20191024 - New Hardware

20191024 - Up in the dark am and wish I was still in bed. Dropped J off at school and took the congested highway in to work today just to see the progress on the construction. In to the office and making progress on multiple fronts. Was introduced to a potential new customer today. Spent about 3 hours on the phone changing some of our tools. Headed out at 7pm and made a quick stop at GFS to get supplies for the party. Home and unloaded everything. Ate some leftovers and then worked in the garage until late. In to the office and was up until 3:30 working on the change

20191023 + Training and Prep

20191023 + Up in the am and took the back way to work. To the desk and trying to focus on lining up the rest of the week so this weekend will go smooth.. Had some new requirements and projects pop u today. Headed home on time. J got a bunch of stuff shipped and listed. Had dinner with LJ&G and then headed to the high school to host a Team App training session. Only 4 showed up for the training but it went well. headed home after and think I fell asleep in the chair in the living room... Took a final inventory of things needed for the party and headed to bed.

20191022 - Spooky

20191022 - Up in the am and tired. Dropped J off and got gas and headed in to work the long way to keep avoiding traffic. At the desk and preparing for a 10am meeting and had a couple folks stop by to chat. Had the meeting and the the rest of the day was a whirlwind. Home and J it me as soon as I walked in the door that the network wasn't working... Spent about 2 hours getting the network restarted... Started getting things put in place for the party and tested the projectors, they both have bad chips in them and white pixels all over the screen, looks awful. Called everyone I knew at D1 to see if there were anymore of these old clunkers sitting around and luckily Shalynn had one I can borrow. I ran to her house to pick up the projector and loved her Halloween decorations! ON to Meijer and got a couple things but not everything I needed so drove over to the other Meijer and got the remainder. Home and worked on the party set up and general house readiness and ordering things for the party until 3am...

20191021 - Shocking

20191021 - Up early and L&I headed to Mount Carmel East for a couple of tests. The Dr shocked the crap out of here to try and figure out why her left side is still weird. He could find nothing out of the ordinary, except her muscles we not a 'quiet' in a resting state as normal, 'but that could be due the stress of the testing'. You mean sticking a needle in a persons body and applying an electrical charge to it would stress someone out a bit? NO! Really?! Holy crap!  Home and dropped L off and I headed in to work to get the day started. Had a fast congested day. Ducked out a bit early to meet Andy and the middle school Athletic Director. It was a good meeting. Headed home and ate with the fam. J&G to scouts. I swung by for a minute to drop off awards. Home and cleaned up the garage and moved some tables in prep for the party this weekend. Boys home, i got Doc and headed to Bible Bangers for a bit. Up way to late for how tired I was today.

20191020 - Double Header

20191020 - Up late, nice relaxing morning. J got started listing a couple of things and Scout work lined up. LG&I headed to G's baseball games. G had a double header and it was the longest day of baseball in my life... G did ok and was brought in as the closer to get things under control and seal the win. His batting was not good but got better in the second game. We played until the sun went down, ran home for G to change and then i ran him to basketball open gym. Home and ate with L&J. Back to pick G up and we swung through CVS and bought some pop and a ton of candy on the way home. Home and J gone, spending the night at a friends. I headed to the basement and soon my Walking Dead buddies showed up. We watched the show and then they took off and I watched some backing show with L&G. Couldn't sleep most of the night.

20191019 + Axe Man

20191019 + Up too early for a Saturday. J&I ran G out to the high school varsity baseball field for a clinic. We then stopped by the high school, checked in with Andy running the fundraiser and then J broke into the concession stand for me so we could get the hot dog steamer, nacho cheese machine and a drink cooler. We then headed home and unloaded and finished digging out the left overs from the stump grinding we had done. The Mallonn's stopped by and picked up the cornhole boards. J&I shipped ebay and I then L&I ran to Home Depot to get stuff to finish the tree/yard project and decorative plants for the party next weekend.  We swung through KFC on the way home to pick up lunch. Home and ate and then had G help me unload the car, spread the topsoil, seed, straw the stump area and then take things back to the shed. LG&I headed to Sunbury for a Fall party at Steph's, one of L's dear friends. They had a shrimp boil and it was really good. G&I ate a bunch of desserts and we hung out and chatted a bit. We got L to quit blah blahing with her buddies and headed to the next party. J called from our home phone in an absolute panic... he dropped his cell phone and it is no longer working... I dropped L&G off in New Albany at John &Sara's for their wedding reception and headed home to get J to calm down. Got J settled and carried him with me back the John & Sara's. We had a nice visit with folks there and a tour of the house. Didn't stay too long as we had one more stop to make... Back in Gahanna for Penn's 50th. There were no cars int he drive when we got them but that didn't stop us. We found them on the back porch and hung out around a wonderful fire chatting for a couple of hours. WOW what a busy night full or friends and family!

20191018 + Lookout

20191018 + Up in the am and dropped J off at school on the way in to work. Not many people in today but those that were all seemed to be in my office this morning. Got a bunch of stuff done today on many fronts and finished the day prepping for next week. Home and everyone going different directions tonight. G left first with some of his buddies to go the high school football game. L&I headed out next to go to Five Guys for dinner. J waited a bit and then went with some of his friends to the football game too. After dinner L&I ran to Flanagan's Pub to meet Bill & Tiff to watch some of the Buckeye game. We left there at the start of the first quarter to go back to their house and shortly after both J&G called, their game was over, we won which was great as it was the first game after the football player passed away and everyone was there. The kids stormed the field at the end and all gathered by the band with phone lights in the air singing the alma mater, very touching. L&I picked J up at the library on the way home and we all watched the end of the Buckeye game. GO BUCKS!

20191017 - Lunch w/ Friends

20191017 - Up in the am and dropped J off at school and headed in to work. Had quite a few visitors this morning. Lonie and I ran to Biro at Easton for a lunch sponsored by Jason, a buddy of mine.  Penn was there too, today is his bday, and we had a nice lunch and learned a bit about bonds. After lunch Lonie and I headed back to the office and finished the day. Home and J drove me to the auction house in Reynoldsburg to pick up some auction wins. Home and we had dinner and hung out the rest of the night. J&G played a game on their Xboxes with D until bedtime.

20191016 - G’s 13!

20191016 - Up in the am and G was up and all excited. We watched G open some of his presents.and then I dropped J off at school and headed to work through the rain. To the desk, nice and quiet, getting things done. Left early and had a bit of a plan with one of G's teachers... I went to Courtland's house and picked up his car and then went to G's school where Brian had put cones out for me so I could park right out front of the school. Brian then called all the XC team to his office, they sang Happy Birthday to G and then Brian said 'What Grant doesn't know is that car is here to pick him up" pointing to the red Ferrari I was sitting in right in front of the school. The kids poured out of the school and surrounded the car taking pictures and videos as G climbed in and we zoomed off. G&I got home and several neighbors and friends stopped over to see the car. I gave J a ride around the block in it. After a bit G&I got dressed up and too k the Ferrari to dinner at Mitchell's downtown for a meal that blew G's mind. He was very quiet and enjoyed every single bite of the Crispy Pork Belly Skewers, Sea Salt Baked Potato, 14oz Prime New York Strip and Lava Cake à la mode. It was a fun dinner chatting with him and watching him experiencing flavors. We climbed back in the Ferrari and zoom past a hundred cars to return it to Courtland's house and chat with Missy a bit before heading home. Home and G let J try some of his left overs and he told them all about the experience. An exceptional day with G.  Happy 13th bday buddy. I love you.

20191015 - Tree Work

20191015 - Up in the am and dropped G off at school for Bible Study and then J at school. Back home and hung out waiting for the tree trimmers to show up. Took a couple work calls while waiting. Trimmers showed up and got the work done quickly. I headed in to work and had an incredibly busy day cramming a days work in to 5 hours. Got things wrapped up and headed home. L out for the evening with Tiffany at the grand opening of the new Target up the road. I got the boys off their Xboxes and sent them out in the neighborhood delivering party invites and selling wreaths and Entertainment Books while I got things ready for the stump chipping cleanup. They only had 1 sale from their efforts. JG&I then cleaned up the chips from the stump grinding. We got it as cleaned up as we could in the failing light. J ran out to get G a bday present and G&I headed to Arby's for dinner. Home and L back, told us all about the grand opening. The new neighbor came over and told me his troubles... We hunted J down and finally got him to return home... Long night.

20191014 - Red Shadow

20191014 - Up slow in the am and in to work. Methodically going down through the stack today. took a break mid-day to have a driving lesson in a Ferrari California. I was pretty nervous, but it is just like any other car, if you take it slow. The sound of it was amazing and every control was super precise, the slightest touch of the breaks or twitch on the wheel and the car immediately reacted... Made it through the lesson ok, had a couple more meetings and finished the day out and headed home. No meetings tonight for me, J had a Scout meeting. Got to hang around the house and relax a bit.

20191013 - J Sings

20191013 - L&I up in the am, D&G sawing logs. L&I headed to church. Home and I got the day organized and took a min to do a big Sudoku puzzle that I messed up. J home, got cleaned up, helped him with his tie and he left to pick up a buddy and go to his concert. Gma&paB stopped and chatted for a bit. D had some buddies over and they ran G to his baseball game. L and Gma&paB headed to the school to hold seats. I hung back and waited for the electrician to stop by and look at how to hook up the big generator to the house. Soon Gma&paW showed up and we headed to the high school for J's concert. The concert was great! J did good and looked so grown up. After the concert we said goodbye to D as he headed back to school and LG&I headed to Hot Chicken takeover for dinner with Gma&paW. After dinner we returned some of the unused supplies for the garage floor job to both Lowe's and Home Depot. Home for a bit and Chris over to watch The Walking Dead with J&I. Vinnie forgot about it and showed up 20 min late. No school for G tomorrow so G&I up watching baseball. G feel asleep and they hit a walk off homerun. So I rewinded it a bit, woke him up and he wanted to go to bed. I told him to just give it one more inning and POW the guy hit the walk-off and G was thrilled. I called D late to make sure he got back.