Blog of Random Thoughts
There are some great qualities within Xavier as well as some really annoying ones. He is very dedicated once he has made his mind up on something. His goal this year has been to increase his strength as well as increase his flexibility. This involves him spending 30 minutes stretching every day. Last night we…
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Today has been quite the busy day and I have not had the chance to write. Even now we are watching a movie but I thought that I needed to have the discipline to carry through with this. Mel came back today. It was just me and the boys and Mel was worried about Olivier…
Read More “October 24th – Everything is cool when you are part of a team” »
I have a lot of servers at our house and add approximately 20TB or so every year. It is a bit of a pain in the ass when I need to reconfigure things and set it up and I should build in some redundancy into the system but getting all of the uninterrupted power supplies…
When I chat with Mel and my friends they are disheartened that something like this can happen to me. Mel articulated it saying that we try and do good, give back and be helpful. I am ok with this happening to me as opposed to someone else that I know. I have a strong network…
We had the counter people come in today to measure the dimensions prior to cutting and installation. Initially they had told Mel that it might be till Christmas, so she was bracing herself for a long wait. He told her today that they would be ready to install the countertops next week and the backsplash…
Read More “October 20 – It’s just a bad day, not a bad life” »
Yesterday I received a text message from a friend of mine who works at the hospital. She asked me if I was in the building as the dietician was free to see me if I was there right then. Weirdly enough I was not hanging around the hospital waiting for potential openings. I am sure…
This morning while I was making coffee I realized where my anxiety and fear from last night came from. Last night my viewpoint on this was much different than the way I should be looking at this. I have always known that all of the literature and studies have shown that when cases like mine…
Read More “October 16th – When you lose small mind, you free your life” »
Tomorrow morning my day starts at 6am, where I wake up and drive Xavier to hockey at 7am. He has a practice with someone who needed a goalie for their private session, followed by his school hockey and then a controlled scrimmage at night. I normally go grab his equipment for him so he does…
I heard from one of my doctors today and I have an appointment scheduled in person on Friday with him followed up by a scan. I am assuming that I am going to get a tattoo to help mark to help line up radiology. Over the last couple of days I have been feeling quite…
First off, let’s take it from the start….Have I ever mentioned that Mel advocates for my health far more than I do. I think it is safe to say that if it was not for Mel, chances are that I would be dead by now. I can think of multiple instances over the last 5…