07/April/2015, Day 097. Tuesday.
Today was truly back-to-school for Kuya, (unlike yesterday). This gave Sweetie a much needed break, as she only had to watch Dodong during the day.
Grump's day at work went easier than yesterday, but it was still hectic. One of the systems he supports has begun getting various cryptic errors in a test environment. Grump can fudge his way through these problems, but it sure would be nice to know what is causing them, so that we can fix it. If one of these weird problems popped up in production it would be a catasrophe!
Sweetie made a good dinner tonight of rice, broccoli, and egg. Seasoned with garlic and onion, it was actually very tasty.
It's SO HOT in our house tonight, and Old Very Sweaty Grump is too cheap to turn on the air-conditioning just yet. So we all sweat and suffer. Ugh!
We hope that all of you had a wonderful day, and that you sleep well tonight. Bye-bye.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Monday, April 6, 2015
A Day in a Year in a LIfe / Day 096
06/April/2015, Day 096. Monday.
Today it was back to work for Grump, and back to school for Kuya. Or so we thought! Turns out that when Grump drove Kuya up to the school gate, it was closed! Grump and Sweetie had not been paying close enough attention to school announcements, because it turns out today was the last day of spring break. School doesn't resume until tomorrow.
So Grump back Kuya back home to a surprised Sweetie, then left the three of them, (Sweetie, Kuya, and Dodong), to go to work. He wasn't as lucky as Kuya; work was not cancelled today. In fact, a very sleepy Grump had lots and lots of work to do today. Poor Grump!
Despite getting better sleep last night, bought Grump and Sweetie are now suffering from what must be accumlated sleep deprivation. They can't wait for Lola to come back, so that someone can help them with the kids, and maybe help them get a good night's sleep.
In fact, both Grump and Sweetie are eager to go to bed, so let's wrap this up and call it a night. Goodnight all!
Today it was back to work for Grump, and back to school for Kuya. Or so we thought! Turns out that when Grump drove Kuya up to the school gate, it was closed! Grump and Sweetie had not been paying close enough attention to school announcements, because it turns out today was the last day of spring break. School doesn't resume until tomorrow.
So Grump back Kuya back home to a surprised Sweetie, then left the three of them, (Sweetie, Kuya, and Dodong), to go to work. He wasn't as lucky as Kuya; work was not cancelled today. In fact, a very sleepy Grump had lots and lots of work to do today. Poor Grump!
Despite getting better sleep last night, bought Grump and Sweetie are now suffering from what must be accumlated sleep deprivation. They can't wait for Lola to come back, so that someone can help them with the kids, and maybe help them get a good night's sleep.
In fact, both Grump and Sweetie are eager to go to bed, so let's wrap this up and call it a night. Goodnight all!
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 095
05/April/2015, Day 095. Sunday.
Today we had breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa, then we had to say goodbye, and start the long drive back home.
Although we were a wee bit more rested than a few days ago, the roads were much more crowded than they were on Friday, so the drive was not pleasant. Additionally, crowded roads always seem to bring out the poor and reckless drivers, and today was no exception.
We stopped in Valdosta to get lunch at Korea Garden, hoping it was open on Easter, but it was not. So we went instead to a Chinese buffet called Chow Town, (1550 Baytree Road). It was a very good buffet. If Korean food just doesn't appeal to you, or you're looking for an all-you-can-eat type experience, I can wholeheartedly recommend Chow Town. In fact, if you are responsible for feeding a few teenages, it is probably a better option.
By the time we got home we were all very, very tired again, and Grump had a tension headache. We ate dinner out again, (our budget is feeling the pain of too many restaurant meals recently!), then went to bed early.
Today we had breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa, then we had to say goodbye, and start the long drive back home.
Although we were a wee bit more rested than a few days ago, the roads were much more crowded than they were on Friday, so the drive was not pleasant. Additionally, crowded roads always seem to bring out the poor and reckless drivers, and today was no exception.
We stopped in Valdosta to get lunch at Korea Garden, hoping it was open on Easter, but it was not. So we went instead to a Chinese buffet called Chow Town, (1550 Baytree Road). It was a very good buffet. If Korean food just doesn't appeal to you, or you're looking for an all-you-can-eat type experience, I can wholeheartedly recommend Chow Town. In fact, if you are responsible for feeding a few teenages, it is probably a better option.
By the time we got home we were all very, very tired again, and Grump had a tension headache. We ate dinner out again, (our budget is feeling the pain of too many restaurant meals recently!), then went to bed early.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 094
04/April/2015, Day 094. Saturday.
The theme for today, as it is for way too many of our days, was extreme tiredness. Sometimes the first night in a hotel room is rough sleeping; this was the case for Sweetie and Grump, both of who slept poorly. The kids responded by both waking up early, 5:00 am! Grrr!!
After breakfast we went Grandma and Grandpa's place, then we drove Grandma, Sweetie and Dodong to a nice indoor mall. Unfortunately the mall was nearly 45 minutes away. (WHY we went to a mall that was so far away I don't know. You'll have to ask Grandpa.) Kuya had wanted to swim, so back to Grandma and Grandpa's condo we, (only Grump, Grandpa, and Kuya now), went. While Kuya got in a brief swim Grump lay down on Grandma and Grandpa's bed, and zonked out for a good 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, back at the mall, Sweetie and Grandma were busy trying on all sorts of wonderful clothing that was on sale at Belks. Sweetie found two things that looked nice on her and fit perfectly; Grandma graciously bought them for her.
Swimming and shopping time was up, so Grump, Grandpa, and Kuya drove back to the mall to pickup Sweetie, Grandma, and Dodong, then we all went to Paneras for a lunchtime snack. After that it was time to rest and get ready for dinner.
Dinner was interesting. Grump finished his meal before the other even got theirs, (he ordered a buffet, while they ordered from the menu), so after he was done he took Kuay, (who was misbehaving), and Dodong back to Grandma and Grandpa's place, where they waited, and waited, and waited for the others to finish dinner and come home. It took them nearly an hour to finish their meal, by which time Dodong was really missing his mama!
Bedtime was early, and after a brief bit of fussiness from Kuya, (who wanted to watch TV), we were all in bed, and soon sound asleep.
Goodnight all!
The theme for today, as it is for way too many of our days, was extreme tiredness. Sometimes the first night in a hotel room is rough sleeping; this was the case for Sweetie and Grump, both of who slept poorly. The kids responded by both waking up early, 5:00 am! Grrr!!
After breakfast we went Grandma and Grandpa's place, then we drove Grandma, Sweetie and Dodong to a nice indoor mall. Unfortunately the mall was nearly 45 minutes away. (WHY we went to a mall that was so far away I don't know. You'll have to ask Grandpa.) Kuya had wanted to swim, so back to Grandma and Grandpa's condo we, (only Grump, Grandpa, and Kuya now), went. While Kuya got in a brief swim Grump lay down on Grandma and Grandpa's bed, and zonked out for a good 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, back at the mall, Sweetie and Grandma were busy trying on all sorts of wonderful clothing that was on sale at Belks. Sweetie found two things that looked nice on her and fit perfectly; Grandma graciously bought them for her.
Swimming and shopping time was up, so Grump, Grandpa, and Kuya drove back to the mall to pickup Sweetie, Grandma, and Dodong, then we all went to Paneras for a lunchtime snack. After that it was time to rest and get ready for dinner.
Dinner was interesting. Grump finished his meal before the other even got theirs, (he ordered a buffet, while they ordered from the menu), so after he was done he took Kuay, (who was misbehaving), and Dodong back to Grandma and Grandpa's place, where they waited, and waited, and waited for the others to finish dinner and come home. It took them nearly an hour to finish their meal, by which time Dodong was really missing his mama!
Bedtime was early, and after a brief bit of fussiness from Kuya, (who wanted to watch TV), we were all in bed, and soon sound asleep.
Goodnight all!
Saturday, April 4, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 093
03/April/2015, Day 093. Friday.
It should have been a mellow day. We had planned to sleep in a bit late, then drive down to Atlantic Beach to visit Grandma and Grandpa. Grump had already taken the day before as a vacation, so we were already feeling relaxed.
But ..... NOOOOOO!! Life had other plans for us.
At 11:30 pm, after we had already fallen asleep, Grump received a phone call from work. A job had abended. PHOOEY, PHOOEY, and DOUBLE PHOOEY!!
So good little office drone that he is, Grump got dressed and drove in to the office, (because the STUPID dial-up access they're having him use still doesn't friggin' work!), and puttered around on fixing the stupid problem with the stupid job.
He was there for several hours, and had to involve his manager. As it turned out, we did finally resolve the problem, and it was something another group did wrong, not Grump, so that was good. But he didn't get home until 1:45 am, which was very bad, It was probably 2:30 am by the time Grump and Sweetie settled down enough to fall asleep again.
So we were EXTREMELY tired when we woke up. Fortunately God protected us, (and other drivers!), as we drove the five hours down to Florida. We did stop in Valdosta to eat at the Korea Garden restaurant we had stopped at last time we came to Florida, and it was still yummy, but other than that our drive down was uneventful, which was a good thing, I suppose.
We had a nice meal with Grandpa and Grandma, then thankfully went to bed. Goodnight all.
It should have been a mellow day. We had planned to sleep in a bit late, then drive down to Atlantic Beach to visit Grandma and Grandpa. Grump had already taken the day before as a vacation, so we were already feeling relaxed.
But ..... NOOOOOO!! Life had other plans for us.
At 11:30 pm, after we had already fallen asleep, Grump received a phone call from work. A job had abended. PHOOEY, PHOOEY, and DOUBLE PHOOEY!!
So good little office drone that he is, Grump got dressed and drove in to the office, (because the STUPID dial-up access they're having him use still doesn't friggin' work!), and puttered around on fixing the stupid problem with the stupid job.
He was there for several hours, and had to involve his manager. As it turned out, we did finally resolve the problem, and it was something another group did wrong, not Grump, so that was good. But he didn't get home until 1:45 am, which was very bad, It was probably 2:30 am by the time Grump and Sweetie settled down enough to fall asleep again.
So we were EXTREMELY tired when we woke up. Fortunately God protected us, (and other drivers!), as we drove the five hours down to Florida. We did stop in Valdosta to eat at the Korea Garden restaurant we had stopped at last time we came to Florida, and it was still yummy, but other than that our drive down was uneventful, which was a good thing, I suppose.
We had a nice meal with Grandpa and Grandma, then thankfully went to bed. Goodnight all.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 092
02/April/2015, Day 092. Thursday.
Today Grump took a day off from work, and Kuya is still on spring break, and thus not in school, so the four of us, (Dodong, Kuya, Sweetie, and Grump), got to spend the entire day together. Woo hoo!!
The morning started off slow. Dodong and Kuya had doctor's appointments, so we spent lots and lots of time waiting in the doctor's office, (and a wee bit of time actually seeing the doctor), which is the way these appointments tend to go. After that, we ate lunch at the superb Maggio's, which we hadn't been to in a long time, owing to Grump's nervousness over our credit card debt. Then it was off to Riverside Mall, (actually The Shoppes at River Crossing, but that sounds so fussy!), to buy some school pants for Kuya, which, to Grump's immense pleasure, were ON SALE!
Back home the plan was for Grump to watch Dodong, (and possibly Kuya), while Sweetie caught up on some chores, but Grump spent most of the afternoon puttering around on his computer. He's been fixated on a site called clickworker for more than a week now, and while still not getting the hang of it, (nor having all of it work successfully on his locked-down PC!), he has managed to earn the princely sum of ..... $5.05! Now before you say to yourself, "Good Lord! What a waste of time!", understand that this is more than he has EVER earned from affiliate links, more than his average monthly earnings when he was writing articles, and, if comments here-and-there around the internet are to be believed, if he ever gets his act together, he should easily be earning that much PER HOUR!
Does it sound interesting now? If you'd like to give clickworker a try, please consider joining using his referral code, so he will get a referral fee: Join Clickworker Now!
Meanwhile, back in the "real world", it was now getting close to dinner time. We couldn't think of what we wanted to do for dinner, so Sweetie suggested we get some sushi from Fresh Market. That was a great idea! The sushi was yummy, and so was the grilled tuna and chicken "pot stickers", (which remind me of Chinese steamed dumplings).
Once dinner was over we started to pack for our big trip, which we'll talk about tomorrow!
Goodnight all.
Today Grump took a day off from work, and Kuya is still on spring break, and thus not in school, so the four of us, (Dodong, Kuya, Sweetie, and Grump), got to spend the entire day together. Woo hoo!!
The morning started off slow. Dodong and Kuya had doctor's appointments, so we spent lots and lots of time waiting in the doctor's office, (and a wee bit of time actually seeing the doctor), which is the way these appointments tend to go. After that, we ate lunch at the superb Maggio's, which we hadn't been to in a long time, owing to Grump's nervousness over our credit card debt. Then it was off to Riverside Mall, (actually The Shoppes at River Crossing, but that sounds so fussy!), to buy some school pants for Kuya, which, to Grump's immense pleasure, were ON SALE!
Back home the plan was for Grump to watch Dodong, (and possibly Kuya), while Sweetie caught up on some chores, but Grump spent most of the afternoon puttering around on his computer. He's been fixated on a site called clickworker for more than a week now, and while still not getting the hang of it, (nor having all of it work successfully on his locked-down PC!), he has managed to earn the princely sum of ..... $5.05! Now before you say to yourself, "Good Lord! What a waste of time!", understand that this is more than he has EVER earned from affiliate links, more than his average monthly earnings when he was writing articles, and, if comments here-and-there around the internet are to be believed, if he ever gets his act together, he should easily be earning that much PER HOUR!
Does it sound interesting now? If you'd like to give clickworker a try, please consider joining using his referral code, so he will get a referral fee: Join Clickworker Now!
Meanwhile, back in the "real world", it was now getting close to dinner time. We couldn't think of what we wanted to do for dinner, so Sweetie suggested we get some sushi from Fresh Market. That was a great idea! The sushi was yummy, and so was the grilled tuna and chicken "pot stickers", (which remind me of Chinese steamed dumplings).
Once dinner was over we started to pack for our big trip, which we'll talk about tomorrow!
Goodnight all.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 091
01/April/2015, Day 091. Wednesday.
Old Grump went to the doctor today, and I guess now it's futile to attempt to hide the news: Grump is pregnant!
While maybe not the first human male to become pregnant, Grump's pregnancy is possibly the first time a fertilized human egg implanted in a male "naturally". We have to put "naturally" in quotes, because we still aren't sure how this bizarre and potentially tragic situation came about. (As you may remember, Grump is supposedly vasectomised!) Not to be too graphic, but after an ejaculation I think you guys need to pull it out, rather than letting it hang around in there for as long as you can.
Grump is VERY upset about all this, because the sensible thing, from a health perspective, is to abort the embryo. However, he also believe that life, (a new human "soul"), begins at conception, and so is reluctant to kill another person if there is any other option available. And thus the awful dilemma, because medical experts are .... well, baffled.
Probably the best thing to do would be to find a female surrogate to carry the child.
This is all so sudden, and such a tremendous shock, that we don't exactly know what to do yet. Please keep all of us, especially Grump, in your prayers.
It's been a long, weird day; we gonna wrap it up and go to bed early. Goodnight all.
P.S. - Yes, of course this is an April Fools joke! But you can still pray for all of us, (and we would deeply appreciate it), particularly Grump!
Old Grump went to the doctor today, and I guess now it's futile to attempt to hide the news: Grump is pregnant!
While maybe not the first human male to become pregnant, Grump's pregnancy is possibly the first time a fertilized human egg implanted in a male "naturally". We have to put "naturally" in quotes, because we still aren't sure how this bizarre and potentially tragic situation came about. (As you may remember, Grump is supposedly vasectomised!) Not to be too graphic, but after an ejaculation I think you guys need to pull it out, rather than letting it hang around in there for as long as you can.
Grump is VERY upset about all this, because the sensible thing, from a health perspective, is to abort the embryo. However, he also believe that life, (a new human "soul"), begins at conception, and so is reluctant to kill another person if there is any other option available. And thus the awful dilemma, because medical experts are .... well, baffled.
Probably the best thing to do would be to find a female surrogate to carry the child.
This is all so sudden, and such a tremendous shock, that we don't exactly know what to do yet. Please keep all of us, especially Grump, in your prayers.
It's been a long, weird day; we gonna wrap it up and go to bed early. Goodnight all.
P.S. - Yes, of course this is an April Fools joke! But you can still pray for all of us, (and we would deeply appreciate it), particularly Grump!
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