Happy Halloween

Last night I saw a gaggle of Trick or Treaters, the bulk of them had light up costumes or flashlights.  All were accompanied by an adult or two.  They walked the neighborhood over the course of about 2 hours.  At dusk I saw a young deer just casually walking the neighborhood.  That’s not something I typically see.  Deer in this neighborhood are usually out in 2’s or 3’s if not larger groups.  This looked like a youngster who got lost or went off on their own exploration.  People zip in and out of here and almost no one pays attention to the speed limit and lots of people pretend they don’t see stop signs.  It’s not exactly the best place in the world for a stray anything to be. 

I had the store lasagna for supper, I didn’t want to but it was the quickest thing.  Watched a 20/20 from a year ago that was on my DVR.  The cats had a late supper and Mora made sure they got their treats and of course cat nip before bed. 

Work decided to start sending stuff to me at 4:30p and I had a small flurry of busy time.  I kept my laptop on but nothing else came in.  It matters not when I just hate on-call in general.  I’d like a tech job where I could just go in work a normal day and be done with no ties after hours.  Every two weeks that is the case but that third week being attached 24/7 for 7 days does get old, especially after years of doing it.  I’ve not had a tech job where there wasn’t on-call but I have seen several people have them with no on-call, they do minor things and don’t have a major support role which is why they can get away with it. 

Speaking of work looks like I need to take a day and two hours to be compliant with our carry over policy for time off.  I am thinking of scheduling the anniversary week in December when Gator passed.  It’s cold as balls out, there might be snow and I wouldn’t have a damn thing to do but sit around.  I could go out to eat.  If I wanted to I could take a close trip like I did last year for one night, but I really don’t want to be away from Mora & Rudy.  I know they would be fine for a day but it would confuse the hell out of them. 

Speaking of cats, I watched several You Tube videos about cats.  I didn’t know it but cats sweat.  Primarily through their paws.  I learned a few additional things but that to me was by far the most interesting. 

Got a couple meetings today but thus far it’s shaping up to be a slow day.  I guess everyone is still sleeping but as the day wears on no doubt I will get a couple things thrown my way or so I expect. 

Stay warm, be safe and have a Happy Halloween. 

Sunday continued

After my blog post, we went upstairs.  Mora was sitting in my old office chair and Rudy was on the ground.  I pushed her to the door and Rudy followed.  I got him to go upstairs easy.  I told Mora to jump and she did.  Then I closed the door and pushed the old chair back to my office.  Then I joined them and we went upstairs. 

I saw the neighbors boy come out in sweats, I was wearing a shirt and in my underwear.  He just stared at me like WTF but he walked over to get a ball out of my hot neighbors yard.  He caught me by surprise but it didn’t bother me.  

Got my medicine put out as well as the trash and did my vacuuming.  We sat on the couch and watched a movie on YouTube called Starred Up.  It was a foreign prison movie.  I didn’t exactly get it but hell it helped pass some time.  Watching that I got cold and kept thinking about Wendy’s and Chili. 

I threw on some pants and had to go fetch some Chili, a burger and I talked myself into a Pumpkin Spice Frosty.  It was all very good, even if I didn’t get many crackers and I didn’t get hot sauce for the chili.  I wanted a Bacon Burger but talked myself out of that.  Finished up the movie. 

Then I went on to pay and watch a movie on Prime.  Called something like Suddenly Summer.  I saw a couple of old youtubers were in the movie.  It was very interesting and it took up the evening.  The movie helped to remind me that I was alone and how that felt.  I could have done without that.  However, I liked the whole falling in love process.  Yeah it was a gay movie and it kept my attention. 

Passed out treats and grabbed a blanket to keep warm.  Mora cuddled up with me and turned on her motor.  It was nice to sit and hold her.  Rudy was in the pet bed on the couch. 

Apparently cold isn’t something these cats do.  They both rediscovered Gator’s pet bed in my room.  Mora hogs that thing like no tomorrow.  I guess it’s comfy and helps to keep her warm.  Rudy likes to be in bed with me or sit in my lap on the chair. 

It was a struggle to find something to watch last night before bed.  I know I took a larger dose of sleeping medicine since I had napped in the morning.  I wanted to be sure that I was out cold.  I remember I found something that was talky, probably some stand up.  That did the trick I felt drowsy as the medicine kicked in, then I climbed in bed and it wasn’t long before I turned the TV off and passed out.  Rudy was with me. 

I woke up at 3a to use the restroom.  I got this strange craving before falling asleep for cold water.  I drank a bunch so I knew I would be up during the night.  Yeah I had some kind of a strange dream, fell asleep and it was like it continued.  Now that I am wide awake I have no idea what I dreamed about. 

It was sure cold this morning, I moved up the thermostat last night by 1 degree and that helped take the slight chill off the house.  When it gets colder I will move it up 1 more degree and that’s where it will sit for the winter.  I am at 75 now and 76 should be comfy all winter long, unless it gets down to the single digits which we would go up by 1 more to 77. 

Welcome to Monday where it’s boring and I am on-call.  I am trying to stay down here as long as I can because I know if I go upstairs not only will I wind up napping but then my phone will start chirping. 

Speaking of my phone I saw an alert from the camera app a neighbor sent a message around 10 something last night asking if anyone heard screaming.  I thought to myself why the fuck are you posting a message on an app, pick up the damn phone and call the police.  They are the ones that need to know.  Matters not if anyone else heard it.  I swear people just don’t have any common sense these days.  I feel like I am surrounded by idiots full time and the sad part is that is probably a very true statement.  If I hear screaming I’m calling the cops, unless I know it’s little kids outside playing. 

Thinking about milk and cookies for a morning snack.  That’s really calling my name.  I got some butter pumpkin cookies, store made and damn they are delicious but I have only had one. 

I hope today stays quiet it will make for a long day but it will help to keep the spirit of the weekend alive.  Last night to trick or treat in my neck of the woods.  Everyone will be at the parade on Tuesday.  It was cold and raining last night so I saw a couple cars but for the most part it was a ghost town.  I looked out as as I was brushing my teeth and my neighborhood is normally well lit it was pitch black outside except for a couple houses.  I think that same thing will happen tonight.  No rain in the forecast that I know of but it is going to be cold out. 

Think that Phil the groundhog will finally be in hibernation until next year.  The cats still look out in the yard and expect him to be there but I haven’t seen him for a few days.  Hopefully, he’s all warm and sleeping well. 

Stay warm and well.

 

Weekend so far …

Howdy and welcome back.  This is a true very rare moment, the cats and I are both in the basement.  They are both curled up in my old office chair behind me, sound asleep.  That is until I make some noise.  Every time I try to take a photo of Rudy sleeping regardless if he is alone or if he is with his sister, he magically wakes up.  I’ve taken a couple shots without him knowing but they just don’t echo the sheer beauty of the moment.  They both look so peaceful when they are sleeping. 

Yesterday I laid around for the morning and relaxed.  The afternoon I got a shower and got dressed.  It was just a dull overcast cold day outside.  We were supposed to have rain all day long but nothing here.  So I made my way to the bank, the ATM could read the amount on the check I was trying to deposit and after two tries I just gave up.  Then on to the post office where I had no mail and didn’t need to stop.  While I was there I used my phone to make that deposit I couldn’t make at the ATM.  I don’t typically deposit into this particular account via a mobile app but opted to give it a try.  Most every financial institution wants you to endorse your check with their select verbiage and it’s different at every place I do banking business.  I’m not a fan of that.  I miss the good old days where you could just use FOR DEPOSIT ONLY and print or sign your name. 

I digress, back on point.  I made my way to the buffet.  I ran into all of the rain we were supposed to get the entire trip (there and back).  I hate driving in the rain and what’s worse is darkness and rain.  It was starting to turn dark when I was headed back.  The food at the buffet was okay.  I didn’t stuff myself like I would have in days past.  I made two trips where the first trip I loaded up with Corn, Mashed Potatoes, Small sample of Meatloaf, Fried Cat Fish nuggets and Fried Chicken.  Then on my second trip just Mashed Potatoes and Meatloaf, which was really good.  Third trip was desert Bread Pudding.  I had a small family siting in front of me and they had a teenage son.  Damn when he stood up I got excited.  Small butt and cute face.  So I got some eye candy on my trip.  I think I was there for maybe 30 minutes tops.  Heard some lady say that she brought her 89 year old mother and they were headed back home, she lives further out than I do.  Just goes to show you if you have good food people will come to eat it. 

Outside of rain my trip also had a couple construction zones that I had to travel through.  Nothing too major but obeying the speed limit sign helped me, I’m familiar with the roadway but I don’t travel it as often as I used to and they had a couple of unique lane shifts that if I was going top speed I would have had an issue with. 

Back home to the strange land where it was a Trick or Treat night.  Tonight is the same damn thing and so is Monday.  There wasn’t one kid out last night and the cold and rain is why.  It’s raining off and on today so not sure if any one will be out tonight.  Tuesday is the Halloween Parade.  This is the only odd thing about living here.  Back at my old childhood home they do it right where you go out one night and do your Trick or Treating.  I never ever heard of a Halloween Parade but plug it into your favorite search engine and you will get a decent amount of results.  I still think it’s strange.

I stuck the kids fountain in the dishwasher and we watched an old episode of 20/20 about the Sheriff’s Deputy and Prisoner escape in I think Alabama back in 2022 where the female Sheriff’s deputy killed herself.  I thought they both died but nope it was only her.  Lots of interesting insight into the story that I didn’t know.  Then I got their fountain back in place with a new filter and fresh water.  Started watching an Andrew Goes Places twitch stream he did the prior day.  It was just opening Pokémon Cards which was boring to me.  He never even took off his shirt but damn he had a nice black wife beater on that showed his arms.  He’s really in good shape.  After that it was lights out. 

This morning I woke up early thanks to my biological clock and Rudy.  I fed the kids and threw on some clothes.  Made my way to Cracker Barrel where I got the rude waitress.  She knew my drink order.  If I didn’t know better I’d for sure bank on it that this lady hates me.  Not sure why I’m always nice.  We only had a problem one time where the kitchen didn’t cook my eggs right and they forgot my sausage but that was damn near 3 years ago.  I saw the hot guy waiter that has my number but won’t call me.  We never made eye contact or I am sure I would have gotten a hello.  He still looks fine but I’m still hurt by the fact he has never called.  I will always wonder why, I know he said he was busy but damn he said he was getting free time and he planned to call.  Well hello.  I’m sure if I asked again he’d have an excuse.  It just doesn’t make any sense to me to give your phone number to someone and say you will call but never follow through.  I only went to CB because I was hungry for Blueberry Pancakes and it was a change of pace from the usual place I go. 

On to the grocery store where I still continue to buy less and less food each week.  I am so tired of frozen meals, it’s been 10 years and damn I need to either hire a chef, meet a guy who can cook or just go out to eat more often.  Now which one of those 3 do you think will happen? 

Stopped to fill up my tank at the gas station and then home to put the groceries away.  Relaxed with the cats in my room.  Took a nap and then decided to come down and work on the computer.  I’ve got an issue where it reboots.  The restore point I wanted to use timed out so that wasn’t an option.  I am trying a couple other things to see if I can’t resolve this.  I feel pretty good about it right now but I felt the same way a couple days ago.  I only notice it when at night I want to watch porn and I can’t because the damn thing rebooted.  I stream my porn through my local home network it’s much more enjoyable to watch that way, I am more comfortable.  So, hopefully all works well tonight.  It won’t be until tomorrow either during the day or at night before I know if I have solved my problem. 

I’ve been working from home for almost a month straight and damn I am ready to go back to the office.  Turns out tomorrow I am on-call so this week is out.  I look so forward to next week in being able to go in.  I might do it more than once in the week but probably not.  I know that the mileage is a good workout for the car and it helps the tires to not get flat spots from sitting.  Kind of why I went to the buffet yesterday.  Gas mileage is coming in strong at 27mpg which isn’t bad for an SUV.  I am still eager to get into something new but I am in a holding pattern for now. 

Well the kids are no longer asleep behind me they both left me.  I need to get upstairs and break out the vacuum cleaner.  Not sure if I want to go out for supper tonight or if I want to stay home.  It’s a cold wet day probably not a bad idea to eat some soup.  Damn I forgot crackers again.  Well there you have it. 

Looking forward to tomorrow only to see the Amazon delivery person drop off my Cinnamon Cream of Wheat.  That’s good stuff!  Take care and I will talk with you again soon.  Be well. 

Birthday of not happy

Hello and welcome, thanks for stopping by!

Today is my late spouses birthday.  If he were alive he would be old today.  In some ways I am thankful that there are issues that I didn’t have to deal with but at the same time I feel like I was cheated out of time with him.  He’s only been gone for 10 years and a lot can and did happen in those 10 years.  Regardless, I know that he would be proud of the progress I have made.  He would be saddened and heart broken (as am I) to know that all of our original cats have passed.  I’m glad that he didn’t have to see any of them go but at the same time I wish he was with me when they did because it would have been a little bit more comforting.  I remember that last major birthday that we celebrated together.  I made a video wishing him a happy birthday, back with my first web cam and I also recorded his reaction to the edible arrangement that I got for him, it was over the top and he unwrapped it and the two of us sat at the kitchen table for 30 minutes to an hour just eating fruit.  Damn it was good but it was expensive. I’m glad that I did it and spent the money.  The memories truly are priceless!

It’s a bitter sweet day for me.  However, I am glad that I am the survivor because there is no way in the world that I believe he would have been able to continue with life without me.  Lord knows what would have happened to the cats, I know he loved them but I just picture him physically and mentally shutting down.  It’s something I will never know how it would have turned out.  However, I wish that we (including the cats) could have all gone together so that there would be no sorrow or suffering by any of us.  I am certain the cats missed him and to this very day I still miss him. 

It does get easier with time to deal with but it’s still difficult.  A couple weeks ago I had a sleep paralysis dream, that he died and I was all alone.  When I finally was able to break free and wake up, it was like waking up just days after he passed.  It was all suddenly fresh again and I really was alone.  Talk about your sobering reminders.  That really sucked.  It’s still kind of fresh today. 

My belief is that were all here to serve a purpose or a mission, when that is fulfilled then we die.  His purpose or mission is clear to me.  However, mine is not and I still wonder why in the world I am still here.  I’m not exactly bubbling with joy, no far from it.  I am miserable but just try to make the best of it.  Putting on a brave face and just sticking one foot in front of the other.  Going to bed more often than not hoping that I don’t wake up.  I don’t have high hopes for finding another companion much less having sex.  I think however long I am here it’s just going to continue to suck until one day I am no more.

Not exactly an upbeat post but it’s how I feel.  I don’t know if there is enough drugs or therapy in the world to turn things around for me.  Meeting the right person could and would turn things around, short of that unless I happen to stumble into winning the lottery I’m fucked and not in a good way.  Just feeling a bit more alone today than normal. 

Thinking of taking a trip to the buffet or at the very least a decent long drive just to get out of the area but not until tomorrow.  The most difficult part of that will be actually getting out of the house and moving forward with the idea.  I know it will help me even if it’s supposed to rain all day. 

I do hope that the outlook from your neck of the woods on life is 100% better than mine.  Depression and loneliness isn’t something I’d wish on anyone.  Have a great weekend.  Thanks for reading my no so uplifting words today.  Your visit is very much appreciated.  

Guy Candy

Catching up

Morning … Not sure how it happened but looks like I got pink eye.  I thought it was allergies at first but the itching was pretty intense and based on the way my eye looked I changed my diagnosis to pink eye.  I’ve got some antibiotic drops that I have been putting in for a couple days and things are getting better.  First thing in the morning is the worst of it.  Then as the day wears on and I get tired it starts up again.  Resisting the urge to scratch is difficult but I’ve done a half way decent job. 

I haven’t really been in the mood to blog.  Saturday I was at my friends shop from early morning until noon and had a good time.  Saw photos of Florida and got tips on a place to visit if I ever wanted to get away. 

Sunday, on my morning trip out I saw a dead cat in the middle of the road.  I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t have stopped for it, it was in the city right by a traffic light.  It made me sad I almost went to clean it up myself but instead I called the local police department to take care of it.  Better someone with flashing lights does the job rather than me risking my life.  Besides that the psychological effects up working up close and personal.  Even though it wasn’t my cat it still would have been much worse.  I’m still looking for the missing cat in our neighborhood but I don’t think that poor thing will ever show up.  We have coyotes.  Between that and the few sick people in the area I don’t think that poor cat had a chance.  I’d love nothing more to see an update that she was back home but people are quick to tell you their pet ran away not so eager to tell you they recovered them.  Later in the day I went out for pizza at the place where they have several hunky guys as waiters.  My eyes and my taste buds were not disappointed.  I was all horned up by the time I left. 

Monday was just a regular work day with not a whole lot going on.  I sat on my ass for the bulk of the day.  The afternoon picked up a little bit but not a whole lot.  I did knock out the on-call schedule for next year.  Just haven’t shown it to anyone.  We all get to work different holidays (which is something the boss likes) and I am hopeful that no one will have any objections.  Objections cause me to re-arrange and that is where trouble comes in to play.  We have 9 holidays next year, they are being extra generous to us and this is the most holidays I have ever seen in 10 years of being there. 

Tuesday was a day that I took off to treat a friend to a meal on his birthday.  Went to a new place that I have never been to.  Of course they charged me a surcharge because I paid with a credit card.  That’s BS and the cost of doing business but whatever.  I had a Gyro which was pretty good.  My friend had Chili Mac and damn I wished I would have gotten that.  Got my car looked at.  My problem is in the wheels there are a couple of flat spots.  I took a curb last year and looks like that caught up to me.  The tires had to be re-balanced they were not horrible but every little bit helps so I am told.  I don’t really notice any improvement but I’ve been assured the thing won’t fall apart, so at least that is good news.  I got a hug from a lady that I did something nice for a while back.  Every time she sees me I get a hug.  Hugs are so powerful and not something I get enough of.  I happened to stumble on a Gay Fleshbot Live chat session last night with Noah White and some other porn star.  It was nice to be able to catch the show live.  Nothing but conversation but it was something different to wind the evening down. 

Mora has tried to step up her cuddle game with me but she has to be in the mood or sense that I need it.  I am glad that I have to furry kids to keep me company as long as they behave.  This morning they double teamed me to get me out of bed.  It worked like a charm.  Rudy started early though at 3a and thankfully his sister didn’t join in until it was much closer to getting out bed time.   

Back to work today and close to 100 emails.  Most of which were BS.  My boss has had fun with meetings.  He sets them up and then moves them several times.  That’s aggravating but it’s part of what he does to juggle.  We have a couple meetings today and I don’t really look forward to them.  More BS to deal with.  I saw a couple potential chances coming down the pike that will cause more work for me and I am not excited about them. 

Hope all is well in your world.  I think it’s like 8 Friday’s until Christmas.  Yeah, this year is almost done. 

Happy Friday

Hope that your having a great Friday.  It’s been extra quiet today and I am perfectly okay with that.  I will be happier when it’s 5p.  Even though my day ends usually at 3:30p I still watch email and if anything pops before 5p if I am in the mood I will login and take care of it. 

The exterminator was super late today.  Then when he got to the front door he knocked.  If I didn’t have a camera I wouldn’t have known that he was there.  Rudy of course went nuts meowing to try to get my attention but he goes on meow rants in the afternoon and it sounds like he is in play mode.  Got the house sprayed and found that a mouse did eat some bait from one of the external trap outside.  Just about the time I want to cancel the service more mouse activity.  I’ve not seen them in the house but I kind of feel like there is one here just based on the way the cats have acted a couple times. 

We had an EMS call this morning down the street from me.  A teenager OD on something.  It brought police and EMS, I heard on the radio the kid was known to be combative when he is coming to.  They hit him with 2 doses of Narcan and presto back to life.  You just never known who or what is in your neighborhood.  I felt bad hearing about it.  I guess the drugs are so good that it’s just really tough to say no once you get a taste.  At least that is my understanding.  I’ve never done illegal drugs.  All of my drugs are obtained with a prescription and are maintenance stuff for being fat and getting older, plus my allergies.  I never did see the ambulance leave but I think they took him to the hospital.  I was grabbing a quick bite to eat.  All I hear on the scanner today are medical calls, one after the other. 

Speaking of drugs I did an experiment for a couple nights in a row.  Instead of having a soda with my evening meal, I had a glass of milk for a couple days.  I didn’t have any problems falling asleep.  Last night I had soda and had all kinds of problems falling asleep.  Once I got to sleep I didn’t have any issues.  Rudy woke me up at 6:30a because I suppose he was hungry.  No trash people today, I swore I heard them banging cans at 10:30a but I went out a while ago and my trash is still there.  I suppose they won’t pick it up until tomorrow. 

Hope that you have a great weekend and enjoy some good food.  That’s what I look forward to on the weekend as well as not having to be concerned with work or being tethered to my electronic leash, unless I am on-call.  Take care!

Meh … Don’t care

Morning … I’ve been all over the place emotionally speaking this week.  I think it has to do with the isolation of working at home.  I like the idea of working from home but mentally it’s just not good for me.  Yet I keep doing it.  Kind of like the definition of insanity.  Getting out on the weekends feels so good but ever since last Sunday it’s the last thing I really want to do.  Don’t get me wrong I will be getting out on Saturday morning.  I can only stay here so long. 

I figured the exterminator would be out next week but turns out he will be here tomorrow.  I’ve already started to de-gay the house.  I fucking hate to do that it’s a mad rush that I just don’t enjoy.  They fixed my problem and I should drop them as I had planned but having them come out every other month has really helped with bugs in general.  The only thing they don’t really help much with is the Stink Bug and that’s because houses aren’t air tight or so that is the way it’s been explained to me.  Thus far I have seen a couple outside but none inside yet.  I’m sure if Mora sees them before I do she will eat them and if not her Rudy will probably try to play with it before eating it.  Cats, entertainment that just never ends. 

I’ve been re-watching Suits, which I think is a great show.  I like being able to go through the episodes without commercials.  Can’t believe that I used to wait a week or sometimes longer.  It was a summer time show so they were done usually by now and you’d have to wait until next year.  I never said anything to anyone about re-watching all of a sudden I start getting Suits related posts in all of my social media.  Just another confirmation that I am being tracked and watched, like the rest of the world. 

Another example of this I was talking with a friend a few weeks back about Pork Fritters.  She was telling me that there is this group on Facebook that she is part of.  It was something funny but also got my mouth watering.  Next thing you know I start getting advertisements to join the damn group.  This friend and I are not connected on Facebook.  I’m convinced my phone is bugged and tracking me for the social media networks.  Not that I have anything to hide but I just hate the idea of being tracked, as if I am a mouse being apart of some lab experiment.  This isn’t something new it’s been going on for a long time and there is just no stopping it unless I want to give up technology in general, which won’t happen. 

Speaking of technology I saw an External USB drive 20TB on Amazon for two hundred something dollars.  Sounds might tempting considering collecting porn does tend to fill the hard drives up.  I am fighting right now with my largest external drive it went corrupt again yesterday.  I’ve got it repaired and it’s defragging right now.  Since it serves as a archive I am tempted to just unplug it until I want to add something else to it.  The drive it’s self is probably about a year old, way too early for a drive to fail but then again they all go belly up eventually.

Got a phone call from a scammer yesterday.  I didn’t talk with them they wound up leaving a message as if I am going to return their call.  It’s urgent they have a “package” for me.  If you know my phone number then chances are really good you know my address, just send it along.  Of course that’s not how the game is played.  The call came from a local cell phone but they want me to call an 800 # back.  I did some research and it’s an impersonation scheme of the USPS but they don’t outright say they are the post office, they use letters that are similar to try to confuse people.  I hope they call back they will be in for a surprise, their # is blocked and that’s what I will do with any new #’s they try to use.  Unless your phone number is in my phone the call will never ever ring through.  Advanced call controls now that’s technology that I love, even if I do have to pay for it, it’s worth every penny.  If it’s something super important people can leave a message as long as they don’t block their caller id, that way I won’t miss out if something important should happen.  However, no one really wants to call me which explains why my phone only rings if it’s work.  It would be nice if one of the few friends I have would actually reach out but that’s kind of like asking for Santa to bring me a present. 

Looking forward to another weekend.  Going to see a friend and probably have breakfast out on Saturday.  If I don’t get the bulk of my shopping done on Saturday I plan to do so on Sunday.  Also breakfast out again.  Other than that not sure where life will take me.  I could use a get away to some place close but yet far away.  Been thinking about Gator so much and how last year at this time things were all hunky dory and then December happened and it was the end.  It’s probably just because it’s still very fresh.  I see more and more photos of her in my daily feed and I just miss her so much.  I see now that they can make a plush animal to be a replica of your pet.  Not to mention a hologram in glass.  Lots of nice ways to remember a furry friend.  As for me I’ve got my photos, videos and mental memories (as long as my mind remain intact). 

Blabbering on here so I am going to wrap it up by saying, I hope that you have a great day and I hope all is well in your world.  Thanks for stopping by. 

 

 

Man Candy

 

Working away

Morning … I hope that yo had a nice weekend and all is well.  I fell into complacency on Sunday and didn’t want to leave the house.  I had plans to but the more time passes the more I just said to hell with it.  I took yesterday off and went to the grocery store and picked up a few cat related items.  I put the trip off until the afternoon and really didn’t want to make it at all.  Something about staying home and away from the rest of the world sounded appealing to me.  However, I know that there were food items the cats and I needed and they weren’t just going to magically show up so might as well get up and go get them. 

I thought about hitting up Sam’s club it would have been perfect since it was a weekday and not crowded but I opted to pass.  The grocery store was enough for me.  I wasn’t feeling the greatest.  I went out for some soup & lasagna, made it to the restaurant for supper but their lunch menu was still valid, I was just under the wire.  So I got the same thing and saved my self $4.  Not a bad deal. 

Taking next Tuesday off to celebrate a friends birthday.  Were supposed to go to lunch.  Hopefully, that happens.  I’ve been meaning to get a card but have opted to disregard the card all together, it just doesn’t seem worth it to me. 

Remember that Windows Update I told you last week I was fighting, well turns out I wasn’t alone lots of people were having problems.  I didn’t learn that until after the fact.  A side effect I noticed that one of my removable external USB drives that stores archives of my porn collection went from having gobs of space available to completely full.  I had to run a repair within Windows on the drive and things returned to normal.  Other than that my system has been working fine. 

Got the mail over the weekend and looks like I can get 3 months free of Sirius XM Radio without a credit card because of the inconvenience of having to have my vehicle recalled.  I threw that right in the shredder.  They wiped out their LGBT programming years ago and that is when I left.  I’ve listened to free times during the holidays but they are not 100% commercial free and there extra fees much like a cellular phone company irk me so I am better off listening to paid Pandora or Spotify, at least that has no commercials.

Looks like I have a shorter week this week and next.  Bully for me.  Now if it would just be later in the afternoon I would be a bit happier.  At least I am not on-call any more.  They managed to hold things together while I was out yesterday but I could tell it was chaos but I only had 56 emails to return to, which is child’s play.  I am glad that it wasn’t a huge mountain but the volume usually depends on the time frame. 

Hope all is well in your world.  Take care!

Man Candy for Friday

Stupid is as Stupid does

Morning and Happy Friday the 13th!

Hope that things are going well for you and that your weekend is a lot of fun.  Yesterday was one of those long days that I thought would never end but thankfully it did.  Didn’t help that it was 80 degrees in the house when I went to bed.  I wanted to turn on the AC but I suffered through it.  The cats didn’t sleep with me so having the entire bed to myself was nice. 

I fought long and hard yesterday with my home PC.  Trying to get a windows update to install.  It was a long process but by early afternoon I made progress and got the update to install.  I don’t give up and the machine rarely wins.  Thankfully I updated my laptop with much more ease. 

I woke up this morning to find alerts from one of the banks I use that some charges at Amazon were approved.  It wasn’t until I opened my email that I saw the transactions were blocked.  I had a similar experience within the last month, same bank.  I got a replacement debit card and figured that would be the end of it.  Not so.  The new card was activated but it’s locked away in a drawer and has never seen the light of day.  I called the bank this morning, waited on hold forever and then had to tell my story to the same person twice because she wasn’t paying full attention.  Then she asked all sorts of questions to verify I was who I said I was.  What struck me as odd is that she asked me what I wanted my PIN to be set on the new card.  Last time I did this it was all on-line with no human interaction.  I see that a new card is already on it’s way to me so probably in about two weeks I will have it in hand.  I don’t really use the card but this is the only local bank I do business with and if I need cash for some reason it’s what I would use.  I like to have options. 

After that was all done I am working with this dumb blond at work trying to help someone else and she is tired today, she rambles on and on, saying the same thing twice.  Then she apologies for rambling and says that she should just hang up but she keeps on talking.  It’s like she is on drugs.  I know that she is a ditz plus it sounds like she got a bunch of stuff dumped on her so I am just being patient.  The person were both working with to try to help is being rather difficult but it’s a rainmaker so were all going above any beyond.  I am about to snap though. 

Mora ate some scotch tape yesterday afternoon.  I did research on that and looks like she might have PICA.  She will eat literally anything.  Each time I am done eating at the table she sniffs the ground and licks the carpet like there are crumbs or something left over.  Rudy is starting to do the same thing, I think it’s monkey see monkey do.  The articles I read on-line said that she needed to get to the vet right away but I of course didn’t take her.  I just waited and sure enough I had a mess to clean up this morning.  I knew that would happen.  This was a fur ball so it was no big deal.  I don’t know if she is deficient in nutrients, stressed out or just bored as hell.  We spend a lot of time together and she gets plenty of attention.  She made me pass out treats last night.  Funny thing is I went to pass out cat nip and neither one of them wanted to get off the couch.  I was going to give up but then Rudy came running over and she followed.  The more time passes the more I am starting to see signs of why I am their 3rd owner.  It’s tempting to give up but we’ve bonded and I know beyond a shadow of a doubt they both love me.  That keeps us together.  Plus they do funny stuff all the time. 

Hopefully, outside of this it turns out to be a great day.  Work is at a lull right now.  No meetings today and I am done until a bit later this afternoon, unless something pops.

Thinking of eating breakfast out tomorrow, getting my early morning haircut and then who knows.  Just as long as it’s a quiet weekend.  I am not overly stressed out as I thought I would be from being on-call for 2 back to back weeks but that is mostly due to volume.  Sometimes it’s super nuts and other times there is a large lull.  I like the lulls just as long as they don’t turn out to be the calm before the storm. 

Once again, I hope you have a great weekend.  Take care & thanks for stopping by. 

Made it to the middle

Another day another dollar as the saying goes.  Went to 2 meetings today, a complete waste of time didn’t learn anything.  Just good that I made an appearance, I suppose. 

Both cats are doing okay, sleeping away as I type.  We had lunch and got in some play & cuddle time.  There will probably be more of that tonight or so I expect it. 

Having more Red Baron Pizza tonight.  Last night was 1/2 of a ready made pasta from the grocery store.  It was good but I want to switch things up tonight.  I can always have the other 1/2 for lunch or supper tomorrow.  My appetite has increased a bit and some of my lost weight has reappeared but thankfully not all of it. 

Saw Phil last night, the groundhog.  Mora just watches him like a hawk.  She isn’t really fond of him but he does provide some entertainment value for me when she notices him. 

It’s a bit warmer here today but that is a temporary thing as our temperatures will return to fall in a day or two.  I’ve got a haircut scheduled for Saturday morning, early.  It doesn’t matter if I take a shower or just jump out of bed, my head always looks like I just woke up from a nap.  It’s frustrating.  I’ve never had that issues after washing my hair but I guess everything changes with time.  My hope is that a haircut will help tame this for a bit.  It’s not super long but it’s not as short as I prefer. 

That’s about it for the moment.  I like boring but sometimes it’s too boring.  Today for sure is one of those days.  It was busier this morning but that quickly wore off.  Glad to be at home all week long.  Watching the traffic reports in the morning there have been some horrible accidents and backups.  Unless something changes my mind I do plan on going back to the office one day next week as I won’t be  on-call.  They are having pizza on Friday trying to lure everyone in, but there is also a fire drill planned for the same day.  No one has mentioned the fire drill.  Free pizza is always nice but I’d rather pay for it and keep my legs feeling normal.  After a fire drill my legs are like jelly and I am huffing & puffing.  Several flights of stairs to walk down.  Then you have to get in line for an elevator to go back up, it’s just not a whole lot of fun.  I hope everyone enjoys their so called “free” pizza. 

Have a nice evening and I will talk with you all again soon. 

Tuesday

Morning – Time to jump back into full drive this morning.  Boss man is back and we have 3 meetings today.  Wish I had the day off.  One of the meetings is necessary the other two are just for the sake of meeting.  Kind of like planning to plan.  I hate wasting my time, even if I am being paid.  I’m sure I will hear the usual oh it’s so good to hear your voice.  I want to say really, you can hear me?  Good then fuck off!  However, that wouldn’t go over well but damn would give me and others a laugh. 

Moving right into food.  Lunch yesterday was salsa and chips, they were good and the salsa had all night to chill in the fridge.  It was just awesome.  Supper was the rest of my Mexican meal and it was good.  I bought a slice of Red Velvet cake from the store to try.  I hated Red Velvet when I first tried it and I still hate it today.  No flavor what so ever.  Looks pretty but just not appealing to me. 

Breakfast was a new fusion oatmeal by Quaker.  Blueberry & Blackberry.  Not bad but the Blackberries still have seeds and that’s why I usually steer clear of them.  I’ve got a box of this stuff so I will polish it off.  They have a Strawberry & Peach that I will be trying next week if I can manage to pick up the correct box. 

Rudy was sick last night.  I think Mora might have been as well but all I know is I went to my room to watch TV and when I came out to brush my teeth I had multiple messes to clean up again.  They were quick and easy but still I hate it. 

Ever since the weekend and being in bed, Mora now comes to cuddle with me when I am about to fall asleep.  It’s so cute she puts her front paws on my hips and shoves her ass towards my face.  I hold her and once I am out she leaves me.  When I wake up Rudy is on top of me.  No question at all they both love me.  I still think they both are wondering when I am going to dump them but short of dying I don’t plan on getting rid of them.  They are my reason to live and there are many days I am glad that I have them and other days when I wish I didn’t have them. 

I’ve knocked out all of my morning tasks, I started early and I was done pretty quickly.  There have been a few things pop up since then but nothing that has taken up a lot of my time thus far.  The day is still very young. 

We had a flock of deer yesterday morning just before I got out of bed.  I check my cameras for alerts and saw that one, they were all moving kind of fast because the sun was coming up.  They like to nibble on a bush that I have.  No sign of Phil our groundhog in the last couple days.  I think he might be hibernating but it’s supposed to be really warm in a couple days so that might draw him out if he’s not hibernating.  I know that were on the borderline of that starting. 

I do see a lot more sunlight since the trees have been trimmed and that cats love their sunshine.  When the leaves finally fall they will see even more.  I am waiting for the time to change next month, that will be fun to see them try to adjust to that.  If they are anything like Gator it will take a day or two and then all will be well. 

Watched Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Circus and Innocent or Guilty last night.  Erased all of that off of my DVR.  I’ve still got plenty archived just not in the mood to watch any of it.  I struggled to find something of interest after that.

Well onward with the day.  Hope that you have a good one and that soon Tuesday will be but a memory.  Talk with you all again soon. 

Weekend Recap

Happy Columbus Day if your in the US.  Happy Thanksgiving if your in Canada. 

I hope that you had a great weekend and had a chance to enjoy the weather (presuming if it was nice in your neck of the woods). 

Friday I went into the office as I mentioned in my last post.  I did leave early.  I talked with my hot looking neighbor just after he got home from work.  He was all suited up and looked really nice.  By the swing on his front porch looks like he had a kid.  Him and his wife disappear for the weekend, they left on Friday night and I didn’t see them return until I got home from eating out on Sunday.  I hope they like what the tree guy did as part of their yard looks better thanks to my money. 

My fear is that since I have maintained this shared tree of ours when it comes time to chop it down he won’t want to part with any cash and will say that it’s my tree since I have been taking care of it all along.  I’m prepared for that but really hope it doesn’t happen that way.  Who knows they could also move out before it comes time to chop down. 

Saturday morning my tree guy came.  I paid him to bring a lift this time to get the real work done and it paid off, the place looks really nice.  However, he robbed me and I don’t know that I will be asking him to come back again.  We have had a long standing relationship for many years and what he did just rubbed me the wrong way.  He told me when he was done that he cut down quite a bit more than we talked about.  It’s not my fault he went crazy but he demanded extra money.  I paid him.  However, he forgot to bring along a blower and had to run to buy one which isn’t a big deal.  The cost of the blower was slightly more than he wanted from me.  I can’t help but think I bought a blower to cover for him not bringing one.  Regardless, asking for more money after you quoted the job is just bad business.  He doesn’t issue written quotes it’s all word of mouth and I am sure that if I wanted too I could have worked with him but it’s just easier to pay him and get him on his way.  I am not happy and I think he knew that after the fact, there was a significant change in my attitude.  I’ll tell you that I got a cheaper deal going with him than if I would have gone with a pro tree trimmer.  To add insult to injury a neighbor saw him working and stopped by to ask for a quote on some work.  I planted the seed that he owes me a referral fee because if it wasn’t for me calling him, the neighbor would have never known about him but he wasn’t receptive to that.  For the fact that he is going to get extra business would have been reason enough to not raise the price, plus that fact that year after year I call him back.  Well not next time.  I’ll pay more for a professional that will issue a written estimate and pay them.  

As if all of that wasn’t bad enough at the end he tried to get his helper to take money from me by asking me if I wanted to have some stumps ground out.  If it was included for what I paid him great but I told him leave things as they are I am not interested.  I got a card from his helper and it talked all about Jesus and how God helps people, blah, blah.  Yeah well your not taking any more of my money.  Get lost. 

I’ve tried to move past this but I am just pissed but I will get over it.  It’s funny you think you know people and then they fuck you over.  Trust no one and you’ll never get hurt.  That’s just not how I live. 

I tried to take a nap after they left but the anger just kept me awake.  I did relax a bit.  I was on my feet from early morning until around 1p.  My back was killing me.  I am not an on your feet kind of guy. 

I went out for pizza.  Outside of breakfast that was the only meal I had eaten.  I was starving and I ate almost the whole pizza.  I know I could have finished it but I wanted to take some home.  I chatted up the owner of the place and learned that it’s true authentic Sicilian Pizza which is why it tastes so damn good.  I’m kind of a big guy and I guess my presence is overwhelming to some people.  This guy thought I was going to punch him.  That was funny to me.  I told him how awesome his product was.  It’s like crack in a box it’s so addictive, you eat a little bit, you want more.  I thought about ordering a 2nd one to go but I didn’t want to wait my stomach was starting to grumble and I wanted to be home.  I did stop for cat food and then I went home. 

Started and finished the series Hung on HBO.  I didn’t finish it until late in the day on Sunday. 

Since I haven’t been sleeping the best I decided to take some Magnesium.  Damn that shit does the trick.  I slept like a baby Saturday night.  I was up to use the bathroom but other than that I was out. 

I felt really good on Sunday it was just cold in here because I hadn’t turned on the furnace yet.  I had breakfast and then came back to bed with the cats laying on me.  I watched Hung and they slept.  The afternoon started to roll around and I knew that I had to get to the grocery store, even if I didn’t want to. 

I got up and got moving.  Threw on a hat to cover my bed head.  It felt odd wearing a hat but at least I looked better than walking around with bed head.  I didn’t spend a ton.  Managed to get in and out of Sam’s for gas.  Normally there is a long line but I lucked out.  Then I came home.  Put everything away and rested for a bit. 

Went out for Mexican food in the afternoon.  That was good and I couldn’t finish it all.  I’ve never taken food home from this place but this was a first.  The waitress took care of me and brought me containers and bags so that I could take the whole thing home, including the chips & salsa.  I’m going to have a nice lunch today!  I’ll be full but I paid for one meal and am getting two meals out of it.  Not a bad deal at all.  That kind of makes up for not having left over pizza. 

Made the switch from cold cereal to oatmeal.  Damn my timing was perfect.  Oatmeal tastes so good in the morning and it’s quicker than pouring bowl after bowl of cereal to get full.  I have my set portion that I eat and full or not when I am done I leave the table.  This might help with weight loss as well.  I’ve managed to put back on some of the weight I lost but I can tell for sure that my stomach is not the same size  Sometimes I get super hungry and other times I don’t need much to get full at all. 

Mora & Rudy are both doing good.  They have had lots of attention over the weekend and are waiting for me upstairs.  They seem to like the cooler weather.  They liked snuggling with me.  However, I turned the furnace on last night because damn I was tired of being cold.  There is still a nip in the air inside in the morning but I am not freezing to death.  As the temperatures drop outside I will increase the temperature in the house but I think we will be reasonably comfortable for a while or so I hope. 

On a more personal level my depression has been sneaking up on me.  I felt so lonely all weekend long.  I read an article on social media that had a title similar to this … x number of reasons as to why your still single AF.  The #1 thing it said was don’t expect dating apps to do all of the work for you.  Get out there join a social group and mingle that plus dating apps will increase the odds you will meet someone.  I kind of feel like that was written just for me.  I’m looking for social groups but I don’t know that I will join anything.  I think if I went to a gay church that too would increase my odds but honestly it all seems like so much work.  I wish that I could get a guarantee that I wouldn’t have to play any games and that if I did X,Y, and Z that it would for sure pay off in meeting the right guy.  However, that guarantee doesn’t exist and I don’t know that I have the patience to play any games.

Ah well at least the boss is away today.  Back to normal tomorrow so I am going to try to enjoy today as much as I can.  Hope that you have a great day! 

Boring Friday

Despite another night of not good sleep and a nightmare, I managed to make it to the office at 7:30a.  Rudy was quick to tell me it was getting close to 6a and I got up and moving.  Both cats were crying for food like they were both starving.  They had their treats last night plus there is always dry food out. 

Both of them stayed out of my way and let me do my thing this morning, which is kind of unusual.  I’ve checked on them multiple times and it looks like they are both in my bed.  At least Mora is because she looks at the camera every time I peek in.  I’m dying to talk to her but I don’t want to freak her out. 

Traffic on the way in this morning was quite a breeze.  It was also very cool out, typical fall morning.  I had a jacket on when I grabbed the trash barrel but took it off when I got in the car and drove over.  It’s still in the car.  I liked the briskness of the temperature as I walked in the door.  It’s a surefire way to wake up and be refreshed. 

The vendor I came into see showed up early this morning, they have no idea how to fix what is broken.  I think they did so by accident.  For now all is well so that’s how I will leave that. 

Mora and I watched Modern Marvels episode last night all about Helicopters.  She was interested in it.  Probably because they fly.  She has really taken to watching over the back yard to ensure no one is out there. 

Just an average evening that was nice and despite best efforts I didn’t get a good nights sleep.  I’d say I will make up for it over the weekend but the tree guy is supposed to come tomorrow so I have to be up for that.  If he passes me up this weekend I’d be okay with that.  I would honestly love to sleep in provided my body will permit it. 

I am tired now because I am bored.  I’ve had lunch, done everything I can and there doesn’t look like there is anything on the horizon.  My prevailing thought is if there isn’t any activity by 2p I am out of here.  I can easily finish the rest of the day at home, especially if there isn’t anything popping. 

Got to get to the cat food store tomorrow, Target and the Grocery Store on Sunday.  Typical weekend chores that I hate.  Thinking about pizza on Saturday, unless something changes my mind.  KFC sounds good tonight, I am in the mood for their coleslaw but I will probably eat out of the freezer, unless I talk myself into it.  Once I am home I really have no desire to go back out unless there is a reason. 

Happy Friday.  Hope that you have a good weekend. 

Ah, Thursday

It started off to be an early morning for me.  Insomnia had me up at 3:30a and I went back to sleep by 4:30a but woke up a couple more times.  It was very difficult to get out of bed and Rudy was persistent or I probably would have overslept.  That’s the thing when insomnia hits once I get to sleeping good I don’t want to wake up until I want to wake up, matters not what kind of schedule I have.  At one point I forgot what day of the week it was. 

Rainy, dark and gloomy day.  Got moving and knocked out my morning tasks as per usual quickly.  Then I sat with nothing to do.  Surfed for porn and looked at personal email.  Got bored quickly and wound up heading back upstairs to be with the cats.  Both of which were in bed sleeping. 

I watched some TV and then wound up having to get up to grab my laptop because something came in I had to deal with.  It was a vicious cycle all morning long.  I’d turn the laptop off and then I’d have to turn it back on and log back in.  Eventually I woke up enough and lunch time came around that we all got up and moved to the kitchen. 

Not exactly sure what Mora got ahold of but she got really sick after lunch.  Each time she pukes it seems like the episodes are getting worse.  This one was a good 15 minutes where she would start, stop and you’d think it was over.  Then after I got everything cleaned up, she would start up again.  She gets embarrassed by it and jumps and runs, but it’s no big deal to me.  I’m used to cleaning up messes just haven’t had to do that for a very long time.  It’s one of the downfalls of owning a cat, they all get sick at some point.  After she settled down and went into her hut to sleep is when I knew everything would be okay, that’s when I came back down. 

Last night was nail trim and brushing for both of them.  Not sure maybe that stirred something up or she groomed too much.  I will keep an eye on her.  I really, really, really don’t want to go back to the vet anytime soon.  I need a break from that damn place and I’m talking several years.  However, I am smart enough to know what to watch for (given my experience) and if we have to go, then we go no matter how much I really don’t want to. 

Boss man is away today and it’s been so quiet and enjoyable.  He won’t be back until Tuesday and I really hope that he’s so busy we don’t have to meet with him until Wednesday.  Anything to get out of his BS meetings, which are nothing but time wasters. 

Not looking forward to going in tomorrow.  I am on the fence about it.  Going in I will be there and know first hand what the vendor does.  Not being there I am relying on others and it may cause issues.  That’s why I will go.  I have every intention of leaving early and if things are extra quiet that might be leaving super early.  It’s just one of those things I have to make a judgement call and hope for the best on.  Once my wheels are in motion there is no stopping me until I get home and no matter how much the phone chirps I don’t look at it until I am home, there is nothing there that is that important that’s worth me wrecking my life and quite possibly another persons. 

Hoping that it’s a quiet evening and that I can finally get a decent nights sleep.  It’s not for lack of trying.  I suppose eventually I will succeed.  I also hope that the drive in tomorrow doesn’t suck and that the drive home is easy as well.  Since I am casting wishes I hope the vendor knows what they are doing to fix the issue at work and that they show up early instead of at the last minute of the time window. 

How are things in your neck of the woods?  Anything interesting?  Got any suggestions for movies or TV? 

Cheers for now!

EAS - Testing

If you live in the US you heard the EAS (Emergency Alert System) Test today.  When I hear that it always scares me and causes me to physically jump.  I can’t also help but think back to a comedy routine and a comedian saying where was the EAS on 9/11, that truly was an emergency and while most of the country was fixed to their TV’s you’d still think the government would have sent something through. 

In any event it’s a boring average middle of the week day.  I hope you enjoyed the eye candy I posted earlier this morning. 

As for on-call things aren’t too bad at the moment.  There have been more than a few things to deal with throughout the day but when I am done for the day I am able to ward off being bothered by keeping my laptop close by.  That seems to be my good luck charm. 

I finished Silicon Valley yesterday evening.  Never expected it to end like that but it was kind of interesting.  Now I am bored and searching for something else to dive into watch.  Be it a movie or a series.  I am sure that something will come along eventually, plus my DVR is still packed full of stuff to watch.  I like more streaming content but will eventually get it emptied out. 

Speaking of which over the weekend I discovered Matteo Lane.  He’s a gay comedian.  I watched the Video on YouTube of him and his best friend Nick visiting Olive Garden.  That was hilarious and I had to see more.  Matteo is quite funny but Nick really gets me to crack up and Matteo does a great impression of him.  Matteo is on tour but not coming to my town.  I could see him but I would have to travel 5 hours away and while it could be a nice trip I’m not that adventurous.  You won’t find him on Netflix, they said he wasn’t that interesting for their platform.  He’s got a special on YouTube that is well worth your time, if you enjoy standup comedy. 

Had store made Lasagna last night.  It was rich and started to get to me so I stopped rather than making myself sick.  I had the little bit that was left over today for lunch.  I am thinking of having a sandwich for supper.  My appetite has calmed down quite a bit.  I’ll bet my overall sugar average has gone to hell in a handbasket but we won’t know that until late next month.  I feel like I’ve hit a plateau for weight loss but I am not exactly living a healthy lifestyle.  Meaning I don’t exercise and eat healthy.  I eat what I want, I mean I’m going to die one way or another might as well enjoy some food along the way!

I woke up a little after 5a after having a hell of a nightmare.  I decided to become a secretary and was struggling to take live dictation.  It was horrible.  I never went back to sleep after that.  The cats came to join me.  I tried to go back to sleep but it just didn’t work.  I got in some good time with Rudy on top of me.  I was sore as could be.  I think he might have beat me up after I fell asleep.  I’ve got no idea why I was so sore.  Speaking of the cats they have a new thing where they are with me until I fall asleep then they abandon me but if one of them decides to linger they lay on my cedar chest.  By morning time they are both back in bed with me so unless I wake up during the night I never even know they left me.  Mora loves to sleep by the door to the garage.  Rudy does that on occasion as well. 

This afternoon I opted to remove myself from the gay dating apps I was on.  It hasn’t been fruitful thus far.  I am sure I will jump back on again at some point.  Unless something magical happens IRL I don’t have much faith in dating apps helping me to meet a guy.  I do think I will be single (widower) for the rest of my life.  It’s been 10 years and well honestly the older I get the less and less I think I will meet someone.

That’s about as exciting as things get here.  Cooler weather is on the way and from what I heard this morning on the news I might need a light jacket on the way to work on Friday morning.  I might also need one over the weekend depending on when I get out.  Sunday since that’s an early day for me I will probably have to grab one. 

I hope all is well in your world.  Have a great evening!

Happy Hump Day

Nice Evening

It was a nice evening.  I got bothered a little bit by work but once the clock rolled around to 5p that kind of quit.  Nothing I had to jump for, I got to put everything off until this morning.  I’ve knocked out the few tasks that came in last night already.  Been through my morning tasks and even surfed the web for my daily porn/guys update. 

Color me bored.  I am waiting on a phone call from a vendor.  There are a bunch of meetings today and I had to move my lunch up a little to accommodate for all of them.  I am double booked, there is an all hands meeting and then a standup meeting that we have on Tuesday afternoons.  No one but me sees the overlap or if anyone else sees it they aren’t saying anything.  Neither am I. 

Made it through the big Cybersecurity meeting yesterday.  There wasn’t really anything new there that I didn’t know already.  Kind of a little bit of a waste of time but it was a requirement to attend, so I did it.  Whoopie. 

I am in Season 6 of Silicon Valley and it’s been a very interesting road.  I look forward to watching it but I do believe I am coming up on the end of the series.  That will suck but for now it’s all good.

Watched Last Week Tonight with John Oliver at lunch yesterday.  Can’t believe it’s been 5 long months.  It was truly entertaining as per usual.  Love John Oliver!  The Circus on Showtime will be back this weekend.  I love that show but hate that they always center it around food.  They make me so damn hungry. 

Speaking of lunch I had two hard boiled eggs for lunch yesterday and that carried me for the day.  I had some Red Barron Pan Pizza’s for supper.  They were the individual size, I thought one would fill me up but they were small so I had both of them.  That did the trick.  Now much of a fan of the Barron but hey it was pizza and that’s what I was looking for. 

Rudy stole Mora’s cat nip last night so I had to sneak to get her some on the side without setting him off.  He’s very bright and it’s next to impossible to pull the wool over his eyes.  It’s that damn youthful thing.  Sharp as a tack when they are young.  I got her some and she was happy.  It’s all about sharing which most of the time they do a pretty good job.  I think they have a hard time sharing me at times but we all manage to get along.  Rudy wanted to hump her last night as I was trying to go to bed so I grabbed his tail and pulled him towards me.  That didn’t make him happy but Mora was in 7th Heaven because I made him stop.  I fell asleep with him in my arms.  That’s the last thing I remember until 5a when I woke up and it was next to impossible to get back to sleep.  I got some good massaging out of Rudy this morning he worked on some of my knots but he also had his claws out a little.  Think it’s time for a trim for both of them and they will hate that.  I need to trim my own claws and I am not a fan. 

Oh we saw Phil our groundhog last night.  I told the cats to take it all in because he was about to enter hibernation mode soon and it will be months before we see him again.  The weather here has been screwy so it’s really abnormally hot.  Today is supposed to be the last day and then Fall will be here for sure, so they say.  I don’t look forward to cooler weather I am happy with the way things have been but we get all 4 seasons here, not as much as we did when I was a kid but they all come through.  I look forward to the first snowfall and hope that it’s a bunch.  After that the snow can take a hike.  I like the look of fresh snow untouched on the ground.  I don’t like driving in it or getting out in it. 

That I think about covers everything for now.  Hope all is well in your neighborhood.  Here’s hoping that today is just as calm as yesterday, if the rest of this week and all of next week goes like yesterday then I will be pretty pleased.  Fingers crossed. 

October – Locktober

Not sure what you call this month.  I call it October.  However, if your big into chastity it’s Locktober where you lock yourself up for a month.  If you do that and accomplish your goal, bully for you.  I’m not knocking it I just couldn’t do it, probably wouldn’t last more than a day or two at most. 

I made it to Olive Garden on Saturday.  Had my Tour of Italy.  I went at a time when I thought they wouldn’t be busy, 3:30p but the place was packed.  It was hot like the AC couldn’t keep up and of course the Ice Tea wasn’t cold it was pipping hot.  I didn’t drink enough to justify the $4.39 price for a bottomless glass.  I walked in and had to go on the wait list but two people came in after me and got seated right away.  That was my first clue that this was going to be one of those fucked up visits.  I got a basket of bread it was huge but it was sopping with garlic butter and salt the napkin was just oozing that stuff.  It was like a defective basket.  I ate 1 breadstick and it was kind of gross.  Had my Pasta Fagoli soup and my dinner.  I polished it all off.  I wanted pumpkin cheesecake but my server was swamped and never came back to the table.  I just paid on the portable terminal on the table and walked out. 

I got the mail only to learn that I have been involved in yet another Data Breach.  Tried to sign up for the free protection this morning and that isn’t working out well.  It’s like I am stuck in a maze and can’t get out.  The active or join button doesn’t do a damn thing.  I know I am going to have to call to talk with a human so for now I just walked away.  I will come back on a day that I am thinking a bit clearer. 

It’s a manic Monday and I am starting my first week of on-call.  It’s already been a little busy this morning.  It’s also Cyber Security Awareness month and we always make a huge deal out of that.  It’s like one time per year a reminder for the world about Cyber Security.  If you only remember one day a year you are in bad shape.  However, we push it hard all month long and by the end of the month your more than ready for November. 

I can’t believe time is moving so fast just a couple more months and my little girl will have been gone a full year.  That’s strange.  I am glad that I have Rudy & Mora to comfort me.  There is no question they are 100% happy here.  I do wonder if they are thinking when the ride is going to end.  That’s not going to happen as long as I am alive.  My thoughts of giving them back has lessened and honestly there is no way I can do that to them now, much less myself.  They are as permanent as can be.  I still have a two weeks of vacation left, not sure if I am taking both of them but 1 week for sure.  I don’t know if I am going anywhere yet but it’s a glimmer of a thought.  Probably will stay put but never say never. 

Had breakfast yesterday and was just appalled at the total cost of the bill.  It was a little pricy but I got something I’ve had before.  There was less effort put into the presentation and I feel like there was a price increase.  Got the vehicle washed.  Then came home.  I didn’t feel the greatest and opted to wait on my stomach.  Wound up being really lazy and getting into a TV series that was on a while back called Silicon Valley on HBO Max.  I am binging it.  I just remember watching pieces here and there.  It’s kind of a good story once it gets going and I am eager to see how it turns out.  I made it to the grocery store in the afternoon and got the important laundry done. 

The tree guy was out yesterday to do some spraying to kill some weeds.  He is thinking that he will be back next weekend, I have the money but honestly didn’t expect him to come back until next year, that would give me time to save more money but it’s all good.  I just need to make an effort to try to catch my neighbor to make sure he doesn’t object to work being done on his side of the property on the tree that we share ownership of.  He’s not going to maintain it and I think when it does come time to chop it down since I am doing all of the maintenance he will say it’s your tree you pay to chop it down.  That’s not fair but I am just being a good neighbor for the moment.  I don’t know how many more years it has but thus far it’s still alive.  When it dies it will be a safety hazard to both of our homes, depending on which way it lands if it were to fall it could easily wipe either of our houses out.  That’s kind of why I am taking care of it plus I want things to look 1/2 way decent from outside. 

Looks like this week I will be headed in on Friday to the office.  Something is broken and I have a vendor scheduled to come out to take a look. They are clueless as to how to fix it but hopefully they figure it out when they are there.  Got one of those very broad windows from 8a to 12noon.  Not happy about going in while being on-call but the boss will be away and Friday are usually calmer days so my plan is to get in, and then leave early in the afternoon.  I will clean up any messes when I get home. 

Wish me luck for this week and next, it’s going to be sheer hell.  I hope it’s not as bad as I think it will be.  Take care and I hope all is well in your world.