A Procedure

Just got done with my "procedure". I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable at the moment. Ok, a lot bit uncomfortable. Aleric made a running head butt straight for the effected area just like I did at my dad so many years ago. Nice to know that some things never change. I'll let all you thinkers out there figure out what procedure I had done.

A message from my phone about my phone

We just got new phones. They are message phones and everything works as you'd expect. Funny how the blackerry didn't...

An Enlightening Day

Yesterday didn't start out that great but it unrolled in ways I never could have predicted. I got up early so I could go to stand watch at 5 am which is never fun. On my way into work I spoke with God about my life and the direction that it is going. As I prayed for guidance as to which path I should take I decided to allow my prayers to be guided by God. This turned out to be interesting and more fruitful than I imagined possible. It is a little wierd to do this, to open myself up like that. I found that I stopped praying for guidance and felt that the answer to that question had already been given, and instead had started praying for my relationship with my family. I prayed that my children would be healthy, happy and creative individuals and that Holly and I would have the wisdom to raise them right. I also found that I was telling myself that I needed to eliminate video games from my life for now. This is not going to be easy, but I know that it is because I was allowing them to take my attention away from my wife and my family. So for now until I feel that the situation has changed they are all going into the closet. The final thing that I found the need to ask for was that He would guide me toward understanding the true nature of God. I will be writing blogs more on this in the future, but He has already begun to show me His nature. Then I got to work and discovered that I had gotten up early apparently just for the time with God because I didn't have to be at work until 1pm. So the rest of the day unrolled as you might imagine. I went home, slept in, woke up, went to work and eventually came home. So last night Holly and I were talking, it got really late but I was thinking about what I had prayed about in the morning. I remembered thinking about how I never talk to Holly about spiritual matters despite the fact that they are important to me. It occured to me how ridiculous that is. So I broached the subject. As it turns out, she still loves me and in fact I feel that after our talk last night we have never been closer. I was able to say some things that put Holly's mind at ease, even though I had no idea she was stressing about them. We communicated on a level that we never had before and it was amazing. I feel that our relationship has improved so much more in one night than I ever would have thought possible. All of this was because I woke up earlier than I needed to and spent an extra hour alone with God.

I must be crazy

So my inner child came out and compelled me to stay up until 1200, waiting outside my local gamestop so I could get my hands on a game that I won't even be able to play until tomorrow. I've been following this game since it's conception about 4 years ago and it's release has been delayed for two years. It's finally here and I splurged on the limited edition so I could get some special in game units. I know, it sounds pretty ridiculous. I feel the need to explain my theory of why the store was full of guys like me and the occasional understanding, if not patronizing, girlfriend/wife. When I was a little boy, a new toy meant more than just another object, it was a whole new world of possibilities. My army men were tactical pieces in a war between me and my brothers with personalities of their own. Maybe they came to life when we weren't looking. My simple electronic toys became sophisticated remote control devices to space ships that existed only for me and my brothers. As I got older, reality imposed it's rigid structure upon my dreams and the toys lost their magic. This is where video games come in. People pour their imagination and creativity into these games, bringing the worlds that existed only for me and them to life before everyone elses eyes. There is no disappointment, reality's influence is limited to whatever the dreamer allows. This is what these games are to grown men. They are the chance to feel imagination at play.

The solution

Thanks to my mom's expert advice, Holly and I came up with some ways to embellish the cake and make it cooler. It sort of has fun with and commemorates Destiny's desire to have a water birth. I hope she likes it tomorrow at her baby shower.

My dilemma

How can I make this cake look cooler?

Xbox dead... Again.

Holly finished watching a movie on the xbox and we went to the grocery store for some supplies. When we got back we thought a game of scene it sounded fun. So I walk over and turn on the xbox, turn and walk back to the couch and when I sit down I see an error screen and one red ring. Crap. Only one isn't covered by the 3 year extension MS has on the warranty and I just got it back from being repaired 2 weeks ago from the 3rd party warranty we got from the NEX. Because of that I can't make a claim on my extra warranty. So we got a pro system from the air force BX. 60 GB HD and 4 games. Well it was supposed to have 3 but we got 2 blue dragons in the box. So we were a little lucky. I'm not sure what to do with the second copy, maybe I can return it for store credit at gamestop or something.