Tattoos

Tattoos are cool if your tastes, maturity and body never change.

Splitfinger roks da Artist's Café

So my brothers were in town and we cut up a bunch of wood until the log splitter crapped out. We crowned off the evening by taking our significant others out to Newton's local and only descent watering hole. A band by the name of Splitfinger was playing. They made for a great fun evening. They played a lot of Journey tunes- Kansas, Play that Funky Music White boy, etc. If you grew up in the 1980's you will love this band. They nailed all the tunes precisely! They also had the obligatory drunk girlfriend/roadie grooving to the tunes and dirty dancing with just about any willing partner.

So if you live in Catawba County you need to check out the Artist's Café - they probably are the best place in the county to see live music.

Kids say the darndest.....

Attitude I am getting from London our seven year old daughter: "You don't love us equally. You love her a lot more than me."..... "Daddy are fairies real? I think you might be the tooth fairy."

We were at my parent's house on Saturday with my four year old twins Adrienne and Atticus. My nieces and nephew was there. When it was time to go Adrienne pitched on holy fit not wanting to leave. Crying and running and hiding from me. We finally get home and I put her in bed. She says to me "Come on man... get out of here and leave me alone!"

Coughing Bullshit

I can't stop freaking coughing. There is a tickle in the back of my throat that won't go away. I cough and cough and it is always unproductive. I have to be up and ready to leave in less than five hours. Sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks.

The worst Valentines Day

Part I:
So I got back from the trip this morning about 1:00 AM and couldn't go to sleep until about 2:00 AM. I slept on the sofa downstairs so as not to wake Tamara with my persistent coughing and hacking. In the morning London and Atticus came downstairs to see me with big hugs and kisses. I could tell they were excited to see me and they wanted to know if i had brought them presents. I finally motivated my sick ass off the sofa and up the stairs.

I saw Adrienne in the hallway- she just walked right passed me and didn't even acknowledge me until I said "Hello Adrienne" She then said "Hi Daddy" and went about her business- no hug - nothing. That is just the way she is. I am sure she loves me but she is just different and shows it in a different manner than the other two.

Part II:
Tamara London and I went to the doctor since we are all sick. I had received a text message from an old friend from Honduras that I didn't understand and sent a message back saying so. At the doctor's office I got a text clarification of her question. It turns out that I find out that a commercial airplane crashed in Honduras killing all 14 aboard. The wife of the general manager of my factory in Honduras was on the plane. I have not been able to talk to him. This is horrible news. They have two young teenage daughters. So very tragic.

Feeling better

My fever broke this morning about 3:00 AM. I began to sweat profusely and within an hour I was feeling better. My throat still hurts, my voice is several octaves deeper and I am coughing frequently with plenty of phlegm that is brown in color. Thank god I flew first class and I was a little more comfortable.

I have been popping 400 mg of ibuprofen every 6 hours to keep the fever down. I hopefully just took my last dose.

I feel good enough to go to work tomorrow but my flight doesn't land in CLT until 11:40 tonight so I won't get home until about 1:00 AM. I always have to wind down after a trip like this. So I am going to be tired tomorrow.

Sickness Sucks

I am in beautiful Wyoming for a skiing trip and I am sick as hell- fever, headache, chest congestion, coughing and chills. I got to ski two days and I missed today. Being sick really sucks.