It's interesting that so much good news and bad news come together. Maybe it's the silver lining philosophy at work. Previously, I talked about my flat tire, and finding a brand new, full-size tire in the truck.
But in the last few days, I called my dad and step-dad (for Father's Day), and got good and bad from them as well.
Dad has been diagnosed with diabetes (bad news), but as part of it has lost over 50 pounds (good). He says he was 281 when Katrina hit, and is now under 225.
Ted's kidneys have stopped working, so he now goes to dialysis three times a week (bad), but he too had lost over 50 pounds (good).
And Lesa, while the cancer is certainly considered bad, has been able to spend a lot of time re-evaluating her life and priorities, and feels a lot better because of where she's ended up.
Now, if I could find the silver lining with my job situation, I'd be a happy camper. I'm reading Atlas Shrugged (by Ayn Rand; I'll post a review later), and it seems very similar to my situation - people who refuse to think for themselves, and instead try to live off the brains of others... I'm sure I'll talk a lot more about this later.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Flat Tires and Rain Storms
Yesterday was an interesting day. The girls are off at girls camp, so I woke up without someone next to me... not a big thing, I suppose, but it just seems strange.
On the way to work, there was a bunch of work on the highway, so I got off and took a side road around it. As I was descending a fairly steep hill, the car started making a very low, very loud noise. Great, I thought. I pulled off to the side of the road, and discovered I was riding on the rim of the left front wheel. Because of the hill, I could not change the tire there, so I had to drive a little further, into a neighborhood where the road was more horizontal.
The good news was that the spare was a full size tire, and brand new! I had been fighting a slow leak in that front tire for a long time, trying not to have to buy a new tire yet, and here I had a brand new tire in the trunk the whole time! Anyway, since I haven't changed the tire in the 160,000 miles that I've had the car, a dutifully read the instructions, changed the tire, and headed to work. Kinda dirty, but not too upset with my discovery.
Then I got a call from Lesa at camp. I didn't get to talk to her on Tuesday, because there was no service in the woods, but she found a good spot on Wednesday morning and called me. There was a big storm the night before, and luckily the camp had a lodge with 50 beds available, and they let the girls sleep there for the night. The camp faired well, so all in all they were having a good time.
Can't wait til they get home.
Then last night, Logan's friend Sam called about his birthday party, planned for today. Since Logan is watching the kids during the day, he didn't really have a way over for a 1 o'clock party. Sam said "bring them all", so I took all four boys to their house to spend the night, and I had the place to myself.
That was even more strange than waking up alone. I got some ice cream, made a nice shake, and started watching episodes of Firefly. I woke up in my chair around 3:30, and spent the last two hours of sleep in my bed.
Can't wait til they get home ;-)
On the way to work, there was a bunch of work on the highway, so I got off and took a side road around it. As I was descending a fairly steep hill, the car started making a very low, very loud noise. Great, I thought. I pulled off to the side of the road, and discovered I was riding on the rim of the left front wheel. Because of the hill, I could not change the tire there, so I had to drive a little further, into a neighborhood where the road was more horizontal.
The good news was that the spare was a full size tire, and brand new! I had been fighting a slow leak in that front tire for a long time, trying not to have to buy a new tire yet, and here I had a brand new tire in the trunk the whole time! Anyway, since I haven't changed the tire in the 160,000 miles that I've had the car, a dutifully read the instructions, changed the tire, and headed to work. Kinda dirty, but not too upset with my discovery.
Then I got a call from Lesa at camp. I didn't get to talk to her on Tuesday, because there was no service in the woods, but she found a good spot on Wednesday morning and called me. There was a big storm the night before, and luckily the camp had a lodge with 50 beds available, and they let the girls sleep there for the night. The camp faired well, so all in all they were having a good time.
Can't wait til they get home.
Then last night, Logan's friend Sam called about his birthday party, planned for today. Since Logan is watching the kids during the day, he didn't really have a way over for a 1 o'clock party. Sam said "bring them all", so I took all four boys to their house to spend the night, and I had the place to myself.
That was even more strange than waking up alone. I got some ice cream, made a nice shake, and started watching episodes of Firefly. I woke up in my chair around 3:30, and spent the last two hours of sleep in my bed.
Can't wait til they get home ;-)
Monday, June 11, 2007
2nd Anniversary
We celebrated our second anniversary this weekend in Lancaster County. Can't believe it's been that long. Of course, it sometimes seems like it's been forever ;-) in a good way, of course!We spent an hour in a pet store (Lesa wanted to pet the dogs and rabbits and so forth), went to an Amish family's house for dinner, and went to a campground "resort" to look for a good place to camp and swim and stuff sometime this summer.
Next week, Lesa and Leah and Lauren go to girl's camp. The following week I go to Minneapolis for a couple days, and then we leave on our annual Wisconsin trek. But I'll say more about that later.
ScriptFrenzy
I'm writing a play in ScriptFrenzy (www.scriptfrenzy.org). This is the first year they've put this contest on, and I thought it would be a good challenge for me. You have to write a 20,000 word play (about 100 pages) during the month of June.
I'm writing a play that is set in a court room, with the characters mostly from Mother Goose and similar stories. I hope to have it reviewed, and maybe even accepted, for the play houses in York.
As of today (the 11th), I've done about 12,350 words, about 60% done...
I'm writing a play that is set in a court room, with the characters mostly from Mother Goose and similar stories. I hope to have it reviewed, and maybe even accepted, for the play houses in York.
As of today (the 11th), I've done about 12,350 words, about 60% done...
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