My friend is in Mexico.

She left Friday morning. I am so jealous. I want to be in Mexico. She is cancun. I would much rather be in Monterey or Mexico City DF. There is a lot of good indie spanish rock coming out of those places. I would love to be in that area visiting all the local music scenes. I am sure my day dream is a little romantized, but it would be something cool and interesting.

The kids and I went sledding. It was nice. We really need to buy more cold weather items. We need some long johns. We need some longer coats. I would even go so far as to purchasing a ski mask with gogles. The only thing is that our hills was barely covered with snow. The kids still wanted to go. For once, I actually caved and went with them. Last year we were dissapointed with barely enough snow and it did not even stick. Still...it was nice. Standing at the top of the hill. The night sky ascending putting out the barely lit sun. The laughter of my kids because their father slips on the way up the hill. These are the memories that I hope they remember.

oops...I forgot about xmas in last post.

I am almost done xmas shopping. I hate going to stores with all the kids. This year the family did a grab bag. Money has been tight. This helps the budget a bit. Well...I got my sister-in-law's husband. I really can not stand him. We were supposed to list 3 things we want in a $30 range. He wrote on his note. Good luck and make it nice. It really made me mad. I was thinking about getting him a ugly looking xmas sweater. My wife does not want me to do that. I guess I will get him a dunkin donuts gift card. They have given me ugly sweaters in the past. I think one of their gifts have been useful. So there is my story and I am sticking to it.

of being nauseas, going green, and x-mas

Today is my first day back. I took a four day weekend. I asked for Friday and Monday off. I had some things to take care of. I think i will be scheduling some more of these days off. You get two short weeks. It is awesome. I contemplate what it would be like to be a stay at home parent. I would like that. I think I would be a good stay at home parent. The only thing is I need discipline for the house work.

I really hate my place. I really do. I can't wait to get a new home. I would really like that. Even though I pay rent. I have to do most of the repairs. If it were my place, then I can see that. This place is not my own. My wife thinks I should do the repairs. We have had a couple of arguments because of this. Don't get me wrong. I like doing the repairs. It is the principle that bugs me.

I have also been thinking about going green. I want to do all sort of things to make our stay in our planet Earth less of a burden. I asked my wife to jump on board. She was not too crazy about that idea. I need to go to target to to look for some cloth napkins. I hate using all these paper towels. I remember growing up my parents using all sorts of "trapos". There would be torn up shorts, shirts, and other things that we would use to clean. I wonder why that did not translate to my wife from her parents. I am sure they did it too. They used to also use nails to hang up the spatulas, spoons, or other kitchen aids. I guess we always want to go back to what we know. Ok...ttfn.

No rest for the wicked

I come in to the house and there is chaos. It is sitting at the edge of the cliff waiting for my arrival to escalate. It begins with my youngest spotting me. He writhes in his high chair. Surely in his mind he is wondering when I am going to pick him up. I choose to hang up my jacket and take off my work shirt. My other kids run over to me and give me a kiss. I walk around in my work pants for a little while. My youngest was not fond of me leaving without kissing him. He screams his little head off. I scramble back as soon as possible. He has not been feeling to well lately. I remember hating when my kids are sick. I just feel so helpless.

They are not letting me write anymore. I will talk to you later. Thanks.

Music does a body good.

I have been in one of those moods. It is not a good mood. Thanks to DC, some friends, and music. I say this because I was so bummed out starting Monday. I put together a playlist of really awesome music. I had some Cafe Tacuba, Pastilla, Panda, Fobia, Los Bunkers, Molotov, and many others. Believe it or not, the music cheered me up.

I am weird in that music like the Cure cheers me up. It is the fact that others experience misery. Maybe I recall a time when I was really happy. At any rate, who is done with their x-mas shopping. I hate this time of year. The endless consumerism and music. bleh!!

Si Tu No Vuelves

Si tú no vuelves
se secarán todos los mares
y esperaré sin ti
tapiado al fondo de algún recuerdo

Si tú no vuelves
mi voluntad se hará pequeña...
Me quedaré aquí
junto a mi perro espiando horizontes

Si tú no vuelves
no quedarán más que desiertos
y escucharé por si
algún latido le queda a ésta tierra

Que era tan serena
cuando me querías
habia un perfume fresco que yo respiraba
era tan bonita, era así de grande
no tenía fin...

Y cada noche vendrá una estrella
a hacerme compañía
que te cuente cómo estoy
y sepas lo que hay
Dime amor, amor, amor
estoy aqui ¿no ves?
Si no vuelves no habrá vida
no sé lo que haré

Si tú no vuelves
no habrá esperanza ni habrá nada
Caminaré sin tí
con mi tristeza bebiendo lluvia