I’ve been the Big Bachelor here at the Consortium since I returned from KOA on Wednesday morning. Margie and Katherine remain in the wilds of upstate Wisconsin until Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
So how’s it going?<\/p>\n
1. Well, I haven’t been eating as healthy as I ought to. I’ve not gone hungry, by any means, and I’ve tried to be sure that there’s something other than chips and ice cream and beer in the diet (see previous mentions of a huge pot of chili, plus some meals with others on a couple of evenings). Not a lifestyle I suspect I would sustain long-term — and short-term it’s palling — so I’ll be glad for Margie to get back<\/p>\n
2. Schedule normalcy has been difficult. Between time I took off (Wednesday), and a four-day holiday weekend for the company (including, ha-ha, Monday), things have been a bit odd. I did make it to church this morning, but I didn’t make it to karate on Thursday (dagnabbit). I’ve been staying up late — but not insanely so — but not sleeping past 7 or 8 in the morning (dagnabbit). I look forward to a return to normalcy there almost (but not quite) as much as I look forward to one more day off.<\/p>\n
3. My friends have kept me from being a social hermit and only watching DVDs and going out to the movies. Kate and Doyce and Randy came over Friday (nothing says “Fourth of July” as much as sitting around, drinking beer, eating BBQ chicken, and watching Doctor Who on the DVR). Saturday night I went over to Jackie’s for dinner with her folks and Angie (and learned that while D&D players can be kind of geeky and obsessive, they do not hold a candle on cribbage players). Today I was over at Doyce’s for some gaming as well.<\/p>\n
4. As I said, I’ve not been sleeping terribly well, though that’s in part due to the cats wanting Extra Love (usually at 5 a.m.) and the heat of the evenings (sleeping atop the sheets until 4 or so, then under the sheets, then getting warm around 7 or so). As is my wont on such occasions, I sleep over on Margie’s side, though I have taken care not to mess up her alarm clock.<\/p>\n
5. I’ve not done nearly as much City of Heroes playing as one might imagine. Nor, until today, had I done much blogwise. I have done a few useful projects — getting nearly finished with making sure all our CDs are up-to-date in my iTunes and Margie’s iPod, and getting our hardcover fiction shelves reorganized so that we can actually see what we’ve got.<\/p>\n
6. Tomorrow I plan to either do some online gaming, or else work on our digital picture albums. Plus do some clean-up of the house (which, actually, is in remarkably good shape) preparatory to the family’s return on Tuesday evening. I am not sure if I’ll work from home on Tuesday, or go into the office and head out to the airport from there.<\/p>\n
7. There are certain devil-may-care, lackadaisical advantages to the bachelor’s life, temporary or not. They do not hold a candle to having my wife and daughter at home with me. An occasional holiday or vacation might be entertaining now and again, just as Margie enjoys going out for sushi when I’m away on business, but more than 2-3 days wears down on one awfully. The courteous inclusion of myself in the weekend plans of my friends has been quite nice (otherwise I’d really be going stir crazy), but …<\/p>\n
I’m looking forward to Margie and Katherine being home. ‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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