Lake SoulSlam

Backyard and driveway behind la casa is waterlogged, like a shallow lake.

Spent the night in the basement listening to the sweet sound of sump-pumps. House is dry.

Bad around here. Real bad.

Mr. Fixit

Had a busted sump-pump in one of the holes, figured out last night - we are getting rain like Noah here, so that had to be addressed, toot-sweet. Stopped by my local Home Depot (pick one) and got the parts I needed to start the sump-pump a-pumping again.

Nerves are a little bit on Defcon 2, and hoping for the best. I really can't deal with another basement flood.

Ashes to Ashes

Flood has put a crimp in my pious self, blocking my access to Noon Mass at my local church. My commute was a little better this AM, but the f-cast is dire for Thursday, so I may (have to) be a virtual employee on Friday.

So I guess I will go tonight - with the almost-over basketball season at a downturn, I have a rare evening off.

Boys need cleats, maybe we can go before weekend. The fields were a little slick this past. Need proper gear when you play the game of baseball.

Spring Flooding

The annual rite of Spring in my neck 'o' the woods is floods. Bad.

The House of SoulSlam gets groundwater - so the trio of sump pumps strategically placed in my basement work like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest.

But around the town and surrounding I live in, the waters from a couple of rivers rise and rise and rise, and it is catastrophic. More rain is in the f-cast this week, so it could really be a hoot.

So it's 7:54AM, I am 3 miles from work and I figure it's gonna take 90 minutes to get there. Can't wait for the ride home.

In a word: aaaarrrgghhh!

Moving Day

Moving my office at the J.O.B. today sometime this afternoon to temporary digs. I would like to get away from my old dept. asap. Nothing to do here, got new role.

In the travel hoops update, my 4th grade team won Saturday night by a score of 32-22. Thought we were gonna hand it back with 2 minutes to go and up by 6, but the other team couldn't break a press with 6 players (if they could play 6) - so we win. We play one more against a young team we beat easily. So while we won't get to a winning record, we will finish (if we win the last game) with a 5-11 record after going 0-10. I take a little comfort in that.

Baseball - Gotta work on my oldest's swing this week if possible. He has fallen in love with hitting the ball in the air, so he is dropping his shoulder to gain loft. Problem is that means you have a tendency to miss or foul off a lot of pitches too. We will correct.

Sports On Tap This Weekend

Let's see we have baseball practice - tonight, Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon. Saturday is good because we will finally get outdoors. Halle-lujia


The Ripper (aka YSSS or Youngest Son of Soulslam) has tow basketball games Saturday as well. One for the in-town travesty at 2PM, the other for travel at 7:45. Looking to get a win in that one.

Like keeping busy.

Follow the exploits of my Baseball Teams here:

BD4L

That's Blue Devil For Life. Y'all.

Life Changes

Creatures of habit, the human race.

So I had a change in position at my J.O.B. Not a promotion, not a demotion, just a new opportunity with a newly formed division. Not sure what it all means right now.

I BE OK.