Thursday, May 30, 2013

BYOT Bring your own tape

I woke up sore this morning. Crossfit workouts have that effect on me. I grabbed the computer and checked me email as I do most mornings and I found I sold a book on half.com. Marilyn had already left for work with the car, so I put Claire in the baby backpack and headed to the post office. I printed off the shipping label and figured I could do the rest at the post office.

It was a nice day and a nice walk. My sore muscles didn't like the movement so much, they just wanted to lay in bed all day, but I didn't let them. It was good to get out and stretch my legs. We passed a park on the way and Claire let me know she wanted to stop and go play by saying "down," several times. I told here we could stop on the way back and pressed onward. 

The line at the post office was a little long but I made some small talk with other folks waiting their turn. When I finally stepped up to the counter I was informed that the united states post office couldn't spare a few inches of tape to attach my shipping label to the envelope. I considered making a big stink about it but chose the high road and walked home to search for tape. 

"I always encourage people to take the high road. That way there is more room for me on the low road."

-Tom Haverford (Parks and Recreation)

As I write about it I realize it wasn't a big deal, I just needed to vent. I don't have any pictures for this post which makes it a little boring. Instead I'll just link you to my youtube channel. youtube.com/zachattackduty After all, if a picture is worth a thousand words, at thirty frames per second, a two minute video is worth 3,600,000 words. 

Friday, May 24, 2013

My two best Girls

It blows my mind every single day that I have a daughter. I never understood how much I would love her until she got here. She is 19 months old now and a perfect little girl. She is seriously adventurous and a little too much like her old man. She can be a terror at times but for some strange reason I like that about her. I'm told I was a terror myself as a wee lad. There is a video floating around somewhere of me getting into a peanut butter jar and using a toothbrush to spoon it out. Just this morning Claire pulled a similar trick with a jar of jelly.


Then there is my other best girl M. She may actually be the most patient woman on the planet. She has to be with a husband like me. She supports me in all my adventures as crazy as they sometimes get. 
Today isn't anything special. No birthdays or anneversiaries in the Duty house today. I just thought I should take a moment to appreciate these two ladies that love me unconditionally. I've got a pretty good life and its mostly because of these two.  They don't care if I'm wearing the coolest clothes and they don't make fun of me if I say something stupid. Thats my shout out to M and Claire.

Zuty Out


Thursday, May 23, 2013

New Blog

I enjoy writing and I also enjoy making myself sound awesome in text format. Here is a place that I can do both. Some of you folks may have noticed I started a Vlog. Thats Video log, like blogging but with video. If you haven't noticed then you had better get on that: youtube.com/zachattackduty.

I want to use this space to do my journaling, ranting, and overall updating on my life's progress. So here we go:

Today is Thursday May 23, 2013. I'm currently in the beginning of a 100 day challenge that involves a few things I must complete every day or suffer the consequences of failure. The list includes:

Pray/Study the scriptures
Brush and Floss my teeth(this has always been a struggle)
Go Running
Ride my Bike
Journal
Give M a heartfelt gift
Make a video
Practice ukulele


Thus far I haven't done amazing at this. Its a work in progress and by day 100 I'm sure I'll be great at all these things. Some of these items require an explanation. My wife is affectionately known is "M." Why? Well mostly because her actual name "Marilyn" takes too long for my simple mind to say. I read the book "The 5 Love Languages," and discovered that her love language is gifts. Not just any gifts though, they must be heartfelt or its pointless. I think that is actually the only item on the list that requires explanation. Moving on...

I could use a little encouragement on this so please comment and get on my case about it. I think that may be all I'm good for today. I want to keep these brief so... Signing off

Zuty Out