Way back on the 9th I went to the homecoming games. I spent 7 hours sitting on the bleachers (and standing to stretch when possible).
I realized that the kids on the court that day were all in 2nd grade or lower when I moved to Petersburg.
36 is just over a week away for me.
If money grew on trees and for some reason it was still valuable i’d do a few things with all the fat stacks of cash that i would sustainably harvest.
- Retire? I love my job. Heck, today i lost track of time and was late leaving work to meet my Girl scout cookie hook-up. I guess i’d retire from 8-5 (plus some nights and weekends) work and do whatever the heck i wanted.
- Travel. More. I get to travel a bit already. But that’s because i wondered if i’d look back at an older age and wish that i did some more adventurous travel when i was younger. Because i know i’m going to want to just do cruises to exotic places later.
- Be generous. Maybe give out emergency loans or scholarships or build playgrounds in middle-class neighborhoods. I have always felt a little dissed because of those “at-risk youth”and their “lower class” neighborhoods dominated by “minorities.” Not jealous mind you. Just dissed for not being extraordinary either. Where is the program for the straight C student that just is?
- Cross breed my money tree with a tree that grows golden delicious apples. I like them.
- Make it so i didn’t spend money. Like making major energy efficiency changes…
- Go back to school. I liked college. But i’m afraid to try distance ed classes. I’m just not sure that i’m the right kind of person to motivate myself.
- Have someone do my laundry, dishes, and general cleaning. I guess now i’m really letting all this money get to my head!
- Give gifts to people randomly.
- Become insanely protective about my money tree.
- Bury my money in big mason jars below my money tree. Maybe i should bury it in something more permeable than glass though – perhaps that’s what money trees need for fertilizer.
Oh – and maybe one more thing. Buy a really good metal detector. Because looking for old coins and lost jewelry just seems like a good way to make some money, have fun and get some fresh air and exercise.
Ollie crashes hard sometimes. It is a lot of work to get onto the recliner!
We tried to pretend to be happy today. They were here for almost three weeks and it just flew by.
This afternoon Pepper and Jordan left to head back to Shanghai until June. I’ll be heading there for much of February and should see them in April also – if things go well – for at least a week.
Considering Jordan had surgery just a month ago on a finger he was pretty fearless in the sled. Not quite ready to make jumps and try for distance like Kevin used to… But not everyone can be as reckless as Kevin was. Our species must survive after all.
See how the disc sleds treat their rider?
We bought three different sleds to try out. I was too scared to try the disc sled. I remember them being impossible to steer. They still are.
On Tuesday the 5th of January we went to Seth and Kahn’s for dinner. We bought sleds and went out early to sled down the driveway. The gravel drive had a solid sheet of ice on it and a nice layer of powdery snow on top. Treacherous. We dried fabricating these conditions on the hill behind the house i grew up in. But this was amazing. I’d try stopping by shifting all of my weight to my hands and wouldn’t stop for 50 or 60 feet. Too bad his driveway ends with a launch to the tidelands!