Life in and around S.S.F.

Back to work tomorrow. Christian said things have been crazy. I’m not surprised. They abandoned the balance I had established between in-house and outsourcing the work. It’s a ton of bricks that has now fallen over. Dropped mom and Gil off at Budget car rental. I haven’t been through the new rental center at SFO in a few years. It was hilarious. I drove through the rental return only lanes. The security gaurd actually turned his back on us as we pasted. We weren’t suppose to be there at all but made it into the center without any problems. A Budget worker was upset that I made it into the garage. It worked out great because I was able to drive to the car they rented and trade the luggage into it. There were so many suitcases and golf bags that it would have been very difficult to transport several floors and through the garages. They were nice enough to give Gil and extra exit card so I could get out. Then we went and picked up Sporty to play with for a few hours. She is an awesome dog and will be coming over for a sleep over Friday night. The girls are super excited. I’m sure they will want her to sleep in there room with them. I’m very comfortable with that as she is so loving and gentle with them. There was a news report of a pit bull attack just now on the news. So sad that people train such great dogs to do such horrible things. I’m sure Sport will be able to change peoples opinion of pits. Well off to bed. I have to get up tomorrow for work. One last thing. I’m grateful to God for giving me the gift of being able to repair instrumentation. It’s the perfect type of work for my personality.

It rained all night and most of the morning. We didn’t get out to Poplar Creek till around 12:30. It drained pretty well so it wasn’t too bad. I shot a 97. Not as good as I would like to. Gil beat me by two strokes. He gave me ten strokes for the whole round. I gave them all away on the front nine. Then I caught fire on the back. He only beat me by two strokes on the back nine. That gave me some hope for my game. I’m going to join the Poplar Creek Men’s Golf Club so I can participate in tournaments this summer. Should be  fun. Then out to dinner at Kinkaid’s in Burlingame. Had the cioppino. Pretty great. Abby and Sarah had great “resteraunt manners”. I was so proud of them. Abby had shrimp of course. We finally went to a place Gil liked. I think we have to pick more expensive places when they come out to visit. When we got home, I opened a can of whoop scrabble. I’m looking forward to the next time we can play.

Started off by making pancakes for everyone. Erica made the batter the night before so all I had to do was heat up a pan and get flippin’. Then did dishes. Aren’t I a good husband??? Then we loaded up for the California Acadamy of Sciences relocated to 4th and Brannon. It wasn’t as good as the last time we went because the army ant exhibit wasn’t going. The leaf cutter ants were cool still. Watching them all work together without thought of self was intersting. I wonder if they ever have civil wars or coup d’etat? The girls went from exhibit to exhibit without seeing much. Grampa lagged behind because he wanted to see everything. Then we went to Mel’s Diner for lunch. Simple and satisfying. The service was worst ever. Not crowded or anything, just really scattered waiters. Probably new. I took everyone home and went to Home Depot Pro to pick up more items for the chain link fence. Of course I bought some wrong stuff so I have to take it back tomorrow. I’ll post some pictures of it layed out on the grass and post them tomorrow. It’s going to be a pretty clean installation because I have it all but bolted together on the back lawn. That way I know for a fact I have everything before I start. Got to hit the futon now. We have a 7:39 tee off tomorrow morning at Poplar Creek. Should be a pretty close match since I know the course pretty well. It will be only the second time Gil has played it. If I play conservatively, I should do pretty well. Maybe even break 90 for the first time on a legitimate course. Over and out. BTW: POSH is not from Port Out StarboardHome for those of you disseminating incorrect information. Boy I love the internet as a research tool.

Started off with an Easter egg hunt for the girls. They were so great finding the eggs. Still needed some coaching though. Then opened Easter gifts. I have a hard time with Easter turning into Christmas. The wife enjoys it and it makes memories. We do focus on Easter being about the resurrection of Christ and the girls know that. Then off to Crystal Springs golf course. I shot a 97. Not bad for seven weeks of rust. Had a few great drives and a couple of fantastic chips. One came within a few inches of the cup. There were deer on the fifth as usual. Scrambled back to the house. Barney, Becky, Mike, Lila, Russel, Kati, Mom, Gil, Erica, Sarah, Abby and myself played and goofed off. Talked conservative politics. Long discussions about Terri Schiavo. My opinion is the husband is a slime ball murderer. If Terri wanted to die, she certainly didn’t mean for it to be by starvation. Why not a mercy shot? Nope, just starvation. Can’t even get away with doing that to a dog in Florida, nope. Human O.K. to starve, dog, not O.K. to starve. Doesn’t make sense to me. Type at you tomorrow.

Started off great. Did a lot of work getting ready for Abby’s B-Day party. Family came over before hand for lunch. It was a sunny pleseant day. We hung out in the back yard. People started to show up. Only a few kids made it because some got sick last minute. Had an egg hunt and cake. Then just hung out for a while. It was casual and not hectic. A perfect kids party. Then off to church. Great service. Four baptisms. A Chinese couple. “I was bitter and learned how to love my spouse all over again because God loved me first.” Then a couple of football players from Diablo Valley college. Then we gave a ride home for a women studying the Bible. What a great day.

Day one actually started the night before. I got off work and finished cleaning the junk from the garage. The debris bin was scheduled to be picked up the next morning. We let the girls stay up late so they would sleep in. Then we could sleep in also. Well, when shower time came, the girls started freaking out because the tub was backing up. I looked in the toilet and it was starting to fill also. Erica was washing, Abby had pooped and flushed and with the shower going it was just to much to drain. I tried the plunger, then upgraded to removing the toilet and snaking a couple of feet. No go. This morning I hit up Lowe’s and got a $250, 50ft, two bladed professional snake. That did the trick. Started on cleaning the floors when Christian from work called. Water got pushed into the mass specs. That’s almost $250K worth of equipment. He’s never looked at the thing, Jason has a scheduled day off, Sid is out sick. I ran into work and shut the systems down. Jason can deal with it on Sunday. Then back to the floors. Picked up mom and step dad from the airport. They are here for five days. Went and picked up Sporty for a visit. She is a cool dog! Took her to the park, then a short run. Came back home and let her off leash. She did fine. Now I’m really motivated to get that fence in so she can come stay a couple of days with us just to make extra sure we are ready to have a dog. Dinner, egg coloring now shower time again. What a hectic, busy, productive and great day.