Weekend recap

Saturday

Got COVID shot. Used massager on arm helped a bit with the soreness. Went to get pizza. Saw hot waiter he took care of me initially but it was shift change and I got handed off to someone else. I heard him talking about his weekend plans. He muttered something about tonight, we are going to. I had almost asked him out but in a way kind of glad that I didn’t. We kind of implies to me that there probably is someone else. I mean it could be him and a friend or it could be something beyond that. Patients can pay off sometimes and I think in this case I’ve got to know a little bit and while my heart still says try my brain says he is taken and give up. Turns out my pizza was crap. There was a layer that hadn’t finished baking yet so I got served raw dough. Not the first time that has happened. I said something but they just couldn’t manage to fix the problem. I filed a complaint with the health department so they are going to have to find a way to fix it. I don’t think that will happen again but hey who knows. All I can say is if it does, I won’t be back, hot waiter or not. I don’t want to risk food poisoning. I got ½ off of my order which I think should have been free considering the circumstances. However, I took what I was given. I will make sure to heat it well before I eat it and even then, I am going slow to make sure I don’t get any raw dough.

The fireworks began at dark and they were pretty loud. I was tired and just wanted to get to bed. As per usual it didn’t seem to bother Gator. I think she has some hearing loss otherwise I think she would have been climbing the walls.

Pet food store had only a couple flavors. I had to switch brands totally and what normally costs me $35 wound up costing me $50 and that’s just for one week to keep my hungry girl happy. I’ve tried the new food on her and she seems to like it, which is good.

Sunday

Woke up feel fine but wasn’t expecting to. I’m glad that there was no after effects from my shot, other than my sore arm which isn’t nearly as bad as the previous times. I was told that in 4 months I could come back to get another booster even though technically it hasn’t been released to the general public. Since I have diabetes that is what qualifies me to opt in early. My doc told me that the shots last for 6 months before they wear off as it stands now. I don’t know how eager I will be to get another one since I don’t like needles. Only time will tell. It also depends on what the infection levels are and how rapidly it's spreading.

Hit up the grocery store late. They didn’t have much Gator food either, considering what I spent yesterday I opted to not get any further food. I am confident that I have will get us through the week. I did pick up a sympathy card for my co-worker who just had a death in the family. I read it and though wow this says everything I want to say, all I need to do is sign it and mail it. As I was walking away, I looked that the price and the damn thing was $5.50. That is a lot of money to spend for a card. I bought it but damn I don’t know if the shoe was on the other foot that he would do the same thing. I had mixed feelings about it but just opted to get the damn card and be done with it. I’m still mad as hell at him but I felt it was the right thing to do.

Came home, did some laundry. Need to work on cleaning up the upstairs. I found that there is a showing of Top Gun 2 in IMAX tonight at 10:30p. There was one last night as well and I could have made it but since I felt so tired. Tonight, however I am not going to pass up the chance to do something that I really have wanted to do for a while. On call be damned it been quiet all weekend long and if my phone goes off well then, I will deal with it but I don’t expect that will happen, especially considering the time. It will be after midnight when I am home and I know that will make Gator a little unhappy but she will probably sleep it away. I know I will probably be ready for bed as well when I get home.

I have plans right now to hit up the car wash tomorrow afternoon on my way to my friend’s place, stop by the mailbox first to drop off my card and then head towards the food. Hopefully it will be a good time and worth it. Gas prices are horrendous. I thought about topping off but I can go another 200 plus miles so I opted to just wait. It will be a shock when I do fill up considering that Tuesday I will be heading back to the office.

Monday

I got home a little after 1a from the movie. It was a great time and a very good movie, so much that I want to see it a second time. I am a huge fan of Miles Teller and he was among several good-looking men in the show. There is a scene where they are all playing beach volleyball and most of the guys have their shirts off. That was pretty enjoyable. The whole flying thing is appealing to me, not to drop bombs or shoot at something, just flying its self. I can imagine that it feels great to jump in a plane and go up above the clouds to get away from everyone. That was one of the things I liked when I flew for business, no one could reach me.

I took my sleeping pills when I got home and tended to Gator. She was a little confused and upset with me for being up so late. She got more food out of the deal so I don’t think it was that bad for her.

However, I was wiped out when I woke up and while I had so many plans, I wound up doing bare basics. Got the trash out, ran the vacuum, Gator of course got fed. I had breakfast and a light lunch. I napped and then managed to get a shower and head out to my friend’s house.

The company was nice and enjoyable. Their house smelled like cat pee and that was a little over whelming especially because they had a fan going and it was circulating the smell. It took a bit to get used to. There was plenty of food but as per usual everything was charred and I am not a fan of burnt food. I gulped it down but didn’t really enjoy my meal. They had Strawberry pie for desert and I was really looking forward to that until it was served and it wasn’t like anything I was used to because it was home made and didn’t look that good. It was okay but I have had better. They tried to get me to take food home but if I did, I’d just throw it in the trash because again it wasn’t that enjoyable. I just as soon someone else eat it.

We had to wait on their neighbor to join us before we started and of course that meant we didn’t eat on time, but that is normal. I asked about the neighbor’s wife because she had been pretty ill. Turns out she passed and no one bothered to tell me in advance. I don’t even know if there was a service but damn it would have been nice to know ahead of time instead of finding out after the fact. They did the same thing when my spouse passed away, they never told their neighbors. I showed up to a holiday get together and they asked where my guy was, which I though was in poor taste because surely, they knew in advance and I flew off the handle not knowing they had no idea. I still feel really bad about that to this day. As you can tell my friend is not much of a communicator and that pisses me off to no end. Not much I can do about it though.

We will all probably next be together on Thanksgiving. They do a block party on Labor Day but it’s all outside in the heat with the bugs and you get the same charred food. I showed up for it one year, didn’t know half of the people there and felt very much out of place. I do still get invites to that event but I always decline them.

I got home way too late to do much of anything but pack lunch, feed gator, brush my teeth and take my sleeping pills. Watched a little TV and then fell asleep. Gator woke me up one time I fed her and then she didn’t bother me for the rest of the evening. I emptied out her litter box before I left and was really surprised when I got home that it was full again. We skipped the probiotic yesterday because Sunday she didn’t seem to be feeling the best. I think it might be a bit strong for her so I am going to try it to switch up to every other day this week and see what kind of results I get.

Back at the office this morning, hated to get up so early and to leave poor Gator. However, I told her we will be together for the rest of the week in the hopes that would cheer her up a little bit and give her something to look forward to. I tried pretty hard last night to get her to come join me in my room but she wanted nothing of it. I miss her. I kind of feel that she is starting to self-isolate a little too much for my liking. Cats do that when they are preparing to die. She is still eating, drinking and has her sunny disposition. In fact, she licked my arm last night which is unusual. She may know that her time is winding down or maybe just feeling her age and being a little lazy. Hopefully, tonight we get lots of time together. I have no plans to go downstairs for any reason and plan to be with her all night.

It does feel odd with Monday having been a holiday the week seems a little odd but it will be a fast mover and I am all for that, never can have too much of a weekend or time off.

Hope that you all had a great weekend and were able to relax and enjoy the holiday. Take care and I will talk with you all again soon.