Sloth: The Man with the Hammer

[Mrs Van]

6 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Everyone looked at me with jaws slightly agape and cracked up.

I think some wanted to say the same thing, but couldn't/were too scared. You just took the spot light off her, that was why she was angry.

6 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

We all went to lunch at Olive Garden

We have a coffee shop/restaurant here with the same name. It is inside a beautiful nursery. Glad they had food that you could actually eat.

 

[deftona]

7 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

I don't know, this all seems more like one of those TV shows were women sit in the kitchen and drink too much wine and talk/ complain/ and drama in the kitchen and then people get mixed around and it happens some more without anything really happening - I'm looking at you Gilmore Girls.

 

Most accurate description of Gilmore Girls ever. Nothing happens except them making drama for themselves out of nothing and that's too much like real life when you socialise so why do people a) watch Gilmore Girls and b )  socialise? I don't understand people. 

[LouCarJo]

I think we may share a sense of humour - I could see myself saying something like that, finding myself hilarious, and being in trouble with less well-humoured family members for years after.

 

I did have a thing for the Gilmore Girls though, in the early days.  Until I realised that it just made me think I could eat whatever and look beautiful.  I don't like drama for drama's sake though.  When I go into the office I tend to spend a lot of time laughing to myself at the drama some of my colleagues make over stuff.  Someone walked into a door a few weeks ago and broke a toe.  She admits it's all her fault and she was just stupid and walked into the door, but my goodness, the guy who has to make sure the proper form has been filled out, he won't stop going on about it, there's been meetings, etc etc.

[Shello]

12 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

All the siblings and their spouses went to my sister-in-laws house to have a meeting about finances, end-of-life care, inheritances, etc.  [As background info., MIL loves drama, being the center of attention, and can never tell if I'm serious or joking].  We were all seated around the dining room table and it was kind of tense.  It felt like the big reveal on a reality TV show.  It started with a long melodramatic speech by MIL.  After a long time I interrupted with, "You know I'll pull the plug."  Everyone looked at me with jaws slightly agape and cracked up.

 

After that every time it got a bit tense someone would make a joke about it at my expense.  It was a jerk move on my part, but just what the group needed.  MIL was furious with me, but to her credit she kept it inside.  Mrs. Sloth wasn't too happy either.

How nice of you to fall on your sword for the group.  

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

6 hours ago, elizevdmerwe said:

I think some wanted to say the same thing, but couldn't/were too scared. You just took the spot light off her, that was why she was angry.

This is the real answer. She feeds off of the tension, so not only did you take the spotlight, you diffused the tension.

[The Most Loathed]

On 6/18/2017 at 9:23 PM, Sloth the Enduring said:

Mpls. needs a Tako Bell.

I second the motion

15 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Sport KBs breathe all wrong; I could never do it.

I hear this from RKCs alot. It's a bummer every time. 

[Elastigirl]

Thankfully, my family (including the in-laws) share my oddball goofy humor. But ,I 've done the same thing in other crowds. 

[Sloth the Enduring]

19 hours ago, elizevdmerwe said:

I think some wanted to say the same thing, but couldn't/were too scared. You just took the spot light off her, that was why she was angry.

We have a coffee shop/restaurant here with the same name. It is inside a beautiful nursery. Glad they had food that you could actually eat.

 

 

Based on the amount of time I spent in the loo today, the Olive Garden dairy-free menu is full of lies.

 

18 hours ago, deftona said:

 

Most accurate description of Gilmore Girls ever. Nothing happens except them making drama for themselves out of nothing and that's too much like real life when you socialise so why do people a) watch Gilmore Girls and b )  socialise? I don't understand people. 

 

We socialize because we are basicly monkeys.  I don't know why people watch the Gilmore Girls.

 

14 hours ago, LouCarJo said:

I think we may share a sense of humour - I could see myself saying something like that, finding myself hilarious, and being in trouble with less well-humoured family members for years after.

 

I did have a thing for the Gilmore Girls though, in the early days.  Until I realised that it just made me think I could eat whatever and look beautiful.  I don't like drama for drama's sake though.  When I go into the office I tend to spend a lot of time laughing to myself at the drama some of my colleagues make over stuff.  Someone walked into a door a few weeks ago and broke a toe.  She admits it's all her fault and she was just stupid and walked into the door, but my goodness, the guy who has to make sure the proper form has been filled out, he won't stop going on about it, there's been meetings, etc etc.

 

Yes, that is me.  

 

Your office sounds terrible.  My classroom is at the end of a long hallway, away from everyone else.  I tend not to leave my hallway.

 

13 hours ago, LadyShello said:

How nice of you to fall on your sword for the group.  

 

That's what I thought.  They are literally talking about my comment right now and the financial advisor thought so too.

 

13 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

This is the real answer. She feeds off of the tension, so not only did you take the spotlight, you diffused the tension.

 

That's exactly right.  Lest y'all think I'm over-dramatising her love of drama, Mrs. Sloth kept our wedding secret from her mother until she showed up at our door just before the wedding started because Mrs. Sloth didn't want to deal with anything that would be stirred up.

 

10 hours ago, The Most Loathed said:

I second the motion

I hear this from RKCs alot. It's a bummer every time. 

 

After you trained @Bearlee and me I tried it your way the next few times I worked out.  It was impossible.

 

4 hours ago, Elastigirl said:

Thankfully, my family (including the in-laws) share my oddball goofy humor. But ,I 've done the same thing in other crowds. 

 

That's nice.  My wife's family, with a couple of important exceptions, all have a goofy sense of humor.

[Sloth the Enduring]

6/21/17 Wednesday

 

It was a good day.  A real lazy day.  I took a rest day, I don't think I've been training hard enough to need one, but low-cal and platelet donations depleted me.  Slothboy had his dress rehearsal for his ballet recital.  He also did a photo shoot for the school's promotional material.  I brought Twylla to another foster; they'll watch her while we're gone.  This family is already fostering four other dogs.  They're devoted af.  Otherwise I spent a lot of time staring at screens.

 

ETA: I was wearing a Red Ribbon Ride T-shirt when I was at the bike shop.  A woman wearing a Red Ribbon Ride jersey came up to talk to me about it, but I couldn't interact very well because I was distracted by her beard.  

 

Tomorrow will be busy as we pack up for our trip.

 

Training:

Yoga - no.

S&S - no.

Riding - 18 miles easy.

 

Eating - reasonably well.

 

Spending - I bought another pair of bike shorts.

[LouCarJo]

17 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

That's exactly right.  Lest y'all think I'm over-dramatising her love of drama, Mrs. Sloth kept our wedding secret from her mother until she showed up at our door just before the wedding started because Mrs. Sloth didn't want to deal with anything that would be stirred up.

Good idea.  I ended up having mine cry on me on multiple occasions, because of the disappointment I was bringing...

[Sloth the Enduring]

6/22/17 Thursday

 

It was a good day.  It was raining when I woke up.  I cancelled my early ride, rolled over, and slept for a couple more hours.  I spent most of the day running errands so we can leave tomorrow.  Slothboy had his dance recital (auto-corrected to rectal lol).  It was good, very cute. I'm still packing and whatnot.  I had planned to do KBs after I finished errands, but it looks like I'll never finish.  

 

Training:

Yoga - no.

KBs - no.

Riding - no.

 

Eating: Reasonably well, we had dinner at a Chinese buffet near the dance company.  I mostly ate dried-out sushi-like objects and fruit.

 

Spending: tank of gas, mortgage for next three months - this always freaks me out.

[cn3wton]

On 6/21/2017 at 11:18 PM, Sloth the Enduring said:

A woman wearing a Red Ribbon Ride jersey came up to talk to me about it, but I couldn't interact very well because I was distracted by her beard.  

 

I just laughed out loud in the office because of this. Thanks for that!

 

You still playing board games every now and then? I recently joined a meet up and have been playing some really good ones lately.

[Wild Wolf]

On 6/21/2017 at 10:18 PM, Sloth the Enduring said:

A woman wearing a Red Ribbon Ride jersey came up to talk to me about it, but I couldn't interact very well because I was distracted by her beard.

 

LOL!

 

 

9 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Spending: tank of gas, mortgage for next three months - this always freaks me out.

 

I understand why, Brother-Sloth.Spending large amounts of money freaks me out too. And large could be $100 sometimes lol. Budgeting is a bitch, but at least you've made it YOUR bitch  

 

Wolf

[Sloth the Enduring]

 

17 hours ago, LouCarJo said:

 

 

Good idea.  I ended up having mine cry on me on multiple occasions, because of the disappointment I was bringing...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I loled at first 'cause we can relate, but then I got all sad for you.  Ugh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, cn3wton said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I just laughed out loud in the office because of this. Thanks for that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You still playing board games every now and then? I recently joined a meet up and have been playing some really good ones lately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome, I've always felt too awkward to do a MeetUp game.  What are you playing?  I play monthly, but we drink and talk more than we game.  We've been on a Pandemic kick lately.  @TheMostLoathed gave me his Munchkin and I bought QR code sleeves for the cards (one of the guys is blind).  I'm hoping to get that in play next month.  I also joined a new D$D group, but you can't count on that until you're actually rolling dice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That reminds me, my Father's Day dice.  Mrs. Sloth bought them from a neighbor at a craft fair.  If you can't tell, the red one is a skull and the other two have a dragon molded into the faces.  Based on a couple dozen rolls, they seem random.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45 minutes ago, Wild Wolf said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I understand why, Brother-Sloth.Spending large amounts of money freaks me out too. And large could be $100 sometimes lol. Budgeting is a bitch, but at least you've made it YOUR bitch  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wolf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hah.  Not quite, I guess it was more of a lady goatee.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hate budgeting.  My nature is to spend it all right now and hope for the best, but putting money aside and paying off the mortgage takes a lot of stress off of the summer when we have a lot less money coming in and we're spending a lot more.  Luckily Mrs. Sloth is really good at saving and budgeting and she has enough savings to keep me fed. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This morning I dropped MIL and the slothlings off at the airport.  They'll spend about a week with her doing all of the really expensive touristy stuff we won't do when go down there.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We're about to leave on our roadtrip.  The plan is to sleep at a roadside rest tonight and tomorrow.  With a stop for tacos in between.  We should be on the beach Sunday morning.  I might not be checking in much over the next week, but when you see me again I should have a great tan.

 

 

[cn3wton]

I prefer strategy games. Bought Bloodrage and its one of my favorites. 

 

Met a company at a local convention that makes board games. Games called Sherwoods legacy. Its a tower defense board game with a Robin hood theme which is pretty fun.

 

Also play a deck building game called eminnent domain which is really fun.

 

But by far the game that I really loved and is really out there is called Clank. Its a deck building dungeon adventure game where you have to enter the dungeon and grab treasure and escape before the dragon wakes up. I was 1 space from escaping with the most treasure when the dragon finally caught me. Great interactive game and a whole lot of fun.

 

The meet up is really not that bad. I think its partially because the majority of people at the meet-up are socially awkward so I don't think you'd have a problem. At least the one I go to is, and they are more focused on having a good time than winning. A bit casual for my taste but oh well.

[Elastigirl]

Those dice are very cool. So it's just you and Mrs Sloth for a week while the kids are at grandmas? Enjoy your vacation.

[Mrs Van]

Like those dice. I've never seen anything like it. Enjoy the time with Mrs. Sloth while on vacation. Nice and quiet.

[Sloth the Enduring]

6/23/17 Friday. 

 

It's a good day. We drove from 11 'til 11.  We only made it to Salem Illinois. We're going 78% as fast as gps predicts. The camper, traffic, my bladder, and my aimless wandering of travel plazas is slowing us down. 

 

Only thing of note was dozens of army trucks across Wisconsin and Illinois. All crammed with soldiers in full battle gear including helmets. They looked hot and miserable. I told Mrs. Sloth to flash them so they could take their minds off things, but she's never been one to listen to me. 

 

No training,

good eating,

for the sake of my sanity I'm going to ignore the spending part of my challenge until we return. I still want to keep accts balanced though. 

[WhiteGhost]

Nice dice!

[Xena]

I want to stick up for the Gilmore Girls. It is indeed a ridiculous show, but I pretty much live in that town. I didn't really recognize it until my mom and brother pointed it out to me. They still live in the Chicago area where I grew up (not at all like the show).

 

We have all those silly little festivals, and I usually know someone when I walk into a store. I even dated the guy that owns the local coffee shop (like on the show). The town is full of smart retired people with too much time on their hands, so lots of people volunteer for good causes, but lots of people also stir up bits of trouble and complain about things. Case in point...the town newspaper...letters to the editor are EXTENSIVE. And wow, there are weird little dramas. But it's mostly a nice little town and I have good friends who look out for me. ,

 

Anyway, in some ways the show is a more clever version of my actual life. Except for the part about rich parents/grandparents. I don't have those.

[Sloth the Enduring]

On 6/23/2017 at 10:44 AM, cn3wton said:

I prefer strategy games. Bought Bloodrage and its one of my favorites. 

 

Met a company at a local convention that makes board games. Games called Sherwoods legacy. Its a tower defense board game with a Robin hood theme which is pretty fun.

 

Also play a deck building game called eminnent domain which is really fun.

 

But by far the game that I really loved and is really out there is called Clank. Its a deck building dungeon adventure game where you have to enter the dungeon and grab treasure and escape before the dragon wakes up. I was 1 space from escaping with the most treasure when the dragon finally caught me. Great interactive game and a whole lot of fun.

 

The meet up is really not that bad. I think its partially because the majority of people at the meet-up are socially awkward so I don't think you'd have a problem. At least the one I go to is, and they are more focused on having a good time than winning. A bit casual for my taste but oh well.

 

I've never gotten into deck building games, but I'll checkout Sherwood and Bloodrage. 

 

On 6/23/2017 at 0:07 PM, Elastigirl said:

Those dice are very cool. So it's just you and Mrs Sloth for a week while the kids are at grandmas? Enjoy your vacation.

 

Yeah. Originally MIL was going to take the kids for a week a fly them back, but Mrs. Sloth thought we should be in the area in case we needed to rescue the kids or her mom. And when we got the invite to Tank's wedding everything started to fall in place. 

 

On 6/23/2017 at 1:42 PM, elizevdmerwe said:

Like those dice. I've never seen anything like it. Enjoy the time with Mrs. Sloth while on vacation. Nice and quiet.

 

Thanks. It's been nice. The neighborhood guy makes them himself. 

 

On 6/24/2017 at 3:26 AM, WhiteGhost said:

Nice dice!

 

Thanks. 

 

23 hours ago, Xena said:

I want to stick up for the Gilmore Girls. It is indeed a ridiculous show, but I pretty much live in that town. I didn't really recognize it until my mom and brother pointed it out to me. They still live in the Chicago area where I grew up (not at all like the show).

 

We have all those silly little festivals, and I usually know someone when I walk into a store. I even dated the guy that owns the local coffee shop (like on the show). The town is full of smart retired people with too much time on their hands, so lots of people volunteer for good causes, but lots of people also stir up bits of trouble and complain about things. Case in point...the town newspaper...letters to the editor are EXTENSIVE. And wow, there are weird little dramas. But it's mostly a nice little town and I have good friends who look out for me. ,

 

Anyway, in some ways the show is a more clever version of my actual life. Except for the part about rich parents/grandparents. I don't have those.

 

I actually haven't watched the show that much, but the town you describe sounds nice.

[Sloth the Enduring]

Vacation update:

 

I haven't done any Yoga or KBs. It seems to be the rainy season and I don't have a space to flop around. I haven't spent any money except for gas and Takos. We're miles from the nearest boardwalk so there's no temptation and Mrs. Sloth packed tons of healthy food and we haven't gone out yet. I'm also eating well except for two drinks a day. 

 

6/24/17 Saturday- it was a good day. I slept like a rock at the rest stop. We left a few hours late. Tennessee was a traffic jam all across the state. 

 

We got to Atlanta a few hours after I told @DJtrippyT we'd be there, but she was still willing to meet. She picked out a Takqueria right off the beltway with easy parking. The GPS sent me to the heart of downtown through hellush traffic into the hipster district. It was worth it to hang out  with Trippy and eat Korean Tacos. 

 

No training. We slept in another rest stop. 

[Sloth the Enduring]

6/25/17 - 6/27/17 

 

These days are all kind of the same. We wake up latish, go to the beach and hang  out and play in the surf. It starts to rain after lunch so we hang out in the camper and read (I started and finished American Gods). In the late afternoon we hit the beach again briefly. 

 

Later I go on a 30ish mile ride while Mrs. Sloth goes into town. Each day I get caught in the rain. Sunday, briefly. Monday, a steady rain for a couple of hours, Tuesday, a biblical deluge with lots of lightening for about 5 miles.

[Xena]

21 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

We got to Atlanta a few hours after I told @DJtrippyT we'd be there, but she was still willing to meet. She picked out a Takqueria right off the beltway with easy parking. The GPS sent me to the heart of downtown through hellush traffic into the hipster district. It was worth it to hang out  with Trippy and eat Korean Tacos. 

 

It makes me so happy that two of my favorite people that I've never met were hanging out and eating hipster fusion tacos :-)

[Sloth the Enduring]

 

It makes me so happy that two of my favorite people that I've never met were hanging out and eating hipster fusion tacos :-)

 

 

As soon as a road trip takes me through Stars Hollow we can go to the coffee shop and talk about weird drama.