20180224 - Fundraiser

20180224 - Up LATE, L ran and got J from the Scout event, D had practice this morning, and I made myself some bfast. L cleaning and her friend Steph swung by to pick her up and go to a basketball game at the HS her kids are playing in. I worked on some work stuff and put in the County Fairs for 2018 and other events for 2018 until everyone got home + DGF7. L&I got ready and headed to a fundraiser at the Limited headquarters. It was a nice event but a bit expensive

201180223 + Lunch Date

201180223 + Up  in the am and working from home today. D swung by during his lunch for a min. L home early and we ran to Smashburger for lunch :-) Back into the office and finished up the day with some programming. L ran and got J from track practice and G&I ran him to the church for a Scout Merit Badge Weekend. G&I headed on to the video store where I could find nothing worth watching, but he did. We swung through Arby's for me to get a french dip on the way to the pizza place. Home and D had vanished with DGF7, so LG&I ate and then settled in to watch some Olympics. J starving and pestering me on the phone so I took him half a sub ran into the Brown's on the way and talked to them a bit. Home and up late programming and watching TV with D. Bed @ 4:07

20180222 - Dinner Do Over

20180222 - Up in the rainy am and wanted to stay in bed all day but got up and headed into work. Had a busy day of calls. Finished up the day and headed home a bit late. Home and L was cooking dinner, D was at baseball tryouts, J was hanging out and G was on the Xbox. We sat down for dinner and it was not good... it was frozen wings that were too soggy to hold and were slimy, oh well we trashed them and had leftovers. We hung out watching the Olympics and and soon D was home. He made the baseball team! Not with as much surprise and fanfare as past years but he seemed pretty happy about it. We wound down the night, I chatted with D a bit about the upcoming season and L tried every trick she knew to stay awake to watch the last figure skaters of the Olympics.

20180221 + Screen Time

20180221 + Up in the am and in to work. I got pulled into a meeting this morning that threw off my plans for the day. Spent the rest of the day recovering. Headed home and joined LJ&G for dinner. J retired to his room to compose himself a bit while LG&I finished dinner. We watched some TV until the Olympics came on. D home and said tryouts went good. I worked on getting emails cleaned out. To bed not to late.

20180220 - G Sick

20180220 - Up in the am, G home from school not feeling well, L had to work and I headed in to work. Had a busy day and dig into a problem that kept me there late, which was ok because there was a huge accident on 270. Home a bit late, D at his first night of baseball tryouts, L cooked a nice dinner for us and J&G were out jumping on the trampoline playing nicely. J actually taught G how to do a back flip! In and we ate and then settled in in front of the TV for Family Fued and then the Olympics. D got home and said he did good :-). Up very late working on the PC.

20180219 + 2 Getting Big

20180219 + Up super early and D&I headed West to visit Wright State over by Dayton.  We went to a bunch of different lectures and it was REALLY interesting, makes me want to go back to school! We also stopped and talked to the financial aid folks to discover our aid is called loans... We talked to the Department Head of Athletic Training and if D goes there and can get into the program this Fall can be part of the last cohort that is NOT required to get a Master's Degree.  We had lunch there in the cafeteria and took a short tour before heading home. 

Home and we saw J scooting around town on the way in. I headed to the accountants to do my 2017 taxes, but she could not honor the appointment... So I headed over to Dave's warehouse next door and chatted a bit before heading home. We had a nice dinner and then J&I headed to Goodwill so he could check things out. I got some things to sell on OhiOOddities and a pair of boots and J got a couple of white t-shirts.  J&I stopped at the local car lot to start looking at cars for him... Home and hung out the rest of the night. D&DGF7 here. Bible Bangers was cancelled for the night so we just watched the Olympics and relaxed.  

20180218 - 1 W 1 L

20180218 - Up in the am and back to Worthington for more basketball. During the first game cousin Jen called a bit upset as uncle Johnny was not doing well this am and aunt Betty is still in the hospital. L&I made some calls and helped get some assistance arranged. The boys played hard and won in the last couple seconds, what an exciting game. LG&I ran to Burger King for lunch and I touched base with Johnny and he was alive and John 3 was on his way there. Back to the school for more basketball and we ran into a buzz saw that hit 3 after 3 and shut us down. It was the last game for the boys and they were pretty upset.  Home and hung out for a bit before I headed in to the office to finish off the 2017 taxes in prep for tomorrow.

20180217 + Team Party

20180217 + Up in the am and Gma&paB gone before I got up. I settled into the office and got some things done and prepped for taxes. It was a slow day until the afternoon when we headed to Worthington for a basketball game. The boys played really hard and it was a rough game and they won! After the game the entire team headed to BWs for a season / victory party. It was a good time and Jason had good things to say about each of the boys. After dinner we headed home and hung out the rest of the day.

20180216 - 'Bye Bye Birdie'

20180216 - Up in the am and working from home today. Pretty quiet this morning, D sleeping until right before he had to be at work at noon, J at his friends, and G up late and quietly playing his iTouch in the living room. Gma&paB over and hung out until I finished my day.  We all then headed out to a steakhouse for a nice dinner before heading to the high school to watch the play ‘Bye Bye Birdie’. I dropped everyone off and parked way over at the DQ. We watched the play and it was great! Gma&paB were in the play years ago and we all enjoyed it, even G who wasn’t thrilled about going. Home and it was late so we all headed to bed shortly.

20180215 - Dancing Shoes

20180215 - Up in the am and in to work. Had an ISO meeting first thing this morning and had to do my updates for the calls that followed during that meeting as the data was still coming in...  Had the normal Thursday call and then Monthly and they went as usual. Out to the desk to try and stay ahead of the wave. L went to help at her last elementary party today. G was not excited about the dancing part and said he would not participate...  guess he changed his mind ;-) Finished up the day and headed home. Had dinner with LJ&G. D home and we talked to him about one of his favorite teachers that we learned today that took his own life... I ran G to basketball practice, ran through the bank and dropped J off at a friends to spend the night. Home for only a min before had to pick G up from practice. Home and watching the Olympics.Aunt Betty out of the ICU and doing better.

20180214 + Shitball

20180214 + Up in the am and in to work. One of the girls in the front office received a secret admirer note on her desk this morning and they were all busy trying to solve the mystery. Normal busy day. I headed out around 3:30ish to hit the Scout store to get awards on the way home. Got in and out of the Scout store pretty easy by 4:00 and then sat in traffic until I arrived home at 5:30... The radio said over and over "...this is the worst traffic day we have seen in 2018 with multiple accidents shutting down all of our major freeways..." and of course it is the day I am on them... There was another school shooting in Florida today... people are crazy... Home and had a dozen roses for L and here is how the conversation went:

L - Oh these are so pretty. Thank you.
As she is putting them in the vase: Where id you get them?
M - I got them from Shalynn
L - You made her go out and buy me flowers?
M - No, the florist screwed up her order and delivered an extra dozen by mistake so I took these.
L - You shitball
Hahahahaha I can't win!

After the flowers were displayed LJG&I sat down for dinner and had a good meal, D was at baseball practice. D home with DGF7 and they watched videos on their phones while the rest of us watched the Olympics. Got everything shut down and all boys to bed.

20180213 - Regular

20180213 - Up in the am and didn't want to go out in the 25-degree day to work but did. Had a busy day trying to solve issues. Headed home and had dinner with everyone and then D went to DGF7's and I headed to a Scout Board of Review. After the board of review I headed home and we all watched some Olympics and I got some reading done.