I would make a good stoner

For those of you that know me, know that I would never touch the stuff, but damn, I have anxiety and I would make such a fun stoner.
A few years back traveling came easy, no stress, just whatever, rolling with the punches.  Fast forward a few years and a wife and gromlin in the picture and I am a complete mess while traveling.  My anxiety levels just booking a ticket for a flight leads me to closing the webpage three to four times before I actually book the ticket.  This generally costs me more money because, afterall, procrastination is like masterbation, youre only screwing yourself.  When I get to the airport my levels are pretty normal for the most part.  Security always sucks, so I come prepared for that.  But I have a little ritual.  A 16 oz coffee and a fruit parfait from Starbucks is the ticket.  Yeah, yeah, Im sure the caffeine probably doesnt help my situation, but hey get off me, its my jam.
I always try to get on the left side of the plane.  For some reason, and I dont know why, I feel more comfortable on the left side, and try and be at the wing or forward.  Everytime I go to the back of the plane I swear I can feel every little bumps there is. Its the suck!  Enter medicinal marijuana.  ahhh calm and collected Jonas, with more munchies than usual. hahaha.
It isnt going to happen, weed is lame, so is self medicating.  But I do need to meditate or something.  I already have high blood pressure (thanks dad), so I need to be careful with my stress levels.
At the end of the day, I have a good life insurance policy, and alway book my tickets with my AMEX that also pays out to the wifester, so she is set, and really, thats all she cares about.

So yeah, in ending, Im not going to start smoking weed, maybe just lay off the caffeine and hijack/plane crash movies................ 

Driving with assholes 101

Everyday I drive, I drive with assholes. For work everyday I drive to the Ogden/sunset area and it never ceases to amaze me the amount of lunacy there is on our roadways. Almost guaranteed I will find people texting, doing makeup, eating with both hands, and just being an overall asshole. Have you ever noticed that people and their sense of self importance is much greater than yours? I find it laughable really, and sometimes I just want to throw the middle finger salute to many that I encounter on the road.

So for a few quick lessons that I have learned over the past 48000 miles,or year. Whatever.

Be patient. If you encounter a traffic jam or waiting to pull out into traffic, just be patient and wait your turn. It will come.

As much as you want to, don't flip anyone off or over react, especially if there are kids in the car with them. You will regret it and god hates jerks.

Also as much As you would like it, don't ram anybody. Vehicular manslaughter is bad and if you're reading this, I'm assuming jail won't suit you.

If car waits til the least minute to merge or cuts you off,let em in. You're not a highway vigilante and like I said, god hates jerks so they will get theirs.

When it snows, slow the eff down. I cannot say how stressed out this makes me. Especially with the grom in the car with me. I would really hate to see myself if somebody hits me with the grom. Eff. It freaks me out, but I digress.

Be careful out there.

Jonas



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Location:With snakes on a plane

old man winter

Totally woke up to 3 inches of snow this morning.  The first couple of snow storms actually scare the shit out of me.  Just pulling out of my neighborhood is stressful. When the snow just pops up like it did today, it doesnt really register with people that they cant drive the way that they have been for the past 6 months, leading to an always interesting commute. 

This last weekend me and homies painted the upstairs while the girls were out of town.  We had to wait for a while to do this, because we didnt want the grom there when we paint.  Paint fumes are bad mmmmkkkkkk. Also got to play in Zachs STI, which is fun.  Makes me miss my car, but not enough to make me want to buy one.  It was a weekend of Instagram, Coffee, paint, car rides, an Aggie game, and a stupid workout on campus. 

This week I head off to Orlando for a little BMX action.  I havent been to Florida in a decade, so it should be fun and I heard the weather there is perfect right now. 

 A couple of weeks ago I brought this home for us to play on but forgot to post a pic.  It may or may not have barely fit in our backyard.

The wifester said that she wants to go to San Francisco for our next trip.  Hmmmmm, just makes me think of Full house, and I hate that show.

its life, deal with it.

Crazy amounts of stuff going on in my head lately.  Yesterday we were able to watch history be made by Felix B and the Redbull team as he sky dived from 127000 feet, become the first human to break the speed of sound and to jump from the edge of space.  I have been following this for about three years now and was super excited to wake up early on tuesday to watch it, but then it be aborted for a hopeful sunday launch.  Man was that exciting!  We cheered as he landed, and the grom just wanted more.  Kind of sad to think though that she might not get to experience milestones like that because of the killed NASA program.  But hell, who needs NASA when you have Redbull.

It was also a day of sadness in the BMX world, as 2008 USA BMX Olympian Kyle Bennett passed away in a car crash.  Even though I have only met Kyle in passing at races, it pained me to know that so many of my friends across the country were in pain.  BMX aside, he was a father, and a great person, and one that was taken way too early. Rest in peace #KB88

Racing is going good lately.  Back in the end of the season, and have some fun races coming up.  Went to Canada where they eat toddler portions for meals, and did some racing.  I like it up there, and some of the most excellent competitors/friends are up there. 

The gromtastic one is growing like a weed and has truly become my little sidekick.  She has been on her bike everyday since her race, and everyday I get home from work, while the weather is good, she gets me out into the garage.  She is very good about getting her helmet on, and making sure I put mine on.  This weekend I decided that I wanted to do something different, and brought home a bouncy slide, the thing was so big and it weighs about 350 pounds, so my weak wife didnt even bother help me move it. pssshhhhh, weak sauce.  The grom had so much fun, and seeing her smile constantly warms the void in my chest where my heart should be.  I love being a dad.

We did some family photos a couple weeks back, and I like them.  If I were allowed to grow out my beard, I would have the ultimate lumber jack style.

 Fall is in full swing in the valley of Cache, and days of walking outside will soon come to an end.  We took advantage of an awesome day, and the quietness of a sunday in Logan to hit campus.  This is one of our most favorite things to do.  The grom says hello to any body that walks by and they cant help but smile and say hello back.  I dont think she will have any problems making friends. 

 Enjoy Life peeps.  Its not as bad as you let yourself think it is.

Slicin and dicing

I'm in canada again right now and both ankles are sliced up. That is all.