It's my 12 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

I guess I missed the day. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Happy 2024!

I remembered the other day that I used to send people notes on New Year’s Eve wishing them a great new year. I was going back and reading them. So many notes and so many great people I used to interact with.

But now I’m lame. Ha ha. Sorry. It’s definitely me - not you.

I hope 2024 is a great year for all of you - unless you want Trump to win. In that case, I hope 2024 brings you nothing. 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤣

Which Path Is Best?

When’s the best time to acknowledge that you’ve done something wrong?  Is it as soon as you realize or once someone else realizes?

Morally, I know the answer.  You acknowledge as soon as you realize and ask forgiveness.   You own your mistakes and pay for them accordingly.

But when it comes to legal wrangling, is it better to not acknowledge and hope (perhaps) the powers that be don’t notice your mistake?  Acknowledging it could highlight a major breach of contract, which would be a mess - financially and logistically.  I suppose there’s a decent chance that they’d never know of the mistake.  It’s not a life or death situation and the situation doesn’t get worse once it’s acknowledged (it is what it is at this point in time), but it’s an issue that majorly violates the spirit of the agreement/contract.   

I guess if I were the one making the decision, I’d still just admit it and own it.  And then deal with the consequences.  I’d feel better about myself moving forward if I felt like I was being honest with people.

Sorry for the vague rambling.

Funny the way it is…..

My wife posted a picture of me and my daughter on Facebook at her last band competition. And usually when she posts pictures of me I cringe because I always think I look bloated and overweight. (Though, I’m pretty much the same weight-area - give or take a few pounds - for the past 20 years)

But the thing I notice more than anything in this picture is that I look old. I don’t feel particularly old, but I’m starting to look it. Maybe I should shave the beard for a few years? I dunno. Guess there are worse things than being old. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Getting up early tomorrow to go see Green Day. And I know that this has “super spreader event” written all over it, but I’m so excited. I’ve been looking forward to this for two years! I don’t even care if I’m wearing a mask the entire time in the blistering heat. I’ll self-quarantine after for two weeks if need be.

When you’re scrolling Facebook and see something that reminds you of @glitterordeath

Road trip @glitterordeath? A friend and I may be driving down for the show. Gotta come back that night - USC game the next day!

Trying to take in all Austin has to offer!!

I was reminded today that I’m a terribly slow reader. I had some time to read today and my daughter was like “Yeah, I read that book. You’ll like it”

And it made me incredibly sad that in the time it took me to read 1/10 of the book, she probably read the whole thing.

Good for her, I guess. I’ll just go back to slow reading. 😂☹️

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The Good:

We’re heading to Austin for the first time this summer.  My brother moved there and now we’re finally able to visit.  So many things we want to do while we’re there. I  keep reminding myself (and my wife), that my brother will live there for a long time - so we don’t have to do it all at once.  We’re looking forward to the trip, though!  Plus, I’m definitely planning on hitting at least one Buc-ee’s - which is ridiculous to be excited about, but also not ridiculous at all.  ha ha.  Anything we need to see, do, or eat while we’re in Austin?!?  Share all the things with me!!

The Bad:

I drug my feet on getting Green Day tickets for my daughter and I this summer, so now I’m going to have to pay stupid amounts of money for a good ticket.  It’s a long story, but I wanted to sell our tickets to the show in Atlanta (which we can’t go to) before I bought tickets for the show in Jacksonville (which we can go to).  Finally sold my ATL tickets, but now the other tickets are absurdly priced.  Guess I’m going to have to suck it up - because I refuse to have terrible tickets to that concert.

The Ugly:

I cannot get myself motivated to get back to the gym.  The wife bought a Peloton and I’ve been trying to do that, but I need a more comprehensive workout.  But I just can’t bring myself to get up in time to go to the gym.  Maybe I can change my life this summer?  I don’t know.  But something needs to give.

It Really Bothers Me That Cancelled and Canceled Can Be Used Interchangeably

I saw this and figured @glitterordeath may need some poolside friends.

Friday Five

1.  I didn’t intend for it to be so long since I’ve posted something.  Work is extra crazy since March.  Thankfully we were able to get away for the kids’ Spring Break.  Daughter is a junior in high school, so her mother decided that we needed to do something together as a family.  She was right, of course.

2.  We went to Disney & Universal Studios in Orlando for Spring Break.  We stimulated the economy.  We figured that three of the four of us were fully vaccinated, so if there was ever a time to try to go, it was now.  Of course, we had masks on non-stop and tried to avoid people.  Disney was really great about limiting numbers.  Universal - not so much.

3.  I knew before that I was getting to be an old man.  But when we were in Disney, I started thinking about bringing the grandkids there at some point. And while that kind of made me happy (to think about doing that - way in the future, of course), it also made me realize that life continues to move really fast.  Trying to enjoy every moment I can!

4.  Also caught up with an old college friend in Orlando.  He did something so incredibly nice for our family while we were there.  It’s a nice reminder that you can have a connection with someone strong enough that time doesn’t diminish it.  Very thankful to have so many wonderful friends from my different stages of life.  Hopefully I’m being as good a friend to them as they are to me!

5.  Looks like I’m going to be working for the minor league baseball team again.  I’m ready to get back to working more sporting events.  It’s always nice to have some extra money coming in - and I enjoy working the games!  We’ll see how I feel about this at the end of the summer.