well . . . today was rather vanilla. but when it comes to life, vanilla is one of my favorite flavors. predictable, safe, and you can add other flavors to it (like chocolate) whenever you decide.
i've been rather drained lately, though. i've got a server at work that keeps freezing up, but the logs don't say anything. it's like having a friend or spouse who won't talk to you, but there's a problem somewhere in your relationship.
and issues like this tend to cause you to lose sleep. they stay on your mind and keep you digging for answers when none seem to be there. yep, that's what this particualr server is doing to me.
i'm sitting in the server room, about to go home and call it a day. noisy place, a server room can be. luckily, we have a small office adjacent to the server room. i can sit here and work, and listen to jimi for a little bit between phone calls.
really makes the time zip by!
my tenant finally got the heat turned on! makes me feel good knowing that all the effort finally make the house habitable.
but, the tenant said that he's short on the rent and asked if i'd wait until monday to collect.
i don't mind, but i hope he doesn't keep putting that off until new years or something.
all i know is, bitch betta have my money.
i paid too much to get the plumbing and heat fixed for someone to live in that house for free!
my wife might go to a party tonight with a new girlfriend of hers. so yeah, it's a girl thing. i need to find myself a party to go to one night. maybe i'll call up my old friend that i bumped into at the chinese restaurant last week. catching up with him and talking about old times would be real good fun, i bet.
but as things are, she keeps going out while i sit at home and watch the kids.
ok, she doesn't go out all the time, but more than i do.
time to add just a little flavor to my vanilla ice cream life.
20101209
20101208
melog-20101208.log.0
ate lunch at backyard burger. tasty.
my wife had the day off today, so i didn't have to get the kids after school.
it's nice not having to run around town so much.
i like our local backyard burger. they play 80's hits all day long via satellite radio.
i like the sense of nostalgia that i get when i sit in their restaurant. not that the best songs come from the 80's exactly-- just that those songs bring back a lot of childhood memories because songs of that error were always in the backdrop.
i heard songs like toto's "rossana", "i wear my sunglasses at night", and "say,say,say" by paul mccartney and michael jackson.
why, i even heard a christmas song by jon bon jovi.
i also tried backyard burger's pecan cobbler. i only found one real problem with their pecan cobbler--
it didn't come with a glass of milk.
my wife had the day off today, so i didn't have to get the kids after school.
it's nice not having to run around town so much.
i like our local backyard burger. they play 80's hits all day long via satellite radio.
i like the sense of nostalgia that i get when i sit in their restaurant. not that the best songs come from the 80's exactly-- just that those songs bring back a lot of childhood memories because songs of that error were always in the backdrop.
i heard songs like toto's "rossana", "i wear my sunglasses at night", and "say,say,say" by paul mccartney and michael jackson.
why, i even heard a christmas song by jon bon jovi.
i also tried backyard burger's pecan cobbler. i only found one real problem with their pecan cobbler--
it didn't come with a glass of milk.
melog-20101208.log
wow. snow flurries.
no snowmen, though, i'm afraid. not this time.
snow is unusual around here. but, it does happen now and then.
no snowmen, though, i'm afraid. not this time.
snow is unusual around here. but, it does happen now and then.
20101207
melog-20101207.log.2
well . . . my wife just dumped me for a mini-series on netflix.
i guess i'll go surf the web . . .
i guess i'll go surf the web . . .
melog-20101207.log.1
got the kids in bathed and in bed. my mom fixed us a meal over at her house. she usually cooks something for us on the day that my wife often works late. but, sometime she doesn't make very much. and sometimes, well . . . beggars can't be choosers.
i cleaned up in the kitchen a good bit. but, never mind that so much-- it won't last long and no matter how much i do, it never looks all that improved.
it's tough when both the husband and wife have a full schedule. neither of us wants to clean up after a demanding day of running around everywhere trying to please employer, spouse, kids, school, and teachers-- while dodging life's pitfalls as well.
i say this for my wife as well. it's not just me. i know she's in the same shoes as myself. i can't complain if she doesn't clean up. i wouldn't want to (and don't want to) either.
i need to do something to decompress. this journal is a really good start. i think i need to add in some exercise soon to deal with my stress. and, i think i need to cut back on how much running around i do. not quite sure how to accomplish that yet.
i watched a little bit of "win it in a minute" with my mom. that was fun. two sisters from tennessee trying to pay off their mother's mortgage.
i wonder if they won. the internet can tell me later.
i've also heard that elizabeth edwards passed away. she is the wife of senator john edwards. i wonder how their relationship ended up after it came out that he cheated on her a short while back. i hope they made amends before she died.
my wife is home now. i'd better pay more attention to her now.
i cleaned up in the kitchen a good bit. but, never mind that so much-- it won't last long and no matter how much i do, it never looks all that improved.
it's tough when both the husband and wife have a full schedule. neither of us wants to clean up after a demanding day of running around everywhere trying to please employer, spouse, kids, school, and teachers-- while dodging life's pitfalls as well.
i say this for my wife as well. it's not just me. i know she's in the same shoes as myself. i can't complain if she doesn't clean up. i wouldn't want to (and don't want to) either.
i need to do something to decompress. this journal is a really good start. i think i need to add in some exercise soon to deal with my stress. and, i think i need to cut back on how much running around i do. not quite sure how to accomplish that yet.
i watched a little bit of "win it in a minute" with my mom. that was fun. two sisters from tennessee trying to pay off their mother's mortgage.
i wonder if they won. the internet can tell me later.
i've also heard that elizabeth edwards passed away. she is the wife of senator john edwards. i wonder how their relationship ended up after it came out that he cheated on her a short while back. i hope they made amends before she died.
my wife is home now. i'd better pay more attention to her now.
melog-20101207.log.0
blah.
i'm tired and grinding down to a halt.
i just can't get going lately.
i noticed that i drive a lot. take the kids to school. go to work. take lunch and pick up my nephew to drop him off at his job. turn back around, pick up the kids, take them to grandma's (my mom) and drive back to work in a hour's time.
now, i've gotta get the kids from grandma's, drive home. may end up driving back out to pick up my nephew.
i just wanna go to sleep.
glad work is over for today.
i'm tired and grinding down to a halt.
i just can't get going lately.
i noticed that i drive a lot. take the kids to school. go to work. take lunch and pick up my nephew to drop him off at his job. turn back around, pick up the kids, take them to grandma's (my mom) and drive back to work in a hour's time.
now, i've gotta get the kids from grandma's, drive home. may end up driving back out to pick up my nephew.
i just wanna go to sleep.
glad work is over for today.
melog-20101207.log
i know, i know . . . i should be asleep, right?
but, two things i've just read have really astounded me!
1) NASA published a study claiming to have discovered microbes whose DNA uses arsenic as opposed to phosphorous. so then, life has possibly been found that uses a totally different DNA sequence from all other known life on this planet.
2) scientists reversed the age of some mice in a lab. they first accelerated their age by breeding mice that were missing a certain enzyme called telomerase. then, when the mice started to develop diseases and physical conditions associated with aging, they injected the mice with doses of telomerase. the mice reversed in age-- meaning cell regeneration actually made them younger as their physical aging conditions reversed.
hot damn!
that may not work for humans. but who knows?
now, that's a really good reason to start exercising and losing weight. extend our lives so that we can one day drink from the fountain of youth!
but, two things i've just read have really astounded me!
1) NASA published a study claiming to have discovered microbes whose DNA uses arsenic as opposed to phosphorous. so then, life has possibly been found that uses a totally different DNA sequence from all other known life on this planet.
2) scientists reversed the age of some mice in a lab. they first accelerated their age by breeding mice that were missing a certain enzyme called telomerase. then, when the mice started to develop diseases and physical conditions associated with aging, they injected the mice with doses of telomerase. the mice reversed in age-- meaning cell regeneration actually made them younger as their physical aging conditions reversed.
hot damn!
that may not work for humans. but who knows?
now, that's a really good reason to start exercising and losing weight. extend our lives so that we can one day drink from the fountain of youth!
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