Well, I have been awake going on the better part of an hour. That is unusal for me… I tend to sleep until 7:30 or 8:00 am most days. But, my entire house has been sick, with the exception of me and Hoover. This morning I am awake because my wife is having a cough-a-thon. Jerry Lewis doesn’t raise as much money for the MDA in his teleathon as my wife has coughed last night. Hope she gets over it, soon! I know I’ve gone through spells where I have coughed for weeks. Spencer has been home from school the last two days… I am pretty sure he’s not just skipping tests or homework… poor kid has looked like hell. And Braelyn, well, fortunately she seems to be better.
Speaking of Braelyn, she had her year-old shots and check-up yesterday. I am a bad father because I don’t remember her height and weight even though Rebecca told me. I do know she is only 30th percentile in weight (even though she’s fully-loaded from being constipated the past few days) and 50th percentile in height. I’m surprised on the weight thing…. she seems to be the “right” size to me. I am not one who wants a chubby baby! I pretty much think she’s perfect, shy the high pitch squealy noise she has been making. That is, well, not so perfect!
Hoover should be losing weight… we cut his feeding size back a bit, and in the past two weeks he’s been to the dog park (for a walk, right by my side) and on a walk or two. We’re trying to break him from being such an OCD dog. He walks unusual patterns to go outside (has for a long time) but it’s been getting worse. Though it’s been getting better the past week or so, he was having a tendancy not to come in the back door even though there is no ice. He was making us take him in through the side door, at which time he would eat. We were complying with this since he was also avoiding walking through the house into the laundry room, where his food bowl is. That probably helped his weight loss, too, until we figured out he would eat when we take him around the side of the house. Crazy dog. Fortunately, he is now again willing to go to the laundry room through the house, and he is coming in the back door again. Well, after a pattern… have to open the door once, close it, wait for him to bark again, then open it up again, stand on the patio steps holding the door and say “You may enter, your heiness”. Then he comes in. Oh, what a nutty dog. Shawn Hashmi is thinking about bringing Parker (who doesn’t slow down for anything) over tomorrow if it’s nice and let Parker run around our backyard with Hoover. We’re hoping that will get Hoover used to playing and running with Parker, so that next time we go to the dog park Hoover will actually run and play… something he hasn’t done since he witnessed a huge dog fight a year ago. Even though he wasn’t involved in the fight, it freaked him a bit and now he likes to stay right by my side at the dog park. He will run if I run (which isn’t much, I might add) or if Spencer is there to run around with. Oh, yes… my 180+ pound Mastiff is a wuss sometimes. Did I mention the dog can fart with the best of them?!?
Hosting a poker and UFC fight watch party over here tomorrow night beginning at 7 or so. Should be a good time. We’re expecting a decent turnout, which means anywhere from 10 to 30 people! You just never know who all will show up. Rebecca will be out celebrating her and Stephanie Murphy’s 35the birthday with their girl friends. I’m sure they will have a great time.
Countdown: only 4 days left till all our country’s woes are resolved! Our new savior is coming everyone; hold tight!
While not a fan of the Broncos firing Shanahan, I am pretty excited about the younggun they brought in to coach. Josh McDaniels from the Patriots. He is young (32 years old) but should bring an exciting brand of football to Denver. Hope he fares better than the other former coordinators from the Patriots who have fell flat on their face when they took over their own teams. Pretty impressed, also, that the Chiefs got some balls and ousted their General Manager after 20 years of mostly mediocre football. They, too, raided the Patriot’s closet and got the hottest name on the market for the GM… Scott Pioli. We’ll see if he has a brain outside the Patriots organization, too. First check will be whether he fires Herm the Germ as the Chiefs coach. If he does, it may prove to be a good hire for the Chiefs. If he doesn’t, well, as a Broncos fan I will be excited since they will have a much better chance of beating the Chiefs with Herm at the helm. Whatever happens, the AFC West is sure going to be a lot different next year. Thankfully the Chargers have opted to keep their moronic coach Norv Turner. While they have managed to win the division 3 years in a row (despite Norv), the last 2 years are solely thankful to the Broncos late season collapses. But they haven’t done crap in the playoffs as Turner sucks. I say let them keep Norv forever, let the Chiefs hang on to Herm and really, who cares what the Raiders do… they will remain the doormat of the West as long as Al Davis keeps kickin (which can’t be much longer).
Ok, that’s enough rambling for now. Killed twenty minutes of my sleepless morning. Great to know it’s Friday and the weekend is upon us. Gonna be another cold day here in KC, but then I think we get a warm(er) spell for a bit. Thinking positive (like I always do!), spring is just around the corner! For years and years I have turned my sprinkler system back on in late March, which is only two months away. And last year, I even had my boat de-winterized before the end of March (only because we had to move it, not because I could use it, but nonetheless, the freezes were over). I am ready for lake season… the OP Boat Show is next week. At least it will be a boat show, unlike the “sports and boat show” last week at Bartle Hall… never have I attended a more worthless event…. it was a Redneck Show, not a boat show.
Five more minutes of my sleepless morning down. That’s all, for real.
Take care and hang on! Obama saves us in just 4 days!
–RE
