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Today I get to meet with an esteemed surgeon, the editor of a prestigious national journal, and explain the new diagnosis codes to him like he's twelve.

:lmao:

 
Dan Lambskin said:
I don't really have a reference for East Texas

Where does it fit on a scale of Paradise to Bakersfield?
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I've made fun of Bakersfield plenty, but I would seriously be thrilled to move there if my other option was East Texas. And I really enjoyed living in Austin and (even) Houston.

 
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General Malaise said:
Last night I volunteered to oversee 16 teams of micro soccer (boys 5-6) as a coaching aid to assist many of the first time coaches who had no idea what to do with a team full of kindergartners.

I'm on the board

My job

Take one of the fussy twins

Helping with dinner

Doing the dishes.

Make myself available for my needy 3 year old daughter

interact with older sons

coaching their soccer team,

my MIL - who has been a saint and a tremendous help - will need to go back home and it will only get worse.

Talk about this with wife b

I've given away all my Ducks tickets this year in an effort to show I'm serious about helping out on weekends

but it like everything else I feel like I do to help goes unnoticed.

Make a list like this. Make three groups - chores that can be done at any time, scheduled stuff like work and the soccer practices and the board, and things you need. Then start cutting.

Can you cut out soccer practices? Can you cut out one a week? Can you cut out being on the board?

Can you get the chores done more efficiently? Get your boys to do the dishes, get a maid once a week, plan your laundry so you're not each doing a half load instead of one whole load?

Can you cut out the bike ride to work and drive instead, then take a walk with a coworker during a meeting?

And what do you need to stay sane? One thing is praise. She needs it too. Make it a priority to thank her for something she did each day. Praise her for something she's getting better at. When a kid does a good thing won't just praise the kid, tell her what a good job she's done with them. Remind her that there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Then give her the list and ask her to add her stuff. Even little stuff like changing the diaper genie or morning feedings. Help her prioritize and see if there's stuff she needs and isn't getting. Tell her the things you need and aren't getting like football or sex or praise and cut out things you have but don't need like weekday smoking or football betting and all the time you probably waste reading about it.

Once you know what you really want and need, you can always add back the stuff you like but didn't prioritize, but do it with your eyes open knowing that that's what you're doing. Sometimes it helps just to see it clearly.
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My advice
 
Dan Lambskin said:
I don't really have a reference for East Texas

Where does it fit on a scale of Paradise to Bakersfield?
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kevzilla said:
Bakersfield is Eden compared to East Texas.
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Abraham said:
Dan Lambskin said:
I don't really have a reference for East Texas

Where does it fit on a scale of Paradise to Bakersfield?
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Rebellious teens in Lumberton yell at their parents, "you can't hold me back! As soon as I graduate, I'm moving on and up in the world...I'm headed to Bakersfield!"
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3 giant bags of **** coming right up.

 
And no offense to any of your spouses/daughters/sisters/etc but I have never met a cheerleading coach that I thought could do the maze on the back of a Denny's placemat in less than 4 hours.

 
I weighed in at 198 this morning, measuring a 33" waste. I was close to 220 at Derbyhole. I'm still a disgusting mess just not a fat disgusting mess after letting myself go the last 10 months.

 
Anyone know anything about animals in attics? My buddy has something crawling around up there in his townhome and he's not sure if the HOA is responsible to get the critters out. Of course he's having trouble getting ahold of them.

 
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Annyong said:
Anyone know anything about animals in attics? My buddy has something crawling around up there in his townhome and he's not sure if the HOA is responsible to get the critters out. Of course he's having trouble getting ahold of them.
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I'm betting it's a coon. That, or a squirrel.And I'm no lawyer, but it's doubtful the HOA is responsible for what's inside his home.

 
Ignoramus said:
Annyong said:
Anyone know anything about animals in attics? My buddy has something crawling around up there in his townhome and he's not sure if the HOA is responsible to get the critters out. Of course he's having trouble getting ahold of them.
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I'm betting it's a coon. That, or a squirrel.And I'm no lawyer, but it's doubtful the HOA is responsible for what's inside his home.
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Pretty sure it's highly offensive to call them coons these days.

 
GroveDiesel said:
Ignoramus said:
Annyong said:
Anyone know anything about animals in attics? My buddy has something crawling around up there in his townhome and he's not sure if the HOA is responsible to get the critters out. Of course he's having trouble getting ahold of them.
Click to expand...
I'm betting it's a coon. That, or a squirrel.And I'm no lawyer, but it's doubtful the HOA is responsible for what's inside his home.
Click to expand...
Pretty sure it's highly offensive to call them coons these days.
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I was thinking they might be to blame because the damn coon came in from roof most likely.

 
Ignoramus said:
Annyong said:
Anyone know anything about animals in attics? My buddy has something crawling around up there in his townhome and he's not sure if the HOA is responsible to get the critters out. Of course he's having trouble getting ahold of them.
Click to expand...
I'm betting it's a coon. That, or a squirrel.And I'm no lawyer, but it's doubtful the HOA is responsible for what's inside his home.
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How about a flying squirrel (my parents actual had these in their attic)

http://www.trutechinc.com/images/flying-squirrel.jpg

 
Ignoramus said:
Annyong said:
Anyone know anything about animals in attics? My buddy has something crawling around up there in his townhome and he's not sure if the HOA is responsible to get the critters out. Of course he's having trouble getting ahold of them.
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I'm betting it's a coon. That, or a squirrel.And I'm no lawyer, but it's doubtful the HOA is responsible for what's inside his home.
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Put a wolverine in the attic IMO.

 
bostonfred said:
General Malaise said:
Last night I volunteered to oversee 16 teams of micro soccer (boys 5-6) as a coaching aid to assist many of the first time coaches who had no idea what to do with a team full of kindergartners.

I'm on the board

My job

Take one of the fussy twins

Helping with dinner

Doing the dishes.

Make myself available for my needy 3 year old daughter

interact with older sons

coaching their soccer team,

my MIL - who has been a saint and a tremendous help - will need to go back home and it will only get worse.

Talk about this with wife b

I've given away all my Ducks tickets this year in an effort to show I'm serious about helping out on weekends

but it like everything else I feel like I do to help goes unnoticed.

Make a list like this. Make three groups - chores that can be done at any time, scheduled stuff like work and the soccer practices and the board, and things you need. Then start cutting.

Can you cut out soccer practices? Can you cut out one a week? Can you cut out being on the board?

Can you get the chores done more efficiently? Get your boys to do the dishes, get a maid once a week, plan your laundry so you're not each doing a half load instead of one whole load?

Can you cut out the bike ride to work and drive instead, then take a walk with a coworker during a meeting?

And what do you need to stay sane? One thing is praise. She needs it too. Make it a priority to thank her for something she did each day. Praise her for something she's getting better at. When a kid does a good thing won't just praise the kid, tell her what a good job she's done with them. Remind her that there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Then give her the list and ask her to add her stuff. Even little stuff like changing the diaper genie or morning feedings. Help her prioritize and see if there's stuff she needs and isn't getting. Tell her the things you need and aren't getting like football or sex or praise and cut out things you have but don't need like weekday smoking or football betting and all the time you probably waste reading about it.

Once you know what you really want and need, you can always add back the stuff you like but didn't prioritize, but do it with your eyes open knowing that that's what you're doing. Sometimes it helps just to see it clearly.
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My advice
Thanks.

Things are much much better. We talked and both know it's very stressful and hard for both of us right now, but it will get better. In back to back weekends, I have stayed home with both twins and Hazel and essentially forced my wife and her mom out of the house for shopping and dinner. Last weekend, they were reluctant to go, but enjoyed their time off and appreciated my efforts. It was hard, but I survived. Yesterday, they didn't need too much pushing and again, enjoyed a gorgeous day outside eating on a patio of a place I recommended with wine/beer and great food. The twins and Hazel were much easier. I think I'm getting the hang of this dad thing. When they came home, they encouraged me to meet up with my buddy Q for the Cowboys game at Wildwings. What a treat! I put on my Aikman jersey and walked to the bar (about 1.5 miles). We're getting there, it was just a tough couple of days that a pleasant weekend has seemed to cure quite a bit.
Merci

 
Annyong said:
GroveDiesel said:
Ignoramus said:
Annyong said:
Anyone know anything about animals in attics? My buddy has something crawling around up there in his townhome and he's not sure if the HOA is responsible to get the critters out. Of course he's having trouble getting ahold of them.
Click to expand...
I'm betting it's a coon. That, or a squirrel.And I'm no lawyer, but it's doubtful the HOA is responsible for what's inside his home.
Click to expand...
Pretty sure it's highly offensive to call them coons these days.
Click to expand...
I was thinking they might be to blame because the damn coon came in from roof most likely.
Click to expand...
Let's cut the #### with the racist stuff, buddy.

 
Crazy morning here.

I'm getting dressed in my bathroom after a shower. I hear my dog barking a pretty vicious "get outta here" kind of bark. I start hurrying to see what's up. We're out in the desert on 2.5 acre parcels. It takes more than the gardener to get her barking like this, but it happens sometimes when it's no big deal.

I hear my daughter scream. Okay she's 16 and it could be something gross on Youtube but combined with the dog I'm concerned and hustling to see what's up. She starts POUNDING on the bathroom door... screaming....

"Dad, the murderer is in our backyard, the killers are in our yard, I'm serious!!!!"

I open the door with a confused whaaaaaa!!?? I don't know of any murderers at the moment. She runs behind me clearly shaken. "I saw him. It's the murderer!!!!"

The dog has gone ape####. So I run down the hall to the family room...

Where I make strong eye contact with this guy.... who's holding the doggie door shut with my dog going nuts... and who unbeknownst to me was featured on Facebook by our local pd as identified in a morning shooting and on the run...

Also another guy who looks just like that guy is vomiting on my patio...

I run back down the hall to get a gun and call 911 (unfortunately in that order, and hating myself for it). Yep, I'm one of those and this may be an example of a thousand things I don't want to talk about because WOW was this intense. The gun safe was INTENSE. I SAW my heart pound. The sound of the dog seemed distorted and REALLY loud. Took a very deep breath, racked a round, told my kid to lock herself in the bathroom (she didn't). I tried to channel how cool and collected my dad always was in a crisis, and I yelled down the hall as loud as I could (probably sounding something like that demon from Amityville)...

"GETTTT OOOOUUUUUTTTT!!! I am armed!!! I called the cops!!!!", that last bit being a lie.

Then I looked, and saw one of them running. Then I saw a cop, handgun in hand, cross my property like Usain Bolt. I ran to the window and cop #2 saw me and my .45, he yelled to me that they had two on the run and to stay inside. My dog snarled at my garage door. I yelled at the cop to check my garage. He did. Clear. IN-ephing-TENSE.

Pukeface, the shooter's brother, was apprehended on the street two houses down, in violation of parole. Alleged murderer in the link made it another mile. My yard was searched for 30 minutes seeking the potential murder weapon. No luck. Not sure if the lady he shot made it.

I'm having tequila with my beer. And I have a teen daughter who stayed home from school today feeling poorly, who happened to see this story breaking on our city facebook page, then went face to face with the shooter through our dining room window. Just wow. She was shaken for an hour or so, but the cop who searched our yard was really hot, made her feel safe, complimented me for no good reason, told her she was lucky to have a dad like me (really for her benefit not because I reacted great) and now she's doing her homework acting like nothing happened. She's gonna have nightmares, right?

 
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