Jacob and I did the one on the left, and Mindy n' Bella the one on the right.
The autumn sunshine.
A fella could get real used to this “fall back” thing. I woke Monday morning with extreme ease. Of course Mindy and I went to bed a little after 8:30pm ET, too. That equates to almost 9 hours of sleep.
I was cheery and ready for a Monday. It didn’t hurt either that the weather was expected to be superb – sunny, warm, and almost 70 degrees. I was determined to drive the BM’er. And if that wasn’t enough to energize my Monday, knowing too that the Vikings were playing on MNF was icing on the cake.
I went through my usual routine well before 6am. That’s the first time I can say that in a long while. In turn, I had lunch packed and breakfast prepared even before 6:45am. It was nice too that it was daylight by 6:30am again. And the sunrise was spectacular.
And just as you might expect, I was ready to depart for work even before 7:30am for the first time in a long while. After the weekend I had I was 10 times better off than I expected.
Work was a bit chaotic but controlled, if that makes any sense. I responded to a few emails from family related to step-mother Sheila’s illness. I talked to my dad who was with her in the hospital today, and the days’ news was far better than earlier. Number one, the cancer is now thought not to be pancreatic, but instead of the lung. Neither is good but given a choice, lung cancer is far more survivable. She’s slated for some radiation today and chemo tomorrow.
If that wasn’t enough to weigh on my mind, I had to deal with Lindsey too. She was being very difficult even as Mindy and I are trying to help her through her problems. God knows I can handle all of this, however. My run was timely and good. It was nice to run in shorts in the sunshine all the while sorting through life’s challenges.
The afternoon brought some plenty more activity at work. The good news is that the day just blew by. I was carefully watching the clock and sky since I had what I would deem a “daylight only” task ahead at home, and the sunlight was already waning by 5pm. I had to stack my firewood. I left for home at 5:05pm. I had originally thought about stopping at Kroger for some back-up Halloween (Trick-or-Treat candy) since what Mindy bought would likely earn an egging in my subdivision. J
When I arrived home Lindsey was there. I was a little surprised given her attitude in email all day. She’s upset with something Mindy said to her. Some times the truth hurts! Anyway, I couldn’t help but notice a nasty scrape along the entire back half of her Honda’s passenger side. This didn’t please me at all. Once inside I greeted everyone then promptly asked for some explanation. And in typical Lindsey fashion, she got very defensive as well as rude & obnoxious. She claims she hit a parked car at the Doodle Bug concert and phoned her mother who told her to drive away since she didn’t have any paper & pen to leave her contact info. Brilliant! Of course she claimed no ownership. Before we knew it, she was swearing like a truck driver and gathering her things to leave. Honestly, I was OK with her departing. Probably best, but I didn’t like her ripping Lil’ Rocky away from the fun we had planned. We were going to carve pumpkins and he was so looking forward to it. Not to mention the increased chance of her getting in an accident being so irritated and in a huff. In the end, there was little Mindy or I could do to convince her to leave Rocky with us. She and he left in whirlwind.
After she left, I got the tractor out and pulled the wood trailer to the foot of the driveway making for easy loading into the John Deere trailer for transport to the woodpile. We made it into a family event. Mindy got out her portable spot light and I used the tractor head lights to provide – well, light! The kids helped load and stack and were paid with tractor rides back to the mother load pile in between. It was fun and we did the job quickly.
We wasted little time. Back inside we got right to carving our pumpkins. I remember thinking, as busy as we seem to be, it's just a warm up act for the fast approaching holiday season. Two more weekends at home, which are already jam packed, and then off to Oregon for TG. After that, back home for Xmas.
The kids tested my patience. Mindy was fine. Bella loves playing in the pumpkin muck. We survived it. We ended up with two pretty cool jack-o-laterns. After wrapping up the carving Mindy did the bath thing while I cleaned up the mess. I was more tha nready for the MNF game. I was stoked that the Vikings were playing on MNF and playing the New England Patriots. The game went the patriots way fro mthe outset. We never were really in the game. They kicked our ass! I was a bit ashamed. I watched the whole thing even still. I stumbled to bed just after 11:30pm.
Jacob and I did the one on the left, and Mindy n' Bella the one on the right.
The autumn sunshine.
A fella could get real used to this “fall back” thing. I woke Monday morning with extreme ease. Of course Mindy and I went to bed a little after 8:30pm ET, too. That equates to almost 9 hours of sleep.
I was cheery and ready for a Monday. It didn’t hurt either that the weather was expected to be superb – sunny, warm, and almost 70 degrees. I was determined to drive the BM’er. And if that wasn’t enough to energize my Monday, knowing too that the Vikings were playing on MNF was icing on the cake.
I went through my usual routine well before 6am. That’s the first time I can say that in a long while. In turn, I had lunch packed and breakfast prepared even before 6:45am. It was nice too that it was daylight by 6:30am again. And the sunrise was spectacular.
And just as you might expect, I was ready to depart for work even before 7:30am for the first time in a long while. After the weekend I had I was 10 times better off than I expected.
Work was a bit chaotic but controlled, if that makes any sense. I responded to a few emails from family related to step-mother Sheila’s illness. I talked to my dad who was with her in the hospital today, and the days’ news was far better than earlier. Number one, the cancer is now thought not to be pancreatic, but instead of the lung. Neither is good but given a choice, lung cancer is far more survivable. She’s slated for some radiation today and chemo tomorrow.
If that wasn’t enough to weigh on my mind, I had to deal with Lindsey too. She was being very difficult even as Mindy and I are trying to help her through her problems. God knows I can handle all of this, however. My run was timely and good. It was nice to run in shorts in the sunshine all the while sorting through life’s challenges.
The afternoon brought some plenty more activity at work. The good news is that the day just blew by. I was carefully watching the clock and sky since I had what I would deem a “daylight only” task ahead at home, and the sunlight was already waning by 5pm. I had to stack my firewood. I left for home at 5:05pm. I had originally thought about stopping at Kroger for some back-up Halloween (Trick-or-Treat candy) since what Mindy bought would likely earn an egging in my subdivision. J
When I arrived home Lindsey was there. I was a little surprised given her attitude in email all day. She’s upset with something Mindy said to her. Some times the truth hurts! Anyway, I couldn’t help but notice a nasty scrape along the entire back half of her Honda’s passenger side. This didn’t please me at all. Once inside I greeted everyone then promptly asked for some explanation. And in typical Lindsey fashion, she got very defensive as well as rude & obnoxious. She claims she hit a parked car at the Doodle Bug concert and phoned her mother who told her to drive away since she didn’t have any paper & pen to leave her contact info. Brilliant! Of course she claimed no ownership. Before we knew it, she was swearing like a truck driver and gathering her things to leave. Honestly, I was OK with her departing. Probably best, but I didn’t like her ripping Lil’ Rocky away from the fun we had planned. We were going to carve pumpkins and he was so looking forward to it. Not to mention the increased chance of her getting in an accident being so irritated and in a huff. In the end, there was little Mindy or I could do to convince her to leave Rocky with us. She and he left in whirlwind.
After she left, I got the tractor out and pulled the wood trailer to the foot of the driveway making for easy loading into the John Deere trailer for transport to the woodpile. We made it into a family event. Mindy got out her portable spot light and I used the tractor head lights to provide – well, light! The kids helped load and stack and were paid with tractor rides back to the mother load pile in between. It was fun and we did the job quickly.
We wasted little time. Back inside we got right to carving our pumpkins. I remember thinking, as busy as we seem to be, it's just a warm up act for the fast approaching holiday season. Two more weekends at home, which are already jam packed, and then off to Oregon for TG. After that, back home for Xmas.
The kids tested my patience. Mindy was fine. Bella loves playing in the pumpkin muck. We survived it. We ended up with two pretty cool jack-o-laterns. After wrapping up the carving Mindy did the bath thing while I cleaned up the mess. I was more tha nready for the MNF game. I was stoked that the Vikings were playing on MNF and playing the New England Patriots. The game went the patriots way fro mthe outset. We never were really in the game. They kicked our ass! I was a bit ashamed. I watched the whole thing even still. I stumbled to bed just after 11:30pm.
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