It was an average weekend for me. I got the running I had been putting off done. The 1 item I am unable to find anywhere is liquid hand soap in a large refill. I was able to pickup a couple individual pumps at the grocery store. They were marked as one low price but rang up quite differently. I didn’t catch it until I was out of the store and since you can’t return anything right now, I was stuck. Besides that, I needed the soap anyway.
I found a couple of old hard drives that my late spouse had and I was interested in the contents. I hooked them up and didn’t really find anything noteworthy. One had junk on it and the other had a backup of his pc. I saw some individual PST files and tried to open them (they contain email in MS Outlook format). However, Outlook didn’t see them as valid PST files. I tried running a repair on them but that too failed.
Marv and Gator rang in their 16th Birthday yesterday. They were both given lots of attention. Marv wasn’t up for much eating. He was more in a sleeping mood and wanted to stick close to me. I am fine with that. He was hot and cold with that. One minute he couldn’t get enough of me and the next he wanted to get away from me. I know their Momma would be proud of both of them for sticking with me.
I got a good deal on Symantec (f/k/a Norton) Internet Security. I have been a long-time customer but refuse to pay full retail price for their product. I normally go through Amazon but you can also go through their outlet store on-line, called Norton Outlet. However, my deal this year came directly from Norton. My subscription was set to expire in early July. I got 5 licenses for $19.99 which is a great deal. The catch is that you have to agree to auto renewal. That’s the same thing with their other deals, so you agree and then once your setup login and turn it off. They put up a bit of a fight but it’s easy enough if you stick with it. I don’t like auto renewing surprises especially when it would renew for full retail price which is closer to $90. With the way Windows is built today you really don’t need anti-virus you can use Windows Defender, it’s good enough. However, I am set in my ways. I have other security software I run along side Norton for added protection.
My last normal paycheck before the mandatory pay reduction goes in place will occur at the end of the month. It will be sad to get less money for doing the same amount of work but hopefully things even out since I am not commuting daily. This has been one expensive month between the water heater, license plate renewal and tucking money into Escrow so the house payment doesn’t go up. Hopefully I will see some of the Escrow money come back to me when they balance out in September. I also hope the pay cut is a temporary thing and they can reverse it sooner rather than later. However, I think I will be stuck with that for a couple months at minimum if not for the rest of the year. The determining factor is our profits and how well people pay their bills. Here’s hoping that things get back on track soon.
Yesterday was also Father’s Day. My father was my grandfather who was my mom’s dad. We didn’t see eye to eye. I wasn’t macho into manual labor; I was more into AC and staying in doors doing office type work. I guess that was too effeminate for him. My brother on the other hand was into all of that straight macho bs and they got along great. He (my grandfather) figured out later in life that I was gay and I know he had suspected for a long time. That bothered him, his up bringing told him that gay people were bad, much like people of color. While I don’t know that he would be accepting of my “lifestyle” today I know that he would be proud of me for all that I have been through and how far I have come in the world. I think he might be disappointed in how my brother has turned out but that is speculative on my part.
The real question is what about my biological father. Yeah, I wonder about him from time to time and yesterday was one of those times. I know that he has another family and you’d think that after all these years he would want to reach out. I get that there is risk and fear but if you don’t take risks you will never be able to overcome the paralysis. I wanted to reach out to him when I was growing up but was discouraged. I don’t need him but it would be nice to know a bit about his side of the family, the health risks, etc. Not to mention meeting my ½ siblings which I know there are a couple. We were always told as kids to keep an eye out when he dies and then lay claim to his estate. If we were to do that, we would have to establish that we were in fact his biological children and then fight it out with the rest of his surviving family. It’s like diving head first into a hornet’s nest and that’s just not something I want to get involved with. It’s much more trouble than it’s worth. I have thought about doing the DNA thing and then seeing who I match up with as relatives on-line but that is a bit risky as well. I may in fact do that at some point but for now it’s a stone best left unturned. Although it would be interesting to know if I had a gay ½ brother or sister.
If you are a Father, I bid you a belated Happy Father’s Day.
Right now, it’s a typical Monday. Things are slow but ramping up. Part of my neck is out of whack and I didn’t sleep the best. I am so looking forward to my lunch time nap. Problem is that I am on-call this week. I do hope that it’s quiet. So, another day of House Arrest [Quarantine] begins. I can’t believe it’s been several months that I have been doing this. I really miss the old “normal” of life. I do enjoy the quiet time that I have been able to get from this but I really just want to go out to eat in a restaurant with out any risks. Burger, Bowl of Chili and maybe a shake – that would be good enough for me. Things are slowly starting to reopen but the spike in the infection rate is also trending back upward. The media talks about this as a 2nd wave but in honesty we never got rid of the 1st wave, it’s just a long 1st cycle. I really hope that a vaccine and more aggressive/successful treatment is discovered sooner rather than later. I know that I am not alone in wanting to get back to a state of normal. I do think this has forever changed the shape of the world, some good and some bad.
Here’s to a great week ahead. Take care & be well.
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