Uhm, sure. A
"mini" detour. What the hell was I thinking. My
hands hurt so bad I can barely type. They throb
for days on end without 4 ibuprofen and I just
keep, on, going. Why? Partly because I'm embarrassed.
I meant to finish the kitchen for Talya and this
"detour" is hardly necessary for the
coming baby or even the coming baby shower (we're
having two here on seperate Sundays). No this has been
a labor of love and I've honestly never had more fun
in my life. Here's the story of how this all came to
be...
To say that was a
lot of work is a little silly. I had to have
devoted 120+ hours just to the course in a little over
a week. I still got the drywall up in the
ceiling, put together the dining room table and
cleaned the entire backyard for the party in the midst
of all that (on top of other daily errands that had to
be done). I'm on overdrive, and again, it's because I
feel like I've detoured the home remodel project to
"funland" for no real reason. Granted, the deck and
greens space is taking up that horrendous
dust/sand/dirt shit that's in the backyard, but that's
kinda pushing it, ya know? The truth is - I'm adoring
the creative aspect of it. The problem solving aspect
of it. I'm learning as I go and seriously guys? I
cannot think of a happier couple months of my life
than I've had working on my house. There's hardly an
hour that goes by that I don't picture my kids
there. That I don't picture parties here. The
basketball, foursquare, mini-golf, foosball... it's
just kinda fun. All completely anchored by that
big-ass 16x16 foot deck I built last fall. That's
where the "adults" will be, watching the kids run
around and be... kids. I'm so happy, so appreciatve of
my life... I can barely contain it. Life, is,
beautiful. And it has been for so long I can
barely relate to how tough things were 2 years ago.
Thankfully I have The Journey for that. I'll
travel those roads again sometime in the future, but
right now? I'm having too much fun.
The course will be
complete tomorrow and I cannot wait to show you the
entry. You just cannot believe how professional it
looks. I'm even a bit speechless. I'm gonna do a
fly-over video, scorecards the whole nine. HA. The
whole nine. Perfect.
And Talya? Thank
you for not giving me shit for there not being a light
in the kitchen for like 4 days. Not many wives would
be as cool as you while I build a freaking
AMUSEMENT PARK in our backyard instead of
finishing the kitchen. LMAO. It will be finished.
I mean it has to be. There's hardly any room left
in our backyard for anything else.
