writing more...

Yeah. So much for that idea. I am not keeping up. I am pretty sure it has something to do with being busy. 60 hour weeks (last week: 68.5) are not conducive to writing blogs. Oh well.

I am not even sure what has really happened, to be honest. I know that a lot has happened. We have spent much time at the hospital lately. I should be more correct in saying that Janine and the kids have been spending more time in the hospital lately. The kids have been there for blood work and various illnesses, including an emergency room visit on Monday night for Juancho. Poor guy. He was miserable. His temperature was very high and he did not look good at all, so we took him in. Fortunately, Brad and Traci took Andres and Shirley, so our time there was not chaotic or hectic, and in all reality was a fairly pleasant hospital experience (Juancho, if he could speak English, might tell you differently). This week, Janine has been back and forth with the kids doing blood work and getting shots and what not. It has been pretty crazy for her. Me...I just work.

So the championship game was this past Monday. I didn't watch it for the first time since I was about 13. Kind of strange, but that night Juan was in bad shape. Parenthood is definitely different. I didn't really care that I missed the game. Or the season finale of Prison Break. I was happy that our boy was okay, even if he was miserable. But I do know that Florida won. This year reminded me so much of 1992. Returning champ. Young upstarts on the contender. Much the same as Duke-Michigan, featuring Bobby Hurley, Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, and the Fab Five. Florida featured Corey Brewer, Al Horford, and Joakim Noah, while the young upstarts (although no match to the Fab Five in my mind) were Mike Conley, Jr., Greg Oden, and some other guys (see...no Fab Five). Interesting how it worked, as the outcome was similar to 1992: repeat champs. I am no fan of Florida, but I like to see the repeat.

Baseball started...
...so?

I got word that my mom and my sister and her husband are coming to visit in a couple of weeks. I am very excited. I know that they will love the kids and that the kids will be more than happy to share their mucus covered noses with them all. It should be a good time, and hopefully a relaxing time. I am not sure what we will do, but the main ingredient will be hanging out. Good times.

Tomorrow I will go play music with a guy I met at work. I have not played with anyone in a long time, and am very curious as to how things will turn out. He has heard my music and really likes it (almost scarily so), so we will see how things go. He has played in bands off and on for over ten years and is anxious to play my songs. He also used to work in the movie business in various capacities. My big break? I doubt it. But it could be fun. And my songs are darn good.

Before that, though, I think we will be taking the kids on their first Easter egg hunt. I am not sure if they will understand the concept, and they are probably too passive to wrestle any kids (POKE HIS EYE, ANDRES!! THROW DIRT IN HIS FACE, JUANCHO!!) for an egg, but we are hoping they have fun anyway. We will be eating Easter dinner/lunch over at my brother-in-law's parents-in-law's house, so that will be fun, too. It will be nice to relax and enjoy the weekend, which is supposed to be gorgeous. I am glad it is not summer.

I am tired, so I will sign off. I will try to get on this a little more and give actual updates of what is happening. I feel that this is full of old news, as what is flooding my mind is the setting of $35 million dollar tools right now. I need to take a break from work. Thank goodness for the weekend.

Hope all is well.