No reactions from yesterdays post. I wrote that trying to see how you all felt about what’s going on. None, zip, zero, nada, reaction from any of you. My lovely wife responded but did so to me in person. What do you guys think about this year? Are you excited (going into Spring gets all humans and animals excited, it’s a scientific fact supported by numerous studies) are you depressed or are you kind of just stuck where you are. For us, it’s all attitude. Listen guys, life goes fast, you have to grab it by the cojones. If you don’t know what that means , call me.
I was talking to a close friend yesterday, the brother of my partner, who’s going through a draining divorce. His relationship has been on and off again for years. I was actually at his wedding some 15+ years or so ago. He and his wife are very religious these days but weren’t always. Anyhow I finally got him on the phone yesterday as I need some computer help and he’s our software guy. When he called, I couldn’t even tell it was him. He confided in me that he’s a wreck, hasn’t been eating much or even drinking water! He said he’s dehydrated and losing weight and every day, and even though he prays, his wife seems to take a pound of flesh from him almost daily (his words). I tried to encourage him to get up and get out of the house, go work out, get on a plane and come visit, anything to move forward, but he wasn’t having any of it. He said he couldn’t help me with my computer problem until today so I said ok, told him to take care and we hung up. I called his brother, my partner, right away to tell him that his brother’s really in a dark place. So dark that he should go over and see him. He listened closely and thanked me saying his brother doesn’t always open up to him. The point here is, life throws a ton of crap at you and while you’re getting hit in the face with it, it’s hard to be positive and look ahead. But I think that’s the time when you need to summon up all the courage and inner strength you can to fight off the demons or whatever they are. Now it’s easy for me to say this today as I’m not going through what he is. I hope that when adversity strikes, and it always does, I can practice what I preach. Oh well, one day at a time.
Don’t get me wrong, things aren’t all rosy here, the misses neck is really jacked up. I’m short a bunch of cash on bills, and taxes are soon coming due. I have tons of challenges at work. I need to come up with $500 for the annual fee for the kids pool this summer, (they always want their money by March 1st even though they don’t open until May 31st!) the house is falling apart and I have a freakin dead brown tooth that needs veneers. So, there ya go, lots of crap here too. However if you look at the positive things, I have a great family, my wife and I love each other very much, she’s my best friend, we have two great, really great kids, I have a job, and we’re pretty healthy. So, is the glass half empty of half full. I think the good things in my life far outweigh the bad. How about you?
Ok, no more sermons, let’s talk about yesterday. The oldest stayed home from school and went down to Uncle T and Aunt B’s while we went to lunch with our friends from Iceland, Bogi and Sola. Sola’s sister is in town from Denmark for 2 months so she joined us and we all had a great time. They’re vey much like us, except from Europe with a whole lot more money, although you’d never know it. They followed us back to our house to get some wine to take up to the mountains and we made them stay outside for a few minutes so we could at least pick up the laundry strewed around the house. We also let Mojo in to divert their attention from our messy home. They of course, being polite, said “this isn’t messy at all!” The wife and I were talking and realized how much we like people from Europe. We know quite a few and none of them, at least the ones we know, have any hidden agendas. They’re all just living, embracing and enjoying life. We think that there’s something about being raised across the pond that gives them a different perspective than we have. Maybe it’s just the people we know, oh well, they’re really good nice people.
Meanwhile the oldest one was still at lunch with his Aunt and Uncle, (he was feeling much better) and soon we had to go get the youngest from school. The the little guy and I were off to get cleaning supplies for our total house makeover which starts today and hopefully ends in a few days. You see, our house is a freakin mess and we need to start in the basement and work our way up. All the furniture needs to be moved and floors need to be cleaned, baseboards, everything. Before we can do that though, we need to really look at everything closely and throw out anything we haven’t used in a couple of years unless it has sentimental value. Toys, clothes, old books and papers, everything. I’m sure we’ll have a big pile of stuff on the curb in the coming days. Part of our motivation is we have 200 cases of wine arriving on the 24th.
After we bought the cleaning supplies, I ran up to the gun shop to pick up my M4 (a military semi auto rifle) that I had a new competition trigger put in, for 3 Gun matches. (3 Gun is a program where you compete against other shooters on a course using a pistol, rifle and shotgun) To compete, you need to kind of trick out your weapons so they shoot faster and are more accurate. It’s just like any other sport except with bullets, you need the right equipment.
The wife has physical therapy this morning and we need to take the truck in for some work. We’re convinced the therapy is what jacked up her neck in the first place so she’s going to tell them not to touch it. We’re going to try to get the boys to the movies today in between our cleaning as we promised last week and ran out of time with swimming. Tomorrow we’re going downtown to Kava Maga (the whole family) which is a form of Israeli self defense and conditioning. (I can’t run everyday) The place is having its annual big open house and celebration. It’s lots of fun for the whole family and sure beats sitting around watching tv.
The youngest is up with me, (5:30am) while everyone else is still sleeping. Time to run so I can get a jump on the basement while the good looking one is still sleeping. Hope you all are well, we’re looking forward to Spring (we’re humans) but seem to be stuck at 35 or 40 degrees everyday. Leave a comment or send and email or give us a call, or wait, do something you haven’t done in years, write us a letter! It’s so exciting to get some mail that isn’t a bill, if you know what I mean. God Bless.
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