Atomictumor

Keep Bos in your thoughts, guys. He had to return to work today after a lovely 3-week paternity leave.

I have had my concerns over what life would be like with me & four kids at home. I’ve been anticipating a very dirty house, plenty of takeout, and no time to take a shower. Today, I’ve been pleasantly surprised as both the vacuum and the sound of the shower eased Leo into naps, Lugnut took a nap himself, and it seems like dinner won’t be a problem (tuna helper, but dinner nonetheless).

Lugnut is very serious about his trains.

Leo’s going to start smiling soon. I can’t wait!

Once upon a time a magical box filled with styrofoam peanuts appeared at the house of an addled farmhand named Salvador.

He was curious, so he plunged his hand into the magical peanuts to find out what was inside.

Inside, to his amazement, he found boxes of highish end computer parts!

A video card!

A motherboard!

And a fancy processor!

Being a simple farmboy, Salvador burned the boxes as offerings to the gods for the gift of styrofoam peanuts, and then proceeded to eat the peanuts. Then he shared them with his village.

The end.

(Seriously, can you believe I just wrote this crap instead of opening the boxes? Geez.)

Ever regret a decision shortly after making it?  Well, not really regret, so much, as realize that you probably backed the wrong pony?

Thats how I’m feeling now vis a vis my formerly sick son, Pigpen.  He was droopy and poopy and hard to get rolling this morning, and while he didn’t have a temp, I figured he was still worn down from being sick over the weekend, so I kept him home.

He is currently playing in his Thomas tent, after smiting bad guys.  Very much not sick.

But, I bought the ticket, I’ll take the ride.  I’ll be home, on a Monday, logged into the office, while he fights bad guys and tries to be quiet.  I’ll make the boy take a nap later on, that’ll show him…

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Hey, those upgrades never quite got made… I put them in the Quiet Room tho, and seeing as how nothing died or broke or exploded I should be able to apply em to the ‘Tumor shortly.  Not that it’ll, y’know, look any different out there on your computer, so its kinda moot.

What isn’t moot is that, currently, in Oliver Springs, TN, not 20 miles to the north of my fair domicile, is an infusion of computer badassness.  Got me a Athlon X2 3400, a nice new motherboard (with optical audio, for that true 5.1 experience, oooo), and something else that I don’t quite remember - Oh yeah, its a video card, a bitchin new video card, just rip rarin’ for some things to.. uh… display, or  something.

Anyway, the dual core desktop’nness will be happening today, so maybe its not a bad thing that I’m home with Pigpen, eh?