Hump Day – 6 Pack

 

My Friday

Today is the day I have been waiting for it’s my Friday.  I don’t look forward to when it will be time to go back to work but plan to enjoy my time off and savor each and every moment.  I might not get every little thing done that I want to but I for sure will tackle every thing that I have planned with an appointment, those are the really important things. 

At the moment I am caught up at work, everything played out nicely and I hope that I can close out the day being caught up and not have anything left to hand off.  I am sure that when I come back it will be a nightmare but I am trying not to focus so much on that and just look forward to the time off and away from work. 

Last night I had cold left over pizza for supper.  I have three small slices left and plan to have them for lunch.  That will force me into the frozen food section for tonight.  I could go out and grab something but I’d just as soon stay home, spend time with the cats and enjoy what I hope to be peace and quiet. 

I had a nightmare last night that I had some wealth and my grandmother stole it from me.  I had to be making some noise but Rudy was sleeping on top of me and was wide awake, I woke up with just a minute to spare before the alarm would sound.  I told him I was having a nightmare he should have woken me up.  He looked at me as if to say, hey mister I am just a cat I don’t know anything about horses (get it nightmare).  He slept beside me when I woke up at 1 am and then when I got up at 5a and came back to bed he transitioned to climbing on top of me.  I just love how close he gets, it gives me some comfort.  It is not nearly as good as a human hug but it’s a good close second. 

Just before bed Rudy and Mora were playing with each other and running around jumping in and out of bed.  That’s not exactly how I wanted to go to sleep but eventually they settled down.  I was really extra spent last night.  I was in bed before the lights turned off and that’s early for me. 

I’m sure that Rudy won’t be happy if I decide to sleep in tomorrow but then again he won’t let me.  I know I will have to get up and feed them.  Then I can come back to bed. 

One very long meeting today that will be a full hour and then after that I am done.  Just coast through lunch and stay alert for anything that happens to pop.  My hope is that it will be quiet.  Id’ like to leave early but then again who doesn’t want to leave early especially the day before you start a vacation?  My boss does it all the time.  My true moment of glory will come when I turn off my work email on my phone.  Speaking of which I just remembered a couple of tasks that I need to tend to. 

Hope that you have a great day and that it’s all roses and sunshine in your world.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Sleep paralysis

 Model - Joey Mills

Morning!  I hope all is well.  I found that I can take a Unisom sleeping tablet along with one of my other sleeping meds and man I sleep really great.  Wake up with no hang over effect.  I use this sparingly. 

Yesterday after my post I headed up to be with the cats.  We wound up taking a very long nap.  At first the phone started waking me up.  Eventually I fell back to sleep.  I remember hearing the phone and waking up but I was unable to move.  I fell back asleep but then it was like I was trying to wake up and couldn’t.  From as best as I can tell this is known as Sleep paralysis and I’ve had bouts of it periodically.  It’s terrifying in that you want to move or try to move but no matter what you do, your stuck.  I can speak but my words are limited in this state.  I just have to wait until it wears off and I can wake up, then I usually don’t want to go back to sleep because of the experience.  I was out for about 3 hours yesterday.  Thankfully no one missed me or seriously needed me.  I had things to take care of when I woke up but nothing was urgent. 

Finished my omelet and fries for lunch.  I was so full after that I really wanted to skip supper.  However, I wound up having the Orange Glazed Cod.  It was a little salty but otherwise good.  I was surprised.  It wasn’t cheap but I would buy it again. 

When I went upstairs for the evening I found a pen on the steps.  Looks like one of them was on the kitchen table.  That is a major no zone for cats.  It will get my blood pressure up.  While I thought it was cute I was a little upset.  Rudy thinks pens are toys and he loves to chomp on them.  I gave them both quite a lecture but I am fairly certain that Rudy was the guilty one.  They both hate anything other than me watching TV that occupies my time.  Be it technology or writing.  They are always trying to bite a pen, phone or computer.  They also love to just walk up and plop on the pad of paper I am writing on.  They still get attention, treats and cat nip plus regular meals.  I don’t get why I can’t have a little bit of time for me. 

My hot neighbor cut his grass last night.  I didn’t bother to look or watch him, I could hear him with the mower.  Since it’s cooler I figured he would probably have a shirt on. 

I’ve got a couple of meetings today, nothing major going on kind of a hum drum day like Monday.  It’s okay I will manage.  That is also part of the reason why I didn’t feel the need to schlep into the office.  Although oddly enough I was awake at 6:15a I still rolled over and went back to bed.  Rudy wanted to get up but he doesn’t do a lot of begging until it’s closer to 7a.  He sure loves his morning attention. 

I will be trying not to fall asleep but that won’t be easy.  I am loaded up on sugar.  Had a Krispy Kreme Jelly Donut for breakfast along with my cereal and banana.  Nothing tastes better than a Jelly Donut.  I’ve had them for a couple weeks on and off.  I keep promising myself I will microwave one of them because that is when they turn into heaven  with the melted sugar, grab a cold glass of milk and munch away.  I know my doctor wouldn’t be happy about that but I know I won’t be around forever might as well eat what I like. 

Tomorrow is going to be a little bit busier, more meetings and then me trying to get things nailed down and finished before I leave.  I think tomorrow will go by the fastest out of all 3 days I work this week.  However, I could be wrong.  I would love to play and hit the lottery while I am out so that I didn’t have to go back, that would feel really good.  Ah well no cost for dreaming. 

That’s it for now I suppose.  Hope that you have a great day and that life is treating you well.  Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

What a weekend

I watched Poisoned a documentary on Netflix about Food Poison.  Man I didn’t want to eat anything after I watched that but oddly enough I went out to dinner, had some Chicken & a Sweet Potato.  I never knew the danger that was in Cantaloupe.  I’ll also start ordering hamburgers cooked to 155 degrees instead of Medium Well. 

Then I watched another series with Matthew Broderick called Painkiller.  This was quite an eye opener into the Oxycontin opioid epidemic.  This one just sucked me right in and while I did pause a bit between each episode I watched the last 3 back to back.  I was eager to see how it ended.  Lots of money was made here but lots of life's were changed forever and not for the better.  Sad story. 

Had some pizza yesterday and did some guy watching.  Had an omelet for breakfast and it was made so large that I was only able to eat 1/2 of it.  The other 1/2 is in the fridge I had to bring it home.  Going to probably have it for lunch. 

Spend lots of time with Mora and Rudy.  Got them more food and cat nip so they seem to be pretty happy at the moment.  I can only imagine that they will be even happier when I don’t have to go to work starting on Thursday. I am looking forward to that. 

This morning it was tough to get out of bed.  I was sleeping so well and honestly if I didn’t have time off scheduled for Thursday I would have called in so that I could sleep in. 

I’ve got a ganglion cist in my left wrist.  It gave me lots of problems growing up.  When it flared up I tried hitting it with the Yellow Pages and the Bible, putting it in a vice and hitting it with a hammer.  Yes those were all painful as fuck and they didn’t do any good at all.  Thankfully it’s not been an issue for well over 30 years until that is this weekend.  It started bothering me on Friday night and has flared through the weekend.  It seems to be connected to the large knot in my left scapular area.  The cist isn’t inflamed like it was back when I was a kid, that thing was raised up and at times hard as a rock.  It’s in a very tricky spot and I can see all sorts of veins run around it.  I looked for the hell of it on Google and looks like if I did have surgery I would be out of commission on average for 2 to 6 weeks.  It would be an outpatient procedure but I would almost bet you that I would need a hand surgeon.  The preferred method is leave it alone.  Right now I am hopeful that between my massager that I have digging into the knot will help keep things at bay.  I get my massage next Tuesday and I am eager for that.  I see the doc this week on Thursday so I will bring it up then as a precaution.  I honestly just want the pain to go away and I prefer to do that the least invasive way.  Problem is that I use my Left hand way more than I think I would.  I am right handed but I’ve paid extra attention over the weekend and outside of typing I use it for holding things including the steering wheel.

Speaking of steering wheel I really would like to go in tomorrow but I am going to stay home.  I mean it’s a 3 day week for me and considering that I will need to be in the office for 4 days when I go back I think that will even things out. 

I’ve found a new joy it makes me feel good that is picking up strangers checks at restaurants.  I love telling them the good news and just watching their faces.  My largest joy will come on Friday when I am giving someone I know $100 to spend on groceries in the form of a gift card.  I know that this person doesn’t make much money, they just had an increase in the number of mouths they have to feed and I know that this is the perfect time for this.  I am eager to see the look on their face. 

On the dating front no changes.  I did see someone I follow on social media that is looking for a guy say something like, Lord I know that your going to show me a man eventually but since I don’t know when that is, could I at least get the tracking number?  Yeah that is exactly how I feel a tracking number would be nice.  While I could easily pick up the check of a hot guy that I saw I purposely do not do that.  If I like them enough I will hit on them and then things will go from there.  At the moment I have no prospects just what the dating app shows me.  However, my eyes are always open no matter where I am. 

Speaking of guys I saw this decent looking guy yesterday at the store.  He smelled so fucking good.  I wanted to know what he was wearing but our paths never crossed again.  Perhaps they will on a future trip.  Who doesn’t like to smell good?  I wear cologne sometimes but it’s rare now that I am mostly home. 

I did reach out to my Thanksgiving friends.  They have a birthday party planned for me next Monday but they are more than happy to get together on Saturday my actual birthday.  I agreed to go to an upscale Steakhouse that neither one of us has been to in years.  I look at the menu after the fact and there isn’t a damn thing there that I want to eat.  The only steak I like is Tube Steak.  However, I will probably order a small steak unless they have some specials that were not advertised. 

I’ve got some Orange Glazed Cod in the fridge I picked up from the store and I am eager to eat that.  It is one of there prepared meals.  All of this talk of food I think I am going up to eat and get away from this machine.  So glad that I am NOT on call.  I had someone pull some stunt on Saturday night very late, if I wouldn’t have caught it then I would have had issued on Sunday but thankfully everything played out and I got it taken care of on Saturday. 

Today has already been very busy and productive for me.  I hope that I can make it 2 more days.  They will be 2 long days but hopefully they will be over before I know it.  I am eager to turn off my work email on my phone and just disconnect.  I do plan to make the most of my time off and am glad that I have something planned for most everyday.  Here’s hoping for nothing but the best. 

I hope that you are doing well and that your weekend was good.  Take care and be well.  Talk with you all again soon. 

Yeah Friday

Well we made it to another Friday.  It’s been a helluva day already for me.  I had a late night request that I took just before I went to bed, thankfully that all worked out well but I didn’t find out until this morning.  Then my lazy ass co-worker who tries to half ass things managed to forget to take care of something important and I once again stepped in and cleaned up the mess.  I sent a pretty strongly worded email that basically said get your shit together.  My boss told me that the next problem or issue I find I should bring to his attention first.  That will probably happen after I get back from vacation.  It’s been 3 fucking long years if he doesn’t know how to do the part of the job he keeps fucking up on, then just give it to me I’ll do it but don’t expect me to do anything else.  I am so tired of cleaning up messes.

One of the banks I use revamped their Bill Pay system.  I used it this morning for the first time ever and it sucks.  The screen tells you that the payment is scheduled but you don’t get any kind of a confirmation number, which I used to get.  I liked that comfort feeling and now it’s just like okay, we will pay that bill for you.  I’ll know soon enough if it works but jeez I don’t get why they can’t provide a confirmation number, it would make me feel a little bit better.  I hope the other banks I use don’t adopt this system. 

Outside of the last minute work request before bed, I had a decent night but yesterday along with this morning were really super busy days.  I have been jumping from task to task and trying to keep my sanity. 

No break just yet but I am headed up after I publish this.  See the cats, which I am sure they are eagerly waiting for me.  Mora was sick yesterday but seems to be feeling better now.  My leg that she scratched has entered the itchy stage. 

I need to go cat food shopping tomorrow and grab the mail.  No other real plans per say.  Thinking about traveling to get a pizza and see if the cute straight waiter that I hit on is still working there.  If I don’t go there then I will go to my other local favorite place where they have plenty of eye candy. 

Today is supposed to be the last day of the long heat wave.  I made it outside to take the trash out yesterday and damn if my neighbor didn’t do a really crappy job on trimming his bushes, he’s got stuff stacked up and it honestly looks like something from Sanford & Son.  Where everything is stacked is 1/2 on his property and 1/2 on mine.  As long as it doesn’t cause me any problems I am fine. 

Well time for that break.  Stay hydrated, cool and be well.  I am so looking forward to only working 3 days next week and then my vacation begins.  I look forward to getting rid of work email and not thinking about that place.  Of course when I come back you know it’s going to be a total shit show and I will wish I never left but the good news is that I have more vacation left.  Hope you all have a great weekend.

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Good Morning … Happy Thursday, one more day to go!  I had an okay evening, nothing amazing.  I had someone get my dander up just before I was getting ready to jump in the shower.  I took care of it and politely told them to fuck off.  Got my shower and afterwards Rudy came in to keep me company in the bathroom while I finished drying off, brushing my teeth and getting my sleeping medicine.  Mora stood guard at the door, as if someone was going to get past her.  Then we made our way to my bedroom where the two of them decided to chase and play with each other before coming to bed. 

I was watching some porn but it was a long day and I just stopped and hung it up.  Moved over to regular content and then I felt myself starting to drift so I jumped in bed.  If I am going to pass out I just as soon be in bed when it happens, greater chances that I will actually stay asleep.  Eventually I just turned the TV off and closed my eyes.  That was all she wrote. 

Supper wasn’t anything great.  I wanted Spaghetti and I am pretty certain I bought some Stouffers but couldn’t find it.  I have a freezer full of popsicles all of which are Bomb Pops.  I got on a kick and then just stopped.  Not sure why.  Anyway, I had Chicken Parm.  It didn’t quite fill my craving but it worked in a pinch. 

Work has been brutal this week, lots of last minute notice given for this or that and I dislike that but it’s part of the game.  I have played along.  Got another monthly meeting with the boss today, it’s going to be a waste of time but hey whatever.  Things are starting to look up in the way of project work that needs to get done before I leave.  I’ve pretty well gone as far as I can until next week.  That’s when I have to engage another team and there is a minor part that needs to happen, which my co-worker is well skilled in.  I plan to leave that part in his lap as I dash out the door.  Not sure if it will work out that way but it would be ideal for me.  He’s going to sink while I am out, he is putting things off until the last minute when he could be using time now to complete tasks.  Millennials I just don’t get them at all. 

Speaking of which no matches on the dating app.  I have had a couple of good prospects and have liked them but no matches yet.  I do not have high expectations but am along for the ride.  I am only on one app and not paying for it.  I get on at least 1 or 2 more but the end game is they all want money and if I match with someone I don’t want to pay to talk to them.  Sounds silly I know but I am too hip to know that chances are nothing will come of it and I am more comfortable holding on to my money instead of giving it away to a dating app.  Still kind of makes me shake my head and wonder if I will ever find my special someone.  I am starting to think I had him and now that he’s gone I will be single for the rest of my days.  It’s not horrible but there are times when I could really use a shoulder to lean on, to get a hug, companionship and of course sex.  It’s more about the companionship and emotional stuff for me.  As well as not being alone if I get really sick rather than sex, but a good romp I think would do me more good than anything.  It’s been well over 10 years, not bragging.  I’m not desperate or I would be on a hookup app like Grinder and probably could have made something work.  I would rather not take large risks especially when it comes to my health.  As the saying goes five minutes of pleasure is not worth a lifetime of misery. 

Well back to the fun at work, it’s mailbox clean up day.  Plus there are other tasks to tend to.  Hope that you have a great day and all is well.  Stay cool and hydrated.  The heat wave for me is almost over but it’s still going to be warm for a while.  No rain in sight and I am not complaining as long as I am indoors.  Take care and I will talk with you soon. 

Working smarter

Morning … I have laid the ground work for the large amount of work that I need to do.  I have a few final touches most of which I can do tomorrow but one big one that has to wait until next week.  I will look like I pulled off a miracle but it’s just a matter of using time wisely so that I work smarter and not harder.  The amount of work is the same overall it’s just splitting it up a bit to accomplish the same goal. 

Last night was a little bit of chaos at work but I was just made aware of a situation that occurred but didn’t have to get involved in anything and I got to go to bed at my normal time.  That’s the way I like it, keep me on schedule. 

As I was heating up my supper my neighbor was running an extension cord outside.  He decided to trim his bushes, were in the middle of a heat wave and he picked yesterday at 5p to do this outside work.  I watched as the sweat just beaded off of him.  He didn’t look terribly happy.  I also figured there would be a mess left for days but he cleaned up after himself for the most part, not a perfect job but it’s decent.  He hauled the clippings away.  I wish he would have been shirtless that would have made it more fun to watch.  Rudy and Mora really watched him but I doubt that he noticed any of us.  His bushes have been growing for years upon years and were heavily over grown.  I don’t know if he just opted to do this, his wife nagged him, he is planning on selling the house or someone complained to the city.  I haven’t been outside to fully appreciate the work that he did but I am interested in taking a look tomorrow when I take out the trash. 

I’ve got to call my tree guy lots of stuff to trim around here but he will come out now to bid it out and then won’t show back up until the early part of next year to actually do the work.  It’s the way things work out.  If he actually did the work this year it would totally shock me. 

The exterminator hit me up last night saying they would be here tomorrow.  I’ve got way too many things going on and being on-call I didn’t want to stop to accommodate him.  I explained that we will get together eventually but for now just skip the inside and spray on the outside.  I’ve seen a few wasps and yesterday I saw a baby one.  The occasional spider but for the most part I don’t see a lot of bugs since I hired them.  The mice are all gone and no new ones have cropped up.  I am told that its likely at some point they will try to come back.  I think that is probably hype that they hope I will buy into so that I don’t cancel.  I like the service I just dislike them coming inside to spray, it’s part of what I signed up for.  My initial thought was to hire them, get rid of the mice and then cancel.  However, I have hung on.  I am considering cancelling at some point in the future but it’s nice to have a home that is mostly pest free.

This week is flying by so far and I am quite happy about that.  I am eager to get to this point next week because next Wednesday is my Friday and my vacation starts next Thursday and I can already tell you that my time off will be enjoyed but that I won’t want to come back, especially since I have this fun project to be in the office for when I get back.  That is going to suck. 

As for now I am focusing on here and now and trying not to look too far into the future.  What is waiting for me will come around eventually.  Might as well enjoy what I have now.  I’ve got a call in an hour and then unless something else comes stumbling in I am free for the day.  I almost expect something to wreck that for me and it’s okay, so long as once we get past the afternoon hump things are calm. 

I hope that you are doing well, staying cool and keeping hydrated.  Life is grand for me so long as I am on the inside of the house.  My only plan to venture out will come tomorrow when I put the trash out.  Otherwise, I am staying inside where it’s cool and the cats are frisky.  I got Rudy to chase a flashlight last night, that was fun but was over way too soon. 

Talk with you all again soon.  Be well. 

Guy Candy – Summer Loving

Tuesday

Morning … hope all is well.  I got a good nights sleep but Rudy was very eager to get out of bed this morning.  He had me up at 4am and then 5am and by 6am I wound up just rolling over and kept an eye on the time.  I got up 15 minutes early.  Had some Peanut Butter Captain Crunch cereal.  It was like eating air to me, I wanted to devour the whole box.  It was good but just not really filling.  I added in a Banana and a Chocolate Donut.  Still felt like eating more but I pushed myself away and got on with the morning. 

Rather than just slave away at work to try to beat a deadline I have opted to move in a slow fashion just getting a couple things per day knocked out.  If I keep up the pace all week long I will be in very good shape by the end of the week.  I got a routine going and wanted to keep going but better to pace myself.  This will give me more down time and hopefully prevent mistakes. 

Mora got my leg last night, even though I had sweatpants on one of her rear claws dug in and really scratched me.  I just felt the pain and it felt like it was an open gaping wound but just a minor scratch.  I put some alcohol on it and wow that hurt.  Then I coated it with triple antibiotic ointment.  Rudy wanted to lick that off my leg but I wouldn’t have it.  I managed to make it to bed with the ointment still in place.  It looks way better this morning.  I put on more ointment and hope that we can bypass the itchy phase when it starts to heal up more. 

It was a peaceful evening, which I wasn’t expecting but glad that it worked out that way.  I kept my laptop powered on to hopefully chase away any issues and sometimes that works.  I will be trying the same thing again tonight, so wish me luck. 

It’s another hot day here.  Saw a cute shirtless guy running last night past the house.  I was cat calling him from the living room but he never heard a word I said.  Nothing like a little excitement.  I hope he comes by again tonight. 

Stay cool, hydrated and have a good day.  I’ll talk with you all again soon. 

Hell Week

Morning hope that you had a nice weekend.  I’ve got no idea who the nice looking fellow above is but thought I’d share him with you all this morning and hopefully that will make today just a little better. 

The weekend was nice.  I turned off work email on my phone and my phone was damn near silent all weekend long.  I did get the occasional notification and email from a mailing list but no calls.  I savored it and now that It’s Monday and I am back on-call I wish that I could rewind to yesterday. 

Saturday morning I got up a little later than I wanted, took a shower and hit up fast food for breakfast.  Not bad for what I got.  Then went to visit my friend to see about lunch, which was a no go.  I did get my car service scheduled though.  We chatted and caught up a little bit.  Then he had to run, they were short staffed and calls were starting to pour in.  I came back home and relaxed for the bulk of the day.  I made it back out later in the afternoon for a haircut.  Damn this hot looking college kid came out from getting his hair cut.  I looked at him and said damn.  He flexed for me and smiled and winked at me.  I was hoping he’d come talk to me when he was done paying but instead he left.  I just looked him up and down.  Wow I could have easily gone home with him.  Of course it was a Blond boy.  Got my hair cut and then grabbed the mail.  Back home and rested for a while.  I went back out for supper to a local pizza place but this time for pasta.  I got a good meal for not much money.  That was the end of my travels for the day. 

Sunday woke up early, got moving and got to breakfast.  Three local college kids came walking in and two of them were extra fine.  The sat behind me.  Two of them complained they had dates later in the afternoon and didn’t want to go.  The third guy had a date setup for early this morning.  Not exactly sure if they meant date as in going out or date as in something else.  I was getting full and paid my bill and left.  I had to come home, I was just stuffed so much that it would have been agony to go to the grocery store.  I watched some TV with the cats and we got in a quick nap.  Then later in the morning I headed out to the grocery store.  Got everything I needed.  Back home.  I didn’t want to play with the line that had formed at the gas station and I have a 1/2 tank which says it will get me 200 miles so that’s good enough for me.  I came home and unloaded the groceries.  Spent the remainder of the day at home.  Worked on laundry and getting the trash out.  Mostly loafed and surfed social media. 

I dread this week because it’s the last full week before my vacation starts.  Plus I am on-call.  Next week I will only have to work 3 days and then vacation starts for me on Thursday.  This week there is so much to do and I thought about just jumping today and trying to crank out as much as possible.  Today is probably the last day that I can coast.  I need some additional information to come in before I can really get busy so I have opted to coast today.  I’m a little nervous but I am confident that everything will come together.  It’s going to be hell but I am confident that everything will come together. 

Saw the best movie on Friday night, Cocaine Bear.  It’s on Amazon Prime, free for Prime Members.  I haven’t laughed so much at a movie in quite a long time.  Mora & Rudy aren’t used to hearing me chuckle so much and I woke them up from their naps more than once.  There is some gore in the movie but it’s not a horror film.  I wanted to see it in the theater when it came out but am glad that I waited because watching it at home was way better.  I saw Red, White & Royal Blue last weekend it too was really good.  There was and still is a lot of buzz online about that one.  Very well done movie. 

Time for me to get back to the not so fun tasks at work.  Hope that it’s a great day for you.  Talk with you all when I can.  Stay hydrated and cool, that heat is making a come back.  I am inside freezing in the basement but it beats overheating any day.  I can always warm up by heading upstairs.  Mora & Rudy will be all to happy to serve as portable heaters for me! 

Charlie Puth’s Lipstick

  Charlie Puth – Lipstick Video

 

Good Morning!  Look at Charlie Puth in that photo.  I saw this yesterday on Social Media yesterday afternoon.  He was promoting his new video Lipstick that is now live.  You can watch the video below.  He’s shirtless in those leather pants and if your into arm pits you’ll get to see those as well.  He’s apparently working on his next album and this is one of the tracks that will be on it.  He’s starting to get more an more sexual as time moves on.  He’s smart in that sex sells to everyone.  Showing off his body is a great way to pull in the most people.  You don’t have to do that all the time but if you tease it and work it right, people will be on the edge of their seats and just waiting for that shirt to come off and who knows maybe he will drop his pants too.  I know I am not the only guy that wants to see what he’s packing.  He’s already showed off his nice ass. 

Watch Charlie’s new video Lipstick here …

In other news not a whole lot going on here.  Things started to slow down yesterday afternoon.  Then just late in the day more work just randomly starting pouring in.  I am waiting for a project to kick off so I can pitch in and help out before I head out on vacation.  Thus far I am just tapping my fingers and waiting.  I’ll almost bet you that I will have to work a day or a weekend because this damn project will start at the last minute.  There is a lot to be done in a short period of time and I don’t want to leave my co-worker hanging and holding the ball, all though if the shoe was on the other foot he certainly would leave me high and dry, or so I think.  I don’t plan on testing that theory. 

I’ve decided that I will probably be taking a second week of vacation just not sure when at this point.  Also I am planning on putting in for the 3 days of Thanksgiving week.  I mean why not, most of the office will be out and who really wants to work for 3 days.  I may change my mind but right now that is my plan. 

I did some additional looking yesterday at vehicles and crunched numbers again using a different auto loan calculator.  Unless I want to part with some of my reserve cash right now it doesn’t make sense to buy.  I saw a comparable used car that had the same amount of files but it had less features than mine and they were selling it for $19 thousand.  Car Max said they would give me $17 thousand for mine as is.  I’m sure I could get a dealer to match that.  The numbers I used didn’t factor in any kind of discount that I would get and it used actual numbers for my states sales tax which was higher than I anticipated.  Damn taxes and fees.  Unless something goes south my plan as of this moment in time is to keep what I have and wait.  I really want to make the move next year if I can hold off. 

I also figured out that I scheduled my Facial and Massage on a Tuesday, that’s the day the buffet has their Taco Bar.  I don’t know if I will feel good enough to make it there but I know I will certainly try.  It’s a long drive but as long as I am not too sore or tired I think I can do it.  After all I will have all damn day and I’ve got nothing going the day after by design because I figure after resting I will be really sore the next day.  The knots and tightness in my back is no joke.  I heard a rumor at work that our massage therapist might be coming back.  I hope that is the case because she is very affordable, uses everything she can including rocks to work out knots and doesn’t charge extra.  Try getting that at your local spa for no extra charge, good luck. 

I got a really good nights sleep.  Rudy was raring to go and I got out of bed a half hour early.  Both cats seemed happy about that.  They were hungry.  I have a bit more energy at the moment, not sure how long that will last since I polished off the last jelly donut with the breakfast of cereal.  I had a half hour to kill and spent it with the cats.  Got to give Mora a nice long belly rub.  She showed me those claws making air biscuits.  I got to trim those claws tonight she is really marking me up.  I got another new scratch and damn it itches like crazy. If I scratch it yeah it will feel good but it will also break open the scab that formed and then we get to start the healing process all over again.

Going to see a friend tomorrow to make arrangements for car service and to see if I can arrange lunch for the two of us on the Friday before my birthday.  I don’t expect any issues but hey that’s why I am doing this early so I can adjust if need be.  Might even wake up early enough to have breakfast out.  A Sausage & Cheese Omelet sounds good with French Fries or maybe some fresh fruit.  Fries would be included fruit costs $2 extra.  Eating the healthier option always costs more I don’t get it. 

Here’s hoping it’s a great Friday for you and that you have a great weekend ahead.  Stay cool and hydrated that heat is making a come back.  Take care I will talk with you again soon.

Twink Thursday

    Good Morning and Happy Twink Thursday.  It sounded good to me, hope you like it!  Not certain of the model in the photo but he trips my trigger. 

Nothing much happening here.  I had the 1/2 of the Chicken Fajita Burrito last night.  It was okay but the chicken just didn’t pair well with everything else.  Not sure if I will finish the other 1/2 or throw it out.  Has some Vanilla Hagen Daz as a snack a bit later, it was very good.  I know vanilla is basic but it hits the spot for me. 

The cats were normal and Mora sought out her usual amount of over attention.  No question they are both happy here.  I had to wake Rudy up when it was cat nip time.  He just sat looked dazed as I passed out cat nip to Mora.  I walked over and let him sniff the jar, that woke him right up.  Then he wanted his fair share, which I gave him. 

The day was busy after lunch but we got in a morning nap, which was nice.  I had a quick lunch and then came back just before the work started really pouring in.  I was exhausted and I sat down to watch that hot 4 way seen I spoke of last week on Colby Knox, damn if I didn’t fall asleep in the middle of it.  I was all interested and then bam out of no where I just passed right out.  Looks like I will have to rewind it.  When I woke up I just gave up and went to bed, it was for the best.  It was within my normal bedtime range, I allow an hour to wind down from 9p to 10p then after that it’s lights out.  Normally if I go to bed before 10p I wake up during the night.  I did wake up just to use the bathroom, then back to bed.  My body just craved the sleep and that along with food, men and my cats are my loves in life. 

I did jump back on a dating app a couple days ago.  Some familiar faces but lots of new guys.  Thus far no matches.  I’ve liked a couple guys but haven’t heard anything back.  Modern apps are nice and convenient to get things started but they can work against you as well as working for you.  I don’t have high hopes for actually meeting anyone and still have serious doubts if that will ever happen.  I’m not writing it off but it’s up there on the seems impossible list. 

Today is a wide open day.  I’ve got a call in a bit with a vendor and after that the rest of my day has nothing planned.  That doesn’t mean nothing will come up or require my attention but I am hoping not.  I had a bright idea of getting started to help myself out on the large project I have to babysit when I return from the office there is a large data entry piece that goes with it.  Normally, that part of the work isn’t done until the physical work is done by the vendor.  I have already tested to see that I can do it but for some damn reason I feel very lazy today and really honestly don’t care much about work at all.  Call it quiet quitting or just being lazy, I think if I am given the chance I am going to sit on my ass and do as much of nothing as possible.  Just soak it up because soon enough I will be on fire and jumping through hoops again.  I call it enjoying the calm. 

I did look last night at vehicles on the web.  Of course I found something I am in love with, which always seems to happen when I go looking.  I have no idea if it’s still available or not.  I really want to pull the trigger and last night I was convinced that I was going to be moving forward.  Buying it either the day before or the day of my birthday.  Never have done that before.  This morning now that I have given it some though I am asking myself is it really the smart and right thing to do.  There are many positives to it but the downside is that I wouldn’t have all of the extra cash to tuck away that I had planned on.  For sure if I don’t buy this year I will buy next year.  It’s just a gamble or a roll of the dice.  What I have is moving along fine but hell you never know when a gremlin will rear it’s ugly head.  Still tossing that one around.  The devil on my shoulder says do it, you deserve it and it’s what you want.  The angel says hang on to what you go, tuck the money away and buy next year.  I hate back and forth battles like this.  I’m still talking with my mechanic friend and I know that no one can make the final decision but me. 

Here’s hoping that you can enjoy the calm in your day.  Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

Exhausted

Morning … Last night when I got home I was wiped out.  I didn’t have the supper I planned.  Instead I wound up eating a slice of Carrot Cake and having a soda.  I surfed social media and saw that Theo Brady & Jack Waters were scheduled to be on Fleshbot Live.  The host was Alexander.  I’m used to seeing him out Out TV so I fired that up and watched live, of course that show wasn’t on Out TV it was on Fleshbot’s website.  By the time I figured out what was going on the show was over.  I wasn’t happy about that.  It’s was supposedly audio recorded but this morning I am not finding it just yet.  I might have to wait a few days.  I really like Theo he’s hot and has been on my list of favorites for a long time.  Jack is younger and newish to Porn but he’s hot as well.  Always interested in interviews and podcast type content when it comes to gay porn stars. 

I watched some YouTube videos and had lots of cuddle time with the cats.  Mora of course was first and got the most with a couple of repeat trips.  Rudy was happy with just one trip and some petting.  They got their treats and cat nip.  Before I finally went to bed. 

I turned in super early and just took my regular dose of sleeping medicine.  Damn I was out like a light by 9:30p.  I fell asleep with no cats in the bed.  I woke up around 2 or 3, both of them were curled up next to my head.  I got up to use the bathroom, they stayed in place.  It wasn’t until I got back that I realized they were both there.  They left as soon as I laid back down but I went right back to sleep.  Rudy woke me up around 5a and I just rolled over and went back to sleep.  6a he was at it again.  I laid in bed and milked it as long as I could finally at 6:45a I got up and got moving.  Both cats were in the kitchen at the same time, apparently they were starving.  They had dry food out but I’m the sucker who got them used to wet food.  I don’t think they had it before but I know they never had it at the shelter.  It’s not cheap but then again neither is Science Diet Dry Food.  Anyway, they ate.  Mora got in her cuddle time with dad and a belly rub.  Rudy was just chillin on my bed about to doze off. 

Now that I’ve described that a nap sure sounds good but it’s still early.  One very long meeting is all that I have remaining on the books for today.  Then I am free for the rest of the day, unless something comes up.  I of course have to watch the phone.  However, I am not tied to my computer unless things get busy. 

Since it looks like I will need to be in the office for 4 days when I get back I plan to soak up as much down time as I can.  That won’t be a party and I can tell you for certain that it will wipe me out.  I will sleep good for those days but damn they will all be very long days and driving in rush out traffic on the way home, yuck.  No thanks.  I had someone in the office yesterday offer to help out so that I didn’t have to hike over all 4 days but if something goes wrong and I am not there, it won’t bode well for me.  However, I am still considering taking them up on their offer. 

Right now my focus is on the weekend, relaxing as much as I can and getting ready for my time off.  Still thinking about a new ride just for the peace of mind aspect and having a warranty to fall back on.  I really do want to take a break from car payments to build up my reserve.  Thinking of just paying off the balance of the existing loan to jump start that process.  Not exactly sure what I want to do.  I’ll be seeking advice from my mechanic friend and I’m sure I probably won’t like what he tells me in that what your driving still has a lot of life left and it’s in good shape.  I don’t need anyone’s permission to make a move, other than to arrange for financing before I visit the dealer, no loan means no new car.  I don’t have that much money laying around. 

Well I think I am going to take a break and go watch some TV and relax with the cats.  Hopefully, my phone isn’t watching and my action doesn’t attract calls or cause me to have to come back to the computer until it’s closer to my meeting time. 

Hope you have a great day.  Happy Hump Day!

Hung Over Tuesday

Howdy again and welcome to the second day in the week.  I wanted to ensure a good nights sleep, so I took two sleeping pills.  I was in bed by 9:30pm and on my way to sleepy town.  They kicked in fast.  I wanted to watch porn but that just wasn’t an option.  For the life of me I can’t wake up this morning.  It’s 11a and I am still yawning, despite being up and out of bed 5 minutes before 6a.  I moved like a knife through hot butter, had breakfast, got a shower, got dressed, packed my lunch, and was out the door.  I even ate Belvita Biscuits to help give me some energy but nothing.  Had my usual Diet Mt. Dew on the way to work as well.  Maybe after I have lunch I will wake up or that might just be enough for the food coma to wipe me out. 

I did get the service call setup so I am stuck waiting her on the tech and can’t leave until he does.  I got a wide window from noon to 4p.  I hope that he’s here by 2p.  I really want to get out of here and back home. 

I checked on Mora and Rudy, they are both on the couch.  Mora is in the pet bed all passed out.  Rudy is passed out on the cushion that I usually sit on.  Glad they aren’t in the bedroom and are getting some sunlight.  Just wish I was. 

Got a few sprinkles on the way in and it was kind of dark out at times, enough that my headlights kicked on.  Had some lovely person on my back bumper that I wanted to break check but just held my speed which was 72 in a 55.  That was on an exit ramp.  He flew by me as soon as we got off the exit ramp.  Guess someone was late. 

The oddest thing happened to me though while I was working away.  My iPhone got stuck on a black screen.  Nothing I did would wake it up.  I looked up a fix online for a soft reset and that did the trick.  Now I am scared the phone is going to stop working on me.  What caused me to notice it was the two factor push I needed to acknowledge to get into a system here at work.  I called from my desk to my cell and just got voice mail.  Very strange.  It’s back to working and hopefully it stays that way.  I’d like a new phone but when I want to get it and not to be forced into it.  The phone isn’t that old. 

I polished off all of the pizza that was left over last night.  Tonight’s dinner is a Chicken Fajita Burrito.  Something the grocery store made  It sounded good so I figured I would give it a try.  I will probably break it down to two meals but won’t know that for certain until I start eating it.  Here’s hoping that I get some zest and energy or a nap and can recharge.  Either is okay so long as the nap part doesn’t happen while I am driving home. 

Have a great day!  Talk with you all again soon. 

 

Nice Weekend–Pizza & Guys

Welcome back on a Monday.  I know I am not terribly excited about today either.  The weekend was good.  I got cat food, the mail and went for a short drive on Saturday.  I was also able to sleep in and lounge around the house.  Very nice!  Sunday, I got up a little later than normal, only by 30 minutes.  I got the cats fed, dressed and out the door.  Had breakfast, hit up Target, Grocery Store and filled up the gas tank.  Then home to put it all away.  I thought for sure I had everything.  I made a list but went from memory.  Of course I forgot two things.  One I wrote down and the other I forgot to write down.  I got some laundry and writing done.  Cleaned the house, filled up the water fountain for the cats and went out for pizza and saw some hot guys. 

It’s a new place that I started going to months back.  The host who is also a waiter reminds me of a younger version of Chandler from Corbin Fisher.  He’s tall and got some large balls.  They get to wear shorts so you can kind of take a sneak peak of things a little better than with jeans.  I saw another waiter who was young and cute.  I would have loved to have either of them or both of them in my bed.  There was a couple with a very new born kid, they were older.  Most likely the grandparents of the kid.  He was so tiny.  Something spoke to me and I wound up paying their bill.  I also broke the news to them before I left.  That is one of my favorite things to do.  I don’t have a ton of money but doing something nice for someone else just gives me a huge thrill.  The waiter that was taking care of them said that no one has ever done that before for a table he was taking care of.  I imagine not a lot of people pick up a strangers check at a pizza place.  It was my first time too.  I normally do that at breakfast. 

Drove home in one hell of a rain storm.  I could see okay but it was slightly difficult.  The rain was really coming down.  Lots of people had their flashers on.  I just kept with our state law and had my lights on along with my wipers.  Slow and steady.  You would have to be flying to not see the car in front of you.  It wasn’t a white out condition but I can see where people would or could panic.  I got behind a couple of people driving really slow.  I wound up passing them.  It took me a little longer to get home but I made it safe and sound. 

Rudy managed to claw me a couple times this weekend so I whacked his claws yesterday.  The bastard tried to bite me but I let him know that wasn’t going to happen.  Mora is just waiting with caution because she knows she is next.  They both got to come downstairs with me when I was working on laundry, just once.  They were over the moon about that.  I like to see their faces light up, it brings me so much joy.  They are good cats, just have a lot of energy bursts and honestly I am too tired to play.  Mora works me every night for cat nip still.  I pass it out like it’s medication.  Treats come first and then about an hour later it’s cat nip time. 

I managed to nod off while watching porn.  However, when I woke up I didn’t want to go to bed.  I wound up staying up late and writing in my room, with a lantern on low.  The cats weren’t happy but after two hours, I was tired and I went to bed.  Slept okay for the most part.  Woke up early and got the day started. 

I’m trying to arrange a service call with a vendor at work for tomorrow.  I called on Friday but still waiting to hear back.  I called again this morning and was told yeah, I’ll call the service manager now and she will call you right back.  Well that was over 15 minutes ago and I’m not holding my breath.  Hopefully they don’t send someone out because they will be turned away unless they are on the visitor list and presently they are not.  I also found out that the project my boss wound up forking money out for has finally been scheduled for the day after I return from vacation.  Not only that but now instead of a 3 day project they will need the entire week.  I know originally they planned to start at 6a but I don’t know the schedule now and am trying to get that spelled out.  Looks like I will be going into the office for 4 days straight.  Not looking forward to that at all. 

I got the recall notice for my car and just scheduled repairs for that while I am on vacation.  The letter said the dealer would have the parts on hand.  The dealer said they had to order the parts.  Just love the misinformation.  The repair takes about an hour and I’ll be sitting there waiting for it.  I did look on-line and do some number crunching this morning.  Looks like a new vehicle is affordable for me and I’d kind of like it as the ultimate birthday present but I am honestly just about out of car payments and really looking forward to that.  For now I am resisting but I may give in as we get closer.  I haven’t made the physical trip to the dealer to see anything in person but that might happen.  Mine still has 59,500 miles on it and counting.  It’s 6 years old and very well taken care of.  No warranty coverage though.  That and adding new features as well as having remote functionality would be my reasons for buying.  What I want is smaller than what I have.  My engine is broken in and I am just now starting to get good gas mileage.  I also really hate to give that up.  I’ve had new car fever for years and years, it’s not going anywhere but it will flare up now and then.  If I don’t buy this year then next year for sure will be the year I make the move, at least that is the preliminary plan. 

Hope that you had a nice weekend and that this week is full of some pleasant moments.  If that dumb vendor ever calls me back and we can work out something for tomorrow I plan to go in.  I never look forward to that because I have to get up early.  The drive in isn’t bad but I loathe the drive home.  I hope that it all comes together like I want.  As for this other project after vacation I really hope that it falls apart but I don’t for see that happening because we have been waiting for months for parts and they just came in.  Plus were holding the other half of the payment until the project is complete and the vendor I am sure wants their money.  I am just not excited about this at all.  My boss however is dripping with joy and very excited.  Please Lord help me through this.  Vacation is something I look forward to but returning not so much, especially when there is stress looming and I know about it well in advance. 

Take care, talk with you all again soon!

First Facial

Good morning everyone and Happy Friday!  I’ve got some vacation time planned a couple days before my birthday and then the entire week afterwards.  I really thought about going to Hawaii or taking a trip to somewhere but since I got the cats I kept waffling do I or don’t I.  No surprise, I am not going anywhere.  Given that I am their 3rd owner I didn’t want them to think that I was leaving them and would never return.  Yeah they would probably adjust while I was gone but then there is that added cost of boarding and it just seemed easier to stay home. 

I’ve got a semi-busy week planned for myself.  Seeing the doctor a couple days before I turned a year older, trying to get together with a friend for lunch the day before and work in an oil change in the same day.  The weekend is for resting.  The following week that Monday is Labor Day.  Tuesday I booked my first ever professional facial and after that I get a deep tissue massage for 90 minutes.  That combo is going to be a little costly but hey if it makes me feel better and maybe look a little better why not.  I booked the massage and the facial was an after thought.  I’ve done at home facials before but I think I will get a better benefit from the professional touch.  Wednesday is a day of rest and I expect that I will be really sore and won’t want to do a damn thing.  Thursday I see the eye doctor for my annual exam.  The only thing left to work in is the recall work on my vehicle that I just got sent.  I plan to call on Monday to see if I can squeeze that in while I am off.  It’s amazing what you can cram into a week.  Now that I have given you this little word puzzle, can you tell me what day my birthday is without peeking at past years posts? 

I know that after having a bunch of time off I will NOT want to go back but Monday, September 11th is scheduled to be my first day back.  I’ve got plenty of time left so it’s possible that I will take some additional time.  Most likely in the Winter around holidays.  Then again if I meet a guy maybe there will be a trip in my future.  Fingers crossed, but I won’t hold my breath.  I don’t look or feel really that well when I turn blue like a Smurf. 

Last night was a quiet night and outside of tending to the cats, primarily Mora I was able to get some writing in.  I did have a chance to try the OCR conversion software.  It made a word document but it was all in my handwriting and not all of what I wrote came over.  Thankfully, it was a trial version so I didn’t commit any money.  I have since removed it and resumed hand typing.  I have the computer read it back to me and I make corrections and edits.  I am happy to say that I have 3 stories transcribed and saved.  Since your reading this just curious if I would publish them is anyone interested in reading them?  I am mulling over the possibility of sharing them, that is kind of a turn on for me.  In the end the final call is up to me but once the preverbal cats is out of the bag there is no going back.  That’s why I am taking my time with the decision. 

I was up twice last night.  Once from a bad dream to use the bathroom.  Don’t really remember that much from the dream, it’s fuzzy.  The other one got me up at 5a when in my dream I went to squish a bug that was on the wall with my foot and my leg cramped up.  Yeah, that will get me up in a hurry.  It hurt and normally I scream like a little girl but this time I was oddly quiet.  I didn’t even get up out of bed I was able to make it go away with flexing my foot.  However, when I did finally get up my calf muscle was sore.  My grandfather used to get the same thing, he called them Charlie Horses.  He said that he was low in quinine and that eating grapefruit was the cure, plus he took some kind of doctor prescribed pill and the two fixed the issue.  I can’t eat grapefruit because I am on a statin but pink grapefruit sounds good or even pink grapefruit juice.  Haven’t had that in forever. 

I’ve been up since 5a and sat in my room watching TV.  When 7a rolled around and it was time to get moving, that’s when I was oddly ready to go back to bed.  Where was that feeling 15 minutes after I woke up?  I told the cats that I believed a nap was in our future.  Here’s hoping that if/when that happens my phone closes it’s eyes as well so I am not bothered.  Not a whole lot going on today but still have to keep a watch on things, you never know when trouble will strike. 

I hope you have a great day and weekend.  Talk with you all again soon, be well!

Twink Thursday

 Jake Preston from MEN.COM

Happy Thursday.  I got bothered a bit more than I wanted to last night with work.  It started when I put my dinner in the microwave and stepped away to take my medicine.  I heard the phone chirp.  I logged in and took care of the issue.  Then ate and hoped for the best but as I was moving my laptop from the kitchen to the living room the phone went off again.  Took care of the issue and figured that would be the last call, silly me.  I shutdown and went back to writing.  Ten minutes later I had to stop again and deal with something.  This time I figured the cure all was to leave my laptop on and logged in.  An hour and a half went by and then I put it away.  That whole leave it on to ward away the calls thing, worked.  It’s not the first time but it doesn’t always work out that way. 

I got in quality cuddle time with both cats.  Plus they each got brushed.  Rudy was long overdue for a brushing.  He just lapped it up and even switched sides for me.  His face was all smiles and you could see that he was really loving it.  Mora enjoyed her brushing as well but not as long as her brother and she likes it until she doesn’t.  They both still try to chew on the brush.  We had some fun.  Mora let me know when we were 10 minutes away from treat time.  Then she let me know when she wanted her cat nip and she really paces and gets obstinate when you ignore her on that.  Treats not so much but cat nip oh don’t mess with that.  I passed that out and finished writing.  Then time for bed. 

Sleeping last night wasn’t all that bad.  I did wake up again early this time at 5am.  Managed to fall back asleep for an hour.  I woke up to turn over and Rudy really wanted to get up.  I got him to settle down but there was no going back to sleep for me.  I laid there with my eyes closed.  When I finally opened them we had 15 minutes to go and it would have been time to get up, so I opted to roll out of bed early.  However, the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was Rudy’s butt right in my face.  I gave him a light tap and he sprang to life.  We had a little bit of cuddle time and he made some more biscuits. 

It was nothing but fog soup outside.  We had breakfast and Rudy gobbled up most of the food but he did leave some for his sister.  She is just a bit too polite and allows him to eat more than she does, but yet she is the one who is bigger.  I don’t get it.  Having some time to waste, I cuddled with Mora before having to come downstairs and start my day.  Both cats are back to escorting me to the basement.  They think that I will let them in, at least there is that glimmer of hope.  I actually almost gave in to Mora this morning.  I hate closing the door on her with that face just looking so sad saying please, pretty please. 

No sooner than I sat down to get started with my day, both cats were running around upstairs and it sounds like they are trying to tear the place down.  They get pretty aggressive with each other.  Now it’s all quiet and calm, as their food comas kick in and they nap, while lurking at the top of the steps waiting for me to immerge.  One of them always takes lookout duty, while the other one hides close by.  They are really quite a team.

Here’s hoping for a better day.  Now I have to go work on some stupid report that I hate putting together.  It’s easy but it’s just a pain.  Excel, numbers, graphs and percentages.  Yuk, then it goes to upper management which is a double yuk from me.  I hate standing in the spotlight.  I hope that I can spend a bit more time upstairs than downstairs today and that when the day is done, the day is truly done.  Wishful thinking but hey it doesn’t cost a thing, anyone can wish or dream no charge.  The possibility's are endless. 

Here’s hoping your dreams come true today and that it’s a great day for all.  Take care and thanks again for stopping by!

Hump Day–Regular Post

 Colby Knox – Southwest Boys Group Fuck

Howdy how are you doing today?  Glad to see you stopped by.  Today’s photo is from Colby Knox and their latest scene release with Southwest College Boys.  The scene looks to be red hot and I am eager to watch.

It’s been a bitch of a day.  My insomnia got me up early, I tried to go back to sleep but it was no use.  I had a lot of tasks to take care of this morning and it wasn’t something I looked forward to.  I saw the request come in late yesterday afternoon and I automatically deferred it to tomorrow.  Famous last words.  Tomorrow actually comes for somethings and you can’t put them off until someday, because that day never comes around.  I had a real gem to deal with first though.  I worked with an internal resource to get an order placed for something we need and have a low supply.  I put my request in last year because I knew that it was only a matter of time.  This person is known for dragging their feet.  Look I don’t think they actually placed the order because it doesn’t take over a year to get what we need, maybe a few weeks to a month tops.  It’s always like pulling teeth and this person is a Manager.  I woke up to another one of their excuse emails, hey I didn’t forget you I am still checking on the order.  Bullshit, you never fucking placed it, just man up and tell me.  I know when someone is telling me it’s raining outside because they are peeing on my leg.  I had it.  I went to my boss and told him enough of the BS and games, were critically low and we need this.  Can you compel this person or have the higher ups compel this person to fucking do their job and place the order.  I used rather colorful language without cussing to make my point.  I had hoped my boss would forward the email to his boss but damn he didn’t.  Instead I got a response I feel you and I am going to try to take care of this and place the order myself.  Yeah well good fucking luck.  Then after that I plowed through all of those tasks that I put off and then the morning shit show began.  All sorts of wacky strange problems starting flowing up.  Sprinkled in with email requests, I need this now, take care of this for me, hey can you help me with this.  My circuits were overloaded.  I was hopping here, jumping there and trying to remember how to focus. 

Of course what time was it, meeting time.  Something urgent came in and I had to take care of that.  Which resulted in me spending part of my afternoon dealing with someone who decided to travel but not tell anyone until they were overseas and couldn’t connect.  Wow, my bladder started itching for attention.  I just couldn’t get away.  More time passed.

Finally lunch time.  Well actually bathroom break then lunch.  I was looking forward to lunch.  I had two soft pretzels.  I bought some Tostito’s Nacho Cheese.  I never had it before, one taste and I was so sorry I bought it instead of the queso .  Thank God tomorrow is trash day because that shit is going out.  I’ll grab the queso when I get to the store on Sunday.  Holy cow.  Plain pretzels, not so bad.  I had to hurry because don’t you know as soon as I sat down to eat, more email came pouring in and there was a high priority request, which is the aforementioned person who traveled.  Then an executive reached out for help.  I was just juggling.  Then the cats got into it upstairs and one of them was crying like they were seriously hurt.  I went to go check on them and they both came running to the stairs, like hey can we come down or are you coming back up?  Don’t kill each other, go lay down.  Back to work for me.  The cats were confined to upstairs, which isn’t so bad. 

Had a 1pm meeting but wasn’t able to make it, aw shucks.  Kept on plugging away at work and putting out fires.  Finally got caught up around 2:30p.  Hallelujah!  Finally time to surf for porn and goof off.  Which I usually do in the morning before things really get hopping. 

Things are calm at the moment and I am kind of afraid to go up because the cats will need attention and then I figure more crap will happen at work and it will turn into another late night.  I want to be able to relax and get back to writing to escape the madness of this world.  Hopefully, that will happen and I can find something good for supper in the freezer.  Fingers crossed.

Just before my insomnia kicked in I had a dream where my late spouse was alive, I was talking with him, I could touch him.  I never knew in the dream that he passed.  We even had sex.  Then reality set in when I woke up.  It’s been 10 long years, damn I still miss that man.  The heart wants, what the heart wants.  It’s not possible but tell that to my heart.  Every now and then I get a dose of reality like that or I will have the thought that he is coming home or I need to check with him.  Then I remember, nope.  I think writing out sexual fantasies of guys that I have crushes on contributed to my dream.  In a very small way it kind of feels like I am cheating.  I don’t feel that way about porn.  I can only imagine how I will feel if I am ever lucky enough to “get lucky” again be it with casual sex or with something long term.  I want a guy but who knows if something will ever actually click, I sure do hope so and I hope that psychologically it doesn’t mess with me. 

That’s about it for the regular post of the day.  Between AT&T last night and the BS from today I am not exactly in a chipper mood, but you probably didn’t know that by my sunny disposition, right?  Yeah I am being a smart ass, I mean who wants to be a dumb ass?  There I did it again.  Now if I keep on doing that I might just perk up and snap out of it. 

Two more days, here’s hoping I can hold it together and the weekend is quiet as normal.  Hope you had a great day and that your evening is enjoyable as well.  Talk with you all again soon.  Seriously, thank you for your readership, it means the world to me.  Cheers!

Don’t Lie to me

Good Morning Everyone!  Welcome to another day.  I’ve got one hell of a story for you.  Buckle up, here we go!

About a month ago I got a notice from AT&T that my autopay discount would be reduced from $10 per month to $5 per month starting in September.  This is because I was paying with a credit card.  If I switched that to a debit card or a checking account they would keep the $10 discount.  This did not please me as you might imagine.  I wrote a letter and got a response late last week in the form of a phone call.  The person whom I spoke to told me that this would be a straight forward conversation in that they weren’t able to help me.  Well, why bother calling me back?  That’s rhetorical. 

My letter not only complained about this but also their overall pricing.  I was on a 4GB plan paying more than $30 per month but I have a second line of service with Visible and get unlimited everything (talk, text, data and hotspot) for $30 per month taxes and fees included.  I asked AT&T why they were so much higher and what we could do about that.  The response I got was well you’ve been a loyal customer for well over 30 years.  If you wanted to change to our unlimited rate plan and get a new phone that would contractually lock you into an agreement with us, we’d give you $180.  I explained that wasn’t lowering my monthly bill but raising it and throwing in an obligation to AT&T.  I wasn’t willing to be locked into a contract.  I am fortunate that if I want a new phone I walk in, pay cash and walk out with the new phone, no need for financing.  Well, uh gee what if we gave you $180 and you just promised not to change carriers, would that work?  So no contract?  No.  Okay, deal but before we move forward let’s suppose I was to cancel at the 11th hour AT&T wouldn’t come up with some lower rate plan or some other way to help me, would they?  No, I can absolutely assure you that you are on our lowest rate plan and getting the maximum discounts available.  There just isn’t anything lower.  Okay so I took the money. 

Then I learned about AT&T pre-paid which has way better rate plans in exchange for parting with your cash up front before they provide service.  Presently I am a post paid customer, which required a credit check at the time service was established.  It wouldn’t exactly lower by bill but I’d get a better deal by switching.  I went to compare rate plans with what was available in my account.  Previously I only had 3 choices total.  Magically now I have 7 choices and wouldn’t you know it one of them has a lower price by $10 to that $30 price but it’s not unlimited.  It’s 2GB per month and if you go over they charge you an overage fee but will advance you the data.  Hot spot included up to the monthly plan limit.  Unlimited talk and text. 

I thought about it and thought about it, hell I’d save $10 per month, which once my auto pay increases it would work out to $5 per month in savings.  I use Visible for all of my data & hot spot needs, as well as some calling.  I got the line because of getting back into the dating scene and not wanting to give out my real phone number.  I just keep AT&T because it’s the number that is tied to damn near everything and everyone I know or want to be able to reach me.  I could port it but I did that once and it’s super messy and AT&T has port protection in place and you have to make multiple calls before you actually talk to the right person who will finally release your number and give you a port out PIN.  It’s simply not worth the time or aggravation.  Plus AT&T to their credit for extra money has the best spam call protection I have found.  It’s $4 extra per month but well worth it. 

Last night after dealing with some frustrations at work that kept me working much later than I needed to be.  I opted to make the change.  I logged into my account and selected the $30 rate plan.  I got the usual warning screens your lowering your bill and changing your rate plan, are you really sure you want to do this?  Yeah, okay hang on were making the change for you.  Then I got an error screen, something went wrong you need to call us.  I tried once more got the same results and then called. 

I spoke with ye old average regular customer service person.  He tried to switch me to a higher rate plan and I had to put my foot down and explain exactly what I wanted to switch to.  Then he comes back with Sorry sir, that rate plan is for AT&T employees only and isn’t offered to the general public.  Did you read the disclosures?  I said of course not no one ever reads that bullshit, which is true.  It’s all a contract of adhesion that if you don’t agree to it you can’t have it.  Were all conditioned to say yes I agree and move on, which is what I did.  Well, Sir it’s spelled out there.  I asked for a manager.  The person stalled let me double check my records to make sure the information I am giving you is accurate.  Long pause, yeah it’s correct.  Meanwhile that gave me time to read the disclosures and there isn’t a damn thing in there that said it’s for AT&T employees only.  I asked for a Manager and I was told they are very busy but to hang on and a manager would be right with me.  This went on for over a 1/2 hour.  Finally just as I was about to be transferred I hear hold music and the wait just got longer.  Fuck this, I hung up. 

I called from my cell phone and asked to cancel my service.  That puts you in the Retention Department and those are the folks that can wheel and deal to keep you on as a customer.  I’ve played this little game more than once in the 30 plus years I have been a customer.  I explained to the person calmly but with some frustration in my voice what I had just been through with customer service.  This person told me that it is a legacy rate plan that isn’t really offered any more and that you did have to be an AT&T employee but she’d be happy to switch me to that plan if it’s what I really wanted.  That took about 15 minutes and I had to confirm several times that it is what I wanted.  Finally, presto it’s a done deal and at the moment I just saved myself $10 per month. 

I was glad that was over with, I also got the $180 that I was promised last night.  So this situation has worked out well for me.  I kept thinking about how I was lied to and nothing will make me madder than if you lie to me.  Now I really want to leave them.  Will I probably not at this point in time but eventually yeah I think they are on the way out.  There are better deals out there.  AT&T used to have the #1 cellular network now they are #2 and Verizon is the #1 contender.  Visible is pre-paid service on the Verizon network.  The coverage I get from them far exceeds what AT&T provides.  I run both lines simultaneously and can see the signal strength for both in real time.  Visible (Verizon) is always one bar or better than AT&T on average. 

AT&T is like any large organization where the more people you have involved the more misinformation you have.  I just want the best value for my money and to part with as little cash as possible for service.  That’s what the average person wants as well.  I don’t get why they had to lie to me.  You might say it’s misinformation or a misunderstanding but nope it’s a lie.  The person who told me that I had the best rate plan possible and they couldn’t do better worked in the Office of the President, he knew exactly what he was doing. 

While I am not going to do this, I’d bet that if I called back today said I was going to cancel AT&T would make me some offer to try to keep my business and I would get an even sweeter deal.  It’s not worth my time or the aggravation.  For now I am pissed but happy.  I am taking my marbles and moving on with life. 

I understand why now after 30 plus years so many people hate AT&T.  My late grandmother worked for the bell system and I was raised and conditioned to always go with the bell or AT&T because it was hands down the best.  That was true years ago but certainly not today.  They pillage and bleed their customers just like every other carrier but they go out of their way to make sure you get the least for what your paying for instead of the best or most, which in the end I am sure is the same for all of the carriers but the other carriers do a much better job of marketing it and making it palatable and easier to swallow.

I’ve been up since 5a and this has just been eating away at me, so here it is for the world at large to read.  AT&T  eff u see kay, why owe u!

end rant.  Have a great day everyone, thanks for reading this. 

All smiles or something like that

  I am all smiles with another good report from the Dentist.  I don’t go back until March and it felt rather odd but I said Merry Christmas as I left.  Yeah, it will be here before you know it. 

There wasn’t a whole lot that I missed while I was gone.  I had a quick snack before I went and then just came back and got caught up.  I waited as long as I could but I felt my sugar dropping so I just came back from grabbing a quick bite. 

Funny thing if I am walking to the kitchen, Rudy always follows me.  He thinks that I should just pass out food like it’s nothing.  I’m sure if I wanted to I could maybe get him to gain some weight.  However, I am comfy with him being the small size he is.  Since he loves to sleep on top of me.  There is quite a size and weight difference between him and his sister.  Mora is a big girl.  I was really surprised when I first got them earlier this year, the shelter said that she just started packing on the weight.  They both can get up and go with energy but I am guessing her metabolism is slower.  They chase each other back and forth and they move fast. 

I got roped into a task to take care of this afternoon so right now I am just killing time and here if anything happens to break.  Once my task is done I will be headed upstairs to be with the aforementioned cats.  Hoping that tonight is quiet so that I can enjoy my evening, at least what I am permitted to enjoy.  I’ve already got my snack for 7p planned, it’s ice cream.  I got some small Hagen Das cups, they are the perfect size for a snack and a bit more affordable than the larger version.  I’d rather have Ben & Jerry’s but I bought what was available. 

The week is off to a running start.  Come on Friday I am looking forward to seeing you!  Just wanted to share my good news.  I’ll talk with you tomorrow.  Take care! 

Dentist Tuesday

MEN.COM – Joey Mills rides Bruce Beckham

Morning everyone!  Happy Tuesday.  I get my teeth cleaned today.  I honestly don’t mind the trip to the dentist because I always get a good report, hopefully today is no different.  What I don’t like is going during working hours because there is always catchup when I get back.  Sometimes that’s light work and other times it’s heavy work.  My dental appointments seem to fall when I am on-call.  I just take what the appointment they have available, it matters not to me.  Maybe the next appointment won’t happen when I am on-call.

I had 1/2 of some store prepared spaghetti, then took a couple hours to write.  At 7p we had snacks.  The cats got their treats and I had a slice of Carrot Cake with a glass of milk.  It was really good. 

I managed to get a shave and get a shower last night.  I was moving in slow mode but kept on pushing.  I took my sleeping pills and brushed my teeth ahead of time so when I was done, I could just go watch TV and then get to bed.  It worked rather well.  My insomnia kicked in at 5 this morning and I tried to go back to sleep but just tossed and turned.  The cats came to join me closer to 6 and I got in some cuddle time with Rudy.  He fell asleep on my chest twice.  Mora was at my feet but we got in our cuddle time after breakfast, that’s when she likes it the most. 

Rudy was chowing down and I didn’t think he was going to leave anything for his sister.  Then suddenly he barfed, at least he got it in the plate so there was no clean up.  Mora was just looking at me like now what?  I said hang on I’ll get you something.  She was tickled pink that I opened a special can of food just for her.  She should have thanked her brother otherwise that wouldn’t have happened. 

Both cats have magically returned to giving me my morning escort to the basement.  They think I am going to let them in.  I know Mora wants down here worse than Rudy does.  She will sit for hours in front of the door and I can be upstairs eating or getting ready for bed.  I think it’s just curiosity mostly since there time down here has been limited.  I think if I opened the door up and let them roam free I probably would have to carry them out as they wouldn’t want to leave.  It’s a treat to them when I let them come down and I don’t plan on changing things up at the moment. 

Yesterday I was racking my brain for the name of a cute guy that I could picture but couldn’t remember his name.  Well after scouring on social media, it finally hit me.  I found him and he still looks good.  I just hate when I think of someone and can picture them but can’t put a name with the face.  It drives me nuts. 

I hope you like the model photo today.  Joey Mills is one of my favorite porn stars.  I have watched him since his early days on Helix and enjoy his work now that he is a bit older.  He’s always been cute and he knows what he is doing. 

Well back to the fun.  Have a great day, talk with you again soon. 

Catching up

Priority business 1st ….

I saw this video on Saturday morning and thought of one of my readers that I suffers from Migraines.  I thought this might be beneficial.  I learned a lot by watching this despite the fact I don’t get headaches that often.  Wanted to share just in case it helps that person or someone else.

Now on to the regular post.  Friday I got to enjoy the day with the cats upstairs and had very little work to take care of.  The cats loved it and they were all over me so I tried to get some writing done but it was difficult at times. 

I took 1/2 of a muscle relaxer Friday night because I didn’t want to be wiped out on Saturday.  So much for that idea.  I didn’t want to do a damn thing.  I just stayed in, watched TV and slept off an on.  I could have pushed myself a little harder but just didn’t care too. 

Sunday I had to get moving.  The plan was to get up early, grab a shower, get breakfast and then get some shopping done.  What happened was I got up early, fed the cats and went back to bed.  I slept in for a few more hours.  Then got up had breakfast, got my medicine and sat in front of the TV.  I wound up watching Jumping Jack Flash and cuddling in bed with the cats.  Mora was right next to me and she managed to lull me into a sleep.  The TV went off and out I went.  It was so enjoyable and we all had a really good time.  That wasn’t getting things done though.  By noon I was up, grabbed a quick bite to eat, got a shower and then hit up the post office.  Nothing exciting waiting for me there, just a little junk mail and bills.  Moved on to the grocery store.  I was supposed to make a Target run but just wanted to get back home.  Walked through the store like I knew what I was doing but still managed to forget to get cheese.  I realized it when I was in the checkout but I didn’t want to make a run for it.  No big deal. 

Made it home, unloaded and put all of the groceries away.  Then sat on the couch, my stomach was bothering me a little bit.  That went away and I opted to venture out later in the afternoon for Mexican food.  I had a nice meal.  Service was slow.  I needed to use the bathroom and the waitress wasn’t moving fast enough.  I wanted to duck into the bathroom but I didn’t want her to think I skipped out on my bill.  Well the waiting turned out to be a bad idea.  I think you understand without me saying more.  They were out of toilet paper and that didn’t help me.  I used seat covers to clean up.  Headed out after scrubbing my hands twice like a surgeon preparing to operate.  Their soap sucked!  I came home and grabbed another quick shower.  Then did laundry.  Let the cats roam around in the basement because I didn’t want to fight with them.  I was running out of energy.  Then I had to take care of the litter boxes and after that I had to put my pills out.  Then back down stairs and I had to shoo Rudy to the stairs.  Mora was just a loaf and I had to pick her up and carry her to the stairs.  She tried to claw me but missed.  Then my legs were turning into Jell-O, I felt like I was dehydrated and all I wanted to do was get some water and sit down.  I was out of breath. 

That’s what I get for trying to do everything in one day.  It’s worked out for me well in the past but not this time.  Once I caught my breath and hydrated a little bit, I had a small individual Hagen Daz ice cream Carmel Crunch, along with an anti-acid pill.  Between the two they helped to settle my stomach which was starting to act up again. 

Then the internet went out.  We were under a Tornado Watch and then I got a pop up on my phone, hey you don’t have any internet.  Thank God for cellular connectivity, it has become more reliable than the cable company.  I watched TV in my room via my hot spot option.  Got into an old Whoopi Goldberg Standup and it was really good.  Cuddled in bed with the cats but not before taking a double dose of sleeping medicine.  My body didn’t want to pass out until closer to midnight.  Thank God the internet came back up just before I turned the TV off, so I had my white noise via my Echo. 

What a weekend.  I slept really good, had some far out pleasant dreams and Rudy tried to wake me early.  He likes to climb on me a couple hours before I wake up, he sleeps on top of me but makes his biscuits first to wake me up and let me know he’s there.  Then I get him to settle down and he goes to sleep and I get to fall back asleep.  The alarm clock went off, which isn’t normal but Rudy knew what it meant and he was all excited.  Morea apparently sleeps on the cedar chest and then once Rudy climbs on top of me, she moves to get in bed and take her spot by my feet.  They have an interesting routine. 

I woke up and really just wanted to go back to bed.  Yesterday didn’t exactly help my back but my ribs bother me from Rudy sleeping on me and making his biscuits.  I think they are slightly bruised.  I’ll mention it to the doc when I am there in a few weeks.  I wanted to take the day off but I didn’t.  It started off calm and then all hell broke loose, then finally things calmed down to allow me to catch up on work and personal stuff. 

I’ve got a slight little problem looming in that I started to run out of guys to write about.  I scraped my brain a bit more and managed to conger up a few more names.  It was kind of depressing over the weekend I didn’t know what to do.  I managed to crank out a few stories on Friday night which helped to eliminate guys from the list.  I have a nice little folder going of stores to transcribe from written to typewritten form.  I’m eventually going to give the OCR software a try and if it works I guess I will pay for it.  I am still working on proofing the one story I am super proud of and making some edits.  I’m anxious to publish it but I am also having some second thoughts. 

Work’s calling so time to go.  Hope that Monday is a great day for you and that you had an excellent weekend.  Take care!