Change CHAnge CHANGE

Remember dear readers how we were talking about Changes to come?  Well I am glad to be able to announce to all of you firstly (the Missus asked if I was going to say anything on Facebook but I said, "Not yet the loyal followers deserve to know first") about the first of the Changes that we have been working on.

The Missus need no longer (as of next month) sleep during the day! That's right goodbye Night Shift, hello Day Shift.  This really is a major thing for the Family, she's been working nights almost as long as we've been together. She is very happy that she'll no longer have to throw away days sleeping and be able to say goodnight to the lad every day.Gotta say I'm pretty excited too, no more sneaking around the house while she sleeps and we'll get to spend more time as a Family! Like I said huge Change hopefully we are up to the challenge!

More to come I am sure but for right now just join with us in celebrating this first big Change.

Cheers,
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As I Stand Here

Yeah, I have to stand so that Iain doesn't get obsessed with the keyboard and mouse. Anyone ever wonder why kids are fascinated by electronics? I mean a keyboard or remote control or whatever isn't that visually stimulating (Iain is pulling at my pant leg and yep pulling down my pant even as we speak) My theory is that they can see the electromagnetic field that the products put out and this is something that only kids can see like friendly ghosts and Sam and Al from "Quantum Leap". Something that we lose as we get older.  Just an idea.

Glad that Liverpool pulled out a win this Sunday we really needed the 3 points. Now the question is whether or not we can put together  a string of in form matches. (Someone remind me to never use italics...one use and now every Time I click away or start a new paragraph it goes to italics...bloody Hell) It would be nice to keep beating teams that we are supposed to beat as well, we didn't stumble with Wigan or the Hammers so there should be no reason to get anything but 3 points against "Those that will be relegatged" aka Villa.

Oh yeah I was going to try and find a good picture to update my profile.

And I'm just waiting to get the paperwork that says I've been moved over to the ING (Inactive National Guard) which means that I am still in a holding pattern but I won't have to go and drill. Turns out the strain is just too much and it takes 3 days to recuperate from 2 days of drill, I'm bad at maths but I know that that isn't right. I still wait to figure out what they are going to do with me but I also don't move towards my ETS while in the ING. Limbo baby!

Okay the dude needs me.

Cheers,
g

The Importance of Being Iain's Father

If I've been a little preoccupied it is with good reason at least. Helping the lad with his blog and just trying to keep up with him in general has pro'ly gotten in the way of keeping up here but I (have said it before and am sure I will say it again) Hope to Change all that.  It is just so damned important that I get this right, I thought I had before but.

I've started scribbling in notebooks (not the computer kind but the actual pen and paper jobs) and maybe someday will get something worth doing something with out of that exercise. I know that I have scratched out at least one story that I ended up Hating by the ending, but maybe I'll type it out and throw it up here. We've also been trying to plan how to do a couple of things that will Change our lives. (I know like we haven't Changed enough in the last year or so.) More on that as it plays out... Guaranteed

I had a bit of an epiphany the other day and it hit me not like a light coming on or a veil being removed but like a fist in the chest. I should sit down and write a letter to my wayward daughter and tell her instead of just writing letters in my head. I spent so much Time and energy trying to make sure that she was a part of my Life when I should have been trying to be a part of her's. I honestly don't know what can be done about it, but maybe realization is step one. I blew it so bad and just couldn't see it for so long so if anyone talks to her tell her I'm Sorry and maybe I've finally figured out where it all went wrong and now the healing can begin. Who knows maybe she reads this...

That's it for now (don't want to overdo it on day one) but count on more. I've got to Change my life and stop letting my life Change me!

Cheers,
g