Les Singes: The Life of Monkey Boy

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As a busy mom it can be hard to eat right and stay in shape. What's your secret to staying healthy when life gets hectic?

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We went to Italy

We went to Italy recently and I have much to share about the adventure. Therefore I'm forcing myself to do it by leaving this generic blog entry.

Three Weeks of Leisure

Three full weeks have already passed since I said my final office good byes.  I figured the first week would fly by because it would seem more like a vacation than anything else.  Heck, after 11 consecutive years of work... I'm not going to lie, I was very lazy the first week and didn't do a heck of a lot.  I ran into some friends while shopping during the day and caught up on some movies.  Let me tell you there's a whole different world out there for the leisure class as witnessed when shopping.  

Week two rolls around and I finally began to step it up a bit.  I got on my cute bike and went for two bike rides in one week.  I even made it to the pool as well.  Note: when you haven't been to the pool in a very long time, it's entirely possible you might forget your padlock combination.  That did happen to me, so I stashed all my belongings near the side of the pool.  

Over the past week I've been to the pool four times, on the bike twice, and went for a run last weekend.  This are important steps as I attempt to lose my curves and tone my not-so stately body.  Along with working out, I also had some time to make food this past week.  I made banana nut muffins from scratch and also made goat cheese and red pepper lasagna.  I could get used to this more leisurely lifestyle.

Aside from feeling better about my physique and cooking/baking, I've been getting stuff done around the house.  The infamous Honey Do list is enormous, yet I've been able to knock a few items off the list.  My most ambitious project is yanking out musty carpet in the attic stairwell.  Yesterday, I ripped it all out and will sand and refinish the stairs to make our upstairs living space more inviting.

Gardening too!  On Wednesday I got out in the wet weather and planted our grape tomatoes in pots, weeded out our strawberries, and cut back some other plants.  

Oh yeah, looking for work.  Oddly, my wife had many more interviews than I did the past couple weeks.  Of course there's news to share on her success, but I should wait a week or so.  Anyways, I applied a couple places for social media jobs.  I find this medium incredibly fascinating and would love a paid gig where I can do good work for a company via the internet using  sites like Facebook, Twitter, Buzz, YouTube, or even a blog.  Most of the jobs are marketing jobs instead of account management work, but that's fine with me as social media is a constantly changing field.   

I'm as content as can be right now.  I thoroughly enjoy the slower pace and having time to do things that would have been rushed before.  I know it won't last forever so I'm appreciating it as much as I can.  Three weeks from today we'll board a plane destined for Chicago and then four days later we'll board a different plane taking us to Milan.  I can't wait!  La vita è bella.

P.S. can you tell I'm hard up for some social interaction?  

The World Ahead

One week has elapsed in my new life as a house husband.  This happens to be the title I'm most fond of at this particular time since I'm technically a kept man.  Other titles include Man of Leisure, Errand Boy, and Unemployed.  Anyways, there's much to do around the house and I feel like I'm getting myself back in shape.  These are all positives in my book.  

I've only applied to one job at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and really like the idea of working there.  A job with a noble cause seems rather appealing after helping car dealers increases their car sales over the last nine years.  I'm toying with doing some fun volunteer work to fill in the days.  

The first week of unemployment was like a vacation.  The second week, meaning today, has been a bit more sobering.  It does get to me that my former company decided after working there for nine years, I was expendable.  Maybe this explains why my pay was as crappy as it was, but alas... those days are behind me.  I will do my best not to dwell on the past, but I do have heaps of time to ponder.

Tidbits I've learned about myself in the last week:  Daytime TV still sucks and I can't understand why NBC needs the fourth hour of the Today Show.  It's hard to change spending habits when you have heaps of free time.   Kotex changed its packaging.  Fry's Electronics is lame store.  Expedia's customer service is really terrible.  I can kill time like nobody's business.  Finally, my daughter and wife enjoyed visiting Mt. Rainier on Mother's Day.  Baby Singe sees Mt. Rainier and says "it's slippery", love that kid.