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January 2nd, 2008
12:29 pm - Being honest...
If I'm being honest with myself, and I suppose I should be honest here if I'm going to be honest anywhere, I've not been doing a good job of living life. The lack of posts are symptomatic of a deeper issue. My conditioning and overall health have waned and I've put on more pounds than I care to admit. I'm nowhere near my terrible state of health when I first began running but I am not taking care of myself.
On the other hand, there's plenty of good to be found in my life. I'll focus on that and I'll try to post my 2007 holiday letter some time soon (it's late as always).
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12:52 pm - I have to write something positive
The boys are amazing and amazingly funny.
T is still bent on becoming a robotic engineer. He regularly says things like "my robots will make things to help the earth" and "my robots will protect us" and so on. I've been impressed with his ability to assemble fairly complex Lego sets with minimal help. He can add 2 or 3 low numbers together, he understands very simple multiplication, and he can read simple books now. He wants to learn to read and do math so he can learn to build robots. He also started Tae Kwon Do over the summer and tested and earned his purple belt a couple of weeks ago. J and I felt happy and proud. The other day he called the paper shredder a paper blender -- funny and true.
R is an abstract thinker. You can see it already at the age of 2 1/2. He does more pretend play than his brother ever did and he seems to be the master of one trial learning (which is a problem if you let him see how a seat buckle works). He have a very sweet and compassionate disposition and amazing athletic skills (he's fairly ripped for a 2 year old). He adores T and it's fun to see the two of them playing together. The other day we went to the Natural History Museum and the kids were able to pretend to be paleontologists with a chisel, brush, and safety googles. R looked up with a huge grin, held up his hand, and said I have a CHEESEL! Somehow that was hilarious and we all laughed for a bit (including the employee who was overseeing the exhibit). R pooped in the potty for the first time on 11/25, then again a couple days later. We thought great, we'll be potty trained in no time. No dice. He hasn't done it since.
The boys do love Santa.
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02:20 pm - Forgot something important...
My sister (Sh) gave birth on October 31st so I'm an uncle now. My sister should be on Jerry Springer. Here's a quick review of her love life:
8 or so years ago going out with...I forget his name...oh yes, Gry. Gry seemed a very nice guy but had no direction and ambition.
She abruptly ended that relationship and started dating someone named Gbe. Gbe was very into karate and so too was my sister during that period. Unfortunately, Gbe didn't treat her well (no physical abuse but...) and he didn't know how to manage his business (always in severe debt). After 1-2 years, she left Gbe.
Shortly after leaving Gbe she met Jms. He seemed pretty cool, they went out for a several years. Then he finally became a firefighter (as he had been trying to do for all the years they were together). She said he seemed to change. Sh didn't like the changes and the loss of herself as a person to his career. She left Jms. He suddenly turned from nice guy to world class jerk (to our mom too, who is probably one of the nicest people who have ever lived).
Right after breaking up with Jms, Sh met Rb. Rb was in the military and scheduled to go to HI in only a couple of months. After two months of dating Sh dropped school and moved to HI with Rb even though only two people in the family had met him. None of us really knew anything about Rb and she was moving overseas with him. It was a scary time for us, watching from the sidelines. It turned out that he seemed a decent enough guy. He seemed to adore her and treated her well. The main problem was that he wanted children and she did not because she wanted to finish school and start her career. Despite this major difference in life goals, they seemed on track until he had to go to Iraq. Later my sister accidentally learned that he had been cheating on her with his ex-girlfriend (and potentially others) in the months leading up to his deployment. Things came to a head while he was still in Iraq and they broke up. Rb turned out to be a world class jerk upon break up. This took place fall of 2006 or something like that. The divorce just recently became final (I think).
Before Sh had completed her divorce with Rb, a co-worker named Jf proclaimed his love to Sh. He was a dear friend and Sh had never thought of him romantically. Apparently he had always had feelings for her but kept them hidden. There were two windows when he could have let her know of his feelings because she was between relationships. At the time he decided not to rush to approach her. Unfortunately for him, the windows were open for a short time and he missed both opportunities. This time he said "carpe diem" and told her of his feelings right after he heard about the problems with Rb. By January 2007 they had dated several times. They began slowly, going out first as friends as my sister considered the possibility of a relationship. Later Sh learned she was pregnant despite use of condoms and birth control. She knew she was getting older and if she was ever going to be a mom this might be the time. Despite the newness of her relationship with Jf she decided to have the baby. Thus, I became an uncle on All Hallows' Eve 2007.
Time to run (3.1 miles) and shower before picking up the boys so T can go to Tae Kwon Do.
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