Merry Christmas from the Myers’ 2023
Oh man, getting fired after 26 years is pretty shitty – too far from retirement, and too close to crippling depression. But I like to remember that, “what doesn’t kill us, makes us wish it did because pain is eternal.” WHOA! Merry Christmas to me! WTH? Cisco broke up with me earlier this year. It was an “It’s not you, it’s me…” type of thing, but we know it was clearly me. I mean, I’m not the most motivated person and was coasting, so I get it. Any of you hiring?
Odin moved outyay for the first time this last February but we still get to see him quite oftenyay. He’s focusing on the mechanic route and currently works for Next Jump Outfitters. He’s actually having back surgeryboo about the same day you receive this – he’s having some parts of two disks removedboo. He and Erin are still seeing each otheryay and they seem happy, they are both good people and cute togetheryuck. Odin truly brings out the best in people. When he comes overyay, the other two boys creep out of their rooms and come down to the rest of usyay. Odin connects others through his wit and humor and remarkably caring heart. Not sure where he got those things, but I gave him his bad back and anger.
Cyrus continues getting great grades at UW TacomagoDawgs. He’ll graduate next year but still doesn’t know what he wants to dowhoDoes. We’re proud of him getting all A’s and B’s. We see him in the evenings just about 20 minutes after the smell of dinner wafts its way to his bedroom. But only briefly. He takes dinner back to his cavebadParenting and we’ll see him again tomorrow, unless he sees his shadow, then it’s 6 more weeks of winter. Cyrus turned 21 this year and it was quite the show as his brother duct taped a couple of beers to his mits and made him drive to the store to get icenotTrue. We just had family and friends over, along with Cyrus’ friends and we watched them slip-n-slide, drink irresponsibly, and even had to set one of the kids’ shouldersnotLiable.
Drake is in his senior yearsoAmI and having a great timenotWorkingNeitherAmI. He’ll be 18 in March and isn’t sure what he wants to do after HSdrifter. He has a big interest in drawing and I can see him doing very wellgrifter. He has the quickest wit and makes us all laugh with things nobody thinks ofbusker. He bought his first car earlier this year – UPDATE: He just got a job at Safeway here in Gig Harborbagger. He has a caring heart and is remarkably funny. When the three boys are together, it’s comedy goldthreeStooges. I can see him doing comics and/or cartoons, think “Rick and Morty.” Maybe he and I can collaborate (Rick and Morty is dirty so be careful!).
Gwen still works doing medical billing and supporting the entire householdchampion. Not sure what good I can say about her that I haven’t already over the yearsbestFriend. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for this person, ‘cept maybe keep a job, but she’s my biggest supporter through everythingshe’sNotScared. She leveled up to 49 and 12 monthslooks22 this last September and we took the family to Puerto Vallarta and had the best time. She loves Rehab and her chipmunk friendstasty up there and working on projects and floating the lake. She’s a master on the grill and everything she makes is wonderfulfatBradTestimonial. We bought a Kawasaki Super Chicken this summer and love playing on the water and taking little picnic trips around the lake.
I’m trying to finish my book with a working title of, “Idioms, Phrases, and Sayings… Oh My!” I was hoping to have it ready for Christmas gifts so you could overpay for garbage and I could then buy my kids milk and toaster strudel for Christmas. But I have way too much gaming going on in my life to focus on that stuff. Maybe January/February when the interest rates drop a little and you can float a loan to buy it! I have no idea what I’m going to do in these late stages, but I’m looking for something with little to no stress, an exorbitant salary, lots of breaks, a nap roomconjugalVisits, and a disgustingly high contribution to my 401k. <Funny, and not intentional… I just read the previous sentence and realized I described the job I just lost!> Hilariufawe… Sorry, trying to type “Hilarious” but the tears and snot are making it difficult to type correctly.
We are doing well and having a great time with mostly adult children and their people. Excited to see what the next year looks like and how waddling into retirement is going to be, I can’t wait!