Lazy Day

Today, I had to run all around Brown County to fix problems with Player's Edge sales. I had to go to Pulaski to deliver some small spandex because some kid tried on the wrong size and made a mistake. Then I had to go to Ashwaubenon and deliver size 12's. This is because the shipment has been slow in coming. Then I had to go over to Preble to swap out a pair of kneepads which supposedly had blood on them and were too small. I don't think they were blood stains, instead, they seem like rust stains to me. Anyway, I was then off to meet a father who was switching out a pair of spandex for a different size and brand. After all of this, I got home around noon and had some lunch. Then I relaxed on the couch and was awoken two hours later by my phone ringing. Apparently, I took a 2 hour nap. Oops. Sandy and Jaden got home around 2:45 pm. Then we hung out for a bit and cleaned up the house. We took some more footage of Jaden and now I'm entering my daily blurp. We'll see what tonight holds. We may go to the Shawano County Fair, or maybe we'll just stay home and veg out some more. I didn't get as much done today as I had hoped, but it is Labor Day weekend. Maybe I'll find more time later. - Mike

Thursday before the storm

Well, it's that time of year again. We're about to begin school. We've had quite the enjoyable summer. It has included working with volleyball players from around the state, selling Adidas and Nike gear at area schools, struggling with colleagues and aquaintances, and of course, playing with Jaden. She's grown so much this summer we can hardly believe it. I hope that things continue to go well.

Tonight, we had volleyball practice at Pulaski. It was fun to be able to watch the kids working on their skills and becoming a team. Jaden certainly had fun riding along with Daddy in her Baby Bjorn. We had some time to instruct and some time to watch people work on their skills. Jaden doesn't seem to mind the gym very much. Hopefully she can continue to tolerate it since her mom and dad spend a lot of time working there.

Tomorrow, Mike has to go to Green Bay to drop off some shoes, swap out some spandex and discuss a kneepad problem with a lady. While there, he may stop over at Best Buy and see what they have that's new. Of course, he's just going to look... With the new school year about to start, every penny is accounted for.

On that note, we're a little upset about our checks for the work we've been doing this summer with Players Edge. We've been working hard and turning in thousands of dollars to the main office, but haven't yet received a check. What gives? We're working hard to get things in on time, the least they can do is get us paid. It makes it really hard to want to continue to help them out if they don't care enough about us to give us what's ours. I don't know, maybe I just need to be more patient.

Jaden's taking a nap right now. Well, if she keeps it up, it'll actually be here bed time. Hope she continues to grow. On Monday, we took her to the doctor and she was up to 14 pounds 11 ounces. This is pretty good considering her start. www.caringbridge.org/visit/jadenschmidt. We really love our little girl and are going to miss her once we go back to school all the time.

Well, gotta go, the Packers are playing the Titans tonight and they're losing right now. Hope Rodgers can keep the ship headed in the right direction. - Mike