Saturday, 2-27-2010

1.  Felt better!

2.  Rushed over to the YMCA with the kids so Susan could go to Zumba.  Put the kids in "Child Watch" and read a book in the lobby.

3.  Susan's dad brought over Mexican food for lunch and watched the kids for the afternoon!  Susan and I bummed around Castleton Mall for a few hours.  Bought some curtain rods and hung out in the Borders in the mall for the rest of the time.  

4.  Erin, Nick, and the kids came over in the evening.  Had pizza.

5.  After the kids went to bed, which was chaotic, we got out some booze, chocolates (which we acquired at the mall), and The Great Dalmuti.  "Your mom" jokes were pretty rampant all evening.

6.  Around 10:00 or so, the water softener decided to start vomiting forth briny water.  Susan caught it pretty early, fortunately, and there was only about 1/4" in the utility room when we got to it.  Nick used some sort of pipemancy and bypassed the water softener!  Going to have to call the plumber back on Monday.  :(  

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Wednesday 2-24-2010 - Friday 2-26-2010

Wednesday:

1.  Erin and her kids came over to hang out

Thursday:

1.  Sick.

2.  Gross water backup in utility room.  Plumber came over and fixed the drain.

Friday:

1.  Sick.

2.  Didn't really do a whole lot...  Watched a bit of TV, read a bit, went to bed.

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Tuesday, 2-23-2010

1.  Back to work after a nice vacation...  Greeted by 3 pages of unread emails.  Took me almost the whole day to clear the inbox.

2.  After work, Susan went to Zumba.  The kids didn't remember how to function when Susan was gone and freaked out for most of the time.  Distracted them by playing the "let's replace light bulbs" game, which consisted of me changing light bulbs and making weird noises while they jumped on the bed.  

3.  Played Shadow of Yesterday with the Studio 301 gang.

4.  Slept horribly... Didn't fall asleep until around 2:30 and woke up a bunch.  Probably should avoid 1 L of blue Mtn Dew before bed...  Maybe cookies, too.

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Monday, 2-22-2010

1.  Went to the grocery in the morning.

2.  Susan's parents watched the kids for most of the afternoon, so Susan and I had a date day!!!

3.  Bummed around the bookstore for a couple hours.  I prepared some stuff for Shadow of Yesterday.

4.  Hung around the house for the rest of the time and had a nice afternoon in.

5.  Susan's parents came over for dinner.

6.  Watched some Desperate Housewives after the kids went to bed.

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Sunday, 2-21-2010

OH Trip 2010, Day 3:

Return Home:

1.  The kids woke up around 6:00...  Again.  Woke the grandparents up immediately and they played with the kids for a while.  

2.  Sheila made bacon, smoothies, and other yummy breakfast foods.

3.  Sophia finally got comfortable enough with Sheila to let Sheila hold her.

4.  Started driving home around 9:30, arrived around 3:00.

5.  Cleaned and unpacked for a couple hours.

6.  Watched Desperate Housewives with Susan and caught up on a week of the Internet.

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Saturday, 2-20-2010

OH Trip 2010, Day 2:

1.  Rainer woke everyone (including Sophie) up around 6:00am.  I tried to convince Sophie to go back to sleep, but she said "Want to see grandpa John, he's nice" so I got up.

2.  Couldn't find any ground coffee, so I had to crush a bag of Shady Arbor coffee (roasted by the Jones' neighbor) with a bottle of cider.

3.  Woke Susan up around 8:20 and she told me that we had a bag of coffee already ground...

4.  We hung around dad and Sheila's house all day, played in the snow, built pillow forts, and hunted for moose.

5.  Pandora Radio made me a custom station because I said I was looking for medieval court music on their Facebook page.

6.  Susan and I got to take a nap around 3:30, dad and Sheila played with the kids.

7.  Kids went to bed around 7:00.  Adults followed shortly thereafter, heading to bed around 9:00.

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Friday, 2-19-2010

NC Trip 2010, Day 8:

OH Trip 2010, Day 1:

1.  Decided to cut the trip to NC a bit short and head to Ohio.  Had a pancake breakfast with Jennifer and Kyle before we left.

2.  Played over at the Jones house with Jennifer and Mackenzie until lunch time.

3.  Drove to Ohio to visit dad and Sheila, arrived around 10:30pm. 

4.  Stayed up and chatted for a little while, but went to bed around 11:00.

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Thursday, 2-18-2010

NC Trip 2010, Day 7:

1.  Woke up and went to It's a Grind!  with Susan and the kids.

2.  Went back to Jennifer & Kyle's house for Sophie's nap.

3.  Played at Bond Park in the afternoon.

4.  Nathan and Leslie came over in the evening and brought absinthe!  I'd never had it before and was totally excited.   Traditionally, a shot (or more) is poured into a glass.  Then, water is poured slowly through a slitted spoon, over a sugar cube until it dissolves.  The result is a greenish, cloudy alcohol that tastes a lot like licorice.  

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Wednesday, 2-17-2010

NC Trip 2010, Day 6:

DC Trip, Day 3:

1.  Woke up, had a mild headache (probably from the mead).  

2.  Drank coffee.  Headache was gone.

3.  Went to Brueger's Bagels, ordered an egg/cheese/bacon bagel...  Started feeling ill.

4.  The HSU gang nursed me back to health with:  advil, water, sprite, and motion sickness meds.  

5.  Drove back to NC after lunch.

6.  Played Rock Band and Bayonetta with Jennifer, Kyle, and Susan until bedtime.

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Tuesday, 1-16-2010

NC Trip 2010, Day 5:

DC Trip, Day 2:

1. Woke up at 6:45...  In spite of my best efforts to sleep in.  Had bagels & coffee with Jeff and David.

2. Had a company meeting for 6 hours or so.

3.  Went out drinking with coworkers at a local pub.  Yuengling was had.

4.  Jeff and I went back to the hotel, drank mead, and ranted until the wee hours of the evening (9:20pm).

5.  Went to bed "super late" (9:30pm).

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Monday, 2-15-2010

NC Trip 2010, Day 4:  

DC Trip 2010, Day 1:

1.  Went to our favorite coffee shop:  It's a Grind!  James and Wayne (our two favorite coffee dudes) were there, so we chatted for a while.

2.  Hung out around the fountain near the coffee shop (at Rainer's urging).  Contemplated moving back, although mom and Jessica said "no."

3.  Picked up a rental car around 11:00.

4.  Drove to DC from 1:00 - 6:00...  I don't remember the trip very well, but there was a lot of epic metal on the way.

5.  Met Jeff at the hotel and went to TGI Fridays.

6.  Jeff walked me around parts of the city...  Saw the White House, the Washington Memorial, the Capitol Building, and some other stuff.  Started freezing, so we went back.

7.  Called Susan, talked for about 15 minutes, and went to bed at 10:00.

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Sunday 2-14-2010

NC Trip 2010, Day 3:  Valentine's Day

1.  Went to our favorite coffee shop ever:  It's a Grind!  Had awesome coffee, contemplated moving back to Cary, realized that we would need more money to do so, and started scheming...

2.  Hung out with Jennifer & Keith for a couple hours.  Listened to music, talked about Makerbot / RepRap.  May have received corporate sponsorship, but we'll have to wait and see.

3.  Went back over to Jennifer & Kyle's, ate lunch, hung out, talked about various things on the Internet.  

4.  Sophia, breaking my heart, said "I have a MakerBot... On my bottom."  Susan thought it was hilarious and continued to break my heart by revisiting the utterance.

5.  Nathan & Leslie came over in the afternoon.  Talked about games, us needing to move back, Shadow of Yesterday, and absinthe.  

6.  After the kids were in bed, we watched Un Chien Andalou (a crazy movie partially created by Salvador Dali) and then Stardust.  Had fancy Valentine's Day desserts from somewhere.

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Saturday, 2-13-2010

1.  Ate breakfast at Holiday Inn.  They had really crappy coffee (as usual), so we picked up some Starbucks afterward.

2.  Arrived at Jennifer & Kyle's in the morning.  

3.  Revealed my plans about building a RepRap / MakerBot.  Susan rolled her eyes, but everyone else seemed interested.

4.  After Sophia's nap, we went over to Jennifer & Keith's house to play for the afternoon.

5.  Had a few beers and played some Wii Sports Resort (mainly fencing and archery).  

6.  Jennifer & Kyle came over later and brought some of my home-brewed mead and cider.  We downed the mead pretty quick, but the cider wasn't hit so hard.

7.  Ordered pizza.

8.  Sat around, drank, and talked for quite a while.

9.  Went back to Jennifer & Kyle's, put the kids down, chatted for a while, and went to bed.

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Friday, 2-12-2010

NC Trip 2010, Day 1:

1.  Left the house around 9:30 and drove...

2.  Stopped for lunch at BK.

3.  Stopped for dinner at Shoney's.  If you've never been, I would recommend not going.

4.  It started snowing around 9:00 in Winston Salem.  We debated about driving through, figuring we could make it if we drove slowly...  Then 8 people slid off the road in a 3 miles and we decided it wasn't worth dodging crazy drivers...

5.  Spent the night at Holiday Inn Express in Winston Salem.

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Thursday, 2-11-2010

1.  Had another snow day (they hadn't finished cleaning up from yesterday's blizzard)...  Unfortunately, I had to work anyway in order to get a bunch of stuff done before my vacation.

2.  Susan's parents came over in the morning to hang out and play with the kids.

3.  Susan and the kids went over to Jill's in the afternoon.

4.  Cleaned and packed.

5.  Watched Outsourced.  

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Wednesday, 2-10-2010

1.  DC got a blizzard, so we had a snow day!

2.  Got some packing done for the trip

3.  Did a bunch of cleaning

4.  Prepared to run Shadow of Yesterday... At the bookstore :)

5.  Rainer, thinking D&D is awesome, started drawing dungeon maps on his Etch a Sketch and told me he's learning how to read so he can play D&D with me.  Definitely one of my top "proud father moments" so far.  

6.  Ran Shadow of Yesterday, it was awesome although there was a lot of stumbling in the beginning.

Addendum from Tuesday:

1. Christopher fixed our car in 30 seconds... Apparently Jiffy Lube unplugged our Mass Air Flow Filter when they changed our oil and forgot to plug it back in... Who knew?  So, he opened it, smacked himself in the head, shook his head, plugged it back in, and said "don't go to Jiffy Lube."

2.  Fixed the printer... The print head was covered in horrible goo.  Fixed it by wiping it off with several moist paper towels.  Must remember this next time it stops working.

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Monday, 2-8-2010 and Tuesday, 2-9-2010

Monday

1.  Worked

2.  Watched Heroes

3.  Worked on some Shadow of Yesterday stuff

Tuesday

1.  Worked

2.  Helped Susan figure out Shadow of Yesterday

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Sunday 2-7-2010

Sunday

1.  It was the Super Bowl, or so I heard on Facebook...  Did the normal stuff:  go to grocery, clean, etc..

2.  Played in the snow with the kids for a while.

3.  Reread a bunch of The Shadow of Yesterday.

4.  Read some stuff about building robots.

5.  The Colts lost, which was a tragedy.  At least that's what I read on Facebook.

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Saturday, 2-6-2010

1.  Got more snow.  Another 3", approximately.  So, Rainer had me out all morning (8:45 - 11:45).  Events included some of the following.

2.  Put the kids in the sleigh and tried to pull them 0.6 miles to the soccer field to go sledding.  That didn't go well (Rainer wanted to walk, but got snow in his boots) so we ended up turning around before we got there.  

3.  We improved upon the snow fort substantially.  Its final measurements were about 8' long x 6' thick x 4' tall.  We dug a tunnel through it that he could crawl through. 

4.  Our neighbor (Diane's) grandson Eli came was at her house, so we went over to play in the snow.  Met some of our neighbors I'd never met before.  

5.  Drove down to the Fashion Mall to get Susan some magical serums that, when combined, would cloak her pores (as per Invisibility Sphere).  There was much rejoicing.

6.  Stopped by Trader Joe's for some foodstuffs and balloons.

7.  Kapil came over for dinner and hanging out after the kids went to bed.  He brought Graeter's Ice Cream (they have the best blackberry chocolate chip ice cream ever)...  T-minus one week until he goes to India and gets married.    

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Friday, 2-5-2010

1.  Susan's dad came over for the morning to hang out.  

2.  It started snowing substantially around 10:30, but D.C. got hit with a blizzard and the office closed down.  I got to take some time off in the afternoon.  Susan, the kids, and I went outside and played for about 90 minutes before dinner.  I built a snow fort with the 3" or so that had accumulated on our driveway.  Susan made a snow mouse that Rainer crashed down.  Sophia ate more snow than was probably healthy...  It's the only thing we'll let her pick up off the ground and eat, so she's always immensely pleased with herself.  

3.  Gave the kids a bath (which never goes well when I do it for some reason).  

4.  After they were in bed, Susan joined a ceramics ListServ to get in touch with ceramicists.  I played a lot of Dragon Age.

5.  Watched an episode of The Tudors.

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Thursday, 2-4-2010

1.  Woke up refreshed!

2.  Susan made a friend (named Jill) in the Noblesville area!  Jill brought her four kids over and they played at our house for most of the afternoon.  Rainer was infatuated with some of the girls (who were all older than him) and kept asking to go over to their house after they left.

3.  Worked at Barnes & Noble for a while.

4.  Got a book about robotics.

5.  Susan went to Zumba.

6.  Played a serious amount of Dragon Age:  Origins.  

7.  Watched two episodes of The Tudors.

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Wednesday, 2-3-2010

1.  Woke up exhausted from a late night and an early morning.  

2.  Susan and the kids went down to Greenwood to hang out with Erin and her kids.  I stayed back and worked.  

3. Although I am ashamed this is truly a sign that I'm getting old, I stayed home from D&D so I could go to bed early.  May the gods of gaming have mercy on me.

4.  Watched Heroes with Susan.

5.  Played some Dragon Age.

6.  Went to bed early.

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Tuesday, 2-2-2010

Tuesday:

1.  Cleaned and prepared for D&D.  I was Lucan Varis, Master of Economics, Ex-Minister of the Royal Purse, etc., etc..  Ended up staying awake until 2:00-ish.

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Monday, 2-1-2010

1. Susan and I started dating 2/1/2003, so this is our 7th "dativersary" as we've been calling them.  Don't tell me that "anni" from "anniversary" is the part that means "year" because I don't care.  Anyway, it's been a great seven years and dating Susan was probably one of the best (if not the best) decision I've ever made.  Love you!

2.  Snuck out during the day to buy her a bouquet of flowers under a ruse: taking Rainer to the bank.  The bluff check was successful and she had no idea until we got back and Rainer ran in and said "Mommy, we brought you flowers" before I could get my shoes off...  Oh well, it's the thought of the deception that counts rather than the somewhat flawed execution.

3. In the evening, we watched some Legend of the Seeker, she did some ceramics, and I played some Dragon Age...  Now if only we had a book store involved, it would have been an accurate recreation of the day we started dating.

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Sunday, 1-31-2010

1.  During breakfast, Rainer said "daddy... I have a cunning plan...  We should go to the park"  (thank you Black Adder).  I pointed out that it was 10 degrees and that our noses would freeze, but he responded "Dude!  We just need... Dude warmers!  They'll keep our noses warm."  We didn't got to the park, but we did take a short walk, albeit without dude warmers.

2.  Went over to mom's house for the morning.  On the way over there, we stopped by Cuppy's Coffee to get refilled on caffeine.  Ughk!  Don't go there for coffee...  Their gelato is tasty, but the espresso tastes like poo. 

3.  Went over to Susan's parents' house in the afternoon and for dinner.  Clarence had been in Florida, so this was the first time the kids had seen him in about 2 months.  There was a lot of running around, jumping off stairs, building towers, and burning wood.

4.  At night, Susan did more ceramics stuff, managing to salvage her wayward bowl mold.  I played a few hours of Dragon Age.

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Saturday, 1-30-2010

1.  Susan went to Zoomba in the morning...  I stayed home with the kids who just wanted mommy.

2.  Took a Dragon Age break to mentally recharge when Susan got back.

3.  After the kids went to bed, Susan did some ceramics stuff...  Had a a malfunction with a bowl mold.  Casualties included the garage, the carpet in the back room, and my boots.  I was played more Dragon Age.  

4.  I learned how to make quesadillas.

5.  Watched an episode of Legend of the Seeker & Heroes.

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