Self-control

I am pretty focused on my health these days, and so I'm tracking all the good things that I want to encourage and the bad things I don't.

But man, there is no middle ground. It's either totally under control and doing awesome, or ROCKSTAR LIFESTYLE.

That's a bit disconcerting, especially when the ROCKSTAR LIFESTYLE happens the first week of school and I get lost in my own kitchen because I'm so tired.

Nothing new!

Like there is literally nothing new happening

Uh.  I drink a little less. That's good? My kids are cute. That's good?

Things at home are good and stable, and like all good, I guess?  Work is busy, that's fun, and everybody is a little better today than they were yesterday.

So... uh... yay!


Also, I forgot to click publish on this one a week ago, so... NOPE, still all the same.

The Peanuts start school in a week, so there's that.

Hey, have I talked about the Wayne Gretzky problem? No?
Well ok...

My wife is a terrible meal maker. I mean, she's a good _cook_ but in terms of actually getting a meal on the table she is... not great. Everything is varied in temperature and arrival time. Her favourite thing is to cook all the food in advance and then... put it out cold. I kid you not.

She also likes to make 100x more food than we need. Last night was 10 hotdogs and 8 shishkebobs and gnocchi and cabbage and vegetables and salad for 4 adults and 3 chlidren.


And her kitchen cleaning skills are... more or less spray everything with vinegar and pile it up.

BUT.... Wayne Gretzky.  Maybe Wayne Gretzky is a shitty cook, and I bet he can't clean the kitchen.

But can you imagine that that matters for even 10 seconds? He's freakin' Wayne Gretzky. I bet when Janet G looks at a mess he left, she's all "Well... he's still the Great One"

My wife is the Great One, she's amazing in so many things that are way so more important than whether your dinner is warm, that it doesn't matter.

So if you ever see me taking cutlery out of the coffee cups on the top shelf of the dishwasher and re-running it with soap in it this time while muttering "Wayne Gretzky" under my breath, well now you'll know why

Socialite lifestyle...

We've had 4 parties in a week.

I'm tired, out of laundry, and the fridge is full.

But it's a good time.

All of a sudden....

.... The perfect summer.

Peanut #1 is doing great in her hockey camp, which is a MASSIVE relief. I actually had like stress dreams about it because it's the first thing we've put her in that we know she can't do yet. And she couldn't! But she loves it, and now, by gum, she can do it. She can skate and handle the puck. Like a normal 6 year old. And most crucially, she _enjoyed_ it. She didn't get bullied, she didn't get hurt, no one was mean to her...

Peanut #2 is suddenly picking up reading, which is a huge relief, as she starts kindergarten in the fall 10 months earlier than Peanut #1 did, so we're tempering our expectations about how well she'll do, but the reading will help!  We've also had / will have two weeks with her where she is the only kid, so she's benefitting a lot from that.

The Project Manager and I are suddenly filled with domestic energy and getting things done around here... the main thing to do yet is the ceilings of the main floor, but those we want to wait on until we repaint, officially.

My creative energy is way up, which is nice, and work is.... well work is nuts and we're shortstaffed and stuff isn't getting done. BUT. I had a good meeting with Boss Man yesterday and he found me some resources!

Doing something nice!

So the Project Manager and I have a new project, and that's fun! We are focused on the fun, and the joy, and the HOORAY of it all.

And some folk are NOT FOCUSED ON FUN.

They are focused on "what kind of fun will it be, will it be the right kind of fun?"

So being conservative is a good thing; you ask probing questions that challenge progressive assumptions, and that's a good process to go through.

But being a reactionary means that everything new is bad, even with answers from progressives to the valid questions.

Conservatism is caution, reactionary is angry.

Pushing on through pushing on through

A few more days, and then there's a bit of a break!

But hooo boy it's been a grind a bit.

Work is madness, the house is more or less a disaster, but hey.. . at least we're getting through the summer camps madness!

Peanut #1 is in one million day camps and is having an hilarious time and sleeping great, and Peanut #2 is getting ready for kindergarten.  We haven't actually done any work to GET her ready, but.. you know.. s'all good.  I think.

Energy

I am tired!

And behind on everything.

So it's hard to get started. But I gots ta. Maybe next week?