Broken resolutions but a very good day after all.
Well, I am already breaking one of my new resolutions… no job application today L
I came home too late for that but I am sure to do at least two tomorrow since I have a few good ones in my sight.
On the other hand, I had a very enjoyable day today and I am sure that I will have a wonderful sleep tonight. First I went to see my dad and help him with some renovation in his kitchen. Nothing really big, only some molding on the cabinets and putting a door and a door frame for his pantry. The fun part was that nothing is straight to start with and I had to come up with some very nifty solutions to our multiple problems.
The weather was great (I went to do all my cuts outside so to keep the house as clean as possible) and my father’s attitude changed so much in the past few years. When I was a kid, I loved working with my father; he was usually relaxed when he was working and I learned a lot about carpentry, plumbing, electricity and painting with him. Later on, he became more impatient and started to try and rush things or take short cuts so I started to apprehend helping him in his projects. For the past few years, he changed so much; he is very calm and loves to give you free reins. On the other hand, I make sure he knows of my plan and I take the time to discuss with him and see if he would have other ideas before starting anything.
After a big disagreement 23 years ago, our communication has been very cold and awkward even though our love was still true. In these past two years things came back even better than before and I feel bless that this was resolved before it was too late. Now I can learn to know my father again and that is an awesome feeling.
Coming back from his place tonight, I was caught by the evening heavy traffic. I barely avoided a huge pot hole. A few yards further I saw a car stopped with his emergency flasher so I parked myself just in front of it. The lady was preparing to change her bad tire; she just went through the pot hole and not only her tire was blown out but her rim was also busted. So I took out my huge "T" bar and my hydraulic jack and changed the tire for her.
About a hundred yard further, I saw a Dodge Caravan stopped at an intersection with his hazards on. As I looked a bit longer, I saw that a man seemed to have trouble with a flat so I turned, stopped and went to see if I could help. He too went over the pot hold and blown her tire. As I approached him, he told me that I probably wouldn’t be able to help him; that his nuts were rusted in place and that he had just stripped them. (I got so many problems with bad nuts with my other JEEP that I know a few ways to try end deal with that problem).
As I came closer with my "T" bar again, I noticed that all he had to work with was the cheap end of the jack bar that comes with the car to try and unscrew his tire. Luckily, his nuts weren’t too damaged and I was able to loosen them with just a tad bit of strength. Then I jacked the minivan with My jack and change his tire. Before putting back the nuts on, I apply a generous amount of “never seize” on the bolts. Finally I let him use my hand cleaner before departing (Of course I refused his money, good Karma is worth so much more ;) ).
It feels nice to be able to help people in need.
Last night I started to read a new book and I read a couple of line that brought back some old thinking.
“Working was all he did, and it was all he could remember doing. What did people do when they weren’t working? Play? What were the rules? What did you get if you won?”
I don’t have this problem with work and life but I did lost the socialization rule book many years ago. Remarks that hurt me in my adolescence; trouble I help people go through and that a young person shouldn’t live through; the search of myself and many moving across the city, the province, the country and even outside the country, all helped to isolated me socially and now (even if I think myself a lot wiser) I often feel very inadequate in my social relation. Even though I am open in my communication (nothing is taboo with me) I still hold way too many walls and/or filters. This takes out any chance for me to say something spontaneous. If you add to this the fact that I lost track of all the unwritten rules of socialisation, that makes it a bit awkward to be around me (well at least until you know me a bit more and then it ease up a tidy bit).
Well this is almost it for tonight.
Only one thing left to say; Words learned today: “Announce”, “Anoint” (this one I have problem to make it stick), “Another”, “Answer”, “Any” (which is very similar to Another, I’ll have to be careful not to mistake them), “Any”, “One”, “Anyone”, ‘Thing”, “Anything”, Anyhow”, and “Appear”
Let see how many of them I remember tomorrow ;)
I came home too late for that but I am sure to do at least two tomorrow since I have a few good ones in my sight.
On the other hand, I had a very enjoyable day today and I am sure that I will have a wonderful sleep tonight. First I went to see my dad and help him with some renovation in his kitchen. Nothing really big, only some molding on the cabinets and putting a door and a door frame for his pantry. The fun part was that nothing is straight to start with and I had to come up with some very nifty solutions to our multiple problems.
The weather was great (I went to do all my cuts outside so to keep the house as clean as possible) and my father’s attitude changed so much in the past few years. When I was a kid, I loved working with my father; he was usually relaxed when he was working and I learned a lot about carpentry, plumbing, electricity and painting with him. Later on, he became more impatient and started to try and rush things or take short cuts so I started to apprehend helping him in his projects. For the past few years, he changed so much; he is very calm and loves to give you free reins. On the other hand, I make sure he knows of my plan and I take the time to discuss with him and see if he would have other ideas before starting anything.
After a big disagreement 23 years ago, our communication has been very cold and awkward even though our love was still true. In these past two years things came back even better than before and I feel bless that this was resolved before it was too late. Now I can learn to know my father again and that is an awesome feeling.
Coming back from his place tonight, I was caught by the evening heavy traffic. I barely avoided a huge pot hole. A few yards further I saw a car stopped with his emergency flasher so I parked myself just in front of it. The lady was preparing to change her bad tire; she just went through the pot hole and not only her tire was blown out but her rim was also busted. So I took out my huge "T" bar and my hydraulic jack and changed the tire for her.
About a hundred yard further, I saw a Dodge Caravan stopped at an intersection with his hazards on. As I looked a bit longer, I saw that a man seemed to have trouble with a flat so I turned, stopped and went to see if I could help. He too went over the pot hold and blown her tire. As I approached him, he told me that I probably wouldn’t be able to help him; that his nuts were rusted in place and that he had just stripped them. (I got so many problems with bad nuts with my other JEEP that I know a few ways to try end deal with that problem).
As I came closer with my "T" bar again, I noticed that all he had to work with was the cheap end of the jack bar that comes with the car to try and unscrew his tire. Luckily, his nuts weren’t too damaged and I was able to loosen them with just a tad bit of strength. Then I jacked the minivan with My jack and change his tire. Before putting back the nuts on, I apply a generous amount of “never seize” on the bolts. Finally I let him use my hand cleaner before departing (Of course I refused his money, good Karma is worth so much more ;) ).
It feels nice to be able to help people in need.
Last night I started to read a new book and I read a couple of line that brought back some old thinking.
“Working was all he did, and it was all he could remember doing. What did people do when they weren’t working? Play? What were the rules? What did you get if you won?”
I don’t have this problem with work and life but I did lost the socialization rule book many years ago. Remarks that hurt me in my adolescence; trouble I help people go through and that a young person shouldn’t live through; the search of myself and many moving across the city, the province, the country and even outside the country, all helped to isolated me socially and now (even if I think myself a lot wiser) I often feel very inadequate in my social relation. Even though I am open in my communication (nothing is taboo with me) I still hold way too many walls and/or filters. This takes out any chance for me to say something spontaneous. If you add to this the fact that I lost track of all the unwritten rules of socialisation, that makes it a bit awkward to be around me (well at least until you know me a bit more and then it ease up a tidy bit).
Well this is almost it for tonight.
Only one thing left to say; Words learned today: “Announce”, “Anoint” (this one I have problem to make it stick), “Another”, “Answer”, “Any” (which is very similar to Another, I’ll have to be careful not to mistake them), “Any”, “One”, “Anyone”, ‘Thing”, “Anything”, Anyhow”, and “Appear”
Let see how many of them I remember tomorrow ;)