Strong monday vibe today.. spent my evening last night getting churned up about how things were going at work.. then spent all of today worrying about how something tomorrow is going to go. I got the feeling that work tomorrow will be tough.. andI let htat ruin most of tdoay..
Isn’t it funny that an imagined outcome of later can interfere with my Now.. especially wwhen my nows can be so challenging…
Something for me to think about
nite all, nite sam
-me
Happy Easter folks .. It was a good day.. Like all holidays..there’s a streak of sadness for missing Sam.. We lit Sam’s lantern.. then got right into the candy..
As we did.. I read one of my favorite stories about Easter out loud to the kids.. It’s called The Rabbit of Easter by David Sedaris.. a bit sacrilegious.. but that’s why I like it..
The bunny.. or the bell.. depends on your tradition according to sedaris.. left stuff for gabe, ian and matt.. .. a basket.. and a bunch of eggs..
The hunt was wild and fast.. soon all the eggs were collected.
There were a few surprises.. in addition to the normal candy.. that waskaly wabbit had also thrown in some broccoli. (now who would have done something like that ? )
also a few nuts and bolts..
and even some dog food for the girls..
Afterwards,ian made us a delicious spanish omlette which we ate outside it was in the 50’s finally.. I think it might even have hit 60 today !.
we took advantage of the warmish weather to clan the yard. The boys brought down a large limb that was shading one of Diane’s gardens.. 
and we got rid oa ton of scrap wood by hauling and burning.. Some however got morphed into a new goalie for Gabe’s practice net.. 
nice, nice day..
time for bed.. happy easter folks, happy easter sam
-me
Gabe had a LAX game at 8 this morning. it was … of course.. raining/sleeting and freezing.. .Even so, we love watching him play. We got home around 10 to find snow in the yard.. again.. Ah. spring…
Weather not withstanding, I decided to get into the spirit of the season by doing some spring cleaning.. My lab had gotten to a point of impossibility and impassibility .. I had 3 biggish projects goign on in there and it was getting impossible to move in there.. let alone find anything.. And as someone once said (and I think it was me) man’s laboratory is an external presentation of his internal state of mind.. so.. cleaning was cathartic and calming.. Here’s before
and here’s after.. I realize not perfect but everythign more or less in place.. and there are at least channels to navigate through the mess.. I now feel like a better person.
THis afternoon Chris C. came over and we worked on his sculpture.. it’s a strange and wonderful piece. that’s motion activated.. No pictures here until next week..
Then Diane and I went over to visit with Dylan’s family.. They’re just back from a week in Florida. They’d scheduled the trip before Dylan died.. then decided to go anyway. I think it was a good thing for them. It was very good seeing them again.. We took Thai food over and talked for a couple of hours. I think in these first few weeks and months it’s important just to be there for them. It’s easy to talk to them. first because they’re nice folks.. and second because we have this awful shared experience.. We talked about all of our kids.. not just sam and dylan. It’s good tor all of us to talk and listen to each other.. this is going to be a long road..
OK.. batteries goign.. so I’ll sign off now..
nite everyone.. nite sam
-me
Blissfully little happened today.. I need the down time.. I kid you not.… (Diane and I have been hearing that phrase.. ‘i kid you not’ all over the place these days.. not sure why. Isn’t it strange when you start to hear the same thing time and time again ? )
Today was simple.. a morning full of meetings then a great working lunch with my friends Jeff and Colin from UVM. We’re scheming on using UVM students to help build something cool to attract folks the Echo center..
Then more meetings in the afternoon.. around 4 o’clock no one was around anymore…. I guess because of the holiday weekend so I walked outside.. and promptly fell asleep on the skate ramp.
Gabe had a lacrosse game at MMU at 5.. it was a beautiful evening for sitting on the hill and watching MMU win (12 to 1). Gabe had a good game. After the game we headed to Bridge Street for dinner.. as did many of the other kids and parents.. Without planning, we had 15 for dinner. It was really fun .
and that my friends … was it for the day.. like I said, pleasantly devoid of excitement.. Oh wait. I did ger one important thing done in the last 24 hours.. I updated my Facebook profile picture.. Whatcha think ?
Nite all. nite Sam
-me