26
Oct
Even with all of the chaos and confusion that is a given in a house with seven children, any of those families who get profiled on TV shows who say it’s not chaotic are liars, every day has its bright moments. Not all are easy to see with everything else going on around us but if you stop and look you can find the most beautiful moments hidden under the surface of all the chaos.
Son the third just wandered up to me while I was sitting here tapping out some notes for my training materials. I was getting ready to tell him to go on and play because I am busy when he smiled and said “I love you daddy”, reached up his arms and gave me a hug and kiss. What you have to understand about son the third is that he doesn’t just give a little peck. He places his kisses very carefully and if you are, for instance, walking out the door to go to work and lean over and give him a quick peck he doesn’t have time to get his placement. You have to let him pick where on your cheek he’s going to kiss and then wait for the kiss. Sometimes all it takes is a hug and kiss to make all the stress melt away. That and his constant smiles make going out of town a real bitter experience.
I am starting to not like the out of town stuff at all as I miss my family too much. But that’s another discussion.
I also need to mention “Daddy whatever you cook is my favorite food ever” courtesy of son the third as well.
I buy the kids little things that they collect when I go to a new city or state. Snowglobes, keychains, stuffed animals and other crap. As you all know I went to Pricenton, NJ earlier this week. I usually buy this stuff at the airport because it’s easy to find. However all the stuff in the Newark, NJ airport was I <heart> NY crap. So the kids don’t have any Princeton or New Jersey stuff. I had to buy NY gear. It must suck to live in a state that doesn’t have enough of an identity to have its own tourist gear. When I see things like this I can only think “God bless Texas!”
I started cleaning the yard up today only to realize I need a chainsaw. I am going to find some braces and try to get up the whole piece of fence that came down but there is nothing I can do for the front corner at this point. The landlord informed me that his deductible for wind and storm damage is 4k so he won’t get any help with any of the clean up of rebuilding the fence. He has been amazing to us so I am handling the cleanup and most likely rebuilding the fence. Even with only about an eighth of the front fence down the whole thing will need to be replaced since the 4x4s are rotted at the ground. It will be a fun project to rebuild the fence I think. I need the physical activity anyway.
I am off to replace the deader than dead iPod because I honestly cannot be without music while I travel and I am doing a lot of it right now. Then Home Depot for some sort of braces to hold the fence up while I get time to deal with replacing it.
