February 2, 2014 - This video shows me driving home from
the airport after dropping Tammy and Marcus off at the airport. I
wanted to make sure they were okay and I missed them already.
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Monday, February 3 - I was groggy and went to work. It was a LID day or better known to most people as a teacher work day. The day went pretty smooth for the most part. I was looking forward for the day to be done, so I could go home and get some sleep. I got home about 5:30 pm and made my dinner, which consisted of frozen burritos. I would come to not like burritos after another few days of them. I went to bed about 10pm.
Tuesday, February 4 - I was a bit groggy when my alarm went off. I am used to Tammy and Marcus being at home, which normally makes me not hit the snooze button, but since they were gone, I hit snooze a half dozen times starting at 5am. The next thing I knew it was 6:15am and I needed to leave at 6:30am. Because I had not slept well, I think I was dreaming and thought I had already got out of bed and was downstairs already. "Oh no!" I said, when I actually woke up and realized I was still sleeping. It was 6:30am now and I still needed to get ready for work and feed the goats, dog, chickens, get the car ready!!! Oh I was frustrated, but I gave myself a break, since I knew I was transitioning. I actually thought that the worst was behind me. I was about 5 minutes late for work, which was not too back considering I woke up so late. The day went okay and I got home that night and went to bed at a decent time thinking the next morning was going to be much better. Boy was I wrong.
Wednesday, February 5 - This was the morning from HELL! I'm not kidding. I think the devil was having a good ole time. I woke up and was a little less groggy, but was going to just make it to work. I fed the goats, the chickens, and the dog. I got all my stuff ready and then went to get in the electric car, our Nissan Leaf. It was not charged enough to get to work and I found out the charging unit at the Blaine, WA waterfront was not working, so I had to take the camper. My truck needed a new starter, so I couldn't take that. I got in the camper and realized there was no gas. I was stressed, because the goats had taken longer than normal, the Leaf was not charged, and I had to transfer my gear to the camper, which was out of gas. I started the VW up and drove down to the Cheveron station. "Yes." I thought to myself, "I am going to just barely make it to work on time." I got out of the VW and unlocked the gas cap. I reached into my pocket only to find . . . nothing. No cash. No wallet. Nothing but receipts from miscellaneous stuff. I had one chance. I walked into the Cheveron station and embarrassed asked if I could leave my cell phone, get some gas and come back in a few minutes. I explained that I did not think I could make it back to my house, because I was too low on gas. The female gas attendant said, "Sorry, I wish I could, but i could lose my job if I did." I said it was okay and then went back to the camper van, frustrated. I was stuck, so I started looking in all the nooks and crannies and found $1.62. I then took it back inside, paid the lady, and went home. Now I was going to be really late. Not only that, I had to teach a class and then go observe some teachers. What a mess. I went home and looked for my wallet. It was no where. I grabbed some cash, drove to the gas station and got gas. Now I was 30 minutes late and I wasn't even out of Bellingham. By the time I got to work, I was 50 minutes late, completely frustrated and felt embarrassed that I could not get my act together. The day did not go well. I was essentially late for everything that day and just wanted it to be over. The day ended and I drove home in the VW van that I was cursing at earlier that day. As I was getting on the freeway, I started to think that I was not ready to be a bachelor again. I have become so dependent on Tammy as my partner and Marcus as my son. It dawned on me that I had not prepared myself for the changes that had suddenly been thrust on me. I needed a plan, but what should it look like?
The next few days went reasonably well and then the weekend came. I had a chance to regroup.
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