I find myself often engaged in thought, creating a blog entry in my head - far more often than not, that entry never sees the light of day. When I discover how to turn thoughts into actions, I will be SO much more productive…
Which brings me to another topic I’ve been thinking quite a bit about lately (or on and off for the last 5 years, if you check out the history…) - how to make more time for the things I consider important.
This has been a bad week for sleeping. Jerry had a fever last weekend, so he didn’t sleep well on Saturday night. That led to Eriko and I sleeping poorly and being a little short with each other. I had Jerry for the day, so he had lots of time to share his cold with me.
Then comes Sunday night - Jerry couldn’t sleep well and neither could I. I spent most of the night holding him in one position or another and probably got about 2 hours of sleep, at best.
“what’s the key to success?” - “two words: good decisions.” “what’s the key to good decisions?” - “one word: experience.” “how do i get experience?” - “two words: bad decisions.”
On Tuesday, I was watching a Mariner’s game and Jerry happened to come sit on my lap. He watched a bit before something caught his eye. He stared for a bit longer and then it dawned on him - “poi!” he said. (Poi is Japanese for throw.)
Jerry had realized that the pitcher was throwing the ball to the catcher. We spent the next 10 minutes watching the game - with Jerry and I both noting when “poi” happened.
Conversations with Jerry are becoming more and more rich.
verbal words:
da da - dako (carry me) ba - bus oppai/pai - oppai (breast milk) bo - poi (throw) da - daddy (me!) bo bo - baru (ball) bo bo - boshi (hat) bu - book bon - zubon (pants) itai - itai (ouch) uh oh - uh oh babi - baby tsee - cheese gepu/upu - gepu (burp) ba ba - blanket pa pa - pan (bread) nen ne - neru (sleep)
