I Love You Adrienne, Happy Adrienne Day!
Ugh, It's Adrienne Day and I am on a business trip. I woke up early with the intention of making breakfast before I left for the airport, but I realized 2 things:
- Adrienne was not going to think it was a treat to be woken up to eat breakfast at 6am.
- If I tried to make breakfast I was going to miss my flight.
I have to be honest, this Adrienne day snuck up on me. Things have been a little bit absolutely insane lately and I didn't plan for this like I should have. She should have woken up to breakfast in bed and had flowers delivered, and found a present waiting for her that I had bought weeks ago. None of that happened. Instead I got on a plane. I got on the same plane twice actually because they found a "suspicious object" and had to take us all off, do a full security sweep of the plane, and then re-board us. My bet is they found a spork on the floor and TSA swooped in to handle the situation. So I got on a plane on Adrienne day, flew a couple states away and worked all day. In fact, I am still sitting at my desk.
Adrienne, I am sure, woke up and made breakfast for the kids. Made lunch for Reese, helped him get ready for his early morning Spanish class, and dropped him off. I bet she came home and read with the girls a bit, did some chores around the house, made them lunch, got them ready for and took them to gymnastics. She probably ran some errands, did some more things around the house, made dinner for kids and is getting them ready for bed soon. A pretty normal boring day.
I wish I had made the day special for her. We will have a raincheck and I promise I'll make it up to her.
Now, all that said, I really like our not too exciting days. Last night I was walking towards the dining room for dinner and there was this perfect image, framed through the doorway, lit warmly from above. My wonderful wife and 3 kids sitting around the table talking and smiling, and I felt as happy as I have felt about anything. I couldn't be more in love with Adrienne and more happy that I get to spend my days with her, boring or not.
Also, she is hot.
Take a second and wish Adrienne a Happy Adrienne Day!
See Past Adrienne Days
I Love You Adrienne, Happy Adrienne Day!
I was just in San Francisco for work and I kept thinking, "This would be so much more fun if Adrienne were here!" After nearly 11 years of marriage I still miss her when I am away for just a day or two. If it is longer than a few days I start doing things like this. Not because of some sort of neediness, but because life is so much more fun with her.
Also, she is hot.
Past Adrienne Days
Take a minute and wish Adrienne a Happy Adrienne Day!
I Love You Adrienne, Happy Adrienne Day!
It's Adrienne Day!*
Do you want to know what Adrienne got for Adrienne Day? See that heart right there? That is from the Holiday font set from House Industries. How great is it that my wife asks for fonts as a present‽ ←What my little font-nerd friends? Did I just drop an interrobang on you? Yes, yes I did.
It is harder to orchestrate a great Adrienne day now that we have three kids, but the way Adrienne deals with them makes me want to give her 365 Adrienne Days. She is far more likely to be drawing, painting, writing, reading, or having a dance party with them than she is to park them in front of the TV. I think that if we were landed gentry with access to the finest tutors in the world our kids minds would not be in better hands than they are in now--or my mind for that matter...
It is the greatest thing in the world to be married to someone like Adrienne. We can talk about anything as equals. The first time we really hung out together in college we ended up talking for 6 hours. We can still talk for 6 hours and never be bored.
Also, she is hot.
Please take a second to wish Adrienne a happy Adrienne Day.
*Here is a brief history of Adrienne Day.
I Love You Adrienne, Happy Adrienne Day!
Everyone wish Adrienne a happy Adrienne Day!
I am afraid it hasn't been a great Adrienne Day for Adrienne. I ended up being really sick today and instead of taking her out I have been wrapped up in a blanket moping on the couch. But let me take a second to give you an example of why Adrienne deserves an Adrienne day. When she was little she had a little oscillating fan in her bedroom and as she fell asleep she would make sure to smile at the fan when it turned her way so it would know she appreciated its hard work. How cute is that!?
Also, she is totally hot.
Here are some Amishrobot entries about, or involving Adrienne.
- The Hammer Spinal Repair (Written by Adrienne and, I think, the funniest thing on the site)
- Adrienne
- California Stars
- California Stars: The Movie
- Stuck In Neutral
- The Wu-tang Frontier
- Adrienne Day '05
- Adrienne Day '06
I Love You Adrienne, Happy Adrienne Day!
Once again, I ask you to take time out of your busy schedules to wish Adrienne a happy Adrienne Day (Here is a brief history of Adrienne Day).
I could easily start another site called “Things That Are Wonderful About Adrienne” and keep it much better updated than this one. Until I get around to that, here are some Amishrobot entries about, or involving, Adrienne:
- Adrienne
- California Stars
- California Stars: The Movie
- Love Letter?
- Stuck In Neutral
- The Wu-tang Frontier
And, I think the funniest thing on the site was written by Adrienne, The Hammer Spinal Repair
Also, I am really glad the kids got her looks.
I Love you Adrienne, happy Adrienne day!
Today is Adrienne day.
I hate Valentine's day. It is a cheesy, commercial mess of a holiday. I can't stand it. Adrienne, on the other hand, I love. So, when were were dating and Valentine's day was approaching I decided to take control over my own holiday destiny and I invented Adrienne day. I arbitrarily chose February 9th and we have been celebrating it ever since.
Oh I know, you come for the funny and here I am with all this “love” talk! Take one second to leave a comment and wish Adrienne a happy Adrienne day and I will go back to being your prank monkey.
California Stars
I am sitting in Starbucks in Fullerton CA writing a report for work. How I came to be in Fullerton is a story in and of itself. It involved my family being down here and me being in Utah, a crushing case of burnout, and a song I couldn’t get out of my head. It ended in a spur-of-the-moment 90 mph drive to California.
I really enjoy my job, but it is mentally exhausting. A couple of quotes from websites describing being a usability specialist:
Observing well is hard and exhausting…
The tester’s job requires an intense and exhausting level of concentration…
I was exhausted.
A couple days ago I woke up at 4am replacing the back of my alarm clock. I had been dreaming that I had to evaluate its interface and make recommendations to improve it by morning. I later noticed that I had managed to move the time forward by four hours and 15 minutes.
I don’t know how to explain how burnt out I felt. It wasn’t like I was going to go postal, more like I was going to crawl under my desk and start sobbing.
Adrienne and I had planned to go to California, but I couldn’t go. There was too much work and too few workers. Two babies born to two of my team members within a week, and another team member was in Mexico, leaving just me and my boss.
I sent Adrienne and Reese off to play in California for eleven days while I focused on work. By Saturday morning, day nine, I was completely and totally fried. I was sitting on the couch writing a report for work and listening to music, when California Stars came on.
California Stars
I'd like to rest my heavy head tonight
On a bed of California stars
I'd like to lay my weary bones tonight
On a bed of California starsI'd love to feel your hand touching mine
And tell me why I must keep working on
Yes, I'd give my life to lay my head tonight
On a bed of California starsI'd like to dream my troubles all away
On a bed of California stars
Jump up from my starbed and make another day
Underneath my California starsThey hang like grapes on vines that shine
And warm the lovers glass like friendly wine
So, I'd give this world
just to dream a dream with you
On our bed of California stars- Woody Guthrie
That was it. I was taking a break. I had to. I was going to lay my head on a bed of California stars, and I was going to do it that night. I IMed my boss and said, “I am going to California.” To his great credit, especially since it meant him holding down the fort at work all by himself, he just replied, “Have fun.” I quickly packed and jumped in the car. I only stopped to get gas.
As I got off the freeway in Fullerton the air was cool and moist and smelled like orange blossoms, and out of the 4,000 songs on my ipod, California Stars began to play.
Adrienne and Reese were rather surprised to see me 750 miles from home.
But vacation has to wait. Right now I am paying $10 for high speed wireless internet in Starbucks and hammering out a report for work. Even though I am still working, just being here is such a relief, I feel like my brain works again. I can think clearly again, and I feel physically lighter. I am going to finish this report tonight and not think about work at all for a few days.
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I am done with the report now, and the California stars are calling.
