Random Thoughts at the end of strange week

Dear James, Daniel and Emily

So it's been a strange week, having 3 4 day weeks in a row has thrown me off. I had planned on watching more of the RNC, but let Kim have control of the remote and TV instead, so I didn't watch nearly as much as I planned. I haven't slept well most of the week, due to back spasms, which makes life pretty hard. Plus the NFL season started last night, and while I watched some of the game, it was refreshing to not care as much because I am not playing fantasy. And I had hoped to do more computer stuff at home, but time got the better of me, again...

So I was not at all impressed with the RNC. First they went whole hog attack on Wednesday night, highlighted by Sarah Palin. Then McCain tried to come out last night and convince voters that 'he is not the Republican we thought he was' and that he wasn't involved in any of the bad decisions and policies of the last 8 years. Which is a really hard sell, considering his 90% voting record in support of the Administration's policies over the last 8 years. And the fact that all of the actual policy issues he talked about last night were echoes of the current administrations policies. Maybe it's just me but that just doesn't sell.

My back started acting up a week ago, but was just a little sore. But after a semi-hard weekend of cleaning and yard work etc to get ready for the party it really started acting up. So much so that I could barely sleep. I saw the massage guy here at the office on Wednesday and he worked on me, but it was still sore. Last night it acted up so much that I could barely sleep, and apparently other muscles were cramping as well. The main thing to do now is to follow the massage guys advice and work on hydrating myself, especially at night, as I rarely drink much once I get home.

Yep, the NFL regular season started last night, I watched the first quarter or so, but other than that it was pretty much a non-event for me. It's nice to not be so focused on football for a change, without the fantasy football to worry about I can pretty much let the games happen and not care so much.

Mom brought her old iMac over on Monday, I was planning on playing with it some this week, try and decide if I want to go in that direction for future computers. But other than some basic network connectivity stuff on Monday I haven't touched it. Plus I downloaded the new Google Browser: Chrome, but haven't had any chance to run it through it's paces either. Maybe this Saturday, since it will be my last Saturday before soccer season, I will get some more computer play time.

So next week should be a pretty normal week, with our schedule returning to normal and Daniel settling into the school routine now. And nothing big planned for the weekend, which should be nice for a change.