When I was thinking about what to shoot for today’s photo two random things came together to almost make my choice for me. The first was a client visit, we got a call last week to from a client we’d all but written off, the second was an announcement by the TTC of the expanded availability of GPS based arrival times for most streetcar routes in the city. I spent some time looking at it before heading to the clients this afternoon. So when I got to Spadina station, where a the first trial installation of the GPS system is installed for the publics use, I thought great and snapped today’s picture. The only problem is now when I got to site to check out how it works, I only see two routes not the 5 or 6 I saw earlier. The service when it goes live will be a great help to the TTC riders of the city, I just hope we don’t have to long and that they will offer an open API so people can use the information in their own applications.
Today I was lucky enough to walk Jacob to pre-school. It was a beautiful day to walk down to the lake, and Jacobs excitement about going to school makes it a special time. It don’t usually walk him, his class starts at 9:15 which means when I walk him I don’t get to work till close to 10 and that’s not something I can do every week. But today it worked out that I could and I was glad for it.
This morning while Violet napped Jacob was playing in his room. I found him drawing on his Doodle Pad. He was really getting into it. So maybe the Pre-school is paying off.
Today is a very special day for Melissa and I. It’s Annaversy of our first date. So we had big plans for the day. Breakfast out with the kids, then heading out to for a day of family fun. Finally we planned on dropping the kids off with Nana and Papa and heading out to a movie. Well every thing seemed to go wrong at breakfast, with Jacob having a massive tantrum as we were leaving the restaurant. It looked like our family day was going to be ruined. But naps heal all things, and after an early nap he was his cheerful self and went headed out for our day.
Our picture is from the outing. Jacob is ‘hiding’ behind the pole. So we thought it was strange to see a pole with arms.
Another day and another food picture. I think I’ve got to move away from taking snapshots of what I’m eating. It’ll be nice when the weather is nicer again and we spend more time out and about as a family. For now here is what Melissa had waiting for me when I got home.
Tonight after the kids went to bed Melissa asked me to make popcorn. I thought about it for a little while, then pulled out our little air popper. Its a smaller popper and not very good, but it does the job.
One perk of my job is that I can work from home one day a week. I helps our child car and allows me to send time with the kids. During the day today it seemed like such a nice day that I bundled the kids up and headed out for a short trip to some of the local parks. Jacob really enjoyed running around outside. It will be nice when the weather is warmer and it’s not such a production to get the kids ready.
Tonight after the kids went to sleep I was vegging in front of the TV, watching Death Race. I enjoy watching things blow up when I don’t really want to think. It was a nice relaxing do nothing evening. Of course there are a ton of things that I should’ve been doing, but I just didn’t seem to have the drive to do them. Then while I was thinking about what I would use for my picture today I saw the Oxygen mask, that the firemen left last week when they were here for Jacob’s Asthma attack. It was just sitting there on a shelf. I’m not sure why we’ve kept it. But there it was. A reminder of that night. One of my toughest nights as a parent. So I spread it out on the table and snapped a picture.
I’ve been wanting to write about that night ever since it happened. I started to the night I spent at the hospital with Jacob. First with the few paragraphs I scribbled out that Melissa posted for me, Followed by a few more thoughts that I tried to scribble but were never clear enough to even type up. Looking at the mask tonight though it brought back some of the thoughts and feelings I had that night. Sitting in the Ambulance riding to the hospital. Jacob was screaming. He didn’t want to go to the hospital. The seatbelt on the stretch bothered him and he spent most of the riding crying, All I could do is it next to him and try to comfort him. It was a hard ride, the hardest part was feeling helpless. It’s a feeling that I felt the second time Jacob went to the NICU when he was just a couple of days old, and not one I wanted to relive. But there I was riding in the back of an ambulance feeling it again. It didn’t really leave the entire time he was in the hospital. Once we knew the treatment was working it was easier, but it took so long. Today Jacob seems almost 100%, he’s still on his puffers, but we’ve had no more real incidents and he seems to have his usual energy levels back. Here’s hoping that we can catch any future incidents before they need a stay in the hospital.
After a morning meeting at a clients downtown I found myself at the Wheat Sheaf Tavern for lunch, and when at the Wheat Sheaf there is really only one thing I can order. The Texas Hoagie.
Tonight I once again take a look at myself. Today I tried setting the camera up and using a timer. I’m thinking next month I might try something more artistic… Though I’m not sure what that’ll be.
Getting ready to face the day. Kids have had there breakfast, I'm pretty much ready to head out. Would much rather stay home with the family 21 hours ago
When I was thinking about what to shoot for today’s photo two random things came together to almost make my choice for me. The first was a client visit, we got a call last week to from a client we’d all but written off, the second was an announcement by the TTC of the expanded availability of GPS based arrival times for most streetcar routes in the city. I spent some time looking at it before heading to the clients this afternoon. So when I got to Spadina station, where a the first trial installation of the GPS system is installed for the publics use, I thought great and snapped today’s picture. The only problem is now when I got to site to check out how it works, I only see two routes not the 5 or 6 I saw earlier. The service when it goes live will be a great help to the TTC riders of the city, I just hope we don’t have to long and that they will offer an open API so people can use the information in their own applications.
