Lets Go Kiddo

I love a lot of things about the Kiddo.  Mostly, though, I love the mornings with the Kiddo these days.   See, we have a routine and it changes based on the day.   Some mornings, I’m still sleeping when lil miss wakes.  J, 99% of the time, is showering or getting ready for her day, so a little hand either strokes my arm hair until I wake up or smacks me somewhere on the blankets and body to wake me.  But, she’s always woken me in her Kiddo way.  In California, she would hit the door like a Linebacker with a free shot at the QB and in her loudest little voice, WAKE UP, DADA!   But, I wake.  Then she scoops up the pile of fluffy blankets into her arms and kind of leans into me laying on the bed.  I can then scoop her up and pull her into the bed and we can cuddle and talk and she tells me about her sleep, dreams, waking up, seeing rain out the window, what we should do that day, etc.   The other way is that I wake first.  Usua...

It’s been a strange couple of days for me.  My groove is off.  But I think I know the reason.  Come on…. Follow along, I’ll show you. I’ve mentioned my love of music before.  It is one of the things I love most in the world.  I’ve gone back and done some digging in the last few days and found that on average, I listen to Spotify 4.72 hours per day.  That doesn’t include podcasts, I use Overcast for that and if you are a podcast listener and you are not using Overcast, trust me and get it.  Plus, some old EDM (Electronica/Trance/Techno) that I still listen to often and love, but that’s old Essential Mixes (BBC Radio) or old albums that you can’t get on Spotify due to licensing and all that.  So, iTunes is in the mix as well.   Honestly, J and I watch a show at night.  These days we are on Brooklyn Nine-Nine .  Sitcom.  Funny enough.  But, 22 min each.  We’ll watch 2 and then call it a night and we will chat with...

As mentioned, we did the Green Day Night Market on Friday.  It’s our newest thing with Kiddo.  She can stay up late and go out on Friday nights and skip her shower and just be kid staying up late stinky and lazy Saturday morning following.  It’s been fun.  About a million things to do in BKK on Friday nights, so we should have a lot of fun with it as the days tick past.  We just got a hot plate and meat/vegi to add and cooked and ate Korean BBQ Style.  It was nice.  Here’s some pics. Other than that, I’ve been thinking a lot about life in Thailand.  How we needed to change deodorant brand, how we can’t get Pepto, about how hard it was finding razors to shave with and how I just want something simple to shave with.  That thought took me back to a rant I wrote about 20 years ago.  I was dating Bena.  It was a rant about Razors.  Shaving my head and beard seems to be the bane of my existence.  HAHA But, that got me think...

I walked to the mall today at noon to get Doner Kebabs for lunch and some pizza slices for dinner.  J and the Kiddo went to get J an iced latte and then pick up French Fries from a little place down stairs from us.  I got the walk because A. I’m quick solo.  I’ve done this before, so I got the routine.  B. Kiddo was Mumma*centric today and to the mall and back with Kiddo takes about 3 times longer than adulting alone.  Besides, I got to put on some TuPac and groove while I walked.   The bad news is that the Hot Season is coming. So, this is the view of my walk.  This makes up approx 2/3rds of my walk.  That’s not a lot of shade or sun relief.  The total walk is 800m there and 800m back.  So, 1.6km. And here’s the screenshot from my phone.   That’s HOT!   And it’s only going to get hotter in the next few months.  And rainier.  And then around November that knocks off for a few months and here we are again....