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Night 1

Kristi and Benjamin left for the Philippines tonight, leaving three children responsible for me. Here are tonight’s highlights so that she can read all about it when she returns.

  • Unlike last year when you left, I yelled. Not lose my voice or sore throat level… but when your kid says he can sleep while laying on top of his book shelf a guy has to do what a guy has to do.

  • Tonight was vacuuming for the daughter night. I bribed the kids with mom is gone candy (Mike and Ikes, Sour Mike and Ikes, Milk Duds) due to candy I did not allow ice cream.

  • Each child had their own bowl of soup and artisanal grilled cheese. Not sure it was artisinal but I just like the word as I heared it pronounced artis-anal and it made me smile.

  • I did a lot of dishes

  • Daughter 1 is shaking the house with the massage gun. Shin splints moved to the ankle.

  • Oh boy who couldn’t/wouldn’t/will not ever sleep fell asleep in about 10 minutes. I win round 1.

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Old School

Today I tried to use our RMM software to automate an install of an application. With a few more hours of testing and research it might have worked.

Instead I reached into the way back machine and wrote a super simple batch file to kick off the installers needed to update the software I was working with.

I wanted to use the shiny stuff, but sometimes old school is where it is at.

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Anyone else

I blame(thank?) my upbringing. Moving peanut butter from one nearly empty jar to another.

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The Rubber Hits the Road

Day 2

Today there was no help from mom. No last minute advice, just all five of us waking up and starting our day.

  • One child broke my measuring cup trying to get cereal and wash dishes when said child was supposed to be getting dressed.

  • I may have raised my voice. I did not yell. Yet.

  • One child slept in.

  • One child most definitely did raise their voice almost immediately upon entering the kitchen to make breakfast.

  • One child is excited for having been able to drive the quad at the cottage.

  • Child who broke glass wants me to scream at them. So hard…

  • I bought six different bags of shredded cheese and there isn’t a repeat flavor in the bunch.

  • I do laundry

  • Ballerina was on pointe all afternoon

  • Wife drank Starbucks today

  • Thankful for playful grandparents

  • We survived day two.

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