Thursday, July 28, 2011

Don't feel like working

for a minute or 2.....

So the saints lost Reggie Bush. While I'm sorry to see him go, this frees up a bunch of money for us to re-sign other players and draft picks. This also give Reggie a chance to by "the man", or at least that was the report I say.  Bonne Chance Reggie! (unless you're playing the Saints!)

My honey is going off of her happy pills. Actually, I should say she IS off her happy pills. While I generally favor this, the adjustment period is a little rough......

GC#1 got a pair of 100% scores on some summertime reading! high five for her! We went to get ice cream last night, and that was a pretty darn good malt.

Later

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Posting more

So yeah, this isn't really working.....but here I am, and I'm trying. Last week was pretty busy here at work and I didn't have much time to get a post or 2 up. So let's go.....

  • Pro Football - Pro football is saved! Well that's the headline anyway. My feeling is that the greedy jerks on both sides have managed to come to what seems to be a pretty fair agreement without killing each other or burning down anyone's house. Very impressive.  At least it's back on, and the Saints have signed about 10 undrafted free agents already. I'm excited about the potential of these guys to get us another Superbowl win. Actually, just saying "Superbowl win" seems strange when discussing the Saints. High five for that feeling!

  • College Football - Starts practice in about 10 days. The Tigers have managed to stay off the radar for the most part this summer, with only a few things screwing us up. Need to get Jordan Jefferson to play like he apparently practices, find a d-tackle (or maybe 2) and have our linebackers play to their potential. IF all that happens, we could be in for a pretty good year. Oh, and we have to keep the injury bug somewhere the hell else. I propose The University of Alabama as an acceptable substitute....

  • Personal (My Honey) - Don't look now, but she surprised the shit out of me (almost literally) by not only coming up with a part time job lead, but being somewhat enthuastic about it. Color me amazed, but I'm pleased for her. I forget sometimes that she's been out of the workforce for 8+ years, and this gig will be a perfect way to knock the rust off and ease back into the workworld. Kudos to her!

  • Personal (Golden Children) - Holy mackerel! Does school really start in like 2 weeks? How the crap did that happen and who took off with the summer? Here's to GC #1, who aced her required reading test. Still owe her some ice cream or something for that one. GC #2 has had a little rougher go of it over the last couple of weeks, but I think it's just part of being 5-ish, she has to test boundaries and find our how far she can go before getting yanked back.

  • Vaca - Yes! a vacation. In New Orleans. Great food and beignets for all!
Well, that's all for now, got more stuff percolating, but I think I've wasted enough of my employers time.

Later

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Getting old still sucks

Sorry about the delays in posting, I swear I've pulled this page up about 10 times in the last couple of weeks, and either got interrupted, or just not had that much to say. So, a few things to update...

Turns out that I don't have a rotator cuff problem. I have what's known as "frozen shoulder". That's better ONLY because it means I don't have to have surgery. Other than that, it sucks ass. Big Ass. And not in a good way or anything. The therapy consists of having someone stretch your "frozen" shoulder out until you want to scream loudly and/or cry like a girl.  Very painful, I don't recommend it.
Only piece of good news is that I seem to be regaining some range of motion already, and have some home exercises to do that hopefully will help continue to loosen up the shoulder.

Made a lot of progress on the house over the last couple of weeks. Moved a bunch of dirt, unpacked some more stuff, hung pictures and curtains, and generally made it look like a home. My Tivo died at 14 months old, so I exchanged it and received the new one last week. Not a lot of changes, but it did force me to re-evaluate the setup I was using for the stereo. I moved some stuff around and like it much better.

Work is going good, really busy, and looks to stay that way through the end of the year.

Golden children are doing well, and enjoying their summer. They are going to get really busy here at the end with birthday parties, a possible trip to New Orleans, and a probably trip to see their grandparents.

Got to go work now, will try to get updates more consistently in the future.

Later