Wasting Away

Oh how many hours I waste away on the phone! It seems I'm in meetings all day long everyday! The worse calls are when you can't even hear what's going on but you are still expected to participate. It's days like these that make me realize how ineffective we are at communicating even with all this technology around us.... and we wonder why we execute so poorly!

How Time Flys!

First off I have to say that I love Google Desktop. 2.0 has made it even more interesting with all the cool plugins! So what's that have to do with how time flys? Well, I have the photo plugin running and as it flashes through my pictures I see my little girl growing up.

It's amazing how much has happened in the 4 years that she's been here. We've bought a new house, traveled on vacation, gotten new animals (yes besides the kid :-O). We've done some home projects, been to weddings, funerals, parties, and more.

Life is short, enjoy what you have, or change if you don't like it. Time has wings and won't stand still just for you.

Disappointment?

Well it's Saturday, and my wallet is a little lighter then I like. Pocket A's and still knocked out. Last hand of the round, I get poket A's and decide to slow play them. All the way to the river, I go in and he calls me, highest card showing was a Queen. He has 2 pairs 10's and 4's. What rotten luck, guess I should've pushed him out earlier in the hand. Oh well, lessons learned.

Well there's always next time, and for what it's worth, I had a great time! I guess all in all I'm not disappointed. Heck anytime you can hang out with friends, have a few drinks, and tell a few jokes is a good time.

Just a random thought

If going up is perceived as going towards heaven and going down is perceived as going towards hell, then why don't we take the elevators down to go to work and up to go home?

Hmmm.... I'm probably going to hell any way. It's friday, I'm off to go drink, gamble, and be merry, you decide where I'm going.

Still Working

Yes it's Thursday, no it's not Friday, it's not Saturday, it's not Sunday, just Thursday. Every weekday we get up and go to work. Do we work to live or live to work? I realize it's a choice, as I'm still working, but I would love to have the financial freedom that comes with being rich. Hey I can dream..... For now I'll have to hope a game of chance (poker, lottery, something...) will set me free. Well until then, back to work.

1/2 way there

That's right, it's hump day! I'm a little more anxious then normal as I have a tournament Friday night. Guess game night will have to be put on hold until Saturday night. Yeah me and a few friends will be playing poker.

I have to admit, having the World Series Poker tour on all the time really helped me get up to speed on Texas Hold'em. Then again it helped everyone else too so am I really ahead? Well I'm going to but that question to the test on Friday. Hope my friends don't mind a little spanking at cards.... :-P

BTW, I had to turn on the word verification for comments, hope it's not too intrusive to any responses, but not sure what some of the comments are that I have received so far. Have a good day, and for heavens sake, get back to work! :-D

Patience

Patience.... What is that?

pa·tience ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pshns)n. 1. The capacity, quality, or fact of being patient

pa·tient ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pshnt)adj.
1. Bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness.
2. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.
3. Tolerant; understanding: an unfailingly patient leader and guide.
4. Persevering; constant: With patient industry, she revived the failing business and made it thrive.
5. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive.
6. Capable of bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance.

So last night my 4 year daughter had a family project. Create a poster of your holiday traditions. Now I try not to be one of those parents who do all the work for their child and then have them sign their name; but when your own creativity is failing and your 4 yr olds idea is to just cut every piece of paper into small pieces you have to wonder where are your patience.

All in all, my wife and I bit our tonuge and in the end we had created a poster. It was fun to look back over her first 4 years and see the holiday's we had together. Hours of the night had drifted away, and a school project had given us all some quality time together. I guess in the end patience pays off.

Monday Again

Well it's Monday again. I look back over the weekend and wonder, why was I so lazy. Could be winter moving in, but that should be no excuse, got to enjoy any warm days while they are still here. Still have to get my yard cleaned up for the season, but all the leaves have not fallen.

Things to do:

• Final Mowing
• Rake the yard
• Trim last of the trees
• prune back the landscaping
• put away the deck furniture

Always something to do. Lately though fantasy books have been consuming me. Yeah I'm tearing through Harry Potter books like they are going out of style. Got to get back to my 3d game studies... shouldn't be long since I'm on my final Harry Potter book and there is no prospect of a new book anytime soon.

I'm looking forward to the new movie coming out, the book was really exciting. I have to agree the book is always better, but I enjoy the movie as well.

Well back to Monday..... let's see what else is on the list to do.

Time to buy a TV

Well Christmas season is approaching.... so it's time to start the shopping. Today, we go shopping with a purpose: Flat Screen TV. My mother-in-law wants a flatscreen, she does so much for us how can we refuse. So this morning I'm on a mission to educate myself. DLP, LCD, Rear Projection, CRT, so many choices, what to buy what to buy. Well time to start down the yellow brick road.

TGIF

Thats right all, it's FRIDAY! Why am I so excited..... well it's GAME NIGHT! Every Friday night our clan gets together to game. Tonight's agenda will probably include:

• Unreal Tournament 2k4
• Swat 4 .... can't wait for the expansion pack
• Dawn of War

Online gaming is the greatest, it has really transformed the gaming world. When we all get online together and are connected on our phones (thanks sprint), and we get into what we are playing, then the magic begins. Game night keeps us all together, when we are so into what we are playing, you don't even realize your friends aren't in the same room.

Ever since Unreal Tournament, I've been an addict. If anyone reads this feel free to let me know what games you are into and why. Until the next time... Keep on Gaming!

Who Am I

Well I ask myself this question a lot, along with a couple of others.

Who am I?
What am I doing here?
Who do I want to be?

I wish I could consistently answer myself, and then maybe I'd have some direction. Today my decisions of yesterday drive tomorrow. Now knowing that, I have to figure out what decisions to make.

Today my answers are:

A husband, a father, a friend.
Learning to Blog, Learning to Code, Wondering about my career. ....is it too late?
My own leader, my own boss, someone who contributes to this world at least what I take.

Simply put, I'm:

Eric Mahaffey, Husband to Laura, Father to Taylor.

This is my first post to the blogging world! I guess we'll see what happens next.