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In The Middle

Wow, made it through yesterday.  It was tough, I got bored and super tired managed to nod off during lunch in my office.  After lunch something ran through my stomach like a bullet train.  I think it might have been the Cesar Wrap and I only hate 1/2 of it.  I guess I’ll know for sure come lunch time today when I eat the other 1/2.  I was able to leave early and make it home by a decent time.  We had storms forecasted but nothing ever materialized that I saw.  Just a partly sunny evening. 

Got home and greeted the cats.  They got their food and attention.  I switched clothes and relaxed.  Managed to nod off again and wondered if I was going to make it to bed.  Turns out those quick naps were what I needed to keep going.  I also felt compelled to eat and/or snack so I am sure that helped. 

I was kind of bored at the end of the day and went back to Schitt$ Creek and the commercials and then watched a couple things from YouTube.  The internet was flaky last night and my connection would be up and down and up and down.  That continued this morning when I logged on for work and I just rebooted the modem.  We managed to make it a week in between reboots.  Not a good sign at all.  I think this new modem is defective but I am still keeping track. 

Had some left over pizza for supper and I plan to finish it off tonight.  Yummy two days of eating the same thing for lunch and supper.  Glad that will be over with soon enough. 

It’s good to be back working from home like normal.  Got in my extra sleep.  Rudy slept next to me damn near all night long.  I had some crazy dreams.  He was quick to greet me when I finally opened my eyes.  I got the usual morning biscuits.  He was also quite wound up this morning and wanting to play.  Whereas his sister was calm and just wanted some attention.  She looked like she wanted to sleep.  I’m sure that’s what they are doing now since I’ve been down here for a full hour.  I normally hear them playing and it sounds like they are tearing the house apart but it’s been all quiet.  That can be a good thing or a bad thing when you have cats. 

Got a couple meetings today and a few afternoon tasks to knock out.  It should be a fairly normal day today.  Tomorrow will be a bit busier since it’s the start of a new month.  Can you believe it were going into August already!  That means back to school and school busses will be out in a few weeks.  That will be fun trying to navigate through. 

Hope that you have a great day.  I am headed up to relax a for a bit before it’s back to work.  It’s another day of excessive heat with sunshine and the threat of storms.  As per usual there is a photo post scheduled for this afternoon so I know that some of you will come back for that and some of you only come here for that.  It’s all good!  Be well and have fun. 

Torture

Morning … Made it to the office, whoop, whoop!  Can I go home now?  It’s been a productive morning thus far.  I thought about a few things that I could do last night and managed to remember them all when I arrived this morning.  Nothing like doing things to make my life easier. 

I wound up having a Devour frozen meal last night.  Beef, Bacon and some spicy cheese sauce with potatoes and peppers.  It wasn’t bad.  However, I still craved that Double Quarter Pounder from McDonald’s.  I tortured myself by looking at the McDonald’s menu on my phone.  I learned they have some Deluxe versions of sandwiches which means it comes with Lettuce & Tomato.  That’s kind of nice and really helps to make it more of a sandwich.  The photos looked good and I thought about putting some pants and shoes on and heading out but talked myself out of it. 

Spent the night on the couch as per usual watching Schitt$ Creek on Hulu.  I am so tired of seeing GMC commercials and commercials in general.  I’ve got the free Hulu plan which comes with ads but I am paying for it with my Spotify subscription.  I looked at the no ads option meaning I’d have to sign up for a new account.  It’s $18 a month.  I almost did it.  There is a lot on Hulu that I enjoy and would probably watch if it wasn’t for the commercials. 

Remembered that Last Week Tonight had a new episode on so I got to see that and no commercials.  Also watched the episode from 2 weeks ago of The 1% Club.  I do pretty good on that show but they always manage to stump me at some point.  I keep on playing though.  If I was on that show I don’t think I’d make it beyond the 3rd or 4th question at most.  However, it’s a lot of fun.  I’ve still got 2 episodes to watch. 

Got three meetings today, that’s way more than I want but it will help to pass the time by or so I hope. 

We got storms last night before bed and I was worried that the Weather Radio would keep me up all night but that didn’t happen.  I was out before 10p and the storms just rolled in and out.  I woke up this morning and didn’t know Rudy was in bed with me.  He was hiding on my left side by my head and that’s not his normal spot.  I woke up early on my own and he came over and made biscuits on me before I managed to get out of bed.  Mora was in the hallway keeping watch. 

I saw on YouTube that the reason why cats are so happy in the morning when you get up is that each time you lay down to sleep they think you have passed away.  They never get used to sleep and worry each night that your gone.  Not sure how true that is but if it’s true now I know why Rudy is so off the wall happy and excited in the morning when I wake up.  I snore like a train so they can’t think I am dead because I make so much noise. 

Each cat has their own moments when they just let go and are totally out.  Mora snores loud and Rudy is kind of quiet but he’s been known to make some noise when he’s out.  The majority of the time they both just take light cat naps.  Their lives are pretty easy and like mine have lots of routines.  They each know how to manipulate me and I let them most of the time if they try hard enough.  I hold firm on not giving them table scraps but Rudy has been trying for that the last couple days.  I know that one of their prior owners fed them from the table and I’d like to hit that person.  Everyone should be able to eat in peace without getting pestered. 

Hope that it’s a great day for you and all is well.  Take care!

Wet Evening

On my way to get BBQ I encountered a brief downpour.  It was done long before I arrived.  I had my food and noticed that the sky was getting dark to the point where you could see people pulling in with their headlights on.  I live in a state where if it’s raining and your wipers are on your headlights have to be on as well.  Not everyone follows this but it’s a great safety tip and helps others see you. 

In any event saw one cute guy walk in while I was eating.  The waitress took forever to come take payment and it had started sprinkling.  I didn’t want to get caught in the downpour that I knew was coming.  I used the mobile app to pay my bill.  It felt strange and I got stopped before I left, I indicated I used mobile pay.  Damn if that app didn’t add in a large tip without me consenting to it.  It’s not going to kill me.  I got wet getting to my car but it was just light rain.  The downpour started just after I got in the car. 

Drove in a storm all the way home and it kept on going for a while.  My back gutter over the deck acts like it’s clogged again.  I will get on a ladder to check it out eventually.  The rain finally stopped and I just kept thinking about that new hole the groundhog dug.  I researched how to close one of those things up.  I pretty much had it right in my mind.  I didn’t know that you can buy a carbon monoxide fuse and essentially bury them alive and kill them.  I’m not trying that because with my luck I’d catch the deck on fire.  I didn’t know they don’t like the odor from Castor Oil so I’ll be getting some of that and putting it by the new hole.  I want to make sure that it’s empty before I go trying to close it up.  That’s going to be a fiasco. 

Saw the baby groundhog again this morning in the front yard just munching away and looking cute as ever.  I wonder what happened to the original adult that was here.  I’m getting a little concerned that it’s gone. 

I just watched TV last night.  I wanted to do other things but just didn’t much feel like it.  Got in my shave and shower before bed, played with the cats and after that I was just ready to sack out.  Took a strong dose of sleeping meds since I had a morning nap.  Wanted to make sure that I actually slept.  However, the stronger dose invites nightmares and I had one crazy ass dream.  I woke up a couple times to use the bathroom.  I knew that would happen because just before I passed out I had a strong craving for cold water and drank damn near a whole bottle.  It sure was good. 

I feel hung over this morning and plan to go take another nap.  It’s raining again and that is supposed to be the theme here for the next couple days along with excessive heat.  I am tired of the rain.  Figures that it would pour for days after I sprayed.  At least that stuff got a few hours to dry and soak in.  It should be good for a month but I will probably be spraying again when I am on vacation. 

Happy to not be on-call anymore, I’ve knocked out my morning tasks.  The only item left on my calendar is lunch.  Still I have to keep an eye out in case something comes rolling in.  However, I am planning on heading back upstairs to be with the cats. 

Its’ the perfect combo to take a nap.  Feeling hung over, rain and a Monday.  Might as well enjoy it while I can but hopefully I don’t sleep terribly long even though I’d like to.  Got to make sure that I sleep tonight so that I can rise early tomorrow for my trip in. 

Hope that you you had a nice weekend and that the week ahead will be fast moving but calm.  I don’t know about you but I am ready for another weekend, especially since I can turn my phone off I so look forward to doing that. 

Take care!

Early Wake Up Call

Howdy! Perused social media last night and one of the people that I would have loved to chat with came in for the reunion.  I saw him in a photo but when I looked over the invite list he didn’t indicate he was going.  He’s gay and came out long after high school.  Hence why I wanted to chat with him.  We never really crossed paths in high school.  He is super cute and has a husband.  I wasn’t looking for anything more than a conversation.  Looks like that opportunity passed me by.  I’m sure there will be more photos to follow in the days ahead and outside of missing chatting with one person I don’t regret my decision to not go. 

I woke up on my own at 5a but managed to go back to sleep.  Had a dream about a cat that has passed away.  I think about all of them often and they must come to say hello by visiting me in my dreams.  Either that or my mind is just playing with me. 

The phone started ringing at 6:30a and it took me a few minutes to get to it but I made it.  It was work and I was greeted with I hope I didn’t wake you.  Nah you didn’t wake me I had to get up to answer the phone.  It was a stupid pointless call but I gave my official work response and that brought the call to and end.  No point in going back to sleep because I need to be up in a half hour to get going. 

Mora was all over me when I got out of bed, she started crying while I was trying to talk on the phone.  Like I was somehow going to forget about her and breakfast.  Rudy was smart and waited in bed.  We headed to the kitchen and I cracked open a can of food and breakfast was served.  Mora wouldn’t touch it as she lets her brother eat first.  He was round the corner in a flash. 

Meanwhile I got to play with my eye.  They have been giving me trouble lately.  I’ve got one eye that has idiopathic conjunctivitis and each morning I have to clean the junk from the lashes.  It’s not fun and some mornings it’s thicker than others.  I believe this is the result of a hazing incident when I was in high school and a bunch of girls on the bus ride home put makeup on me and my brother.  I wound up with a killer eye infection from it and things haven’t been 100% right since then.  I had an eye doctor that put me on a steroid eye drop and that cleared it right up but my doctor along with a couple new eye docs both say that it’s too dangerous to be on the drop long term it could do damage.  So I am stuck with the clean up job.  To add to that my upper eye has lashes that grow in the wrong direction.  I can’t curl them to save my life so I suppose it’s good I’m not a drag queen.  I’ve trimmed them before but you get your eye wet for any reason and it stings like no tomorrow.  What goes better with two problems, another problem so you get the Trifecta effect.  I’ve got dry eyes from staring at computer screens all day.  There is OTC drops for that but I don’t put them in until things get really bad because like everyone else I hate eye drops.  This growing old thing kind of sucks!

After messing with my eyes and getting dressed.  I opened the blinds for the back yard.  Looked like it was going to pour rain.  The forecast last night said rain all day.  I headed out for breakfast and hit up the grocery store.  Should have gone to Target but didn’t feel like it and it will be there next week.  Came home, put groceries away and started working on laundry. 

Got undressed and relaxed in my room.  Wound up taking my usual Sunday morning nap but it didn’t last nearly as long as I wanted it to.  That’s because the phone popped with a news alert that we have poor air quality and an excessive heat warning in effect.  Like I needed to be woken up to find that out.  I was pissed but it’s part of being on-call, I have to be available.  If I wasn’t on-call I would have turned on do not disturb and that alert would have never stood a chance of bothering me.  I think I got about 45 minutes and magically both cats were next to me when I woke up. 

Time to pass out lunch for them even though it was 10:30 I just gave in early.  Then worked on my pills.  The sun was out and I checked the weather on my phone.  Not a drop of rain in the forecast.  I used that as an excuse to spray outside.  It wasn’t fun but I got it done.  Also found that cute baby groundhog made a new hole in my yard and when I saw it I wanted to kill the fucker.  They are going to keep up and I will have water in my basement.  No matter what you put down they will dig it up or tunnel around it.  That’s why you trap and rehome them then you can close up the holes to their den(s).  I’ve got 3 of them at the base of my deck which is built on top of a concrete slab patio.  It’s some genius work my late spouse put together by reading books and researching.  He never went into any project without arming himself with knowledge first.  It looks good and is built with Trex material so there really is no maintenance needed, but like anything outdoors it gets dirty so a power wash and your good to go.  Of course the improvement to the house meant that it added to the value and that cause taxes to go up. 

I got to fight with some vines that I though I killed off earlier this year that managed to come back to life.  I hate touching green leafy things without known for sure what exactly I am touching.  So I used a trimmer to help me clear the vines and then cut them off at the root.  Put down some Round Up and hopefully this time it kills them dead. 

That little bit of yard work and I was hot, sweating and just wanted to get back inside.  Before I tackled the vines I was all set to check my tire pressure but afterwards I just wanted to get inside and cool down.  I tapped on the back window to see if I could get the cats to come see me but neither one of them answered my call.  I guess they thought it was a stranger. 

Came in and got almost naked.  Drank a Sprite and had a sweet snack.  My arms shaking like a 90 year old man with Parkinson's.  My upper core just spasms and I get the shakes as a result.  It’s not fun trying to pick up food or drink when that happens because it turns into a large mess quickly.  As long as things are normal I’m fine and can eat and drink fine.  I’m told it’s a long term affect from being on anti-depressants.  I just want it to go away along with all of the other little quirks my body has developed over the years.

I’m working on laundry now and managed to wrap up my data project.  Got the new drive backing up to the cloud and the backup drive is an exact copy.  I hope I can keep up my plan to copy things over so that I won’t have to ever pay for a drive with my data to be shipped to me again.  I really need to move into a NAS but just don’t want to part with the money.  It would make sense to have a RAID array with drives mirrored so if one fails you put in a new one and it starts to mirror again.  Technology is great if you can afford it and it works like it’s supposed to. 

Still need to clean the house.  Plan on going out for BBQ for supper.  Got my Chicken Cesar Wrap purchased for going into the office on Tuesday.  Oh joy won’t that be fun and boring.  I just keep counting down to vacation each day brings me closer.  Thinking about traveling around for some good food and trying new places.  I will also plan on pulling out some cash just to be prepared in case I come across a place that doesn’t take credit cards. 

Take care and enjoy what’s left of Sunday!

Meh … Saturday

Had an okay Friday night.  Finished watching LA Law on Prime before the last season was scheduled to leave.  What a great show that was back in the day.  I grew up watching it every Thursday night without fail with my Grandfather.  I think my Grandmother might have watched a few episodes.  The good old days. 

Back on point, I moved on to Dirty Pop on Netflix and learned even more about Lou Pearlman than I had known already.  Oddly enough Lance Bass used to have a show on SirusXM called Dirty Pop back when they had a Gay station.  I listened to it on my way home from work. 

All I had for supper was a Greek Yogurt and damn I was hungry.  I kept thinking a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese and some fries sounded damn good.  I could almost taste them in my mouth.  I was sure I was going to McDonald’s but I talked myself out of it and instead had a nice warmed Pecan Pastry with a glass of milk.  Nothing like a little sugar for supper.  I remember saying a Quarter Pounder would have tasted better.  Damn if today I didn’t see an ad on Hulu for that very product.  I really want it but have yet to give in. 

I didn’t do anything that I really wanted to do and just went to bed.  Rudy bugged me to play with him but I told him I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep.  I laid down in bed, he joined me and I watched some Schitts Creek and managed to pass out rather quickly.  Of course I brushed and flossed, as well as took my sleeping meds before getting into bed. 

Lots on my mind and of course I slept great until 5a.  Rudy thought for sure I was getting up and he was getting food but I just used the bathroom and went back to bed.  He had me up at 7a and I passed out food for him.  I came back to bed but there was no getting back to sleep.  I finally got up and had breakfast.  I half way wanted to make the campus tour that my class was getting of our old high school.  However, I managed to dose off and when I woke up there wasn’t enough time to get a shower and go, so I skipped it.  I doubt much has changed in the 5 years since I was there for the last tour, still it would have been nice to see.  Anyway, I came downstairs for a bit and checked on my data. 

I managed to zip all of the scenes I had for each studio and then delete the original files.  That helped to compress the overall archive.  I plugged the backup drive that I had sent to me with the original data and formatted it.  Now I am copying the contents of the compressed archive to it and when done I will encrypt it and store it away locally.  Then I will turn on the new drive and let all of that data upload to the cloud so it’s backed up off site.  Ah, then that project will be done for now.  I’ve got more files that I have accumulated that need to be archived. 

It started off an overcast day, turned sunny and then back to overcast with the threat of rain by the time I got ready to get out.  Managed to hit up the cat food store, post office and went to grab a pizza and look at the cute guy waiters.  Hubba saw some nice buns and had a damn good pizza.  I was the only person in the entire place so there wasn’t much movement.  I got rained on going down but it was dry coming back.  I elected not to spray today but think I will get it done tomorrow.  Those are my intentions.

Rudy and I saw the baby groundhog but no adult/parent was out.  Perhaps it was napping I highly doubt that it’s gone.  I’m always on the lookout.  Love watching the critters.  Rudy & Mora got in some bird watching this morning and that kept them occupied for a long time.  They run between the front window and the back window.  Sometimes one of them is at each window.  So memorized by the birds.  I know they each want one but that’s not going to happen. 

The High School Class reunion was my 35th and from those that I saw were going, there was no one there that I really wanted to talk to.  I’m sure it’s a good time and I know I told myself 5 years ago that I’d go to the next one but nope not happening.  Perhaps if HS would have been more enjoyable for me and I had more friends then I’d go to live it up but honestly I think it’s all about look at me, I’m a big shot, drive a fancy car, got a sexy wife/husband and got X number of kids.  I don’t need to hear people bragging about themselves and how well they are doing and how far they have come.  We’ve all had our triumphs and troubles, many similar experiences and many unique experiences.  However, I really don’t plan on seeing the majority of those people ever again and that’s why the turn out is limited to a certain click of people. 

This is going to sound kind of ironic after reading the last paragraph.  Today marks 10 years since I started my present job.  I remember having many more cats, debt and worry.  Leaving town headed off to training in a large city that I drove to for hours.  I had my Thanksgiving Friend checking on the cats and we’d have a phone call each day in the evening when he was here to feed them and scoop out the litter box.  It was only 3 months after my spouse had passed and I truly was out on my own.  Damn a lot happens in 10 years and the make up of the place has sure changed to something I never imagined.  I’ve managed to do my original job, get interested in a new role and get it then get promoted a second time.  I think I’ve probably climbed as far as I will at this place and I’m okay with that.  I’m well known, highly respected and though of and have helped so many.  I am beyond proud of myself because this is the job that I’ve held the longest in my entire life.  I hope to be able to be lucky enough to retire form this place but it’s more likely that I will move to a part-time role but I’m years away from any of that being a possibility.  I am sure that lots more change will be coming.  I also know that if my late spouse could see me he would be beyond proud of me and say that I’ve done good.  Might not have been dealt the best hand but damn I did alright all things considered.  It’s a once in a lifetime experience and I don’t think that if I had it to do all over again that things would turn out the same.  It’s important to reflect and remember but as my late spouse would say, life is all about moving forward.  Time to keep marching on! 

Yesterday was my Thanksgiving friends birthday.  I sent a card and talked about getting together to hit up that new restaurant they said we’d go to.  Were supposed to be spending more time together, at least that was the promise as of last Christmas and it’s yet to happen.  Good intentions or perhaps good fluffy words to make me feel hopeful and inspired but no intentions of carrying them out.  I fucking hate empty promises.  If you say it then do it, if you don’t want to do it then keep your mouth shut. 

Feeling extra lonely today and depressed but I’ll come out of it.  It just sucks being alone and having no real friends.  Hope you had a great day. 

Friday

Happy Friday!  It’s going to be a long work day for me.  My boss offered to let me start later in the day but I declined.  It all pays the same and honestly I’m at home and can do what I want.  Even if I did start later I’d be up at my normal time it just feels like a wasted favor.  That said, I’m logged in knocked out my usual morning tasks and am just idle waiting for something to pop or until it’s meeting time.  Yeah got one of those today. 

Had my chat with the boss yesterday and it was interesting but neither of us really had anything for the other so it was kind of a waste of time.  I got the usual thanks for all you, good to hear your voice, I appreciate you bullshit speech that I have heard over and over and over again.  It’s nice don’t get me wrong but it rings hollow with me. 

Sausage and Cheese Tortellini in a white cream sauce for supper, not bad for a frozen meal from Devour.  Had some pastry for desert and then some more for a snack later.  Watched TV to pass time away and played with the cats.  Rudy knew that I was bored and asked for play time early.  I obliged him and he got quite the workout.  He jumps so much (reminds me of Marv when he was young) that I worry he’s going to hurt himself.  Both cats are doing a good job of shredding the toy we play with but they love it.  Of course when I think they are done and tired put it away then they both ask for more.  I never give in to that just pass out the cat nip and move along.  They manage to calm themselves down if not right away eventually. 

Slept really good until 5a when ye old bladder said it’s time to wake up.  I never got back to sleep after that.  Heard the bagging of the cans since it was trash day.  Rudy also did his part to wake me.  Finally I knew there was no fighting it so I just got up and got moving. 

I can take a nap or relax now because there is nothing in the hopper at work and I know as soon as I get comfy away from the computer I get pulled back.  I said earlier it was going to be a long day I won’t be done with my day until around 7:30p.  I am not a fan of long days but it will good to get this day behind me. 

Got to hit up the cat food store and do the usual weekend running.  I am going to try to get the spraying done.  The forecast now says that it’s supposed to be partly cloudy but TV said that there is a chance of pop up showers today thru the weekend.  I’d like to get that task out of the way.

Hope that your day and weekend are great.  We made it through yet another week.  Relax, Unwind and do what you want it’s your time, at least for 2 days then it’s back to ye old grind.  Cheers!

Good & Bad

Welcome back and happy almost Friday.  Yesterday after lunch things got busy.  A large project dropped and that kept me occupied for the afternoon as well as part of this morning.  There is more work to do but not until tomorrow so it’s going to be a busy Friday.  The only good thing about that is it will be fast moving. 

Looks like the Groundhog(s) managed to build a new den, it is located on the corner of my neighbors fence and goes underneath a shed they have.  If they manage to tunnel and emerge in the neighbors yard they have a dog (I call him Sir Barks A lot bet you can’t guess why) that will shred both of them or so I think.  Amazon Alexa said that a Groundhog can easily defend it’s self against a small dog but their dog is medium to large so who knows, I don’t want to find out.  I saw the baby out last night getting its munch on.  It is common for them to have several dens so I’m not offended.  I like them and wish them no harm but kind of wish they would move on.  Kind of doubt that is going to happen unless someone traps them and rehomes them, I’ve given up on that idea way too costly.

Got in some early play time with the cats and took a shower before heading to bed.  I slept fine until around 5a this morning and then my bladder said it was time to get up and my brain said oh yeah that’s a wonderful idea.  Rudy was happy when I got out of bed but not so when I returned a short time later.  He waited patiently by my head until I was ready to get up.  I gave him some attention and he made some biscuits. 

My new hard drive arrived and I’ve got the data copied over.  Now I am compressing things to help save space and then I plan to format the recovery drive I was sent and copy the compressed data back to it so I have a local backup if it’s needed.  I can update it as needed, until I manage to fill that drive up.  This will be a process but if I stick with it I hope to be done by the end of the weekend if not before.  Then I can start having it all backup to the cloud as well, you can’t have too many up to date copies when it comes to data recovery. 

The weather for the weekend is spotty showers, doesn’t exactly make great weather for spraying for pests but if I can get the stuff down and it dries then I’m good.  It’s designed to fade away over the course of two months.

Got my first new promotional internet bill, glad I signed up for the auto pay discount because my bill is a whopping $2 less once they add on taxes.  Auto pay is a $5 discount but odd how it actually works out once the bill is generated.  It’s still cheaper than what I was paying.  The only thing I have noticed is that at two different periods I have had spotty connectivity where it’s solid for a while and then randomly skips.  It only makes a difference when I am working, my play streaming and browsing don’t seem to notice it.  The fix has been to reboot the modem and then the router.  I started a log since this happened again yesterday I’m looking to see if there is a trend.  If so might need a different modem even though this one is supposed to be brand new.

Well back to the fun that is work.  Hope you have a great day.  Take care!

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Close call

Morning … Happy middle of the week or hump day!  Yesterday was a great day until the late afternoon.  I got to relax a bit in bed and Mora snuggled up next to me.  Of course just as soon as we got comfy my phone rang and I got a task from work so I had to go.  However, once that was done I was able to return to bed and Mora joined me again.  We got comfy again and this time we were there for an hour.  It was a quiet at work which is kind of a surprise, usually when I break away from my computer is when all hell breaks loose. 

The late afternoon brought an unfortunate task and I am not 100% sure but I think my goodtime of staying home might have caught up to me.  I had something to do for HR.  If I am right I’ll know soon enough but for now I am just moving like nothing is wrong and doing my normal routine.  Hopefully, all is well and I am not caught.  I hate looking over my shoulder and always wondering but honestly the only thing I am not doing is going into the office the number of days that is required.  My work isn’t suffering and I get my job done and do it quite well.  If I wasn’t doing my job or wasn’t available when needed then I could see a huge problem but I’m the person that everyone depends on and goes to.  I kind of feel like I deserve what I am taking but perhaps I am wrong. 

My evening was thrown off by the late afternoon events but I tried to not let it get to me too much.  Unfortunately once I fell asleep my mind went on all sorts of strange dreams.  I woke up more than one time during the night.  Early this morning around 5a I had one hell of a muscle cramp in my right neck.  I just laid on my back wide awake and trying to relax, eventually it went away.  I might not be jacked with muscle but with all of the knots and cramps I get I have frequent reminders that I still have muscles.

Today should bring me my hard drive and some bed sheets.  Got one meeting on the schedule and watching for anything breaking for my on-call duty.  Thus far it’s quiet and very slow, I hope that’s the theme for today as well as the rest of the week.

Sun’s out, birds are chirping and it’s going to be warm today.  Hope the weather in your neck of the woods is great and that you are doing well.  Take care! 

 

Finally

Morning … My hard drive shipped yesterday actually and should be here on Wednesday.  I am happy that it’s on the way as I’d like to get the whole restoring of my files on the road.  It’s not exactly going to be a fun process. 

In my efforts yesterday checking on things I managed to find a lighting deal on bed sheets.  Now I’ve got an additional order that is coming on Wednesday.  Ordered a Black set and a Red set.  They had several interesting colors and patterns.  I’m not much about patterns and more about solid colors. 

Rinsing out my cereal bowl this morning I saw the groundhog sitting on the deck.  I peeked around for his kid but didn’t see anything.  Not sure if the kid left home or if it was just a baby visiting.  Rudy was watching and it didn’t seem to bother him at all.  Mora would have been a bit more upset or so I think. 

I got to the point last night I was bored and tired.  It was about a half hour prior to bed time and I figured why not play with the cats and get that out of the way.  They loved it.  I wore them out and we spent the most time ever in playing with this toy of ribbon on a stick that I got.  They both love the damn thing and I have a backup for when they destroy this one.  I figured it would be good to get this out of their system.  Don’t you know Mr. Rudy came in and started crying while I was brushing my teeth which means that he wanted to play.  He whined and whined about it but I didn’t give in.  Eventually he curled up in bed and settled down.  I explained to him that we already had play time.  I know he wanted more but I was tired. 

Slept pretty good until the early morning around 5a when my bladder wanted me to get up.  I ignored it and pushed it off until I got woke up again at 6a.  This time it was my bladder and Rudy.  I staved them both off until about 10 minutes before 7 and just threw in the towel.  I got my relief first before I passed out breakfast for Rudy to start munching on. 

This is the weekend of my High School Reunion.  Much like they did 5 years ago we are getting a campus tour in the morning.  Part of me wants to go but part of me says what could have changed in 5 years that is that drastic and remarkable that you need to see it.  It’s the only free event that is offered.  There is a pre-reunion on Friday that costs and involves drinking.  The reunion it’s self costs to go but they are including a meal.  I said last time that the next one I’d go but damn I remember how alone I felt not only back in high school but 5 years ago when I went for the campus tour.  I saw a few people I knew and we had a decent group.  Still there was very little interaction with me and I felt like I was a stranger in a large crowd.  I hate that feeling.  I haven’t fully decided about the campus tour but as for the rest of it there is no way I am going.  I know that photos will come out afterwards and that will probably make me wish I did things differently.  It’s not about the money it’s about the fact that most of those people won’t give me the time of day.  High School wasn’t really a great experience for me.  I wish that I could go back in time and do it all over again to get what I hope would be a better experience but it’s a wish and not a reality. 

At least I’ve got Rudy & Mora to keep me company here and we are each others worlds.  Still holding out hope that I will meet a human friend or two and get a companion but the longer that I go single the longer I think that is the way it’s going to stay.  Not that I am not looking or trying I just seem to be attracted to straight guys or guys who aren’t interested. 

Yesterday was a decent day and I hope that today follows suit.  My vacation for next month was approved.  I went to cancel all of the junk that was scheduled for that week and damn if something didn’t go wrong and I wound up wrecking my calendar for this week.  I’ve put it back together as best I can but it wouldn’t surprise me if I miss something.  Here we go with Tuesday.  Hope yours is a good one!

On My Own

Morning … My mistake making co-worker is sick and is out for the day.  I had to look around to make sure he didn’t miss anything and of course you know I found a mistake.  It’s fixed and with that I decided to start making a list of all of his fuck ups.  Either he is on his way out or I am going to help the process along because this is getting God Damn Old cleaning up after a grown ass man who can’t do his damn job right.  Enough is enough.  I think 3 years of dealing with this is beyond being patient. 

I am on my own today and it’s not the first time this has happened.  It’s fine as long as things are calm but if something blows up and it gets crazy that’s when it sucks.  I just hope for the best and prepare for the worst.  Either way I will make it through today. 

My Red Lobster dinner what a fiasco that was.  I got seated at a table where I have notoriously had bad service.  This time was even worse.  It took my waitress 20 minutes to come take my order.  Meanwhile I had several people asking me if I had been helped and offering to get someone for me.  I guess eventually one of them did something about it.  I found a new dish for Crab Season.  It’s Crab Carbonara.  I ordered it without the bacon.  It took another 15 minutes for her to come back and tell me they were out of the ingredients to make the sauce.  Fine I ordered the Flounder Dinner which is what I planned on having originally.  She said she would rush the order to the kitchen.  I’m sitting right outside of the kitchen and 10 minutes later I hear her tell the cook that I ordered the Flounder.  Well when I heard that I just had another biscuit because it was going to be a while before dinner was ready.   Eventually dinner arrived, she served it wearing an oven mitt.  Don’t you know it was lava hot.  Good but a little too hot to eat.  It cooled off rather quickly and I ate what I wanted.  Got a to go box for the rest.  She didn’t bring me a bag for the bread just a box like I asked for.  I didn’t leave much of a tip and got the hell out of there.  Next time I sit at the bar.  That Carbonara dish sounded so good I really wanted to try it to see how close the sauce was to Crab Alfredo. 

Had an enjoyable evening.  Watched a funeral on-line that kind of gave me a bit of new perspective on life.  Managed to sneak into the shower while the cats were sleeping and fooled old Rudy into thinking he wasn’t getting any play time.  Both cats got play time and cat nip before I was ready for bed.  Of course they were not ready for bed as quickly as I was.  My medicine kicked my ass and I dozed for a bit in the chair.  When I woke up I moved to the bed that got enough blood pumping I was awake for a bit longer.  Curled up next to Rudy who was laying in bed already.  It wasn’t terribly long and I was off to dream land.  Slept soundly until 5a when my bladder told me to get up and I opted to ignore it for an hour.  Got up at 6a and both cats thought it was a Tuesday that I was going into the office.  I told them it’s Monday, I’m home all week and I’ve got an hour to sleep.  Rudy followed me back to bed and tried his best to get me to wake up, I managed to calm him down.  About that time Mora arrived in the room and she tried but failed to get me up so she decided to play loudly in the living room.  Yeah I wanted to scream at her but instead I just concentrated on my white noise machine and eventually she got tired and we all fell asleep.  The alarm clock woke us all up, which was quite the surprise for me. 

Time to get Monday rolling.  Went through all of the usual motions.  Knocked out my morning tasks and fixed the one mess up my co-worker made.  Now I sit and wait to see what fun rolls in.  Got one meeting this morning but I expect it will be fairly short since it will be just me and the boss attending with a vendor. 

Checked with UPS and they still have no packages for me.  However my Echo tells me that my hard drive will be delivered today.  I think maybe it went via Amazon because the tracking number starts with TBA.  I don’t honestly care how they shipped it so long as it surfaces and today would be better than tomorrow.  However, all I can do is wait and see.  I’m kind of surprised at the way this worked out I figured the new drive would be here long before I had my data from my data backup service provider.  Nevertheless I am ready to get this process over with. 

Nice hot and sunshine filled day here.  I did think about spraying yesterday but talked myself out of it until next weekend and it for sure will be done next weekend.  Here’s hoping that it’s not too crazy of a day or week. 

Take care!

Costs Too Much

There is a set of what I call a duplex but it’s being advertised as a luxury villa that I watched be constructed.  It’s on my way to the post office and they have been done for about a month.  Yesterday I saw a sign out front that they were both available for rent.  I was pretty serious about moving there but wanted to know what I’d be getting into.  I didn’t make any phone calls instead I used the internet to gather my information.  Rent is more than doubling my monthly mortgage payment.  However, it’s a brand new place.  There would be no property taxes or lawn care to pay for nor any stupid homeowners association, but I also wouldn’t have any equity.  The owner is a property management company and they require that you sign a one year lease.  The place comes with a new fridge and dishwasher as well as heat & ac.  There is an attached garage so it’s much like my current setup.  However, it’s one level and there is no basement.  I really wish that the math would have worked out better and that it had a basement. 

Oddly enough the property management company that has those two units owns the house across the street from me.  It’s a mostly well maintained property.  I’m almost guessing that I could swing some deal with them where I would sell them my house.  However, I don’t know that I could get their monthly rent on the property I want lower and honestly I’m not even going down that road.  Long story short I’m better off staying put.  I’ve got years and lots of equity into my current home and the mortgage isn’t quite done yet but it’s not that far out of reach.  I think this is for sure a case of the devil you know is better than that devil you don’t. 

I saw full single family homes being rented for what they want for the duplex.  It’s priced sky high and that’s mostly due to property taxes, they are way out of control.  Chances are also good that after that year they would raise the rent. Besides that I’ve got lots of memories tied up here and I think it would be beyond difficult to walk away, after I fought so damn long and hard to keep this place. 

I’ve talked for years about moving but never saw any place to move to that caught my eye like this place did, especially the fact that it’s brand new and I’d be the first person to live there.  If it’s in the cards and suppose to happen it will.  For now I’m content staying put.  I still have my eyes open and I look periodically.  If I go through the trouble of moving I want there to be zero maintenance required on my part.  I don’t like the idea of someone having access and coming into my living area at anytime.  I am not looking to follow a bunch of rules or regulations.  If I want to put up security cameras, have cats or anything else I want the freedom to live like I want.  I know that realistically if someone was coming in and I was renting they would provide advance notice, which is required in most states. 

That rant is done. 

Normal business I finished up listening to Whoopi’s book.  It was very good.  She almost inspired me to reach out to my brother.  I kind of want to but I know in the long run I am better off just leaving that alone. 

Had Blueberry Pancakes for breakfast.  There was a bunch of guys talking behind me and one of them had a great voice.  You know once of those voices that you could listen to for hours.  I moved on to the grocery store and it started to sprinkle while I was walking in.  When I came out I saw that there was a shower.  You couldn’t hear a thing inside the grocery store so it was just light rain.  It’s just supposed to be overcast today.  However, the sun is out now. 

Had my normal nap when I got home and snuggled with both cats, watched the start of a YouTube video had to pause it because I was drowsy.  Something to come back to though for sure. 

Put out my pills, got the laundry started and taking care of updating my finances on the monies I’ve spent today. 

Looking into tracking of my new Hard Drive turns out Amazon shipped it via UPS on Friday.  UPS sends me an email when they have a package for me but thus far I’ve got nothing.  Amazon’s records show that UPS picked up the package on Friday but that is as far as the tracking goes.  I think that this for sure is a result of the Global Outage from Friday.  I expect that the package will surface by Tuesday.

I am planning a trip to Red Lobster for some fish for supper.  Since they no longer have my Crab Alfredo.  I will still look over the menu in the hopes that it has reappeared but I hold out no hope.  They have a decent Flounder dinner and an even better Stuffed Flounder dinner.  This is my last hurrah for the week as I will be all holed up here since I am going on-call tomorrow.  As per usual I do not look forward to it. 

Here’s hoping that my hard drive is delivered sooner rather than later, that it’s a calm week with little to no stress and that I can have a good time being holed up.  I also hope that it’s a great week ahead for you! Thanks for stopping by. 

A good day

Yesterday was a pretty good day even though it didn’t go exactly as I thought it would.  My FedEx delivery got pushed to later in the afternoon.  That meant that I was stuck for the majority of the day sitting on the couch watching for FedEx to pull up and working on a laptop.  Not my ideal work day but the cats loved it!  I got pretty sleepy but didn’t dare doze off because if I missed the FedEx guy I’d be super upset. 

Managed to find some guy on You Tube who takes tours of cities.  He made a couple videos on Chicago which I watched and found very interesting.  There was another one on Milwaukee that I saw and there is plenty of interesting information.  Kind of felt like I was with an old friend and he was educating me. 

Installed those new lights I got on Prime Day in the garage and damn they are super bright for being LED’s.  It looks like daylight in my garage and I am quite impressed.  They should last around 5 years according to the literature that came with them but who knows if that will actually happen.  Got my document holder setup and it works just like I wanted.  Powered up the backup hard drive and all my files are there safe and sound. 

Now for the bad news looks like my new hard drive might not be here tomorrow.  That’s what Amazon’s site is showing as of this morning.  I think it might have something to do with the Global Computer Outage that was caused by Crowdstrike.  Who knew that one company could cripple so much?  Technology has come a long way and we are super dependent on it.  When it works life is good.  When it fails well it’s not so good.  There was minimal impact where I work, just Microsoft Cloud stuff that wasn’t working.  Our email is still on premises but that is transitioning.  The Cloud isn’t such a good idea but I know it’s all the rage and the future where companies and services are headed.

I started listening to Whoopi Goldberg’s latest book via audio books on Spotify.  I pay extra for that so might as well use the benefit.  I love listening to her talk and it feels like she’s in the room with me and were friends and I am listening to a story.  It’s pretty good so far I am at Chapter 5.  

I know this is a couple days old information but I just found out this morning that Caleb Harris the missing TX College Students body was found.  Very sad but I thought all along that he was dead.  I hate it when I am right in situations like this.  It looks like there could be fowl play involved or maybe he just happened to trip, drop his phone and fall into an open man hole.  There are so many questions and I don’t know that there will ever be any answers. 

Speaking of Caleb, I might as well touch on Riley Strain.  Looks like he was very drunk and a high, this appears to be a tragic accident at the moment.  That’s what the conclusion is from Nashville Police & Government.  Who knows what the independent (2nd)  autopsy and investigation that the family had done will turn up.  I’d love to know how many days he was in the water.  It also looks like from some bar footage that has since been released that Riley wasn’t wearing a belt which might explain how his pants came off so easy but I don’t know if cowboy boots would come off that easy.  I’ve never worn them.  There are many questions here and I think his family is fighting for answers and hopefully they will get them. 

I’ve gotten my haircut this morning.  Rudy woke me at 6a and I was not happy about it.  I still had a couple more hours to sleep.  That means once I got home I went back to bed.  Been lounging all day and I am about to get dressed and head out for some food.  Thinking about going back to the Mexican place I was at last Saturday.  It was just that good! 

Got the bills that arrived today paid and just trying to enjoy what is left of my quiet weekend as I prepare to go on-call come Monday.  Not looking forward to it but hopefully things won’t be too horrific, fingers crossed. 

Hope your having a great Saturday!  Take care.

Falling into place

Morning … Things are falling into place for me.  My data aka Porn Collection restore is scheduled for delivery today.  Amazon updated me that the hard drive I ordered has shipped and is scheduled for delivery on Sunday.  I hate Sunday deliveries from Amazon just because they are sporadic and you never know if your stuff will arrive early or late in the day or if the delivery will be pushed to Monday for some unknown reason. 

Nevertheless I am excited that things are falling into place.  The laborious part will be copying the data from the restore drive to its new home.  Hopefully, it won’t take longer than a week but only time will tell once I get the operation going.  It won’t stop me from using my computer which is a good thing since I am on-call next week and need it in order to work.  I don’t want to be stuck hovering over a laptop screen trying to work.  I remember when Gator made me do that so that I could be next to her on the couch.  I also remember the neck & back aches from it. 

Watched all but the last episode of the new season of Cobra Kai last night on Netflix.  I’m about half way through the last episode but had to pause as I was super drowsy.  I plan to finish it today. 

I feel a bit strange being fully dressed since I am waiting on FedEx.  They gave me a delivery window from mid-morning until 2p.  I am hoping to be at the front of the window as I despise waiting on people to arrive.  This however is a super important delivery and requires a signature so I can’t afford to miss the delivery person.  I just hope they come to the right house, fingers crossed.

Had 1/2 of a Chicken Fried Steak & Mashed Potatoes for supper last night.  Plan to have the remainder for supper tonight.  I hate dividing that meal into 2 because when I am done with each portion I always want more.  I had the last of my Apple Fritters last evening as a snack or desert about an hour before bed.  Warmed it in the microwave and washed it down with an ice cold glass of milk.  Donuts & Milk what a great combo.  As a kid I remember Fruit Punch and donuts for breakfast at the donut shop with my grandfather, it was after church but we did it for a long time, long enough for it to still be a memory today. 

I’ve got a haircut appointment early tomorrow morning and I will complain about having scheduled it early but hopefully I keep moving afterwards.  I’d like to get the exterior of the house sprayed for pests since it’s a little bit cooler this weekend.  Other than that just normal weekend stuff of eating out and getting groceries. 

I hope that you have a great weekend.  Take care. 

Back to home

Well I left at just the right time yesterday before all hell broke loose.  On my way home my phone was blowing up and I could tell by the number of emails that something clearly was wrong.  Thankfully bossman was on top of it.  There was a conference call to join but obviously I wasn’t there.  I just let him run with it and watched as it played out.  He never said a word about where was I or asked me any questions.  I’m guessing he figured I was busy and well that was accurate in that I couldn’t take my eyes off the road. 

The cats were both pleased as punch to see me.  They left me a couple of presents that I had to clean up.  Later in the evening Mora managed to gore me with her back claws right in the nuts.  That’s the second time that’s happened so I trimmed her back claws last night and she absolutely hated it and fought me the whole way.  Much like the front claws I just take the tip off and yeah I know in a matter of hours they have them all sharpened back up.  Rudy doesn’t like points on his back claws and chews them off.  It sounds like he’s eating Cheetos so I refer to it as Cheeto time.  I wish that Mora would have some Cheeto time to help save my skin.  Although to be fair Rudy has done his share of damage to me.  The other morning he made biscuits on my belly and he had points on his front claws.  My belly has itched for days since.  He’s usually pretty careful about the claws but once he gets going and is super happy he looses control. 

Much to my surprise I didn’t ever seem to run out of energy and just drop like I was expecting.  However I was tired by bed time, just didn’t go down so easy.  Sleep was a bit better but I had some nightmare and had problems talking.  IRL I was biting my tongue so it’s a bit sore this morning.  I woke up in the middle of the night and I felt absolutely horrible.  However, despite the morning being a little rough I feel okay at the moment.  My nose was really bothering me at work and I was convinced by the time I got home that someone gave me something I didn’t want. 

Grass mowers came yesterday and this time they did a better job blowing off my front porch.  I still love looking at my clean concrete sidewalk.  I know it won’t stay clean forever but I’m just proud of my work.  Hopefully next time I learn to do the work in waves so as to not put so much stress on my back.  Who knows though my memory isn’t ripe as it was when I was 20. 

Work is all calm at the time I am writing this, although it won’t post for a few hours.  My day is clear of meetings and I’ve only really got one task to complete.  I am going to head up and probably take a nap, at least a break from the damn computer.  I’ll come back after lunch and complete that.  Of course I have to watch to see if anything urgent pops so no one knows I am AFK (Away From Keyboard). 

Found a group on social media last night that reviews locally owned restaurants.  People post photos and describe their food as well as the atmosphere.  Me thinks it’s going to give me some places to visit, especially when vacation time rolls around.  I might not go anywhere on a formal vacation but I will be traveling a few hours from home eating some good food if all goes well.  That will permit me to see new things and go new places. 

I hope your having a great day and all is well.  Thanks as usual for stopping by.  Take care!

Happy Accident

Morning … Often on YouTube I’ll get some random videos that seem appealing.  Earlier this week I stumbled across an America’s Got Talent clip from Alex Sampson.  He’s a young musician from Canada and he’s 20 years old.  Yeah he’s totally good looking and uber hot.  However, he’s got some voice on him. 

Here’s the clip I watched of him singing “Pretty Baby”

Being horny and curious I wanted to know what he looked like shirtless and to hear some more of his music.  I found a clip of him singing another song called “ All That We Could Have Been” 

Putting this together I found his Instagram and there are plenty of shirtless photos there to obsess over. 

He appears to be straight, which is fine.  All of the super hot guys that I am into are either Straight or Taken.  However, doesn’t mean I can’t look and have my own fantasies. 

Alex strikes me as another Charlie Puth.  The kids got some great vocal chords on him and I’m guessing that he will go places much like Charlie has.  However to be fair I listened to Charlie because of his voice and later fell in love with him over his looks.

Music is a wonderful thing and can evoke so many emotions as well as help to set and/or change a mood.  It can also help to pass time and can just be fun to listen to what ever appeals to you.  Personally, I like a little bit of everything.  Variety is the spice of life and you will find that in my taste for music. 

Hope that you enjoy Alex’s music and that it brings some pleasure to your day!

Man Candy - Smokin Hot

Made it

Morning … I made it to the office.  Had a horrible nights sleep but Rudy kept me company part of the time and helped to get me back to sleep.  I figure that I am going to crash at some point today but hopefully it doesn’t happen until I get home. 

Something went wrong with a change I made not sure if it was the computer or me just not fully concentrating.  As a result I am waiting for the fix to be applied and it’s a slow process and has one person inconvenienced.  That makes me feel bad but there isn’t much I can do.  Just apologized and let them know I am working on it.  That’s what I get for trying to help out.  Damn me being nice – no good deed goes unpunished a lesson that I seem to never learn. 

Mora was surprised that I got up early she wanted to lay in her bed but I went to greet her to make sure that she was alive because normally after the can of food cracks in the morning she is waiting around the corner.  Rudy did his usual thing and followed me to the kitchen getting under my feet and being anxious for his breakfast.  Mora came out and had some.  Then she jumped back on my bed while I was in the shower. 

As per usual I hated to leave them but I look forward to their greeting when I get home, that’s a priceless moment. 

Got my replacement hard drive ordered.  It was a Prime Deal and I saw it yesterday.  I could have got an even better deal if I would have only acted quicker.  Now for the fun part it will be late next week before the drive arrives.  I picked up a few other things that were on sale and they will be delivered on Friday.  Got that document holder and some new lights for the garage that are supposed to be super bright, here’s hoping I’m not blinded when I install them. 

Since the stress of coming in is over with for now I expect that I will sleep really good tonight or so I hope. 

I thought about it and put in for a weeks vacation.  It starts on a Thursday when I am off to see the doctor.  I took the Friday off as well and then the following week and Labor Day is on the following Monday so it’s a nice long stretch with two weekends.  The bad part is that when I come back I will be on-call.  I really hated that it worked out like that.  Very much looking forward to taking a break.  I am at or close to burnout and the break is very much needed. 

The rain is all done and today is a nice sunny day.  Surprising how the weather affects my mood and nothing that I love more than a day of sunshine.  Not excited about it being super hot. 

As always looking forward to heading home this afternoon.  Until then lets hope that I can stay awake and motivated even if there is a lull.  I hope that you have a great day and appreciate your visit.

Unfun

Well I went to bed with the hopes of going to the office this morning.  I knew that I would have some awake time in the middle of the night due to the nice nap I had earlier in the day.  I didn’t plan or know that there would be an internet outage in the middle of the night. 

Got to sleep around my normal time.  Woke up around 2a my white noise stopped playing on my Echo.  I gave the command and it started right back up.  I was able to go back to sleep, until it stopped again at 3a.  This time I tried the command and was told the internet was out.  I was wide awake.  I tried to calm my racing mind but that was of little use.  After about 30 minutes I tried the command for white noise again and it started.  However, I didn’t fall back asleep until some time closer to 5a.  I never left the bed and Rudy was there to try to help me sleep.  He was out like a light. 

A thunderstorm started sometime around the 4a hour and that didn’t help matters.  Thunder & Rain aren’t soothing to me, just white noise. 

Once I was asleep my internal alarm clock woke me at 5:30a considering that it was closer to 6a which would have been my normal waking time if I was going in.  That’s when I made the call I’m working from home today and will plan to go in tomorrow.  I got a little bit of extra sleep but still was up 15 minutes before 7a which is my normal waking time when I WFH. 

It’s raining to beat the band, accidents are all over the place and there is plenty of thunder as well.  I think it’s a happy accident that I am home.  That could have saved me from an accident for all I know. 

This put a kink in my plan to order a replacement hard drive today but it’s nothing I can’t do tomorrow.  I don’t like to have packages sitting out while I am away.  I’ve never had a porch pirate.  My momma cat used to watch for them.  I’d also see her in the window from the street greeting me when I came home.  She was all black so it was easy to spot her unlike Rudy or Mora.  Anyway I figure better safe than sorry.  Of course if there is something on a Prime Day special I won’t pass that up, regardless of when it’s delivered.  I believe in saving money. 

I’m all caught up at work until we have our meeting just before lunch.  There is another one just after lunch.  Oh joy how I live for meetings.  They are a complete waste of time the way we do them.  I’ve got two more tomorrow as well.  It’s like there is no escape. 

Speaking of escape I can go back up and lay down if I so choose but I am going to try to stay in front of the computer as long as I can stand it.  I really want a decent nights sleep and to make it in tomorrow.  Here’s hoping that happens. 

No post is complete without talking about food.  I had White Cheddar Mac & Cheese with Bacon for supper.  It’s a dish made by Devour and it was really good.  It’s a bit too cheesy for me sometimes but last night was not one of those times.  Then had an Apple Fritter for desert.  Not exactly a gourmet meal but it was food to fill my belly. 

I also got all of that after hours work done and was upstairs by 5:15p because I started early.  With everything that happened yesterday I just felt off my game and out of sorts.  Here’s hoping today is a better day. 

Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

Backup your data

I practice what I preach here.  Data loss is a killer and there is much anguish once you realize you didn’t back up and the data is gone.  Remember I said last night I was having computer problems.  Well turns out the external hard drive that holds my archived porn collection decided to give up the ghost and died at 8:30p.  That’s the last record my backup software has of it sending files. 

I went through the same thing 2 years ago and bought a new hard drive.  Well I didn’t think or plan to be buying a new drive this year but looks like that’s the case.  This is quite the expensive venture. 

The data is backed up in the cloud (aka off site) and since it’s so large I have to request that it be sent on a hard drive.  I pay the cost for that but once I’m done I can send the drive back and get my money back.  Then I have to buy a replacement drive to restore all of the data on to. 

I worked this afternoon trying a different computer and a couple different programs to see if I could breath any life back into the drive but sadly it’s a goner.  I hate that it came to this but all hard drive die eventually and I had a couple issues with this drive.  I should have canned it the first time I had an issue but I held out faith that it would last, silly me. 

I won’t buy a new drive until tomorrow when I am at work so that it’s delivered on Wednesday when I am home.  As for my back up provider they take their sweet ass time with the restore request so it will likely be weeks before the drive surfaces.  I have to be home to sign for it, that way we can be sure that my data doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.  It is sent encrypted and the key is only available on-line, so even if the data falls into the wrong hands it’s useless. 

Sex sells and damn this is kind of an expensive venture hanging on to all of this stuff.  There’s a lot of money that I spent getting all of the files and I cherish them since there is hours upon hours of enjoyment!

Got in a nice nap this morning.  Both cats climbed into bed with me.  They each curled up under an arm and that’s never happened before.  I guess they knew how stressed I was. 

Just waiting for the clock to tick away the business day so that I can make a bunch of changes at work.  Lots of people getting new titles and moving around.  There is enough work to keep me busy for an hour but I hope to be done before then.  I look forward to some good food, whatever it is I manage to pull out of the freezer!

Here’s hoping your day was better than mine.  Take care!

Frustrated

Morning … Hope you had a good weekend!  My supper plan yesterday worked out well.  There seemed to be a lot less people and when I looked at the menu I found out why.  They had the same Fried Chicken Special but it’s no longer all you can eat.  I got it and it wasn’t bad, not as good as times past but still not bad. 

The manager there is a relative of my late spouse.  We have talked for years.  While I was there I asked to speak with her and she came out.  We started a conversation and in the middle of it she saw people behind me that she knew and just mid conversation walked away and sat down with those people and started a conversation.  I finished my meal and waited painfully until my waitress came by at which point I asked for the check and paid.  I never turned around just got up and walked out.  I wanted to turn around and say something but what good would it do?  Looks like I ate my last meal there.  I mean if you don’t want to talk to me just say so, no need to be rude and just walk away mid-conversation.  She’s always been the type of person that sees something shiny and gets distracted.  I’m sure she isn’t losing any sleep over it.  This is the second time this has happened.  I was quite upset by this. 

Came home and then the old computer decided to start giving me problems.  I had a couple of simple tasks that I wanted to complete but didn’t get to them because I was constantly rebooting.  When things finally stabilized I went upstairs and about my evening.  This morning I come down to login and damn I had to reboot again and it took me a half hour before I was able to login to work.  I am digging into what is going on but at least it’s working at the moment. 

Got quite a surprise this morning when I opened the back door curtain.  I saw our usual ground hog and there was a baby groundhog.  Damn looks like I got two of them now.  In looking on the web it appears that a litter of ground hogs is usually 2 to 6 babies which are born blind and hairless.  They disperse in the fall.  Not sure if that means that the youngster will leave home then.  Pregnancy only lasts one month, I’ll bet there are many women that are envious of that.  All I know is that I was well happy with one groundhog, he’s been here for years.  I don’t want anymore.  Apparently the life span is 3 to 6 years in the wild but they have been known to live 14 years in captivity.  They are kind of cute but I have no intention of keeping them as pets.  That’s what I’ve got the 2 cats for.  I didn’t know but Groundhogs are part of the squirrel family. 

Both of the groundhogs gave the cats quite a show.  I think if I could have quietly opened the door that Mora would have taken off after at least one of them.  Rudy probably would have followed her not knowing what he was chasing after.  However, we will never ever know because there is no way in the world I plan to let either of them outside. 

I’ve got a bit of work to do today but largely it’s another quiet day where I will be able to get some rest in.  Tomorrow is back to the office and I don’t look forward to that at all but hopefully I will be able to leave early.  It’s a super hot day out today and tomorrow looks to be the same.  Then we start the cool down on Wednesday. 

Here’s hoping that I can be happier quickly.  I hate frustrations despite the fact they are just part of life.  I at least hope it’s a good day for you!  Take care.

Sunday

Typical Sunday here.  Had a Carmel Apple Pancake for breakfast.  Topped with Pecans and a cream cheese drizzle.  Made my Target run and I was so early there that self checkout was the only option.  I hate self checkout unless I’ve got one or two items.  Which in this case I did not but managed to find all of the barcodes and get them scanned.  Then was off for my grocery store run.  Scored 2 Chicken Cesar Wraps which made me profoundly happy.  I love a good Cesar Salad and getting it in a wrap makes it that much neater and quicker to consume. 

Came home to nosy Mora greeting me at the door.  If it’s not her it’s her brother that always seems to be in the way.  Last night she almost got her tail stepped on when I was passing out treats.  I had boots on and that wouldn’t have been pretty.  I swear that one of these cats is going to be responsible for me falling and possibly breaking a bone.

I digress I managed to haul everything I bought inside and get it put away.  One of the new things I got was a Clorox Toilet Wand starter kit.  Damn this thing works better than a conventional toilet brush and allows you to really get in and do a deep scrub.  For $10 and some change not a bad deal.  It came with 6 pads and a neat holder for the wand and refills.  I found a new way to clean the toilet!

Took my morning nap.  Mora has taken to laying in what used to be Gator’s bed in my room.  She liked it when she first moved in here and managed to hide a toy mouse there.  This is the first time in a long time that she has occupied that bed for several days while I am sleeping.  It’s barely big enough to hold her. 

As you probably guessed I am working on laundry.  Already done with my cleaning.  Lunch was tasty, several chocolate glazed donut holes.  Not the best choice but it’s what I had. 

Tossing around where to go for supper.  I’d like to get a pizza and do some guy watching but honestly I’ve got a craving for a place that I know is super busy on Sunday because they have an all your can eat Fried Chicken Special.  That’s where I am thinking of going.  I’m going to try to eat early in the hopes I will catch them in between the lunch and supper crowd with the thought hat perhaps I can get in and out quickly.  If that fails then I’ll probably just go to the nearby BBQ place, although pizza and guy watching is quite appealing. 

It’s another blistering hot ass day outside with air quality alerts and a heat advisory.  I’m putting off spraying the exterior for pests until next weekend, perhaps it will cool down a little by then.  Watch my luck it will rain all next weekend.  I’ll make sure the job gets done.  Just thankful for AC and a place that is all mine to stay out of the elements. 

Really not looking forward to going back to the grind tomorrow.  I made my adjustments to my retirement account.  I’d really like to have changed up my investment mix but the site is overly complicated and everything seems to be hidden.  It took me five minutes to find the spot where to click to adjust my contribution.  I just despise that website.  I might try the app on my phone and have better luck but probably not.  I suppose some bean counter decided that saving for retirement should be overly complicated, when actually it’s pretty straight forward.  Sure wish that I had a pension to fall back on in addition to what I have saved. 

All’s quiet here both cats are sleeping and I really need to get up to move what is in the washer to the dryer but as soon as I move one or both of them will wake up.  I long for these moments but hate the fact that the least littlest thing will wake them up and then it’s pester daddy time. 

Here’s hoping that I come across some good looking guys to drool over and who knows maybe start a conversation if I am really lucky.  I’ve got a better chance of eating some good food but I still hold out hope.  God please bring me a good looking, stable guy.  I need to get laid and have someone to talk to that will answer me back.  That’s my prayer for the day. 

Take care, stay hydrated and cool.  Thanks for dropping by!