Day: November 29, 2020

This is a ramble.

I’m sitting on my two-person couch reserved for me and my lady (matching one in the office). My back is to the sunrise and the fresh litter of puppies noisily nursing in the background. The only kid awake is doing homework (college homework always happens on Sunday). Goldfinger’s Stomping Ground is blasting in the background. The fire, lit for the first time this season, looks beautiful. There is a serenity here. It feels like the beginning of something.

It can be.

Every day is the possibility of a different life and different path. I feel tethered to this daily grind by a few straps of life. I need to get the kids to and from school on certain days of the week. I need to get the one kid to PT once a week. Now that this sports season is over the tethers are limited to what I explained above. I do not consider the rest to be tethers. I grade (almost daily) and I write (again, almost daily) but both of those things are capable anywhere with an internet connection and they don’t determine how or where I spend my daily existence.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how I live. For a long time I lived in two houses. More and more I am starting to consider the two house theory to be the better way to be. By that I mean that I would love to have a home somewhere else where I spend the majority of my time and a ‘touchpoint’ house here in the city where we can still have a connection to what needs to happen in the city for work and for the times when we need to be here for kids.

This could be the way.

Puppies.

We have 8 new puppies. There were 9, but one didn’t make it and now we are hyper vigilant over the ones that did. I’ll tell you it is a crazy time in Talisland. Thanksgiving was fun and not terribly large. I learned that I can cook a Turkey decently. I also discovered that nobody in my family actually wants turkey, so we are going with ham next year.

I’m happily moving towards fall break with a great deal of writing on my plate and a need to get all of my school stuff done in an effort to get the writing to the front of my mind. I took the last few days off in order to enjoy this brief break. I didn’t write beyond the blog. I didn’t grade. There was no youth (or high school) football or training or film review or any of the things that clutter the day. I did play a few video games and touch the puppies and listen to my audio book. I spent time with my partner, really focusing on her and that was great.

So, now I am in a place where I am feeling good about what is happening in the work space. I am moving towards being more relaxed in my life. Things are looking up.

Some Thoughts:

1. Jake Paul knocked out a former Slam Dunk Champ named Nate Robinson. Youtube stars out here trying to get some respect! Now he wants to fight Mcgregor. I want to see him fight a real boxer and get his ass beat.