Thursday, May 31, 2007

Two Years

Miss you, Mom.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Heat Wave

Too damn hot already. Gonna be upper 80's here for the next few days and humid. Ugly weather. And we have an air stagnation alert here in NYC. Wonderful. Well, at least I'll be kid free this weekend so I can wander the house in my underwear. Or less (just kidding. maybe. how many of you just threw up in your mouth?).

And it's a holiday weekend, although the days just seem to be rolling into one at this point. I'd be off Monday, holiday or not. I know, I shouldn't be thinking of it that way. Stay positive. Just reminding myself.

Going to go help set up a pool now. It will be too cold to swim in it this weekend but if this weather stays it will warm up soon enough. Lata.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

It's a Beautiful Day


What a beautiful day yesterday was. And today is starting out that way too. I spent the day at a golf course - and didn't hit one ball. And it was still a great day.

Sean had the PSAL Championship yesterday. He didn't do as well as he thought he would. Or even as he should. And, in a way, I'm glad he didn't do so well. It will take some of the cockiness out of him, I hope. I think Sean has the potential to be a very good low-handicap golfer. He can hit the ball a long way and is becoming very good with his iron shots. However his swing will not hold up under any pressure, as he learned yesterday. But he refuses to listen to any instruction. I made a comment to Bill Hartman at the Summit who answered "Of course he won't listen to you. He's 16. He knows everything".

I made a video of his first tee shot yesterday and showed it to him after the round. I pointed out a few things I saw in it that he needs to work on to get the repeating swing needed for good golf. "Why haven't you said anything to me before?", he said but then thought about his question. I have tried, many times to get him to listen. Hopefully this will get him past his stubborness. If it does he will see real improvement.

So I spent the day in the sun, working on my farmer's tan, reading The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I had read this book when it first came out around 1990. Since I haven't been very effective lately I felt I needed a refresher course. It's a very different read second time around. I had a few reflective "You're a dumbass" moments while reading but that's good. I know that I can be better.

Still no hits on the job front. Sent out a bunch of resumes last week but no responses yet. There's always the McDonald's around the corner but that didn't work out too well for Kevin Spacey so I'm not sure about that.

The picture above is the 18th green, Black Course, Bethpage State Park.

Edited to add -
Here's the link to the story of the championship. I know he can play a lot better than his score.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Everybody's Working For The Weekend

Well, not everybody.

Payday. Looks like it's time for another update.

No workouts this week. Not because I didn't want to. I woke up Tuesday with my joints all stiff an achy. Wrists, shoulders, hips, knees and ankles. And pounding sinuses. My wrists have been hurting for a while, I feel like I'm getting arthritis in them. The rest was unusual so I wondered if it was allergies or some kind of "bug". Whatever it was by Wednesday it had moved more internally and was causing massive releases of methane (sorry, Mr. Gore). Good thing I'm single. I think she would have been uncomfortable sleeping on the couch for a few nights. I know I was uncomfortable where I was. I'm feeling a little better but not good enough to where I'll be squatting or deadlifting in the gym just yet. Maybe in a few more days.

I found a white hair the other day. This one, however, is in a place that (unfortunately) doesn't get much exposure. I was going to yank it out but then I remembered reading somewhere that some chicks dig the salt and pepper look. They say it makes you look distinguished. I'm running with that.

Sean gets to play in the PSAL City Golf Championship on Monday. He's one of 31 who qualified for this tournament. It will be played on the Green Course at Bethpage State Park. Sean played very well this year although his team came in last in their division. Playing as their #1 player he won 7 out of 9 matches. His only two losses was to the reigning city champion, who is a senior and will be moving on. And he really dominated in his wins, winning 4 matches at 4 and 3, and 3 matches at 5 and 4. Of course now I have to endure the ragging that I no longer have the game to compete with him (which is probably true). This is what happens, people, when we breed our replacements.

Not to leave Scott out, he'll be getting a haircut this weekend. I'll try to hook up with Chris sometime this weekend to see what he's up to.

6 more paydays left. I better get a job or this blog is finished.

Friday, May 11, 2007

Lucky Man

Sometimes I forget that. I shouldn't.

Thanks.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Time and a Word

Had a chance to speak with Chris yesterday and had more time than we have had in a long time. He was on overnight duty in his barracks, pulling a 6 pm to 9 am shift, so we had a good time to talk. He sounded good, I can tell he's maturing while over there. He plans on doing some more traveling while he has his time in Europe.

The purpose of his call was to let me know that they got the word - his unit will be deploying for Iraq in November. A 15 month tour, which will keep him there through February of 2009. A long time. His unit is starting their field training and he said it will get pretty intense during the summer, preparing for deployment. He changed his leave from June to September so it's still a while before I get to see him again. And then an even longer while.

He told me again not to worry. Easier said than done.