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Jenn spent yesterday in Poughkeepsie continuing her gym training by working out all day. So, what did Ryan and I do? Well, we didn’t exercise. Instead, we decided to go out to lunch. We made the trip down to Friendly’s and split a grilled cheese sandwich, mashed potatoes, green beans and french fries. We also split a “Cone head Sundae.” If you’ve never had one then you can’t possibly understand the nostalgia that overwhelmed me. It gave me just a taste of what life will be like as Ryan gets a bit older. He’s really bringing the kid in me out. I’m excitedly anticipating the next trip and the next opportunity to be a kid.

I spent some time in thought tonight as I prepared for bed. A man can really tell his entire life story by his bedtime routine. Some are type A personalities who check to make sure the house is locked…3 times (dad/steve). Others, roll around and can’t sleep because they are thinking of tomorrow and all they have to do. Yet others pass out right away. Then, there are parents of toddlers. These parents want to pass out but they have too many other things to worry about. Are the bottles made, does the little bambino have clean pants, what is he going to wear tomorrow….is the door locked. Goodnight all…I think.

Location:Sylvia Ln,Schenectady,United States

Today marked Jenn’s triumphant return to school and it also marked the first day of daycare for our young monkey. I had the unfortunate task of working from Connecticut today so that gave me plenty of time to think. It’s a terrible feeling to give up control of the one thing you care the most about in life (the other thing, as she’ll tell you, I never had control over) but it’s entirely unfair that we have to pay for it. I can’t think of too many instances where you pay to receive so much pain. Then again, I’m still too young for a colonoscopy. I’ll check back in five years.

I received an email from an old friend (“old” used both figuratively and literally) who happens to also be a former boss.  In that email, he mentioned that I had a typo in the title of my blog. Appalling!  How could someone who pays such attention to detail have a spelling error in the title!  Then I realized, spell check doesn’t check the titles.  After further analysis, I realized that “Life’s Messy and Delicous” has a much different meaning than “Life’s Messy and Delicious.”  Dejected and embarrassed, I made the change.  Then I realized, I’m averaging around 100 visits per day to this blog which is both interesting and scary.  Did no one notice this error in the past year I’ve been blogging?  It just goes to show, don’t believe everything you read on the Internet! 🙂 

Jenn and I are spending the weekend in Lake Placid with some of my good friends from college. It’s a great time to have a cold beer, sit back and reminisce about old times and remember a time when life was a lot less stressful. It was nice to remember those times but as I lie alone (Jenn’s actually coming tomorrow with our friend Sarah) I think how much I miss them both. For all the late nights and early morning screaming sessions, I still miss the little dude…a lot.

Short and sweet to keep the blog moving forward but I spent some time tonight clearing my digital camera and found an awesome picture of Jenn and Ryan (and his tongue).  Is there anything better than your family at Saratoga? 🙂  I don’t think so.

It’d be nice to get back there.  We’ll see if the little man lets us do it!