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
Saturday, May 2, 2015
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!!
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Slow Saturday Fun
Welcome back to the 84th edition of the Arena. We are here in the living room on a very slow Saturday where the weather is about as moody as a pregnant woman in her first trimester. It has been sunny, rainy, chilly, and warm all in the same day. We have had a bit of fun today even though the day started out rather rough for me. I'm not sure why, but I just wasn't in the mood to put up with anybody or their shenanigans this morning. Of course, that led to me being in trouble with the old lady because I was being a jerk to everyone. Things have gotten better since then because the kids did what they needed to do and I was able to have my coffee this morning without actually murdering someone.
Today we celebrated Lucas' third birthday today with cake and chicken nuggets and pizza. Today will be a rather lazy easy day for everybody because of this. The only cooking that was done was when I made the cake this morning while I was in the middle of cleaning the kitchen. My wife picked up some boxes from work and we made little cardboard cars for the kids to sit in to make it seem like they were at a drive-in in the living room. We had pizza delivered today so that there was no actual issue with having to do things that required a lot of time. Oh, and I cooked the chicken nuggets in the oven, so there was more than just the cake that was done. I could easily go back and delete that line so it doesn't exist, but then it would just make this post shorter and I'm not all about doing that. There isn't going to be much to do tonight so I think that I will relax tonight with Netflix and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. I have some things to do on that game and I would really like to play it tonight. I get to go back to doing housework tomorrow.
Things will be a little easier tomorrow night since Carter is going back to his dad's house for the next two weeks. That and my schedule is now a firm day shift schedule because that is what the Chief and the boss both wanted. I wanted to go back to swing shift, but after being told that I would have to transfer to a different shop, I decided that it was just better this way since I will be going back to a boat soon and I won't be able to choose what my schedule will be. I figured I would pop in and say hi and drop you guys a new edition since my lady is sleeping on the couch. I think she might be going to work tonight, but I'm not sure. She said that her boss told her that she could work a few hours tonight and tomorrow if she wanted to. I think I might try to convince her to go in for a bit so that she can get back into the swing of working before her schedule next week kicks in. I don't know how many hours she is working, but I do know that she will be at work most of the week so I will be on my own at night with the kids. I can handle it. I just have to figure out what to make for the boys since I know Luke will pretty much eat only chicken nuggets for his meals.
He went to his well child checkup yesterday and the doctors are concerned about his weight. He seems to have dropped off the growth chart again and that is a problem. The doctors say that if we can't get him to gain weight, there is a possibility of having to put him on an NG tube so that we can get some calories into him to help him gain weight. It is a last resort option so we are hoping that we can get him to gain some weight and maybe find something other than chicken nuggets to eat. We have our fingers crossed and we hope that the good vibes you guys will send after reading this will help out in our constant struggle to get him to eat more than a few things.
As I mentioned earlier, this episode of the Arena is being brought to you from the living room. I think I mentioned a few posts ago that I got the desk downstairs so that we could have a place to do budgeting and bills since we pretty much do everything on the computer. Things are moving at a slow pace in getting the house back in order, but they are coming along. I just need to finish cleaning the carpets in the boys rooms so that everything upstairs can be done. Unfortunately, we can't move the toys and stuff upstairs until after that is done. The spare bedroom will be holding furniture while the carpets are being cleaned. I will do each room on a different day so that there isn't too much pressure to try to do them both in the same day. That and the fact that Eli doesn't always go straight to sleep when he is told and I don't want him in his little brother's room keeping them up most of the night. That will require me to be mean and I really don't want to do that right now.
Well, its time for me to go. I have kids to relax with and a little bit of cleaning to do later once everything gets settled down. Plus, I think it is almost time for me to change the movie. Lucas chose to watch Paw Patrol and Mickey Mouse for his drive-in movie day. They already watched Mickey Mouse so they are now on to Paw Patrol. Did you know one of the strangest things about being a parent is being able to pretty much sing any kid's show theme song at any random time throughout the day? Luckily for me I have been able to forget most of them. The shows that they tend to watch rather frequently have stuck in my head and that is unfortunate, but alas, it is the things that I do for my kids because I love them. At least some of their shows are decent. Blaze and the Monster Machines makes me question whether or not the damn car is a superhero or not because they tend to break the laws of physics with some of the things that car does. That is a story for another time though.
You guys enjoy the rest of your Saturday and I hope that the weather is nicer than it is where I am at.
Until next time, from the Arena, this is Wickid signing off.....
Today we celebrated Lucas' third birthday today with cake and chicken nuggets and pizza. Today will be a rather lazy easy day for everybody because of this. The only cooking that was done was when I made the cake this morning while I was in the middle of cleaning the kitchen. My wife picked up some boxes from work and we made little cardboard cars for the kids to sit in to make it seem like they were at a drive-in in the living room. We had pizza delivered today so that there was no actual issue with having to do things that required a lot of time. Oh, and I cooked the chicken nuggets in the oven, so there was more than just the cake that was done. I could easily go back and delete that line so it doesn't exist, but then it would just make this post shorter and I'm not all about doing that. There isn't going to be much to do tonight so I think that I will relax tonight with Netflix and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate. I have some things to do on that game and I would really like to play it tonight. I get to go back to doing housework tomorrow.
Things will be a little easier tomorrow night since Carter is going back to his dad's house for the next two weeks. That and my schedule is now a firm day shift schedule because that is what the Chief and the boss both wanted. I wanted to go back to swing shift, but after being told that I would have to transfer to a different shop, I decided that it was just better this way since I will be going back to a boat soon and I won't be able to choose what my schedule will be. I figured I would pop in and say hi and drop you guys a new edition since my lady is sleeping on the couch. I think she might be going to work tonight, but I'm not sure. She said that her boss told her that she could work a few hours tonight and tomorrow if she wanted to. I think I might try to convince her to go in for a bit so that she can get back into the swing of working before her schedule next week kicks in. I don't know how many hours she is working, but I do know that she will be at work most of the week so I will be on my own at night with the kids. I can handle it. I just have to figure out what to make for the boys since I know Luke will pretty much eat only chicken nuggets for his meals.
He went to his well child checkup yesterday and the doctors are concerned about his weight. He seems to have dropped off the growth chart again and that is a problem. The doctors say that if we can't get him to gain weight, there is a possibility of having to put him on an NG tube so that we can get some calories into him to help him gain weight. It is a last resort option so we are hoping that we can get him to gain some weight and maybe find something other than chicken nuggets to eat. We have our fingers crossed and we hope that the good vibes you guys will send after reading this will help out in our constant struggle to get him to eat more than a few things.
As I mentioned earlier, this episode of the Arena is being brought to you from the living room. I think I mentioned a few posts ago that I got the desk downstairs so that we could have a place to do budgeting and bills since we pretty much do everything on the computer. Things are moving at a slow pace in getting the house back in order, but they are coming along. I just need to finish cleaning the carpets in the boys rooms so that everything upstairs can be done. Unfortunately, we can't move the toys and stuff upstairs until after that is done. The spare bedroom will be holding furniture while the carpets are being cleaned. I will do each room on a different day so that there isn't too much pressure to try to do them both in the same day. That and the fact that Eli doesn't always go straight to sleep when he is told and I don't want him in his little brother's room keeping them up most of the night. That will require me to be mean and I really don't want to do that right now.
Well, its time for me to go. I have kids to relax with and a little bit of cleaning to do later once everything gets settled down. Plus, I think it is almost time for me to change the movie. Lucas chose to watch Paw Patrol and Mickey Mouse for his drive-in movie day. They already watched Mickey Mouse so they are now on to Paw Patrol. Did you know one of the strangest things about being a parent is being able to pretty much sing any kid's show theme song at any random time throughout the day? Luckily for me I have been able to forget most of them. The shows that they tend to watch rather frequently have stuck in my head and that is unfortunate, but alas, it is the things that I do for my kids because I love them. At least some of their shows are decent. Blaze and the Monster Machines makes me question whether or not the damn car is a superhero or not because they tend to break the laws of physics with some of the things that car does. That is a story for another time though.
You guys enjoy the rest of your Saturday and I hope that the weather is nicer than it is where I am at.
Until next time, from the Arena, this is Wickid signing off.....
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Sinceriously Sunday
Holy Cow!!! It's sunny yet again here on the West Coast and the temperature is actually rather comfortable. I know that those over in the southeastern portion of the United States are enjoying this exact same weather, but you just don't understand how rare this is over here. They say that Florida is that "Lightning Capital of the World". While that is true, because I lived there myself for a little under 19 years, and I enjoyed the thunder and the lightning and all of the torrential downpouring rain that we had. Here over in the Pacific Northwest, we get the misty, annoying drizzle that causes people to act like complete idiots!! In a state that has probably the most "rainfall" that I have ever seen, you would think that the people that live here would know how to drive in it. People smoking pot, nobody bats an eye, but the minute it starts to drizzle, everybody loses their minds!!!
Lunch time is just around the corner here at the house so of course, I am taking some of that down time to come out to see you guys. Two days in a row! This hasn't happened in quite a while, but I figure since the wife is sleeping and resting comfortably in bed, I might as well get one of these typed out while I can.
In the time it took me to type that last paragraph, my wife has arisen from her slumber and meandered downstairs to the delight of the children. Not that I am an angry ogre that likes to be mean to children, it's just that she is now up and I have four momma's boys. Theoretically they will grow out of it and then we can get them to be independent and able to do their own thing.
Now that she is awake, I am making her lunch and then I will be getting to work upstairs with the manual labor and the moving of the rooms. I am excited to finally have the master bedroom again. There are just some simple pleasures in life that I enjoy. The master bedroom happens to be one of them. I am excited to have a little bit more room and the two closets are just an amazing feature. I get to have my own closet!! Not that I really need it since we can fit both of our stuff into one closet and still have a little bit of room to spare. So after I finish eating lunch and getting the wife taken care of, I will be progressively busy getting things done in the bedrooms.
With that happy information, as long I can get done what I want to get done, we will be sleeping in the master bedroom tonight and I will make my presence known on the Monster Hunter Online community so that I can get some hunting done tonight before bed. I am excited!! I haven't been able to hunt all weekend and it has been horrible.
It is now Thursday and I have just realized that I started writing this out, well typing this out, four days ago. Do you know what happens when I work day shift? I work and then forget about things like this because I come home and immediately start doing housework. I know that it is the thing that I have to do because I'm an adult, but it doesn't mean that I have to like it. The good news is that I have the desk downstairs and the master bedroom is populated with all of our stuff. Now I just have to clean it all up, clean the carpets in the other room and get the boys' rooms picked up so that we can finish moving all of the toys and such upstairs into the playroom. It will be so nice to not have to worry about that stuff being in the living room anymore.
Since it is four days later than when I started this post, I will end it here so that I can start another edition of The Arena at a later time. I have chores and such to do so that I can not have to worry about a few things for a while. She is already mad enough at me as it is. I need to be finished by Saturday since we are doing the youngest lad's birthday party that day. So, enjoy the rest of your Thursday and I hope that your Friday and weekend are all that you have wished for in a weekend.
Until next time, this is WIckid, signing off......
Lunch time is just around the corner here at the house so of course, I am taking some of that down time to come out to see you guys. Two days in a row! This hasn't happened in quite a while, but I figure since the wife is sleeping and resting comfortably in bed, I might as well get one of these typed out while I can.
In the time it took me to type that last paragraph, my wife has arisen from her slumber and meandered downstairs to the delight of the children. Not that I am an angry ogre that likes to be mean to children, it's just that she is now up and I have four momma's boys. Theoretically they will grow out of it and then we can get them to be independent and able to do their own thing.
Now that she is awake, I am making her lunch and then I will be getting to work upstairs with the manual labor and the moving of the rooms. I am excited to finally have the master bedroom again. There are just some simple pleasures in life that I enjoy. The master bedroom happens to be one of them. I am excited to have a little bit more room and the two closets are just an amazing feature. I get to have my own closet!! Not that I really need it since we can fit both of our stuff into one closet and still have a little bit of room to spare. So after I finish eating lunch and getting the wife taken care of, I will be progressively busy getting things done in the bedrooms.
With that happy information, as long I can get done what I want to get done, we will be sleeping in the master bedroom tonight and I will make my presence known on the Monster Hunter Online community so that I can get some hunting done tonight before bed. I am excited!! I haven't been able to hunt all weekend and it has been horrible.
It is now Thursday and I have just realized that I started writing this out, well typing this out, four days ago. Do you know what happens when I work day shift? I work and then forget about things like this because I come home and immediately start doing housework. I know that it is the thing that I have to do because I'm an adult, but it doesn't mean that I have to like it. The good news is that I have the desk downstairs and the master bedroom is populated with all of our stuff. Now I just have to clean it all up, clean the carpets in the other room and get the boys' rooms picked up so that we can finish moving all of the toys and such upstairs into the playroom. It will be so nice to not have to worry about that stuff being in the living room anymore.
Since it is four days later than when I started this post, I will end it here so that I can start another edition of The Arena at a later time. I have chores and such to do so that I can not have to worry about a few things for a while. She is already mad enough at me as it is. I need to be finished by Saturday since we are doing the youngest lad's birthday party that day. So, enjoy the rest of your Thursday and I hope that your Friday and weekend are all that you have wished for in a weekend.
Until next time, this is WIckid, signing off......
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Irritating Things
Welcome back to The Arena! It has been a few days since I have been on here to come talk to you guys. I do apologize for that. Things have been rather busy here around the House of Wickid. As most of you know who read the last post, I have been moved over to a schedule of day shift for work. Not the most ideal of schedules, but it has been something that we have been able to work around. On the newest things that I haven't been able to post recently.
First and foremost, I have been told that I will be stuck on days for a little while longer. I'm not too happy about this because I was told two days ago that I was going back to my regularly scheduled programming for swings. I like it much better there because it completely fits into the way we were doing things here at home. There is just something very difficult about trying to explain to two little autistic children that mommy has to go to work so that we can have food and pay bills and have money to do fun things. It's really hard to do when they are having a meltdown. So, of course, when given the information yesterday about staying on days, I became rather irritated and annoyed. How hard is it to just do what you say you are going to do? I know that the boss may have his reasons for saying what he did, but for the love of gawd please inform the little people so we know why. I don't like being told things without a reason. A logical sound reason would have stopped me from getting so upset. I went to talk to my Chief about the issue and he was busy doing something that needed his full attention. So, on Monday, I will get to spend a little time talking to him about getting me back to the swing shift so that it better coincides with my schedule. I don't like causing trouble or stepping on people's toes, but sometimes it just has to be done. I will let you guys know how that conversation goes. If he doesn't plan on fighting for me, then I guess I will just suck it up and deal with it for the final 14 months of shore duty.
Update to the moving process of the sister-in-law. She finally has her room cleaned out. She is coming over today to go through some of the last little bit of things that she has here so that we can finish up the process. We already have the bedroom mostly cleaned. The bathroom in the master bedroom is done and I have a closet with the hang up clothes in there ready to go. Since we have two closets in the master, the wife and I will each get our own closet. It will definitely make things a lot easier when putting clothes away. I meant to finish cleaning up the floor last night so that I could clean the carpet in there and have it ready to be moved into this morning. In fact, when I get done here I need to go do that. Then again I am home with the children by myself so I probably won't get to it until after my wife gets home.
Speaking of the wife, she has now been prepped for her third surgery in 4 months. This time they are trying to save her remaining ovary. If they can't, they will end up taking it and she will no longer have her ovaries. Sucks major balls, but there is no sense in her keeping something that is causing her immense pain. The surgery is theoretically supposed to be starting here in the next 15 minutes or so. I am obviously not there because I am here with the children. She ended up having to work last night, so she wasn't home with me. I woke up to that message this morning and have been cleaning and listening to music to keep me distracted. Now that I am taking a "quick break" from the cleaning, I figured I would drop you guys a line to let you know that I am still alive and kicking. Life can't keep me down for long.
In case you were wondering, I am healing up nicely from my surgery and I am back to about 95% efficiency in my capability to do things. There is still some residual pain and tenderness, but nothing that I can't handle with a quick pill. No, I'm not taking narcotics. Simple ibuprofen is taking care of the issue. I have spent the last week at work doing actual manual labor and getting things that need to be done, done. I feel rather accomplished with myself.
Things have gotten about a million times better between me and my wife. As you may recall, we went through a bit of a rough patch because I am an idiot and made poor decisions. Those days are behind us and we have been moving in a nice forward direction. I have been keeping up on the housework and keeping myself out of trouble. For the most part. I still get into trouble from time to time, but its just who I am. It's like I'm a guy or something.
Due to my wife's health issues, she has been kept out of work for a bit. It seems like every time she is able and ready to go to work, something happens that takes her out of work for a few days. That job she had at Subway on base has ended because they have been verbally bashing her about it all. They knew when she was hired that she had health issues. They seemed to either have ignored that part or completely missed it when she told them. Needless to say, she is getting a note together, along with her uniforms, so that I can go drop it all off for her and sever ties with a group of employees that are just complete asshats. She was doing good there. Apparently, they were wanting to make her a shift leader because she was just so awesome. She obviously isn't taking that position since she is quitting. It's better this way because at least I know at Jack In the Box, the manager will accommodate as necessary to have her shifts covered. I'm glad that the manager is our friend because this wouldn't be happening otherwise.
As the music plays and I have the oven heating up to make lunch, I am reminded that it is Saturday and you know what that means. Bohica2k Radio is playing tonight. Hopefully, I can get some free time during bath time and things that need to be done tonight to get some fresh happy tunes shoved into my ears and enjoy some good music. Pandora radio is alright, but there is nothing like the radio station that my uncle runs. If you haven't checked it out, stop on over to www.b2kradio.com tonight around 10 p.m. eastern standard time. (add or subtract as necessary to figure out when it will start playing for you. It plays at 7 p.m. west coast time.) Drop in and listen to the club like tunes without having to stand in line and pay a cover charge. Plus, you can enjoy the comforts of your own home and even dance naked. (if that is your thing.)
With that little bit of advertising done, it is time for me to finish lunch for the children while feeding myself. I know that if I don't eat I will get rather cranky. So, enjoy the post and your Saturday. I am off to do things that I need to be doing. Have fun and if you can, go outside and enjoy some nice weather. It's sunny and relatively warm here in good old Washington state. I'm OUT!!
Wickid
First and foremost, I have been told that I will be stuck on days for a little while longer. I'm not too happy about this because I was told two days ago that I was going back to my regularly scheduled programming for swings. I like it much better there because it completely fits into the way we were doing things here at home. There is just something very difficult about trying to explain to two little autistic children that mommy has to go to work so that we can have food and pay bills and have money to do fun things. It's really hard to do when they are having a meltdown. So, of course, when given the information yesterday about staying on days, I became rather irritated and annoyed. How hard is it to just do what you say you are going to do? I know that the boss may have his reasons for saying what he did, but for the love of gawd please inform the little people so we know why. I don't like being told things without a reason. A logical sound reason would have stopped me from getting so upset. I went to talk to my Chief about the issue and he was busy doing something that needed his full attention. So, on Monday, I will get to spend a little time talking to him about getting me back to the swing shift so that it better coincides with my schedule. I don't like causing trouble or stepping on people's toes, but sometimes it just has to be done. I will let you guys know how that conversation goes. If he doesn't plan on fighting for me, then I guess I will just suck it up and deal with it for the final 14 months of shore duty.
Update to the moving process of the sister-in-law. She finally has her room cleaned out. She is coming over today to go through some of the last little bit of things that she has here so that we can finish up the process. We already have the bedroom mostly cleaned. The bathroom in the master bedroom is done and I have a closet with the hang up clothes in there ready to go. Since we have two closets in the master, the wife and I will each get our own closet. It will definitely make things a lot easier when putting clothes away. I meant to finish cleaning up the floor last night so that I could clean the carpet in there and have it ready to be moved into this morning. In fact, when I get done here I need to go do that. Then again I am home with the children by myself so I probably won't get to it until after my wife gets home.
Speaking of the wife, she has now been prepped for her third surgery in 4 months. This time they are trying to save her remaining ovary. If they can't, they will end up taking it and she will no longer have her ovaries. Sucks major balls, but there is no sense in her keeping something that is causing her immense pain. The surgery is theoretically supposed to be starting here in the next 15 minutes or so. I am obviously not there because I am here with the children. She ended up having to work last night, so she wasn't home with me. I woke up to that message this morning and have been cleaning and listening to music to keep me distracted. Now that I am taking a "quick break" from the cleaning, I figured I would drop you guys a line to let you know that I am still alive and kicking. Life can't keep me down for long.
In case you were wondering, I am healing up nicely from my surgery and I am back to about 95% efficiency in my capability to do things. There is still some residual pain and tenderness, but nothing that I can't handle with a quick pill. No, I'm not taking narcotics. Simple ibuprofen is taking care of the issue. I have spent the last week at work doing actual manual labor and getting things that need to be done, done. I feel rather accomplished with myself.
Things have gotten about a million times better between me and my wife. As you may recall, we went through a bit of a rough patch because I am an idiot and made poor decisions. Those days are behind us and we have been moving in a nice forward direction. I have been keeping up on the housework and keeping myself out of trouble. For the most part. I still get into trouble from time to time, but its just who I am. It's like I'm a guy or something.
Due to my wife's health issues, she has been kept out of work for a bit. It seems like every time she is able and ready to go to work, something happens that takes her out of work for a few days. That job she had at Subway on base has ended because they have been verbally bashing her about it all. They knew when she was hired that she had health issues. They seemed to either have ignored that part or completely missed it when she told them. Needless to say, she is getting a note together, along with her uniforms, so that I can go drop it all off for her and sever ties with a group of employees that are just complete asshats. She was doing good there. Apparently, they were wanting to make her a shift leader because she was just so awesome. She obviously isn't taking that position since she is quitting. It's better this way because at least I know at Jack In the Box, the manager will accommodate as necessary to have her shifts covered. I'm glad that the manager is our friend because this wouldn't be happening otherwise.
As the music plays and I have the oven heating up to make lunch, I am reminded that it is Saturday and you know what that means. Bohica2k Radio is playing tonight. Hopefully, I can get some free time during bath time and things that need to be done tonight to get some fresh happy tunes shoved into my ears and enjoy some good music. Pandora radio is alright, but there is nothing like the radio station that my uncle runs. If you haven't checked it out, stop on over to www.b2kradio.com tonight around 10 p.m. eastern standard time. (add or subtract as necessary to figure out when it will start playing for you. It plays at 7 p.m. west coast time.) Drop in and listen to the club like tunes without having to stand in line and pay a cover charge. Plus, you can enjoy the comforts of your own home and even dance naked. (if that is your thing.)
With that little bit of advertising done, it is time for me to finish lunch for the children while feeding myself. I know that if I don't eat I will get rather cranky. So, enjoy the post and your Saturday. I am off to do things that I need to be doing. Have fun and if you can, go outside and enjoy some nice weather. It's sunny and relatively warm here in good old Washington state. I'm OUT!!
Wickid
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Day Walker???
As most of you know, I work a lot at night. I feel like a vampire already whenever I walk into a dark Sonar shack on the submarine. This night job, as I like to call it, is a nice way to continue in my vampire traditions. Well, since my surgery at the end of March, I have been up and down with sleep. Not that I haven't been getting any sleep, just haven't found the right juju to keep the sleeps going. I have started working the day shift since I am light limited duty. Let me tell you, swing shift is a godsend. I can't stand having to mind my P's and Q's and making sure that I am seen by people. I just can't do it. I have spent so much time "in the dark" that I want to keep it that way. I was under the impression that I was only to do one week (this week) as a member of day shift before returning to my regularly scheduled programming. I got told yesterday that I was to remain on day shift until the end of the pay period. I'm unsure as to why it matters because I get paid differently then the civilian employees do. My "time" really doesn't matter since I get paid on a 24/7/365 pay scale. One of the few perks of being active duty. I get that money all the time. Not like I'm rich or anything, but I do enjoy knowing that every action I make, whether it is meaningful or not, is a paid action. Sitting here right now, typing this out for you guys means I am getting paid to be a blogger. Go ahead and just add that to the list of things that I am known for doing. It'll be okay.
So now that I am considering myself a "daywalker", I find it hard to stay up like I normally do. See, usually I am still up and going at this time instead of wanting to crawl into bed and go to sleep. Right now the yawning won't stop and I still have three kids to bathe. Two of them are in the tub now. The third sits in his room playing Lego Batman on the XBox. Not that he is spoiled or anything.
**After that "quick" commercial break**
As I was saying, he isn't spoiled or anything. He is currently in his room right now living it up and playing games. During the spring break we are letting him stay up as late as he wants so that he theoretically sleeps in. He has slept in for a little bit. As long as he is quiet we don't care. At least he will have his brother coming back to be here with us on Sunday. At least school starts next week.
You know what is weird? It takes most of my energy to get through three bathing cycles. Well, four if you count the fact that I have to wash Lucas and then Damen. Now that I am showered and shaved, its time to relax and hopefully get some shut eye before 2300 tonight. I;m not sure how well that is going to work out, but we are damn sure going to try.
I have noticed that the number of views for each post has been increasing as of late. You guys are AWESOME!! Keep up the views and enjoying the reading. See you guys later!!
Wickid
So now that I am considering myself a "daywalker", I find it hard to stay up like I normally do. See, usually I am still up and going at this time instead of wanting to crawl into bed and go to sleep. Right now the yawning won't stop and I still have three kids to bathe. Two of them are in the tub now. The third sits in his room playing Lego Batman on the XBox. Not that he is spoiled or anything.
**After that "quick" commercial break**
As I was saying, he isn't spoiled or anything. He is currently in his room right now living it up and playing games. During the spring break we are letting him stay up as late as he wants so that he theoretically sleeps in. He has slept in for a little bit. As long as he is quiet we don't care. At least he will have his brother coming back to be here with us on Sunday. At least school starts next week.
You know what is weird? It takes most of my energy to get through three bathing cycles. Well, four if you count the fact that I have to wash Lucas and then Damen. Now that I am showered and shaved, its time to relax and hopefully get some shut eye before 2300 tonight. I;m not sure how well that is going to work out, but we are damn sure going to try.
I have noticed that the number of views for each post has been increasing as of late. You guys are AWESOME!! Keep up the views and enjoying the reading. See you guys later!!
Wickid
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Extended Family Visits
So it has been a few days since I last talked to you guys. I do believe that last time the posts were made, I was standing in the kitchen making food for my boys. This time, I come to you from the comforts of my own bed. Netflix playing on the Playstation. Children sleeping in their beds. Wife unfortunately at work because she got called in to cover someone. Luckily, she won't be there for too long.
Today was a fantastic day. I don't remember the last time that I even started a paragraph with that five word sentence. Today just happens to be a day that I can ACTUALLY say that. The wife and I loaded the kids into the van and ventured out into Port Orchard. The South Kitsap Regional Park was hosting an Easter Egg Hunt today. An old friend of mine was going to be there. I say friend even though he is my brother from another mother. We were literally born less than 24 hours apart. His family was there because they run the little train station out of there. We ended up staying for roughly two hours and the kids got to play around on the trains. They loved it. They spent a lot of time playing on the smaller trains that they could control. My other mother's mother owns the trains that are operated there. So we got head of line privileges to ride the trains as much as we liked. Now to be fair, my wife doesn't really like my brother. She says that he is too annoying so when she told me that she was joining the kids and I for the hunt, I had my doubts. She actually enjoyed herself. We even got invited back to Nana's house for supper. So, we packed up the kids and came home to dye Easter eggs. They really enjoyed that. It got a little messy, but that is what happens when you have three little kids trying to dye eggs. Then we headed back into Port Orchard for the supper. We had fun hanging out with the family and enjoying some good times. Talks and stories flew around the room. Dogs were loved on and kids played. All in all, it was a very good trip. I was even surprised that my wife enjoyed herself.
So as I lay in bed watching M.A.S.H., I can't wait to get some sleep so that I can wake up and enjoy the final Sunday of my "sick" leave with my kids as I watch them run around outside collecting Easter eggs that we filled up not 3 hours ago. My wife is so awesome to spend time to fill those little plastic eggs. Things seem to be getting better between her and I. The communication is better and we haven't really had any major fights. In fact, I don't think we have actually had any small arguments either. I just hope that this trend continues. It has been very good to us and I know that the good times are awesome.
I hope that every one of you has a good Easter or whatever it is that your religion practices on a Sunday. I'm not really one to judge anybody or try to tell them what religion to have. I don't have one because I don't believe in the hypocrisy of it. Nothing like having something that you might not believe in shoved down your through. So enjoy your night and the Sunday that has just started for me 11 minutes ago.
Happy Sunday!!
Wickid
Today was a fantastic day. I don't remember the last time that I even started a paragraph with that five word sentence. Today just happens to be a day that I can ACTUALLY say that. The wife and I loaded the kids into the van and ventured out into Port Orchard. The South Kitsap Regional Park was hosting an Easter Egg Hunt today. An old friend of mine was going to be there. I say friend even though he is my brother from another mother. We were literally born less than 24 hours apart. His family was there because they run the little train station out of there. We ended up staying for roughly two hours and the kids got to play around on the trains. They loved it. They spent a lot of time playing on the smaller trains that they could control. My other mother's mother owns the trains that are operated there. So we got head of line privileges to ride the trains as much as we liked. Now to be fair, my wife doesn't really like my brother. She says that he is too annoying so when she told me that she was joining the kids and I for the hunt, I had my doubts. She actually enjoyed herself. We even got invited back to Nana's house for supper. So, we packed up the kids and came home to dye Easter eggs. They really enjoyed that. It got a little messy, but that is what happens when you have three little kids trying to dye eggs. Then we headed back into Port Orchard for the supper. We had fun hanging out with the family and enjoying some good times. Talks and stories flew around the room. Dogs were loved on and kids played. All in all, it was a very good trip. I was even surprised that my wife enjoyed herself.
So as I lay in bed watching M.A.S.H., I can't wait to get some sleep so that I can wake up and enjoy the final Sunday of my "sick" leave with my kids as I watch them run around outside collecting Easter eggs that we filled up not 3 hours ago. My wife is so awesome to spend time to fill those little plastic eggs. Things seem to be getting better between her and I. The communication is better and we haven't really had any major fights. In fact, I don't think we have actually had any small arguments either. I just hope that this trend continues. It has been very good to us and I know that the good times are awesome.
I hope that every one of you has a good Easter or whatever it is that your religion practices on a Sunday. I'm not really one to judge anybody or try to tell them what religion to have. I don't have one because I don't believe in the hypocrisy of it. Nothing like having something that you might not believe in shoved down your through. So enjoy your night and the Sunday that has just started for me 11 minutes ago.
Happy Sunday!!
Wickid
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