The Emasculation of Joe

After going and playing hockey this evening, I had to run by the store to pick up a bag of cat food. I really love dogs, but because my wife had a cat then we acquired a kitten after we were married, I have been thrown into the role of cat owner. I was standing in the checkout line when I saw one of the cashiers who worked at the grocery store back when I was employed there. She of course notices that I have cat food and says, "I didn't know you have a cat." I tell her that we have two and she asks how my dog is. Unfortunately my dog passed away about 2 years ago. He was a big but lovable Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Now I have two cats.

At this point, I have gone from honing out with the guys at the rink and acting like idiots and cracking on each other to talking about my cats. I thought that this would have been the low point. I was wrong.

I came home and my lovely wife, who is a bridesmaid in my brother and sister-in-law's wedding, tells me that I need to exfoliate her back. Huh? What in the hell do I know about exfoliating? I think about this for a second tell her, "Oh, hell no!"

So... Apparently now her back is cleansed and very smooth. I don't quite get it, but I am not under the misconception that I need to know.

So, now I am sure that I have been completely emasculated for the night... I'm sorry hold on one second... Yeah, I have to go. Kathy needs me to help with the self-tanner.

Dusting off the skates

You would think that working at an ice rink one might play alot of hockey. For awhile that is true. However, lately I have hardly played. Over the last two months, I have only played 3 or 4 times and one of those nights was a four game roller hockey ("derby") tourney, so that shouldn't even count. I hate derby hockey.

Anyway, the place that I work for is moving the "guaranteed" 7:30-9:30 ice time and screwing those who have pre-paid. This is the last week of the early slot so with two small children, I am going to play tonight. I am will be proudly sporting the Iceholes jersey for possibly the last time until the fall league... if there is one.

I will be sure to wear the face mask and be careful as to not send my brother and sister-in-law into a frenzy by coming to the rehearsal dinner and wedding this weekend with a black eye or broken bone!!

Long time no post

First off, I'm not dead. It has been a long time since my last post, though.

Anyway, not much has rally changed lately. I am currently working on a speech for my brother's wedding on Saturday. I am a little nervous even though this will be the fourth such speech I have done. However, this one is for my brother. It has to be the best. That is when it starts to get scary for me.

In the meantime, my wife's birthday was today. She got some good stuff, but I am most proud of the easy dessert that I made for her. It was really easy, but oh so good. It consisted of me unwrapping ice cream sandwiches and burying them under hot fudge, whipped cream and pieces of Oreo's. It tasted alot like an ice cream cake. YUMMY!!! She really liked it and that made me feel pretty damn good.

Speaking of feeling pretty damn good, we played poker at a friend of ours house on Friday night. In the first ten minutes I lost with a straight to a higher straight, a four of a kind to a higher four of a kind and a flush to a full house. I was down 80% of my starting cash ten minutes in!! Long story short, at the nights end, I more than tripled my starting cash!

Anyway, now we are caught up for the most part. Exciting, eh?