Note from Seth: This post was originally written in the early morning hours of Monday. But it was written in a rum and Coke haze, so I took it down in case I said anything crazy. I just reviewed it. Nothing too crazy, but I really probably should have tried to get to sleep rather than writing a 1,500-word post at 3 a.m. (Need to get caffeine-free Coke, apparently.)
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What a great weekend for the Jones family.
My only regret this weekend? I didn't talk to my mom or my sister. I miss them both.
And I'm worried about Grandma Joyce.
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We did a little bit of everything this weekend. I know Adrianne and Evelyn especially had a nice weekend.
Evey watched a lot of movies, including "Despicable Me 2" on Friday afternoon with Grandma Judy. Then on Saturday, I sprung for manicures for both Adro and Evey. They enjoyed that experience, I think. Saturday night, everyone was so tired, the kids and Adro conked out early...
Sunday, church for the wife and kids, breakfast at Mirth, back home where Boydee napped and Adro and Evey gave each other pedicures. Crazy. They were both smiling a lot.
Oh, also, I busted out the telescope my mom got us for Christmas, and Evey and I looked at the moon a lot. And a few other stars/planets.
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I have a magazine deadline looming over me right now. I'll be really satisfied when (if) I get this issue pulled off. It's been rough.
In this publication cycle I've been in England, Texas, Illinois and Minnesota. I've hardly been in the office. Plus, my senior editor, Beth, had her last day on Friday. So I'm on my own right now.
It's been a challenging issue. Tomorrow morning is going to really suck. But once it's done, I'm sure I'll look back at it as a rewarding issue.
OR, I'll look back at it as the issue where the wheels came off.
One or the other.
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I bought a Sporting Kansas City jersey this weekend. It looks awesome on me, it really does. That's not the booze talking, that's generations and generations of evolution talking.
It was on clearance for $30. Don't tell anyone.
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Had some drinks with Neuty on Saturday night. Always good to catch up with the 'Boom.
Nice to drink with people in Kansas, really. Seems like every time I find myself in a social situation these days, I'm far, far from home.
Neuty and I killed a couple schooners at Louise's Downtown. Those will never, ever get old. (Unlike us.)
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Mowed the heck out of the lawn this weekend. Even cut the front yard twice (north/south, then east/west.) We've had so much rain lately, it was like a jungle.
But it looks really good right now.
How weird has this summer been? How many days have we had that were 105?
It's been an awesomely mild summer.
Awesomely.
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Had burritos at Freebirds on Saturday.
We agreed we'd give them a second chance (the price was right.) But my carnitas burrito wasn't very good. It was all seasoning, no carnitas. That's a bad sign, if you ask me.
The guys there were nice, though. The signs say kids eat free Monday and Tuesday, so maybe we'll pop down there again soon.
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Check out that photo of Boydee and I together in the barber's chair.
We were in McAllen, Texas. Boyd needed a haircut. We took him to a "Just a Cut."
Don't ask for anything else at Just a Cut. They'll punch you right in your kidney.
At Just a Cut, Boyd got a sweet haircut. He's still rocking it. I should have got my gray mop knocked down at the same time.
I look at that photo, though, and it makes me proud. I look at my old ass, sitting there, all gray hair, overweight and weak chin. And I look at Boyd and I'm like, "That's my son??? BADASS!"
It's pretty cool that Adrianne and I can have cool kids like we have.
I mean, we're kinda cool yeah, but... our kids are amazing. (Don't tell them I said that. I don't want them getting big heads. Especially Boyd -- his noggin is already huge.)
Most of the time we watch these kids and laugh. That's pretty awesome entertainment right there.
Because soon, they won't want a thing to do with us!
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As Boydee would say... "Applesauce."
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