My Birthday Vacation Week

     Well it is that time of the year that I usually take time off only because I don't like being around work when my birthday rolls around.  So use it to relax and play catch up with my shows but unfortunately that is already been done.  I  really should be going through stuff to go out or just organizing stuff as I go.  But I am a classic procrastinator and there is a lot of things I should of done, at least the most pressing.  Motivation is the key here or should I say the lack of motivation. 

       So my week started on a down note I am sad to say woke up with a headache that left me tired and listless most of the day.  I mean I barely managed to get some things done, but I was able to go into the garage and cut up some more boxes to be thrown into the blue recycle can to taken out to the curb for a Fri. pickup. That in itself was an accomplishment on it's own I have now filled 3 cans full of cardboard and Styrofoam so that plus all the aluminum cans and bottles that Eileen picked up to take to recycle center. Plus 3 loads of laundry which should of been 4 but once again I bypassed one of my hampers. 

        Thursday was going to be a meeting night but I had other things planned to do before the meeting.  But unfortunately because of the constant headaches and laziness I didn't get out of the house in time to get some of those things done. I was able to make it time to pickup my new work shoes and still find a decent enough parking for the meeting. Even as slow as the day seem to crawling by it did still manage to go be quick enough cause before I knew it I was waking up and it was now Friday.

        I wish I could say that Friday started a little different but unfortunately 

it seem to be the worst of the days cause I could do nothing but lay around. Know full well I had some stitching up some shorts.  It was nearly 2 p.m. when I realize that I needed to bring the trash cans back in.  So while watching some shows I fixed 2 pair of shorts I know I have more to stitch up minor tears before they get any bigger. Then just a little more laziness and messing around on the computer which I really have neglected on doing as of late.  

       Saturday was supposed to be a trip to the movies but that got put on hold and maybe just as well due to another sleepless night hopefully I will be able to get more sleep during the day and take care of a few more things. Well I like to day that that is what happened but it did not between stomach and headaches I was either laying down or sitting on the toilet most of the morning.  Only later did everything start to subside so I made the most of it and ate something and come back to working on the computer once again.  

        Sunday is up in the air either it is going to be another daddy daughter day or we will make attempt at watching the next Star Trek movie and then maybe breakfast and shopping with mom tagging along for the Movie maybe breakfast.  I won't know for sure until tomorrow but if it turns out to be just another daughter daddy day then everything will be on the status quo or same ole same ole.  Will have to wait to see how that works out, so only time will tell.    

A Return to the Movie Theater

      It has been a very long time since I ventured out to the movies and this use to be a part of my life I really enjoyed spending with my Josh and Carisa.  An then it all came to a halt cause my Josh was no longer there to share in the experience.  I know this seems a little drastic but for me the joy of going had left me.  I did manage to go one time with my daughter to go see Avatar in 3D  and that too was only because I knew my son would of wanted to see it.  So through my eyes he would be seeing it, and my daughter really wanted to see it too and I figured this would be my first attempt. 

       When I was younger and split up for the first time and living in Sacramento I managed to watch a quite a few movies on my own but that too was a different time in my life and now going is just so hard for me to manage to do.  I feel for my daughter cause all though she too has lost my son in her life  she still feels the need to move forward and enjoy the things she loves doing and for her that was movie going too.  Before my son's passing she would frequently makes trips to the movies with her mom for shows that maybe interested her and her mom as opposed to those that my son would like.

         As a family we would sometimes pick two movies ones that they like and ones that we liked.  The majority of the time the choices made were pretty good or at least tolerable all the members of the family. But alas this is no longer what happens and aside from the one trip to see Avatar I haven't been out there again until this past weekend.  My daughter and her mom have made at least a couple trips to the movies on their own and although I have been asked from time to time I have either declined or have been working on the day that chose to go. 

          So this weekend we finally had a family movie day to see the latest of installments of the Fast And Furious Movies. Afterwards we all went to my daughter and I's favorite restaurant so my ex could finally taste the Greek Omelet and due to a sleepless night she had we witness the full affect of what it looks like to be bobbing for apples without apples being on the menu.  I saw a lot of me in her and now knew what I must look like to people at work on those sleepless nights I tend to have, but all in all it was a pleasant time we spent together.  

           After all that Carisa and I did our usual Sunday routine while her mom struggled to get back home with constant calls to make corrections along the way where she might of gotten turned around.  So after a little shopping we were finally heading back to my house and we finally got the confirmation call that my ex had made it home safely.  Of course after a little silliness of our own we would be heading back to pick up some food and then take Carisa home.  A quick feeding frenzy and then on my way back home to get ready for the week to come. 

Dealer Days and the Possible Mishaps

      I had been working all week long and it was just about that time to take my car in for it's maintenance.  It is hard to believe that I already have 120,000 miles on my car. I know 8 yrs old and at 15,000 avg. per. yr they say I am right on schedule, I guess I was just so used to the avg. being 12,000 per yr but I guess times have changed, and we as drivers tend to drive either farther distances to get places of are just in our vehicles more often.  

       So now I go all prepared to for a long stay at the dealer, that includes my Ipad for movies and simple internet stuff,  my books and kindle for reading material,  and of course my phone for all the other silliness.  So after checking in with my service rep.,  I go find my table occupied by someone so after a quick trip to the restroom I come back and do something I rarely do ask if anyone was sitting at the other chair and did he mind sharing the table. 

       Well being the inquisitive one that I am after about 5 to 8 minutes I inquire about his tablet in which strikes up a big conversation about other gadgets and  stuff which made for a pleasant start to my morning there but after a while his car is ready and yes I did get the table to myself but I now seemed to be more distracted about things going on around me.  I have now been here for over 2 hrs and starting to wonder if they found out anything else new that needed to be taken care of. 

       Finally the my service adviser comes to tell it is all done and waiting for me to go to the cash register and pay and then pick up my car.  So happily I take care of that and then head off back home.  I stop for some food on the way home and then pretty much vegg out the rest of the day.  

       Later that evening I just happen to go outside and notice drips coming from under my car and at first thought it was from the AC but after checking it out found out it that it appeared to be oil from the engine or transmission.  So next day when I was getting ready to leave to pick up my daughter I notice that it still leaking.  Now this is beginning to be a concern to me and come Mon. I called the Dealer back and scheduled to bring it back in on Wed. when I will be off of work. 

       Wednesday comes and I take the car in first thing in the morning and wait and hope that it something they did and not something else that will end up costing a fortune.  Luckily for me all it turned out to be was a cracked washer on the oil pan plug.  So finally I can go home relieved that the problem has been solved and all I need to do is a little light clean up on my driveway. 

My Little Varucca

     Well one week after my phone had it little hiccup we are back out for another daddy daughter day. Early rises has a new meaning when it deals with these days, cause I always wake up early but the actual getting started is what tends to move a slo mo for quite some time.  In part to various reasons numbering from laziness to those little irritating visits from good ole mother nature.  So after all is said and done I am finally leaving out of the house on my way to pick my mija. 

       So this week is no difference than any other one and as I said I am now finally on my way to pick her for breakfast, shopping and then hanging out at my house and either watching a movie or a show that I had recorded on my DVR.   But today would be different cause at one of our stops we decided to take a look at the phones here and see what kind of deal they had to offer.   And to our surprise they had a better deal as in the fact that the tax was only applied to the actual sale price and not the retail price that Best Buy was telling us which dropped the price all the way down to about 450 as opposed to the 545 it would of been at Best Buy. 

       Now the reason we didn't get them last week at Best Buy was the fact that they did not have 2 of them in black and this week when I called they didn't even have 1 in black but a bunch in white.  The Other store well we were in luck they did have them in black.  So I ask my mija what she wanted to do to go back to Best Buy and get there and the Insurance they offered or just stick with the AT& T had.   Well before I could finish that sentence my daughter was looking at me like the now daddy now I want it now.  Kind of remind you of any character in a movie.  Okay so now I have My Little Varucca looking at me with those I will love you forever daddy if you get it now.  What is a father to do  with a smile like that. 

         So now she has been the happy camper messing with her phone that might I say is way better then the I currently own.  Every day I hear say that she found out to do some other new feature in which reminds me that mind can't do that one either.  Oh well I guess I will have to wait at least a few more months to see what new stuff comes out then to upgrade my new dinosaur I carry on my waste.  I am happy that was able to get the software update to make it a better dinosaur but still 2 generations older then hers.

         Well enough said for this one as I have already went far too long as is.  So until the next chapter I bid you a fond adieu.