My schedule at Circle K is hopefully changed permanently to just the weekends Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. My pest control schedule is picking up a lot. I am busy 5 to 6 days a week. In March I am picking up more complexes putting me at 25 per week. Of corse I still have room in my schedule for 5 more. Once I am at 30 per week I can start to plan my leave of Circle K. To really make it work I will also need to work 2 Saturdays a month in residential houses, I figure 20 altogether 10 each week.
I have been considering strange things lately. I see how dependent I am on technology and how much my kids use it. Growing up I didn't have any of it, our first computer didn't come into our house until I was in the 6th grade. If I remember correctly my dad dug it out of the trash at a large business who had just upgraded their systems. By the time I was in high school PC's were common place in homes and the Internet was still fairly new, now every one caries a computer everywhere with them, in the form of a tablet or smart phone. These are more powerful than the first home use desktop computers. It's amazing! The future of this technology holds endless wonder and excitement, with its rapidly increasing releases. So back to me and the kids. My kids can't seem to go on a short car ride with out taking their iPods ( crazy to think of them as a computer, but it is) with them, that's something as a kid, for me was impossible and never thought of as a possibility. It's lead me to think that I need a, we'll we need a vacation away from tech. In all it's forms, I am willing to make an exception for books, mostly because all my books are on the iPad, but the case can be made that for the 2 week tech vacation we could still use regular old fashion paper books. Think of it, a stay-cation at home for 2 weeks with no technology used, just turn off the electricity and the gadgets and live for two weeks with nothing going on, sounds like heaven! The first 3 days sound like Hell, but get past them and it would be great!
We are looking into the possibility of a tile floor for the house, it expensive. So to save money we are going to do the work ourselves (mostly me I am sure). We chose a fairly expensive tile, one that when it is finished will look like a solid wood floor but will last longer and hold up better with the dogs and kids. I hope we can get it done for the money we have set aside for it. The thought of it costing more really makes me want the cheapest option, but I really only want to do it once. It's real inconvenience to move all the furniture to the back yard or the garage. Before I do the floor I need to do a built in, but easily removed entertainment center. So here is my idea. Hag the TV on the wall or get a small tv stand. Then put wood shelves up for all the many components, books, movies and puzzles that are already in the space. So any one want our mammoth entertainment center? That way all the stuff can remain hooked up and doing their thing while the tile work is done.
I love the gun laws here in good old AZ, no permit required to care a gun concealed, except in and around schools (I disagree with that part). The CCW is still available and has other great perks like no waiting for a gun if you have one. Which brings me to my other crazy thought, I would like to own some guns. I am thinking applying for a CCW and getting the training to accompany it while taking the fam to the shooting range to learn how to use it and teach a healthy respect of guns to them. The only problem is the shortages in both guns and ammo causing the prices to skyrocket well out of my price range.
