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Thursday 9/25/2003 06:15

I decided to write a journal entry since my Boardnation forum is down. Overall, Boardnation has been really good, especially for a free service with minimal ads (only the administrator pages have ads).

Earlier this week I got to play Bang! some more with the guys during break. Vern was suggesting that we keep track of points, to see how things are going in a tournament-type format. I'll try to post them on the forum, since we all have easier access to that and I'd like to encourage the discussions there anyway.

I need to get back to our Torah Study meetings on Wednesday night again. Wednesday nights are tough for me to deal with because that's the first day that I have to transition to being awake in the day. Sometimes on Wednesday I fall asleep and wake up too late to do anything constructive. Other Wednesdays I try to do things in the morning before going to sleep and then I wear myself out so much that I don't feel like getting out of bed for a day. It's really rough for me to judge what will work best in my schedule for the day. Either way by the time I get up, Beth doesn't seem to want me to do anything away from her since she hasn't seen me in a couple days so I often feel like I'm getting nothing done on Wednesday.

Today I'm planning to finish up the tile work that I started last week. I'd at least like to finish the foyer and get the edging done in the open area of the living room. We want to put down 4 coats of clear coat to protect the floor. I'm not sure if that will get done today or not. I guess we'll see once things get going. After I finish my journal entry I'm going to get some breakfast and play StarCraft with Ken for a little bit. I'll probably get started on the tile around 10:00.

Monday 9/22/2003 09:30

Well, I need to get to bed here, but I wanted to write a quick journal entry to document the past day or so.

Beth woke me up early yesterday so that we could play Carcassonne before leaving for work. I sat at the table eating a bowl of cereal as we played. After I tipped the bowl up and drank the milk out Beth's mom asked, "Are you trying to catch a cold?" Huh??? "Am I trying to catch a cold? Why would I try to catch a cold? What am I doing that makes you think I'm trying to catch a cold?" Apparently that's not what she meant, but that's the way she asks if we're coming down with a cold. Beth says her mom asked her the same thing the day before. Maybe it's one of those long lost phrases.

So I went to work and I guess I got thinking about John Ritter and how he died on his daughter's 5th birthday. I guess it really shook me because my co-workers were asking why I was so down. I was just thinking about how traumatic it must be for that little girl. I hope that I don't die anywhere near my kids' birthdays; And I also hope that they are at least in their 20s before it's time for me to go. I feel kind of strange about things now, but I guess I'd like to hold out for their sake more than for my own now.