So I am on a vacation day today but it hasn’t stopped me from having a really bad day so far. I am just feeling the weight of the universe and I think it might be about to crash down on top of me.

Just one of those less than wonderful kinda days.

I talked to Jen about it over Google Wave for about 20 minutes and I feel so much better. I’m still not feeling right, but I feel 100 times better. She knows how to make me feel all right. She knows what to say to make me better.

I love her so much. This is just one of about a billion examples of why I love her and why I one day woke up understanding that I could no longer live without her in my life… that’s when I knew I had to marry her.

I cannot put it into words. I try to explain how I feel about her and it comes out sounding either like drivel or like a teenager pontificating on a case of puppy love. (is that the right word? pontificate?)

So I just have to sum up how I feel. I just have to say that I love you Jennifer. I love my wife.

I saw this guy filling up on route 28 in Salem, NH this morning… Is this why traffic sucks?

Mmmm could be.

Talent show today. Got to get ready. Shower? Breakfast? Outfit? Ear Rings? A little last minute practicing? Gotta get it all taken care of before school. She’s going to do great and we are all so very proud of her.

11 hours till curtain. Break a leg!

I just watched the Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins on the NHL Network in Hi-def. Modern cable television is pretty freakin’ wonderful, isn’t it?

Anyway, I turned the game on and was asked by one of the kids who I wanted to win. I immediately said Pittsburgh because Joe never-met-a-waitress-he-didn’t-want-to-pummel-into-a-bloody-pulp Corvo plays for Washington. If only he were in jail instead of playing for a Stanley Cup Contender.

But wait a second…

Corvo may be the player I want to see lose more than anyone, but now there is a new public enemy number one. Matt Cooke. I can’t really root for that cheap shot artist scumbag either. Damn. The list of teams that I cannot root for grows with each new horrible cheap shot to the head asshole. I want to see the league pass the new head shot rule now, but I honestly don’t think it’s going to make any difference.

Go Bruins.

Yeah, route 20 is closed again. Had to go around it again. Thanks rain!

It didn’t slow me down much, but I was hoping to not have to go out of my way more than usual today. Jen heard about the closure on the radio and called me to let me know. Isn’t she wonderful? What a beautiful, thoughtful person. I’m glad I married her.

Anyway, tomorrow is a vacation day for me. I hope to spend a few minutes on music, but I probably won’t have time. My main goal for the day is to learn how to record video on my new camera. It can’t be difficult, I just haven’t done it yet. I have something going on Thursday afternoon that needs to be video recorded.

So what’s going on with the Bruins? They beat the Rangers to hold onto the final playoff spot. That’s nothing special, the Rangers and Bruins are equally pathetic. Neither of them has shown through their play recently that they actually want to make the playoffs. Last night, however, they beat Atlanta 4-0. Atlanta was one point behind us in ninth place. They had also won four in a row and looked like a team that wanted the post season. A Bruins loss last night would have dropped us out of the final playoff spot.

Somehow they won… and won convincingly. Is this the turn around we’ve been waiting for? Do they suddenly get it? Or is this just a last minute tease to make us think they have a shot. I am way too cynical about this team to see it as anything other than a tease. Still, I am ready to be proved wrong, Bruins. I am ready.

Yeah… it’s raining again. Not a drizzle, actual heavy rain. Nice. The Shawsheen River is spilling onto Shawsheen Street in Tewksbury again. I don’t know how long it will be until they have to close the road again. None of the other trouble spots on my drive to work were trouble this morning, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be this evening. This rain is forecast to continue into tomorrow. Yippee.

Tonight is Massachusetts taxes night for me and my beautiful wife Jen. The Federal taxes are done, submitted, refunded, and spent already. We’ve been sitting on the state taxes for a while but they will be done tonight. I might try to convince the Mrs to do the US Census tonight too. That and laundry. I can see how jealous you are of the laundry option.

Stay dry out there… again.

This page has hit a milestone… 5,000 hits! 4,258 of them are probably me, but 5,000 hits is still worth celebrating!

I looked at the site meter yesterday before leaving for my parent’s house and it was at 4,993. I did not want to be the 5,000th hit so I didn’t check it again until I posted the two pictures last night. When I updated I viewed the page to make sure everything looked all right… and of course that was the 5,000th hit. Dumb ass.

Last week I had 197 visits. That’s the most by far. 77 of them came on Wednesday the 17th, again the most for a single day by far. I guess I owe the flooding a thank you? Not quite.

There was still one side street off of 126 in Wayland that was closed this morning. Route 177 in Lincoln and route 20 in Wayland were both open. I should be able to take my normal route to and from work again starting tonight.

Of course there is more rain in the forecast for today. Let’s hope it doesn’t slow our progress toward normal any.

Good luck.

We had a St Patrick’s Day boiled dinner crossed with my Jenny and my sister in law Mary’s birthday steak and cake. For the most part all I did was follow my niece around marveling at how adorable she is.

We also took advantage of the good weather and went out in the yard for a while.

Isn’t she beautiful?

I also found another victim of the wicked wind/rain storm last weekend.

The weekend is coming to a close and that is terrible. It just started, how can it be over?

Is it Friday at 5:30 yet?

Here are two little items of personal note that I want to share with the masses known as the internet.

First:

My wife is the hardest working human in the development business. Her boss should absolutely promote her and give her the title “Queen of Software Engineering.” Then she will have a title at work that is similar to the one she has at home, “Queen of everything I love and hold dear.”

I’m not being cute. I am serious. The work she does is outstanding. No one works harder, no one accomplishes as much. She’s a dynamo. She’s amazing. She is the Queen of all.

Now for the second item. No one on Earth will give a flying leap about this one other than me… and I’m the one with the account here so I am posting it. Neener Neener Neener and all that.

I’ve managed to sneak off and work on my RPM Challenge (currently 21 days overdue) twice this weekend and I now have all 10 rhythm guitar parts recorded. It’s sloppy and there are mistakes sprinkled throughout, but I don’t care. No one is going to listen to it any way, I just need to get the point across, right?

I still need to write lyrics and melodies for all 10 songs… you know… the hard parts? Then I need to record vocals and guitar leads and mix the whole crappy thing. Then I will be done.

Last year I took care of all lyrics, melodies, and voices on (I think) March 5th. It was the NHL trade deadline. That means I am approximately 16 days behind last year’s pace, and last year I finished about six weeks late.

My annual album in a month project is becoming my annual album in three months project.

Still… I WILL finish this sucker. I will.

Today is an important day for my extended family. Today is the day we celebrate St Patrick’s Day as a group. Today is the day we all have boiled dinner together.

Last weekend we had boiled dinner with the kids at our house. This weekend was supposed to be my wife and I along with my parents, my brother’s family, and my sister’s family. Unfortunately my big sister’s awesome son has strep throat so they had to back out. It’ll still be fun though.

And remember, if it’s not salty enough to make your gums bleed then it needs more salt!