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I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, "Identity Crisis," M*A*S*H
I started this site to go over what I did for work, what I had learnt the hard way so I could share the knowledge to avoid others from falling into the same pit holes, but it soon became apparent to me that writing about work on top of doing work was a bit of a drag, so I started to drop in a few personal posts and then more personal led to very little work!
I have therefore decided to re-think what goes on here and run it more like a diary of what I do from work to personal and let stuff flow a little easier, I guess in all our lives it is so easy to look at things that have happened and simply work past them, after a few days it all becomes a bit of a blurr. Now I don’t really know if anyone reads this blog, and to a point I have no worry if anyone does or does’nt, I write here for a bit of relief, life can be pretty stressful sometimes especially for a stress head like me, this gives me an out to write hard and angry or light hearted and funny without worrying about it being seen as right or wrong.
My life is a busy one, I get run down and things get on top of me sometimes, but on the whole I have finally learnt to just get on with it, take the rough with the smooth as they say (quite who “they” are I have yet to learn)! I am a regular family guy, wonderful wife, 2 glorious kids, 2 pain in the arse cats and 5 messy friggin chickens. I work full time and then do the 5 to 9 shift at home working on my own business MDN Supplies.
At 34 I have learnt to look at life from the outside as much as possible, a difficult thing to do sometimes, but even when your having the worst day of your life so far, something if you look can always lift the day a little, now most of the time this is at the expense of someone else, from a friend to a stranger, but who really cares, so long as whatever it is brings a smile or even grin to your face it can lighten what would have otherwise been a moody day. I think we are all a little guilty of moving too fast each day, my wife would look at me now with one of those she frowns, you know the one that says “that’s coming from you?” and I get it, I am the worlds worst when I have the hump, but give me five and a cuppa and i’ll sort myself out.
My kids make me smile, as they should any parent – even if it is 30 minutes after the event when you sit and it suddenly dawns on you what they did, that smile it gives you makes everything else seem tiny, those little worries that you can actually do nothing about anyway just flow away for that moment, this is the best thing about being a Dad, the worst is the screaming and arguing! man it drives me round the bend!
Anyway, I am moving away from the point here, the fact is that I have noticed as I am sure so many others have that work plays such a big part of most of our daily roles that we often overlook what we have, especially as a parent, I don’t want to loose those moments, so my plan now is to use this site to share the funny, happy and sad, it kind of keeps an online backup to the mental backup I have, so you see, this is for me, my children and family to look at, smile, laugh and cry, but at least its something that will carry me in my own words.
I found the drawing above just browsing the net, if you look at it properly you will see everything family stands for, I am the WORST for worrying about money, terrible in fact, my wife bless her and all her patience is the one who says not to, and she is right, when you look at that picture, money is nothing, family from your children to you parents and beyond, that is what counts here, I am not a religious man, I don’t believe any more or less than I diss-believe, but I do somehow think that this life could just be a test for the next, why else would it always be the good dying young! So look at your children when you get home, give them a smile and tell them you love-em, and thank your wife or husband, we all need it to, then look at how quickly the mood changes, suddenly everyone gets that little calmer, and your kids cant wait to tell you all about School!