20060815

20060815

breakfast: none
lunch: leftover green beans, mashed new potatoes and a turkey sandwich with water to drink
dinner: meat spaghetti with ciabatta bread, water to drink

what a long day! since my bike was left at work from yesterday (20060814), we drove maddie to school together. got to work and finished updating the iAM source code for our Attribute/BasicAttribute changes. had a horrible meeting with the scates people where walter mentioned fupload and now of course i'm all fucked again because colette wants to meet about the project next week.

ate lunch at my desk because i was a bit pissy at walter.

afternoon consisted of even more code updates to the nexus project and such. rode home, had dinner with ash and the kidlet and then went on my first bike ride since Saturday's 35 miler (20060812) and it was great. temps finally back below 90, went out past evergreen in midtown and then back home. it's late now, bout to head to bed.

20060814

20060814

breakfast: none
lunch: rp tracks, bbq tofu sandwich with cole slaw and (unfortunately) french fries, water to drink
dinner: sesame chicken, sushi, water
dessert: two peanut butter cups, maybe some cereal (haven't decided yet)

did a bunch of coding today at work and took ashly to the eye doctor to have her eyes dilated. walked around shelby farms with maddie for a bit but it was like 102 degrees so we ended up driving around more of the time. watching treasure hunters now on nbc, ashly is in love with this show (and i like it too). it's just like the movie national treasure, which i'm sure we'll be watching soon. gotta go help put away maddie's books, heh.

20060813

20060813

breakfast: cereal
lunch: macallister's chicken caesar salad (it was okay i guess)
dinner:

reading through larry brown's book "father and son". went on a family bike ride this morning. everyone slept late, and this afternoon they took a huge nap. it's 5pm now and the baby still isn't up, ashly is talking to sarah on the phone. went twice today, i dunno what's gotten into me. gonna go read some more of this book, it's insane but it's pretty good.

20060812

20060812

breakfast: none really, gatorade and stuff
lunch: lenny's club and half of a chicken philly
dinner: some chicken nuggets and a salad shell

what can i say about today. i rode 35 miles on a bike. with mac. it was so much fun. i think i got a bit dehydrated, felt kinda bad, but i still managed to mow the front yard go on a walk and such. oh and we had some lovin' last night! ;)

did the MS150 training ride, started at bikes plus in germantown and rode to piperton. i really, truly believe that i've finally found the way to get my weight under control. as long as my eating doesn't short circuit it. felt kinda dehydrated afterwards, i'm gonna need to work on that, but what an incedible ride!@#

http://memphishightailers.clubexpress.com

Rock-N-Roll MS150 Training Ride
When:
Saturday, Aug 12, 2006, 7:00 AM to 1:30 PM
Where:
Bikes Plus--Germantown
9445 Poplar Avenue
Germantown, TN




Ride along with Team Hightailer in this training ride for the Rock-n-Roll MS150.  The ride is being sponsored by the Mid South Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.  Mileage options include routes of approximately 35 and 60 miles.  The cost is $10 for this fully supported ride, but this will be reduced to $5 if you bring an unregistered rider who registers for the MS150.  Registration will begin at 7:00 a.m. at Bikes Plus, 9445 Poplar Avenue, Germantown, TN.  Bike Plus telephone 901.755.7233.  The ride will roll out at 7:30.

20060811

20060811

breakfast: none
lunch: tiger den, pork fried rice with broccoli and mixed veggies, water to drink
dinner: chicken burrito at costa vida, shared a coke

no one in memphis has the slick mtb tires i want (bontrager hank). mac got the last set! i guess i'm still gonna ride tomorrow morning, but i'm kinda harumph on it. hope everything is okay; if i die, at least i'll die doing something i truly love.

20060810

20060810

breakfast: none
lunch: mac & cheese + hotdog
dinner: shepherd's pie
dessert: rice chex + pb + wayuls

20060809

20060809

breakfast: none
lunch: payne's bbq, sliced pork sandwich with cole slaw and beans, and a couple of ribs from a shared half slab
dinner: leftover rice + sesame chicken sauce, chicken nuggets

payne's is walter's favorite bbq joint. it's on lamar right north of southern, which is in the hood. the food was okay i suppose. went to peddler afterwards, found some nice slick tires for my bike which i really want. went over to vince and kristen's this afternoon with maddie to give them their fixed pc and help transfer stuff from old to new. ashly acted like she wanted sex and then proceeded to not move at all as i tried to kiss her. eventually i said fuckit and went to sleep. i wish she'd come on to me occasionally, i dunno what her deal is, maybe she'll figure herself out one of these days. she had a choice to work for desoto county alternate schools as a long term sub instead of going back to school today. even though she'd work for mr. baird, she decided going back to school was a better deal. i'm inclined to agree. i just hope she can find something that makes money for the fall, it's going to be really tough otherwise.

20060808

20060808

breakfast: none
lunch: costa vida, the new place across from our house, had a shredded chicken salad (it was good!), had a little coke
dinner: ashly cooked chicken nuggets and mixed vegetables
dessert: cereal (honey nut cheerios and rice chex with a little peanut butter, shared it with maddie)

the shower was stopped up this morning, presumably from the baby taking a dump in the tub last night. i got upset at everyone generally in the morning and went off since i basically had to take a quick shower because shit ended up coming up out of the shower drain (fun!). had a bad day at work, kinda went off on walter and everyone else who had the misfortune to talk to me. rode home for lunch, it was a little better, we made up and had a really good lunch at the new mexican place across poplar from our house (we walked with the baby).

afternoon was a little better. rode home and had dinner, then went on a long ride. talked to carl on the cell for about half of the way back; he is screwed up in the head a bit. he apparently thought i wanted a bike riding partner, i really just wanted to see him and see the new parish he's at on jackson. i dunno, sometimes it seems like my family are all generally crazy. called vince to tell him his pc was fixed and ready to go, i'll probably take it over to him tomorrow. maddie puked tonight as we tried to put her in her crib, it's a total defense mechanism... we tried to be calm but honestly how calm can you be cleaning up vomit on the child's rug? heh.

ashly is in bed writing in her diary and the mummy is on tv, i just took some benedryl and putting some neosporin on these damned spots on my legs. i hope i heal up soon, this is getting a bit ridiculous.

20060807

20060807

breakfast: none
lunch: pb&j, half of a peanut satay nasty box meal
dinner: a-tan (sesame chicken)

she mailed him on myspace on saturday as i rode. after all that shit on friday, she fucking mailed him again. she doesn't take me seriously. i tried to make her understand how important this is to me. only time will tell.

20060806

20060806

breakfast: bowl of cereal (shared with maddie)
lunch: turkey+cheese sandwich
dinner: crab-stuffed shrimp + twice baked potatoes at the pier

pepaw's 76th birthday dinner at the pier. fixed my first flat (back tire). went riding with wife and baby tonight, it was nice (but hot).

20060805

20060805

breakfast: pb&j
lunch: leftovers (coop deville grilled chicken salad and some of the pasta leftovers as well)
dinner: olive garden with mom & dad, had beef brisket with mushrooms and cheese tortelloni (yum)

biked almost 30 miles today i think. went with walter and m.e. out to mud island and back. it was so much fun, very exerting but fun.
had a flat tire on poplar 100 feet from the house (thank god, how lucky am i?) then we went to go see talladega nights. funny movie,
insane at times and over the top, heh... got a replacement tube at the peddler and then went on to dinner in southaven at the
olive garden. the wait was terrible, but the food was scrumptuous :) baby went down at like 9:30 and i just finished moving her to the crib. ashly is already in bed. i'm itching terribly, i have this shit on my leg that refuses to heal and other little offspring spots now. took some benedryl, i'm assuming i'll crash when it hits me.

20060804

20060804

breakfast: none
lunch: chicken taco salad @ el porton (courtesy of walter), too many tortilla chips, unsweet tea
dinner: coop de'ville grilled chicken salad and some lemon pepper chicken wings, diet coke
drinks: stoli blueberi and captain & coke

work was painful today. jeff is going on his black ops vacation next week (we think he's interviewing for a position elsewhere), and ed is still prodding me on a daily basis for an update for ferpa, when it's not my project at all. we had our registry meeting and are making some good process, all in all an extremely busy day. i managed to get out of taking and picking up the baby somehow in the ruckus. when i got home, we immediately headed out and drove down to oxford. walked around the square for a bit as we waited for our coop (maddie really enjoyed the fountain behind the visitor's center, or as she called it, the (water)"fall"), then headed out to the grove to eat. i got some mosquito bites on my already-battered legs and dave called her cell right as we were beginning our meal. oh and most importantly, maddie ate something (i think it may have been bird shit) and immediately starting puking up everything she'd eaten in the last three hours. we wiped her off and gave her some water, but at that point i was so pissed about the dave call, her puking, and the itching of my legs that i was ready to leave. i kinda let ashly have it on the way back for not finishing this shit, and she said "i'll take care of it", but she admitted to me that they'd talked last week. we came back to olive branch and dropped the baby off with mom & dad. they seemed to be doing well, although maddie was kinda whiny and probably tired from her ordeal.

drove back to memphis, getting gas, liquor, and coke along the way. got to the place, checked on email from meta (none), watched the closer, got drunk, and proceeded to actually have sex. it's now two in the morning and i'm still up. in all honesty though, liquor always does this kinda shit to me. looking for my water, as soon as i find it i'm heading to bed. there is the possibility of some long bike rides tomorrow and we're going to see "talladega nights" the new will ferrell movie. then on to olive garden in southaven to dine with parents and retrieve the munchkin.

adios me.

20060803

20060803

breakfast: none
lunch: gyro + pasta salad @ rp tracks (groan)
dinner: pasta + chicken + mushroom specialty (per ashly's request :)
dessert: honey nut cheerios

almost went to the doc this morning, till i found out that baptist minor med is not in my network... i have this shit on my leg that may or may not be a spider bite, but it looks to be getting better now so fuckit. i rode my butt off last night and felt great, kind of a fever for a little bit after lunch today but i think i'll be okay. if not, fuckit. ashly went to a play with her old southaven high school work buddy, april (http://www.iammyownwife.com). whhaaaaatever, heh. anyway, maddie flynn and me went on a walk down to mac's house, it was really hot outside but nice to get out there regardless. it's now a little after 9 and she's (reluctantly) asleep in her crib. enjoying my honey nut cheerios (godly) and awaiting my wife's return. sex tonight? doubtful as always :(

20060802

20060802

breakfast: none
lunch: veggie burrito + salad @ rp tracks
dinner: beef brisket + marinated mushrooms + mashed new potatoes (yum!)
dessert: honey nut cheerios (jesus these things are awesome)

went on a long ride tonight! all the way to carl's parish on jackson, although he wasn't there. met dennis, the seminarian, seemed nice enough. kind of a nasty neighborhood, though, that sucked. it's like super nice until a half block south of jackson and then its ghetto. my leg is very very nasty looking, i'm going to the doctor tomorrow morning for sure. clayton told me he thought it might be a spider bite and of course i've been freaking out all day, heh. ashly seems okay today, she's over on the chair and a half reading her book. maddie had a good day at school, i took her in this morning and just held her in the bathroom for what seemed like an hour to try and calm her down. oh well, back to south park.

20060801

20060801

breakfast: none
lunch: came home, had a turkey sandwich, as well as a bowl of rice chex + blueberries
dinner: had a burger at the poplar-highland national night out against crime thing down the street, then a hot dog
dessert: ice cream sandwich

today i was a windows admin. i was forced to work against my will with michelle belton (michael bolton) for longer than was physically or emotionally comfortable. in the end, i figured out a way to fix the group permissions and push them out to the coursegroups in a script. hooray. then i played quake3 and lost twice to mac. sound was buggy the whole time so i feel a little vindicated. it was 10-8 in the second match too, so i'm getting a bit better possibly. maddie stayed home with ash today and they went on a walk in the morning. she seems like she's back on her schedule, which is good, although she's taken to almost puking when we try to put her down at night. i'm really pleased that she's going down in her crib though again. we still do need to pick up a mattress but maybe we can put that off a few weeks (shrug). i dunno if we're gonna be short this month, but it's definitely going to be close. i really enjoyed coming up with some songs yesterday, wrote a little instrumental thing and something for ashly, hope she likes it when i'm done. it's tough not having wow at night but i'm trying to reach out and get back into music/writing. i never even listened to music for the past six months, i was so totally consumed with wow. what a horrible addiction. and i still feel like i'm one credit card number away from slipping back into it. i haven't ridden my bike (not counting work trips) in three days and it sucks so bad.