Yuk it’s Monday

Howdy!

I initially woke up with the thought to call in, it would be the perfect day. Nothing on my calendar, the boss is out and I just wanted to go back to bed. However, for some silly reason I pushed myself.

It’s a good thing that I did show up because little did, I know that plenty of people would be reaching out to me. I had one person that presented a challenge that I was able to figure out but it took some time and a little bit of patience on my part. I always like a puzzle type problem that I can solve. Fun fact I hate putting puzzles together, but they are great to look at when they are done.

After the big morning rush, I came upstairs, and Rudy was waiting for me at the door, it was lunchtime and he wanted his food. Sadly, I passed out something that he didn’t like, and he avoided it and tried his salesman approach to wiggle something else out of me, but it hasn’t worked. Now he has turned into my shadow. I laid down for a bit at lunch and he stayed with me. I think he is not feeling well. I making him wait until supper time and then I am sure he will probably wolf down whatever I put in front of him, or so I hope. I really have my eye on him and am thinking that we are probably going to wind up seeing the vet, which I’d like to avoid.

I did get to brush both cats yesterday and this time I think I got more fur off skinny Rudy than I did Mora. I brushed and brushed. Eventually he wound up falling asleep in my lap, guess it felt that good.

Enjoyed my pasta last night, service could have been better. I asked for no onions on my salad and got them, anyway, guess it’s a good thing I am not allergic to them. I really wanted to order some Spumoni, haven’t had that in a long time but I was way too full. I came home and an hour later I had a Snickers ice cream bar, it was good, but it was no Spumoni.

Had a couple hot dogs and a sweet pickle slice for lunch. It was easy and quick. Just the hot dog, no bun or bread. Put a little ketchup on them and they were quite tasty.

Thinking about supper tonight not sure if I want to go the pasta route again or if I want to have some soup. Kind of feels like I am getting sick, but it could just be allergies.

I was pleased to see this morning in my email notifications that it appears the refund I have been waiting for from my car insurance has finally arrived. I want to go grab it so I can deposit it but honestly waiting a couple more days won’t kill me. I used to fetch mail daily but now I go once a week. Although I have been known to get anxious and go grab mail because I knew there was something I wanted waiting for me, like in this case the check. However, you can’t always trust the email notification, sometimes mail shows up there, but it takes another day or two before it arrives. On average the notifications are mostly spot on but there have been occasions when they are incorrect.

Really looking forward to shaving tonight, my face itches like crazy and scratching does not help. Outside of that there is not a whole lot going on here. I hope that your Monday wasn’t bad and that the surprise Man Candy I shared put a little sparkle in your day.

Surprise - Man Candy

Weekend Update

Saturday …. My insomnia did kick in for some reason. Not sure why but weekends seem to be the absolute worst. Rudy was all worked up before bed, he wanted catnip. I passed some out the other night when he told me he wanted to play but just groomed himself the whole time I tried to play with him. Put some cat nip out and his attention shifts to that and nothing else can bother him. Same for his sister.

Anyway, Rudy let me sleep until 7a and then he started his biscuit making. I got up and fed him. There was a chill in the air, and it was kind of refreshing, just a slight nip not freezing cold. I came back to bed and watched TV. After a while I got up and had breakfast, which was cereal & a banana. Then back to my room to peek at my phone. There was a work email but nothing serious. I watched TV and eventually returned to bed. Both cats had taken over the bed by then. I woke Mora up and she moved. Rudy did not, he was in Mora’s go to spot which is upper left portion of the bed. She didn’t mind that he was there, she came up and sat on him. She groomed him a bit and then we all just snuggled as I watched TV and looked at them, feeling the drowsiness set in. I needed sleep. I turned the TV off and white noise machine on. Then I heard this noise that sounded like a cat scratching. However, they were both next to me and no one moved a muscle. I closed my eyes and then heard it again; turns out it was my phone vibrating I didn’t hear the tone because of the white noise machine. The phone was going nuts and it was work. I had to get up.

Turns out a spammer sent in a bunch of emails and I was getting the alerts that the messages hit quarantine. I got up and logged in only to reject the messages and block the sender. Nothing major but I hated to do anything work related since it is the weekend but if I wasn’t on-call it wouldn’t have been required. In fact, this wasn’t urgent, I was just being proactive.

By now it was lunch time (11a) and Rudy came out asking for his lunch. I fed him. I had a quick lunch myself, a soda and some cornbread. I forgot the cornbread when I was eating chili, damn I knew I was missing something, but my brain was fried.

I put on some clothes and headed outside to patch my front porch. There were a couple of divots that the contractor caused but calling him back and making him fix them would be pointless because he would get all defensive and argumentative and I wasn’t going down that road. I got some concrete patch in a tube off Amazon and put on some rubber gloves and got to work. It turned out okay for me. I might go back for a second touch up but right now just let it be. I came in and relaxed for a while watching TV and the cats sunning themselves in the window.

Saw that my new neighbors did some brush trimming and hauled the brush away (unlike the old neighbor who would just pile it up and I’d have to look at it all year long) but they left a bunch of leaves in my front yard so it looks like I did the work. I thought about getting my blower out and pushing the crap over in their yard but I’m going to let the wind take care of it. Thus far I am NOT a fan of the new neighbors. The motorcycle is one thing. They have 5 vehicles plus 1 motorcycle. I think it’s two families that live there. Anyway, they park on the street in front of my house then use my driveway to turn around. I kind of wish I had remote control stop sticks so I could flatten their tires. I don’t mind the occasional car that turns around but they use my driveway practically every damn day. We have yet to meet and they might be the sweetest people, but they are grating on my last nerve. They make all kinds of noise during the day or at night like they are doing demo work or some type of construction. Hopefully it settles down.

Eventually I could see the day was going to get away from me, so I got a shower around 2p. I was really fatigued and could have used a nap. I didn’t want to go out but forced myself to. Once I was behind the wheel I woke up. I headed out for a bite to eat first figuring that food equaled fuel and would power me up. I went to get Mexican Food, and, on the way, there was 1 car that almost side swiped me because they didn’t know how to switch lanes, they flipped me off as if it was my fault, but I was totally in the right. Then a few minutes later some Mercedes came flying down the freeway like were on an F1 racetrack, he had to be doing 80mph and he too almost crashed into the side of me. He came out of nowhere and scared the crap out of me. The way people drive around here I’m surprised there aren’t more handicapped parking spots. Not surprisingly, on the way back there was a 3-vehicle crash what a mess that was.

My phone had a couple of work emails on it by the time I arrived at the restaurant, and I needed to respond but put it off until I got home. I took my sweet time eating and running the errands that I needed to get done. When I finally got back home, I logged on and responded. I had to log off and back on a couple times but got everything taken care of.

Working on laundry. Got my finances updated, caught up on email. Surfed for porn. Saw last night on social media that one of my all-time favorite porn stars, who is Sam Bridle got the side of his head tattooed. That had to hurt and honestly, I am not a huge fan of tattoos in general. I hear that once you get one you constantly want another, like it’s a drug. Hey if he’s happy with it that is all that matters. I also hear that tattoos are not cheap. I’m not a fan of any kind of needle so no wonder that I am averse to tattoos.

The mail brought me my ballot to vote in the election. I’ve filled it out and got it ready to mail back. No standing in line for me. I switched to a mail in ballot just before COVID hit and I’m on a list so every time there is an election a ballot is automatically mailed to me. It makes it easy and convenient. There is plenty of time for me to stop think and make my decision. I always mail it back the day after I get it just to get it in the mail. There is an online service that tracks it and I double check that it’s been received.

What the mail hasn’t brought to me yet is my refund for my auto insurance. It should be here now, looks like next week I will have to make yet another call. I am ready to switch insurance companies given all the time and effort they are costing me. Back in the day when I had a local agent stuff like this never happened. I get that they want to hold my money if they can squeeze out every drop of interest but come on were talking a hundred dollars it’s not going to break a company. Oddly enough they pay insurance claims (when I have had one) much, much faster.

I promised myself that I would go out for ice cream but it’s much easier to head upstairs and hit the freezer up. Plus, it’s not like I need it. Back when my spouse was alive, we used to go for ice cream all the time. I remember one October I snuck out of the house and got both of us something. I came back home and we watched the baseball game as we ate our ice cream; it was world series time, and I remember how surprised he was when he saw the ice cream. I was so quiet he never knew that I had left the house. Neither one of us was much into sports but hell it was a good time. Now I rarely if ever go out for ice cream, just because it brings back memories of him. I simply can’t go for ice cream without thinking of him. There were many other things that we used to do together like going out to eat and shopping for groceries and cat food. It was hard at first to do those things but since I do them all the time they don’t bring back memories. Guess if I went for ice cream more often it would be a more common activity and wouldn’t bring up memories.

Sunday…. Woke up at 7am and Rudy was thrilled as usual to see me. He didn’t like what I put out for breakfast, so I opened a second can. He ate and that made me happy. I got dressed and found out that it was in the 50’s outside. I grabbed a leather jacket before I headed out. Having my vehicle parked in a well-insulated garage made it all nice and warm. It didn’t cool down until it sat outside while I ate breakfast.

On my way to Target after having breakfast. My lazy voice whispered to me; you could go another week the cats have enough treats at home. I wanted to give in and pass Target up, but I stopped. I felt better getting the task out of the way and knowing that I have treats on hand for the little furry monsters.

I made it to the grocery store, remembered everything I forgot last week. The one thing that I really wanted was Blueberry Syrup, but they didn’t have that. Hopefully, I will remember to look for it next week and if I find it, I will buy two bottles. It’s good stuff but then again, I love Blueberry.

Last stop before heading home was the gas pump and it wasn’t terribly painful, but I hated seeing the price per gallon so high. I can’t wait until it falls again, if that ever does happen.

When I arrived back home and walked in, I saw that Rudy got sick. I wasn’t happy about that but kept bringing things in from the vehicle and unloading. When I was done putting everything away, I cleaned up Rudy’s mess and threw the food away. That always makes him beg for more. It’s like there is no food, I’m hungry, please feed me. But I operate on a schedule here and not at the whim of a cat who can get hungry with the blink of an eye. There is always dry food out so if he was hungry enough, he would have nibbled on that.

I had a couple of emails that trickled in from work that needed attention, but they weren’t super urgent. Glad that I didn’t jump on them because as I was trying to nap more came in. Damn phone always wakes me up. Thankfully my on-call duty ends tomorrow morning and then when the workday is done, I am free to power my phone off. I will for sure take advantage of that come next weekend.

I passed out lunch for the cats and set my medicine out for the week ahead. Another weekly task that I am not a fan of. However, there will be no chance that task will end until I cease to exist. That is unless there is some magical cure for all that ails me.

I decided to just be lazy for a few more hours. Sat with the heating pad for my aching back and watched SNL (Saturday Night Live), I only watch it for the opening skit and weekend update. Occasionally they will have a musical guest on that I want to see. I don’t remember who was last night, but their drummer played shirtless and wow he was nice to look at for a few minutes.

Then I moved on to Frontline that is on PBS. The latest show was called Scammed. It was all about the various scams that target everyone. They started with a sextortion case and a 17-year-old boy who committed suicide after he sent a nude photo to a threat actor that he thought was a young girl. He gave the threat actor $25 but they wanted more. He told the threat actor that he didn’t have any more money. Unphased by that the threat actor demanded more money. The kid told the threat actor how scared he was and that he had a gun. Moments later he went to the bathroom and blew his brains out. His father tried to rescue him and felt his son’s pulse and life just leave his body. That’s something that no parent should have to experience. It was worse because after the actor knew the kid was dead, he started to reach out to his relatives including his brother and father. The show covered romance scams, crypto scams and everyone from young to old seems to have fallen for something. This includes Attorneys, Doctors, People who work in IT and Finance. With the advances in AI, it’s even tougher now to detect if you’re talking with a bot or a real person. Kind of made me think about the dating world and who exactly might be on an app. I had a guy years ago start a romance scam with me and I smelled it a mile away. I’d ask a simple question, and he would spout off paragraphs. Each morning I’d wake up to another message that took me at least 15 to 30 minutes to read. It was obvious that he was using a script and cutting and pasting. Plus, his distance from me would change and be radically different. He tried to tell me he was in the military and “deployed”. I could see that it wouldn’t be long before he would be asking for money. Money was the last thing I had, and I just blocked him and moved on. The hurt to me was minor but compared to what could have developed I am glad that I was smart enough to see it and stop.

While I think I would be smart enough today to not fall for something, I second guess myself just because technology has gotten so damn good. I am smart enough not to send money or nudes. Even if a guy wants to send nudes to me and I’ve gotten them, you don’t know if what you’re looking at belongs to the sender or to another human or if it’s just an AI rendering. There are humans behind the attacks that watch this play out in real time. I get that people need to earn a living but there are more honest ways of doing that. Good and Evil have always existed in the world, and both will never cease. A big tip off at least in the dating world is when someone wants you to move from the app and to texting – that’s a tell-tale sign. Although some people don’t want to be tracked by the apps, I get it. Still until we meet in person, I don’t want to hand over my phone number, no matter how good looking a guy is or how much he sweeps me off my feet. I still have my doubts if I will find Mr. Right but hopefully, he is out there and our paths cross sooner rather than later.

Doesn’t look like I am going to make it outside to spray the perimeter for bugs this weekend just because I am being lazy. The weather forecast has nothing but sunshine and warm weather moving our way. We will be back in the upper 80’s by mid-to-late week. I’m planning to get the spraying done next weekend.

As for the rest of today, I’ll be relaxing with the cats for a bit, then headed out for some pasta before returning home. Might get out during the week to grab a bite to eat but I have plenty here. I got more Chili and soup. Grabbed some more cornbread too. The only thing I don’t have is crackers, but I can put that on next week’s shopping list.

My boss is off tomorrow, and I am hopeful for a peaceful Monday. The week ahead doesn’t look too bad right now but things can always change.

As usual I hope that all is well in your world and that we all have a great week ahead! Thank you for stopping by.

Man Candy

JOCKTOBER OR LOCKTOBER ?

Happy Friday! We made it through another week. Now we have 2 days to relax, have fun and do whatever we want.

You’re never too old to learn something new. I have always heard of Locktober where guys wear chastity cages all month long and stay “locked”. More power to you if you engage in this, I don’t know how anyone could manage. I get way too horny and couldn’t imagine going a month without relief. What I learned is that there is also something called Jocktober, where gay guys wear jocks all month long to support body positivity. Not sure where this has been hiding but I never ever heard of it. I always enjoy learning something new. Jocks are hot and seeing guys in them can get me worked up. For some guys, I think that jocks frame their asses nicely.

Friday is in full swing here and thus far it’s not been too bad. I got a hell of a surprise dumped in my lap last night. My boss failed to communicate to us about some project work that is going on. I got forwarded a schedule and passed it on to the rest of my team, so they aren’t caught off guard. I’m sure they will have to do what I did last night. If my boss knew that it would probably upset him, but I say fucking do your god damn job. Communication is key and had I been forewarned it wouldn’t have been a big deal but to get an eleventh-hour surprise really made my blood boil. I had to help someone last night, it was easy and quick, but I had to stay connected for longer and didn’t sign off until 7:30p. It was a 12-hour day for me, and I was so tired when I was done. Felt so good to disconnect. For people like hospital workers, fire fighters, police officers and others that work 12 hour shifts I tip my hat to you. Not sure how you manage to do it. I suppose if my day was more involved and busier the time would pass by much faster. I think riding around in a fire engine or squad car would also be kind of fun, though I suppose that wears off quickly.

I had semi hot Baked Potato soup for supper last night. I ate in a hurry because work was calling. I got to fix a fuck up of the new guys while I waited for my project work and then got a call from my boss and he just wanted to talk and talk. I just wanted to say STF so I can enjoy my evening, bad enough I must listen to your crap during the day. However, I held my tongue and just waited for him to finally shut up.

Tonight I plan to enjoy Chili with cheese, sour crème and some corn bread. I am really looking forward to this meal. I’ve waited all week long and the weather is perfect today for chili. I hope nothing fucks this up for me.

I am also hopeful that I will get a decent night’s sleep and my insomnia doesn’t flare up. While I want to enjoy some lazy/down time, I really don’t want it to consume the bulk of the day. I’d like to patch some concrete and spray the perimeter for bugs. Speaking of bugs, Mora has been pretty good at detecting when the Stink Bugs make it into the house. I learned that they release a scent that only other stink bugs smell to mark where they enter so the rest of them can flock to that entry point. They don’t harm anything inside the house and are just looking for shelter, but I am not a fan, and the cats will stare at the ceiling for hours on end following them as if they are a toy. Mora tried to eat one last night, but I stopped her in time. That would be a horrible snack and one that she wouldn’t enjoy. Rudy detected one last night before Mora’s sensitive ears started working. Nice to have bug hunters, they are really on top of things!

Here’s hoping it’s a great and enjoyable weekend for all of us. Take care!

My Salesman

Hope you are all doing well. Happy Friday eve or better known as Thursday. One more day to go!

Yesterday I was in a meeting and my boss said that his boss was calling so he paused for a moment, by the time he went to answer the phone he had hung up. A few minutes later his boss was calling me. I dropped off the meeting and helped his boss out with what he wanted. He reached back out later in the evening reporting a problem and I worked through that with him via email. I figured all was well because I heard nothing further. We are well into the afternoon. My boss just called and said that his boss was reporting problems and asking for his help. We reviewed what I did, and everything looked good. My boss is going to handle it and get it worked out. I just hate dealing with his boss. That man apparently loves me because he hits me up all the time. It makes my skin crawl to see his name on caller id or in an email. I’m sure if I get a promotion I will be working more with the dummy and that is unsettling to me. I don’t show any fear or hesitation externally but internally I am nervous as hell working with him because he will pick things apart and if there is one thing out of line, you will hear about it. He also loves to set you up; he will ask questions that he already knows the answer to. It’s not like he is a homicide detective trying to solve a murder and hell were all supposed to be on the same team working for the same organization! I don’t know why he does that it’s counterproductive. I’ve always disliked the man and even my late former boss disliked him.

In one of our meetings yesterday I learned that the mistake maker will be taking the last of his time in November through mid-January. That’s going to make it difficult for those of us that are left working but I’ve gotten through him being gone before and since this is the last kid he will ever make, I think I can muster up enough gumption to get through another period without him. The crazy thing he told me was that HR doesn’t ask for any proof that you had a child, other than if they need benefits you have to provide them with an SSN (Social Security Number), otherwise you could say you had a kid and take the time off and no one would be the wiser. Kind of makes me want to tell them that I am adopting a child just to get 12 weeks paid leave. I’m not going to do that but wow it’s so tempting. I could certainly benefit from paid time away.

It’s been a busy Thursday. I had my normal 1^st of the month junk to deal with but normal work came in as well and one person that loves to cry wolf sent an email to a bunch of people reporting a problem. I was able to call them out and tell them they were lying because there are no logs to support what they were reporting. It was fun to reply to everyone and send that email, it made them look stupid. I don’t know why people think they need to send an email including multiple managers just to get action. If you reach out to one person, they will take it and run with it. Ah corporate culture is toxic for sure.

Got the trash set out before the rain moves in. Today it’s extremely hot here in the 90’s, which is highly unusual for this time of year, but it’s happened before. There is a cool down coming with rain today and tomorrow. The weekend is supposed to be in the 70’s and sunny – hopefully that is the case, and I can get motivated to get my outside work done.

This morning woke up to an alert from one of my banks that they thought a fraudulent check was presented for payment. Turns out it was the check for the guy that did the column work. It wasn’t fraud at all. I don’t normally write checks that large, so I am very pleased they reached out. Also, glad that he finally cashed the check. I don’t like the fact that he did a mobile deposit, I can only hope that he shreds the original, but he doesn’t impress me as that type of a guy.

I watched a Kevin Williams scene last night; jeez he was so cute and in great shape as a younger man. He was for sure most gay men’s dream. He had such a great smile to add to his appearance.

Had Tuna Noodle Casserole for supper last night, it was pretty good for being a frozen dish. Stouffers makes some great things and that just happens to be one of them, in my opinion. Tonight I think it’s Baked Potato Soup. I’ve got Chili as well but saving that for Friday!

Rudy appears to be back to normal. He drank a lot of water yesterday and was a little clingy. By bedtime I could tell he was his normal self or so it appeared. He is acting normal today. I never got to brush him yesterday, but I am certainly going to make that happen today. He’s been grooming all day long and that’s how he gets his hairballs. I’ve always been concerned about the amount of time he spends grooming himself, but I guess he wants to look his best! Some cats are particular and he is for sure one of those. Mora does a decent amount of grooming but nothing close to what her brother does. Plus, they work on each other at different times. That’s just a cat thing that they all do. Who wouldn’t want affection? No one that I know of. Plus, they both try to groom me by licking my arm or when Rudy gets in salesman mode, he will wash my forehead and scalp. That’s how I know when he really wants something!

Is it normal?

Hello & Welcome in…

Taking a break today from my daily life, nothing spectacular to report. I’ve been wanting to write about this for a bit.

It’s no secret that I have a lot of favorite porn stars. It bothers me when I hear about one of them passing. However, when I do hear that one of them has passed away, I want to watch their work. This has been especially true for Blake Mitchell, Cole Claire, Kyle Ross, Kevin Williams and Scott Finn just to name a few. I also see that their content seems to rise in popularity and it begins to recirculate on the web.

While I know they are porn stars they become a small part of my life, especially when I follow them on social media and get to know the little bits they disclose about their personal lives. It also hurts me a little bit to hear when a favorite of mine has passed away. This is especially true when they are younger. The cause sometimes shakes me, like with Scott Finn who committed suicide. He seemed like such a genuinely happy person, he laughed and joked around all the time. Blake Mitchell was a huge surprise because he died in a motor vehicle accident, he was truly a victim.

Not sure if it’s normal to want to watch their work. Honestly if I had more going in my own life, I wouldn’t have time to form any type of a connection in my mind with a porn star. I know all too often people lose sight of the fact that they are people despite the fact they elected to do porn. There is a person there, good or bad, it’s still a human being.

Life goes on and I realize there will always be another porn star. However, there are some that were truly great at what they did. I know that I can’t be the only person that feels this way. Then again porn is my sex life now and I am closer to that industry than most people.

Done with Tuesday

Hi there!

Last night I took my sleeping meds a bit later than normal. It was a bit cooler overnight. I slept well, not sure if it was one of those things or both. Just wishing that every night’s sleep could be that good. I feel decent this morning. I spent half an hour downstairs this morning before I moved upstairs. That’s got to be a record.

I got a little bit of a break in before things started going crazy and the day got fully started. It’s been a busy one. Plenty of meetings as well, more than I usually have on a Tuesday. The boss called me twice. He shuffled some work my way and that kept me busy for a while, but I plowed right through it. I like to get things done so I can be available. This is especially true when I am on call because you never know what might be coming your way.

Poor Rudy had another hair ball. I brushed him again this afternoon and didn’t get a whole lot of fur off him. For good measure I brushed Mora as well and while I got more fur off her in the grand scheme of things it wasn’t a whole lot. I didn’t break out the Furminator because that brush really gets the fur off both cats. I did that over the weekend. The poor guy (Rudy) bugged me for food early in the afternoon just after making his mess. I knew better than to give in because he would only be asking for food again come supper time. I made him wait and he munched on a little bit of dry food. As soon as it was close enough for supper, I put food out for him and he happily ate.

Supper tonight for me was leftover pizza. I’ve only got one piece left and plan on finishing it for lunch and having it cold. I had a breakfast sandwich for lunch, there really wasn’t a lot of time to eat once we got into the afternoon and the many meetings I needed to attend.

Kind of glad that today is behind me. It’s not Friday yet but were inching our way there.

It was another nice and higher temperature day here. The AC has kicked on a couple of times and I’m sure it will run at least one or two more times before the day is done. My favorite tree in the neighbors yard across from me has started to turn. It goes from green to yellow to red. I try to capture a photo each year when it is all red. Shortly after that all the leaves fall from it. This is a sure sign that not only are we closer to colder weather but the end of the year.

I hope that you had a great day. Take care!

Found the money tree

Here we go again another week ahead of us. I scheduled some vacation this morning, I took 2 intervals of 3 days. The first is after election day and the second is the 3 days before Thanksgiving. So, I have some time off to look forward to. I still have roughly a week to use before the end of the year. Right now, I am saving it as a cushion in case I get sick, but I might just schedule it. I’d like to take a week this month but thus far have talked myself out of it.

I had a great pizza yesterday afternoon. As per usual no hot guy candy to look at. Some kids came in with their parents after a soccer game. The parents announced to the entire restaurant that the kids lost their soccer game by a lot. The kids didn’t seem bothered by it at all. Unfortunately, there were flies in the restaurant and I kept having to shew them away and almost wound up spilling my soda. I was happier when I put the leftovers in a box and headed home. I am not a fan of insects.

Had a relaxing evening with the cats. Found out why Rudy was so clingy. He wasn’t feeling well and produced a hell of a fur ball. I kind of thought that was the case. Both cats got brushed and their nails trimmed earlier in the afternoon, this was pre-fur ball. Mora put up one hell of a fight with her nail trim, but it hasn’t harmed our relationship, which I am thankful for. I love her and her brother so much the last thing I ever want to do is hurt either one of them. I think she knows that. I’m not a fan of having my nails trimmed either and I do that job myself. I don’t know how anyone sits still for a nail trim by a stranger.

I popped an extra sleeping pill last night and had a good night’s sleep, despite a couple of wake-up calls to use the restroom. Once I got back in bed it was lights out and I was in dream land all over again. Really wish that I could sleep like that every night it would make me a much happier person, not to mention that I would feel so much better. Sleeping is a huge requirement for me, and I love it very much. I fell in love with it as a kid and it’s a love that has lasted well into adulthood. The same is true for food and men!

Woke up to a nice cool morning start but it’s going to heat up as the day wears on, and it will feel more like summer today and the next couple of days, which I am okay with. It will be in the 80’s, which isn’t horrible. Might as well enjoy what warmth we have left while it lasts because soon colder will be normal. The best thing about that is that all the bugs will be dead, that is the only good thing about colder weather.

I forgot to mention this in my update yesterday. Often when I get to the checkout at various stores I am asked did you find everything okay or a similar question. I always answer yes, I found everything but the money tree. I’ve been saying that for years upon years. My late spouse said it as well. Yesterday when I was at the grocery store, I passed the floral section and saw they had 8-inch money trees for sale. I paused and just took that in. I never actually knew there was something called a money tree. I told the cashier about it. He didn’t know it as well and once he handed me my receipt, he headed back to see them. The cashier told me that I should run back and get one, it might grow. I told him I was born at night but not last night. It was a nice smile moment.

On the work front it’s not been a horrible Monday but I have had busy spikes here and there. My schedule has a bit more tomorrow and there is no shortage of meetings to attend. I’m hoping that this is a quiet and fast-moving week, I hate being on call. Speaking of which, it’s almost time to put together next year’s on-call schedule. The only thing I need is a list of our company observed holidays which won’t be released until a bit later in the year.

I hope you had a great day!

Weekend Update

Saturday …. As per usual my insomnia kicked in early in the morning. I sat up and looked for something to watch. Sadly, I found something on Peacock an old tv show called Too Close for Comfort. Looks like I’m keeping Peacock, at least for now. Eventually I was able to fall back asleep and Rudy let me sleep in until 7a. That was awfully nice of him. I got up and got the cats and myself breakfast. Then off to the shower. I was partially dressed and sat down to watch TV; I had a little bit of time to kill before my haircut appointment. That time passed by quickly and I finished getting dressed. I was early for my haircut as usual and had to wait on my barber to finish up with their current client. I had some plans for today but feeling tired all I wanted to do was go home, get undressed and crawl back into bed. So that is exactly what I did. The cats didn’t seem to mind.

I rotted in bed and my room for the bulk of the day from sleeping and watching TV. I passed out lunch for the cats, only because Rudy was insistent about it. I grabbed a soda and some chocolate and enjoyed more of the TV show. Eventually I opted to turn the TV off and start on laundry. I had some finance work to catch up on and then veered off into the world of porn. Before I knew it I needed to leave for supper.

Backup stairs threw on my clothes and headed out. I went for BBQ only because I was supposed to have a reward since it’s my birthday month. Turns out that reward wasn’t on my account. Last year the place moved my birthday month to October. I said something to the manager, and he was supposed to have corrected it but apparently that did not happen. I wasn’t pleased about that, and my dippy waitress didn’t offer to get the manager or fix it. I wanted to get going because a charter bus had just pulled up and the people were piling in. It took me forever to work my way past all the people coming in. I held the door and when I got a chance moved to the second door and eventually, I was free and in the parking lot. My next stop was to get the mail. Then came home.

For the longest time I would pass by those speed trailers that our town has and never get alerted by my radar detector. Those days are over, they use photo radar and my radar detector supports it. The town my doctor is in has photo radar setup at each intersection so if you blow a light, they snap your license plate and mail you a ticket. The alert is super loud and obnoxious, but I know the sound. Well, I passed by one of those speed trailers and had an alert way in advance, so when I passed by it thanked me for driving safely. I saw on a YouTube video some cities have mounted Flock cameras in those trailers so they can capture your license plate.

Since I arrived back home, I have been working more on the laundry. Also, the computer. Got it all tuned up and it is working better. All week long I would open a spreadsheet at work and when I would have to type in numbers it would cause Excel to crash. Not exactly sure what the number pad was sending but I didn’t have any issues on my laptop, so I knew my desktop had to be rebooted. Hopefully, when I log in on Monday things are back to normal.

Rudy has been super clingy and sleeping in my lap off and on while I have been browsing sites and playing. As I typed this up, he woke up and looked at me, as if to say come on it’s time for bed. The look he gave me was dirty and I know he was trying to make me feel guilty. Yeah, it sort of worked because I am saving this and heading up.

Not exactly a productive day as I would have hoped but it was enjoyable. Hopefully tomorrow will also be enjoyable once I get my morning errands out of the way.

Sunday … Had some insomnia but managed to get back to sleep without having to watch TV. Both cats helped me with that. So thoughtful of them, just makes the bed crowded. Woke up on time. Fed the cats. I got ready & dressed, headed out for breakfast and then hit up the grocery store. This was Target weekend, but I opted to skip it and just picked up a container of cat treats at the grocery store. Debated on topping off my tank the gas gage said that I can travel 320 miles, and it’s just used a little fuel from the last fill up. I decided on coming home. Got the groceries put away, then unloaded the dish washer and put the cats fountain in. I went and got undressed and watched TV before my food coma kicked in. Eventually I passed out for a little bit. I didn’t want to get out of bed. I heard a lawn mower running and Rudy wanted his lunch, so that got me out of bed. I fed Rudy and peeked out the back door. Saw the neighbors’ kid on the lawn mower. He was riding around a little like I used to when I drove one as a kid. I was totally reckless, but this kid was much more controlled. It took me back in time watching him and wishing that it was me instead. Got my medicine put out for the week. Then put the cats’ fountain back together. The motor needed to be cleaned as well and that’s where the bulk of the crud was. I got it flushed out and super clean. Both cats watched with anticipation as I put the fountain back in service. They had a dish of water while it was in for maintenance, and they both drank a little out of it. Once the fountain was back up and running, Mora dove in and drank like I’ve not seen her drink before. Fresh clean purified water from a jug. I drink from the tap. The cats get superior treatment!

I cleaned the house and then decided to run some cleaner through the dishwasher. I grabbed my next load of laundry and headed down. I was alone for a while. Got my inbox cleaned out finally. Nothing like a zero inbox, I like it tidy. Just started surfing for porn and Rudy came back down. He is in my arms sleeping again as I work to type this. I kind of had other plans but there is nothing like cuddle time with him. He doesn’t do this that often, but when he does it’s so cute and I savor it. He beats his tail against me or the desk until he falls asleep then he is perfectly still. Last night he fell asleep twice. Right now, he’s working on it but just not quite there yet.

Thinking about supper I am headed back to my hometown not sure if I am getting Mexican or Pizza, both are in roughly the same location. The pizza place is where they used to have hot younger guys for waiters but that has pretty much dried up and you might find a guy there but it’s mostly girls. The pizza is good and honestly, I haven’t had it in a while, so I am seriously considering it. However, in my mind I really want to stay local either hit up a local Mexican place or go to the pizza place that has not so good pizza and get my favorite pasta dish that comes with a small salad and garlic bread. I always leave there full and happy.

Not like I have anything going on for the day, need to run some cleaner through the washing machine as my laundry dries. There is some outside work that I need to do but just not in the mood. That’s about it. Well looks like Rudy can’t get comfy so he just left me. I am thinking of heading up for a bit anyway. The new neighbors sure have a crowd of cars, not sure if that is going to be the norm but based on the cars it looks like two families living there. The driveway and the street are full.

Hope that it’s a good day for you! Back to my normal routine tomorrow. Take care!