Yikes, it's been too long. What have
we been up to?
Well we got our windows in a while ago,
and it has already made a huge difference in the comfort level of the
home. The Weather has started to cool off to pretty chilly at night,
and we haven't even had to turn on the heater yet. Just ambient heat
and good windows is good enough to keep us going through the night.
The other major boon is that the neighbors' barking dogs are much
quieter now. It's subtle, but pleasant.
We had our pseudo-annual neighborhood
grill-out on Saturday. Not a lot of turnout, but a few families did
show up, and everyone was really pleased that we were taking the time
to do this, so it's worth it just to foster a sense of community
around here. Also, Tyler learned to share toys. Sorta. He still
needs some practice on that.
Also this weekend, the silver car had
its battery die, so I got to be all manly and get that fixed. I
considered just taking it in somewhere, but I've messed around in the
electrical system of enough vehicles for work at this point that I
felt it wouldn't be a insurmountable task, especially with the
internet and friendly auto-parts people to help me through. Anyway, I
went out and bought a battery (getting a jump to get home after I
discovered the battery wasn't low...it was dead. Got some tips from
the guy that sold me the battery (as well as some goop to help ease
corrosion) and read up on the process on the internet, then took out
some wrenches and went to work. As those of you that have ever done
it before know, it's not a particularly difficult process, once you
know how. But I got to surprise Jessie when she woke up from her nap
and the car was totally fixed before she knew it. Still have to take
the old battery back for recycling, though.
And this week, Jess is off on travel,
so I'm single-fathering it again. It's not so bad, of course. Tyler
gets to see mommy on Skype fairly often, and as long as he has lots
of things to play with at home he's pretty easy to manage. Went to
sleep just fine a little while ago and shows no signs of waking up in
the middle of the night with “where's mommy” sweats.
Speaking of Tyler, the baby dictionary
has completely fallen off the rails at this point. I couldn't even
guess at how many words or word-like utterances Tyler knows at this
point. I was always impressed by the ability of parents to
understand the babbling of their children, but what I didn't know was
that usually the parents don't have any idea what the kid means the
first time he tries out a new word either. We just have more
practice at it.
Those are the highlights of the last
few weeks. I'd write more, but I have a few more e-mails to write
and some research to do on how to 'base' miniature figurines. (Look
it up, it's pretty cool). And then I have to hit the hay. A
temporarily-single father needs plenty of rest.
-N
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