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And so ends another quirky weekend
September 30, 2002 by Adam in Family
And so ends another quirky weekend. I spent a lot of time at home watching Sam, which was both wonderful and tedious. He got a bee sting on the bottom of his foot, and was limping around like Quasimodo much of the time. Since we couldn't really run around outside, we spent hours in front of the computer playing Alpha Team and Grand Theft Auto III. My mom and Dick came over Saturday night for dinner, and played with Sam for awhile. We all went out shopping Sunday afternoon and returned with a new Lego. I bought rain pants. I made pesto from scratch. That's about it.
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The week continues to move along
September 26, 2002 by Adam in Family
The week continues to move along. Sam and Jamie went to the farm yesterday to pick up fresh produce and play with the goats. We all went for a walk to the ice cream store after dinner, much to Sam's delight. We got Sam to bed, then collapsed ourselves. Life moves on.
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A quiet Monday came and went
September 24, 2002 by Adam in Family
A quiet Monday came and went. Jamie's cold is still lingering, though I think she's on the road to recovery. She and Angie went out to dinner last night, while Sam and I stayed home and watched Monsters, Inc.
The only moment of excitement was when Sam, Jamie, and I were playing "keep the balloon off the floor". Sam was laughing so hard that it was infectious, and we were soon all giggling hysterically and bonking a balloon around the living room. Good times.
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We've returned from the beach, exhausted but ...
September 22, 2002 by Adam in Family
 We've returned from the beach, exhausted but happy. We had a pretty good time, with Judy coming down Friday night, fresh from her trip to Europe. Dave and Josh appeared Saturday morning right before Judy left. I'm getting better at managing Sam for the two hour drive. I had a laptop with adventure games, as well as a couple cartoons on the video recorder.
The beach itself was great, with wonderful weather the whole time. Friday night was incredibly gusty again, much to Sam's delight. I carried him around with his arms outstretched, as he pretended to fly about in the wind. Other days we puttered in the sand or went for long walks. The beach house is slowly coming along. Once again, I brought my computer, which was fortunate. The only other form of entertainment is a collection of 70's board games. Either that or we'd have to - gasp - talk to each other. So, the computer was handy.
I think we'll spend the rest of the day recovering and unpacking. Sam's watching Monsters, Inc. while Jamie organizes the kitchen. I'll probably put on some shorts and relax as best I can.
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Jamie just called me here at work
September 19, 2002 by Adam in Family
Jamie just called me here at work. She relayed a message, chatted for a bit, then asked me if there was anything I wanted to say to her. "Hmm. I already told you I love you . . . is there something I'm supposed to say?" She prompted me again, and I thought a bit harder. Finally, the caffiene worked it's magic and I remembered.
"Er! Ahgh! Happy birthday!"
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Well, the cold that's been going around final...
September 18, 2002 by Adam in Family
Well, the cold that's been going around finally hit me hard yesterday. I made it through the work day with Advil, then collapsed once I made it home. Fortunately Sam and Jamie were nice to me, drew me a bath, and let me take it easy for most of the evening. I did end up relieving Jamie after a half hour of trying to put Sam to bed. He was bouncing off the walls and didn't fall asleep until close to nine.
Putting Sam to bed has changed a bit. We now have a nice reading chair by his bed, and he's in his bed by himself. I read for awhile, occasionally wrangling him back on his mattress, and waited. Around nine, he climbed under his covers, pulled them up around his neck, rubbed his eyes a couple times, and fell asleep.
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Well, the weekend's gone and I'm back at work
September 16, 2002 by Adam in Family
 Well, the weekend's gone and I'm back at work. It was less fun than previous weekends, though there were some highlights. Saturday morning found us taking Sam for a bike ride. My favorite part of the whole weekend was holding on to Sam's arm and running beside him as he pedaled along, laughing like a maniac. Jamie's family descended on our house soon afterwards, and I watched Josh and Sam for the rest of the day. Sunday was breakfast at a greasy spoon of Brant's choosing, then watching Sam for the rest of the day. I was pretty beat by the end of the weekend.
I think the cold that's been going around finally caught up to us. Sam was really sniffly Sunday, and tired and cranky the rest of the day. I've been stuffed up, but not too bad.
Another strange highlight of the weekend is that my stair stepper mysteriously fixed itself. I had taken it apart to try to fix it, then resigned myself to taking it into Sears to be fixed. When I took another look yesterday, it was working just fine. Perhaps the huge volumes of WD40 I sprayed around worked its magic.
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It's a pleasant Friday, the morning mocha bub...
September 13, 2002 by Adam in Family
It's a pleasant Friday, the morning mocha bubbling through my veins. I don't think we have particularly big plans this weekend. I'm going to try to pick up a present for Jamie's birthday, get my stair stepper fixed, and hopefully spend some time with my wife. Oh, and finish painting the mantle somewhere along the way.
Our family's been well the last couple days. I haven't seen Jamie much, except at dinner. Sam's amazing as always. He spent about an hour playing Morrowind, running his character off cliffs, into the ocean, and finding other strange things for him to do. Then we wrestled for a half an hour. The wonders of childhood.
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The terrorist attacks were a year ago today
September 11, 2002 by Adam in Family
The terrorist attacks were a year ago today. I read back through the old news items, trying to get a sense of what was going on with our family then. In contrast, these last few weeks have been quite wonderful. Sam's first day of preschool went well, with lots of play time with other kids. Jamie seems in a good mood. The only bad thing I can think of is that my stair-stepper broke last night, and I don't have a long enough screw driver to open it up.
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Another fine weekend comes to an end
September 09, 2002 by Adam in Family
 Another fine weekend comes to an end. There were a few exiting events, but for the most part it was fairly low-key. Sam was in a good mood for the most part, and we didn't want to jinx it.
We had Jason and Bridget over for dinner on Saturday. I hadn't seen them for a long time, and they'd recently gotten engaged. I've known Jason for fifteen years, probably the longest friend that I'm still in touch with (not that I really have friends I spend much time with these days). It was nice, chatting about marriage, kids, and what they were up to.
Today Sam and I went for a really long bike ride today. It had been awhile since he'd last gone for a bike ride, and he was a bit hesitant at first. After a few minutes, he was riding and laughing endlessly. He kept going into "crazy Sam" mode, biking as fast as he could. There was an international soccer match, with really good players, next to Roosevelt school. We had a snack and watched them play a bit before heading out again.
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It's another Mocha Friday
September 06, 2002 by Adam in Family
It's another Mocha Friday. The week's been chugging along. Sam's basically recovered, back in pants again. Jamie went out to a preschool meeting last night, and Sam and I went to a Bar-B-Que with my coworkers. He was in good spirits, and I tucked him to bed as soon as we got home. We're trying to get him to be earlier, as preschool is starting up again.
Today is his first day in the three's class. His new teacher, Karen, came over and visited with him yesterday. We're all crossing his fingers hoping he enjoys school. He's been a bit skeptical, but it's probably good for his social skills to go.
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It's been a good last few days
September 05, 2002 by Adam in Family
 It's been a good last few days. Monday night, we had Dave, Josh, and Kirsten over for dinner. Afterwards, they amused themselves for an hour playing with some flubber that Jamie mixed up. Josh hung out at our house Tuesday, as he had a short day at Roosevelt.
Sam's wearing pants again, which makes life easier. As well as being less embarrasing when taking him in public. I think he's mostly recovered from his surgery, though we're still slowly removing the surgical tape.
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We had a good day yesterday
September 02, 2002 by Adam in Family
We had a good day yesterday. Sam and I went for a long bike ride to the mall, with Sam in the "batmobile" towed behind me. He had a pretty good time, dressed in a long shirt of mine so that he could go out in public. We puttered around the mall a bit, picked up a Lego computer game at Toys-R-Us, then biked on home. After a couple hours of playing the new game, Jamie arrived back from her shopping trip, then wisked him off to a baseball game.
I don't think we're up to anything particularly exciting this Labor Day weekend. Sam hasn't seen Josh in awhile, so we might call him up. I'd love to go for a family hike too. I suppose we'll decide these things over a yummy breakfast, as always.
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A couple exiting events yesterday
September 01, 2002 by Adam in Family
A couple exiting events yesterday. At bedtime, Sam put on pull-ups, a milestone on the way to wearing pants. I'm hoping that we can get him fully dressed today and go out into the world again. It's been hard not being able to take him out into public much.
I also had some strange passion come into me yesterday. Like my mom used to do, I prepared a ton of meals for the week ahead. I think Jamie gets sick of planning, preparing, and cooking all the dinners during the week, so it's a mini-break for her. I ended up making two lasagnas, two sets of enchiladas, chili, soup, pizza, and some herb scones. They're all frozen and ready for use as needed.
Jamie and I also hopped on our bikes for the first time in a long while. Jamie took Sam for a bike ride with Victoria (the non-neighbor), and he amazingly fell asleep in the middle of the day. Since it's past 8:00 and he's still in bed, the boy must be tired. I even slept in until 7:00, probably because of my late night on Friday.
Soon the coffee and yummy breakfast will appear as if by magic. I can't wait.
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