Family Life

The last few weeks have been very busy. At work I started out with a long list of small jobs to do, loose ends to clean up, maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, some of it necessary, some of it just good customer service, good PR. I’m in the thick of it now, halfway through the list, and [...]

I got home after two days away, weary from a pair of twelve-hour shifts capped off by three hours on the highway in the dark. I’d been trying to hurry home, trying to arrive before the boys went to bed. I hadn’t seen them for a while. I missed them. They’d just finished their bath [...]

Once again I find myself far, far from home, visiting a customer, having more work than can be done in a day, having to spend the night. After work I checked into my motel, then went and had dinner. It was very yummy, a proper sit-down meal (i.e. not junk / fast food), but I [...]

Tonight’s been the night of the screaming babies. First Daniel, because he didn’t get any goldfish before bed (they’re a snack). Then Joel, because he got told off for getting out of bed when he should have been going to sleep. Finally Micah, and we’re not really sure why he’s so upset. New teeth? It’s [...]

Sunday morning went as expected. It started with the usual rush to get the family out the door to church, followed by the breaking of bread (communion service) where my main focus was keeping the kids quiet. It’s hard to concentrate on the service itself if the boys speak up whenever the congregation is at [...]