Good Afternoon Everyone!
I hope that you’re doing well. Winter & Christmas are both weeks away, kind of hard to fathom this year since being confined to home for work. However, this also means that we are closer to 2021 and hopefully the start of a much better year for everyone.
I was just prompted to look at my latest cable bill for Internet and learned that the price is going up $5 next month. That’s $75 a month for just internet, kind of crazy. I mean the speed hasn’t increased but I know the cost to maintain the infrastructure has probably gone up and with the advent of everyone working at home and streaming, as well as people cutting the cord bandwidth usage has probably increased far and above what anyone could have predicted. Thankfully we don’t have any data caps but I sense that eventually will be coming and that will turn into a nightmare. We have two options here you can get your internet from the Cable Company and a decent speed or you can go with AT&T and get less speed and be under a data cap plus have to pay $10 to rent the modem each month. I mean it probably evens out and considering the cable company is faster and has no data caps at the moment it’s the logical choice. I don’t plan on leaving them but I’m not telling that to them. Thankfully I am still under a promotional special rate which will expire early next year and then I will have to sing for a new rate or just pay the current rate. I see no harm in trying to negotiate a new rate as the worst thing they can say is no and there is no cost other than time for trying. I’m not terribly pleased but there isn’t much I can do about it.
My boss called me on Friday to tell me that he got some extra money allocated to him and he was giving me a bonus for my next check. I got the max that he could give or so he said. It’s a nice gesture. I also found out that it will be just him and I tomorrow when I go back. The other two members of our team have the day off. I’m also on-call and with trying to get caught up plus the work of the day, it should make for a jammed packed totally immersive day. Ms. Gator is going to hate it because we won’t have our time together (unless she comes to the basement). Hopefully, she will just sun her self on the couch as she usually does and pass out. That will make my life a little bit easier.
Outside of grocery shopping today’s other dreaded task was putting out my medicine for the next 3 weeks. I found out that the main drug I take for my Diabetes I have 3 days supply left. Turns out my doc gave me that sample for a new drug, he also told the pharmacy about it and they stopped the drug I normally take, which explains why I am out of medicine. That is one drug that I have never, ever run out of. I tried to refill it and had to speak with a human. Here’s the crazy ass part. They have a valid prescription with 2 refills on it but since the doctor stopped it they need a new prescription from him before they will fill it. That’s some bullshit if I ever heard it but it’s not a total surprise to me. They sent a request to the doctor and I did the same thing so hopefully tomorrow someone is on the stick and will get this fixed. If that occurs, I should hopefully have my medicine by the end of the week. I can always tell them I am out and get a temporary supply from my local pharmacy but I don’t think I will drop dead if I miss a few days. My sugar maybe a little bit out of control, for now I am risking it. If I see that I can’t make it I will certainly speak up.
Believe it or not, I managed to get to the store and picked up the missing items from last week. I wanted but forgot to get Egg Nog and I managed to somehow skip lunch meat and bread. It’s going to be an interesting week but I assure you that I will not go hungry. I even managed to get the same cute bagger boy that I like. Perhaps next week I won’t forget anything!
This past week was the closest thing I have had to a full week of vacation in many years. I still had to run my report but it took me about ½ hour each day whereas if I am on the phone with my co-worker we joke and chew the fat so it turns into a much longer task. Not how I wanted to spend my vacation. Turns out I am going to lose 3.5 hours of time but it’s not the end of the world. I am carrying over 2 weeks of vacation and I will be getting 3 more on Jan 1 so it’s all good.
I found out yesterday that my dryer hasn’t been properly vented to the outside for most of the summer, probably since I replaced the exterior cover of the vent in the Spring. Well, I fixed that last night and had to get up on a ladder to do it. I wasn’t crazy about the idea but at least this time I didn’t fall off.
I’ve done most all of the weekly cleaning during the week. I wanted to dig out this fiber optic Christmas light display that we have but I am not fully sure where it is. I had an idea and went looking but no luck. Thankfully we never put away the small ceramic Christmas Tree I bought when I managed to break the original one my late spouse had. It sits on top of a bookcase year-round and I plug it in during the holidays. Having had multiple cats a Christmas tree isn’t something we typically put up. We had tried it years ago but there were all sorts of calamity and one of our cats wound up climbing the tree and would sleep in it. It was too much of a hassle. Besides that, I don’t have that gay gene for decorating. My late spouse on the other hand had the gene and could work wonders.
I do think of him and all of our departed cats, especially at the holidays. As you might imagine it does get lonely here. I miss all of them but it really hits home during a holiday. I think that will always be the case regardless of how many years they have been gone. I don’t know if I will focus on it as much once I get a boyfriend and I kind of look forward to that. It would also be nice to just get away from everything for a little while.
My vacation is winding down and I will certainly enjoy it to the last second ticks by. It will be rough getting used to getting up early for a couple days but I suspect I will spring back and it will be old hat quickly. Speaking of which I need to run that stupid report and then get back to my girl who is waiting for me. While I didn’t accomplish all that I wanted I did get a fair amount done and for that and the time away I am grateful. I just wish I could have more.
Stay warm, be well and safe. I will talk with you peeps again soon. Thanks for stopping by!
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