Published writer, compulsive reader, Old School Whovian, Match Game enthusiast, NKOTB fan, data hoarder, and - surprisingly, given that list - married with four kids. Welcome to my take on life, fatherhood, entertainment, and whatever strikes my fancy. Enjoy!
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Kovalev - Hopkins
Kovalev-Hopkins tonight, the boxing equivalent of Yankees-Red Sox at the start of this century. It should be a doozy.
Life at Warp Speed
#TeamSlap resumed real life at warp speed. Nine hours after our return we left for dance class, music and voice lessons, some grocery shopping, and dropped Smiley off at Train Fest with Tre. Lisa's luggage is still missing btw
Oh btw - thank you for re-electing Scott Walker in my absence. You made me proud Wisconsin.
Oh btw - thank you for re-electing Scott Walker in my absence. You made me proud Wisconsin.
Bahama Style
YaYa's new do. Her sisters have them too, but apparently they didn't "borrow" my phone for a selfie like their sister.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Return Day
1. We have arrived in Orlando to find our flight - excuse me, the first leg of our flight - doesn't leave for EIGHT hours. The fee to change the flight is $1800. We can't even check our bags for four hours. I have four children. This will suck.
2. Screw it. Superdad saw a Hyatt sign in the airport and rented a room for the next eight hours. I dread coming home and checking my bank balance. I may cry. My mortgage company may cry more when I can't pay them. But let those bankers keep my kids at an airport for 8 hrs. Then they'd understand lol
3. Everyone is either asleep or watching Flea Market Flip.
4. I have blisters on my feet and toes. My left ankle hurts and is swollen. My right hip and left knee ache. I have scrapes on my arm, a cut on my hand, bruises on my chest and I'm exhausted. And yes, it was fun.
5. YaYa and I both had our cameras going non-stop throughout the trip, and Lisa pre-paid for Memory Maker, which gets you every professional shot at WDW. Once I lost wifi I stopped supplementing all of the above with phone pics, but fear not: I plan on breaking the internet with all our pics once we're home.
6. Just touched down in Atlanta. Just a note: the last row of a 717 is a noisy place - and no window!
7. Nerves frazzled. We took four kids across a continent and part of an ocean. Who wouldn't be frazzled? Whoever picks us up should bring booze as a welcome home gift! Lol
8. Home safe and sound but the airline lost Lisa's bag.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Monday, November 3, 2014
Epcot with YaYa
Boring "memory bookmark" post here.
At Epcot YaYa and I stopped at the Coca-Cola exhibit, where a boy "tricked" me into trying the incredibly bitter Italian soda called Beverly. I was going to pretend it was yummy, but it was so awful I had to spit it out. Yuck. It's like their atoning for Fascism by punishing themselves with bad soda.
Then it was on to the Japanese exhibit where we saw a drum performance and bought her kimono. I got some sushi but she refused to try it; however, a passerby humorously offered to try it instead.
At my insistence we watched a performance of "The Spirit of America"' where we saw a ledger accounting for 500 slaves (I'll always remember the phrase "increase (in inventory) by birth"). I loved the bookstore next door btw but they wanted 900 for a framed autograph of Bush 41!
*I broke the clip on my pedometer squeezing into one of the chairs in the auditorium :(
I wanted fish and chips but it was legitimately cold as heck so we headed back. A guy came up to Yaya and asked her where she was from. He was bundled up and she was in shorts and a tank top. When she said Milwaukee he said "Ah, that explains what you're wearing. I'm from Florida and this is miserable for me"
A great time with a great girl. :)
1117 steps
According to my pedometer, I just logged 1117 steps going just to the front desk and back.
This is not my work issued pedometer btw; that one broke when i was at Epcot with YaYa (specifically, at the Hal of Presidents when it got caught on a seat). Nothing but quality product from my company! Lol. Thankfully i brought a spare. Belts and suspenders people, belts and suspenders.
SMH
As we passed a gorilla photograph yesterday at Animal Kingdom:
"Why do gorillas have such giant nipples?'" LuLu said.
"Knock it off LuLu." I said.
"What?," she said laughing. "It's a legitimate question."
"I don't know the answer," Lisa chimed in. "But I must be part gorilla."
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Awwww
"You know who I want to be? A kid who never grows up,so I can live with you and Mommy forever." Junie
Haunted Mansion
Haunted Mansion was followed by the iconic It's a Small World, followed by the carousel, and the Philharmagic.
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