Hodgepodge (2 of many)

I forgot a couple of things in my previous entry.

1) I have noticed quite a few people going around doing vlogs. It’s nothing really new, since it was quite common on JS. Although it is a very nice way to share more with people, it is something I can’t do. First, because I don’t know what the heck I’d talk about; second, I may be a big man, but I have a very low voice and a horrible accent and third, I would much rather write than speak. Many, many times in the past, I had wished to lose my speech (or at least dreamed about it) BUT

2) (it was a nice segue) I was thinking on my way home today from work how bad that would have been for my daughter. Like most children, she loves before going to sleep to have her parents read stories to her and hear stories of us when we were children. I could see how horribly frustrating it would have been not to be able to speak to her. So I guess I will try and keep my voice for as long as I can so I can speak to her and her brother.

I think that will be it for tonight.

Till then…

Hodgepodge (1 of many)

1) Today is January 31st. Of all the days of the year, this has to be one of the ones I hate the most. Christmas/New Year’s celebrations are still quite fresh in my mind and reaching this day of the month is in sorts a way of rubbing in my face that no matter what, time will keep going (flying) on. This is also the day that I usually try and reach those who I did not call on New Year’s Day to wish them a happy and prosperous new year. This year, I did not try to get in touch with anybody since nobody tried to call me, e-mail me or write to me. Fine. Let’s move on.

2) Things have been quite unnerving recently.  The uncertainty of the baby’s well being and future is driving me nuts. 2 more weeks to go till the next sonogram and hopefully things will have gotten better. With 4 more months to go, it will not be easy to keep calm. Sometimes I can’t help but think about the worst and some other times, I just think I’m overdoing it. I just hope that on May 26th, my son will be a healthy and strong boy…

3) My 2 main sources of stress are back in business at full speed. The stress has started to attack me and it’s showing. As long as I don’t have to go through that again. Strangely enough, I was talking to Pete today and he was telling me he had the same experience on Monday, practically 2 weeks to the date it happened to me. I think it has something to do with the location where the lab is located. Pete went through all the tests and he is fine.

4) I am not writing as much as I would like to. I am having some difficulties expressing myself and it is irritating, especially when I read my friends’ blogs in the morning before going to work and not being able to write anything decent. I guess that even writing is being sucked out of my system and pretty soon I’ll be as dry as a prune.

5) Going off my meds cold turkey might not have been the very best idea…

Till then…

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Huh?

I don’t know.

Someone said it takes every kind of people to make the world go ’round but honestly,  I don’t know…

Till then…

Oh Aliti, what are you doing?

I am breaking every single rule I always promise I’d never break. Call me paranoid, but I always refused to go near any of my blogs while being connected to a public, unsecured wireless network. I will go and check the news and StumbleUpon but I always refused to either read my favorites or even check my own blog.

Until today.

I spent hours having my car serviced and was bored as hell. You can check the news or stumble upon the same page so many times but I did not blog. Then I decided to have lunch at Panera but the network is pretty slow and locked down. I decided to give WP a try and after a few hiccups I was in. So now, I look like so many junkies or people without a proper Internet connection who are hogging the free WiFi. And since this slowness is killing me, I am going to go back to my ultra-fast connection at home.

Or maybe just keep being a bum and stay out of the house…

Till then…

Scary times

I know I should be happy as hell about the baby, but things are not going quite smoothly. Lots of speculations, lots of indecisions and it’s not making things easier on us. So we hope and pray this is just a bad dream and things will be peachy at the end of May.

Till then…

Now I know and I am the happiest man on Earth!

We are expecting a baby boy. Delivery is still scheduled for the end of May.

And I am so happy!

Till then…

Let the madness begin!

American Idol season 7 just started. And for the few next weeks, I’ll be watching not to find out who will make it to the finals, but to see how bad people are. Aw, come on, I know you watch for the same reason…

Till then…

Dang, have I been sleeping that long?

Well, of course not. 2008 is going by as fast as 2007 did and we’ve already seen the first 2 weeks of this year fly by. And during that whole time, I did not write anything. What is even worse, is that I still have not replied to Ellie’s letters and I stink worse than a dead skunk.

Yes, I’ve been overwhelmed by everything. Yes, I have been procrastinating like the last couch-potato on earth. Yes, I have neglected everybody, even my close friends. There are people I still have not called or e-mailed to wish them a Happy New Year. I could also argue that I still haven’t heard from those people either but does that make it right? No, I didn’t think so either.

But you know what? I do have a rock-solid excuse. Tomorrow, we’re finding out the sex of the baby and I can claim that I wanted to wait till I knew before saying anything. And because we still don’t know if it is going to be a boy or a girl, we have not chosen a name yet. I do have an idea of what I’d like to call the baby if it’s a boy, but I know that my wife and daughter don’t like it. It doesn’t matter; it will be his second name. If it’s a boy. For a girl, I don’t have anything but my daughter wants to call her Allie, which happens also to be my ex’s name. The wife is absolutely not hot about it and honestly neither am I. But it would be interesting to have a child named the same way my ex would have been called if we got married. Of course, that’s a lot of talk for a little one who will not be here until the end of May.

In other notable news, I’ve said my good-byes at my other journal. Tomorrow, I’ll be back being a simple user instead of having pro-access and being in the elite. It was kinda nice, but it didn’t change much to the fact that the reliability could be pretty lousy. I’ll still go and check out my peeps but my writing will be done here.

My daughter is ready for Kindergarten. She read all her place words and we even got a call from her teacher to congratulate her and us. Yeah, that was the feel good and feel proud moment of the day!

Other than that, life goes on. Things are going well at work and that means more to do and the frustrating sensation that I have not done much during the day. Even though I feel washed out when I get home, I am pretty happy things are finally going the way it should be. And my long-awaited replacement came in today, which means I am off to better things.

Well, as you can see, I am back. And this time for good. So see you around soon…

Till then…

Hello, 2008

So, the first day of 2008 is already 12 hours old. And guess what? It’s still the same stink. Oh, not that I was expecting any big and magical changes to happen overnight; I am old enough to know that none of that happens but I did hope to have a little nice touch to start the day.

I had plans to tackle a Grey Goose last night, but so disgusted by so many things, I just had a few beers. I am still fuming to see how for every occasion I would spend hours in the kitchen, cooking, making sure we would have something nice on the table and it never gets reciprocated. I did have some champagne at midnight while watching the ball drop and wishing I was there too instead of being home. Someday, maybe…

My phone rang earlier and I saw that my dear friend Cha tried to call me. I am no early riser as she is, so I will call her later. In fact, I have not called anyone yet. I am letting everyone rest and get over their hangovers before starting to call family and friends.

The wife is “cooking”. We’ll see what she’ll come up with.

Anyway, I wish you all the best for this New Year.

Till then…