So, in 90 minutes Christina and I are signing our lives away on a house in southeast Huntsville. We’re paying six figures for something… over 30 years. That’s just.. it hasn’t sunk in yet. Twelve years ago when I bought my first car I thought that was a big deal. Up until that moment the most expensive item I’d bought was a Super NES console system. Now, at the age of 35, I’m signing my life away for a house. My own house. Well, Christina’s too. 
That’s just so cool.
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President George Washington supported and participated in a war that left innocent children dead! Damn him! That lousy, no good, despicable, worthless piece of crap should have known better! Is it too late to impeach him? The man should pay for his crimes..
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American Hardcore is a new documentary on the hardcore music scene of the 80s. Amazingly, it’s actually playing here in Huntsville. The bands– Black Flag, Bad Brains and Minor Threat as well as many others, I never actually got to see live, but they were the inspiration for the bands in Birmingham that my friends and I flocked to every weekend. Though, now that I think of it, Henry Rollins was at the first Lollapalooza, which I did attend (so awesome– the lineup was Jane’s Addiction, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Living Colour, Nine Inch Nails, Ice T, Fishbone, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band and Violent Femmes). The shows were usually $5-$6 to get in with 3 or 4 bands, always at some run down place in an area of town we had no business in. But it was a blast. Now.. the kiddos would just freak, unable to comprehend that I was into this stuff back then. These days, I’m just their step-dad who’s always making lame jokes. I’m Mr. Rogers, the fun police. Boring. Drew’s well on his way to 14. I’d like to see how well he’d handle being in the middle of a mosh pit with a steel-toed boot up his ass.
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Geoff just said “ass”! Mooooooom!
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Merry Christmas to all!
That includes Christians, Jews, Muslims, atheists, agnostics, humanists, Hindus, Taoists, Buddhists, Shintoists, Baha’ists, Zoroastrianists, Scientologists, Unitarian-Universalists, pagans, Discordians and every person of other (dis)organized beliefs not listed.
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Yea. We close on our house on December 22nd. That’s only 8 days away. I’m trying so hard to be happy about this because it’s a really big, awesome thing. But what comes just three days after the 22nd? Christmas. And who’s 32 weeks pregnant? Christina. And she’s miserably pregnant. Painfully pregnant. Every day, all day. Timing for all of this is seriously bad. Looking back from a few years from now it’ll all look great I’m sure– Christmas, new house, new baby all together in the same time frame. But right now, here.. it’s panic for me.
When I look over all of our stuff and start thinking about packing in some sort of organized fashion on my own and the painting we’ll (I’ll?) need to do at the new home, the new carpet that has to go down (the owners started to replace it themselves and stopped mid-way, deciding they’d leave it up to the buyers) and this and that and, and… stress levels are maxing out.
We tried hiring movers last time. We had little time to move and it was the only way. But I felt so lazy for doing that and it was so expensive and they did a crummy, horrible job. We can’t afford to do that again even if I was willing. My parents are too old to be helping out with any physical labor. My sis always has a reason why she can’t. Ditto for friends back in Birmingham (not that some are actually quite legit). Christina’s previous seven year marriage drove away any friends she had and she’s not really made any new ones. Nor have I, here in Huntsville. Acquaintances, yes.. but no one I could ask to help out. Christina’s mom is always helpful, but her father isn’t physically able to do much. So, right now.. it’s me and maybe Christina’s mom (at least some times). Oh crap.. no, she’s going to be out of town. Fudge!
Our new home is fortunately only 4 blocks from our current address. That’s a positive. But I need more positives that I’ve yet been able to dig up. I’m losing my battle with panic and I know I’m whining full on.. but jeez, I’m not good at this sort of thing. Bah! Enough! Being pathetic about this is certainly not going to help.
I can do this. Really. Some how. I have to. It’s all more than worth it.
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