Supporting Your Friends

As I think I've posted before Cheryl's boss has breast cancer. She is already a survivor of a brain tumor. She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has had a mastectomy and is now going through chemo. As you all know, when you go through chemo you lose your hair. She has wigs but hates wearing them because they itch. It is just very uncomfortable for her. To help show support for her condition a few employees are going to shave their heads. They include the IT guys and Cheryl. She made the decision to shave her head. I told her I'd support her in this. We'll see how she looks when it's done. I think it's going to be kinda hot but that's just me.
So to help Cheryl with this decision I have found some pictures of sexy women with no hair. Let's get started.

This is a picure of someone that I don't know but she looks very good. No hair. You don't really notice until you make your way up to her head. She has a very pretty face. I don't think Cheryl will have a problem because she also has a very pretty face. She just won't have hair to cover it up.

Next up, one of my favorite actresses. She is pretty no matter what she does. She shaved her head for a movie (one of my favorites) V for Vendetta. She was hot in that movie. And she looks good with a shaved head. Very pretty. You're drawn into her eyes. They become the center of her face and the focal point. It's what I notice first. Cheryl has beautiful eyes and I hope she will bring them out and accent them when she does this.

I am kind of excited to see how this all turns out. I really don't think Cheryl will have a problem with her looks. If she feels nervous I hope that this helps. You are not beautiful because of your hair, your hair is beautiful because of you. If you have no hair, you are still beautiful (and sexy) so don't worry about it. It will be an interesting experiment for her. And if she doesn't like the look, the hair will grow back.

Love you Cheryl.

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I'm back!

It's been a while since I wrote on here. I have had a busy week since I got back from Disneyland trying to catch up with everything since I left. So I've been trying to get back into the swing of things at work and at home. So I decided to write something today to keep everyone satisfied because as I've said before I hate it when there are large gaps between postings.
So I'll start by saying how awesome our trip was. It was so much fun. It's been 7 years since my family went. Jacob was 4 and Chaunie was 2. It had been 14 years since my dad had been. TJ and Mercedes have never been. It was fun. I got TJ on some rides that I thought he wouldn't get on like Indiana Jones (loved it), Splash Mountain (hated it), Tower of Terror (hated it), Star Tours (loved it), and a moving car on the ferris wheel (loved it). Sadie was a different story. She fought us on pretty much every ride we went on. Roger Rabbit, Indiana Jones, Star Tours, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Snow White, Splash Mountain, the list goes on. She even started screaming,"I don't want to go!" when we were in line to go into Universal Studios. I have to say it was pretty funny. I could tell mom and dad were getting tired of it though. I had a great time as I usually do in Disneyland. It really is one of my top destinations for vacation. We stayed at a nice condo in Oceanside which is about an hour from Disney. We had to drive there everyday but it really wasn't that bad. We met up with Cheryl's sister Kathy and her family who happened to be there the same time we were for a wedding. It was a complete coincidence. We didn't plan a thing. So we did a couple things with them but not much. They weren't there as long as we were. And they didn't go to California Adventure which is what we did on the second day there.
So we Disneyland for 3 days and then we went to Universal Studios. That was cool but it's harder there to plan your day because all the shows are at such specific times. It's hard to show hop and hit the rides. We saw the Waterworld show which is always cool. We found a new attraction there that is a water playground outside and inside they have a bunch of air guns that shoot soft balls. The kids had a blast there. I don't know how long we were there but we lost track of time and had to hurry to the back lot tour. When we got on the tour we found out that a lot of the back lot was destroyed by fire including King Kong. Bummer. But they were rebuilding everything and next year they will have a new and much improved King Kong. Still pretty cool. Then we went on the Simpson's ride. It's where the Back to the Future ride used to be. I liked it but mom and dad had their fill of Simpsons while waiting to get on the ride. And Mercedes hated it. Then it was down to Jurrasic Park. The one ride at Universal Studios that I had been talking up to the kids the whole time. We walked right down onto the ride. It started out and we went through the first part of the ride. Then the second part starts and I start getting excited and showing the kids all the cool things that are about to happen. We come around the corner where the truck is pushed off the wall and splashes you. The truck starts it's descent and...WTF!? No splash. The dinosaurs that squirt water at you don't shoot hard enough to even reach you. Up into the building we go. OK, we still have the final drop to look forward to. Plus the raptors coming out at you and the T-Rex coming down from the ceiling. They slowed down the raptors so there is no jumping and the T-Rex doesn't come down anymore. It just sits at the same level too far away to be scary. Then the drop approaches. Please redeem yourself Jurrasic Park. The boat drops and...nothing. I didn't even get wet. What THE hell just happened? They dumbed down the ride. Why? They screwed it up. Oh well. So off to the Mummy ride. All I have to say about this ride is you just need to ride it. There really isn't an easy way to describe it. It was great though. My favorite ride there.
Then it was off to Seaworld. That was our last day in California. It was just a nice relaxing day filled mostly with looking at fish and watching shows. There were only 2 rides we went on. The only dissapointment I had with Seaworld was the Shamu show. They don't let you go down to the front row anymore so you don't really get that wet. We sat in the soak zone and didn't even get a drop. The tricks weren't that great either. The Dolphin show was closed because they were remodeling the stage for a new Dolphin show. Other than that it was fun. After Seaworld we went to Mission Beach and spent the rest of our day there watching the sun set and letting the kids play in the ocean. Perfect end to a perfect trip. It really couldn't have gone much better.
I hope my family will remember that trip when they are my age. I always remembered those family trips we took. Not just the ones we took to Disneyland but all of the family outings we had. Camping in the Uintas, the Wasatch Mountains, going to national parks, Moab, Lake Tahoe, etc. I want my kids to have the same kind of memories that I have. We will be doing some camping this year. Disneyland was our big trip for the next couple years. We can fill in the rest of the time with short trips here and there. We can have a lot of good quality family time. And we can have some fun with it too.

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The Time Has Come!

That's right folks, we are heading to Disneyland tomorrow morning. YEEHAW! We've been planning this trip for over a year now and it is finally time. I know I'm really excited and I don't know how well I'm going to be able to sleep tonight. I'm just a big kid. I love Disneyland. I don't care what anyone says but I believe it to be the happiest place on Earth. I love everything about it. I love the rides, the sights, the enormity of it all. I even love California Adventure (the stoning can now commence). I don't care what you say, I love it all.

This will be the first time for my little TJ to go to Disneyland. Jacob and Chauntay have been once before but they were 4 and 2 respectively when we went. I don't know how much they remember. They claim to remember a lot but we'll see when we get there. I am also excited because all of my kids should be big enough to go on all the rides. Jacob and Chaunie couldn't when we went before. That was a bummer. No Indiana Jones ride back then. But we've been filling their heads with all kinds of stories about Disneyland from the times we've been and I hope they are getting really excited to go too.

We are also going to Seaworld and Universal Studios. Not as exciting to me but still really fun. My kids have never been to Universal Studios but a couple years ago we all went to Seaworld for a couple days. That was fun. Chaunie I think had the most fun because of all the animals. She is an animal freak.

But I think I am most excited for my mom and dad because they haven't been to Disneyland for 12 or 13 years. A lot has changed since then. And I can't wait to see my dad act like a little kid with his grandkids. It will be hilarious. I just can't wait. Plus they really need a good vacation.

We get to stay on the beach in a three bedroom condo. It's a full condo so we have a kitchen and a living room, a couple bathrooms, pool, all the trimmings. Sure it's a ways from Disneyland and the other parks but to be able to stay in comfort, cook our own food, and save some money that way will more than make up for it. It's going to be great.

I'm sorry if I made anyone jealous that they don't get to go with us. But it is going to be awesome. Can't wait 'til tomorrow morning. Whoohoo!

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Regrets...

So my sisters want me to talk about how my life was changed when they were born so here is my blog Regrets. I'm just kidding girls. I must say that I don't really remember how my life changed when Tara was born because I was all of 2 years old. Sheena, I was 5, remember very little. Miranda, however, I was 10 and I can remember when she was born. I can remember coming home from school one day and there was a balloon tied to the railing at the top of the stairs. Mom was there to sit us down and give us the good news. I don't remember how I reacted but I did hope that I would be getting a brother. The pregnancy is a blur but I remember the day of her birth. We went to the hospital and I remember sitting in the waiting room playing with my color changing Toyota MR2 Hotwheel waiting for Miranda to show her face. Even though mom and dad had told us it was a girl I still had hope that the doctors were wrong and that she would be a boy. Dad came out and told us that she was born and to come say hi. I walked in the room and said,"boy or girl?" Mom said girl and I said,"no way." I had to be shown before I would believe that I was blessed by yet another sister. Now this isn't a regret because I went on to make sure she was fully a tom-boy so that I could pass her off as a brother. She was tough, liked video games, watched the same movies I liked and listened to the same music as I did. We shared a bedroom for a couple years until Dad finished the basement and Tara and Sheena moved downstairs and Miranda and I got our own rooms. Now to get to the part that is a regret. I started dating when I was 15. I went to my first dance when I was 15. From then on it was all about girls for me. I let slip my relationship with Miranda. Tara and Sheena never really had the same relationship with me because they were closer in age to me and had their own friends and their own things going on. Miranda I got to help raise. I changed her diaper, I helped feed her, I babysat her, I got her dressed and we played all the time. Chauntay reminds me a lot of how Miranda acted towards me. We were buddies. She even liked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She would rather play Legos with me than Barbies with the girls any day. And how rare was it in the early nineties for a girl to play video games that didn't involve My Little Pony? So my regret was that after the world of dating opened up to me I didn't hang around the house as much. I was going out on dates and staying out all night. I was gone all weekend and when I was home I was on the phone with girls for hours at a time. I didn't continue to cultivate our relationship and I think that helped to shape who she is today. I wish I would have made a better attempt to hang out with her more and maybe both of us wouldn't have gotten in trouble as much as we did.

So regrets. I don't have many of them but there are a few. I wish I could have served a mission. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids and my family but if it weren't for Jacob coming around I might have been able to go on a mission. I know it was my choices that led to Jacob coming around and I regret missing that opportunity but I wouldn't give him up for the world. Cheryl and I have been married for almost 12 years now. We are happier now than we have been in a while. We have a great relationship. We support each other and we're there for each other. I love her more now than when we first got married. I don't regret getting married when we did. Under the circumstances it was the right decision. I had to step up and be responsible for my choices and I did. Our lives became one and we were now working toward making a family that would be raised right.

School is a regret I have. Not that I haven't been going to school but I wish I would have gone to school when I first applied. I wouldn't have forgotten everything I learned in high school. I wouldn't have had to take lower classes to catch up to where I needed to be. I could have been done much quicker. I also wouldn't have had to work at the hospital. I believe that this is where my problems with depression started. I was working with unhappy people that included the patients and staff. On top of that I started having back problems. I couldn't perform the job as well as I had at first and so the one person who I thought I could trust to work with went behind my back and complained about me. She actually lied about me to the supervisor to try and get rid of me from the unit. By the way, they were good friends so that was real fair to begin with. It didn't work. I got a slap on the wrist and I left for back surgery with no intention of going back to work there. After that surgery I was out of work for 8 months. My depression just got worse. I blame all of it on my choice to work at the hospital. I had hoped that working there would be a great stepping stone on my way to medical school and a career in medicine. Working there also changed my mind about my future in medicine. I don't want one now. There was too much in the way of politics going on there. I wanted to help people but in that environment you just can't. You can only do what you can do before the administration kicks them out on their ass and says good luck. So that was a regret.

I feel better now about my mental health. I'm not as angry as I used to be. I listen to less political talk radio now which helps. Politicians piss me off. I have many pills I have to take now that help me control myself. I don't regret much as I said before but my life's not over. I'm sure there will be plenty more for me to regret later on in life. After all, my kids aren't teenagers yet. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

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Ideas...

I'll admit it. I have a hard time coming up with ideas for this blog. The topics I have written about came to me pretty quickly just before I sat down to start writing. Including this topic. I couldn't think of anything to write about. It snowed a lot last night. We got at least 6 inches. Got to work, nothing. A little snow on the ground but not on the sidewalks and streets. I didn't want to write about that because as you can see it's boring. I watched "Men Who Stare at Goats" last night. I really liked it. Cheryl fell asleep so that tells you what she thought of it. Not much there. I really miss riding my bike. I have gotten 2 rides this year so far. Then the snow.

At this point I need to appologize for the boring content of this blog. I come at ya with my Religiosity blog which I felt was my best and then follow it up with this. I think I'm just writing to pass time. Let's just say I'm brainstorming new ideas for the next powerhouse blog I'm going to write.

So let's see, I could write about my past. I could let you in on my wedding day or what Cheryl and I did while dating. That to me sounds boring and who needs to go through the past. I guess if I get requests I'll write it. I could write about things that piss me off but that would be a really long entry. It would have to be a multiparter. I don't know why there are so many things that piss me off but I'm willing to bet that's why I'm medicated. I could write about things that interest me but I don't want to pigeon hole myself. I have written about things that make me angry and things that I like before and I think I've done fine with those topics. I would prefer to take a topic that I know something about like the Bible entry from yesterday and put down what I know about it. Hopefully I can start someone thinking and I can start discussions about those topics. That is my whole goal. I don't want to write the same kind of blog that I see so much. "This is how our family is doing" and "I am such a tortured soul and this is why" and "MY LIFE SUCKS". I think I can contribute something to society by starting conversations about things like life, politics, religion, philosophy, interests, and many other topics. I want opinions from others so that I can post my opinions. I want people to disagree and I want people to tell me why I'm wrong. I can post about what interests me and hopefully find out what interests you. So please respond to me. That is the charge for reading this blog, you must comment. Don't make me send you a bill.

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