the tonedef blog

Friday night Band Mom wanted to go out for Halloween. We had gotten costumes a while back for a change so we didn’t have to run out and get last minute costumes. The plan was to start at the George Washington and then move to Jay’s. Both were having costume parties.

After we ate dinner I made a quick trip to Wal Mart to get myself an eye patch and some other little accessories for Band Mom and my costumes. Then I came home and we got ready. So around 9 we headed up to The GW in our matching pirate costumes. Rock(Hugh Hefner) and Trav (prison inmate) were there and we met up with some other friends as well.

We ended up having a good time and not going to Jay’s. We stayed and danced and had a good ol’ time till closing time. I think everyone that we partied with that night had a good time.

As a side note I think the Twinkie should have won the costume contest!

This weekend I was under the weather. Friday, Pooh was still juiced on pain killers and recovering from her multiple tooth extraction. I was starting to feel a bit poopy. Everyone was home on a Friday for a change. No band practice, no meetings, nothing. We did a little cleaning and watched some TV.

Saturday, I woke up and headed to McDonald’s for breakfast since Pooh could handle pancakes and since everyone likes McDonald’s breakfasts. After breakfast, I started feeling really green around the gills. I had some kinda cold or sinus infection thing going on. Band Mom had a couple of days earlier in the week where she had a similar thing. Thanks alot for sharing! I think I spent as much time as Pooh just laying around and napping all damn day. Pooh headed home Saturday evening while the rest of us just lazed around the house.

Sunday, I was feeling a little better, but still not good. Band Mom took the afternoon to head to Wal Mart for a much needed grocery run. Unfortunately she went alone and on an empty stomach. She came back with all kinds of stuff. When she got back I ordered some Pizza for dinner. Then it was time for the Steelers game. What were they thinking? Hmm…we have the number 2 running offense in the NFL and our opponent has the worst running defense in the NFL. I think we’ll pass the ball alot and not run a whole heck of a lot. That seems like a good plan! Thing 2 could have figured out that running the ball was probably the best bet. Somehow, they managed to stay in the game and only lost on a last second field goal by Denver. And where was our defense? We allowed 5 touchdowns in the first 5 games of the season and 4 in this game. Please, Denver is not that good…

Woke up this morning feeling much better. Band Mom must have been pissed at the puppy last night because I found her locked in her cage when I got up. Well at least I feel a bit better now.

Thursday, Pooh had to have a few teeth extracted. And by a few I mean 8! She didn’t come out of the anesthesia very well on top of it. She just sat around all afternoon/evening looking rather pathetic with bags of frozen peas strapped to her jaw via a scarf. Also she was on Vicodan. She tried to hold conversations, but they were hard to understand both because her mouth was in pain and she was on Vicodan.

She wanted to do her homework for some reason. I tried to explain that she should wait till later in the weekend. That doing homework on Vicodan is not such a good idea. For some reason this really bothered her. How do you explain to a 16 year old that you have done homework on chemicals not nearly as strong as Vicodan, and that everything made sense while you were doing it, but the next day the answers seemed to have been written by a dyslexic 3 year old with Parkinson’s.

Hopefully, today she will be feeling a little better.

This morning Band Mom took her mom and aunt to the airport for them to set off on their 3 week vacation in China. I hope they are safe and have fun and bring back lots of pictures.

Sunday I got up early enough to get some McDonald’s breakfast. My folks called and asked if they could take Things 1 & 2 to some apple festival. Sure. After they picked up the girls, Band Mom and I headed out. We stopped at the mall and picked up some stuff for her mom. Then we headed over and picked her mom up. We went to Office Max and made some copies for her mom and picked up a toner cartridge for home. Then we went next door to Target to get some last minute things for Band Mom’s Mom and some new clothes for Things 1 & 2 who seem to be dreadfully short on jeans and long sleeved shirts. When we were done shopping we went back to Band Mom’s Mom’s and helped with some things for her for her trip to China. After that we headed home.

Later my folks dropped of Things 1 & 2. We ate some dinner and I caught up on some DVRed TV. Then I got the girls bathed and in bed for school tomorrow.

Saturday Band Mom and I slept in pretty late. We finally did get moving and headed up to Band Mom’s Mom’s old apartment. We picked up a couple of chairs, and emptied her storage room. It was just enough to almost fill the van. We then took all trash out of the apartment and threw it away. We took it back to her mom’s and unloaded it. Then we took her mom and picked up the kids at home. Then we headed to Evergreen for some buffet. After dinner we dropped off her mom and headed home so that Pooh’s dad could pick her up.

That was my final trip to the old apartment I hope. Band Mom wants to go back before the end of November (when the lease is actually going to terminate) and vacuum and clean a bit. I say screw that. The complex already told her that since her mom is leaving early they are keeping the security deposit, and last month’s rent (not to be applied to November!). So I say they can take that money and clean the place themselves. Hell I wanted to leave the bags of trash in the apartment.

Friday was a sad evening. The band parted ways with Scott. I’m not going to give any details, but it wasn’t easy and it wasn’t fun. We’ll miss Scott. Hopefully we will all come out of this and still be able to hang out every now and again.

After that happened, I was to meet Band Mom at the Legion to see “My Tommy” again. So I talked Rock and Trav into going with me so we could drink our sorrows away. We hung out and enjoyed the show. I got up and sang some Save A Horse… and managed to forget the words. Thanks to the dude at the bar who was singing along and I was able to read his lips and get back into it. Rock sang a couple songs too, some Journey and some Whitesnake.

That’s all I’ve got.

Sunday was another semi-lazy day. It was nice to have a weekend with no real responsibilities after the last few weeks of moving. I got to laze around and watch some DVRed TV and then the Steelers win over the Seahawks. Then some more DVR. Then Pooh and I did a Wal Mart run for groceries. Things 1 & 2 went to some apple festival with my folks. Band Mom got some laundry done.

It was obvious that we were home this weekend without many responsibilities. My DVR for the first time in like a month fell down to 30 some % full as opposed to the recently normal 80-90+% full.

After Things 1 & 2 were in bed Band Mom cut my hair. She bought a new trimmer kit a while ago after the last haircut. This one has longer combs so she can do a trimmer only cut, but my hair isn’t too short. It came out okay. I think I’ll let her do it again sometime.

I’ll enjoy it while it lasts because I doubt I’ll get another weekend this easy for a while.

Saturday was pretty laid back. We got up and I ran to McDonald’s for some breakfast. After we ate there was some cleaning done. Then Band Mom took Pooh to the hairdresser to get her hair done for the Homecoming dance this evening. While they were gone, I did a little more cleaning and watched some DVR.

I got a call from my mom asking if I was going to a get together at my great aunt’s house. I didn’t know what she was talking about since Band Mom never passed the message along earlier in the week. I said it all depended on what was going on with Band Mom and the rest of our day’s schedule. Band Mom and Pooh got home and Pooh got herself dressed. It was decided that I would take Things 1 & 2 and go to the get together after Band Mom left to take Pooh to her pre-dance lunch/dinner.

Pooh’s boyfriend and his folks showed up as everyone was getting ready. They took some pictures and what not. Then Band Mom loaded Pooh and her boyfriend and headed to McMurray to drop them off for their meal. Things 1 & 2 and I then headed to my great aunt’s. We had dinner and visited with relatives for a couple hours. After Band Mom dropped off Pooh and her boyfriend she stopped at her mom’s to do some quick stuff. We met back at home and pretty much got caught up on our DVR till about 10 o’clock. Then Band Mom went to pick up Pooh and her boyfriend. She then dropped them at Eat ‘N Park for a late night dinner with friends. After dinner Band Mom went and picked her up and brought her home.

All the kids were in bed and Band Mom and I weren’t tired yet so we ended up watching Deja Vu on OnDemand. If you haven’t seen it, check it out it was pretty cool. Finally Band Mom and I headed to bed around 3.

Friday night Pooh went to the Homecoming football game. I went out and got some take-out Chinese food for Band Mom, Things 1 & 2 and myself. After I ate, I gathered all my gear and headed over to Rock’s for practice. We’ve been throwing around some new names for the band lately as Muttz With Gutz has kinda lost its appeal to all of us. We wanted something a little catchier and we needed to do it soon so we could get out there with a name that we were gonna be happy with and keep. The other night Trav and Rock came up with a few, but after a little internet search they were both overly used and at least one of them by a band from the area. On Thursday night I was on the phone with Rock and started looking through my bookshelf for an idea for a name. I found a couple, but one kinda stuck with both Rock and I. MINDBEND. So Friday I did my little internet searching and nothing. It looks like its available. So I brought it to the table before we started to practice. Everyone seems to like it. So it looks like the band is going to go by Mindbend.

After that was handled we practiced for a while and had a few drinks. Practice went well again. We ended a little after midnight and I headed home. Band Mom had run out and picked Pooh up so everyone was home now. I watched some DVRed stuff trying to get caught up from the last couple of weeks. Then it was off to bed.