August 12, 2012: Still Behind

I am so far behind on SGL.  I’ve just been getting busier and busier recently and SGL suffers.  I hate that I am so far behind because I miss writing about the stuff that the girls are doing.  They are growing up so fast and I am not getting the chance to record them, not as much as I would hope to, anyway.  Life just flies by.

Luciana is starting to talk and is so active. She is still taking afternoon naps but they are getting shorter and shorter.  And she is starting to really have hair but is still behind where Liesl was at the same age even though Luciana eats better than Liesl ever did.  They play together a ton now.  They really are partners in crime.

August 10, 2012: Ready for a Family Weekend

New article posted yesterday: Nearly As Good Is Not Better on SMB IT Journal.

Liesl woke us up by running into our bedroom yelling this morning.  She had to use the bathroom but the lights were off so she was in a panic.  It was before six o’clock so we were pretty tired.  Dominica didn’t get up but I decided to just stay up after making sure that Liesl was okay and getting her back to bed.

I worked, showered and then went into the office for eight thirty as I usually do – except I made it on time today, which I often do not.

I was quite busy getting posts in all morning.  For lunch I met up with Chris at Redneck Heaven for shrimp and salads and diet RC Colas.  That’s right, someone actually serves RC Cola still.

The office was really quite slow today.  But, of course, no getting home early.  Not crazy late, but not early.

Really looking forward to my first weekend home with the family.

August 9, 2012: Hot Summer Days

When I left work tonight I got out to the car and the thermometer on the car read 123 degrees in the office parking lot.  That is the highest that I have seen yet.  What is amazing is that I did not feel that hot at all on the walk out to the car and even getting into the car I felt comfortable and did not turn on the air conditioning but just put the windows down.  On the drive home the thermometer dropped to 109 but climbed again to 119.  I’ve never seen a temperature like that in fresh air.

We spent the evening at home.  Dominica cooked vegetarian sausage and peppers with some egg based bread stuff that was pretty good.

We watched some of Shake It Up from Disney Channel tonight.

At one point we all went into Liesl’s room and played in there for a while.  Luciana loves getting put up in Liesl’s new bed and playing up there.  Unfortunately we have to watch her all of the time when she is up there as she is wont to fall out if we don’t pay close attention.  She loves it and we can tell that she really wants to sleep up there.  Liesl wants her too as well.