The day of birth!

So if you are planning on sending me any birthday presents that is very thoughtful of you.

Despite what the doctors said, I made it to 30 years of age.
SO that is one big fat check on my life goals list.

Sticking it to the doctors?
CHECK!

Dang dude, I am sleepy.
And sore also.
My back and legs especially.

Andrew at work goes to get accupunture.
He likes it pretty good, I been thinking I might like it also.

Indiana Jones has a bazooka.
I don't know.
I am excited because the female lead from Raiders of the Lost Ark is back.
But Sean Connery is not back.
I think that he was the best part about the Holy Grail movie.

Well, be good.
Send me my presents.
lvoemattehw

Waking up Mr. Potato Head.

This is a photo of what my phone was doing this morning while I slept past my alarm.
Staring at me.

Look how sleepy I am!
I can't afford to be sleepy right now.
I have to work!
I have to provide!!

It is maybe not so hard for some people?
But I think that it is probably stressful for everyone at first.

Then you adjust.

Or you buy a ticket for Mexico!
Or Alaskan Wilderness!!

Truen is asking me too many questions, I have to go.
lovematehtw

Look who I ran into!

Did you ever see my Dad?
This is him.
I went for a walk with him the last time I saw him.
He lives in Arizona.

I have to admit, I was sad about the Packers.
I was sad to see them lose.
I was having so much fun watching them win.
It made me feel at home in Wisconsin.
I was especially proud of Wixconsin this football season.

Now I am back to regular proud of Wisconsin.

Well, I am alright now.
Did you read that article about Brett Favre in the LA paper?
I posted a link to it?...
I mean, you should read it.

I even wrote to the author of that article to tell him how much I appreciated the article that he wrote.

The last time I wrote a letter to someone was when Hershey released the jumbo Kit Kat Bar.
It was called BIG Kat.
I think that is what they called it.
Anyways, I liked the candy bar, so I wrote to Hersheys to tell them how much I liked it.

Well, I think I will lay down in a while.
Or go get French fries.
lvoemattehw

To all the people I know.

I just wanted to share an article that a man wrote for the LA Times.
He writes about Brett Favre.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-erskine29nov29,0,931303.column?coll=la-home-center

I think it is pretty safe to say that it is why, no matter what, Brett Favre is great.
GO PACK GO!!!
lovematehw

Every Man's Hero.

It is cold!
I rode a bike today, and my hands fell off!
From the cold!

Well today is the game.
The Big game.
Because honestly, the Superbowl is pretty lame right?
I mean, the game is usually lost in all the pre-game stuff.
The advertising, the hype.
At least this year will have Tom Petty, I like him.
I think you know that already.

I am saving this little Packer Cheese Favre for after the game.
I entrusted it's care with Truen.
Now that I think about it, that was not the greatest idea I ever had.

I hope you are well, and warm, and not a Giant.
lovematthew

one bag of rocks

How did we get here?
Are you having a baby?
Man, if you are sort of wanting to get your ass in gear.
If you want to give yourself some deadlines to get some things together.
If you want to switch between a shotgun and a sniper rifle with a laser sight.
Try having a baby.
Or imagine having a baby.
It can sort things out pretty well.

So I am thinking a lot about my life lately.
I am taking stock.
This is probably most likely because of the impending date with destiny.
But you know, I am trying to imagine what kind of Dad I will be.
What kind of Mom will Truen end up being?
Because we didn't really prepare for this.
And we hardly ever prepared for anything before.
But we somehow keep going, and it has been so good!
But now we have to be thinking about this new person, and I am so excited, but I am just thinking about what do I look like as a Dad?
I wonder if my Dad did this?
Maybe every one that is about to be parents does this.
But I look in my hand mirror, and I have to sort of justify to myself why I am allowed to be having a baby.
For the most part I believe myself.

But it wasn't too long ago that Truen and I decided to ride our bikes to New York.
In October!
And I mean, how can that be that we would try to do that?
We had NO training!
We didn't even try to prepare outside of buying some new clothes, a bike trailer and
some maps that we didn't even get a chance to use.

We were on our Bikes.
We went on a Ferry.
We rented and drove a Truck.
We flew on a Plane.

But you know, I feel like all of that stuff made it possible for me to do what I am doing now.
In Wisconsin I was really scared about the idea of having a baby.
But after our adventure, after our ordeal.
I feel like I have been able to count on Truen for THIS long.
So I might as well right?

Well anyways, I was just thinking about all the baby stuff.
We had baby class today, so maybe it is just because of that.
Looking at all the other Dads and comparing myself to them.
I can say that there were a lot of iPhones.

Tomorrow is the game.
Go Pack!
lovematehw

And you will ask yourself.

So this is our stuff we left Wisconsin with.

Tent.
Sleeping bags.
Air Mattresses.
Bike Stuff.
Some Clothes.
Camp Stove.
Laptop.

We picked up a bag for the laptop in Sturgeon Bay.
You know, for the laptop.

Not much stuff really.
I wanted to take less because I was pulling the trailer.
But this is what we pared it down to.

Oh and we ended up not bringing the Air Mattresses.
They didn't fit into the plan very well.

Now we are going to have a baby.
lovematehw

A Rolling Stone.

Did you know that I have a brother?
He is younger than me.
He is a different person than I am.
Sometimes it is hard for me to remember that though.

I was looking at pictures of him that he posted on his "myspace" page.
It was like looking in a mirror.
Kind of like looking in a mirror.
He is bigger than I am.
He is more like a bear than I am.
He was on the high school football team.
He was a center.
So that is how big he is.

He has those plugs that you see on people now a days.
Like the plugs in his ear lobes.
I can put a finger through the hole in his ears.
I don't know!
It isn't like I came up with that idea!
But you know, whatever, he is a different person, like I said.
And I feel like it takes some kind of guts to make that decision.
It was a gradual thing, the holes.
So, he is doing what he wants.

At least it isn't tattoos on his face.
Yet.

Well, be good, I hope you are excited for tomorrow.
I am nervous, but I believe.
I believe.
lovemattehw

I call BS!

Dude, Baby Class was total BS!
I had to give Truen a massage forever!
And then we watched some videos.
Overall, it was pretty bunk.

I have to go to Long Island tomorrow.

I am going to stop at a rest stop and get the new Sports Illustrated with the Packer game in the snow.
It is on the cover!
Man, I am so nervous!
It has been such a good year.
The Pack is so close!

AHHHHHHH!

Did you know that Shaquile Oneal has big shoes?
22-23 sized ones.
I don't know if that is in feet, or meters.

Well, I hope you are well, get some sleep, I will talk with you later.
lovemattehw
GO PACK GO!!!!

OH MY GAW!

Carlos!
How DARE you!!!
You better take that back right now, or you are going to have to find someplace
safer than Puerto Rico to protect you from the full on wrath of all of Wisconsin.

Dude! I am going to Baby Class in a bit, so I can't talk now, but I got some sweet photos to show you guys.
lvoemathew

Hot cup of coffee!

It is warm here.
60 degrees or something!
How is this possible?
It is very bad.

It gets you thinking that the winter is almost over, and it isn't. I want to be bundled up, I want to go home to my cave and sleep.
I don't want to be thinking about warm weather in January.
I mean, I do want to think about it, but in my dreams.
While I am sleeping.
Under five blankets.
After a filling "carb" sandwich.
With my 10-20 extra pounds of winter "insulation".

Instead I see people out jogging and laughing and walking around like this is all fine and dandy.
Like the weather isn't going to turn around and give them a good old fashioned face wash.

It just messes with my head.

What does it matter anyways, I am just going to move the family to Alaska.
After I win the lottery!!!!
Tonight!
I will win at least enough to do that when the lottery ticket I bought wins big!

I hope you are all well.
If you are lucky, I will fly you out to my fist shaped mansion that I will build on the glacier I buy with my lottery money.
Until then.
lvoematthew

The Sticky Wicket.

This is old! But I wrote it.
SO I should use it.

I am going home to Brooklyn with Truen today.
We were doing the same thing last year, around the same time.
I don’t know if we thought we were doing the right thing back tehn, or that we would be doing the same thing in a year from then (now) but it was what we were doing.

How far do you live from where you grew up?
Or where your family lives?
You have to have your own life.
But when you love your family so much, it is hard to not feel like you are having your own life at the expense of missing out on the lives of the ones you love.
The thing is that those people could just as easily move away.
And while you are off, doing your thing, they are still having their work problems, or growing mustaches, or sleeping the previous night’s party off until noon.
And they do these things regardless of where you are.

You have no say or effect.
No weight.

Anyways, do you own any property?
Do you want it?
Can I have it?
Let’s talk, I am sure we could work something out.
I know that I am welcome to the cabin on the reservation.
But that sounds like a whole different life.
Uprooting now, changing everything again, that would be terrible.
An enormous undertaking.

Well, I hope you are well.
I am always thinking about you guys.
lovematthew

South Eastern Wisconsin Babyball Tournament.

This is a photo of my Brother about to spike the "ball" after I misread his route and he broke open to receive the go ahead touchdown.

IT was a very disappointing game.

You can probably tell by the look on my face.

Well, that's all.
lvoematthew

Family Meeting!

This is my Mom.
She is holding a baby.
This is not my baby, but it is a baby.
This is my cousin's baby and everyone was taking turns holding the baby.
It is fun!
They are especially fun to hold and smell their heads.

I think my Mom looks good holding a baby, I think it is going to be pretty wild when she gets to hold
the new baby.
My baby?
Is it all right to call it mine?
Well, it isn't YOURS, so what do you care!

Anyways, my Mom's reaction to the baby is much more reassuring than my Brother's.



I hope you are well, smell a baby head, it is good for you.
lovematthew

What have I done with my life!?

I am watching college football.
Some bowl game.
W vs. T!!
I think that if I could get a chance to do something over, it would be play football.
Competitively!
I guess you have to go back and start kind of young.
Younger than I am right now.

When I was young I didn't even like football!
I couldn't have cared less.
But now, I love it, and I think that it would be so fun to play it.
But I don't like seeing the knees get hurt, or the motionless player after a hard tackle.
That is why I should have gotten started when I was young and all I was scared of was girls and public speaking.

Now, I got the fear.
I hurt my ankle pretty bad and gross skateboarding, and I came face to face with my mortality.

Oh well.
I always got basketball.

Hey, get this!
My Mom and I were talking about how much it sucks when there is no football.
When the season is over, and all you have to look forward to is the next season.
Well what about this?
How about a mini season? Like a season where the 3rd and 4th string guys on the NFL teams that you like get to play some games and you get to watch football year round!
I think that would be fun, and it would get the teams stronger in a way.
Right?
Or would it just hurt all of those players early on?
I would like it.
Why not?

Would it be totally lame if it was just flag football?
Why not?

Whatever. I think I am on to something.
Whatever that may be.
loveamtthew