He-Man

You may think the title of this post must be about me. Actually, it is referring to the old cartoon I loved when I was a kid. Dad gave me a DVD of the best of He-Man several months ago. I didn't ever think about watching it, but Addie found it on Monday and wanted to watch it. I was a little scared that if I watched it, it would ruin my awesome memories of He-Man. Did it ever! That was one of the worst shows ever! If you don't believe me you can borrow the DVD. The show is really simple and stupid. There is barely a plot, no development of anything, the music is awful, and the way things happen in the show makes no sense. It makes SpongeBob look like the greatest show ever (which it is, BTW). Addie made it through the first 5 episodes, then had enough of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

We had a good time in KY, seeing Andrea, Mark, Ashley, my new niece and my grandparents. Mark and I decided to climb the climbing wall at Dick's after we couldn't talk Zoe into it. The climbing guy talked us into climbing the most difficult route. There were six different climbing routes with varying handholds, and three of them had a rock overhang you had to climb over. Neither Mark or I made it past the overhang part, which was about two-thirds of the way up the wall. I fell off like 4 or 5 times, and hung by my rope in the air for a while before giving up. My hands just couldn't hold on tight enough anymore. I felt like I had plenty of upper body strength left, I just couldn't hold onto the wall anymore. The climbing was much more difficult than it looked. Next time I am going to try an easier route to try and get my climbing confidence up.

I have to take Addie to a birthday party for someone in her class at 6:15 tonight. Is that not the worst time for a 4 year birthday party? Addie normally take a bath at 6:45 and goes to bed at 7:15. A weeknight at 6:15 seems like a bad idea, but it is at one of those inflatable party places so I'm sure it will be fun. I think the parents decided on a weeknight because the parties are cheaper at that time since no one wants to have their party then.

Finally - A Post!

Sorry everyone. I have been very busy taking vacations this summer and then trying to catch up with work stuff from being gone on vacation. I think I am almost caught up. I don't know what to post about, but I figured I need a post regardless.

I've been excited about Team USA basketball this summer. They have been steamrolling everyone. LeBron James and Dwayne Wade have been incredible. They play Argentina in their second to last Olympic game in a few minutes. Luckily, I can watch it online, but I have also been DVRing every game so far. It is really nice to have something else going on besides baseball in the summer. Exciting stuff.

My melanoma surgery scar is looking pretty cool. It is healing up quite nicely. Kids ask me about it all the time. I tell them I had surgery, and then they proceed to tell me they had surgery once. Addie always tells everyone I had to have surgery because I didn't wear "scunscreen" when I was little. I told the surgeon yesterday at my followup appointment that I thought it was looking really good. He just said "We'll see". I think he is overly critical of his own work. He is a very serious guy, no joking around. He is a great surgeon though.

Disney World was fun, as always. We are heading to Louisville in a few hours to see my new niece (and her parents). It should be a fun trip, just like this post.