD.

Proof!

There is a God and he is just and true! Do you know what is almost as good as your team winning the Superbowl? Watching the Patriots lose the Superbowl!!

"Oooh, look at us Patriots with our perfect season. Oooh, our coach Bill Belichick is a coaching genius. Ooooh, look at Tom Brady he's so awesome. Ooooh, look at his little girlfriend Giselle (oh, but that's not his baby momma!! --classless!)"

Okay, okay, I'll stop with my childish and immature rant. Let's be honest though, how big of a rock do you have to live under if you haven't heard anybody with a soapbox rant and rave at the quest for the perfect season, how good Tom Brady is and what a coaching genius Belichick is? The rock has to be the size of Iowa if you haven't.

I guess my problem is a combination of a few things:
1. Jealousy - because Belichick used to coach the Browns and now everyone strokes his ego about what a genius he is
2. .....

Yeaaa. I guess my problem is just jealousy. But listen, that's enough of the negative comments. I want everyone with a soapbox to jump back on it and cheer for those underdog Giants! Were they 10 or 17 point underdogs? I can't remember the last time I really enjoyed the Superbowl. I really enjoyed it because it was such a close game. I certainly haven't enjoyed that much because my team hasn't been there.

Next year is our year! Remember, starting tomorrow, everyone is undefeated!