YIN: had a blast @ the Paste Dinner, dunno why we call it that, Stoney and I had steak-it's what's for dinner-but you get the point.
This event turned out to be way more than I'd expected. @ first, just a few peeps, then they told two friends, and...and...it great to 10...then 12...then 18.....finally 20!!! (Vince and Sue showed-they never do, but didn't stay to eat, Laughlin also showed-he never comes east of the border!!!).
We had a BLAST (did I say that???). Lots of pix, don't look now, they'll wait til after The Big Run. Everyone got a kick outta Stoney.
Yang: My brother is coming soon to take Stoney to see Sybil. Dunno where it is, don't care. Fuck her.
Happy Hallo-who really gives a shit, just another contrived day. Glad it'll rain, no disturbances @ the door while I'm trying to chillax.
Latest report: rain overnight, then clearing come racetime. I hope.
REALLY feel alone.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
day 96
48 hours and counting!!!!!
Went to the expo yesterday, MAN life can be sooooo good.
My peep went home to pick up Stoney, I was stuck here on site. Tom and his son met me here an hour earlier than they'd planned (YES!!! Earlier is gooder), Stoney came a-riding in. It was on!!! Took the bus to the train, walked to Javits (The most exercise Stoney'd gotten in months).
Who checks my e mail and license? Randy!!! Can't friggin' hide. As we're waiting (Tom didn't bring his e mail, so we got held up), bump into Vince who was waiting for Sue who didn't bring her e mail either. THEN, we run into Jonathan and his mom. Man, this IS our run!!!
Checked out the expo-it was 5:30 @ this point, I'm ready to collapse-3 hours after my usual feeding time. I'm making repeated forays to the powergel booth for some new crap they're pushing-tastes like chocolate mud, but it worked-kept me going!!!
Stoney wanders over (HE wanted to check the booths, I wanted to grab my shit and go, bless him, he was into it!!!) to the Skull Candy booth, skaterdude workin' it gives him a t shirt-way cool!!! (THIS, in addition to a NEW, in the box, pair of ear buds he FOUND as we left the train made his night). Skaterdude and I start talkin', turns out he's recovering from crystal meth. Smaaaaaal world n'est pas?
Finally, we reconnect, head out. @ this point it's 6:25 when we hit Penn. Train to Hicksville is 6:35...what to do, what to do. Hadda eat something. With all Penn has to offer, what does Stoney choose? Taco Bell, of course. Shebitch would come home nearly every night with it, he's been withdrawing. I had 2 chicken burritos (340 cals x 2) he had his usual. We hit the train, made it with a minute to spare.
What a fun evening!!! And tonight it continues with the club pasta dinner.
...Yin to the Yang: RAIN predicted for Sunday-we'll see. After all this, how bad could it be??? Very, but hey, at least I won't be alone ;).
Went to the expo yesterday, MAN life can be sooooo good.
My peep went home to pick up Stoney, I was stuck here on site. Tom and his son met me here an hour earlier than they'd planned (YES!!! Earlier is gooder), Stoney came a-riding in. It was on!!! Took the bus to the train, walked to Javits (The most exercise Stoney'd gotten in months).
Who checks my e mail and license? Randy!!! Can't friggin' hide. As we're waiting (Tom didn't bring his e mail, so we got held up), bump into Vince who was waiting for Sue who didn't bring her e mail either. THEN, we run into Jonathan and his mom. Man, this IS our run!!!
Checked out the expo-it was 5:30 @ this point, I'm ready to collapse-3 hours after my usual feeding time. I'm making repeated forays to the powergel booth for some new crap they're pushing-tastes like chocolate mud, but it worked-kept me going!!!
Stoney wanders over (HE wanted to check the booths, I wanted to grab my shit and go, bless him, he was into it!!!) to the Skull Candy booth, skaterdude workin' it gives him a t shirt-way cool!!! (THIS, in addition to a NEW, in the box, pair of ear buds he FOUND as we left the train made his night). Skaterdude and I start talkin', turns out he's recovering from crystal meth. Smaaaaaal world n'est pas?
Finally, we reconnect, head out. @ this point it's 6:25 when we hit Penn. Train to Hicksville is 6:35...what to do, what to do. Hadda eat something. With all Penn has to offer, what does Stoney choose? Taco Bell, of course. Shebitch would come home nearly every night with it, he's been withdrawing. I had 2 chicken burritos (340 cals x 2) he had his usual. We hit the train, made it with a minute to spare.
What a fun evening!!! And tonight it continues with the club pasta dinner.
...Yin to the Yang: RAIN predicted for Sunday-we'll see. After all this, how bad could it be??? Very, but hey, at least I won't be alone ;).
Thursday, October 29, 2009
day 95
It happened!!! The miracle!
OK, felt like shit after paying $543 to have a pipe valve changed to fix the drip drip drip in the basement, but hey, thank G that's one less worry. THEN, Stoney comes home from school yesterday SOAKED. There's an umbrella and poncho in his backpack. I hit the roof!!!
He KNEW I was pissed, so, bless him, he asked for help with his spanish h/w. Bad news was: he really wanted someone to do the work for him. He had a series of sentences to translate-god forbid he opens his book. THAT'S what he wanted-someone to sit next to him and translate, rather than crack a book. THAT'S (warning: old person line coming) the problem with this generation: instant gratification. Rather than have to work for something.
So, THEN, the computer guy calls and says my laptop is toast-you know, the one Shebitch threw to the ground TWICE.
Here's where it gets good!!!
The guy calls, apologizes profusely, "I know you've had it here for 5 days, I'm very sorry..." @ this point, I know exactly what to do. Notice: the guy never said there was a bench charge (go to Best Buy, they automatically charge $129 just to look at it), so...I saw the sign he had for $199 laptops and $99 desktops, refurbished but hey-once anyone looks @ your pc, it's refurbished. Add this to his being literally around the corner and...I whipped out 5 $20's and said "gimme THAT one." Perfectly good Dell Pentium 4, Windows XP, and best of all, if it goes south, he's right there. How easy was that??? For less than the cost of a repair, I'm gold! Thanks God!!! Thanks alot!!!
Core training last night, good class, one of the peeps spoke of Sunday's run, they wished me well. Nice of them. Came home, Stoney STILL @ the pc, hadn't eaten. FUCK!!! This parenting thing is work. Blessed work, but work nontheless. No more free time, not a second to yourself. It is what it is. @ least I didn't abandon him to go to a meeting.
Last run of the week, rest tomorrow and saturday. Expo tonight. One of the work peeps going to my place to scoop up Stoney, he, I, and my brotherfromanothermother will head to the Javits Center @ 4.
***the hard parts ISN'T running the marathon, the hard part is being a single parent, doing all the shit I gotta do, then running rhe marathon. It's actually 26.2 miles of peace. Most people will never understand that, they don't need to, that's good. No one should have to live with what I do.
OK, felt like shit after paying $543 to have a pipe valve changed to fix the drip drip drip in the basement, but hey, thank G that's one less worry. THEN, Stoney comes home from school yesterday SOAKED. There's an umbrella and poncho in his backpack. I hit the roof!!!
He KNEW I was pissed, so, bless him, he asked for help with his spanish h/w. Bad news was: he really wanted someone to do the work for him. He had a series of sentences to translate-god forbid he opens his book. THAT'S what he wanted-someone to sit next to him and translate, rather than crack a book. THAT'S (warning: old person line coming) the problem with this generation: instant gratification. Rather than have to work for something.
So, THEN, the computer guy calls and says my laptop is toast-you know, the one Shebitch threw to the ground TWICE.
Here's where it gets good!!!
The guy calls, apologizes profusely, "I know you've had it here for 5 days, I'm very sorry..." @ this point, I know exactly what to do. Notice: the guy never said there was a bench charge (go to Best Buy, they automatically charge $129 just to look at it), so...I saw the sign he had for $199 laptops and $99 desktops, refurbished but hey-once anyone looks @ your pc, it's refurbished. Add this to his being literally around the corner and...I whipped out 5 $20's and said "gimme THAT one." Perfectly good Dell Pentium 4, Windows XP, and best of all, if it goes south, he's right there. How easy was that??? For less than the cost of a repair, I'm gold! Thanks God!!! Thanks alot!!!
Core training last night, good class, one of the peeps spoke of Sunday's run, they wished me well. Nice of them. Came home, Stoney STILL @ the pc, hadn't eaten. FUCK!!! This parenting thing is work. Blessed work, but work nontheless. No more free time, not a second to yourself. It is what it is. @ least I didn't abandon him to go to a meeting.
Last run of the week, rest tomorrow and saturday. Expo tonight. One of the work peeps going to my place to scoop up Stoney, he, I, and my brotherfromanothermother will head to the Javits Center @ 4.
***the hard parts ISN'T running the marathon, the hard part is being a single parent, doing all the shit I gotta do, then running rhe marathon. It's actually 26.2 miles of peace. Most people will never understand that, they don't need to, that's good. No one should have to live with what I do.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
day 94
OUCH!!!!!
ok, so we THINK the leak from the oil burner is temporarily fixed-a band aid really. Tightenened something and the drip drip drip slowed to a crawl. Came home, checked the bucket, checked the pipe and...and...MORE drip, more water. Who do you call??? Tried one of the work peeps who knew someone who was s'posed to come saturday-this couldn't wait. No go, called the job, no one had his cell (figures, Murphy's Law). So, googled emerg plumbers, @ this point, called the first name on the list, they said they'd be there in an hour. They were there in 30, fixed the prob, and were out by 6 pm. THAT was the good news. The bad news: the part they installed-one that Tom said he could do, was $453. Total bill: $543. SHIT. THINK you're making progress toward paying down your debts and......... THIS is the kinda shit I get pissed @ Shebitch for. Why? I LOVE doing shit for the house, but with It in it, it doesn't pay. I.E. When the plumber saw the state of the basement his eyes popped out-and THAT was after I cleaned up!!!!! The good news? At least I can leave the house without worrying about the basement being submerged (CAN a basement BE submerged???).
Adding insult to injury, It called, to speak to Stoney of course. And, of course, it made him behave oddly-it figures-he knows he's in the middle, knows things are tranquil with It outta the picture, but It IS his mother-if in name only.
Rain this am-tellin' ya, Murphy's Law. Was scheduled to be the last run before The Big One, oh well. Another rest day.
Thank GOD for the Y. Core training tonight. Manana the CARF surveyors come, fun watching the pinheads scuttle about JUST because we're being inspected. We should do our best everyday, this is nothing.
ok, so we THINK the leak from the oil burner is temporarily fixed-a band aid really. Tightenened something and the drip drip drip slowed to a crawl. Came home, checked the bucket, checked the pipe and...and...MORE drip, more water. Who do you call??? Tried one of the work peeps who knew someone who was s'posed to come saturday-this couldn't wait. No go, called the job, no one had his cell (figures, Murphy's Law). So, googled emerg plumbers, @ this point, called the first name on the list, they said they'd be there in an hour. They were there in 30, fixed the prob, and were out by 6 pm. THAT was the good news. The bad news: the part they installed-one that Tom said he could do, was $453. Total bill: $543. SHIT. THINK you're making progress toward paying down your debts and......... THIS is the kinda shit I get pissed @ Shebitch for. Why? I LOVE doing shit for the house, but with It in it, it doesn't pay. I.E. When the plumber saw the state of the basement his eyes popped out-and THAT was after I cleaned up!!!!! The good news? At least I can leave the house without worrying about the basement being submerged (CAN a basement BE submerged???).
Adding insult to injury, It called, to speak to Stoney of course. And, of course, it made him behave oddly-it figures-he knows he's in the middle, knows things are tranquil with It outta the picture, but It IS his mother-if in name only.
Rain this am-tellin' ya, Murphy's Law. Was scheduled to be the last run before The Big One, oh well. Another rest day.
Thank GOD for the Y. Core training tonight. Manana the CARF surveyors come, fun watching the pinheads scuttle about JUST because we're being inspected. We should do our best everyday, this is nothing.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
day 93
sometimes you just gotta put one foot in front of the other...........
it works!!! It REALLY does. Was REALLY down yesterday, with Stoney sick, the boiler dripping and the neighbor's bush growing over the fence onto my garage's roof, I was loooooooooow. But...gotta stick it out. My brotherfromanothermother had called Sunday axin' if we wanted to do sumtin', so of course I said sure (REALLY wanted to chillax and be ALONE, but Stoney comes first n' I KNOW he needs to get out more).
Sooooo, we went to "vegas for kids," Dave n' Busters. Had a BLAST!!!!!! Spent a fortune, but well worth it. One of the things on the "to do" list was bowling, they have an alley there. Way cool. Thanks Tom, got me outta myself.
He helped get rid of that branch as well. What a guy. Has a week off and wants to hang with me. Masochist.
Stoney really benefits. Though he was too sick for school, he of course wasn't THAT sick. Hee hee. THIS really is what it's all about, and why I'll never understand Shebitch. Doing shit together is what it's all about, whether sitting down to dinner, going somewhere/doing something, or just being together @ home. It does none of these, putting It's selfish needs first-abandoning Stoney to go to a meeting, to go to___wherever. Never cooking, never spending any qt with him. I love it, he's Gilligan to my Skipper.
Going to the expo Thursday 4 ish.
St.Francis this am, again, feeling better.
RAIN!!! SHIT! But, this is good. Got my run in, for ONCE I beat the moisture. Way to go G. I'll spare us all the trouble of reading that "Footprints" bullshit, but it IS true. AND, with the off and on rain predicted, I no longer havta worry 'bout those goddamned branches rubbing against the roof, eventually causing a hole.
I feel bad Stoney's gotta walk to school in the rain but hey, don't be a pussy.
it works!!! It REALLY does. Was REALLY down yesterday, with Stoney sick, the boiler dripping and the neighbor's bush growing over the fence onto my garage's roof, I was loooooooooow. But...gotta stick it out. My brotherfromanothermother had called Sunday axin' if we wanted to do sumtin', so of course I said sure (REALLY wanted to chillax and be ALONE, but Stoney comes first n' I KNOW he needs to get out more).
Sooooo, we went to "vegas for kids," Dave n' Busters. Had a BLAST!!!!!! Spent a fortune, but well worth it. One of the things on the "to do" list was bowling, they have an alley there. Way cool. Thanks Tom, got me outta myself.
He helped get rid of that branch as well. What a guy. Has a week off and wants to hang with me. Masochist.
Stoney really benefits. Though he was too sick for school, he of course wasn't THAT sick. Hee hee. THIS really is what it's all about, and why I'll never understand Shebitch. Doing shit together is what it's all about, whether sitting down to dinner, going somewhere/doing something, or just being together @ home. It does none of these, putting It's selfish needs first-abandoning Stoney to go to a meeting, to go to___wherever. Never cooking, never spending any qt with him. I love it, he's Gilligan to my Skipper.
Going to the expo Thursday 4 ish.
St.Francis this am, again, feeling better.
RAIN!!! SHIT! But, this is good. Got my run in, for ONCE I beat the moisture. Way to go G. I'll spare us all the trouble of reading that "Footprints" bullshit, but it IS true. AND, with the off and on rain predicted, I no longer havta worry 'bout those goddamned branches rubbing against the roof, eventually causing a hole.
I feel bad Stoney's gotta walk to school in the rain but hey, don't be a pussy.
Monday, October 26, 2009
day 92
5 days until The Big One. So far so good. Back to St.Francis, crisp, cool morning. Felt good. Right knee, again, bothering me, but hey-life hurts.
Stoney home from school, throwing up and the runs-so he claims. With the positive urines, I'd of course like to believe him, but at this stage, don't know what to think. He's a teenager who previously boasted of fooling Sybil into giving him a day off. MORE shit to deal with. And some of my peeps biggest problem is feeling bored. Jeeeez. WISH I had that problem. @ home, there's ALWAYS something to do: empty the bucket which collects the run off from the boiler, cook for Stoney, clean, shop, do the laundry.........it never ends. Then, juuust when you think you got it together, a text saying he puked. SHIT.
I'm exhausted. Truly, utterly, completely spent. Nothing's in the tank.
Stoney home from school, throwing up and the runs-so he claims. With the positive urines, I'd of course like to believe him, but at this stage, don't know what to think. He's a teenager who previously boasted of fooling Sybil into giving him a day off. MORE shit to deal with. And some of my peeps biggest problem is feeling bored. Jeeeez. WISH I had that problem. @ home, there's ALWAYS something to do: empty the bucket which collects the run off from the boiler, cook for Stoney, clean, shop, do the laundry.........it never ends. Then, juuust when you think you got it together, a text saying he puked. SHIT.
I'm exhausted. Truly, utterly, completely spent. Nothing's in the tank.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
day 91
weekend's a wrap!!! Now, chillax n' it's done.
Did the Poland Spring run this am. 5m pre-marathon race in which we run the last 5m of The Big One. Perfect day for it!!!! Crisp, clear, not at all like yesterday. Now, just gotta NOT get hurt 'til next Sunday.
Took Stoney to see Paranormal Activity. I STILL wanna see Where the Wild Things Are, but he wanted to see this crap, n' I mean CRAP. Boooooooooring. But, more father/son time. It was a beautiful day, he was happy hangin' out indoors, jeeeeeeeez.
Did the Poland Spring run this am. 5m pre-marathon race in which we run the last 5m of The Big One. Perfect day for it!!!! Crisp, clear, not at all like yesterday. Now, just gotta NOT get hurt 'til next Sunday.
Took Stoney to see Paranormal Activity. I STILL wanna see Where the Wild Things Are, but he wanted to see this crap, n' I mean CRAP. Boooooooooring. But, more father/son time. It was a beautiful day, he was happy hangin' out indoors, jeeeeeeeez.
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