It is Sunday the final day of the month of May in the year of 2015. We are back again for issue 93 of The Arena. We are one day closer to no more school for my children and another day closer to the beginning of football season. I'm so excited to get the season started again. There are a lot of things that you guys have missed that I will now have the joy of updating you about.
Since last Saturday, a lot of things have happened. I got a nice 4 day weekend last weekend due to some well placed cleaning and a few shenanigans later. I do love a good scam to get out of things. It makes me enjoy being part of something with people of the same mindset. So I spent the weekend with the kids and they spent some time outside. My wife spent most of the time at work since she, you know, has responsibilities and such. So I got to spend a lot of time at home with the children being able to watch TV and play with toys and such. I spent some of my time hanging out and relaxing, but I even did some chores around the house just because they needed to be done and I was going to be the one to do them. I even was nice enough to do some dishes and cook some dinner. Tuesday through Thursday passed by with a quickness. I lost those three days because I wasn't really paying attention. Work flew by and I was in and out like the flash. Wednesday was an easy-ish day because I went to work with a horrible stomach and I was home about 20 to 30 minutes later. I have a civilian supervisor that is nice enough to notice when people are sick and sends them home so that nobody else gets infected. So I got lucky enough to spend Wednesday at home. I tried going back to sleep when I got home, but the kids got up relatively early for school and I went downstairs and was able to fall asleep again until about ten thirty. The TV and Netflix was my savior for the little boys. They do love being able to watch their kiddie shows.
As I lay here in bed trying to focus on this and remember the events of the week, I find myself distracted by watching M.A.S.H. on Netflix. I'm in season 10 out of 11 so I am finally almost done. Thursday was spent doing menial paperwork and randomly walking around doing random things. Friday, I spent the day quickly doing a cleanup followed by a trip home to get changed and I headed out to Tacoma with my buddy so that we could go to my Chief's re-enlistment ceremony. We got treated to some wings and some potato wedges. Came home to a nice nap that lasted all of two and half hours because I had to take my sister in-law back to her apartment. She came over long enough to watch the dogs so that they weren't outside in the heat all day. I know that I said heat. It has been a decent week or so with nice sunshine and some high temperatures. I took her home and made it back in time for my buddy to come back to the house to pick me up so that we could make our way through the Friday afternoon traffic all the way to Kent so that we could be present for an LFL game. Basically, its a football game with women in pads and sports bras and boy shorts. Pretty much lingerie without it being all super sexy like. I was actually surprised to see those women going hard and playing like they meant it. They were beating the hell out of each other. It was fabulous. The quarters were only ten minutes long and it was a good ten minutes. The quarterback for the visiting team had an arm on her. She threw two long bombs that went for touchdowns. Now to set the stage, has any of you seen arena football? A 50 yard long field with the 25 yard line being midfield. They were on the 15 on their side of the field. She chucked this ball 30 yards and the receiver did the rest of the work. I was really impressed with the game. I think I might find a way to go back so that I can get better acquainted with the game. I think I might even convince the wife to go with me so that she can enjoy the game too. Those girls were even muscle-y and stuff. Like 8 abs on their stomachs. I gotta go back. The tickets were rather cheap too. Must research the schedule and stuff. Saturday came and went like a flash as well. I think I spent some of the afternoon playing Monster Hunter. I had to put in some work, leave me alone. I need some finger exercises to keep me fresh. That and I really do like playing that game.
It is time however, for me to get off here and turn the light off so that I can find a way to get some shut eye before my lovely lady comes and joins me in bed for the night. I swear that woman works too hard. Lucky for her, she gets tomorrow off. I can't wait until she doesn't have to work much anymore so that I can sleep with her every night. I do like the snuggles. With that, I bid you a good evening and good morning(depending on your location) and I will see you again in Episode 94 when I return to The Arena.
I'm out!!!
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Saturday Diligence
Welcome back everyone! We are here in the Arena for the 92nd time and we are enjoying a peaceful Saturday. The morning was spent in joyous bliss even right after I crawled out of bed. I had some coffee right after my morning cigarette and I proceeded to make breakfast. There was just something about this morning that made everything seem so much easier. I spent most of my morning doing typical household chores and making sure that things were cleaned up and good to go. It made my wife happy when she came downstairs. I was even nice enough to bring her breakfast in bed. So she got a nice wake up call this morning. I hope she appreciated it.
We had a quick lunch today and then we finished up the last of what we needed to do chore wise. The living room and the couch are now clean. Much better than what they have been for the last week. Now we are all scattered about the living room with Batman: The Movie playing on the TV. You know, the one with Adam West and Burt Ward. The kids have requested a "Bat-a-thon" and I am definitely not one to deny them that. As much as I am a Batman fan, I still look at this movie in wonder and I love it. Even if it does look a little corny and I am no longer a child that is in awe of it's awesomeness. Oh is it cheesy, but the kids and I love it. I just might be nice enough to watch as many as possible before it is time to take the boys up for drowning tonight. What makes this movie even more ridiculous is the way the used footage of an actual Polaris missile to write a riddle in the sky with perfect letters. I still love my Batman movies though.
I think that I can make this a short one since I am supposed to be spending time with my kids watching movies. Even in the older one, the romance between Batman and Catwoman was very present. Now time for me to get back to the movies. See you guys and gals later! Don't forget to tune into B2kradio.com later tonight so that your eardrums can get some good tunes to soothe you after a long day.
I'm out!!
We had a quick lunch today and then we finished up the last of what we needed to do chore wise. The living room and the couch are now clean. Much better than what they have been for the last week. Now we are all scattered about the living room with Batman: The Movie playing on the TV. You know, the one with Adam West and Burt Ward. The kids have requested a "Bat-a-thon" and I am definitely not one to deny them that. As much as I am a Batman fan, I still look at this movie in wonder and I love it. Even if it does look a little corny and I am no longer a child that is in awe of it's awesomeness. Oh is it cheesy, but the kids and I love it. I just might be nice enough to watch as many as possible before it is time to take the boys up for drowning tonight. What makes this movie even more ridiculous is the way the used footage of an actual Polaris missile to write a riddle in the sky with perfect letters. I still love my Batman movies though.
I think that I can make this a short one since I am supposed to be spending time with my kids watching movies. Even in the older one, the romance between Batman and Catwoman was very present. Now time for me to get back to the movies. See you guys and gals later! Don't forget to tune into B2kradio.com later tonight so that your eardrums can get some good tunes to soothe you after a long day.
I'm out!!
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Massive Disdain
Welcome back ladies and gentleman! This is Wickid live on scene in the kitchen for the latest in the World of Wickid. Almost like WoW, but much better.
We are here for the 91st edition of The Arena and the cycle of fun starts again. Today I found out a multitude of things. Some of them good and some of them bad. I have had a perception shift with a few items that are in my life. Again, both good and bad. I just found out this morning that I did not make E-6 this time around. Another exam down and another round of PNA points. For those of you that are scratching your heads, PNA stands for Pass Not Advanced. It is what they give you as a consolation prize for not being good enough to make rank. There was 218 people that took the STS1 exam in March. Out of all of those people, only 28 were lucky enough to be "selected" as the new crop of First Class Petty Officers. It literally works out to a 12.84% chance of putting on the final chevron. While I was hopeful to be one of those twenty eight, deep down I had a feeling that I didn't do well enough to join the E-6 club. I was right. I can't even say that I was passed over because that's just it, I wasn't "passed" over, I just didn't score well enough on the test to make rank. So as I make supper for myself and the kids, I ponder about what could have been and what will hopefully be later in my career. I'm to the point now where I'm not running out of time, but it is coming down to the wire of what I want to do as opposed to what I need to do. Truth be told, I only have four years left of my career if I fail to make rank, which means that I just didn't have enough juice to finish the twenty that I want to do. Will that upset me? Of course it will! I have a goal and I would be rather distraught if I was to fail to meet it. I don't typically fail things. I miss the mark quite often, but it's rare that I fail. So I feel bad because I didn't make it. My wife would love to quit her job so that she can start being a stay at home mom again. As much as I like having the second income, I would rather her stay at home with the kids so that she isn't always stressed out and tired.
My children have also found a new way to frustrate me beyond all belief. Eli and Carter are the only children old enough to have homework from school. That is an obvious thing. Today after I got them home from school, they sat down to do homework because I totally forgot to have them do it over the course of the weekend. They get new homework packets on Thursday and have all week to complete them. Well, the weekend and the following Monday through Wednesday to get it all done. For some strange reason, both of them like to become lazy and try to get me to do their homework for them. As much as I love them and the fact that they are rather smart, it fills me with a sense of massive disdain that they try this on me. It is so frustrating to have to sit there and watch them purposefully get the answers wrong instead of doing the work. Yeah, I check their homework and I make sure they find their way to the correct answers so that they can get the best grade possible. I value education and I want them to have the best one possible. So when they decide that they want to be lazy, I get very upset at them. Some of Carter's work is actually a little weird to understand. I do some complicated stuff on the submarine when I am actually doing my job, but when I read some of his stuff, I have to read it about four time before I actually understand what it is that the question is requiring. So I know that he actually might have a little trouble understanding it, but Eli has some pretty easy work. Like really easy work. Things that even Damen can do right now and he is still in preschool. It might be an unfair advantage because of Damen having Autism and him learning things at a very rapid rate. There are still some things that he won't understand quite yet, but for the most part he can get almost anything for a first grader.
I was last on here a week ago and it seems like this has become the norm for me when it comes to you guys. I have tried to get on more often, but with the early mornings and the fact that by the time lunch rolls around I feel like I need to sleep for a good 12 hours before I can get anything accomplished. Now, ideally, I should already be used to this schedule with little problems staying awake until after the kids go to bed. Right now I am doing okay because I had just over seven hours of sleep last night. I also got to get up a half an hour later than I did yesterday. I do have plans to drown the little boys and then go lay down for the night. The big kids had their showers last night. I think that I have a good system going with staggering the bath nights for each group of boys. It definitely does make things easier. I'm not trying to rush 4 kids through the water in a single night.
I got introduced to another game yesterday thanks to a buddy of mine. It's a mobile game called AdVenture Capitalist. Look it up on the Google Play and try it out if you want. It's a rather easy game that is just there for me to burn up some time with when I'm not really doing anything. In fact, it is going right now while I sit here and type this all out for you guys. The basic premise of this game is that you are a poor man that starts out with a lemonade stand. You spend the profits upgrading this little stand until you buy a manager so that the timer goes down and repeats its process automatically. The more profit you make, the better the stuff you can buy. There are a total of ten different ways to gain money. You obviously have to get the profits to buy the better things. The more you upgrade your "businesses", the faster the timer goes and the faster you make money. You can even watch advertisements to gain a double profit bonus for four hours. You can only do this 5 times a day, but the 30 second advertisements are worth the four hour bonus. After you start making into the trillions of dollars, you start getting angels that you can sacrifice to "start all over again". It is worth starting over again because you make more money faster. Its a little difficult to explain. If you go to www.YouTube.com, you can find videos for the game. It is really fun. My friend has had the game for only like 2 weeks and he is into some seriously big worded monetary values. He makes more money than he spends in the game. It is rather amazing.
We also got custody of Feylin again. Due to the recent issues at my sister in-law's house, she has asked us to take care of him for a little while longer until she can get the rest of the deposit paid off for her apartment for him to reside there. I don't mind personally, but my wife has some few choice words that she is keeping to herself about it. She understands, but she isn't happy about it. We finally got Chloe (our dog) to get her house training under control and not to be a jealous little puppy. It was nice to only have to worry about one dog. I'm just ready to not have to worry about anybody else but my family. One day I won't have to worry about supporting other people. One day.
It is about that time for me to start drowning my littlest children so that I can get them into bed and the big kids can clean up. I'm so ready for this Hump Day to be over. At least I have lunch with my wife to look forward to tomorrow. Mongolian BBQ is so delicious!!
From the couch that is in the Arena, this is Wickid signing off. I'm out!!
We are here for the 91st edition of The Arena and the cycle of fun starts again. Today I found out a multitude of things. Some of them good and some of them bad. I have had a perception shift with a few items that are in my life. Again, both good and bad. I just found out this morning that I did not make E-6 this time around. Another exam down and another round of PNA points. For those of you that are scratching your heads, PNA stands for Pass Not Advanced. It is what they give you as a consolation prize for not being good enough to make rank. There was 218 people that took the STS1 exam in March. Out of all of those people, only 28 were lucky enough to be "selected" as the new crop of First Class Petty Officers. It literally works out to a 12.84% chance of putting on the final chevron. While I was hopeful to be one of those twenty eight, deep down I had a feeling that I didn't do well enough to join the E-6 club. I was right. I can't even say that I was passed over because that's just it, I wasn't "passed" over, I just didn't score well enough on the test to make rank. So as I make supper for myself and the kids, I ponder about what could have been and what will hopefully be later in my career. I'm to the point now where I'm not running out of time, but it is coming down to the wire of what I want to do as opposed to what I need to do. Truth be told, I only have four years left of my career if I fail to make rank, which means that I just didn't have enough juice to finish the twenty that I want to do. Will that upset me? Of course it will! I have a goal and I would be rather distraught if I was to fail to meet it. I don't typically fail things. I miss the mark quite often, but it's rare that I fail. So I feel bad because I didn't make it. My wife would love to quit her job so that she can start being a stay at home mom again. As much as I like having the second income, I would rather her stay at home with the kids so that she isn't always stressed out and tired.
My children have also found a new way to frustrate me beyond all belief. Eli and Carter are the only children old enough to have homework from school. That is an obvious thing. Today after I got them home from school, they sat down to do homework because I totally forgot to have them do it over the course of the weekend. They get new homework packets on Thursday and have all week to complete them. Well, the weekend and the following Monday through Wednesday to get it all done. For some strange reason, both of them like to become lazy and try to get me to do their homework for them. As much as I love them and the fact that they are rather smart, it fills me with a sense of massive disdain that they try this on me. It is so frustrating to have to sit there and watch them purposefully get the answers wrong instead of doing the work. Yeah, I check their homework and I make sure they find their way to the correct answers so that they can get the best grade possible. I value education and I want them to have the best one possible. So when they decide that they want to be lazy, I get very upset at them. Some of Carter's work is actually a little weird to understand. I do some complicated stuff on the submarine when I am actually doing my job, but when I read some of his stuff, I have to read it about four time before I actually understand what it is that the question is requiring. So I know that he actually might have a little trouble understanding it, but Eli has some pretty easy work. Like really easy work. Things that even Damen can do right now and he is still in preschool. It might be an unfair advantage because of Damen having Autism and him learning things at a very rapid rate. There are still some things that he won't understand quite yet, but for the most part he can get almost anything for a first grader.
I was last on here a week ago and it seems like this has become the norm for me when it comes to you guys. I have tried to get on more often, but with the early mornings and the fact that by the time lunch rolls around I feel like I need to sleep for a good 12 hours before I can get anything accomplished. Now, ideally, I should already be used to this schedule with little problems staying awake until after the kids go to bed. Right now I am doing okay because I had just over seven hours of sleep last night. I also got to get up a half an hour later than I did yesterday. I do have plans to drown the little boys and then go lay down for the night. The big kids had their showers last night. I think that I have a good system going with staggering the bath nights for each group of boys. It definitely does make things easier. I'm not trying to rush 4 kids through the water in a single night.
I got introduced to another game yesterday thanks to a buddy of mine. It's a mobile game called AdVenture Capitalist. Look it up on the Google Play and try it out if you want. It's a rather easy game that is just there for me to burn up some time with when I'm not really doing anything. In fact, it is going right now while I sit here and type this all out for you guys. The basic premise of this game is that you are a poor man that starts out with a lemonade stand. You spend the profits upgrading this little stand until you buy a manager so that the timer goes down and repeats its process automatically. The more profit you make, the better the stuff you can buy. There are a total of ten different ways to gain money. You obviously have to get the profits to buy the better things. The more you upgrade your "businesses", the faster the timer goes and the faster you make money. You can even watch advertisements to gain a double profit bonus for four hours. You can only do this 5 times a day, but the 30 second advertisements are worth the four hour bonus. After you start making into the trillions of dollars, you start getting angels that you can sacrifice to "start all over again". It is worth starting over again because you make more money faster. Its a little difficult to explain. If you go to www.YouTube.com, you can find videos for the game. It is really fun. My friend has had the game for only like 2 weeks and he is into some seriously big worded monetary values. He makes more money than he spends in the game. It is rather amazing.
We also got custody of Feylin again. Due to the recent issues at my sister in-law's house, she has asked us to take care of him for a little while longer until she can get the rest of the deposit paid off for her apartment for him to reside there. I don't mind personally, but my wife has some few choice words that she is keeping to herself about it. She understands, but she isn't happy about it. We finally got Chloe (our dog) to get her house training under control and not to be a jealous little puppy. It was nice to only have to worry about one dog. I'm just ready to not have to worry about anybody else but my family. One day I won't have to worry about supporting other people. One day.
It is about that time for me to start drowning my littlest children so that I can get them into bed and the big kids can clean up. I'm so ready for this Hump Day to be over. At least I have lunch with my wife to look forward to tomorrow. Mongolian BBQ is so delicious!!
From the couch that is in the Arena, this is Wickid signing off. I'm out!!
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Into the 90s!!
Hello and welcome back to The Arena!! We are finally here!! Into the 90's we go with this, the newest edition. It's another Saturday that is almost gone from the books and we are still raring to go! There is a plethora of things to do and not much time to do them in. I'm still in the process of making supper and the tunes are blasting through the speakers. The kids are out in the living room watching Netflix. They have been changing the shows up so much that I'm not really sure what they are watching, but at least it is cartoons and they are being quiet. That is the important thing.
I spent most of the afternoon outside with the kids. They got to play with the neighbor girls in the little kiddie pool just out front on the sidewalk. They made themselves a water slide. Some ingenious little kids we have. I spent that time catching up on my Monster Hunter. I just made G2 so I am moving up slowly in the world. I think I have an online man date with my buddy later. It all depends on when he texts me to tell me that he is ready to play. Hopefully he is up to playing tonight. I need to farm a few monsters for armor and weapons. That G-Rank Zinogre is calling my name. I want both the regular and Stygian armor. Such badassery that I need. Even if he doesn't play, I at least plan on playing until my wife gets home. She was supposed to go out tonight, but now she isn't sure if she is going to or not because her shoulder is feeling so hot. She hurts so she just might come home and try to sleep. I will try to get her to let me rub her legs and feet though. She usually needs it and I know how much it makes her feel better. Plus, tomorrow is Mother's Day so she needs to be treated right. Don't forget to call your mom!! That shit is important to them don't you know?
Saturday night marks the halfway point of the weekend. It means staying up late and doing things that are fun with the ability to make Sunday into a lazy day. If only I could do that, I would feel amazing come Monday morning. Just had my weekend brighten up a little bit. As most of you readers know, the wife and I finally got her sister to move out of our house. Yeah, we lost our babysitter, but we gained some much needed relief and space. Scheduling has been a little conflicted, but it is nothing that we can't handle. Now bear in mind that she moved out just under 2 months ago. I was making my supper for the night since the kids wanted something easy and I decided against making what I was planning on making in favor of saving it for breakfast tomorrow and I got a text message from my sister in-law asking to come over. I said sure because I'm a nice guy and I figured she wanted to see the kids. She texted me back saying nevermind Josh got arrested. Upon further inquiry, I learn that Jamie (my SIL) is kicking her friend Stephanie out of their apartment because of a bunch of drama. Quick story: my sister in law lives with her friends Stephanie and Josh (not me obviously). Josh and Jamie both have jobs that they go to everyday to help pay their portion of the rent. Apparently Jamie cam home from work or something today to a bunch of dudes in Stephanie's room. We don't ask questions here so I advise you not to either. Jamie didn't feel safe so she called Josh to have him come home and help out. Josh gets there and there is supposedly a shouting match that happened between another guy and Josh. Stephanie calls the cops because Josh is being "too threatening". These aren't my words, I'm just relaying the story. Cops come and haul Josh off to jail and Stephanie starts verbally attacking Jamie and yelling at her. Well, there are some things that you just don't do to your friend's and my family. That just so happens to be one of them. So Jamie gets tired of it and like an adult, she is kicking Stephanie out of the apartment. If I remember right, it was Stephanie's idea for them to all get an apartment. Jamie had had enough because Stephanie was refusing to get a job or something. I agree with Jamie. You don't want to get a job to help support yourself and your friends, then you need to go. Plain and simple. Now, all of Jamie's sisters and her mom plus me told her that this was probably a bad idea from the onset. Bev and I told Jamie that once she left that was it. She wasn't moving back in with us. She needed to get out there and either fail or succeed. Truth be told, the family only gave them about 3 months before it all fell apart. We didn't tell her that because we all secretly hoped we were wrong. This has been apparently going on for a few days now because Bev and I were the last ones to find out. Makes no difference to me. I'm just glad to know that Jamie is handling it herself and making the right decisions. So Gold Star and Kudos to her.
This is your 5 minute warning. B2kradio will be on here shortly and I will be too busy #chairdancing to be typing to you guys. Things as simple as this are what make my weekends complete. So, off I go to get ready for the dancing in the chairs!! You guys go have fun doing whatever it is you are doing. If you need something to do or want something new, I suggest that you go check out www.B2kradio.com and tune in. Get some Chuck.. In.. Your.. Ear...
I'm out beeches!!!
I spent most of the afternoon outside with the kids. They got to play with the neighbor girls in the little kiddie pool just out front on the sidewalk. They made themselves a water slide. Some ingenious little kids we have. I spent that time catching up on my Monster Hunter. I just made G2 so I am moving up slowly in the world. I think I have an online man date with my buddy later. It all depends on when he texts me to tell me that he is ready to play. Hopefully he is up to playing tonight. I need to farm a few monsters for armor and weapons. That G-Rank Zinogre is calling my name. I want both the regular and Stygian armor. Such badassery that I need. Even if he doesn't play, I at least plan on playing until my wife gets home. She was supposed to go out tonight, but now she isn't sure if she is going to or not because her shoulder is feeling so hot. She hurts so she just might come home and try to sleep. I will try to get her to let me rub her legs and feet though. She usually needs it and I know how much it makes her feel better. Plus, tomorrow is Mother's Day so she needs to be treated right. Don't forget to call your mom!! That shit is important to them don't you know?
Saturday night marks the halfway point of the weekend. It means staying up late and doing things that are fun with the ability to make Sunday into a lazy day. If only I could do that, I would feel amazing come Monday morning. Just had my weekend brighten up a little bit. As most of you readers know, the wife and I finally got her sister to move out of our house. Yeah, we lost our babysitter, but we gained some much needed relief and space. Scheduling has been a little conflicted, but it is nothing that we can't handle. Now bear in mind that she moved out just under 2 months ago. I was making my supper for the night since the kids wanted something easy and I decided against making what I was planning on making in favor of saving it for breakfast tomorrow and I got a text message from my sister in-law asking to come over. I said sure because I'm a nice guy and I figured she wanted to see the kids. She texted me back saying nevermind Josh got arrested. Upon further inquiry, I learn that Jamie (my SIL) is kicking her friend Stephanie out of their apartment because of a bunch of drama. Quick story: my sister in law lives with her friends Stephanie and Josh (not me obviously). Josh and Jamie both have jobs that they go to everyday to help pay their portion of the rent. Apparently Jamie cam home from work or something today to a bunch of dudes in Stephanie's room. We don't ask questions here so I advise you not to either. Jamie didn't feel safe so she called Josh to have him come home and help out. Josh gets there and there is supposedly a shouting match that happened between another guy and Josh. Stephanie calls the cops because Josh is being "too threatening". These aren't my words, I'm just relaying the story. Cops come and haul Josh off to jail and Stephanie starts verbally attacking Jamie and yelling at her. Well, there are some things that you just don't do to your friend's and my family. That just so happens to be one of them. So Jamie gets tired of it and like an adult, she is kicking Stephanie out of the apartment. If I remember right, it was Stephanie's idea for them to all get an apartment. Jamie had had enough because Stephanie was refusing to get a job or something. I agree with Jamie. You don't want to get a job to help support yourself and your friends, then you need to go. Plain and simple. Now, all of Jamie's sisters and her mom plus me told her that this was probably a bad idea from the onset. Bev and I told Jamie that once she left that was it. She wasn't moving back in with us. She needed to get out there and either fail or succeed. Truth be told, the family only gave them about 3 months before it all fell apart. We didn't tell her that because we all secretly hoped we were wrong. This has been apparently going on for a few days now because Bev and I were the last ones to find out. Makes no difference to me. I'm just glad to know that Jamie is handling it herself and making the right decisions. So Gold Star and Kudos to her.
This is your 5 minute warning. B2kradio will be on here shortly and I will be too busy #chairdancing to be typing to you guys. Things as simple as this are what make my weekends complete. So, off I go to get ready for the dancing in the chairs!! You guys go have fun doing whatever it is you are doing. If you need something to do or want something new, I suggest that you go check out www.B2kradio.com and tune in. Get some Chuck.. In.. Your.. Ear...
I'm out beeches!!!
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Club 89??
Hey everyone!! It's me again dear friends! We are back for the 89th episode of The Arena and we are coming at you live from the kitchen again. This time I am making supper for the little kids while trying to figure out what it is that I want to eat to finish out the night. The kids are in the living room watching the Netflix. I turned them onto Yu-Gi-Oh since I was tired of listening to all of the other shows. Eli loves it because of all of the cool monsters and stuff that he gets to see. My wife told me no, but we all know that I tend not to listen to her sometimes. So I have left the show on for them to watch. I'm an awesome dad, I know, but it might get me in trouble later.
I know that the title may be a little bit confusing for you, but if you know even just a little bit about me, you know that I typically always have music going so I figured that if I ever had a club, I would name it Club 89. Seems feasible right now, but it the long run it probably isn't. Who knows what the future will hold for me besides military service. I do have to get to my goal first, which is retirement. Whatever happens after that is pretty much done slightly by the seat of my pants. I say this now, but you know that I will come up with some sort of plan in the next decade to figure out what I am going to do with the rest of my "adult" life. Then again, I have to make E-6 first. That is currently the goal, but those damn quotas keep holding me back. Some people need to retire to make room for the up and coming youngbucks like me to advance. So many older folk in the Navy. I'm just playing. I wish everyone a long and successful career. Ugh, my burrito needs to hurry up and finish cooking. Yeah, that's right. I have a frozen burrito in the oven. Who knew that it took 40 minutes in the oven? The insides are theoretically going to be molten hot lava when I pull it out of there. If I'm lucky, the whole thing will be warm and not just like the center area that tends to be molten hot when you cook them in the microwave.
Last night was a pretty good night. I made supper for everyone and the leftovers are sitting in the fridge right now. I made Lemon Pepper and Herb diced chicken with peas and rice. You just asked, "Well Wickid, if you have leftovers, why are you making a burrito?" My wife ended up falling asleep while I was making supper last night. I made her a plate and got it all covered and into the refrigerator. I even have a bowl leftover for me. The most impressive thing about last night's supper was the fact that all of the boys tried it. Damen even ate two helpings of the chicken. Lucas tried three bites of peas and chicken, which is all that was required. Eli ate his required bites too. At their age, we only require them to eat the number of bites equivalent to their age. For example, Eli is 6 so he is required to take 6 bites of a new food. I don't believe in them taking small bites so of course the wife and I see to it that the bites are of a pretty decent size for them so that they can at least get some sort of flavor from the bite. I was rather surprised that he even did it without a fight. Then again, his mother was sleeping on the couch so I think he knew better than to argue with me.
Ah, the joys of having supper sitting at my desk listening to the kids' show and counting down the minutes until bed time. Then it is a quick clean up of the living room followed by about 2 hours of Diablo 3 with my buddy. Something that I have looked forward to today since the wife is at work. I probably should maybe get to be at a reasonable hour, but 10 p.m. is still rather decent. It theoretically grants me about 7 hours of sleep. You know, I find it strange that the shows from my youth really haven't changed much, but it always made me think about what would happen if the shows were actually real. If only I could be in those worlds. Some things would be made a lot easier. HAHA! I'm just kidding. Fantasy worlds just aren't that practical.
Well, since I have very little time left and the kids are starting to test my nerves, I shall leave you guys here to read this and ponder what it is you are going to do tomorrow. Always enjoy the Friday as it comes to you. It just means that the weekend is just around the corner and then it is on to Monday. Monday sucks, we all know that, but it doesn't stop it from coming.
Until next time, Wickid
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Sunday, Monday, Judgement Day
Well that escalated quickly. It is now Tuesday and we are back for another fun filled edition of The Arena for you to enjoy at your leisure. Are you ready to get started? I know I am.
Sunday was just a mere two days ago, but it was a great day nonetheless. The sun was shining and the temperature was up there. Up there enough that I kept the kids at the park pretty much all day. We got up that morning after the wife and I spent most of the night just talking. Around 3 in the morning Sunday, we finally went to bed. We just talked about random stuff. Well, she talked. I listened and responded as was appropriate. I think it made her feel good to get some things off her chest. Anyway, we got up about 5 to 6 hours later and started the day. Eli got up around 7:15, but I was not having that. I slept in until like 8ish. I got her up about an hour or so later because she was taking Eli to go see the new Avengers movie. Apparently, he decided to see Home instead. So she obviously acquiesced to his request. Meanwhile, I packed up the little boys and we headed over to Evergreen Park. I hadn't been there since the one event that I don't remember the name of happened there. The park wasn't much to look at then. I didn't think much of it as I was driving over there to take the boys to play. I was very surprised when I got there and saw that it was completely updated and redone. It was amazing! There was AstroTurf, new swings, new play set, everything. It was awesome. We played until about lunch time and then I brought the kids home to eat. I even tried to convince the wife to skip work that night so that we could have a picnic dinner out there. We had lunch, the wife went to work, and I prepped some food for dinner at the park that afternoon. I even picked up my mother in-law so that she could join in with the kids and have some fun with them. We finally got back to the park at a little after 2 and it was jammed packed! Everyone and their mother was out there having a blast. I didn't expect anything less though. The rare few days that it is sunny out here need to be taken advantage of. You can't skip on these days. Most afternoons, if it is nice outside, I let the kids play out front of the house until around suppertime. The wife finally made it to the park around 6 and we left there around 630. We got home and we watched a movie with the kids and then sent them to bed.
Monday rolled around and I started my day at around 5 in the morning. I didn't have coffee and I had to be to work early. Not a great way to start the week. I get into the shop later that morning and ended up having to assist a different shop because they needed people for a big job. Not too big of a deal because I am used to getting farmed out to other divisions and such from my time on the boat. I still got home around lunch time anyway. We spent the afternoon watching the first and second episode of Star Wars. May the 4th be with you! The wife fell asleep during the second half of episode two so once it was over, I took the kids upstairs and put them to bed. I attempted to get her upstairs so that she could sleep in bed, but she wasn't having any of that when I first asked her. I went back upstairs and watched some TV. I went down around 930 to try again to get her to come upstairs. She said she would and I went back up and went to bed. I started my day early so I planned on ending it early. I guess she came up around 11 or so because that is when the TV came back on and I rolled over and went back to sleep. According to her, I hogged the bed again last night. I'm not sure how much of that I believe because the dogs also sleep up there with us and they definitely take up more room than I do.
I got up this morning with a little bit more pep in my step because it isn't Monday. I even went without coffee today. That's day 2 in a row without the Joe. Of course, that could also be because I have no creamer and I need to get more from the store. That, I think, is the real reason why I haven't had coffee. Today was a very slow day at work. Everything seemed to take forever, except for the maintenance. I had one tasking this week and that was to get the maintenance done. My swing shift counterpart went ahead and did 3/4 of the maintenance that I had assigned myself to do. I would have done the stuff yesterday, but I was on the boat for most of my work day. Not that it matters because we are all one team with the same goal in mind. I don't feel too bad, but you know that I like to do things that I say I am going to do. My friend has his re-enlistment today so I got a free lunch because he treated me and the former LPO to lunch. My new LPO "had things to do today", which I'm sure is true, but I think he could have taken a little time out of his leave period that he is on to spend some time with a shipmate. Yeah, my LPO is on leave until I think Friday because he didn't want to be on base during some crazy area wide drill they are doing. I don't see a reason to take leave for 3 days, but that's just me. I picked up the kids from school today. I parked in the handicap spot because I have the placard thingy. As I was sitting there waiting for the boys to get out of school, I couldn't help but notice that I might have been getting stared at. To be honest, I used to be the judgmental person sitting in the parking spot across from you thinking that there was no reason for you to have that placard hanging from you mirror in your window. Now that I am a special needs parent, I have had to look inwards and change a lot of things about myself and all of the misconceptions that I had because of this new life that I have. My youngest 2 children are Autistic as all of you readers know. They don't look it, but then again people don't look stupid until they open their mouths and prove me right. I used to judge these people because I didn't see anything wrong with them or their children. I didn't know their full story. I couldn't get on the level of understanding that I have now. I have that understanding because I am now that guy that has a handicap placard hanging from the mirror on my windshield when I pick up my kids. I feel like other people stare at me and judge me for having it without knowing my story. I feel that way because I was once that way. There are some days where I still judge some people, but those are few and far between now because I know what the stares feel like. I know the thoughts that run through the heads of those that I once judged. It isn't a really good feeling and I feel all defensive to tell my story so that people can understand. Not all people care so I don't bother telling it unless someone directly comes up and asks. So I have learned to not be such a judgmental ass like I once was. Lesson learned now that I am wearing the shoes.
As the day ends, I can reflect on the fact that I have learned some new things and that I have made it through another day still breathing and yelling at kids to clean up their mess. I am still a dad and I will get to sleep in bed with my beautiful wife tonight after she finally gets off of work. Another successful day down, many more to go until the final breath. Keep chugging along and keep looking forward. Enjoy the rest of your day and we will see you again!
Until next time, this is Wickid and I'm out!! Time to make dinner for screaming children and myself. My tummy is all rumbly meaning I am hungry!!
Sunday was just a mere two days ago, but it was a great day nonetheless. The sun was shining and the temperature was up there. Up there enough that I kept the kids at the park pretty much all day. We got up that morning after the wife and I spent most of the night just talking. Around 3 in the morning Sunday, we finally went to bed. We just talked about random stuff. Well, she talked. I listened and responded as was appropriate. I think it made her feel good to get some things off her chest. Anyway, we got up about 5 to 6 hours later and started the day. Eli got up around 7:15, but I was not having that. I slept in until like 8ish. I got her up about an hour or so later because she was taking Eli to go see the new Avengers movie. Apparently, he decided to see Home instead. So she obviously acquiesced to his request. Meanwhile, I packed up the little boys and we headed over to Evergreen Park. I hadn't been there since the one event that I don't remember the name of happened there. The park wasn't much to look at then. I didn't think much of it as I was driving over there to take the boys to play. I was very surprised when I got there and saw that it was completely updated and redone. It was amazing! There was AstroTurf, new swings, new play set, everything. It was awesome. We played until about lunch time and then I brought the kids home to eat. I even tried to convince the wife to skip work that night so that we could have a picnic dinner out there. We had lunch, the wife went to work, and I prepped some food for dinner at the park that afternoon. I even picked up my mother in-law so that she could join in with the kids and have some fun with them. We finally got back to the park at a little after 2 and it was jammed packed! Everyone and their mother was out there having a blast. I didn't expect anything less though. The rare few days that it is sunny out here need to be taken advantage of. You can't skip on these days. Most afternoons, if it is nice outside, I let the kids play out front of the house until around suppertime. The wife finally made it to the park around 6 and we left there around 630. We got home and we watched a movie with the kids and then sent them to bed.
Monday rolled around and I started my day at around 5 in the morning. I didn't have coffee and I had to be to work early. Not a great way to start the week. I get into the shop later that morning and ended up having to assist a different shop because they needed people for a big job. Not too big of a deal because I am used to getting farmed out to other divisions and such from my time on the boat. I still got home around lunch time anyway. We spent the afternoon watching the first and second episode of Star Wars. May the 4th be with you! The wife fell asleep during the second half of episode two so once it was over, I took the kids upstairs and put them to bed. I attempted to get her upstairs so that she could sleep in bed, but she wasn't having any of that when I first asked her. I went back upstairs and watched some TV. I went down around 930 to try again to get her to come upstairs. She said she would and I went back up and went to bed. I started my day early so I planned on ending it early. I guess she came up around 11 or so because that is when the TV came back on and I rolled over and went back to sleep. According to her, I hogged the bed again last night. I'm not sure how much of that I believe because the dogs also sleep up there with us and they definitely take up more room than I do.
I got up this morning with a little bit more pep in my step because it isn't Monday. I even went without coffee today. That's day 2 in a row without the Joe. Of course, that could also be because I have no creamer and I need to get more from the store. That, I think, is the real reason why I haven't had coffee. Today was a very slow day at work. Everything seemed to take forever, except for the maintenance. I had one tasking this week and that was to get the maintenance done. My swing shift counterpart went ahead and did 3/4 of the maintenance that I had assigned myself to do. I would have done the stuff yesterday, but I was on the boat for most of my work day. Not that it matters because we are all one team with the same goal in mind. I don't feel too bad, but you know that I like to do things that I say I am going to do. My friend has his re-enlistment today so I got a free lunch because he treated me and the former LPO to lunch. My new LPO "had things to do today", which I'm sure is true, but I think he could have taken a little time out of his leave period that he is on to spend some time with a shipmate. Yeah, my LPO is on leave until I think Friday because he didn't want to be on base during some crazy area wide drill they are doing. I don't see a reason to take leave for 3 days, but that's just me. I picked up the kids from school today. I parked in the handicap spot because I have the placard thingy. As I was sitting there waiting for the boys to get out of school, I couldn't help but notice that I might have been getting stared at. To be honest, I used to be the judgmental person sitting in the parking spot across from you thinking that there was no reason for you to have that placard hanging from you mirror in your window. Now that I am a special needs parent, I have had to look inwards and change a lot of things about myself and all of the misconceptions that I had because of this new life that I have. My youngest 2 children are Autistic as all of you readers know. They don't look it, but then again people don't look stupid until they open their mouths and prove me right. I used to judge these people because I didn't see anything wrong with them or their children. I didn't know their full story. I couldn't get on the level of understanding that I have now. I have that understanding because I am now that guy that has a handicap placard hanging from the mirror on my windshield when I pick up my kids. I feel like other people stare at me and judge me for having it without knowing my story. I feel that way because I was once that way. There are some days where I still judge some people, but those are few and far between now because I know what the stares feel like. I know the thoughts that run through the heads of those that I once judged. It isn't a really good feeling and I feel all defensive to tell my story so that people can understand. Not all people care so I don't bother telling it unless someone directly comes up and asks. So I have learned to not be such a judgmental ass like I once was. Lesson learned now that I am wearing the shoes.
As the day ends, I can reflect on the fact that I have learned some new things and that I have made it through another day still breathing and yelling at kids to clean up their mess. I am still a dad and I will get to sleep in bed with my beautiful wife tonight after she finally gets off of work. Another successful day down, many more to go until the final breath. Keep chugging along and keep looking forward. Enjoy the rest of your day and we will see you again!
Until next time, this is Wickid and I'm out!! Time to make dinner for screaming children and myself. My tummy is all rumbly meaning I am hungry!!
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Twofer!!
You guys are in for a treat today!! You get a twofer!! I'm doing a second post today just because I can. That and this is just one more closer to the century mark. We are slowly creeping towards the 100th post here at The Arena. I'm excited! Are you? You;ll eventually get there if you aren't already.
Today has moved rather slowly and I'm enjoying that because that means my weekend lasts longer. I dropped the kids off at their Aunt's house today because she wanted to see them for a few hours. I was super stoked to have them go visit her. I was even more excited to know that I wouldn't have kids for a few hours. Needless to say, I dropped them and pretty much ran away at full speed. I came home just in time to see my beautiful wife off to work and then I got the whole house to myself. For the first hour or so it was rather nice to not have the little tyrants running all over the place. I spent time playing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (MH4U) since I didn't really have anything else to bother me. I could have cleaned or organized something in the house, but the call of the hunt was too strong. I couldn't ignore it. I got the new downloadable content yesterday and I was kind of itching to try it. Instead, I farmed a certain monster a few times and finally got the armor set that I wanted. I keep forgetting when I go online that I can look for certain things like a room farming a certain monster for materials and parts. Anywho, I got about a good 10-12 hunts in before I had to go pick up the kids. In all honesty, after about the 5th or 6th hunt, I started looking around for the children. I'm not used to them not being here at home with me. Tomorrow, Eli gets to go on his date with his mom to the movies and watch the new Avengers movie. I will admit that I am a mite jealous, but he needs his alone time with his mom. He doesn't really get all the attention that he deserves. We are busy parents with two special needs kids. Sometimes he gets put on the back burner.
Hell, I just had to put you guys on hold. There was a hunt that I couldn't pass up. We took on a Stygian Zinogre. So much awesome in one monster. The other three people were worried that I wouldn't survive. I kicked ass like a boss and only got hit like 3 times. I know that monster like I was it's daddy. I've hunted enough of them to know how they move and what their tells are for when they go to attack. It was just awesome. Of course, once we got started, we just couldn't stop. So I did a few more hunts with those guys. At least I think they were guys. Who knows. Anyways, I only stopped because I had kids in the bath and the battery was going dead. I still have tons to do in that game so it's not like I'm going to get rid of it anytime soon. Now, I await my friend Steve to get home so that we can go dungeon crawling on Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition. We made it to Act IV and I think we are going to up the difficulty level because we are level 41 and the weapons we have are pretty much one shotting every enemy that comes our way. We are playing hard mode and I think we are going to move up another level. It will not only gives us a challenge, but it will also give us a 150% boost in EXP and Gold on top of the 10% that we will get for playing cooperative play.
With that information presented to you, I'm going to cut out here so that I can quickly do the dishes and get them all cleaned up while getting my ears some relaxation with my uncle's tunes in my ear. His radio station is playing right now. Hit up B2kradio.com to join in on the fun. Chairdance your night away!!!!
I'm out!! Stay tuned for next time peeps!!
Today has moved rather slowly and I'm enjoying that because that means my weekend lasts longer. I dropped the kids off at their Aunt's house today because she wanted to see them for a few hours. I was super stoked to have them go visit her. I was even more excited to know that I wouldn't have kids for a few hours. Needless to say, I dropped them and pretty much ran away at full speed. I came home just in time to see my beautiful wife off to work and then I got the whole house to myself. For the first hour or so it was rather nice to not have the little tyrants running all over the place. I spent time playing Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (MH4U) since I didn't really have anything else to bother me. I could have cleaned or organized something in the house, but the call of the hunt was too strong. I couldn't ignore it. I got the new downloadable content yesterday and I was kind of itching to try it. Instead, I farmed a certain monster a few times and finally got the armor set that I wanted. I keep forgetting when I go online that I can look for certain things like a room farming a certain monster for materials and parts. Anywho, I got about a good 10-12 hunts in before I had to go pick up the kids. In all honesty, after about the 5th or 6th hunt, I started looking around for the children. I'm not used to them not being here at home with me. Tomorrow, Eli gets to go on his date with his mom to the movies and watch the new Avengers movie. I will admit that I am a mite jealous, but he needs his alone time with his mom. He doesn't really get all the attention that he deserves. We are busy parents with two special needs kids. Sometimes he gets put on the back burner.
Hell, I just had to put you guys on hold. There was a hunt that I couldn't pass up. We took on a Stygian Zinogre. So much awesome in one monster. The other three people were worried that I wouldn't survive. I kicked ass like a boss and only got hit like 3 times. I know that monster like I was it's daddy. I've hunted enough of them to know how they move and what their tells are for when they go to attack. It was just awesome. Of course, once we got started, we just couldn't stop. So I did a few more hunts with those guys. At least I think they were guys. Who knows. Anyways, I only stopped because I had kids in the bath and the battery was going dead. I still have tons to do in that game so it's not like I'm going to get rid of it anytime soon. Now, I await my friend Steve to get home so that we can go dungeon crawling on Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition. We made it to Act IV and I think we are going to up the difficulty level because we are level 41 and the weapons we have are pretty much one shotting every enemy that comes our way. We are playing hard mode and I think we are going to move up another level. It will not only gives us a challenge, but it will also give us a 150% boost in EXP and Gold on top of the 10% that we will get for playing cooperative play.
With that information presented to you, I'm going to cut out here so that I can quickly do the dishes and get them all cleaned up while getting my ears some relaxation with my uncle's tunes in my ear. His radio station is playing right now. Hit up B2kradio.com to join in on the fun. Chairdance your night away!!!!
I'm out!! Stay tuned for next time peeps!!
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Good morning everyone!! It is Saturday and we are up and at it again. I got a decent amount of sleep last night. According to my little Samsung Gear watch, I got 9 and a half hours of sleep last night. The kids decided that 0730 was a good time to get up this morning. I'm letting my beautiful lady sleep in since she has had a really rough week. She has gone back to full time at work and she has been working her ass off. These last few months with her not really working has really killed our budget, but it isn't something that we can't handle. Just have to move some things around and we got it. Another story of life with a few bumps in the road to teach you a few lessons.
Since it is Saturday, you all know what is about to go down tonight. Bohica2k Radio will be live on air tonight pumping out the tunes for you to enjoy. So get some +Chuck in your EAR!! I will be there tonight listening it up with the rest of you. I'll be "drowning" kids tonight so it is the perfect time to tune in. Now to just get through the day so that we can get to the tunes. Not that I want to rush a Saturday, but Pandora only goes so far, you know? This post might take a while to complete because I will be back and forth with all of the chores and such so that I can make it easier for my wife tomorrow. She theoretically has the day off tomorrow. I do think that she wants to pick up some extra hours though. I'm not really sure. We haven't been home together long enough to really talk about it.
As Chevelle starts playing on Pandora, I sit here at the desk and I'm sort of lost in thought because I lost a shipmate earlier this week to a heart attack. Don't grieve for me. Grieve for his wife and grandchildren. I will leave the name out of this post for the privacy of the family. I'll just use a letter associated to him so that you know something. J, as I will call him, was a wonderful person, mentor, and friend. He was a fellow submariner that I had the honor of serving with during my time on the USS Nebraska. He was a gruff individual with a tender heart. You would know when he showed up to work because you could hear the yelling throughout the boat. He wasn't always yelling at somebody, he was just a very vocal person, kind of like me. I can be very noticeable when I want to be and that is how J was. J was also a senior enlisted guy. Part of the Khaki Belts as we like to call them on the boat. J was always there to give you what you needed. Whether it was an ass chewing because you weren't being the best that you could be or the time you asked for because you wanted to learn something from him. He seemed to always find the time to help out us young sailors with anything that we needed. J was also a very funny individual. He would crack jokes that took you a second to get. We were on the Maneuvering watch one patrol and a friend of mine had stepped down to the galley. He grabbed a cookie and took a bite out of it. From Sonar (2 decks up) I heard, "Hey! We don't eat during the Maneuvering watch!" My buddy had a deer in the headlights look on his face as he made a split second decision. He jammed the cookie in his mouth and ran from the galley with a second cookie in his hand. I could hear J laughing from Sonar. He was intimidating, I'll give you that, but if you could get past the gruff exterior and know the J that I knew, you would have loved him. J had a nickname that will stick with us forever. We liked to call him "78". If you look through my facebook friends, you will see a lot of them with a profile picture of the number in remembrance of him. He stood a watch in control called the Diving Officer of the Watch, or DOOW, for short. Standing DOOW was something that J did exceptionally well. You always knew when he was on watch too. The boat was always level and whenever we went to PD, all you could hear was "78" about every three or four minutes. Classic line, "Dive, Mark your depth." "78 feet, coming back to 78 feet". We never laughed so hard in our lives. J wasn't at 78 feet, but he was damn sure coming back to it. No matter what depth he was at, J's response was always 78 feet. My experience with J was a notable one. It was roughly my third year on the Nebraska and my 5th patrol there. I was so ready to leave and I was pretty much done with the Navy at that point. Every day, I would see J come into work. I tried to avoid him because I was in a rather dark place at that point. My first wife left me and I was in the moods of just not giving a flying F about anything or anybody. J was gruff with me because he knew that tough love was what I needed. He would yell out my name and I would get aggravated because I really didn't want to talk to him. He would look at me with caring eyes behind the mean mask and yell at me about actual important things. Like the fact that I was always behind on qualifications or that I wasn't looking like a clean cut sailor that he knew I could be. After about a month or so of this treatment, I finally pulled my head out of my ass and became the great sailor that I am now. I'm still rough around the edges, but that is just who I am. I like to see what limits I can push. I loved J like the brother that he was. He was a Khaki belt and I was a lowly black belt. He made sure that I learned the things that I needed to learn to be a better sailor. I will miss my Khaki brother and I know that he is in a better place. He will be command handing whoever is with him in the afterlife telling them to go clean the bilge or something. It's just who he is. May he rest in peace.
The title probably has you wondering why it is that I chose that title. Well, I will answer your burning question. I like to give you the suspense and all, but I think you want an answer. I had this brilliant idea hit me square in the face this morning while I was taking out the trash. I was thinking that it would be a good idea to have at least 26 posts about something random that wasn't me rambling on about my days. Put simply, "A is for Afternoon" could be a possible future post. I'll just talk about the afternoon. I'm of course going to put more thought into it than that, but right now I am typing on the fly and that is the first thing that happen to flash before my eyes. Not my life, just the title of a post. Funny how things happen yeah? I'm weird I know, but it will give you something to think about while I work on getting you guys your next set of reading material. So go out and enjoy the Saturday while I spend mine doing things that I have been neglecting for the past week. Go on now... Get out of here... Hang up the phones and put them away. Go spend time with family and/or friends.
Seriously, get out of here. You can read this later. I gotta go. See ya!!
Wickid
Since it is Saturday, you all know what is about to go down tonight. Bohica2k Radio will be live on air tonight pumping out the tunes for you to enjoy. So get some +Chuck in your EAR!! I will be there tonight listening it up with the rest of you. I'll be "drowning" kids tonight so it is the perfect time to tune in. Now to just get through the day so that we can get to the tunes. Not that I want to rush a Saturday, but Pandora only goes so far, you know? This post might take a while to complete because I will be back and forth with all of the chores and such so that I can make it easier for my wife tomorrow. She theoretically has the day off tomorrow. I do think that she wants to pick up some extra hours though. I'm not really sure. We haven't been home together long enough to really talk about it.
As Chevelle starts playing on Pandora, I sit here at the desk and I'm sort of lost in thought because I lost a shipmate earlier this week to a heart attack. Don't grieve for me. Grieve for his wife and grandchildren. I will leave the name out of this post for the privacy of the family. I'll just use a letter associated to him so that you know something. J, as I will call him, was a wonderful person, mentor, and friend. He was a fellow submariner that I had the honor of serving with during my time on the USS Nebraska. He was a gruff individual with a tender heart. You would know when he showed up to work because you could hear the yelling throughout the boat. He wasn't always yelling at somebody, he was just a very vocal person, kind of like me. I can be very noticeable when I want to be and that is how J was. J was also a senior enlisted guy. Part of the Khaki Belts as we like to call them on the boat. J was always there to give you what you needed. Whether it was an ass chewing because you weren't being the best that you could be or the time you asked for because you wanted to learn something from him. He seemed to always find the time to help out us young sailors with anything that we needed. J was also a very funny individual. He would crack jokes that took you a second to get. We were on the Maneuvering watch one patrol and a friend of mine had stepped down to the galley. He grabbed a cookie and took a bite out of it. From Sonar (2 decks up) I heard, "Hey! We don't eat during the Maneuvering watch!" My buddy had a deer in the headlights look on his face as he made a split second decision. He jammed the cookie in his mouth and ran from the galley with a second cookie in his hand. I could hear J laughing from Sonar. He was intimidating, I'll give you that, but if you could get past the gruff exterior and know the J that I knew, you would have loved him. J had a nickname that will stick with us forever. We liked to call him "78". If you look through my facebook friends, you will see a lot of them with a profile picture of the number in remembrance of him. He stood a watch in control called the Diving Officer of the Watch, or DOOW, for short. Standing DOOW was something that J did exceptionally well. You always knew when he was on watch too. The boat was always level and whenever we went to PD, all you could hear was "78" about every three or four minutes. Classic line, "Dive, Mark your depth." "78 feet, coming back to 78 feet". We never laughed so hard in our lives. J wasn't at 78 feet, but he was damn sure coming back to it. No matter what depth he was at, J's response was always 78 feet. My experience with J was a notable one. It was roughly my third year on the Nebraska and my 5th patrol there. I was so ready to leave and I was pretty much done with the Navy at that point. Every day, I would see J come into work. I tried to avoid him because I was in a rather dark place at that point. My first wife left me and I was in the moods of just not giving a flying F about anything or anybody. J was gruff with me because he knew that tough love was what I needed. He would yell out my name and I would get aggravated because I really didn't want to talk to him. He would look at me with caring eyes behind the mean mask and yell at me about actual important things. Like the fact that I was always behind on qualifications or that I wasn't looking like a clean cut sailor that he knew I could be. After about a month or so of this treatment, I finally pulled my head out of my ass and became the great sailor that I am now. I'm still rough around the edges, but that is just who I am. I like to see what limits I can push. I loved J like the brother that he was. He was a Khaki belt and I was a lowly black belt. He made sure that I learned the things that I needed to learn to be a better sailor. I will miss my Khaki brother and I know that he is in a better place. He will be command handing whoever is with him in the afterlife telling them to go clean the bilge or something. It's just who he is. May he rest in peace.
The title probably has you wondering why it is that I chose that title. Well, I will answer your burning question. I like to give you the suspense and all, but I think you want an answer. I had this brilliant idea hit me square in the face this morning while I was taking out the trash. I was thinking that it would be a good idea to have at least 26 posts about something random that wasn't me rambling on about my days. Put simply, "A is for Afternoon" could be a possible future post. I'll just talk about the afternoon. I'm of course going to put more thought into it than that, but right now I am typing on the fly and that is the first thing that happen to flash before my eyes. Not my life, just the title of a post. Funny how things happen yeah? I'm weird I know, but it will give you something to think about while I work on getting you guys your next set of reading material. So go out and enjoy the Saturday while I spend mine doing things that I have been neglecting for the past week. Go on now... Get out of here... Hang up the phones and put them away. Go spend time with family and/or friends.
Seriously, get out of here. You can read this later. I gotta go. See ya!!
Wickid
Friday, May 1, 2015
Friday Funnies
Welcome back everyone! It is Friday and we are here for yet another edition from the "famous" hands of Wickid. The music is going, the oven is coming up to temperature, and the kids are cleaning while I have Round 2 of the NFL Draft playing out in the living room. I'm only really concerned about 4 teams anyways. My two teams and my wife's two teams. It is rather nice to know that you can talk football with your wife. It makes me happy to know that Sundays aren't a day that my wife dreads because I do nothing but watch football. She is on the couch next to me enjoying it as much as I am.
Another week of work is in the books and we have approached the weekend. Tomorrow Eli, my 6 year old, is getting a Mommy-Son date so that he doesn't feel left out of anything. They are going to go see Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. I'm actually excited for him because I know how much he likes his superhero movies. On the other hand, I am excited to see the new Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The trailer that I saw gave me like an instant boner because it looked so cool. I'm still working on coming to grips with Ben Affleck being the new Batman. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt though so we will see how it goes. Just the fact of the new Batman movie coming out makes me happy. I haven't been this excited since I found out about the Dark Knight Rises. Christian Bale did an alright job as Batman although most don't understand why he changed his voice between his characters. Do you know why he did it? I, myself, will have to look it up because I know I read it somewhere. It really is a rather logical reason which is why my anger towards him in Batman Begins faded once I read the article.
As the corn dogs and chicken nuggets cook, I spend this small amount of time typing here to you guys. I have spent most of my sleepless nights playing on the PS3 instead of trying to sleep. You know how it goes, tired most of the day, but the minute you go to lay down, BOOM you're wide awake. Probably one of the worst feelings ever. I hate having it happen to me. Like right now, I have been fighting to stay awake for 3 hours. Very hard to win the fight, but I have been managing. I found things to do while I was outside watching the kids play. Mainly, I was on my phone keeping my hands busy. I have found out over the years that if I sit idly too long, I start to fall asleep. So my wife tries to keep me moving so that I don't because a lazy blob. I'm pretty sure that she already thinks I'm one regardless of what I do.
Sorry about the quick "break" I had to take. I'm trying to get the kids to sit down to eat a full meal together. Maybe once we get a bigger house that has more space for a respectable table that isn't made for the kids, we will be having family dinners together like we used to. Nobody was allowed to get up until everyone had finished their food. No cell phones or electronics were allowed at the table. It was a nice time. I enjoyed it.
So go out and enjoy your Friday night. Make it fun so that you can remember it down the road when you are old and grey. Things like spending time with friends and family doing gawd knows what. I want a dedicated night of Cards Against Humanity. If you haven't played that, you should. Probably some of the dirtiest things that you will ever hear or see in your life. Fair warning though, it isn't for the easily offended or faint of heart. There are some things that just shouldn't be said in a conversation and CAH makes you say them. So many laughs while playing this game.
So with that, I leave you to your business. I'm out!!
Another week of work is in the books and we have approached the weekend. Tomorrow Eli, my 6 year old, is getting a Mommy-Son date so that he doesn't feel left out of anything. They are going to go see Avengers 2: Age of Ultron. I'm actually excited for him because I know how much he likes his superhero movies. On the other hand, I am excited to see the new Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice. The trailer that I saw gave me like an instant boner because it looked so cool. I'm still working on coming to grips with Ben Affleck being the new Batman. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt though so we will see how it goes. Just the fact of the new Batman movie coming out makes me happy. I haven't been this excited since I found out about the Dark Knight Rises. Christian Bale did an alright job as Batman although most don't understand why he changed his voice between his characters. Do you know why he did it? I, myself, will have to look it up because I know I read it somewhere. It really is a rather logical reason which is why my anger towards him in Batman Begins faded once I read the article.
As the corn dogs and chicken nuggets cook, I spend this small amount of time typing here to you guys. I have spent most of my sleepless nights playing on the PS3 instead of trying to sleep. You know how it goes, tired most of the day, but the minute you go to lay down, BOOM you're wide awake. Probably one of the worst feelings ever. I hate having it happen to me. Like right now, I have been fighting to stay awake for 3 hours. Very hard to win the fight, but I have been managing. I found things to do while I was outside watching the kids play. Mainly, I was on my phone keeping my hands busy. I have found out over the years that if I sit idly too long, I start to fall asleep. So my wife tries to keep me moving so that I don't because a lazy blob. I'm pretty sure that she already thinks I'm one regardless of what I do.
Sorry about the quick "break" I had to take. I'm trying to get the kids to sit down to eat a full meal together. Maybe once we get a bigger house that has more space for a respectable table that isn't made for the kids, we will be having family dinners together like we used to. Nobody was allowed to get up until everyone had finished their food. No cell phones or electronics were allowed at the table. It was a nice time. I enjoyed it.
So go out and enjoy your Friday night. Make it fun so that you can remember it down the road when you are old and grey. Things like spending time with friends and family doing gawd knows what. I want a dedicated night of Cards Against Humanity. If you haven't played that, you should. Probably some of the dirtiest things that you will ever hear or see in your life. Fair warning though, it isn't for the easily offended or faint of heart. There are some things that just shouldn't be said in a conversation and CAH makes you say them. So many laughs while playing this game.
So with that, I leave you to your business. I'm out!!
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