First, one of my employees shreds another of my employee's car with a company truck.

Exhibit A:















Then today, another employee decides to steal a beer from a convenience store while on duty. Not a six pack. A can. Of Naty Ice. This is after we spent an hour in a company meeting yesterday stressing the fact that we need to respect each other, our company property and our customers. I guess I forgot to mention convenience stores. Maybe he was excited about the many benefits of beer...I don't know, I just don't get it.

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I feel pretty bad about it, since I was supposed to help her out this weekend at her work. *sigh*


On a brighter note, my knee injury has brought all kinds of responses from random people on the streets of Richmond. It might be sympathy for a goofy looking guy trying his best not to fall over, or the simple fact that it takes me three times longer to do anything. Thanks Richmond for being kind to me! Kindness is not wasted on me, and I promise to pass it on as soon as I can.

Last night was fun, lots of Long Islands and Margaritas were consumed, and I forgot about my pain for once. (I swear I'll stop with all the whining... I'm really not that big of a baby). The wife's post about how the night went down explains our family in a nutshell. I love you family!!! Oh, and I apologize for any stress!!

I figured it wouldn't be too long before it made Jon Stewart...

(Youtube Link)

For some weird, strange, f'ed up reason, I have a list in my head of ways that are acceptable for me to die. This is *NOT* one of them.

Today's High: Eight years ago, on this date, the girl of my dreams promised she would spend the rest of her life with me! Baby, you are my other, you know me like no one does, and I love you for your kindness and unconditional love.

I love your vision of the future
Your hope that never dies
But it's your kindness that clears my skies
Yes I love your wisdom
Your knowledge of the past
Your willingness to listen
And taste for what will last
Your compassion for the suffering
And your solid happiness
But it's your kindness that I love best

D. Wilcox

Today's Low:

I screwed up my knee playing basketball last night. When I woke up this morning, I could barely bend it. I'm not as stubborn about going to doctors anymore, so I swallowed my pride an hobbled over to Patient First.

For a brief moment, I thought about heading here:

I figured that I could easily dull the pain with some thing there. But I made the right choice and ended going here:




And left with this lovely parting gift:




Arrgghhhh... so much for getting back on my running schedule.

Labels: Family Love, reflections

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The girls went away for a couple of days of r & r in VA beach, which means the guys are left to fend for themselves. Which is really cool for us, because it gives us boys the opportunity to do not much other than play video games and spend insane amounts of time on the internet. Our responsibilities are few, namely:

eat
sleep

Other than that, everything is open for discussion.

Right now, we are rocking out to The Killers while playing Pac-Man. We may or may not go out, we'll probably end up ordering pizza for lunch, and absolutely won't take showers.

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Last weekend was supposed to be our last big hurrah before the upcoming fall. We had some camping to do, the OAR concert to go to, and general laziness to get accomplished. After all of that fell through, (and deciding to get out of the inferno that is our house) we booked a room for a couple of nights at the Downtown Marriott to redeem what was supposed to be last weekend's mini vacation.

It might seem a little weird to go to a hotel that is less than, uhhmmmm, two miles away from where you live, but hotels hold a special place for our family. I don't know why, but we heart hotels. It sucked that we were internet-less (because I refuse to pay 10 bucks for access...what a scam) but other than that, it was a great.

Anyhoo... some pictures from the weekend:

baby girl















josiah and jackie-boy



Downtown Marriott



Miller and Rhoads across the street

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Need to cool off with the kids on Sunday? Check out the Byrd's cartoon festival:

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Here is a link to Richmond's National Night Out activities.

From NNO's website:

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT is designed to:
Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness;
Generate support for, and participation in, local anticrime programs;
Strengthen neighborhood spirit and police-community partnerships; and
Send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

Get out there Richmond!

J

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