Gonna Be A Good One

Gonna Be A Good One

12.17.05 (7:10 am)   [edit]
Had a good easy day at work yesterday (Bob was gone and I had it to myself, bu Fridays are slow there) and came home. Sheryl brought Katie up and we all went to Chinese food for dinner.

I'm glad we got to spend time as the three of us. That's good for Katie. Sheryl looked great and I enjoyed being around her for a while. I tried to be relaxed, but I was so happy to have them both here that I was a bit of a blabbering idiot. Oh well. nothing new there.

Katie was a little loon last night on a sugar buzz from the (insert chosen name of holiday here) celebration at school. We watched TV and played with Play-Doh and were very silly. She took a bath and went to sleep easily after I read her a few stories.

(Is it just me or are many of these old stories fucked up? "The big bad wolf tried to blow the pig's hosue down, so they boiled him alive when he came down the chimney." Shit, maybe I'll read her some Lovecraft tonight. "And when the Miiskatonic explorers went into the cave, a big hunk of protoplasmic goo with eyes all over it slithered over and ate their heads off. The end. Be a good girl or Shub-Niggurath shall possess your soul! Nighty-night!")

She woke up at 5:30AM saying she missed her mommy. First time she's done that here. but she went back to sleep and woke up very happy and talky and ready for the day. "Where are we going first?"

To the library then downtown to pay the power bill. Then lunch. Then up to Marion. She'll spend a couple hours with my mom and sister while I do a drummerless band practice. (He's in Boston on a consulting job for three weeks.) Then back to Katie and we'll go to my Grandma's and have Christmas with the family and her little cousins. Then back here late. Tomorrow we'll ahng out and watch MST3K stuff and when we get back to cincy I'll take her by the store where she saw something she wants for Christmas. Get that and back home to Mommy.

Should be fun.

Got five new songs to learn for the band. Much of what they do is new to me, but they've been doing it for a few years without me and are wnating to learn new material. I like where we're going. We each picked a tune off the 8CDs our singer made. This week we're working out The Seeker by The Who, Good Lovin' by the Young Rascals, Junior Brown's Highway Patrol, The Stones' Jumpin' Jack
Flash, and my choice, Ringo's It Don't Come Easy.

I'm having a good time with these guys and I'm much more into it than I was when I left back in '98. We're playing New Years Eve (for twice the normal pay at a well=-playing Eagles club) and they've already asked for nine gigs next year. We'll probably have to turn down the March one becuase of our guitarist's baby on the way, but we're playing two gigs in January and Feburary, and I think we'll keep busy. this makes me happy.

Katie just put on a beautiful purple dress. She's really into dresses. And she looks wonderful. She's such a happy, fun, beautiful, smart and perceptive child. And now she's spitting into the sink after brushing her teeth. I just heard seven big spits in a row. That's my girl!

The beard is coming along and I almost like it. Almost. Still not sure about this, I did it totally on a whim and it'll be a few more days before it's really grown in. I'll post a pic when it doens't look like I have a pile of shit on my face. I'm 35 and I've never grown a beard. Go figure.

Love,
Dougie