Return of the Living DIARY

7-5-12

I wake up around 9:40 to the bots kicking the door. I get up and check online shit and update blog. Then get to inking more sketch cards. I get up after a couple hours and cook eggs, bacon and sausage for everyone. The wife is not feeling well and in a very testy mood. I take Cody and we go get my comics to get out of the house. Its 102 degrees outside. Whew! We get my comics and head back in time to get the mail. We get the disappointment of once again: No checks! So she starts calling to verify a check that is supposedly coming but finds out it might not even be here till next week Wednesday! Great. And my freelance checks, who knows when they will arrive! Ah, the joys.

The wife is major bummed so she hits the bed for a 4 hour nap. I clean the kitchen and I watch a bunch of Godzilla movies with Cody (Godzilla Vs. Mothra, Godzilla Vs. Ghidora, Rodan and Godzilla Vs. Monster Zero). I cook spaghetti for everyone. The wife wakes up and plays with bots and then heads to her work to learn how to cash out on a new system. I bum around the house after that. She gets home and Cody hits the hay. I head to bed, waiting for the bots to pass out in our bed so we can move him to his bed and I end up passing out around 11pm.

7-6-12

I wake up with an extreme case of still back around 6:20am. I gotta pee REAL bad too! So I get up and hobble to the bathroom. Once back, I switch to the other side of the bed to avoid the large hole on my side of the mattress. Around 9:20, I hear bots kicking the door, waking me up. So I get up and feed him, and start coloring sketch cards. Cody sleeps till 10am and then gets up and messes about on his computer. Wife sleeps till noon. I finish around noon and check on everyone. I cook pizza for the kids and wife, and make me some Tuna. All morning I am suffering a crippling headache. I try in vain to swallow a pill to help it but puke it back up. (why I can swallow whole slices of pizza or large burgers but not a small pill, I’ll never know) Cody and I take out all the garbage, even a large bookcase I no longer need. I chat with Shane online for a bit, catching up. Nothing new going on really.

I color some cards and take a break to play LIFEFORCE with Cody, which we beat. Then back to ink and color more cards. The wife heads to work and I spend time with the kids all day mostly watching TV. Then around 10:30, I lay with bots trying to get him to sleep. He finally passes out around midnight when the wife comes home and puts him to bed and I pass out shortly after that.

7-7-12

I wake up at 8am and watch the wife leave for work. The bots gets up and I hang with him and Cody, then I move to inking more cards. (I’m determined to get these things done!!!) I stop around 2:30 and start cooking Dumplings and Taters for everyone. The wife gets home and we all eat hearty. I take a nap from 5-7pm, then head in for my night shift. Its loud, rowdy, but eventually ends. I drop off my co-worker (whose last day with me is tonight). We say our goodbyes and I head home, passing out around 4:40am.

7-8-12

I wake up around 9:45, and convince the wife to possibly go to Culvers for lunch. We agree and we load up the Silver Surfer (our silver Jeep) and head to the restaurant. After eating, we take the kids to the woodland park where they play on the swingset and platforms. Scott, moreso than Cody. We get back home and the wife takes a nap till 3pm when she has to head to work. I get to work on coloring cards and work on that till around 8pm, when we watch some TV all together and I try to put the bots to bed around 10pm. Finally he passes out and I get back to coloring cards. Finally around 11:30, I get done and accomplished coloring 50 cards that were all in various stages of coloring! Much needed. I say my goodnights to Cody and head to bed. Wife joins me shortly after and we talk for a bit. I pass out around 12:30.

7-9-12

I wake up around 8am and my right foot at the lower part of my big toe is hurting like fuck!!! So I hobble around the house getting things done and watching bots while the wife goes to the doctors’ appointment. She gets back and then takes bots to Walgreens to get me ibuprofen and other stuff. She gets back and heads to work. I pencil 10 more cards, take care of a background for Jordan’s site. We go back and forth on a few ideas. I answer some long delayed emails and take care of some other online stuff I’ve been neglecting to get to. I take a break and play some Uno with Cody and do a round of “whats the number” with bots. He’s really good at knowing his numbers now and that is essential for kindergarten entry!

I watch my ebay auctions end as I cook some pizzas for the kids and I eat a bowl of cereal. I finish inking some cards and then I put the bots in jammies. Cody and I slam the basketball around in Bots’ room and talk deep for a while. Then I put bots to bed. Then I toss in the MST3K Godzilla that has Jet Jaguar in it. Cody passes out watching it and the wife comes home. We go to bed around 12:30.

7-10-12

I wake up at 9:00, toss and turn till bots wakes me up. I get up and check online stuff, and the doorbell rings. Fed Ex drops off a letter Kelly has been waiting for. We all get dressed and head out to Chilis for lunch. Then we go to Best Buy where I get a Rush box set I keep delaying getting. Then to Disc Traders where Cody gets a couple games, Bots gets a disc box set and the wife gets a couple Cds. We head home, wife heads to work and I start uploading my Cds to her comp to transfer to mine. (My CD drive is broke. Long story.) I finish while Cody plays his game. Then I start scanning cards to send to the editor for approval. I get them scanned and send them off and then lay down, watching him play. Then check online stuff about all the fun going on in SDCC. I miss everyone and miss going to see all the cool stuff. I am reeeeaaaaaalllly sad that I couldn’t go this year. Next year, no matter what, I am going. I mean it.

The rest of the night is uneventful and the wife comes home, puts the kid to bed. I watch the end of a Godzilla flick with Cody and then we all hit the hay around 11:30.

7-11-12

I get up and head to a debt consolidation place around 7:30. It is all part of my commitment to get debt free and improve my life. I listen to the offer and it sounds awesome! So I get it done and head back. We all go out to Meijer, the disc place to replace Cody’s broken disc and then the comic shop where I get the Walking Dead 100, and two Creator Owned Heroes books. I read WD while eating at Five Guys for lunch and am taken aback by the events that happen in the book and one of my favorite characters… (eh, spoilers! Read it on your own!). We get back and I try a nap which doesn’t take. The wife heads to work again and I get to work on a new Pleasant Life cover. I shoot some videos during its production for a future YouTube video. I finish and take a break, watching Cody play some of his game. Then return to work on potential Anna Pocalypse reprint covers. I do two sketches of an idea but not sure how I feel about them. Feeling I blew my wad on the Pleasant Life cover, which came out better than I wanted it to, I decided to end it and lay on the couch, watching TV with Cody. I doze off for about ten minutes then bots wants to play. So I go in his room and clean up his various messes and watch him to see if he will calm down for the night. The wife gets home and takes over on putting him to bed. I end up passing out to AVGN around midnight.

7-12-12

I wake up at 9:40 and get the bots up. I check online stuff and watch news/video from SDCC preview night. Instantly, the sadness triples that I am not there. I get a text from Andy Chang, confirming that Walters cuddles a pillow while he sleeps. (SEE? I TOLD YA!) I text back some stuff and wish them fun and safe travels while there. I continue to check shit and talk with Shane online for a bit. I cook pancakes for everyone and the wife isn’t feeling that well.

Dean shows up and we head the bank right quick and we chat and catch up. The wife heads to work again and I clean the house and take out the trash. Bots is hyper as hell, and at one point finds a pair of scissors and runs with them. So I stealthily take them from him and no blood is drawn. Kids, I tell ya! I cook em a pizza and then sit down to work on some sketch cards. I cannot take my mind off the goings on at SDCC, and I keep checking the news and pics that are coming in. then I vow tomyself that I WILL BE THERE NEXT YEAR! No matter what. I work on some cards and then Cody says he’s not feeling that great and is gonna hit the hay early. So I let him sleep and bots and I head to my bedroom where I watch some Rush doc on Netflix. The wife comes home and puts him to bed and then I fall asleep around 11:30.

7-13-12

I wake up at 6:30am to take the wife to work. I get back and we all sleep till around 9:30. Then we get ready and head out to the video store to rent me a couple flicks for the week and bots gets a disc. Then to Mcds where I feed the kids and head to Flint to drop off Cody. We meet up with his family and off he goes. A good two weeks with my boy. I imagine he’s very well aware of how boring I am while I have heavy deadlines on me! I get back home around 2pm and get an order for a commission in the snail mail. I work on that a bit and go pick up the wife. We head to Family fare in Grand Ledge for groceries, and get home around 6pm. The wife and I catch up on Destination Truths on On Demand, and then I head to Culvers for late night bad eats. Then back home where I update the blog and do some inking on the sketch cards I gotta get done by the 22^nd.  I call the day job to see what shifts I got for the week, and it totals three. A lot, but its good for my overall plans of world domination. No complaints. We play some rounds of cards with bots and just take it easy for the night. I catch up on episodes of Hollywood Treasures on On Demand and the bots hits the bed. I follow after 1am.