Random Thoughts From A Random Guy: Journal and this weeks links and viewing

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Journal and this weeks links and viewing

I decided I’d make these a weekly post rather than trying to post it everyday. As you can see, I kind of took the week off. Basically, I’ve debated on the whole journal thing. I don’t mind doing it (almost) everyday, but I can’t really decide whether it needs to be out there on the internet. I don’t care that it is, I highly doubt anybody reads it other than my wife and mom. I have a couple of followers that comment occasionally but how often they read, I have no idea. I do like doing the journal everyday, because when I get caught up, it will eventually go to the My Life blog and be there for my kids when I pass on. I suppose that’s morbid, but as a child who lost his father at 8 years old, it would be nice if I had known a little more about him other than the few stories I’ve heard from family. My kids are a little older so they should keep more memories than I have. My brother was only 5 and he remembers nothing about our father.

So what happened this week, not much in my exciting life. Monday night, we went to watch my nephew play JV football. I wasn’t surprised that Samantha went, I was however, that Trevor went. He doesn’t usually go anywhere, he’d rather hang at home and play video games. Although, I think he went because we would be at the school and he was hoping we would go to the Book Fair, but even if we did want to go, it apparently isn’t open after school because we tried to go on Wednesday after they got off the bus. The game ended up being a family affair as my mom and stepdad, brother and grandparents went along with my cousin and their kids who we expected since it was their kid that was playing. Thursday we took the kids to get jeans since it’s been a tad chilly around here. Plus they are going camping this weekend and could use them there. We were able to get Trevor a couple of pairs for $8.50/each at a resale shop. We couldn’t find anything that would fit Samantha right, so we ended up having to go to Old Navy, which cost $36 so she only got one pair. They have other pants (sweats, sports pants) they just didn’t have any jeans that fit. Damn teenagers, always cost you more money.

I was supposed to go to a White Sox game today with a couple of guys I used to work with, that was the whole reason I didn’t go camping with the family. I contacted one last night to find out if we were still on and apparently, he never bought the tickets. That would have been nice to know. The last time we texted, he asked if I wanted to go, that he and the other guy were going, I said yes, he said ok, he’d get the tickets. I asked how much and he told and I said I’d get it to him today when we got together. That was it, no text saying he didn’t get them or that we weren’t going. Apparently, one of the guys mother-in-law died and that was the reason, which I understand, but why didn’t anybody tell me. I put it on the vacation board at work a month ago to make sure I had if off. I ended up not working anyways but I would have been pissed if I would have gotten some overtime and the passed up on it.