Why So Serious?

Whew...

So.

To start. I've pretty much given up on ever getting out of here before 10 PM ever again. But starting next week I'll have no choice but to come in early most mornings from now on. So, in short, things are about to get worse before they get better.

That sucks.

But I can deal with it. I'm just not sure what it will do to everything else. Antioch is coming up soon, and there's still quite a bit of work to be done there. I spent a lot of time this past weekend with the kids because I didn't get to see them at all last week. I'm 0-for-2 on seeing them this week either, and that doesn't look like it's about to get better. I think I've been doing halfway decent with spending time with Michelle, but I'm sure she probably thinks otherwise, and while that bothers me it is just sort of the way things are right now. I've actually been sleeping a bit more lately because I've been sick (and hiding it well) and been coming in later in the morning. So even though I don't get home till really late, and can't fall asleep right away, I am managing to sleep. Ain't that something?

Work.

Work is going. Not going well. Not going bad. But going. We need to pick it up a little soon, but we need to figure out a way to do that without it killing all of us. We've been in a happy/shitty place lately but you can only float there for so long. My old man flops between normal (which is shitty) and shitty (which is really shitty) depending on the sort of mood he's in. He's leaving for Florida on Friday, and while that will certainly give me one less major headache for a bit it comes at the worst time possible. Which is of course right when I could use him most. I'm just about ready to hire a girl to work here in the office with me. This last girl I interviewed seems like she could do the job, and she seems nice, but she's sort of young. And I'm not sure this office is the place for young people. I've also just ordered a display case for all the shit I've been collecting. I think it will look great in my office...and drive my father absolutely nuts. I've also ordered a few new things to go in the case. All of which I'm fairly excited about. I've ordered a Thing statue, an Iron Man mask and several small Iron Man busts (Even though I came down on the other side of The Civil War from him, I'm still ridiculously excited to see the new movie), Superman and Batman action figure sets, and the piece-de-resistance...Mjolnir, The Hammer of Thor. Yeah...tell me about it.

I watched The Wind That Shakes The Barley last night, it was a good movie. It definitely got my Irish up a bit. Then I started watching We Are Marshall and I thought that was pretty good too. I've been watching a lot of movies lately since there isn't shit on TV, but I still can't wait for Lost (9 more days) and Heroes to come back.

So that's pretty much it. I've got somebody I've got to see this weekend. Something I've got to do. And a whole lot of other more important stuff to cram in there too. Maybe I'll even write a little. Who knows.

And a final note. Heath Ledger died today. He was 28. That's fucked up. He seemed like a cool guy. I really liked A Knight's Tale, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Ned Kelly. I'm excited about seeing him play the Joker in The Dark Knight. It's too bad he won't be around to see it himself. Travel well man.

I'm out.