A Damn Good Weekend

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It was a good weekend.  A Damn Good weekend.

Let’s start with Friday.  Edith has outgrown many of the dress up outfits we have, so Sam and I sought to replace some of them recently.

In that vein, two Batgirl costumes arrived in the mail Friday.  Edith immediately went to town dressing up

I don’t post many pictures of my girls here for multiple reasons, but I can’t resist this one.

We have a friend in the neighborhood who comes and has playdates with the girls on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Marceline, Edith, and their friend dressed up in different Batgirl costumes and played it for 2 hours after they got home from school.  It was wonderful to see.

Then Sam and I took the girls to see Labyrinth at a movie theater neither of our girls have been to a movie theater before. We have gone to the drive-in once but not a movie theater.

They’ve seen Labyrinth before, so made a good excuse to go see it at the theater.  They love the experience, getting popcorn and reclining in beach chairs and just seeing something on the big screen. They asked if we could go every day.

Saturday we didn’t do much at all. Relaxed around the house played some video games.  Sam took Edith out shopping for new clothes. Marceline and I stayed home and did some computer junk (code.org). I managed to get our supposedly outdated desktop computer upgraded to Windows 11. Which felt like a nice accomplishment.

Yesterday we did a ton of cleaning and organizing around the house. The Bills won the wild card game in the playoffs. The girls built farts and generally played the best they played, and the longest they’ve played, with each other without any arguing in a long time.

And this morning I got up and ran four miles on the treadmill.

An all around good weekend. 

A Damn Good Weekend.

Escape

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My meetings this morning went short.  After copying some notes down and reviewing documents from cancelled meetings, I found myself with nearly an hour to spare before Edith was done with Earthlings this morning.

I renewed my domain and hosting plan for the next 5 years.  Crazy that I have had this site in one form or another for 16 years.  And before this domain a blogspot type thing for a few years before.  I will probably look around for a cheaper hosting plan in the future.

But that’s a problem for an AJ who is in his 50’s, not current AJ.

Instead I got a donut and coffee and went for a short walk.  It’s 41°F out.  Not warm by any means, but warm enough to not need a hat or sweater, just a loose button down over a short sleeve shirt, some headphones and my kindle – I like walking and reading… And listening to music.  Weird.

But the park I’m walking in is far from expansive.  But it doesn’t need to be with looping trails. 

It still feels like an escape into the woods though. Look the right way down a path and you can’t see a way out, or a road, or anything other than a built up embankment on the small stream.

I only walked for 15 minutes.  But it was a nice walk for Northeast Ohio in January.

2025

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One of my favorite things about 2025 is that I have a “song” with Edith, that when it’s on Edith wants to dance and move and jump, specifically with me.

Which I love

The song is “Oh Lord” by Foxy Shazam, which I’ll readily admit I discovered by watching Peacemaker season 2. 

And Edith knows most of the words.  Except one. Because instead of the little one “touch fucking year” we shout/sing “rough rough year.”

It’s special, and the lyrics of the song are about, or rather I interpret the song as about, a father trying to raise his kid with both the reality of the world, but also with optimism and support. Like a parent should.

Olaf

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Edith found an Olaf animated Christmas Decoration at Home Depot Friday.

We spent quite a bit of time pressing the button and watching him move and soak.

When we went to leave Edith grabbed the sides of his face and told him she loved him and would see her next year.

It was cute and enduring.