Ahhhhhgggggggg!

Okay, that is pretty much the way I am feeling right now.
Major Edit: cut out some things for the moment. The post related to something that happened to a boy at the kids' school but has been cut for now.

The other terrible thing, right now DS#3 is playing well on his own and I have time to "work" --This means I just emailed people telling them I know I need to email them but I, um, can't.

I thought typing this down would help a bit. Hate to say it, but it didn't.
ahhhhhhhggggggggggg!

As mentioned above, writing it down didn't really help. Basically, we are waiting to see how the school responds and the parents asked me not to comment. Even though no names were mentioned, I have edited this post for now.

Something Anyway

Well, there is a website update for GU showing some new logos. Couldn't get the idea I have in mind for a new website re-design to work. Might have been the fact that I am still not feeling well. I did get a little bit of writing done so that is good. Actually felt better this evening and was more active coaching DD's soccer practice. The miracle of ibuprofen. I know, I know, why didn't I take some earlier in the day?
Soccer schedules for the weekend are in. DS#1 and DD have schedules for the season, DS#2 only has the first two weekends (and those have already changed several times). Yes, I have entered them in the Palm Pilot with their different colors to see the overlaps and, well, the season should be "interesting."
Time to sleep this gunk out. A new weather front comes through tonight, hopefully that will help, even if it does make things warm, cloudy, and muggy.

Attitude, Shmattitude...

Well, the Positive Attitude did help a little bit, but coaching on anything other than a few demonstrations was out. A complete lack of a voice cannot be easily overcome, strangely, one needs to use one's voice quite often when coaching 5 and 6 year olds.

Today wasn't a complete waste, got a few things done, also met with DS#2's teacher this afternoon which went fairly well. Still feeling like crap, probably going to shut out the light and be in bed by 10 PM, which is early for me. I am gearing up for a major website update, unfortunately, it probably won't be as major as I want it to be. I was hoping for a new ground-up design but being sick has crushed that. I want to focus more time on getting products ready.

Let's see if the Positive Attitude ™ helps throw off this bug so I can get more work done tomorrow.

Sick Today

Bleh, I have the gunk big time today. Worst part is that I don't think my pounding skull can even handle the mere idea of coaching 5 year old soccer tonight.
I did my best to go to bed early last night to get rid of this thing but it just got worse. Not Fun!
I went to my meeting with the school administrator this morning, came home and went to bed until a little after 1:00 PM. Some sleep, some rest, and if it was effective then I would hate to think about how I'd be feeling right now if I hadn't rested.
It is Positive Attitude Time. I WILL feel better by the time I get the kids home from school and I WILL have fun tonight playing soccer with the kids.

This WILL work (or it'll bloody kill me).

Allergies

Well, I have a combination of allergies and probably a cold that is pretty much knocking me down. My in-laws have been here through the entire weekend and leave tomorrow morning so we took everyone out to dinner tonight. My mother-in-law has to be doing something. If she isn't playing with the baby, feeding the baby, or something else like that, she is cooking, doing my laundry, etc. The truth is, she is like this in her own home, she needs to be doing SOMETHING. In fact, she retired and 65 but then went back to working "part-time" just to keep herself busy. My father-in-law can entertain himself watching sports games on TV, reading (the man reads 2 or more newspapers a day, plus news on the internet, plus magazine subscriptions, you get the idea) but my mother-in-law likes to keep busy. Needless to say, my wife and I really benefit when they come to visit.

Today I got a few things done, scanned some public domain art, did a bit of writing, and got in touch with some of the great guys that have been doing some work for me. I hope to have a major website update soon. Ideally I would say tomorrow but I have to meet with a school administrator to discuss my, um, complaints about DS#2's teacher. It's a long story, but I am guessing it'll be difficult to get much done tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. I have logos to put up and I am thinking about being bold enough to list some of the titles of the first products. I also want to put up some links and bios for the folks that have gotten some work to me lately.

Well, my head is about to explode so I am going to try to go to sleep early and toss this thing off so I can make some serious progress tomorrow.

Oscars?

Okay, the Oscars really aren't my thing. My in-laws are watching downstairs though. My Father-in-law is really into movies and the actors, etc. He sees every movie nominated for an Oscar with very, very few exceptions over the years. They are watching downstairs. My wife usually watches to see the dresses, etc., but even she has gotten so bored with the lengthy presentations over the years that she isn't watching either. Now she just waits for the highlights on the internet the next day.
Well, I am sitting here typing this with the local news on and planning to go to sleep in a little bit. DS#3 has had horrible congestion problems due to teething and probably allergies so he wakes up by about 3-4 AM most mornings. Pretty much wearing me down lately.
It was a beautiful day today, high 80's and blue skies. This means that by sometime this week we'll probably have high temperatures in the 50's or 60's and freeze warnings. Sounds like it will be nice tomorrow too though. I guess the kids will run around outside again, after school that is. Speaking of school, I am very unhappy with DS#2's teacher so I am setting up a conference with her sometime this week. I have also already set up an appointment with the school administrator. Long story short, she doesn't seem to be doing a good job, or a fair job, isn't communicating well, and, more importantly, DS#2's previous love for school and interest in learning are fading fast. I get steamed when thinking about this so I best move on.

Got a few outlines for some products done. Mostly because I was watching the kids play outside and was sketching out ideas in one of my notebooks. Not sure how quickly I want to expand product lines but a few of the ideas shouldn't be that difficult to write up so I'll give that more thought once I have some of the initial products lined up. The GU logo and Sparks logo are looking up so we are several ticks closer to getting some things finished up.

Father-Daughter Dance

Well, tonight was my first Father-Daughter Dance with DD. She absolutely loved it, honestly, I had a great time too. At 5 DD is getting more "girly" lately. Until she was about 2 1/2 I used to tell people, "oh, she is just another boy." Well, that isn't true anymore. It is both fun, and frightening, to watch her grow up. She is certainly very different from the boys. We got to the dance (which was held at the gym we belong to) shortly after the dance started and they had the gymnasium decorated very nicely with a DJ playing in one corner, food in another room, and nice tables where the girls could have their nails and/or lips done as well as a table where the girls could make little "princess hats." They also took professional photographs of the fathers and daughters. I guess we see the photo next Friday. Basically, this was well-organized and fun for everyone involved. There were girls there as old as high-school age and as young as 2-3. Everyone had a great time.

DS#2 had a soccer game this morning. This was a "club friendly" against a team from another club here in town. Basically, his team crushed the other team. They played extremely well. DS#2 probably had the best game he ever played. He loves playing defense and boy, did he play well this morning. Playing around with an older brother helps.
Next week Saturday we'll have 2-3 soccer games. We might have games Sunday too. In fact, with Spring Break for the local schools and Easter wedged together, we'll probably have a number of Sunday games this Spring in order to get all of the games in before the end of the Spring season. DD will play in a 3v3 soccer tournament on the Saturday before Easter. Very poor timing really, but we don't leave for vacation until Easter Sunday so we'll be playing.

I would love to say that I got a lot of work done today, but that didn't happen. I did get a few things done so I am fairly satisfied. I would like to have more accomplished by this time tonight but such is life. My in-laws are in town this weekend and don't leave until Tuesday. This means that they'll help with DS#3 on Monday and I'll have a chance to get more work done. Sunday, well, it looks busy tomorrow.