Monday, August 15, 2005

When are they old enough

After a hard day of work and going to bed at 2:00am I was needing a good nights sleep. Somewhere between 3:00am and 4:00am my wife grabbed my sleeping pillow mumbling something about your daughter needs it. I asked WTF and she said the daughter is not feeling well. Thinking it was my 8yr old in bed I didn't protest too much with the fact I had to give up my special sleeping pillow. After a restless, tossing and turning night I wake up not to see my 8yr old but my 17yr old in bed with me. Ya hear people say kids grow up so fast and the next thing you know they are grown up and have left home. I am just waiting for the time they are grown up and out of my damn bed.
Sigh

Sunday, August 14, 2005

5yr old dodges death

The 5yr old is a kid that does not shy away from death or a competitive race. During a casual ride on his bike with his Aunt's family, he challenges her to a race. With her being 8mos pregnant he was figuring that he was going to clean up even though he was only 5. On your mark, get set, go, off they went down the sidewalk that heads downhill toward the creek. He is a manic slamming through his 5-speed gears, hunched over the handlebars giving it his all. After realizing the Aunt was left behind did he decide he should evaluate the high rate of speed he had just obtained. After a quick backpedal spin like on his old bike did he realize he had no foot brakes, these were hand brakes. Aunt and Uncle were too struck with fear to yell out hand brake, hand brakes. By now his speed had passed 20mph and climbing. He hung on but veered off the sidewalk. The first gully washer he hit bounced him off his seat landing him straddling the bar. The last thing the Uncle reported seeing was his legs outspread and his head bobbing up and down as he disappeared into the creek ravine full of old cedar trees with small lower dead broken off limbs that looked like spikes. When they caught up to him he was coming out holding the family jewels. The side of his face was scratched where the spiky limbs grazed the side of his neck and his shoulder is now black and bruised. He said he didn't want to race any more that night. Hey, any bike ride race that doesn't end up in the ER is a good bike ride. Two weeks later my sister said the gouges along his neck were from branches that were dried out sticks of death but if they would have been over another .5-1.0 inch, they would have impaled his neck which would have meant a lot of blood loss resulting in Death.

Women in my family and plumbing don't mix

I head toward the bathroom for some much deserved rest on the throne but as I get nearer I hear a water running noise coming out of the bathroom. Expecting it to be the facet, I wasn't much concerned but when I walk in I don't see water coming out of the facet. Panicked I see the toilet with water shooting out of the top along the wall. I turn off the water and reattach the tiny hose back on which located inside the tank. When I asked my daughter what happened I get a, "ya water started squirting everywhere." The thought of a women to know when to turn off the water is beyond their grasp.
Sigh

Keep the Projects coming

As usual the garbage disposal was stuck, jammed with something. Checked for the usual stuff, socks, wash clothes but nothing could I feel. I got out the old allen wrench to try and turn it manually, no good. Got the 5lb hammer and started whacking. It was then I could hear grinding glass, great. Twenty minutes later I finally got it to budge 1/8 turn which was enough when I turned it on to finishing grinding the glass. I asked the wife about why there was glass down in the disposal. She reported a glass had fallen inside and continued on. Never occurred to her to remove the broken glass pieces out before the disposal was turned on.
Sigh
 

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