Fanon:The Genesis Project/Chapter 10: Difference between revisions

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And to think that I have little ones in the home again is actually kind of exciting. To top it off, three little ones. I can't imagine what it will be like when they become my age (whatever age that is). If it is that we do have to die eventually, I hope that I am around long enough to see what it is like for them. I know that I am going to try to do everything in my power to make it so that I can.

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The Carpentry and Rec Center have been doing alright even though I haven't been paying them much attention lately. I am seriously think of just turning them over to my sons to run because of how worn out I feel. They basically run them as it is anyways. I guess I could also ask Tyler that I stop managing the Real Estate Agency too. That way I can rest up, and then maybe I can spend some time with my grandsons as well.

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So with the good fortune that I have had this past season and anticipation of the hardship of winter, I have decided to enclose the lake in a shed. That should make it so that it doesn't freeze over so I can keep fishing during the winter. While I was doing that, Nick begged that I also add a room to the house for the kids. I am more than content with them staying outside like they have been, but Nick feels that leaving them to freeze wouldn't be a good idea. I sure wasn't going to let them sleep in the same room and be woken up in the middle of the night by the continuous wailing, so I obliged to Nick's suggestion. The things I do to avoid the whining of the children, including my son.

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It could be that it isn't just me. I have noticed that several of the other Originals have felt some of the same things: slowing down, worn down and tired, not as sharp as we used to be. None of the other boys feel the same way, so maybe it is just the affects of being old and gray. (Although Mike will make it very clear that he isn't gray like the rest of us.) So maybe I'm not getting sick after all. I could just be nothing after all. Still makes me wonder though.

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As far as the progress with the businesses, there really hasn't been much this past season. I guess we will have to work harder in the winter to make it up. I did add a small room to the shack for Kevin and Adam. I just might have to think about adding more later with another on the way. There just won't be enough room for 6 of us in a two room shack.

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I am surprised that Eric seems to be able to handle raising the boys, helping with the businesses, and help me with the plants all while tossing the ball or other sports related activities. I barely have enough energy to run the businesses and tending to the plants to keep up with my occasional hikes around the neighborhood before I am so run down and tired. In fact, I don't recall being able to keep up with everything that Eric is doing when I was (probably) the same age. I only had one son, and he now has two! I guess I really did raise him well with the healthy food that I have been feeding him. Who knows what kind of diet we had before we came here. That could be part of the reason that we are so run down. Hopefully when they are old like us, the boys won't be as tired and worn.

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And speaking of the business. I guess we are doing alright, but it seems that there aren't many things being bought any more, which is kind of odd considering that winter is coming around the corner. In any case, I have been talking with the boys about doing some different types of textile than we have been doing in the past. Hopefully it will add some more variations for our neighbors to buy as well as giving them some higher standard of living. I mean, we aren't just scraping for wood to keep warm in the winters and food just so we don't go to sleep starving. It's high time that we start enjoying some luxury of living now that we are flourishing.

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The Hardware is coming along quite nicely. There are a few variety of things that are now available for everyone's plumbing needs. I think I will have to add on to the building and expand to have more room for more things. Of course, I won't do it too fast because it isn't that often that anyone has serious plumbing needs. There is only so much that a handful of guys have a need for.

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