Well I guess first off, I'm a daddy. I have 2 teenage daughters here in town, who live primarily with their mom... and I have sole custody of my 5 year old boy.
May 13th: Why? Same thing again.
Slideshow of my adventures in Thailand 2003
Update July 2007:Worthy of a profile update... I accepted the keys to a computer repair store nearby this morning, and will now be back in the business of building and repairing PCs and laptops. I also am thinking about building some high speed yet moderately priced gaming systems with all the ultimates in 'latest technology' for those of you who game online.The limo thing is on hold for now. I'll probably catch a bunch of heat for this, but it just didn't pan out. People made promises and forgot them, it happens. I'm just stoked to be doing what I love to do for a change.The problem for us techs in the DFW area is that our jobs went to Bangalore and Mombai over the course of the last 5 years or so, and many of us who were climbing the ladder got shaken off uncerimoniously as a result of these corporate moves outside the US. So... when my position pulled stakes and moved their offices to Odessa TX, well I just changed the game plan and drove stretches for the wealthy and the wannabes.Still spending time with Nick while I have summer sun finally. We just had a talk about the new schedule changes coming up with him starting school next month, and he told me how he's going to "help the other kids learn how to use my computer when they are my friend". Amazing boy.He's reading everything he sees, it's absolutely amazing watching the lights come on. This is starting to get a little precarious around here. He can read what I'm typing as I type it and will sit here in my lap and read some of my emails for me.I think he's advanced, but then again I guess every parent thinks of their kids as gifted in some way, so my astonishment is probably about normal.He is without a doubt my greatest joy and source of entertainment. At the age of 3 (and still to this day) he can name the capitals of over half of the United States... you should hear him say "Montpelier". It started with "Honolulu" which made him laugh, and grew from there. He's bored with it though, so getting him to finish all 50 states might take a while.
That's why we have kids... to keep us amused as we get older and too tired to go out all the time. : ) I find it perfectly okay that I'm entertained by The Wonder Pets, Sponge Bob, and all the other shows he loves to watch. We like dinosaurs. We like swords. We like dragons and bugs and every single plastic animal we see. He's computer literate already, since both his mother and I have been techs from the day he was born. He has his own machine, and his games... and can handle XP,, Pro like a wiz. He likes to change his wallpaper every couple of hours. He sings. When he sings he's not inhibited at all, and he spins around smiling. When we sing together he watches me and smiles and you could NEVER understand that feeling unless you're a mom or dad. He plays in the dirt. God he loves dirt. And I mean he gets *in* the dirt, fascinated by rocks and sticks and leaves and everything he sees, My girls are my princesses, and they treat brubby as the young prince. That photo of us on the rock... I have to tell you about that.When in California, we visited my old high school, Rim of the World. Across hwy 18 from the front of the school was a huge pile of rocks where I would often eat my lunch and gaze out over the rim towards the Southern California coastline. (Our school is in the San Bernardino mountains, about a mile up.... you can see for days.) It was an amazing moment, returning to that place where I was 17... where I was a long haired kid with a black acoustic Ibanez Concord and played my songs on that rock.
Look everyone, look at this amazing boy... look at my son. I'd say I'm rich.
