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51 days ago
Life moves too fast. I mention writing a book but every time I get home I just want to lay down and fall asleep. It’s an hour drive to work and an hour and extra minutes on the way home from work. Then it’s a quick bite for dinner before its bedtime for the kids. Another hour process. By the time 9:30pm rolls around I’m exhausted, Lis is exhausted and I have no will to start writing either on the book or on the blog. Such is life right? We’re so hurried that we don’t have time to do anything else. I don’t exercise mentally or physically. By 9:30 I want to sit down, have a snack (oops!) and watch some cheap entertainment on TV before I hit the hay. Got to get back to work!
74 days ago
The dream has ended. I’ve hung up my pen and notepad and have decided to move on with my life. No more long nights. No more intense drives around Snohomish County looking for a wireless signal. No more soaked paints, jacket, and socks from covering prep soccer games in the torrential rain. No more watching sports for free. No more having an excuse to watch and enjoy girls volleyball. It all came to an end last week when I turned in my final two stories . It was a hard decision to make. Lis and I discussed it and decided it was best that I spent more time at home. With Lia approaching 1-year-old and Lukas closing in on his fifth year, it was time for both of us to double team the bedtime duties. I think I’m fine with it. The first night of prep football came and went and it didn’t bother me that I was not spending my Friday night in a press box frantically taking down stats and trying to come up with questions to ask the coach. I’ll miss my time in the office with the crew, ...
134 days ago
Can you believe it’s been nearly three months since I’ve last posted. Since that time I’ve had a brand new nephew join the world. Erik and his girlfriend got married. Team Force finished fifth in fundraising for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and as a team we won our third consecutive Team Spirit title. We added a mini-van to our family and Lia has quickly grown up and is now nine months old. Quite a bit has happened since my game-winning shot in late April. I don’t know what’s been going on with me. I’ve had a lack of motivation to write. I’ve had a lack of motivation to do any of the somewhat creative stuff I used to do. For instance, I’m two months behind in making a slideshow for my brother’s wedding. The reason? None really, it’s just that when I sit in front of the computer my creative juices don’t flow and I feel like I’m doing a half-ass job in making a decent slideshow. It’s the same thing ...
214 days ago
I’m a little sore but it was well worth it. Four games in five hours. That’s the grueling schedule that was put upon us in our men’s basketball league Sunday afternoon. We started at 2pm. If we won we’d play at 3pm. If we won that game we’d play at 5pm. If we won that game we’d be in the title game at 6pm. We entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed and after dropping our second round game we had to fight through the loser’s bracket, and fight we did. We won our first two games with ease, which was expected as both teams finished near the bottom of the standings during the regular season. That set up a rematch of our second round game against the Green Team. The Green Team had defeated us in the regular season by two points and then by one lousy point in our frustrating second round loss. They got out to a lead early and stuck with it until late in the second half when Alex’s two free throws tied the ...
281 days ago
Tonight is my first night of being home alone. Tuesday my folks came over, Wednesday I worked. So tonight I'm kicking it. I've got some studying for the two games I have to cover on Friday and Saturday night, I'm going to watch the UW-UCLA mens basketball game, and I'm going to relax and watch my shows, The Office, Earl and Scrubs. I love Tivo! I hope I can just relax and kick it. I'm not so good at being lonely or just doing nothing. Before I begin with my Day III review, let me just say that I lost last night. The TV woke me up as it was shutting off. This time I conceded victory and fell back asleep. TV 2, Kevin 2. This morning I came into work and got a nice surprise. Lis hadn't forgotten about me after all. She had left me seven emails. I was so surprised and excited! I love those moments. What she told me was that Lukas was having a blast with his cousins and going in the pool. Tomorrow he'll join his new buddies - they're twins and just 10 months younger than ...
