Rolling along

Miss Neverpoop's first bike ride at the local park. It was her first time going down hills (which terrified her), and her first time going up hills (which terrified her). She is afraid of everything these days.

• Hills


• Spiderwebs


• Bees


• Dust bunnies


• New food


• Hair


• Doctors


• Medicine


• Band Aids


• Removing Band Aids


• Loud sneezes


• Lint


• Speed Bumps


• Fire


• Pickies (hangnails)


• Toilets flushing


• Going fast


• Monsters


• Moths

It is a little disturbing to see her so frightened all of the time. We never allow her to give into her fears (alright, maybe fire...). We calmly hold her as she faces them. She loves adrenaline, but is terrified of trying anything brand new. If we can get her to try it once, though...

I'm working with that in my own world. Leaving teaching is scary, especially when I failed at doing so last year. In the middle of it all, I am trying to figure out how to find a new job, prepare for the next venture (owning the microbrewery), deciding whether to buy a house, rent, or get the hell out of Texas, refinancing the house in Kansas, and trying to manage the stress without letting daily life scare the shit out of me.

Yeah, working on that. It was a good day for a bike ride.

House of Lies

Well, it turns out that an agreement to let my wife move into a house, rent it, and buy it can change on mother's day while she drives to the house to sign the papers. That's right, it was sold out from under us. Dr. Wife is now in San Antonio, living in a motel, trying to find an apartment to rent. Our stuff moves in three weeks.

I'm so fucking mad right now I could throw bricks at kittens.

Baby drive south

For those folks in the area, we are hosting a little bye-bye shindig on Saturday 5/12 for the new Dr. Wife. Come on by between 3:00 and 6:00pm and say a little goodbye to the good doctor, because on Sunday she moves to Texas. The newly-three-year-old and I will be following her down at the start of June.

Here's another pic of the house. We dig it. Yes I covered the address. If you want to know where it is, let the bribery commence.