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A week ago today, the wife and I took the kidlets to the Houston Livestock and Rodeo. It was cool.
We didn't do actual rodeo stuff.
We walked around inside the NRG center, among the shop stalls, displays, and other attractions (petting zoo/honey bees/pony ride/baby chick hatchery/etc). The livestock part was...interesting....in a smelly sort of way. And there were baby calves, at least one of which was just born the day before.
We also went outside for a bit to the carnival they had set up. The boy enjoyed a ferris wheel ride with me (baby girl was too short).
All in all, it was a nice way to spend several hours.
After they went to bed last night, the wife and I continued to watch Jessica Jones season 2. Interesting, so far. Not as good as the first season though. David Tennant really made that a pleasure to watch.
Who?
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At the beginning of the month, I started back with the company I worked for when I first moved down to Texas. While I enjoy being a practicing engineer again, and getting paid, I find that it's not the same.
For one, my old supervisor retired. I liked him, even if he was kind of weird. He as very intelligent and had tons of experience. He had been in charge of both the mechanical engineers and the chemical engineers. Now, they've split his job in two. The new head of the mechanicals (my new supervisor) is cool enough, but I'm not sure he likes me very much. The new head of the chemicals is a douchebag a&&&*+$ punk m~%%!~@$~@@#. I think he's pissed that they split the old supervisors job up, instead of giving it to him outright. Anyway, he's a little weasel prick. Good thing is, I've heard rumors he's pissing off folks higher up the food chain than himself.
The other thing that makes it not the same is the simple fact that I don't trust those m*&%+*&%!$!*s. They f#@~ed me over once, when they let me go during the downturn. Who's to say they won't do it again?
Happy Almost Easter AberZombie! :)
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The Easter Bunny brought the boy the Red Lion from Voltron (Legendary Defender). Now he only needs the Blue and Yellow to have the complete set and form mighty Voltron.
Little does he know, we've already purchased them. I told him he might get one if he does good on his report card (all A's, but I'd probably except at least one B). Then he's still got enough of his birthday money (plus some newly gained Easter money), to purchase the final lion.
If, by some strange occurence, he doesn't do well enough on his report card to merit a reward, I'll let him "buy" the Blue Lion with his money, then maybe daddy will own the Yellow Lion (since the pilot, Hunk, is an engineer) and let him borrow it.
The Easter Bunny brought the boy the Red Lion from Voltron (Legendary Defender). Now he only needs the Blue and Yellow to have the complete set and form mighty Voltron.
Little does he know, we've already purchased them. I told him he might get one if he does good on his report card (all A's, but I'd probably except at least one B). Then he's still got enough of his birthday money (plus some newly gained Easter money), to purchase the final lion.
If, by some strange occurence, he doesn't do well enough on his report card to merit a reward, I'll let him "buy" the Blue Lion with his money, then maybe daddy will own the Yellow Lion (since the pilot, Hunk, is an engineer) and let him borrow it.
LOL,
Sounds like me buying toys,... for my kids! Of course! :P
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Also, my baby girl has discovered the My Little Pony TV show. She watched it while the boy and I were away running errands. When we got back, my wife was....less than happy. She compared watching the show to watching a bunch of 12 year old girls hyped up on drugs.
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I learned a few somewhat valuable lessons last weekend.
1. The Houston Zoo's parking situation sucks all kinds of big, hairy testicles.
2. Due to #1, never try to go to the Houston Zoo on a holiday weekend, and never ever go without a plan to get there well before the zoo actually opens, so that you might (MIGHT) get a parking spot that isn't several miles away.
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We finally bought my baby girl a set of furniture for her bedroom. It was delivered this past Saturday. Earlier this morning, around 3 am, she finally fell out of the bed for the first (and hopefully last) time.
Thankfully, I still have the guard rail we used for the boy when he first started using a twin bed.
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Amazingly enough, I still have not seen The Last Jedi, Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, or Solo.
That last one is understandable. This was the opening weekend, and I almost never do that if I can avoid it. As for the others.....
I've heard from at least two different people The Last Jedi was crap, so figure I'll just wait until it comes on Showtime or Starz and maybe watch it then.
As for Infinity War and Deadpool 2, it's been a combination of busier schedule (the only downside to working again), other higher priorty s!*$ to do, not feeling like spending all that money to go to the theater, and a general lack of enthusiasm.
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My company has pimped me out for awhile. This new client is based in another city, but having two packages fabricated here in Houston. The fab shop has fallen behind in the schedule, and our client wanted me to come in and act as a sort of package engineer, helping answer any questions for the fab shop, and trying to find a way to either get things back on track, or at least stop them from slipping further.
Or, to put it more bluntly, I have to aggravate the s+!+ out of the people in the fab shop.
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So was Incredibles 2. The wife, kids, and I went this past Sunday morning to see it. A 9:30 am showing, and it was still pretty crowded. And if the make-up of our crowd was similar to others across the country (and I'm thinking it was), then I think they were really smart to think lots of dads might want to see this.