Dad Diary

Tuesday March 5, 2024

On-Call is over! I can finally get back to my regular life. No more sitting around the phone/computer day and night. No more monitoring servers for possible outages. Just planned, normal, everyday work. As of today, I’m dropping soda again. Feeling sluggish and it’s getting expensive. I remember the days of soda sales being FIVE…

Tuesday February 27, 2024

Half way through my on-call weeks! First week was a breeze. This week so far hasn’t been too bad (crossing fingers). But I’ve been scheduled some overnight work Saturday night into Sunday morning, and then Sunday afternoon. So that kinda stinks. There’s not much to report. Work has been steady and the kids been consistent…

Monday February 19, 2024

I’m back! Goodness. I’m sorry I just disappeared like that. Things got busy during the holidays and then I forgot all about writing. But that ends today. It’s time to get back into things and start keeping an online journal as well as writing about topics and experiences that others might find useful. OK. Let’s…

Thursday October 26, 2023

It’s been so long since I have had some time to gather myself. I’ve been doing on-call support for the past 3 weeks and it’s draining. 50 hours a week minimum and weekend/overnight work. I’m glad it over for now. Of course, the cycle will repeat in 3 months. I really need to find a…

September 18, 2023

Younger kid just learned to pretty to be sick to get out of things. We need to put an end ot this before it gets out of hand. On Saturday, we were all set to go to the mall. We needed to pick up some sweatshirts for the older kid since he’s outgrowing his clothes,…

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