Last night I came home from work and talked with T-- a bit, then watched AB while T-- went to pick up some groceries and dinner. While she was out, I heard from D-- who offered to bring by some Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner, and I told him sure! By all means!
So T-- brought home Kung Pao Chicken and Sweet and Sour Chicken from some random Chinese place next to Homeland (read: not P. F. Chang's), which surprised me by being pretty good. And D-- brought me some Hot Barbecue boneless wings. And I ate way too much food. It was excellent.
While I ate, I finished up Triad, which is an expertly crafted novel. I recommend it strongly.
Then I spent most of the rest of the evening playing with AB while we watched Conan and Jimmy Fallon. AB was apparently the life of the party, though, because after she went to bed D-- went home, and not long after that T-- and I were both asleep.
Still, it was a fun night.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Journal Entry: July 30, 2009
Tuesday night I came home from work, did forty minutes on the elliptical, and then had dinner with T-- and AB. It was a pot roast in gravy, with mashed potatoes, and it was incredible. Thanks babe!
After AB went to bed, T-- and I retired to the room to read, and I found myself fast approaching the climax of Triad, so when I finished chapter twenty-two and should have gone to sleep, I didn't (and the same again at the end of twenty-three). So it was late when I finally put the book down and fell asleep.
There were storms that night, and around 2:00 AB woke up screaming. T-- went to comfort her, but AB cried and cried for me, so I went in there too and AB explained that she was afraid of the frog. I asked why, and she looked blank, and then she curled up on her pillow. As soon as we got back in bed, though, she was crying again.
We tried a couple times to comfort her, but the storm kept waking her again and again, so finally I went in there and curled up on the edge of her bed and she finally fell asleep. I tried twice to leave (and once to actually get some sleep on the thin mattress in there) and finally escaped around 3:45. It was a long night.
So Wednesday morning got off to a late start. Skipping work, I ended up spending the afternoon taking care of paperwork for my teaching stint at OC this fall. I signed up with payroll, turned in my signed contract, and got a big box of evaluation copies of textbooks to choose from. And I got to talk to half the English faculty while I was there, which was fun.
Then I spent a lot of the afternoon reading Triad, because I could.
D-- and my sister's family came over to our place for supper, and we all had pizza. Then I went to church with T-- for the first time in ever (on a Wednesday night, that is), and got to see K-- and N-- and even squeezed in a few minutes to talk with Courtney about her book. I also got a copy of No Plot, No Problem from her, so I can make sure The Storytelling Process isn't just retreading old ground.
Then after church we put AB to bed (which went much more smoothly than on Tuesday night, in spite of the rain), and I read another chapter before calling it a night.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
After AB went to bed, T-- and I retired to the room to read, and I found myself fast approaching the climax of Triad, so when I finished chapter twenty-two and should have gone to sleep, I didn't (and the same again at the end of twenty-three). So it was late when I finally put the book down and fell asleep.
There were storms that night, and around 2:00 AB woke up screaming. T-- went to comfort her, but AB cried and cried for me, so I went in there too and AB explained that she was afraid of the frog. I asked why, and she looked blank, and then she curled up on her pillow. As soon as we got back in bed, though, she was crying again.
We tried a couple times to comfort her, but the storm kept waking her again and again, so finally I went in there and curled up on the edge of her bed and she finally fell asleep. I tried twice to leave (and once to actually get some sleep on the thin mattress in there) and finally escaped around 3:45. It was a long night.
So Wednesday morning got off to a late start. Skipping work, I ended up spending the afternoon taking care of paperwork for my teaching stint at OC this fall. I signed up with payroll, turned in my signed contract, and got a big box of evaluation copies of textbooks to choose from. And I got to talk to half the English faculty while I was there, which was fun.
Then I spent a lot of the afternoon reading Triad, because I could.
D-- and my sister's family came over to our place for supper, and we all had pizza. Then I went to church with T-- for the first time in ever (on a Wednesday night, that is), and got to see K-- and N-- and even squeezed in a few minutes to talk with Courtney about her book. I also got a copy of No Plot, No Problem from her, so I can make sure The Storytelling Process isn't just retreading old ground.
Then after church we put AB to bed (which went much more smoothly than on Tuesday night, in spite of the rain), and I read another chapter before calling it a night.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Journal Entry: July 28, 2009
Okay, fine, no more fun with footnotes....
Yesterday after work I spent forty minutes on the elliptical and another twenty minutes after that in the Capitol Wasteland. Then D-- came over for dinner, for which T-- made up some cheese dip with taco meat that was phenomenal.
Afterward D-- agreed to watch AB so T-- and I could go fill out our baby registry for an upcoming shower. We went to Babies R Us (but, y'know, with the backward R), scanned in a bunch of stuff we'd like to have for free but wouldn't necessarily pay for, and then came home.
Then AB went to bed, D-- went home, and I went to the office to play another twenty minutes, maybe thirty minutes of Fallout, and three hours later I finally went to bed.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Yesterday after work I spent forty minutes on the elliptical and another twenty minutes after that in the Capitol Wasteland. Then D-- came over for dinner, for which T-- made up some cheese dip with taco meat that was phenomenal.
Afterward D-- agreed to watch AB so T-- and I could go fill out our baby registry for an upcoming shower. We went to Babies R Us (but, y'know, with the backward R), scanned in a bunch of stuff we'd like to have for free but wouldn't necessarily pay for, and then came home.
Then AB went to bed, D-- went home, and I went to the office to play another twenty minutes, maybe thirty minutes of Fallout, and three hours later I finally went to bed.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Monday, July 27, 2009
My Website
I've got a link to it on the right (in my Elsewheres), and most of you have been pointed that direction by one email or another in the last couple months, but if you haven't seen my website yet, you should check it out.
If you want to know the who, what, when, where, and why, I just posted a project report on it over on my Projects blog.
If you want to know the who, what, when, where, and why, I just posted a project report on it over on my Projects blog.
Journal Entry: July 27, 2009
Hah! You just thought I was the perfect husband.* On Saturday N-- orchestrated a surprise party for T--, and I got her just what she wanted (SFW). In your face, Mister Darcy!
Ahem.
Friday
Friday was a long day at work trying to figure out how we're going to handle the crippling documentation we got from Raytheon. Not fun.
Shortly after I got home, we went out to dinner for T--'s birthday. We decided to try somewhere new, and picked a little pizzeria we'd driven past a dozen times up on May. K-- and N-- and D-- joined us, and we each ended up getting our own personal pizza, trying all the house specialties (I think) and a plain ol' boring half-beef half-pepperoni for AB and me. It was delicious.
Afterward D-- came over to introduce me to a hilarious show called Three Sheets while T-- went to see a movie with my little sister. Three Sheets is a travel show about a guy who goes to exotic locations (we watched Brussels, Champagne, Jamaica, and Costa Rica), tries all of the famous regional liquors while participating in the local night life, and then the next morning tests out the indigenous hangover remedies. That last part is made necessary by the sheer, absurd indulgence of the first part. It's fun.
Anyway, T-- got home late, D-- went home, and I think I made it to bed while it was still Friday.
Saturday
Saturday morning I woke up around 9:30, worked out on the elliptical, and then ran up to Taco Bell to grab us some lunch. Then I invested myself in Courtney's novel, and read through to chapter sixteen before AB woke up from her nap and we had to leave.
We had plans to be at K-- and N--'s place by 3:30, so that T-- could go shopping with N-- to help her find a frame for a painting T-- had made her a year or so ago. D-- joined us (because he and I were going to go hang with K-- and probably play some XBox), we drove up there, and then N-- took T-- to get a massage. As a special surprise, several of her friends were there, too.
While she was doing that, K-- got the kitchen decorated and set up for a surprise party, D-- watched AB, and I ran up to Walgreens to get some wrapping paper and wrapped T--'s present. When T-- came back to the house, with Becca and E-- and my little sister in tow, she was surprised again to find an actual party waiting for her. She loved it all.
When the party finally wound down, T-- went with my sister to do some shopping at Hobby Lobby, and B-- gave D-- and me a ride back to our house. I read another two chapters of Triad so I could give some specific feedback, and then contacted D-- to see if he wanted to go out. We ended up heading to Henry Hudson's around nine, and we were there until they turned on the lights and kicked us out. In betwixt, too much alcohol and much talk of relationships and religion.
I got home around 2:30, and made the wise decision to stay up and do some hydrating, and while I was at it I watched Joe vs. the Volcano. Excellent flick. Finally went to bed a little after four.
Sunday
Sunday morning I woke up in time for church, took a Benadryl and two ibuprofen, and then crawled back into bed. T-- called me at 11:45 to ask (doubtfully) if I wanted to join them for lunch, and I said sure. We had Schlotzky's, which really hit the spot.
Then I spent the afternoon playing Fallout, which is an incredibly massive game. I got lost in it, and in no time at all it was after five. T-- called me out for dinner, and afterward I decided I should actually do something useful with my Sunday so I mowed. Then I got a little too ambitious and pulled out the chainsaw to trim some of the trees along our front fence. The end result looks nice, though, and it should make mowing next time a more pleasant experience, though.
After that I came in and helped T-- get her Cricut up and running, and she showed off just how cool it is (which is to say, very), and then we put AB down for a nap, and then we sat side-by-side on the loveseat with our various laptops and read through Digg for an hour (which was a little surreal), and then we went to bed.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
* no you didn't
Ahem.
Friday
Friday was a long day at work trying to figure out how we're going to handle the crippling documentation we got from Raytheon. Not fun.
Shortly after I got home, we went out to dinner for T--'s birthday. We decided to try somewhere new, and picked a little pizzeria we'd driven past a dozen times up on May. K-- and N-- and D-- joined us, and we each ended up getting our own personal pizza, trying all the house specialties (I think) and a plain ol' boring half-beef half-pepperoni for AB and me. It was delicious.
Afterward D-- came over to introduce me to a hilarious show called Three Sheets while T-- went to see a movie with my little sister. Three Sheets is a travel show about a guy who goes to exotic locations (we watched Brussels, Champagne, Jamaica, and Costa Rica), tries all of the famous regional liquors while participating in the local night life, and then the next morning tests out the indigenous hangover remedies. That last part is made necessary by the sheer, absurd indulgence of the first part. It's fun.
Anyway, T-- got home late, D-- went home, and I think I made it to bed while it was still Friday.
Saturday
Saturday morning I woke up around 9:30, worked out on the elliptical, and then ran up to Taco Bell to grab us some lunch. Then I invested myself in Courtney's novel, and read through to chapter sixteen before AB woke up from her nap and we had to leave.
We had plans to be at K-- and N--'s place by 3:30, so that T-- could go shopping with N-- to help her find a frame for a painting T-- had made her a year or so ago. D-- joined us (because he and I were going to go hang with K-- and probably play some XBox), we drove up there, and then N-- took T-- to get a massage. As a special surprise, several of her friends were there, too.
While she was doing that, K-- got the kitchen decorated and set up for a surprise party, D-- watched AB, and I ran up to Walgreens to get some wrapping paper and wrapped T--'s present. When T-- came back to the house, with Becca and E-- and my little sister in tow, she was surprised again to find an actual party waiting for her. She loved it all.
When the party finally wound down, T-- went with my sister to do some shopping at Hobby Lobby, and B-- gave D-- and me a ride back to our house. I read another two chapters of Triad so I could give some specific feedback, and then contacted D-- to see if he wanted to go out. We ended up heading to Henry Hudson's around nine, and we were there until they turned on the lights and kicked us out. In betwixt, too much alcohol and much talk of relationships and religion.
I got home around 2:30, and made the wise decision to stay up and do some hydrating, and while I was at it I watched Joe vs. the Volcano. Excellent flick. Finally went to bed a little after four.
Sunday
Sunday morning I woke up in time for church, took a Benadryl and two ibuprofen, and then crawled back into bed. T-- called me at 11:45 to ask (doubtfully) if I wanted to join them for lunch, and I said sure. We had Schlotzky's, which really hit the spot.
Then I spent the afternoon playing Fallout, which is an incredibly massive game. I got lost in it, and in no time at all it was after five. T-- called me out for dinner, and afterward I decided I should actually do something useful with my Sunday so I mowed. Then I got a little too ambitious and pulled out the chainsaw to trim some of the trees along our front fence. The end result looks nice, though, and it should make mowing next time a more pleasant experience, though.
After that I came in and helped T-- get her Cricut up and running, and she showed off just how cool it is (which is to say, very), and then we put AB down for a nap, and then we sat side-by-side on the loveseat with our various laptops and read through Digg for an hour (which was a little surreal), and then we went to bed.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
* no you didn't
Friday, July 24, 2009
Journal Entry: July 24, 2009
Oh man, I have got to be just about the perfect husband.*
As you already know, I got T-- a brand new* car for her birthday,* but for practical reasons we had to pick it up two weeks early. So, y'know, I wanted her to have something to open on her actual birthday, so my special lady got to wake up this morning to find a package of peanut M&Ms on her nightstand.
Happy birthday, baby! Only the best for you.
Yesterday I spent all day feeling tired -- by which I mean shaky, weak, and semi-transparent. I had hoped I was just hungry and lunch would solve the problem, but it didn't (and I had a pretty hearty lunch). So I came home from work and took a nap. An hour and a half later, I felt a little better.
T-- made me a very special dinner, by request, and then we tried to watch a Better Off Ted and play with AB at the same time. It was fun.
After AB went to bed, T-- and I retired to our room for some reading. She's on Pride and Prejudice and I'm on Triad, as I mentioned yesterday. We spent almost two hours on that, and then went to sleep.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
* not really
As you already know, I got T-- a brand new* car for her birthday,* but for practical reasons we had to pick it up two weeks early. So, y'know, I wanted her to have something to open on her actual birthday, so my special lady got to wake up this morning to find a package of peanut M&Ms on her nightstand.
Happy birthday, baby! Only the best for you.
Yesterday I spent all day feeling tired -- by which I mean shaky, weak, and semi-transparent. I had hoped I was just hungry and lunch would solve the problem, but it didn't (and I had a pretty hearty lunch). So I came home from work and took a nap. An hour and a half later, I felt a little better.
T-- made me a very special dinner, by request, and then we tried to watch a Better Off Ted and play with AB at the same time. It was fun.
After AB went to bed, T-- and I retired to our room for some reading. She's on Pride and Prejudice and I'm on Triad, as I mentioned yesterday. We spent almost two hours on that, and then went to sleep.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
* not really
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Journal Entry: July 23, 2009
I've been reading Courtney's fantasy novel, which is one of the better fantasy novels I've ever read. I spent much of my lunch break for each of the last two days working on that, and I find myself really regretting it when I've got to put it aside and go back to work.
Work this week has been a lot of wrestling with FrameMaker, which is an authoring tool for structured documentation (as opposed to a WYSIWYG editor like Word). I had some training on it way back when, but there's just so much that it does so differently from what I'm used to, that I find myself floundering again and again. It's frustrating, and could have been avoided altogether if certain higher ups had done their job when negotiating with Raytheon, but that didn't happen and here we are.
I'm not bitter, I'm just unproductive.
Anyway, after work yesterday I wanted to take a nap, but we do our Wednesday night meals pretty early to get them done before church, so I spent half an hour playing with AB instead, and then we drove up to Arby's to meet my sister's family and N--. Then all of them went to church, and I went home to hang out with D-- who, it turned out, was unavailable.
So instead I worked out, figuring it was too close to bedtime for a nap at that point. I also cleared out the village of Minefield and made a tidy profit in the process. Which is good, because I'd been running out of ammo.
T-- brought home the missing second half of Courtney's book, but I got distracted working on internet things (specifically my Google Docs account) and didn't get around to reading any of it before bedtime.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
Work this week has been a lot of wrestling with FrameMaker, which is an authoring tool for structured documentation (as opposed to a WYSIWYG editor like Word). I had some training on it way back when, but there's just so much that it does so differently from what I'm used to, that I find myself floundering again and again. It's frustrating, and could have been avoided altogether if certain higher ups had done their job when negotiating with Raytheon, but that didn't happen and here we are.
I'm not bitter, I'm just unproductive.
Anyway, after work yesterday I wanted to take a nap, but we do our Wednesday night meals pretty early to get them done before church, so I spent half an hour playing with AB instead, and then we drove up to Arby's to meet my sister's family and N--. Then all of them went to church, and I went home to hang out with D-- who, it turned out, was unavailable.
So instead I worked out, figuring it was too close to bedtime for a nap at that point. I also cleared out the village of Minefield and made a tidy profit in the process. Which is good, because I'd been running out of ammo.
T-- brought home the missing second half of Courtney's book, but I got distracted working on internet things (specifically my Google Docs account) and didn't get around to reading any of it before bedtime.
Other than that, it's just things and stuff.
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