Rainy Days and Sundays

Today has not been a great day...

Dizzy day...
Argumentative day...
Moody day...
Tempermental day...

Everyone seems to have their own agenda and it certainly isn't the same as mine.
I started out in a pretty good frame of mind...albeit a dizzy one. The rain has thrown the atmospheric pressure out of whack, which does wonders for my Meniere's Disease. It gives me what I like to call "Walleye Vision" something akin to one eye wanting to wander off while the other one stays focused.

Yesterday this happened while I was driving, and while this doesn't usually disrupt my driving, it caused me to miss two turns and then run a red light. (If I get a red-light camera ticket, I'm getting a Doctor's excuse and fighting it in court! I did pull over as soon as I could after that and let my Wife drive!)

Back to the moodiness around here. Both kids woke up not feeling well and not wanting to go to Church, which of course, they always feel great all weekend and can hang out with friends, but can't spare an hour for Church....funny how that goes. Same with school.... Can stay up all night and feel great then, but can't seem to do well during the daytime when their real obligations are in play. Hmmmm.... Wait till they're older and reality hits. Wonder how that will go?

Need the rain today, but it's killing my yard work plans! Gardening to do. Tomato plants and Pepper plants on the table just waiting to dig their roots into the dirt in the backyard. Right now they're in the kitchen screaming at me to go plant them. What to do? What to do?

This is the first blog I've written in awhile so I'm a tad rusty... that and I'm a bit distracted. Oh well. Rainy days and Sundays, such as they are. Think I'll go make a sandwich.

David

Back from the great beyond

Sorry I've been away so long....
This is something I vow to correct!

Look out for new ramblings soon!

David

At long last, I blog

So tomorrow I turn another year older. Funny, I'm not all that excited about it... Last year was a specifically harsh birthday in which I spent the whole day in a Doctor's office receiving bad news. This year, I feel better, but can't seem to get too enthused about the whole thing.

I'm sure I'll have fun and get some nice things, but I just feel kind of "blah" about it. Not that I'm down, mind you, but just apathetic I guess.

In any event, happy birthday to me... We have Baseball Practice in the morning and we'll probably go out to dinner. I may fire up the old chainsaw for a bit and trim the trees, but other than that...no big plans...
Kind of like a Saturday-plus rather than a Birthday...but you know what? That's okay...

David

The boys of summer have gone

As we wind down to the end of summer and the beginning of school, I can't help but wonder where the time has gone. All I've managed to accomplish this summer is yard and garden work. We made no trips, did no major family activities and did nothing other than attend baseball games and practices and football practices.

Seems like we spent a lot of our time re-arranging our schedules due to car repairs and the like. How did the time get away from us so fast?

It was a good summer for the most part, except for the various health issues that cropped up. Sherry and her knees, Jared and his pulled muscles and sprains and me with my Menieres disease and the random dizzy spells that accompany it. Didn't go to any Royals games... (Amazing considering we'd been to probably 18 by this time last year!) Have tickets for some games at the end of the month, but hard to believe we still haven't gotten there yet.

Dustin got a job this summer and has worked some hours here and there. Jared played spring/summer baseball, but opted out of fall ball, choosing instead to try football...which is a love-hate relationship for him.
He doesn't like being tackled although he can run like mad when he's got the ball. A sprained wrist already may mark the end of his football career. I hope not...he's a good little player.

Spent some family time with the boys, Sherry, and Dustin's girlfriend, Hannah and played a lot of board games. That seems to be what the boys are into lately...which is fine, and kind of retro. They don't like it that I know 90 percent of the trivia questions, although when they need help with an answer, it seems to be fine...

Kevin and Socks recovered from their Easter dog attack, and seem to be doing well except for they don't let anyone or any dog pass the house without barking at them. I'm hoping this is a habit we can break them of as it is a bit disturbing at times.

I've gotten really lazy at blogging, which is sad because I love to blog... I'll have to make a greater effort to get on here from here on out....  Take care, enjoy the new school year and join with me at scratching your heads in disbelief at the fact that Dustin is going to be a Junior and Jared is starting his last year of Elementary School.... Where did the time go?

David

Watching them grow

The other day, I watched my 16 year old son drive out of the driveway and I had to stop and wonder where the time had gone. Here was a boy who at the age of two, could name just about any dinosaur including some I'd never heard of, and now he drives a car, plays in the school orchestra and is celebrating his first anniversary with his girlfriend.

Yesterday, my youngest son turned 10. His basketball team placed first in the city-wide tournament and he was happy that most of his friends gave him money for birthday presents. Gone are the days of action figures and Hotwheels. Now conversations usually deal with sports, girls or passing gas.

This year I'll celebrate 21 years of marriage to my beautiful wife. We still hold hands and snuggle, but now we talk about the kids more than we do ourselves and money that once would have gone for movies or cd's goes for more responsible things.

I'm wistful, but not remorseful. Oh sure, I might have done things a bit differently, but the outcome has been pretty good. I just can't believe how fast the time goes. People pass away or move on and others come to take their place. Sometimes you wish you could go back and relive a certain moment or see again a place that exists only in your memories. But still you must move forward. "Progress," they call it.

I'm content to watch them grow...I hope to grow along with them...

David