Diary!!!

12-1-12

I wake up at 8am and bots is up and downstairs messing around. I get him food and check online shit. I got a new commission from an old school-mate and we work out the details. Bots watches cartoons and I scan art and do a coupon scan thing for the wife. I start coloring one of several pieces I got sitting around left to color. In between that, I finally watch JOHN CARTER and then do a Morning Show podcast. I spend the day mostly coloring and scanning random pieces I’ve had laying around for a while.  I cook spaghetti and bread for when the wife gets home. I take a break and lay on the couch, falling asleep to Star Trek TNG. I get about a 45 minute nap until I hear the baby cry. The wife passed out at 6:30 for sleep. I get up, take care of both kids all night, in-between coloring pieces with flats. I pass out around midnight.

12-2-12

I am woken up at 7:50 by the baby crying. I get an 8 oz bottle and feed him, which he downs in record time! Bots wakes up shortly after that. I check online shit and resume my digital coloring from the night before. I get a few pieces colored and basically enjoy the day with family. I cook tacos for the wife and I and we just chill after that. I watch the Lions lose a close one, and a couple other games. Then I watch the mid season finale of THE WALKING DEAD and then work on getting Jimmy to go to sleep. The wife and I attempt some drinks but it doesn’t take. She passes out and I am up till 1am with the baby. Then I finally get to hit the bed.

12-3-12

I wake up at 7:25 to get bots on the bus. I text the wife to see if she’s up for some breakfast and searching around for some Xmas stuff. She gets ready and I get Jimmy ready. We hit the Walmart and Target and search for stocking stuffers for the kids. I am looking for a replacement for our broken Xmas tree, but its out of my price range. We get breakfast and then back home and she heads to work. I hang with Jimmy all morning, wrapping presents and recording a couple morning shows. After some drama on facebook I decide its time to take a much needed break, if not a complete break from FB net activity and focus that time and energy on production instead. Time to grow and evolve, I say!

I cook pork chops and taters for the wife when she gets home and get the dreaded uniform on and head to my day job, first time in two weeks. I work with the new girl. Shift is uneventful. I get home and am out by 3am.

12-4-12

I wake up at 7:15, put bots on the bus. I am back to sleep after a James feeding till noon. I get up, get bots off the bus. The wife gets home at 4pm and we head to Best Buy where I use coupons and get the Dark Knight trilogy on BR for dirt cheap! I head to work and work my 6-2am shift, uneventful. I get back home and pass out by 3am.

12-5-12

I wake up at 7:10 and put bots on the bus. I pass back out till noon and the wife gets home from errands around 1am. I get bots off the bus in the meantime. She takes off for work and I hang with the bots till he goes to sleep at 8. Baby James goes to sleep around 9:45 and the wife gets home by 10:30. We spend the night alone together and I am asleep by midnight.

12-6-12

I wake up at 7am to the bots kicking his door. I get him on the bus by 8am and convince the wife into some early Xmas shopping. We head to Target and get a nice new Christmas tree for dirt cheap! I get some Cody presents and then head back home. The wife works a 10-7pm shift. I put together the tree and get bots off the bus by noon. I keep him from destroying the tree all day in between feeding James. I attempt to clean and sort things, but it don’t take. I download some nice Christmas music and watch the super awesome new STAR TREK movie trailer about 10 times. Finally the wife comes home and I am able to get things going. I start on a commission and pack more things to mail. I get in deep on the commission when my work calls. I was supposed to be there 40 minutes ago! So I hurriedly get dressed and head in for a 9 to 4am shift! OOPS! While there, I text with Walters saying we’re delaying BFB until Sunday. And we chat about the Trek trailer. It’s a very uneventful night, and I get home by 4:30 and am asleep by 5am.

12-7-12

I wake up at 7:20 on two hours of sleep to get bots up and onto the bus. James wakes up and I feed him. I’m back to sleep by 8:30. I wake back up at 10:40 to the wife’s text messages. I am dog ass tired, but I got a crap ton to get done. I start getting James up again and dressed. She comes home and I gather various packages I got for mailing. We sit outside in the Jeep and wait for bots to get home. He does and we head to the post office. I mail about 40 packages out and it costs a fortune. Also get stamps for my Christmas cards, wave one. I tell the wife about my diet plans and she agrees with my reasons. We hit the Culvers for lunch and I eat according to my new diet plan. I feel much better about myself.

We get back home after a quick trip to Walmart for lights and a mailer. I pack up some more stuff and put finishing inks on a commission. I pack up more stuff for mailing and watch Christmas cartoons all the while. Still, I am extremely tired. I curl up on the floor by the lit up Christmas tree for a nap. I sleep from 4:10-5:40. The wife announces she wants a nap before she hits BW3 with her friends. I drag my ass up once again and try to keep both kids out of trouble as she sleeps. Dad calls and we chat a bit.

Wife gets ready and she leaves. I put both kids to bed and then thumbnail out all 19 pages of art on Expendables 4. Around 1:45am, the wife is dropped off home, sloppy drunk. She attempts to start cooking some cookies via the oven, but I know her cooking streak while drunk never goes well, so I offer going to Taco Bell for her. I go there and get back and she eats her food. I go upstairs and lay down. She joins me shortly thereafter and we’re asleep in mere minutes.

12-8-12

I wake up at 8am with the kids and the wife sleeps in with a major hangover. Finally around 11am, she gets up and I take off solo to drop some things off at the post office. The line is insanely long, but it must be done! About an hour later, I get free and hit a couple places for Xmas presents for the kids. I get back home and start wrapping the presents when Robert and Errin show up. We chat for an hour and he gets his copies of Mayhem. Its great to see them! I think bots’ hyperness eventually helps them decide to take off after a bit. Once they leave, we all load up into the Silver Surfer and hit a few more places in Okemos for Xmas presents for the kids. On the way we listen to some John Lennon in tribute to his murder on this same day back in 1980. Then we stop off at Logans for dinner. Once back home, she gets bots to go to bed and I am on James feeding duty. Finally he passes out by nine and I clean things up around the house. I tell the wife about Looney Tunes and Tiny Toones being on sale on Amazon and she places an order. Mjit and Dean show up around 10:30 and we drink hardcore and play drinking games, Scattergories and a few rounds of Munchkin before its 2am and I am sloppy drunk. Its Dean's bday in a couple days and earlier I bought and wrapped him a cool Incredible Hulk wall hanger. I give it to him at the party and he digs it. I Probably got more intoxicated than the wife was the night before! I crawl up the stairs and hit the pillow. I am told I rambled for a good ten minutes about nothingness before finally passing out. I do not recall it. All in all, a great day!