20181231 - Busy Last Day

20181231 - Up in the am and in through the hard rain to the office. Had meetings solid all morning. Got the rollout of the digital handbook finished up and out of my hands for final execution. Got some other critical tasks lined up and then finished the morning with a meeting. Headed to G's basketball game at Capital University and got there for the last couple min and got to see G play a bit. They  were tied most of the game but lost right at the end... Home and D gone, he went to his roommates in Sydney OH for the night. Home and relaxed a bit and then J drove LG&I through the horrible rain to Arby's for dinner. We had a good dinner and swung by the house before heading to to the McClain's. We were there only a short while before J wanted to go home so I ran him home and tried to get him to find something to do with his friends, even though he had all day to do so but chose to play video games and not make arrangements... no one responded so I headed back to the McClains and left J at home alone for New Year's Eve, not real happy about that... Hung out at the McClain's, J called about 11:30 and wanted to know when we would be home... we played a couple games and watched the ball drop. Didn't stay too long after midnight, home and J still on the couch where I left him. All to bed late. Happy New Year!

20181230 + Winger Christmas

20181230 + Up in the am had some bfast and then we all got ready and headed to John & Mary's in Shelby for the Winger Christmas party. There were a ton of family there and we had a great time catching up with folks, visiting and just enjoying time with each other. There were fun games we tried to cheat on and we even played some UNO on the iPhone with other family members, a good time overall! We swung by the Farm on the way home to pick up Lilly, said thanks to Gma&paW for a fun weekend and all our gifts and then headed South. We got home in good time, got everything unpacked and put away and settled in to watch a A-X-L a new movie the boys wanted to see. It was a good movie and we were all tired and headed off to bed in good time.

20181229 - Cool Shades

20181229 - Up late and got things done around the house and the cars packed up. We swung by L's friend Sue's to get her new soundbar working with her TV as we headed out of town. We hit the Post office too and then headed up to the Farm. We got to he a Farm, got things unloaded, helped GpW get some food from the Farmhouse and then opened our presents. We had a fun time opening the present and we got things we loved. We then had a really good dinner followed up with some euchre before heading to bed.

20181228 - Met for Dinner

20181228 - Up in the am and got to work and cleaning things up and prepping for 2019. A nice quiet day to get things done. At the end of the day I wrapped things up late and met LJ&G at Bellacino's for dinner. We had a nice dinner and then headed home to watch a movie and get to bed in good time.

20181227 + Proclimation

20181227 + Up in the am and a nice slow start to the day. D left the house 5:33am, and J down early proclaiming his sickness. I headed in to work to get some more dev work done. Didn't get a lot of dev work done but got a lot of other things knocked out. Home and got ebay stuff shipped, L cooked us all dinner and then we hung out for a bit. D&I ran to the post office, gas station and gym for a bit. Home and watched some football on TV and destroyed G in a new Rubik's game. Got to bed in good time but couldn't sleep.

20181226 + Face Stuck

20181226 + Up late in the am and headed in to work. Reviewed my overnight ideas with Lonie, got caught up on email and routine daily activities, had a couple meetings and dove into programming. The boys (Kevin & Derek) ran to KFC and bought all the chicken they had to feed the office today, YUM! I got a lot done and had a call with the dev team for a bit of help, still not right though... Worked on it until head hurt and headed home. I shipped ebay stuff, L&G dropped it off at the post office for me on the way to pick up G's buddy Eddie to spend the night. J relinquished his Xbox to the little boys for the night and LDJ&I watched 'Await Further Instructions', not a good movie, just ehh. After the movie I beat J at a Rubik's game a couple times and headed to bed in good time.

20181225 - Merry Christmas

20181225 - Up early, but not too early this year. Boys passed out gifts and we all opened our gifts. Very nice, peaceful and enjoyable morning, the boys are getting too big, but still little on days like today. It took about 2 hours to open things and everyone was content and happy with their gifts, then we got ready for the day, Garage heaters on, food cooking, everyone cleaned up.

Gma&paW showed up and we got their things brought in, Cole's showed up shortly after. We had a wonderful meal in the garage on one huge table and all ate too much. There was a short break while some things got cleaned up and then we headed to the basement to open some more gifts. Things slowed down a bit as people put some of there gifts together, built gingerbread houses and hung out. We played some cards and folks left as the afternoon went on. Down to the 5 of us at home and we just relaxed and enjoyed the rest of the evening and watched 'Alpha' before bed. I was up until 4am head racing with ideas of the system I am going to build.

20181224 + Christmas Eve

20181224 + Up in the am and in to work. I wore another Christmas outfit and went around the office passing out candy canes and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas. I managed to get things done and organized for return after Christmas and headed out early to go to the Cole's for Christmas Eve lunch and gift exchange. It was a nice event with L's side of the family and always fun. The 5 of us headed home and relaxed for only a minute before we headed to our church. The service was nice, a bit loud with all the kids, but a good message and traditional songs. I love singing the traditional songs, but find it hard to sing at times as they bring up memories of family member that I remember singing with as a boy and they are not here anymore... After church we headed home and Gma&paB showed up. We hung out and visited and watched some TV. Everyone to bed in good time and Santa showed up early.

20181223 - Tisk Tisk

20181223 - Up and all to church. Home and had a very nice relaxing day at home. I ran out to get a haircut during the day. Went out for bfast and the boys made their mom stand... tisk tisk... J went to a friends for the evening. LDG&I watched another movie and got a good nights rest leading up to the busy week.

20181222 + Shopping Day

20181222 + Finished up $ for the 2 weeks, shipped ebay, DG&I headed out, post office, gas station, auction house in Reynoldsburg, Meijer, GameStop, Best Buy, video store. Home and got stuff wrapped. L&D picked up food at Panda Express, to the basement for dinner and watched 'Equalizer 2'.

20181221 + Wrapped Up

20181221 + Up in the am and dropped J off at school in to the office to find my desk wrapped... Still getting a lot done. Home and night at home and played UNO with the fam.

20181220 - Self Portrait

20181220 - Up in the middle of the night to make sure D got up and to work by 6am... Tried to go back to sleep... Up and got myself to work, no J today he has finals later and will be walking to school. In to the office and getting organized and moving forward. Had some good strategy session today and the direction is clear. Now the hard part, doing it... Home and shipped some ebay stuff, we all had dinner and then relaxed until time to go out. J drove G&I to the post office and then he dropped G off at basketball practice. J&I went the long way to get to Target where he got his Christmas shopping done. Home, J stayed and I ran to get G from practice. It was already 9pm and G has school tomorrow so we decided to not do his Christmas shopping tonight, but do it Saturday. Home and shut things down and to bed in good time.