The "green" award

Alright - I've missed you all terribly.

Work is going very well. I'm taking advantage of the fitness center and the days are actually going by very fast, for the most part. Rene' is sucking her thumb a LOT more, which I am hoping isn't due to me working, but I'm trying to ignore it. She turned 2 on Monday. Wow. I can't believe my baby is 2. But I am also happy my baby is 2. I love it when they can start carrying on conversations with you. It makes parenting a little easier.

Now to a good story. Today, I'm running errands and one of the things I need to do is run by the paper recycle bin. We have 3 large bag that have been sitting in the back of the van for way too long - but we won't hold that against the stay at home dad. Anyway, it is in the parking lot of my church which is on a very busy highway. So as I am throwing bag #3 into the dumpster, it rips. That's right - paper everywhere. I thought for just a second I'd jump in my car and drive away really fast. But quickly decided I needed to do the right thing and pick it all up. So I start scurrying on the side of the highway and pick up all the blowing paper. I stepped on something that I was picking paper up off of, look down and it is a very old, dead animal. Which makes me jump, and then loose all the paper I had just smashed against my body so efficiently. So I had to do it all over again, with many people watching while they waited for their stoplight to turn green. I didn't dare look up, so I just kept my head down and finished the job. I think I've decided if it doesn't bother Andy to leave the paper in the back of the van for weeks, it doesn't bother me. I won't be heading to the recycle dumpster any time soon.