Given that nobody ever writes on this blog, I am considering renaming it to honor the rants of aging non-produced rapper--perhaps MC rAGING. While our country has endured a horrific terrorist attack, ricin-laced letters, and a feeble Congress failed to pass gun control, I have made a huge transition to wearing shorts that fit my waist! I know this is huge news. For the past 7 years, I have worn 35 waist because I like the freedom of the sag and depend on the extra inch to hide any weight gain. I fear waist constriction far worse than a terrorist attack or government ineptitude, but after spending 45 minutes with the sales lady at Eddie Bauer I took the courageous step to purchase new shorts with a 34 waist. Of course my wife, elder sister, and my 4 year old daughter had to reaffirm this transition a couple of times. I also spent a great deal of time meditating as well as typing in random fashion questions into Google about this transition to gain the wisdom and confidence necessary to deal with summer in this fitted capacity.
Since my last post, I have survived the shingles; we refinanced our house; and my daughter withdrew from ballet. I have not read any good books, but Social Media is Bullshit is waiting for me at the library, so there is hope. I really don't have much to talk about, my life has been really good lately. My daughter is healthy, crazy, creative, and getting ready for Kindergarten, my wife still tolerates my fashion struggles, and I am excited about the changes coming next year. While I will still be the stay at home parent--I hate that phrase, when my daughter is at school I will not be staying home watching Dr. Oz eating bons bons. I'll be at the gym spinning and doing Tai Chi trying to keep my waist size down--I'd prefer trophy husband to stay at home dad.
Besides looking good, I will find a part-time gig that is fun. I am interested in helping our community newspaper and working with my old job on communications and developing social media outreach strategies. The newspaper idea seems like more fun, because I would love to grill community leaders with questions and try to come up with interesting angles on local events. I will contact somebody soon. Working at my old job has some pluses, mainly that I have a proven track record and creative ideas to help raise their profile.
Thinking about working again along with our MacBook beginning to crap out, I am excited about leaving the Mac World to embrace MS Office. I miss Word and PowerPoint and have never found the Mac that great and I freaking hate their Page and Keynote programs, so I will be going back to my computing roots as I slooooooowly reenter the working world.
No more random thoughts....
