Generally.
The following narrative report details the events starting Friday past.
27JUL07; time approximate, 0850hrs.
Woke to the sound of dogs barking, my dogs. Wife was in the kitchen looking out the window trying to see what the dogs were barking at. She reports observing one chipmunk and one chipmunk only. Said chipmunk is still, in a prone position, tail up, staring back at my wife who is staring back at the chipmunk...............Stupid dogs.
0855hrs. (app)
Half a cup of java coursing through my system, step out back for a cigarette, still a little groggy. Rough night down on The Dock on Thursday. My wife got home from work at 0820, she's already showered and dressed and joins me outside for coffee and. Says she wants Chinese, they start serving the lunch buffet at 1100.
1115hrs. (app)
Having been seated and having placed our order for beverages, Pepsi not Coke. My wife and our younger daughter proceed to reconnoiter the buffet tables, circling, taking it all in. I head directly to the first table, the first table as you approach from the booths in the dining area. The second dish from the left is what I'm after. The first dish is Pepper Steak, also a favorite but, the second dish from the left is the primary target. That chicken dish named after the Chinese General who commanded troops in The Route Army. General Zoe's Chicken. (Unsure of spelling, but it's pronounced Zo, like oh but with a "Z" in front)....I'm sure that the good General would be thrilled to know that his military accomplishments are all but forgotten as his life is summed up in a popular chicken dish consumed daily by thousands of imperialist Americans.
1200hrs. (app)
We exit the establishment, it's raining. My wife suggests a little browsing at the dollar store located three doors southwest (allowing for the angle) in the shopping center where we had just consumed mass quantities at the all you can eat lunch buffet. Dollar General, that's the place. This was the beginning of the end. We spent $172.00 at the dollar store. T-shirts and work socks, back to school stuff and a bunch of silly pens for my wife to use at work. She likes silly pens. I got a three pack of flashlights just in case one of the many storms we have had lately knocks the power out yet again. I also got a twenty foot extension cord, it's easier than dragging one of the fifty or one hundred foot cords around when I'm working inside the house. They got a bunch of girl stuff too, hair clips and nail polish, stuff like that. Three ladies here, that stuff is important.
1355hrs.
We return to the house, I realize that it's too late to do what I wanted to do on Friday. I wanted to take my daughter to the pool at the middle school and work on her swimming skills. This coming year, sixth grade, a full marking period's worth of phys. ed. classed will be devoted to swimming. During the summer we are allowed to use the indoor pool at the middle school. The cost is twenty dollars for the family for a month. My younger daughter and I are the only people in this house who will use it. It's still a good deal, and a good place to practice her swimming because hardly anyone in town goes there. The town pool at the park is the busy pool. It should be noted the indoor pool at the middle school is only open to the public from noon 'til two PM. That's why I was out of time. I figured okay, we'll go up there on Monday, pay our twenty bucks and get an hour of swimming in before I have to go to work. I'm getting ahead of myself but that's what I was thinking on Friday, 27JUL07 at 1355hrs.
Friday, 03AUG07
Yeah so my plan was to list every stupid detail leading up to, and including the argument my wife and I had at the start of this week. It didn't happen. Things seem better now, they always do. I hate when there is friction between us. I never handle those things well. We took care of the pool business, been up there twice so far. My little girl is a much better swimmer than even she realized. One of the reasons she never did well with swimming lessons is because she needs to know the "why". I understand that. Anyway, she's doing fine, she'll not have a problem this year at school when it comes to the swimming thing.
Yeah, so we just came back from seeing Transformers. What a cool movie. Me and my younger daughter went. The older baby girl saw the movie when it first came out. My wife is sleeping 'cause she works third shift. It's funny how I feel like I have to keep saying that. That she works third shift and that's why she's sleeping.
Hey Tommy. You would have really dug this Transformers movie. They got these Air Force Special Ops type guys in it. They have a lot of scenes, combat action between the Ops guys and the evil Transformers that takes place in Qatar. Remember how Top said it like "guitar"? We were never even there, but we were close by. I never really knew how it was properly pronounced. Remember when that Saudi guy told us not to worry about pronouncing things correctly? Yeah he spoke better English than we did. Remember how those Saudi troops just wanted to look at Playboy and drink beer? Remember how they all wanted to come here to the States? Hey bro, remember Dohi? Yeah, he introduced himself as "Budweiser from St. Louis". Man that guy didn't even look like an Arab. He look Italian didn't he? Remember how we told him since he was tall and lean he could get laid in a New York nightclub in a New York minute? He wanted to know what a New York minute was. Some of those guys were alright. Things are better now bro. Like I was sayin' before. I never handle that stuff well. It's like havin' an argument with her just scares the shit out of me. I'd rather face what we faced back then. I'd rather do that than argue with her. It's like seeing her angry, seeing her hurt or upset with me just scares the shit out of me. It's because she means the world to me, and that's scary. Know what I mean?
27JUL07; time approximate, 0850hrs.
Woke to the sound of dogs barking, my dogs. Wife was in the kitchen looking out the window trying to see what the dogs were barking at. She reports observing one chipmunk and one chipmunk only. Said chipmunk is still, in a prone position, tail up, staring back at my wife who is staring back at the chipmunk...............Stupid dogs.
0855hrs. (app)
Half a cup of java coursing through my system, step out back for a cigarette, still a little groggy. Rough night down on The Dock on Thursday. My wife got home from work at 0820, she's already showered and dressed and joins me outside for coffee and. Says she wants Chinese, they start serving the lunch buffet at 1100.
1115hrs. (app)
Having been seated and having placed our order for beverages, Pepsi not Coke. My wife and our younger daughter proceed to reconnoiter the buffet tables, circling, taking it all in. I head directly to the first table, the first table as you approach from the booths in the dining area. The second dish from the left is what I'm after. The first dish is Pepper Steak, also a favorite but, the second dish from the left is the primary target. That chicken dish named after the Chinese General who commanded troops in The Route Army. General Zoe's Chicken. (Unsure of spelling, but it's pronounced Zo, like oh but with a "Z" in front)....I'm sure that the good General would be thrilled to know that his military accomplishments are all but forgotten as his life is summed up in a popular chicken dish consumed daily by thousands of imperialist Americans.
1200hrs. (app)
We exit the establishment, it's raining. My wife suggests a little browsing at the dollar store located three doors southwest (allowing for the angle) in the shopping center where we had just consumed mass quantities at the all you can eat lunch buffet. Dollar General, that's the place. This was the beginning of the end. We spent $172.00 at the dollar store. T-shirts and work socks, back to school stuff and a bunch of silly pens for my wife to use at work. She likes silly pens. I got a three pack of flashlights just in case one of the many storms we have had lately knocks the power out yet again. I also got a twenty foot extension cord, it's easier than dragging one of the fifty or one hundred foot cords around when I'm working inside the house. They got a bunch of girl stuff too, hair clips and nail polish, stuff like that. Three ladies here, that stuff is important.
1355hrs.
We return to the house, I realize that it's too late to do what I wanted to do on Friday. I wanted to take my daughter to the pool at the middle school and work on her swimming skills. This coming year, sixth grade, a full marking period's worth of phys. ed. classed will be devoted to swimming. During the summer we are allowed to use the indoor pool at the middle school. The cost is twenty dollars for the family for a month. My younger daughter and I are the only people in this house who will use it. It's still a good deal, and a good place to practice her swimming because hardly anyone in town goes there. The town pool at the park is the busy pool. It should be noted the indoor pool at the middle school is only open to the public from noon 'til two PM. That's why I was out of time. I figured okay, we'll go up there on Monday, pay our twenty bucks and get an hour of swimming in before I have to go to work. I'm getting ahead of myself but that's what I was thinking on Friday, 27JUL07 at 1355hrs.
Friday, 03AUG07
Yeah so my plan was to list every stupid detail leading up to, and including the argument my wife and I had at the start of this week. It didn't happen. Things seem better now, they always do. I hate when there is friction between us. I never handle those things well. We took care of the pool business, been up there twice so far. My little girl is a much better swimmer than even she realized. One of the reasons she never did well with swimming lessons is because she needs to know the "why". I understand that. Anyway, she's doing fine, she'll not have a problem this year at school when it comes to the swimming thing.
Yeah, so we just came back from seeing Transformers. What a cool movie. Me and my younger daughter went. The older baby girl saw the movie when it first came out. My wife is sleeping 'cause she works third shift. It's funny how I feel like I have to keep saying that. That she works third shift and that's why she's sleeping.
Hey Tommy. You would have really dug this Transformers movie. They got these Air Force Special Ops type guys in it. They have a lot of scenes, combat action between the Ops guys and the evil Transformers that takes place in Qatar. Remember how Top said it like "guitar"? We were never even there, but we were close by. I never really knew how it was properly pronounced. Remember when that Saudi guy told us not to worry about pronouncing things correctly? Yeah he spoke better English than we did. Remember how those Saudi troops just wanted to look at Playboy and drink beer? Remember how they all wanted to come here to the States? Hey bro, remember Dohi? Yeah, he introduced himself as "Budweiser from St. Louis". Man that guy didn't even look like an Arab. He look Italian didn't he? Remember how we told him since he was tall and lean he could get laid in a New York nightclub in a New York minute? He wanted to know what a New York minute was. Some of those guys were alright. Things are better now bro. Like I was sayin' before. I never handle that stuff well. It's like havin' an argument with her just scares the shit out of me. I'd rather face what we faced back then. I'd rather do that than argue with her. It's like seeing her angry, seeing her hurt or upset with me just scares the shit out of me. It's because she means the world to me, and that's scary. Know what I mean?
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