Midlife Sooner

Here is Zeke already working on his bike, we haven't had much weather to ride in lately. I have had two flats in the last three days. Same tire, I think I must have some sort of spur or thorn in there somewhere that flattened another tube. I grow weary of pneumatic tires, we sent a man to the moon for crying out loud can't we come up with something better! Anyway I have to take that tire off again and fix the tube. It has snowed here a lot so I have not gotten to trail ride since I went at night in Kansas on Thanksgiving.
Judah has had an ear infection and then had BM problems from the antibiotics, so the last week we have not slept in our bed for the full night. One of us has been in the chair with him, which is not bad unless he is squirming (BM coming) and then there is no sleep. Last night he slept for 2 hours by himself in his bed and then I slept with him in the chair for 4 hours and then Angie came and fed him and laid him down until about 7:30 when Zeke got up. every time I am up at some hour in the night I think that i should call the punks to see what they are up to since I know they are not asleep.
Our new church is going well, thanks for asking. we are gearing up for initiation of small groups soon. Angie and I are campaigning for segregated groups and not co-ed. We would like the chance to talk about our spouses to other people that will do the same, keeps our marriage healthy! Anyway, we are a minority in our church since we have kids. Zeke is more well known there than we are just cause he and another boy are the only small boys.
Here is a vision that I am trying to pass on to the punks here, Mountain bike paintball. They don't seem that interested, I think they are just scared. Me, I like the idea of chasing someone and shooting at them like I was in a WWII fighter plane. Although I already have a problem of running into trees, I am not sure that the distraction of shooting someone will help with that.






Here is the Christmas present I am working on for Zeke, it is a crusher (cherrios, kix, etc). you place the doomed item on the shoot (just right of my hand) and then flip the arming switch and push the button (both have corresponding lights) and the gears chop up the items. Yes we are poor enough for me to have to make presents but I think he will like this better than anything we could buy. the gears, I might add, are on a spring slip clutch so as to lessen the chance of him getting fingers caught. I might add a little tray underneath so that it can catch all the offending pieces.
Well I had better get to work. I have a flat to fix...again, and a math class to gear up for. See you later and keep yer stick on the ice.
Dan

posted by Flippo @ 8:21 AM