"Backed Up" Boy

The flight from Denver to San Diego yesterday was uneventful which a positive is always during air travel! Additionally there were several empty seats scattered throughout the cabin and one was adjacent to my seat. This was a more enjoyable trip as opposed to going out to Denver where the plane was packed with people. I was surprised to see that many empty seats and I guess in this economic slump even the airlines are having difficulty optimizing their flights. Interestingly enough there were several empty seats located in the “exit row” and one man asked if he could sit in these seats as the door closed on the airplane. The flight attendant explained that those seats were “premium” class and an additional charge of $59 would apply. This seemed ludicrous because with the doors closed it was apparent no one would be sitting in those seats but I guess “policy is policy” and the man had to return to his “non-premium” class seat.

I had my laptop with me on the airplane and I wrote away while listening to music. This helped to pass the time and the time did go by quickly as the plane was landing in San Diego right on schedule. I didn’t check any luggage and my ride was waiting for me curbside. Everything went right according to plan and I was headed home rather quickly. I intended to go directly to the office but I had a message waiting for me on my cell phone. The message was from my wife informing me that my son had come home from school early with a stomachache and was at our very dear friends’ house.

My wife had a bit of struggle with my son this morning but my wife had to go to work so my son went into school with his unsettled stomach. About two hours later he went to the school nurse and was headed to our dear friends’ house. This is the drawback about my wife working along with the time that our children will have off from school during spring break and during the summer. Our daughter is approaching the age where she could watch her younger brother but isn’t there quite yet. My daughter is very mature for her age but is still uncomfortable with being home alone with her brother. We will need to make arrangements during their spring break and most certainly during the summer. My mother was thinking about coming out during spring break but she can’t leave my grandmother who is still recovering from her unfortunate accident of a month ago. I am sure we will work something out and thankfully we do have extremely great friends as these friends were able to watch our son today.

Instead of going directly to the office I went to these friends’ house and picked up my son. My son didn’t appear very sick and I think he just wanted to stay home from school along with the fact that he was a bit “backed up”. He was given a pill and the “back up” was taken care and so was his ill feeling stomach. It was great seeing my son and I swear he grew in the two days I was gone!! Even when isn’t feeling up to par he is still such a loveable child. I waited with him and yes, I treated him to lunch while we waited for my wife to come home from work. My wife was able to arrange her schedule where she will be home at 3:00 pm when the children come home from school and she will be able to take the children to their various sporting activities. This was a big relief for both of us and this schedule does make more sense for all the parties involved. Everything is once again coming together so nicely and yes, I am so thankful.

My wife came home and I stayed for awhile before venturing off to the office. My desk is a mess (which is apparently how I ALWAYS operate!) and I needed to get a few things done which is why I had to make my way into the office. After talking with my family I did make my way into the office and the madness ensued. It was a big day for our little company because we were featured on the very people “Intervention” program which airs on the A&E channel. Also; there was a board meeting earlier that went very well.

I went about my business and got some stuff done before calling it a night. I was a bit tired from the plane travel and the lack of sleep over the weekend. The weekend was very relaxing but for some reason even after all I have been through I still have difficulty sleeping in “foreign” places especially when I am in a “group” environment. This could be psychological and it also could be just the way I will always be. In any case I had a great time this weekend but was tired last night. I came home after getting those few things accomplished and needed to get to sleep. I slept well and I was even thinking about blowing off my morning workout. I couldn’t get myself to blow off the workout and I made my way into the gym a few minutes later than usual. I did have a very good workout and I did need to work out the soreness in my legs. The 7 mile run seemed to help in displacing the lactic acid inside my legs and all was well.

I had such a quick day at the office I have no idea what I got accomplished. I did accomplish my main goal but the remaining goals weren’t exactly met. However; it was a good day in the office and at the end of my work day I headed off to the baseball field to pick up my son from his practice. Both my son and daughter had practices and thankfully with my wife’s new schedule she was able to get both of them to their practices without interfering with anyone’s work schedule. I picked up my son because his year end flag football team’s party was being held on the other side of town. We made our way to the very nice party and my son received his trophy which was great. It was wonderful seeing him accept the trophy and knowing my son I suspect there will be many more trophies in the future for him.