The weekend

Good day and welcome back!

I hope that you’re doing well and enjoying the weekend as well as staying cool & hydrated. A few things have happened since my last post but nothing terribly remarkable.

 Saturday – I took a technology holiday and stayed away from the computer. I used my phone to catch up on social media and check email. Stayed home for the bulk of the day. Got out in the afternoon. Hit up the cat food store. The guy running the register was trying to talk with me and he tends to mumble so it wasn’t a lengthy conversation. He told me the total was $110. I do this every week and knew that I didn’t just purchase that much cat food. I mean Gator’s hungry but not that hungry for a week. I paid the bill and then walked out to put away the cart and looked over my receipt to find the mistake. Found it one entry he charged me for 5 cans instead of 4 and then the big one, he charged me for 44 cans of food instead of 4. I just walked back in; he was kind of surprised to see me. I told him the issue but told him I’d get in line. I mean that was the only fair thing to do since everyone else waited their turn. There was a gaggle of people so he called for a backup cashier and that worked out in my favor. I got up in line and explained to the backup cashier what happened, she looked at my receipt and said I don’t see it. I was like bitch your blind. Then it clicked and she wound up giving me $66 back. Thank God I used a credit card and not a debit card. They love to pull the money out but it takes a few days to put it back. Since its credit card no big deal. Hit up the vet and got Gator’s fluids and medicine. They gave me free needles. If I hadn’t opened my big mouth, they would have given me the tubing for the fluids for free as well. As much money as I have pumped into that place, they could have afforded to just give it all to me for free. I got a small win with free needles. Came home to put everything away. I didn’t want to take any chances with it being so hot and leaving everything roasting in the car, especially the fluids. Back out to grab a bite to eat. Hit up Red Lobster. Waiting on the server to take my order I was about to walk out but he caught me just in the nick of time. I could tell he was doing a juggling act and they just kept piling the tables on. I managed to pay my bill and was waiting for him to follow up with me so I could get a box. Normally I eat the entire meal but this time I opted to stop. I was starting to feel a little ill from all of the butter consumption. I had Crab Alfredo and it always gets to me. Finally, he came back and I got what I needed and was able to get on my way. Came home to a chatty Gator and gave her some food. Then sat with her and we watched TV. She started to get a bit restless, I figured she wanted up or a drink or something. She was just unhappy but managed to get comfy again for a while then it started up again. I got up at that point and she had to get down. She went to get a drink of water after I gave her even more food. Then I worked on my license plate. Had to peel off the old stickers, wash the plate and then affix the new sticker and put it back on the vehicle. I know that is a bit extreme but I didn’t do this last year and just put one sticker over another and it started to peel off. I had to get out the super glue and that made a hell of a mess. Loaded and run the dishwasher. Then it was back to watching TV and Gator asked to come back up. I am on this Netflix series Web of Make Believe. It’s very compelling and divided up into several different topics and episodes. Got back up after about an emptied the litter box, passed out medicine and then washed my hands and brushed my teeth and got my medicine. Back to TV land and eventually in a couple hours after that it was lights out and time for bed.

Sunday – Gator of course woke me up a couple times last night. I took care of her with some food. She tried to get me to wake up around 6a like it was a normal day and time to get to work but I just dismissed her and rolled over. I had to wait out the meowing but she stopped pretty quick and retreated back to her bed on the couch. I got up at 8a. Had a little good morning pet with her and then broke out some food. I got dressed and took my pills. Got on the waiting list at Cracker Barrel and went out for breakfast. Totally forgetting that today was Father’s Day. The place was packed and I was lucky enough to be able to walk right in and get seated. I saw this young man just before I walked in and he was super fine. As luck would have it, he was waiting with his family just outside the window where my table was. I got some eye candy to stare at for a bit. Ah looking is fun but touching is so much better, I just keep telling myself someday it will happen. Even though someday isn’t one of the days of the week. After my meal I hit up the grocery store, it was next to empty because I guess everyone was taking Dad out for breakfast. Hey I’ll take it and empty store is a good thing for me. They didn’t have a whole lot that I liked but I managed to get enough food so that I won’t starve, it might not all be enjoyable. Then back home where I put the groceries away and then had to hand feed Gator because she was lazy and didn’t want to get up and eat what I had put out for her. I sat with her for a little bit and then went back to my room. Turned the ceiling fan on and took off my clothes. Watched TV and eventually Gator joined me. We wound up taking a nice nap together. Then she got lunch. I got a snack and then brought down my mail and receipts, did my thing with bookkeeping and the mail. Then here I am blogging away.

My replacement gas lift somehow got hung up in shipping and won’t be here until tomorrow. My radar detector of course is set to be delivered on Tuesday, that’s the day I am going to the office and could use it. The last one I ordered years ago they required a signature and I don’t know if that will be the case this time or not. The notification I got didn’t really say someone needs to sign for it. I mean FedEx will drop an iPhone at my door without a signature and it’s about comparable value. I suppose I will find out come Tuesday afternoon when I get home.

I have the itch to go back out, despite the heat. I kind of just want to go for a drive. I had thought about hitting up the car dealer since it’s Sunday they are closed and I could actually see what is on their lot but I kind of talked myself out of that one. I will probably do that at some point in the future as I still think I will make a purchase by or in September. Then again maybe not but right now it’s what I am planning for. There may not be anything on the lot but I kind of doubt that. I can’t see how a dealer could possibly employ a moderate size sales staff and not have anything on the lot to sell. If your going to that model might as well put a robot in the showroom to take care of the few customers that show up. The world is kind of crazy right now and I suppose nothing is beyond the realm of possibility.

I still have laundry to do, a house to clean and unfortunately time to play with the pills again. I will probably stay put today but may venture out tomorrow. Those pesky gutters keep calling my name and the weather forecast for the foreseeable future is steaming hot. I need to motivate myself to get up early and clean them to get it out of the way. Same thing for washing the house/deck.

See what I mean, nothing remarkable. Average hum drum life. Going to surf the net a bit and then it will be on to the laundry and chores. No surprise I am having left overs from Red Lobster for supper and taking in my tech podcast with Gator. That should hopefully keep me busy and out of trouble. If I really feel adventurous, I will pop the hood on the vehicle and check the air filter to see if it needs to be swapped out. My Amazon purchase history said I last bought a filter 2 years ago; I remember that but I also remember I held it for like a year before I swapped it. I don’t feel like I have done a whole lot of driving to warrant it being time to swap but I guess it never hurts to check. It’s just a slight pain to put it all back together but certainly something I can accomplish if I have enough light and don’t manage to put too much of a strain on my old back.

Talk with you all again soon.