I haven't done a "musings" post in a while, but I'm kind of pressed for time and I have a lot of little things to say so I felt it would be best for this post. (Besides, I needed to post something, since I hadn't put anything up in several days.)
My very tiny inner chef has come out recently, as I have made my favorite Italian dish, Chicken Piccata, twice in the past week. And it was actually tasty and not screwed up. Those of you who know me, know that I'm not much of a cook. I can follow directions OK and usually make it out of the kitchen alive, but I'm not exactly Mario Batali or Bobby Flay. So actually succeeding in making such a tasty dish was a point of great pride and pleasure for me.
Tonight officially starts the football season for me! I had some youth league games last Friday night, so I suppose in terms of actual official paid work, that was it. But my first school games are tonight, at Norman North High School. I am really looking forward to it. This season has been huge for me so far, and it continues to get bigger. I am really having to work my butt off, because not only am I getting back in for my second season, but I have the coordinators pushing me hard to move up, and I already have at least 4 varsity games scheduled as a sub for guys who will be out! For a second-year guy, that's huge. Plus, I'm learning other positions, specifically the back judge position, and so there's that much more I'm having to cram into my head. But things are going well...in fact, I'm really amazed and thrilled at how well things are going for me in football. I hope I am able to keep this momentum going. Again, it just means I have to keep working my butt off to stay on top of it all (and not screw up too much).
We are having a lot of challenges with the kids. Our lives are not terribly routine...we have a great deal going on and so we aren't able to provide a definite, set time for dinner, or baths, or bed, for example. That makes it difficult to get the kids into a good routine, and small children thrive on routine. So not having that is causing us issues. For example, Owen is boycotting naps. This is upping his cranky level to 11, and it's making things difficult for Heidi. To make matters that much more challenging, Heidi is trying to get her new day routine set, with school starting and her home daycare kids finally getting enrolled. So there is a great deal of change at home and it's making things difficult for everyone. Throw in my being gone more for my football officiating, and it's certainly a rough time for us all. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we try to get things settled down.
Also, Donovan is struggling right now. He's not motivated to do anything, he is combative and argumentative all the time, and he doesn't even have much drive in playing football. Heidi and I are about at the end of our rope with him, because we are just running out of options as to how to keep him under control and going. Again, pray for us all.
I haven't had time to mention it, but I sold the Bronco. I didn't want to, and I would still like to get another one eventually, but I also needed something I knew was going to be dependable. As much as I loved it, the Bronco just wasn't being dependable enough for me. Mom and Dad had a 1994 BMW 325i convertible that was mostly sitting around doing nothing. They've been toying with the idea of selling it for quite a while, but I think the issue is that they just love it too much and didn't really WANT to sell it. So instead, they're selling it to me. That sort of gives them the best of both worlds. It's got 184K miles on it, but it was also maintained by my parents for the past 7-8 years, meaning that it has religiously had oil changes and all the good preventive maintenance mechanically that cars need. I've been through the receipts and seen all that they have done, and for a car of its age and mileage, it's in surprisingly good shape. I have some things I will be doing to make it better, and to keep it in great shape, of course. I do have to say this: if you ever have the opportunity to get a nice convertible, and drive to work on a beautiful sunny morning with the top down, DO IT. It is an experience not to be missed, and it certainly provides a great start to the day. I'll get some pics up of it later, when I have a chance to do so.
That's all for now. I'll have some more coming later.
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