Jareds a father

Looks like my cousin is going to have a baby.

I remember the first time I met Jared. He was in a little carseat that his mom and dad brought in. We got along instantly. We spent many summers in the backyard coming up with cool ideas to entertain ourselves. We were true buddies. Never had a single argument about anything.

I really miss having him in my life as much as he used to be. But that is the way things go sometimes.

Now he's going to be a father! Ready to explore the world with him/her the way we used to do.

Congrats man. I know you don't read this so Ill just have to tell you in person how awesome of a Dad you are going to be.

Shut in

Sadly I have not done much outside activities on the weekends since I have lived in Austin.

The fact that I am a ginger has something to do with it but the sad truth is I was usually recovering from a night of partying until the late afternoon.

Well I see the error in living like that and I want to see more great things Austin has to offer.

This weekend I got to do that. I went to Hamilton pool with a gal and it was so awesome. Its not really a pool at all but a natural body of water underneath this cool waterfall.

And its minutes from where I used to work. Who knew?

http://www.texasoutside.com/hamiltonpool.htm

Unlike Barton Springs the temp of the water is easier to adjust to. I hope to drag more friends to it someday. you have to get there early because they limit the amount of people into the park and by noon there is a long line of folks waiting for other folks to leave so they can get in.

Very neat thing to do in Austin.

Update:

Update:

New job(s) going well.

I have a weird fear of losing them per my usual worrying but its not grounded in reality. I have recently began to distinguish the difference between my standard worrying and actual red alerts. I am a worrier. Its not cool or sheik or rock. But its the truth. I can be quite the vag. I read into vocal tonalities and assume everything is masked subtext of my expendability. (prob not a real word)

The biggest problem is I am not putting in the hours I probably should be. I work a few hours a day and find reasons to get distracted. Even though I am producing results that is the one thing I can see my employers taking notice of and questioning.

I have more money in my bank account than ever before. Its all untaxed so its a bit deceiving but it feels good to not have to worry about overdrafts, bills etc. My little side business is pumping out a solid little chunk per month to help out also.

Need to start saving. One for the taxes and two for the future.

I am considering buying a new recording setup to get back into making whole musical ideas alone as opposed to relying on the band for that outlet all the time. With whatever technology they have these days I'm sure I can get a decent setup pretty cheap.

But talk about even more reasons to step away from work.