Coming Too Close

First off, been in sort of a shock state-of-mind today as I found out that No Use For A Name's Tony Sly passed away at the age of 41. Still unsure of the reason, but all I know is, that the punk rock community won't be the same. I saw No Use perform quite a few times and was incredibly fortunate to run into Tony after a memorable show in the Rave basement.  He posed for a picture, and signed my record. Hard to believe it'd be the last time I'd see him and the group perform. They were quite underrated and it's a big loss. May take a while to get over this. Not even sure I can listen to them right now. Okay, on to more positive things. (the picture is from the Milwaukee show 2005)

Had quite a lot of fun with Mia today. She gobbled up a banana at my Kwik Trip before hanging with my dad in the early afternoon. Later, Jill and I went swimming. Mia walked straight in as far as her little  body could go before she thought "oh crap, I'm getting a little too deep here. Water's up to my neck!" This kid loves the pool. It's great after 6 because it only costs Jill and I $8 to get in. Mia's still free. So anyways, I guess the last time Jill and her Ma took Mia to the pool, she really enjoyed watching the kids go down the slides. There's one slide that was more her size and she really wanted to try it. Jill said "Well I'm not doing this!" So I said "hell, why not, I'll hold her on my lap". So she excitedly walked up the stairs holding my hand. I placed her on my lap and held on. I scooted down and we flew faster then I thought. As soon as the slide hit the water, I went under very quickly but like a smart, protective dad kept Mia high above my head. I sort of freaked out because I had no idea what in the world just happened. I probably should have put my legs down as soon as we hit the bottom but I didn't even think of it because I had her on my lap. Stupid. Luckily, we were fine and of course like any daredevil kid, Mia wanted to do it again. I said "forget it, we'll do it next time kiddo". If I would have put my legs down when we entered the water, it probably would have been fine, but the slide is quite steep. One lady laughed at me but when SHE went down she experienced something similar. "HOLY crap you REALLY fly down this thing!" Her boyfriend or husband too had something similar. I think he even hit his tailbone on the bottom. "NEVER AGAIN" he said.

Later in the deeper end, Mia said "ALL DONE!" then "ICE CREAM!" So, the park was closing and we headed home. She kept repeating "ICE CREAM" so we picked up Jill's mom and headed out to Kopps. Easily our favourite place to get custard. Mia and I shared a dish of vanilla, but after a few spoonfuls, she would rather eat that little triangle cookie piece they give you. When we got home, we went on a firefly adventure trying to catch some, but soon realized that the local bats were hunting them and other bugs. Mia would say "BAT!!" when she'd see one. Overall, great day off.

Sold the dog portrait finally to the guy. Glad to get it out of my house. Ready to start my Stamkos photo for my Dad. That's all for now :) Thanks for reading dudes