Welcome to Sunday morning.

Ethan has grown two-and-a-quarter inches between April 1st and today. That means he's a crazifying half-an-inch taller than six-foot. I suppose we're always taller in the mornings, but he's a little worried. "I don't wan to be taller than you!" he says.

Friday night I went to kiwikat & shevus' for dinner. We played some MarioKart on the Wii and snuck in a game of Scrabble. Brian kicked our asses and I seriously played the worst game of my life. I just had the most terrible letter combinations the whole time. I had a blast, but at this point, laughing is still way too hard and is very painful, so I guess no fun for Jack!

Jacquelyn, who was meanwhile driving to Minnesota, called crying and my first thought was that she'd been in a car accident. He heart did that scary leaping/lurching thing and I could feel the adrenaline course through my body. So, when she told me she'd hit a raccoon, I was quite relieved. I know how much Jacquelyn loves animals and needlessly killing one is very traumatic. I feel horrible when it happens to me. Hell, I cried when I hit a raccoon that was already dead. I tried to comfort her over the phone, but I was so relieved she was safe that I don't think I did a good job.

I don't normally work Saturdays in the summer, but it was the Great Taste of the Midwest and my company scheduled basically everyone. The Great Taste is a giant beer festival, so yes, a lot of drunk people and beer enthusiasts.  It was a pretty busy day and by the end of it, I was incredibly sore and exhausted.  Unfortunately this meant I was unable to attend brdgt's barbecue for which I was very sad.  I basically spent the night medicated on Vicodin, watching Jumper and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

This morning I was still feeling pretty sore, but much better.  It's going to be an awesome day, a high of 73 or so, and thus I am going to go for a nice walk, check out the garden, do some errands, like the library and the post office.  Jacquelyn should be home tomorrow, which will be nice.  As much as I hate to admit it, I miss her when she's gone.  (You know, because missing implies neediness and neediness is ugly and I am a manly-man who needs nothing and no one.  I am a rock! An island!  I do not suffer the whims of emotions!  I don't need anyone!)

Hehe, okay, enough silliness, I have to see if I can make omelets in my injured state.

Out on a Sunday cruise. A foot cruise, I suppose.

Ethan and I took a long walk today, partially to run errands, but mostly because it was just an absolute perfect day and we definitely needed to get out of the house.  We were ridiculously exhausted by the time we got home, but it was worth it.  Here's our photographic documentation of our trip, plus a few other random pictures:


Father & Son Start the Journey

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So that be it, my peoples.  I have to get some sleep.  5am is much too early for me!

The Shoes Photography Experience™

This week's theme over at photog_xp was Shoes and below the cut are my photos, the adventures of me new red Converse One*Stars.

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