As per usual

Sunday is an as per usual day.  I woke up at 7a after having gone to sleep much later in the evening.  Kind of slept solid but didn’t feel well rested when I woke up.  I am long overdue for a good nights sleep and waking up feeling well rested.  Maybe Santa will deliver that to me as a Christmas present. 

Fed the cats, got dressed, gulped down my pills and threw on my coat and out the door I went.  Breakfast was the first order of the day.  A Strawberry Waffle with whipped cream and a Sausage & Cheese omelet.  While it sounds good it wasn’t anything spectacular.  Off to the grocery store next.  I spent some money there.  I picked up a holiday bag of Lindor truffles, a huge platter of holiday cookies, some yogurt pretzels and then my usual regular items.  The cookies alone were $26 and while they were well packaged there was no lid, so once you broke into the plastic you either had to eat them all at once (next to impossible) or plan on serving them at a party.  They were sold as a platter so a holiday party makes sense.  I however broke the plastic and then promptly put them in to a gallon size Zip Lock bag. 

I will be eating cookies for days.  Next weekend will come the real treat when I pick up egg nog.  Just the plain stuff not spiked.  I can drink glasses of it.  That is just something that says Christmas to me. 

Last stop before home was the gas station and filled up the vehicle.  A lady pulled up next to me and she got out and left the fob in her SUV.  The horn honked several times to alert her but she told me that she got it new back in the summer and still wasn’t used to it.  Meanwhile there are thefts in the area at gas stations because of people like her.  They enable thieves and make their jobs super easy.  Not me I exit and lock up, then go pump gas.  Always have done it that way and always will do it that way. 

Common sense isn’t so common today that lady is just one example of many.  Crazy ass people here park their vehicles in their driveways and leave the fobs in it and they are inside.  When they come out they wonder why their vehicle is gone.  A better one yet is they park with the fob in the vehicle as well as their garage door opener.  Leave on vacation come back to find their vehicle is gone and their house has been robbed as well.  The police here actually have to take time to warn people several times during the year NOT to do this but yet there are those that don’t heed the warning.  I say they are just asking for it and they get what they deserve for being stupid. 

I digress, took off my clothes and watched YouTube.  Crawled back into bed after an hour and a half.  Had to kick Rudy out of his comfy spot so I could get in bed.  Then we curled up together.  He wasn’t terribly pleased with me.  When we woke up I took my time in getting moving.  Passed out lunch for the cats and that’s when I did the cookie bag up.  I had a few for lunch as well as a couple Lindor Truffles.  Damn that’s good stuff!!  Set out my medicine for the week ahead and plopped on the couch afterwards. 

Watched The Real Full Monty and as expected the TV Network blurred both the front and back of the stars so there really was nothing to see but some shirtless guys.  It wasn’t bad but damn there was a lot to sift through before they got to the action.  Thankfully I had a fast forward button. 

Then I watched SNL Weekend Update for a chuckle.  Went back to live TV and got stuck watching a Christmas episode of The Beverly Hillbillies.  Never saw that episode before but it was kind of interesting. There was a second episode on after that but I turned the TV off and got to cleaning the house.  Scared the cats with the vacuum.  Then we came down stairs and I started laundry. 

Wow time passed by pretty quickly I was down here for about and hour and then it was time to head up, get dressed again and leave for supper.  Had Mexican food and it was good.  I got my usual dish and don’t feel uncomfortable but I know I’m full.  I had to pass out treats early because Mora was all over me when I came back home.  It was only 5p but in her mind it was 6p so I just gave in because otherwise she would just make me uncomfortable until she got her way.  I am waiting for the dryer to kick off so I can go up for the night and put laundry away as well as make the bed. 

Before you know it I will be shaving and showering, climbing into bed and Monday will start.  I sure don’t look forward to Monday but after next week is when the holidays roll in.  It’s almost like 2 weeks of vacation.  The week of Christmas is only 2 work days for me and I expect things to be quite calm.  It’s the week of New Years that I will be working my tail off.  New Years Eve that’s when I start taking care of all of the promotions and people leaving or retiring.  I actually enjoy that but it’s kind of hell preparing for it all.  Then we come back and I get hit with a laundry list of people that got more promotions but HR didn’t bother to tell me and they are all retroactive to the 1st which means I have to jump to get people promoted.  However New Years is also only 2 days of working for me because I took the 2nd and 3rd off.  Nothing special will happen and if it does I know it will all be waiting for me on the following Monday when I come back.  That’s all of my “vacation” until late February.  I do hope that 2025 is a good year despite the change in our governmental leadership. 

Well thanks for stopping by.  The dryer just went off and I am out of here.  I will be trapped down here tomorrow so no sense in spending more time down here than I need to.  Hope all is well and you had a great weekend.  Take care and be well!