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Today was the last day of P.E. for the school year.  I have been volunteering as a P.E. assistant for the past year and it’s been fun.  There is something about interacting with your kids at school that gives you a different perspective.  You see them with their teachers, coaches and friends… you see them as people, albeit little people, but people none the less.  Sometimes you can get lost in schedules, discipline, homework and the million other things that are involved with raising kids and lose track that they are actually little individuals forming their own ideas and personalities.  When I see Lucy joking with her friends and trying to impress the coach I see a little lady and it’s kind of cool to see.

I hope I have the opportunity to volunteer again, I was very lucky to have the schedule at my past job that afforded me the time to spend at school, I can only hope that my future endeavours will allow the same luxury.

I have agreed to coach Lucy’s summer basketball team… Now if I only knew anything about basketball.  The good news is I have a few weeks to learn and they are 6/7 year olds so they aren’t expected to be Kobe.

Lucy’s newest interest is Yo-Yo’s.  Grandma has been teaching her tricks… which she has actually picked up pretty quick.

I’m looking forward to Farrell’s in Mission Viejo on June 22nd… The pod events are always fun.

Stench and I are still unemployed… I’ll let you know if that changes.

Don’t forget, Father’s Day is a week and a half away… Get Dad a nice tie and feed him some BBQ.

Rock On, Jack

Bing shows off his golfing skills!

Rock on, Jack

This Wednesday Stench and I are live podcasting from Farrell’s in Santa Clarita!!! (7-9p)  It’s always great to get out… and ice cream and mini-golf just make it that much better.

We had a great Father’s Day, miniature  golf and lunch out… Lucy got two hole in ones (OK, so did Ethan, but he’s bigger so it doesn’t seem as amazing) and Bing putted like a pro.  We went to B.J.’s afterward and had a chocolate Pizookie with chocolate ice cream… It was so good!

We didn’t get a chance to work on Lucy’s cycling… The training wheels are off and we’re trying to learn how to cruise on two wheels.  Now that Lucy is trying to learn without training wheels, Bing wants to too… The thing about that kid is I think not only could he do it, but that he’d learn in about 2 minutes.  When Bing sets his mind on something he does it… and he does it quick.

I didn’t see Toy Story 3 this weekend, but the kids did and they loved it… well sort of, I guess there is a part with a trash can that scared Bing?!?!  Reviews have been really good, so I may have to drag the kids to see it again.

No more “Busty Old Car”, I finally got a new car this weekend… One that has all the modern features, like a radio and windows that go both up and down!  It’s really nice, but Lucy flipped out because shes going to miss the old car… remember, the kids never drove in that car and Lucy thought it was gross, but now she’s going to miss it.  I’m going to take something off it for her, so she has a memento of the Nissan Altima with 162,000 miles on it with 2 windows that won’t roll down and 1 that won’t go up, no heat or air, no radio, busted in right fender, brake lights that sometimes work and a bunch of other stuff I won’t miss.

Have a great Monday!  Hope to see many of you on Wednesday!

Rock On, Jack

It’s Father’s Day weekend… which us Dad’s always get screwed on.  Kids get out of school before the day, so we don’t get any of those cool, made at school craft things.  Mom’s get those great keepsakes made of toilet paper rolls or clay, but not for Dad… We like handprints pressed into clay too!  Anyway, I’m just excited to see the kids and get to hang out.

One of our Bettas looks sick… We’ve only had them 5 days!  The good news is it’s Bing’s… He will be none the wiser if I replace it with a new fish.

Toy Story 3 is out today and it looks pretty good… Although, I still haven’t seen Shrek, all this moving and unpacking has got in the way of our movie time.

I was at The CRN yesterday… It’s always great to get to hang with all the people there, it really is a family environment.

The new apartment is so much better than the old one.  The neighbors are nice and respectful, it’s bigger, the fire alarm doesn’t randomly go off all the time, my place doesn’t constantly smell like smoke… I could go on with this for pages!  Now I just need to get my security deposit back… They’re trying to screw me and charge me for all kinds of stuff.  Thanks to one of the pod people I was able to find all the relevant civil codes and I should be able to legally tell them to screw off and give me my money back!

Stench has been a little worked up on the pod lately… Could be that stuff he’s been taking, I think the doctor may need to check him out again.

I have already mentioned it a million times, so all I’ll say is see you at Farrell’s Santa Clarita Wednesday!!!!

Have a great weekend!  Be nice to your Dad!

Rock On, Jack