by T H Lund
Testing my app on the iPhone. I had to reinstall it and try to remember the password, but it looks like it’s working.
Greater things have yet to come… In the city.
Need to run get Kaz’s grandparents for church.
I was in the shower just a few minutes ago and I started thinking about what it means to be a Father… well actually I was thinking about a friend asking me about my opinion on what GPS to get for geocaching. I think I came to that thought because some of the wounds from my first geocaching expedition – which I didn’t know was going to happen and I was totally unprepared for anything but a casual stroll – started to sting in as the soap and water interacted with them.
I told my friend I had no opinion on what GPS to get. We went with a friend. Once. I as I said it was spontaneous. Sure, I downloaded an app for my iPhone, but I still haven’t figured out how to download a local listing from geocaching.com. They give a video, but I was with my wife’s family for lunch and it didn’t seem like watching a video was the appropriate thing do to. So I don’t know much about geocaching.
I don’t know much about finding things either. I’m going to be honest here – I have two boxes in my brain. One is common to man – as opposed to women, this really makes us different – let’s call it the “nothing” box. We could spiritualize it and call it meditation or soaking, but really all it is the ability to sit still and link – literally – about well, nothing.
It’s not a scam. We’re not covering up anything. As men we can easily think about nothing. It’s how we relax. It’s great to unwind. It’s not fantasy, it’s not escapism. It’s “nothing.”
But I have another box in my brain and that one is constantly thinking. I spend most of my time hear. Right now I’m thinking about 4 websites to create or update, 3 booklets, 2 novels to write and a screenplay to pitch. This is my “Creative Box” Sunday mornings seem to be when the creativity juices bubble up. I often dream up a new project or find solutions for problems I stopped at with other projects while I’m in the hot tub.
Our hot tub! It’s either got a leak or evaporating rapidly. I think I remember it happening once before when the lid wasn’t sealed and I wasn’t in it for a while to see it decrease. I’ll give it a couple of days to see if it gets noticeably lower. I’ve got to to change some deck boards anyway, so maybe I can rip it out. I’ll need to get someone to haul it away…
…why am I considering geocaching? I can’t find anything. I can look for something I know is in the fridge and if I’m in my creative box, I won’t see it or find it. I don’t know why they let people like me drive – cell phones nothing – I wrote the intro to a new booklet on the way out to pick up my daughter from horse riding yesterday, sure I could have used the voice recorder on the iPhone, but there’s something about pen to paper.
It’s the kids. That’s why I want to get into geocaching. My daughter can find just about anything. My son is pretty good at it to. I remember Taya was about 2 1/2 when she started finding things for me, my life got so much better. Getting stuff for Kaz became Daddy-daughter time and it cut down on my search time – as you can imagine, it takes me a while to remember what I’m looking for when I’m in the creative box.
Kian – when he’s board at church – looks for gold flecks and gems. He’s found some in places we’ve been — I have a stash in my Bible.
So kids are great for many reasons – most of which you’ll never hear in today’s sermon.
I’ve decided to make use of my creative box and take this blog back to it’s original purpose – my streams of consciousness. You won’t get auto posts from my other blogs, you may still get posts from YouTube – I can’t remember how I set up that feature but boy is it cool, you won’t get daily twitter updates.. I was going to do weekly, but I get overwhelmed with the posts, so why should I pass it on to you?
And if I get my act together, Sunday seems like a great time to post.
Happy Father’s Day dad’s. Make sure you thank the mother of your kids for making you one.
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