This is somewhat of an obligatory fathers day post, but I love him so much I had to partake.
So Happy Fathers day Todd, I love you!
Okay that’s almost lame except it’s not because you should tell your dad the last part every day. So even the people that post short guessable messages on fathers day have my approval.
As for me, this year I’m gonna try to write something from a deeper part of the heart. He’s always been the man, but we butt heads sometimes, hell when I was in middle school or high school we didn’t even say a word to each other for over 6 months. I was living at the house. All that ended pretty quickly about half way through High School. When I say quickly I really mean it. One day we just had a normal conversation about food not getting restocked by my Mom and from then on we talked, laughed, and realized we are the same person. I love my dad. Looking back on it I think it’s funny, but being 30 now I’m glad it didn’t last too long and I’m glad I get to talk to Todd everyday.
I don’t always write seriously. Most of it, even if it’s about technology or just code has some jokes in it or humor laced in it. Some of it get’s deep and only a few friends, my brother, and I understand it and find it funny. I got a weird sense of humor, but I love it.
I have to tough time remembering details about past important events. It’s a terrible flaw I have that bugs me. I wanna fix it because when it happens it’s like that past event didn’t happen. I can’t find a pattern why it happens but I think I might know why and I gotta do cardio consistently to test my theory
Enough about me and my blabber, this is supposed to be a long fathers post from the depths of my heart, so let’s giver ‘er a go.
Todd I’ll say it real, you’re the man, I love you! This year was a tough one, let’s face it we both went through a lot. Your list might be less interesting than mine this year, but who’s counting. You helped me with so much it hard to remember everything.
My brother got married and I had to be best man. I couldn’t have done that without you. All the dinners, meeting my brothers wife’s extended family, the actual wedding, and much much more Todd you were always there if I asked. And we had to do the pre-wedding events twice since COVID cancelled the original date. That was a lot of family, and sometimes frustrating, but Todd was there showing me how to be classy in a BS situation.
Going back to Kauai for Thanksgiving and tracking how many books he read (he reads a Kindle). That retreat is a great time to talk with my dad longer before he gets annoyed with me. He loves that place. This trip was fun, pretty typical. There’s a lot I admire about Todd in Kauai. He’s definitely a nicer person, it’s his happy place. If you know Todd and you haven’t seen him in Kauai you have to tag along and see him in his paradise. He’s definitely happier, as we all are since we are on Kauai, but he’s also got all these things he loves to do that are really just nothing. Anyways I could go on and on about him there, but I won’t. Instead I want to share how Todd’s an animal with luggage. Even if he’s not the strongest, he’s smart about moving his luggage without too much effort and he does gods work for everyone and drives the entire first day so we can get all our luggage there. We got to the point since my brothers wife’s family starting coming and we don’t have enough room for everyone to go from the airport to the condo at once. Todd takes care of that issue with ease and sometimes does a third trip to get food for everyone. The man is an animal with the rental car, and I noticed this year how under looked it is.
Encouraging me to leave Salesforce. I never thought I’d hear him say it, but he did and encouraged me to change it up. He loves Salesforce, and I’m sure loved saying I worked there so I know it was hard for him to swallow his pride and encourage me to leave. His influence on work on me is huge. He’s been working with me daily since I quit Salesforce to be a critic of what I build that day. He’s the best.
Todd, I could dig up more and more stories from the past year but I’ll leave it with this. I wrote earlier about how hard it is to remember certain things, but I wanna say for fathers day’s my favorite that I remember was going to the A’s game when they swept the yankees and there was some guy sitting alone in the upper deck with a broom.
I love you Todd! Here’s to many more!
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