Time Travel, Finding out I have a Brother, Adopting a Child, A $100.00 Pizza

"I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy, and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment."
— John Steinbeck

Happy Friday, I am sitting in my purple writing chair in Indianapolis; my coffee is strong, the fireplace is kicking out some heat, and it will be a great day. I worked from home yesterday; my wife went to the office and worked with our kid. I stayed home and worked on various projects. I had a very productive day.

Cousin arrived about 4:00; I had a meeting set with a friend to get a cocktail, Cousin joined me, and he and my friend talked about world travel. My friend Jason has a credit card point hobby; he builds points using his business and plans excursions with his wife.  

My wife joined us; Jason left, ate, headed home, and got to bed at a reasonable time; I slept great and am ready to take on another day. When we got home, we got a stack of mail from our neighbors Rick and Saundra; one of the items was Verizon offering us 5G service. Since we moved in, we’ve had Spectrum, and I learned we were paying $99.00 a month for our internet. Verizon 5G is $29.00 a month, so I made the change and will be using our new internet beginning today.

If you have not shopped your internet lately, I suggest you spend a little time looking at your options. My Apple watch just informed me that I need to burn 9200 calories this month to win an award; I’m all in; that’s 370 a day; I can do that in my sleep.

I got a call from a client yesterday; they shared that they would need coverage for a new building. I asked what operation they would be doing in the new facility, and they shared that it was a unique new operation.  I love when my clients enter new realms, so I did a little digging. The “building” is a cave in the mountains of Colorado.  Inside the cave is a portal that allows you to travel through time.

I was skeptical that time travel was not possible, but my client shared that they had just returned from 1754 and set the timer to explore the future. We spoke about the butterfly effect, how they knew not to mess with nouns, and to be more observer than an instigator. After the call, they sent me a few photos, and I’ll be damned, they did travel back in time; my mind was blown. When I returned, they did say my wife and I could use the portal; I think we will go back and visit Liverpool and meet the Beatles.

Today I’ll head north; I need to visit my doctor and then stop by a client. I’m going to purchase a Pizza King pizza, Royal Feast, extra done. Pizza King is the mac daddy of all pizza for those not from the Midwest. Great flavor, and let me tell you, they are very proud of their product. For a large, you are looking at close to $100.00, but it’s worth it.

I got an email from 23, and it seems I have a sibling in TN. Before he married my mother, my father had a child with Maggie. My brother Tom has three kids and four grandchildren, and we are set to meet when I get back in May. The resemblance is uncanny; I look forward to meeting my brother and his family.

We are adopting a child; we have been having conversations about adding to our family. We have been working with an adoption agency for the last few months; our new child is an eight-year-old boy named Brute; he was born in Russia and made his way on a boat to the states. He was found in Virginia living and made his way to Colorado via bus.

It is April fools, so there is no time machine; Pizza King is not $100.00, my father did not have another kid, and we are not adopting a child. But I hope you were enjoying the fantasy world I crafted this morning. I must run, enjoy the day, Bo Anson will be here in 30 days, and I can’t wait to meet the new tiny human.

"I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy, and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment."
— John Steinbeck