So, today was a day off for me because I work for a bank, and my plans were to mow the front lawn after we dropped Niko off at school, pick up our grocery order, Starbucks for Nina, and maybe something for me somewhere else. Oh, yeah, how can I forget, I definitely want a…
Tag: The Dad Speaks
NaNoWriMo 11/10/2022
This one may end up being the shortest NaNoWriMo for me, and frankly, I don’t care. The end. No, that is not the end. I do have a few things I want to write for you. I am off tomorrow for Veterans Day, and I am planning on picking up our grocery order, get some…
NaNoWriMo 11/09/2022
This is from www.thedadspeaks.com with a date of 09/04/2022. The Family Speaks I have published three Amazon eBooks, and each one covered a certain part of my life: becoming a first-time dad, getting my MBA, and how I got started as a statistician, writer, and photographer. One part of my life yet to be covered…
NaNoWriMo 11/08/2022
Working From Home I have no clue on why I never thought about working from home until the Covid-19 pandemic happened. Now, I am loving it. No more stress. No more early mornings. No more traffic. No more construction. No more stupid drivers. No more filling up my gas tank every week. The last time…
NaNoWriMo 11/07/2022
I apologize for the pathetic NaNoWriMo from yesterday. It was poorly written. I copied something I previously wrote and added a few new sentences. What was I thinking? Well, my lazy excuse is I was tired, and you can blame Daylight Savings Time. Every time we change clocks, it always messes with Niko’s sleeping. I…
NaNoWriMo 11/06/2022
A Birthday Party Today, Niko got to celebrate a schoolmate’s birthday party at Urban Air. This was his first time, and ours also as parents! Om October 23rd, I wrote this about the invitation from a classmate: Last Tuesday, one of Niko’s classmates invited him, along with the rest of the class, to her birthday…
NaNoWriMo 11/05/2022
This is from www.thedadspeaks.com with a date of 08/25/2022. Banking 101 When I resigned from Chase bank on August 15th and accepted another job that wasn’t in the financial services industry, Nina and I were going to share our banking experiences and try to help people better understand their finances. That job I ended up…
NaNoWriMo 11/04/2022
This one is from www.thedadspeaks.com with a date of 09/09/2021. Marketing 101 After I click publish and copy my most recent blog to Facebook and LinkedIn, my job is done. I don’t schedule interviews with the local or national NBC, CBS, ABC, or FOX affiliates to promote it. I also don’t Tweet anything about it…
NaNoWriMo 11/03/2022
This one is from www.thedadspeaks.com with a date of 04/21/2022. Dads of San Antonio Dads of San Antonio is a Facebook group that I belong to, along with 2200 other dads. This is taken directly from Facebook… it’s a group where local dads can positively support each other through encouragement, tips, advice, occasional business networking…
NaNoWriMo 11/02/2022
This one was in draft mode on www.thstatmanspeaks.com with a date of 04/26/2021. SAN ANTONIO SPURS I worked for the San Antonio Spurs from October of 1999 through May of 2002 in the Guest Services department. I worked every home regular and playoff game at the Alamodome during that timeframe. I still have most of…
NaNoWriMo 11/01/2022
I have always wanted to participate in NaNoWriMo, also known as NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH for the month of November. So, I am going to do it every day this month. I have seen that it needs to be 50,000 words by the last day of the month. I am not sure I will make…
Niko’s 10th Week
On Thursday, I was on a work call and must’ve been really paying attention, because my wife told me something and then left the house. All I heard were Costco and Niko. I was confused, because Niko gets out of school at 2:50 pm and it was much earlier than that, so I thought she…
A Birthday Invitation
Last Tuesday, one of Niko’s classmates invited him, along with the rest of the class, to her birthday party in a few weeks. When we asked Niko if he wanted to go, he screamed happily – YES! I told Niko that for his birthday, we can also invite his classmates and find someplace fun to…
Week One
My first week in my new job has been very good, and I have three great managers treating me nice and showing me the ropes of my job. When I logged in on last Tuesday for the first time, I had over 100 emails! The earliest was from September 27th! Yeah, it was a bit…
The Dad’s New Job
On August 15th and after 15 years with WAMU/Chase, I resigned. I was supposed to start a new job on that same day, but that job fell through. I probably should’ve held off on resigning and used one more sick day, but I was excited and eager to start something new. It was a remote…
The Seventh Week AND Happy 12th Anniversary
Last week, the only interesting thing that happened was that I got to pick Niko up by myself on Tuesday and Wednesday. Nina worked some extra hours at her job, so she wanted to keep working during the pick-up time. No biggie! I am the dad, and I can do it. When I arrived at…
The Sixth SICK Week
Niko has had a cough for several weeks, and when it comes to medicine, it’s very hard to get him to take it no matter what the flavor is. We have a lot of variety to choose from. He expects medicine to taste good, and we are like nope. On Sunday night right before bedtime,…
The Fifth Week
On Wednesday, the school had early dismissal. We dropped him off at school at 7:40 and picked him up at 11:45. During that time, he had his two favorite activities – recess and a small snack in his classroom. We also surprised him with the pizza car (that’s what he calls it) for lunch. When…
The Fourth Week
I am not planning on writing about each week of school for Niko, but so far, each week, something fun has happened. On Friday, Niko had a dentist appointment scheduled in advance. So, I got the lucky straw and got to get him out school early. It took less than 5 minutes from the time…
Alex Cross Books
After I read the autobiography of James Patterson in May, I read the first two books in the Alex Cross series; mainly because they were both made into movies. Immediately, I was hooked and read the rest of the series in order which was 29 books! Yeah, 29 books and number 30 will be released…