Updatery
It's been a LONG time since I've posted (or even read) on here... things have been, uh, busy.
- The saga of my hand has completed. My hand will never be the way it was (the knuckle is submerged and you can feel it on the other side), but there is no discomfort. I was also able to do pretty much everything I needed to do with the brace on, so it wasn't as big a deal as I feared.
- We had nice trips to Disney in March, Venice in May, and Orlando for Mother's Day.
- We found a decent handyman through a friend. Unfortunately, he discovered very wet insulation and very alive termites when he opened up the shower walls. This not only expanded the size of the repair, but required a permit from the city to open up the side of our house. Several weeks later and the re-tiling still isn't done. Thankfully, the pest control company retreated for free.
- On the same day the termites were found, my boss (the CEO and President of the company) announced he was leaving to start a new venture. We decided to promote me to President and the Vice President to CEO. I'm still finding my footing as the new leader and I suspect I'll make some mistakes along the way before I hit my stride. It's an interesting reflection that in my 19 years in the industry, the most I've done is lead another person for a few months here and there. Now I have to run the day-to-day operations of a company. I'm not worried, but I do feel a sudden rush of responsbility.
- I rejoined the APA pool league after a 5 year hiatus. Unfortunately, I retained my fairly high ranking from when I played alot, so my "handicap" is not proportional to my current ability. I'm still pretty good at thinking through the game, but my shot-making is very rusty. In fact, I've gotten to the 8-ball in many games and choked just enough to lose most of my matches. Hopefully, I'll find some time to practice amidst everything else.
- I had a nice photoshoot a few weeks ago, pictures will be posted as soon as the model signs off on them.
- New pictures of the children: http://garygen.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album08
- Alicia and I are the walking exhausted. We've had to get up earlier than usual during the shower reconstruction project in case the contractor or subcontractor actually arrives on time each day. (The contractor usually does.) And, over the last 2-3 days, Dorothea has had a cold which has caused her to wake up miserable several times throughout the night.
- This morning, I walked three miles with Dorothea (my daily routine), made a pancake breakfast for the family, mowed, edged, and weedwhacked the lawn, trimmed the front yard trees, and dug up some dead bushes, all before noon. What's funny is that I came back inside and felt guilty for spending so much time on yardwork rather than spending time with my son. (I've let him "help" before, but it takes twice as long.)
- Coming soon, a ridiculously long car ride with two small children, one of which is potty training.
- The saga of my hand has completed. My hand will never be the way it was (the knuckle is submerged and you can feel it on the other side), but there is no discomfort. I was also able to do pretty much everything I needed to do with the brace on, so it wasn't as big a deal as I feared.
- We had nice trips to Disney in March, Venice in May, and Orlando for Mother's Day.
- We found a decent handyman through a friend. Unfortunately, he discovered very wet insulation and very alive termites when he opened up the shower walls. This not only expanded the size of the repair, but required a permit from the city to open up the side of our house. Several weeks later and the re-tiling still isn't done. Thankfully, the pest control company retreated for free.
- On the same day the termites were found, my boss (the CEO and President of the company) announced he was leaving to start a new venture. We decided to promote me to President and the Vice President to CEO. I'm still finding my footing as the new leader and I suspect I'll make some mistakes along the way before I hit my stride. It's an interesting reflection that in my 19 years in the industry, the most I've done is lead another person for a few months here and there. Now I have to run the day-to-day operations of a company. I'm not worried, but I do feel a sudden rush of responsbility.
- I rejoined the APA pool league after a 5 year hiatus. Unfortunately, I retained my fairly high ranking from when I played alot, so my "handicap" is not proportional to my current ability. I'm still pretty good at thinking through the game, but my shot-making is very rusty. In fact, I've gotten to the 8-ball in many games and choked just enough to lose most of my matches. Hopefully, I'll find some time to practice amidst everything else.
- I had a nice photoshoot a few weeks ago, pictures will be posted as soon as the model signs off on them.
- New pictures of the children: http://garygen.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album08
- Alicia and I are the walking exhausted. We've had to get up earlier than usual during the shower reconstruction project in case the contractor or subcontractor actually arrives on time each day. (The contractor usually does.) And, over the last 2-3 days, Dorothea has had a cold which has caused her to wake up miserable several times throughout the night.
- This morning, I walked three miles with Dorothea (my daily routine), made a pancake breakfast for the family, mowed, edged, and weedwhacked the lawn, trimmed the front yard trees, and dug up some dead bushes, all before noon. What's funny is that I came back inside and felt guilty for spending so much time on yardwork rather than spending time with my son. (I've let him "help" before, but it takes twice as long.)
- Coming soon, a ridiculously long car ride with two small children, one of which is potty training.