Life outside these walls

Gabe is my youngest son.  He just turned 2 today.  There was lots of last minute prep done today as I do have an issue with procrastination.  I had to go out to three stores to get his cake, party favours, and last present.  It was ok today though cause I went out very early on sunday.  I live in the bible belt so pretty much EVERYONE was in church that morning.  The stores were nice and empty so I was able to get in and out with no panic issues.  The trips were still a little stressful because of the anticipation of one.  It was worth it though.  Gabe LOVED the balloons or ball as he calls them.  He and Adrian wanted more cake.  Gabe spent the rest of the afternoon enthralled with the toolset that we got him.  There will be pics soon.  I just have to process them off of my flipvideo cam.  I prefer to record as video cause then it lets me find the perfect frame.  Plus it moves faster than the cameras that we have.  Due to an ss card issue, Fred cannot do the testing tomorrow but has to wait a week.  Its no big deal but I'm glad to have this week off because I would have been taking him 4 days this week.  We're gonna get the card thing taken care of tomorrow though.  All in all, I survived the hellish week and am taking it easy this upcoming week.  I even have the week off from school.  In the meantime, I'm attempting to write music using a new program, audacity and loops from looperman.com.  Fred has stated that he'll help me learn the program.  Its always been my dream to do music.  I play the clarinet and saxophone but want to do more.  I can't wait to see what the loops I have found combine to sound like.   On the medicine front, I'm fighting heavy fatigue.  Last night I was in bed by 10.  Tonight I've been able to stay up till 12.  In any case, this week I should be more active and I'm gonna stop rambling here.