Having Friday and Saturday nights off will allow me to spend more time with Allyson and the kids. So, it will be a balancing act. As always, I want to continue to give Allyson her "special time" either before or after the various contests that I do now so that she will not feel like I have abandoned her. And my daughter still has to have her "daddy moment" where we sing songs and pray before she goes to bed. She enjoys singing and so do I, so I want to encourage her continuing in this effort. Of course, I am trying to get her to stop wanting to sing Christmas songs now that it is February, but it is not going well with that effort. So, we have been singing rousing renditions of Jingle Bells for months along with other songs!!! And who says you can't have Christmas all year long???
I am very blessed to have a wife that tolerates the contest weekends, so I don't want to do something stupid to cause Allyson to become resentful or upset by my contesting. To give you an example of how much she spoils me in this respect, I was operating in one of the contests (I think it was Sweepstakes) and she knew that I was giving it a maximum effort, so she even brought a plate of finger food out to the shack. She is truly a blessing to me and I am so appreciative of her. She even offered to go pick up the building permit this week while I was sleeping so I would not have to do it, but I told her that Larry wanted to accompany me on that adventure on Thursday, so she said OK. I have to admit that I don't tell her nearly enough how much I appreciate her and everything that she does for me and our family. I try to tell her every day, but I truly feel that that is not enough. For a disabled person, she does very well. I truly married up. I got the better deal by far. There is not too much of a market for overweight, balding geeks, but there sure is one for beautiful, kind hearted and loving women such as Allyson.
I just hope that she continues to be as tolerant when all of the aluminum starts going up in the sky!!!!! I know that she will be, but she has never really seen an amateur tower and all of the trappings up close and personal. She is learning this stuff as we go along and she actually is picking up things well. She has no desire to become a ham, but she does enjoy hearing about the new countries and contests that I work. There is a good side to that. Since she has no desire to be a ham, I don't have to worry about sharing my station. That would really be a pain. I wouldn't mind her having a technician license so we could work 2 meters with each other but I don't know if she would go with it.
So, my life is very good on the home front. Of course, I wish that my oldest son, Justin, would get his license so that he could pursue possible ham scholarships, but I don't see that coming. John shows an interest, but I just can't talk him into committing to studying for the exam. And, of course, Emma is too young, but she is interested when she can talk with Santa!!!
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