20200131 - Neighbors

20200131 - Up in the am and stopped at Kroger on the way in to work to get some pies. To the desk and getting things done. Midday we had a Super Bowl potluck and everyone sat down and had a feast together. Back to the desk to finish off the day. Pretty tired so headed out a bit early. Rested a min and then LG&I went to Bibibop for dinner. The place was packed and we found a spot and then a couple of neighbors saw we had some open seats so they joined us for dinner. It was nice to catch up.  Home and we watched a movie. J spending a night at a friends.

20200130 - Too Long

20200130 - Up in the am and had a rough start. Made it in to work and got to the desk and dug in to email. Day finished out ok and headed home. L loaded J&I up in the car and took us to G's game. It was Gahanna East vs South so the stands were packed and a lot of kids there being loud and having a good time. It was the most exciting game of the season so far G did great. Home after the game and crashed. It was too long of a day for me.

20200129 - Highway Both Ways

20200129 - Up in the am and headed in to work after rush hour and drove the highway, did fine. Spent the day helping folks showing up at the door and in meetings. Got a lot done, feel good today. Headed home a bit early to beat rush hour, drove fine on the highway. Had dinner with LJ&G. Did some things on the PC for the Theater Boosters and hung out watching TV.

20200128 - Too Much

20200128 - Up late in the am and got myself around and drove in to work. The trip was ok, but I felt a little weird... In the office and lots of people stopping by to check on me and get info so they could move on with their projects. Overdid it a bit and left early, kinda dizzy. Took 161 all the way to Cherrybottom and made it home safe. Relaxed the rest of the evening.

20200127 - Big Game

20200127 - Up in the am and took my pills, had some bfast and got the computer out. Worked from home for the day. L went out with her mom and sister to do some shopping. I hung out at the house all day and did some work and rested a bit. J home from school and L, GmaB and Nicole to our house. After a bit we all went to G's basketball game. G played a great game but they lost to GMSS. JL&I headed home and I hung out and relaxed the rest of the night.

20200126 + Jammy Cleaner

20200126 + Up in the am, L ran G to baseball and I got myself around. J did a couple chores for us and L ran to pick G up. Had a pretty quiet day around the house. In the afternoon L went to a women's thing at a local church where a friend of hers was one of the speakers, J cleaned his car in his PJs and then went to a movie with a new girl and G&I hung out until it was time for him to go to basketball. I drove him to basketball and felt a little uneasy driving, think it is anxiety... Got myself home and relaxed until J got home. J&I were supposed to meet L, Gma&paB and the Coles for dinner, but J had to run a friend of his home that got off of work and didn't have a ride. I wasn't feeling great so I stayed home and waited for G to get home. L&J home after the dinner and brought G&I food. We ate and then hung out until time for bed. I couldn't sleep...

20200125 - Sleepless

20200125 - Up in the am and L ran G to baseball camp. I got up and started my meds to  get my thyroid back in line. In the living room getting caught up. L doing all sort of things around the house and ran to get G and we had lunch. J home, ate and vanished. I hung out in the living room all day. L made dinner and Luke, one of G’s buddies showed up to spend the night. To bed in good time but woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep. 

20200124 - Shirts Here!

20200124 - Up in the am and worked from home, got quite a bit done. L home and we called the Dr. and picked the treatment that would be the least invasive and the most potential of not taking a pill everyday the rest of my life. The Dr. called in the prescription for us and when G got home we made a trip to Giant Eagle to get the prescription and some food for dinner. Home and made arrangements for the shirts I have been working on to be at the basketball game for sale. This has been a LONG process to get these shirts made... but they look great! Hung out watching TV and taking it easy the rest of the night.

20200123 - Endocrinologist

20200123 - Up in the am and called the Endocrinologist first thing. I was able to get an appointment and it was early so L&I rushed around and got to the Dr office in Reynoldsburg. It was a good visit. Dr. Larrimer is quite a unique individual, very through and precise. He gave L&I all the options for treatment of a hyperactive thyroid and told us to call him at exactly noon tomorrow with the direction we would like to go... Home and did a bit of work and relaxed the rest of the day.

20200122 - Driver

20200122 - Up in the am and in to work. Kicked off a big project and let got the team headed on the right direction. Then got lightheaded and had Tim drive me home... We got to the house at the same time L was getting home. In to the house and down on the couch. Watched some TV with L and took a nap. L made some dinner and ran to pick G up from basketball. J came home and had a bathroom emergency... L&G home and we all had dinner. J got cleaned up and then L&J headed to my work to get my car and G got cleaned up. 

20200121 - Photons

20200121 - Up in the am and G home sick from school. L took me back to the hospital for my nuclear testing. The shot photons at my thyroid to see how much of the radioactive iodine it absorbed in the last 24 hours. The result was ‘Out of normal range”, quite fitting for me... headed home and set up an office in the living room and got some work done. G came down and we watched some TV. J home from school and watched a bit of TV with us before vanishing to his room. To bed in good time. 

20200120 - Chicken Dinner

20200120 -  Up in the am and more time in the hospital. Gma&paW stopped in with J&G for a visit and then they went grocery shopping... I was told I would get to go home today so hung out and hung out... Had a lady come in and guy come in and do an ultrasound of my thyroid and later a guy came in and did one on my heart. Waited and waited... Had a gourmet dinner and finally I was released to go home. Gma&paW gt me home and J&G were there to 'help'. L got home and she had to run right out to get to the pharmacy to get my meds. L home and we caught up. Not up late, to bed in good time.

20200119 - I Got Rhythm

20200119 - I woke up I could instantly tell my heart was back to normal. Gave more blood and Courtland showed up, D not long after. Sat and chatted with them a bit and they left. Gma&paW showed up, chatted a bit and they went to the house to be with the boys. I got moved to a new bigger room with negative pressure and isolation signs on it so everyone that comes in has to wear a mask and gown. L called a couple times. Spent the rest of the day/evening/night watching football and giving blood every 4 hrs.

20200118 - ER Visit

20200118 - G woke me up in the am to make sure I took my pills on time and he made me a waffle for bfast. Tom ran G to a baseball clinic that was going on at the high school. I hung out around the house and got some things done. J home from his friends and G home from the clinic. We hung out most of the afternoon. J ran G to basketball and then went to work, D came home and hung out with me. D ran and picked G up from practice and the g got ready to go to Owen's for the night. During the packing process G got upset about D using a screen and was throwing a fit. As I got involved I could feel myself getting upset, I was already upset that J had to work and was not going to poker with me, this triggered my heart to go out of rhythm. I quietly played solitaire for several hour trying to get heart to relax and go back into rhythm. It was better but not back to normal when I left to go play cards. I stopped at gas station got a protein bar and a cappuccino and then got on the highway. As I ate the protein bar and drank the coffee I could feel myself getting more anxious and thing getting more out of sync. By the time I got to Reynoldsburg exit on 70 I was light headed and feet and hands were going numb. I put the windows down for fresh cold air to help keep me alert and made it to the Etna exit where I pulled into a McDonald’s and gas station combo. I went in and got myself a cup of coffee. Sat down and when I sat down things got worse so went to bathroom, a lot of urges to pee during the whole event. Called D and told him I may need him to pick me up. Walked around outside, not getting better. Texted D and sent him my location and to come get me. Went in and walked around the inside of the gas station becoming more dizzy and shaky. Told the guy there I might need his help. We chatted for a min and I started shaking more. I told him to call the squad. He talked to the squad forever and told me they said no coffee. Put that down and then paced a bit, and then waited for the ambulance that seemed to take forever to get there. Called D and told him not to come I was getting a squad and would contact him later to let him know where I was. Waited… Ambulance arrived, I climbed in, they did some tests, D showed up. Ambulance took me to Mt. Carmel East to a room in the ER and they got me hooked up to stuff. D had called L so she was a mess and called folks. Bill showed up and D shortly after. They gave me some drugs that dropped my heart rates form 160s to 90-100. They did other stuff and I sat. J showed up with Bryce and they were going to go get my car. I was uneasy with that so sent D&J to get it. Everyone left and I tried to relax and get my heart back in rhythm. Eventually they took me to an observation area where they drew lots of blood. I feel asleep.

20200117 - L to FL

20200117 - Up in the am and in to work. Had a normal day and headed out a bit early so I could see L before she left to Florida. Saw L off and G&I hung out watching a show on Amazon while we were on our electronics. Eventually we made it to the Chinese restaurant to pick up our dinner and we had a feast with one little accident when G spilled soy sauce all over L's white foot stool... We were up way to late and eventually got to bed.

20200116 - Wrong Kind of Shingles

20200116 - Up in the am and called the Dr. I hadn't been there in 5 years so they told me to come in early to get the new patient paperwork done... I got myself together and took a call from the house and did some email before heading to the Dr. Diagnosis = Shingles... That explains the soar back Monday and the pain spreading to my armpit Tuesday and to my chest Wednesday... After the Dr. I headed in to work and fought a couple fights. Finished up the day and headed home.

20200115 - No Dr. Please

20200115 - UP in the am and in to work slow. prepping for a big meeting. had a busy day, started feeling worse towards the end of the day. Home and had dinner with LJ&G. hung out in the living room with L while the boys played on their Xboxes. L&I chatted before bed and I showed her the rash I was getting. She thinks they are shingles and demands I go to the Dr. tomorrow. To bed and worked on processing some of our pictures.

20200114 - Busy Night

20200114 - Up in the am and in to work. Spent a lot of time on the phone working a big project. Finished the day helping Victoria with spreadsheets. Home and L at G's basketball game, J in the garage working and practicing on his skateboard. I ran in and renamed some pics before heading to a Scout meeting. Scout meeting was good, still not a lot of progress on things we really need to move forward with. Had 3 kids show up for the Board of review. Home and worked on some more pics and updating blog while watching TV until late.

20200113 - Messy

20200113 - Up in the am and walked into to a mess at work. Had a super stressful day and headed home a bit late. Home and L made me a sandwich before I ran G to basketball and she cut J's hair. I ran to Scouts to check in. Home and worked on pictures. Ran to pick G up and we stopped at the gas station. Skipping Bible Bangers tonight to  stay home and we watched the NCAA National Football Championship.

20200112 + EOY Processing

20200112 + Up in the am and ran G to baseball practice. I stopped for a haircut and quick stop at the gym on the way home. At the desk and got a couple things done. L headed out shopping and I ran to pick G up. When I got G we went to the post office, CVS and the bank. Home and I worked on the PC and download pics from my phone and then went through the hanging files and all the receipts for 2019. J went to work and they had too many people so he came home early. Ended up in the living room watching TV with L&G while they played cards and I organized all of L's medical bills from last August.  D called us, he was skiing with some friends. Ended the evening watching some football and playing cards with J&G.

20200111 + J Hoops It Up

20200111 + Up in the am and L ran G to basketball practice. I ran to the high school to help with the baseball clinic online checkins. Home and did a couple things at the desk and then L&I went to the high school to watch J and some of his friends play basketball in the Gahannathon ,a charity event. It was a hoot, J and his friends weren't that good but put on a good show against the girls soccer team. The announcers were hilarious, ie. J took a shoot and it was an air ball and the kid said 'Jack shoot and.... it hits nothing!'. G showed up about halfway through the game. J's team lost but they had a lot of fun. Home and did some things around the house. J to work, LG&I to Cane's for dinner and then to see Knives Out movie, it was really good. Home and J was home. J&G played Xbox until late

20200110 - Pizza w/ Fam

20200110- Up and in to work .It was a busy crazy day getting IT things sorted out and locked down. Headed home and got LJ&G and we went to MOD Pizza for dinner. Back home and J took off to a hockey game and then spent the night at a friends. LG&I watched Lost in Space and G&I stayed up way to late playing cards and having fun.

20200109 + Game Time

20200109 + Up in the am and in to work. Had a couple meetings as I walked in the door. At the desk getting things done. Hd a pretty stressful day, had to let a guy go, one of the worse ones I have ever done... Finished the day and swung by the house to pick L up and go to G's basketball game. I ended up doing the book for the game so L sat by herself. G had a really good game and played a lot, they won.  After G's game L&I had dinner at Taco Bell. I ran L home and then went to meet Bill & Tom at D-Bats for a baseball meeting. Home and hung out in the living room, G doing homework and L working on her school stuff. J home late from work. To bed in good time.

20200108 - Demo

20200108 - Up in the am and in to work. Had an office full of people and doing new things all morning. That means I am not getting to the things that were on my agenda... That trend continued throughout the day and I accomplished lots of things but nothing on my lists... Home for only a second to grab a hard drive and head to City Hall for the Landscape Board meeting. It was short and sweet, they should probably get rid of this board... On to the GLHS Performing Arts Boosters meeting. Penn & I gave a presentation of Team App to them. We also stayed for some of the meeting to help them with a website discussion... it took FOREVER... These Boosters are nothing like the Athletic Boosters; they like to talk in depth about everything and make sure everyone's feelings are accounted for. We got out of there and headed to Bob Evan's for a bite to eat. Finally home and hung out in front of the TV waiting for J to come home from work and then chatted with him a bit.

20200107 - Delicacy

20200107 - Up in the am and in to work. Took me a half an hour to get to my desk and then did an all morning training session. Back at the desk for the remainder of the day. Headed out a bit early and spent an hour and a half with my insurance agent looking at policies before I hit 50... Headed to Gahanna and to City Hall for a Civil Service Board meeting. It was a good meeting and got to congratulate both the new Mayor and City Attorney. Home and had some cereal. D upstairs and J downstairs, didn't see either of them... L home from G's game, G's team won 67-7. L&I got caught up on the day and then I ran to pick G up. Home and finished out the night. I shared one of my haystacks from aunt Mary with L, a very treasured delicacy 

20200106 - Back to Busy

20200106 - Up in the am and in to work. I had an offsite meeting all morning. L had her first day back to school. D got G to basketball practice. I finished the day and headed home. All the boys home doing things in their rooms, L cooking dinner. We caught up on her first day back and then the boys came down for dinner. JG&I ran to Scouts. I checked in, got my stuff done and headed home. Hung out with L watching TV. Boys home and D&I headed to Bible Bangers, no Doc, he went to bed early. Hung out at McD's with the Bible Bangers for a bit and then headed home and to bed.

20200105 + Puzzled

20200105 + Up in the am and L&I went to church. Home and got the boys up and G went with L&I to McD's for bfast and then on the a home show at the fairgrounds. We walked around and got ideas and then headed home. We hung out for the afternoon watching football and L&I worked on a puzzle. J went skateboarding with some friends and then came home with JGF4. We all went for a nice dinner at Bellacino's. Home and watched some TV and did some Booster stuff. J&I went out to Waffle House late for a snack and to catch up and get aligned.

20200104 + More Boosters

20200104 + Up late and at the desk paying bills for the next couple weeks. G had basketball practice this morning. Coach Shade stopped over with more Baseball Discount Cards. D up late and J home from his sleepover. J&G headed out to a Eagle Court of Honor and I headed to meet some of the high school performing art boosters at Panera to help them set up Team App. After the meeting I swung by Tuffy and arranged for new tires and alignment next Tuesday. Home and finished up at the desk.

20200103 - Lounging

20200103 - Up in the am and in to work. Normal day and headed home on time. G and a buddy went to see Spies In Disguise movie today. Home and L&I ran to the Greek place for dinner. Home and played cards with G and watched some 'Lost in Space'.

20200102 - Framed

20200102 - Up late with only a couple hours of sleep...  In to work very late and dead tired. I got my picture frames set up. somehow limped through the day and made it home. To bed early and out like a light.

20200101 - NEW YEAR

20200101 + Up in the am and L ran us all out to head to Delaware. It was a nice lunch and good to be around family. We ate and played some cards and swung by to visit GGmaK. Got home and j took off to be with friends. LG&I hung out the rest of the day. D home and in the fridge at 2:30, woke me up... last look at the clock 5:30...