Wednesday - Hump Day!!

Hi bbeautiful wife,
I'm on calls nearly all day today so as I listen in on a call (one that I'm not leading), I'm going to multi-task and give you a blog update.

This week has been tiresome and so busy.  Thankfully there are no practices or games to deal with.  the lawn needs mowing, garden needs tilling, B and I are working on the side yard and I need to get more soil.  I also need to spray the yard for clover and some other irritating weeds.  I also bought a new leaf/grass blower with my bday money from mom and dad but have yet to take it out of the box.

I did grocery shop last night and while I didn't get everything, i got the critical items to get us through a few days.

E - she's had a good week.  She enjoyed her bday weekend and the dinner at Chili's.  Not the same without you but she understood.  She loves her bike and can ride it like a champ.  I cleaned her room the last 2 nights and hung up nearly all her clothes.  She wore a dress 2 or 3 times last week and everyday this week.  I also went through her dresses and picked out shorts or leggings.  I also collected all her bows and we played 'pair them up' and then i hung them on the back of her door.

B - he needs a haircut and we may do it tonight or for sure tomorrow.  He's doing good, I think.  He's happy to be done with practice but a little sad that he doesn't see his team mates every day.  We need to find a fun activity.  He bickers with J and W but nothing new there.  He wants to attend the overnight lacrosse camp at Western June 21-24 (http://www.lightninglax.com/central.html).  J and W have Y day camp  (PaWaPi) that week.  I want thinking you can take him to Kalamazoo on Sunday and drop him off.  It starts on Monday at noon and my mom and dad can get him there.  It ends at noon on Thursday and you could pick him up and bring him home.  Thoughts?  I want to register him soon so lets talk about it.  Even if you don't drive or don't come home one of those weekends I'll drive to Kzoo and pick or take him.  The camp is about $500 but i figured we'd pay him at least that much through the summer.  He helps alot even if he doesn't 'do' much.  I bought him a new Xbox game so he currently loves me.

J - all good there.  he always wants to play catch at 8:00 and I'm usually totally whipped by that time.  School is easy and he does his home work without issue.  i signed him up for a basketball camp at the MAC the same week E has a rockinghorse camp.  its 1/2 day, m-th.  He's very excited.

W - oh, what to say about stinky?  He is Wil, through and through.  Happy and fearless.  always comes up with the weirdest stuff to say totally off the wall.  he still begs to touch and have me lay with him at night.  he peed extra last night (currently washing bedding).  I signed him up for youth tennis at the mac the same week as J's BB camp.  its only for an hour.

I need to listen.  hope your doing well - love you lots and cant wait to see you in a few days.  I hope and pray your doing well on finals and they aren't tearing you up too much.

"It's Weird Talking to My Dad about This"

Words that definitly get your attention...

So, I shaved my pubes last night and now they itch like crazy.  Is that normal?

Normal? Ahh, yes.  Yes it is.  Why did you shave? 

My pubes were getting really long and getting pinched in my cup.  Isiah says he does it and I figured all guys do it.

No, they don't.  Some do and those are mostly gay men or porn stars.  And unless you plan on keeping it bald, plan on them itching everytime you do it.

Ok, I'm not doing it again.

Good grief.

Be Strong

Breath Deep
Think Positive
Know this is Your Destiny

It Will Be Hard
You Will Make It
Ignore the Bullshit

Believe
Know
Live

I am so proud of you
I love you

A Poem

we hug we kiss a wave goodbye
a smile a hug a tearful eye

our time a part is short and sweet
a day 4 days not nearly a week

we work we study we sleep the night
the days go by with lips pursed tight

then i awake with no more sleeps
anxious for the time to leap

youre home again just like before
your time away seems nevermore

and then it starts again you see
we wave goodbye just you and me

i love you

Your Post Made Me Sad

I read your last post from Friday.  I wish i could be there for you always.  I wish I could make things okay - or better than okay.  I wish you felt happier and more confident.

I wish I could make it all better.

I love you

Our Little Van Gough

Joyce asked me if I would be interested in sedning Wilsoin to a week long are camp at the Kalamazoo Institute of Art.  She offered to pay.
http://www.kiarts.org/page.php?page_id=238

It from Monday through Friday, 9:00 to 4:00.  I'm not sure how I would coordiante it but wanted to get your input.  It looked very cool and I bet Wil would love it.  But a week?  Not sure.

Gee, your teeth look great

Forgot to tell you, right before we left on Sunday, my mom asked all the kids to brush their teeth.  From the other room I could hear Jackson bitching about the taste of the tooth paste. Blah blah blah.  I heard my mom yell to him to zip it, or something like that.  You know - totally Jackson complaining.

Before we leave, I went into the bathroom to collect their toothbrushes.  J's has this thick white stuff on the bristles (I'm laughing as I type this).  Turns out Jackson used diaper rash cream, not toothpaste. Oh did we all laugh, and laugh, and laugh.  It was very funny.

Until J started crying.  I felt bad and had to talk with him until he felt better.

No worries - just funny.