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Porn on the brain

Morning … Another day closer to the weekend!  It’s another rainy day here.  The grass crew usually shows up today.  I do hope they skip me today and cut when things dry out a bit.  They have cut when the grass has been wet before and it just doesn’t do the lawn justice, no matter how sharp their blades are. 

Speaking of blades my shoulder blades have knots in them and I am looking forward to a massage on Friday.  It’s 90 minutes and if she works those two spots I will probably melt like butter and just want to be lazy all day on Saturday.  I long for the knots leaving my body.  It would be nice for me if they never came back. 

Had some strange dreams last night but one of them was a restaurant that I went with someone, I think it was my grandma but I can’t be sure of that now.  Anyway it was three rooms of nothing but food and people.  I left stuffed and looked forward to a return visit in the future.  Then I was going through some stuff and found checks made out to me that hadn’t been cashed, they were at least a year old.  That would never happen in reality.  I deposit the few checks I get per year right away. I woke up and there was some strange lighting on the hallway, it took me a minute to realize where I was.  I was about to freak out when I realized I was at home. 

Today is going to be a little bit of a busy day.  I got a jump on things and all was going well.  I was setting up a new person and he almost got the name of a porn star instead of his real name.  That would have been embarrassing for me but luckily I caught my mistake just after I made it.  This isn’t the first time that I have tried to set someone up as a porn star.  Porn wasn’t even on my mind it was just a subconscious Freudian Slip.  Perhaps that’s more of a sign that I need some action. Celibate life isn’t that grand and it’s a wonder that I haven’t lost my mind yet.  Need some Vitamin D in the worst way!

Browsed a dating site that let you peek at available people in your area without signing up.  Something I stumbled on in a web search.  Looking at the profiles made me realize why I hate on line dating.  There were some okay guys but they were all looking for someone their own age and not an old man like me.  One guy was just looking for sex he was creative with his user name that it was implied that is what he was looking for.  I just want a honest – good looking – younger guy.  He needs to be a great companion and we need to get to know each other.  Then we can jump in bed.  Sounds quite simple but I still think I will die single and alone.  As long as I go out on a full stomach from a great meal that would be nice. 

All of this dreary weather and rain makes me want to go climb back in bed and sleep.  The cats would really enjoy that.  We had a nice napping session yesterday.  Mora curled up under my arm and snuggled in, she was purring and snoring away in no time.  Glad that I can bring that level of comfort and calm to an animal.  She did the same for me I wasn’t purring but I was out pretty quick.  Rudy was curled up between my legs.  I was anchored down by cats but I was comfortable.  That is until the phone went off and woke me up.  That’s the way it always goes. 

Had left over pizza for supper last night.  I have two pieces left and plan on eating them at lunch time.  Probably BBQ for super but I do have some pasta that I picked up so I could eat that instead.  It sounds better at the moment. 

Well guess I should get back to work at least for a little while.  Hope you have an awesome day!   

Slower Monday

Morning and Happy Tuesday.  I hope all is well in your world. 

Yesterday was a pretty nice day speaking from a weather standpoint.  The AC kicked on towards the afternoon and then a few times in the evening.  Mora had to visit the vents while it was running.  Maybe she likes cold air being blown on her but I think she is more curious of where is this coming from.  Ah I suppose it would be interesting to live in a cats mind/brain if only for 5 minutes. 

I had some BBQ Pork last night that I picked up from the grocery store.  I really needed a side dish to go with it.  It was good and I have a little bit more left for another evening.  Had cold pizza for lunch. 

Work was light and hey I needed that break.  I went up and was able to lounge and nap for the morning.  Sadly I had another episode of sleep paralysis when it was time to wake up for lunch.  That always scares me but thankfully those episodes are very infrequent. 

Still waiting to get my WIN 11 machine back at work.  They could have built a new machine for me by now but they are still playing around with it.  I honestly feel like I have been forgotten about but since I have a working machine that’s really all that matters to me.  I am still not anxious about switching to WIN 11. 

Thunderstorms moved in over night and were back to rain.  We have had so much water this month I am surprised none of us have floated away.  While I don’t want there to be a drought I sure could use a break from rain. 

Here’s hoping it is a great day, despite the rain.  Take care!

Weekend Recap

Saturday – Woke up early and just wanted to go back to bed. I forced myself to get up and take a shower. Stopped at a fast-food place for breakfast. Hit up the post office and then drove around for a bit until it was closer to my hair cut appointment. After my haircut I headed to get my vehicle emissions tested. I had a short wait. I passed as I had expected. It was a quick thing, they hook up to your OBDII port and the computer does all the work, which is why it’s so quick. Now I can renew my license plates and I am good for a few more years before I have to go back. I headed home after all of that fun. It was time for a nap.

Once I woke up, I headed downstairs to catch up on email, pay bills and update my finances. I also threw in a couple loads of laundry. Then surfed for porn as I thought about my options for supper. I wanted to go to a new place, actually it’s an old place that I have been to before but it’s been several years. I browsed their on-line menu and I was drooling as I was reading. Food sounded so good but what made me change my mind is when I saw they added a fee on for using a credit card. That sours me really quick. Merchants are responsible for paying those fees not the customer and I know I could call the bank and get that fee refunded but I don’t want to spend my time on the phone asking for something that I should have been charged for in the first place. If you run a business and take credit cards then you know what you’re signing up for, if you’re not prepared to pay the cost per transaction then don’t accept credit cards. Sorry for the rant but it really irks me.

As I went back upstairs, I had forgotten that this was cat food weekend. Damn I hate when I forget about little things like that. So, I went to the pet food store where I managed to get my birthday date as a total. I picked up some Greenies treats for cats and damn they are expensive. I just got a large pouch for $8 not knowing if they would like them or not. They are designed to help clean their teeth and freshen their breath. Lots of vets recommend them but I never had a cat that would take to them. Thankfully, both of the cats enjoyed them. I might make the switch if I can find them reasonably priced elsewhere. Otherwise, it might just be a once and a while thing.  After that it was time to load up on food for me.

I wound up at the pizza place known for having cute guys for staff. I got to see some hotties but my view was obstructed because they sat me towards the back of the place right next to what was going to turn into a large party. They were setting up a buffet for. I thought to myself did I have poor timing today or what. I got my food and ate; it was enjoyable but as the people started to pour in the place got loud and the music, they were playing was louder than normal. I just wanted out so I asked for the bill and a box. My waiter was more interested in the new large party he just got than he was in taking care of me. He never followed up to see if I needed more to drink, how the food turned out or anything. I knocked a dollar off his tip for that.

I came home put the pizza in the fridge. Then put away the cat food and passed out their supper. I went to work on hanging up my laundry that I had brought up. Then passed out their new treats as I headed back downstairs.

Back in front of the computer. Mora tried to divert my attention to her and lure me away but she knew she was fighting a loosing battle so she retreated to upstairs and just gave me a couple hours. Then she came back and demanded that we go upstairs. Luckily her timing was impeccable and I was ready to head up. I let her think that she won and she herded me upstairs. It was quite cute.

Once upstairs I went to work on litter boxes, getting ready for bed and working in some playtime with the cats. Mora hogged most of that as Rudy has to be in the mood. He puts on a show for me that says he wants to play but really, he’s asking for his sister.

Once I was able to retire to my bedroom, I was exhausted but added to the most recent fantasy story that I am writing. It was therapeutic but it also helped to get me drowsy. I wrote as far as I wanted and stopped. Then put that away and switched on the TV, shortly there after I was in bed and the TV went off.

Sunday – Rudy gave me his signature wakeup call. Which consists of biscuits, his smiling face and a kiss. I got up and passed out breakfast for them. Took my morning pills, threw on some clothes and grabbed a coat because were back to Winter at the moment. I headed out for my breakfast which was a Strawberry Waffle and 3 scrambled eggs washed down with a diet soda. It didn’t fill me up but it was enjoyable. Then on to the grocery store where I found some pre-made BBQ that I bought. I’m going to have at least one if not two good meals this week. Just my luck when I was done and headed out of the grocery store it started pouring rain. That made being outside that much worse for me. Thankfully one last stop before going home and that was at the gas station.

Once I got home and got everything put away. I changed clothes and we watched TV. My work email has been a little more active than I like but it’s nothing that really concerned me I was just copied on some people going back and forth. They picked the worst times to email though just when I was about to fall asleep for nap. That snapped me back awake but thankfully not for too long.

I went out for supper back to the horrible pizza place that I went to a few weeks back. This time for pasta, it tasted better than the pizza. I was hoping that maybe I’d have room for dessert. But that was not the case. Oddly enough I got sat at the same booth I was in on my first visit and had the same waiter.

Not sure if I mentioned it but last week, I looked out in the backyard around supper time as I was waiting for the microwave to finish cooking something for me and I saw that baby bunny rabbit that landed in one of my well windows a few weeks back. It’s growing pretty fast. I’m sure something around here in the wild will take it out but it would be kind of neat if it managed to survive and hang around for a while. Then I’d have two cats, a groundhog and a rabbit. We also have deer in the area and they graze late at night or early in the morning. My security cameras capture them as they walk either in the front or back yard.

Had some great cool sleeping weather and I really didn’t want to get out of bed. I woke up early and had to use the restroom but hightailed it back to bed. Rudy was not happy about that but he followed me. He turned in to the same lazy loaf I was and when it was time to get up, he really didn’t want to. He would have much rather soaked up the attention and gone back to sleep. I thought about getting up, feeding them and coming back to bed – taking the day as a sick day. However, that didn’t happen.

Thankfully, I am no longer on-call and hopefully that means that I will get in some rest and relaxation. There isn’t anything on my calendar outside of a morning task and lunch. I think the entire day will be a loaf kind of day or so I hope. I’m prepared to work but really hope that I don’t have to do a whole lot not only today but this week in general. After what amounts to two weeks back-to-back on-call I think I am entitled to a well-deserved break.

Weather is really cool right now but that will change as we warm up into the 80s’ today and I know the AC will kick on. Cooler weather comes in tomorrow with rain and rain chances are really good for the rest of the week so sayeth the weather person. What actually happens could be different.

Overall, it was a pretty good weekend. Hope that you had a good weekend as well. Take care and thanks for stopping by.

New You Tuber

I recently found a new You Tube channel that I like.  It’s called Closet Convos it’s run by a cute guy named Isaac.  He talks about his life in the closet, coming out and dating.  He’s super cute.  While anyone can watch I think his target audience is younger gay guys. 

Not sure if I have any younger guys that follow my blog but wanted to pass this along.  If you visit I hope that you like it as much as I do. 

 

End of the week

Morning and Happy Friday!

Yesterday was okay.  The lull that I got lasted for the morning.  The afternoon got busy and then another lull came.  Had my meeting with my boss which was mostly just general chit-chat.  We did talk about some work stuff.  As per usual I consider the conversation a waste of time.  I did shine a light on the additional time off request I put in and that got approved as we were talking.  Looks like I get a nice break at the end of May. 

I enjoyed time with the cats and the AC kicked on a couple of times yesterday afternoon.  Mora still looses her mind and has to sit by a vent while the AC blows.  She likes to vent hop I guess to see if one is colder than the other?  I have no idea.  Never had a cat obsessed with AC.  Her brother follows the leader but he doesn’t stay for a long period of time.  Not sure if she gives off vibes that this is her vent and he needs to get away or if he truly isn’t all that interested.  Usually when one perks up about something the other follows and investigates.  Kind of a monkey see, monkey do kind of routine. 

Speaking of Rudy he’s still jumping on the kitchen counter.  I figured out he likes to drink water out of my cereal bowl that I leave in the morning.  It soaks to help loosen any hot cereal that might have caked on.  He’s getting bolder and doing this more often.  I put out some aluminum foil this morning to see if I can’t curb him.  I know he likes to go places where he shouldn’t especially when Daddy isn’t around or he knows he won’t get caught.  Which makes me wonder what they really do when I am away or sleeping.  

Caught up on some TV last night.  Watched Chicago PD, an episode of After The First 48 [which was recorded about a year ago] and Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.  I’ve still got quite the backlog of stuff that I have recorded and not yet watched from 4th of July celebration last year, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as well as other things.  I like to watch specials like the Thanksgiving Day parade in the dead of summer and the 4th of July celebration in the winter.  Don’t know why just seems more enjoyable to me. 

Had the Pork Bowl (Pork with Mac & Cheese) from Stouffers.  Added some BBQ sauce of my own from the take out I had earlier in the week.  It was pretty good.  Finished off some Chocolate Cake and had a couple cookies for desert.  Not exactly a low calorie meal but it was enjoyable. 

After the grass mowers left I saw something in my yard but couldn’t make out what it was.  I solved the mystery this morning when I went out for the trash can.  They knocked off the lid to the water meter.  Damn shame that we converted to rubber covers.  I miss the old metal ones that would fuck up a mower blade if you hit it not to mention the sound effects that went with that.  How do I know about it?  Well I hit it once by accident.  I don’t know why they couldn’t have taken 5 minutes to tap it back into place like I did but all is well again.  Not sure what it is about grass mowing people they all start off strong and give you a great lawn job and then as time goes on they slack and start to miss things. Some which are obvious and others which are not as obvious.  All I know is that there is no way anyone else could have caused the water meter cover to dislodge. 

Weekend plans?  Yeah I’ve got a haircut appointment lined up for tomorrow.  Not sure if I will grab breakfast out or not kind of depends on how I feel.  I am going to try to get my vehicle emissions inspected/tested tomorrow.  I see that I got a notice in the mail today that it’s time.  If you don’t do that then your plates don’t get renewed so I’ve got a little bit of time but I’d like to get it out of the way.  Thinking of going back to the horrible pizza place to try some pasta not sure if I will do that on Saturday or Sunday. 

I’m still on-call but that will all change come Monday and God help the old guy who’s on next because I’m going to show him the same courtesy that he’s shown to me over the past two weeks and not help him at all or lift even one finger.  Time for someone else to feel the pressure. 

Here’s hoping that it’s a great day for all of us and that we can all have a nice relaxing and enjoyable weekend!  Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

 

Somethings don’t mix

Morning and happy Friday eve.  I got the gift catalog from work and they had a wide swath of items to choose from.  I almost got a personal blender but instead chose a candle.  They offered some fancy shampoo as well as conditioner but it was one or the other not both.  Who does that?  Now I am just waiting for my gift to arrive at my home.  I like the way this was handled and the fact that if I was in the office I didn’t have to sit and wait for someone to come around to pass out a trinket.  I am still planning on heading in to peek at my office over the weekend.  If for nothing else to flip the calendar forward. 

I was troubleshooting my Windows 11 machine at work last night and managed to get it to a state where I had to ask for help to bring it back to life.  I am still waiting for that to happen.  It wouldn’t break my heart if I was told they had to build me a new machine – if it works better than what I had it would be well worth it.  I’m still dealing with what I call peek a boo programs, where you have something open, go to open something else and when you move your mouse to interact with the new program that just opened it hides on your.  The only way to get to it is minimize all programs.  It’s highly annoying and no way I could work like that.  I am eager to get on a WIN 11 machine since by the end of the year that will be the default.  I’d like to get used to it before it’s forced on me and I have no options. 

Got a meeting with the boss this afternoon.  He moved it to when I like to start getting the trash ready and push it out to the curb.  He’s known for starting earlier than the scheduled time so maybe that will happen.  I am not super eager to yack with him.  It’s just a touch base call.  He’s working on preparing our reviews so that should keep him busy on top of all of the other meetings and stuff he deals with. 

In other news Rudy came to curl up in my lap last night while I was watching TV.  I got into a horrible position and needed to straighten up but I didn’t want to move because I knew it would wake him.  He looked so angelic as he dosed off.  He would wake up and reposition himself.  Finally I couldn’t take it anymore and I adjusted my posture and yeah it woke him up.  He just looked at me as if to say, well now what.  I love the fact that he climbed in my lap on his own and curled up.  He does that both upstairs and downstairs.  No doubt in my mind he loves me.  He got sick from supper last night.  It’s kind of my fault I gave him Flaked food and he pigs out on that to the point where it makes him sick.  He at least saved some for his sister and she ate a little bit of it. 

As I was getting ready last night I wasn’t paying attention just going through the motions.  I found out this morning after it was too late that I had grabbed a packet of Oatmeal and a packet of Cream of Wheat.  Not the first time I have done that.  Let me tell you somethings weren’t made to mix together.  This was a horrible breakfast but I ate it, not like it’s gonna kill me.  It just wasn’t enjoyable. 

I had my left over Cheese, Bacon and Potato Casserole.  I topped it with crushed Doritos Late Night Taco Chips and man it was good.  Had sour cream with it.  I didn’t feel like I was eating a Taco but it wasn’t the same old taste either.  I would for sure do it again. 

The house got up to 81 last night and I flipped the AC on.  It’s set for 77.  The cats went nuts hopping from vent to vent.  Not sure why but the AC seems to draw them in.  They have the same reaction when I switch from AC to Heat.  The only difference is with the heat they seek it out a few times and that is the end.  The AC isn’t the case they do this little dance all summer long each time the AC kicks on.  Since I flipped the switch I don’t plan on turning it off.  I will just adjust the temperature as needed.  It will be another hot one today so I know the AC will be kicking on eventually. 

I am hopeful for a quiet and peaceful day.  Yesterday wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t hair on fire busy either.  I got another nap at lunch time, it was only 20 minutes before I got woken up.  Just started to go back to sleep and got woke up again, which is why I gave up and got up.  It was slightly difficult last night to stay asleep all night long.  Something about a nap is just so appealing it draws me in, despite knowing I shouldn’t do it, I enjoy it knowing full well there will be a price to pay for it later. 

Have a great day and I will talk with you all again soon. 

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5 Alarm Fire in my mouth

Morning happy middle of the week.  Yesterday had it’s lulls and it’s peaks.  The worst of it came around 4p when I was sitting on the couch relaxing and just waiting for the day to come to an end.  I was busy for the entire hour between phone calls and being on the computer.  Someone did something they shouldn’t have and that always creates work for me. 

Once I saw it was 5p I got up and fed the cats and put in a bacon, cheese potato casserole from Stouffers.  It takes 15 minutes to cook.  Don’t you know the cats were at my feet when I pulled it out.  They love that bacon smell.  Thankfully I was able to navigate around them without any close calls.  I took my first bite and it was like a 5 alarm fire on the roof of my mouth.  Damn that hurt.  Taste was pretty good though.  I had some sour cream and hot sauce to pair with it and a Sprite.  I ate some ice cream a little later to help further cool off the roof of my mouth.  I don’t have any hanging skin like your driving through a car wash but it hurts.  Even still this morning.  That’s what I get for being in such a hurry. 

Tonight I plan to have left overs and am thinking of pairing it with the Taco Doritos and more sour cream.  It sounds good to me but lots of things sound good until you go to eat them.  Here’s hoping that I don’t have any regrets. 

It was just an average evening here.  I got super bored by 8p and started to put the wheels in motion to wind down.  The house was humid at 79 degrees.  However with a ceiling fan on my bedroom was comfortable.  I thought I heard a lawn mower and looked out my back window to find that my neighbors were mowing grass in the dark.  It was odd to hear and see but this family is always on the go.  From early morning until late evening.  My phone popped off with a work email and I started to answer it then I just hit delete and said it will be there in the morning and I deleted what I had typed. 

Got in some play time with Mora.  Rudy acted interested but he really wasn’t.  I passed out some cat nip to both of them and that always makes their days.  Mora and I snuggled at lunch time and took a nap, which did hurt me.  I was up at 3a and Rudy was hungry.  I didn’t feed him but he begged.  I was up for an hour and went back to bed.  Rudy was on top of me when I woke up at 6a and he stayed their until I decided to get up around 6:45a. 

These cats really are something and I know that my life wouldn’t be the same without them. 

Weather will be warming up again today and my grass crew should be out to mow today.  Had a Home Depot Semi show up this morning with a forklift that they unloaded and were driving around.  They had a mower it looked like they were delivering but I guess they figured out they were in the wrong neighborhood because they packed up and left with the forklift and mower. 

It’s calm at the moment and I hope that is the theme today, calm.  I would really enjoy a break.  We have 1 meeting today and as per usual I don’t look forward to it.  Well I guess I should get back to it. 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have a great day and life is treating you well. 

Sleep & Purr

Morning and welcome in!  Monday had it’s peaceful moments.  I was afforded the ability at lunch time to lay down with both cats.  Mora snuggled up next to me and Rudy curled up in between my legs.  I was watching TV.  Mora fell asleep and instead of snoring she started purring loudly.  I know a lot about cats (don’t claim to know everything) and learned something new yesterday, I didn’t know that they could sleep and purr at the same time. 

Despite the storms over the weekend and how wet the ground was, mowing crews showed up in the neighborhood yesterday.  My one neighbor with the electric mower cut his grass when he got home.  I’ve been keeping an eye out for the crew to show up across the street I’d like to get another look at the guy with the Bandanna, he’s been in my thoughts. 

I have no ac or heat turned on.  I told the cats yesterday that the house would warm up and it did but very slowly and not as warm as I was expecting.  Today is a different story we should be close to getting back to temps that almost require the AC to be on.  I looked at the weather and there are some wide swings but it’s mostly warmer weather and it won’t be terribly long before I make the change to turning the AC on full time.  May is the usual time frame for that on average but it varies from year to year. 

Today is back to the BS with the boss returning.  We have our usual two meetings on Tuesday.  Got a meeting with him tomorrow and another one on Thursday and sadly one on Friday.  Looks like I will talk with him more this week than I have in a long time.  That should do wonders for my mood.  Yes in case you didn’t know that was sarcasm. 

This is Administrative Professional Week.  My employer makes a big deal out of this week by passing out breakfast, having contests, there are speeches from the executives and they give us some trinket of a gift.  A couple years we have gotten some good stuff but most years it’s just junk.  Sounds like this year the gift is being handled by an outside firm and you have to coordinate delivery via email.  Perhaps we will have a catalog of stuff to choose from but who knows.  Wednesday is gift day and that is usually a day no matter what that I am in the office.  Well if your distributing gifts via email then there is no chance my gift will get stolen.  I will be at home this year but I plan to swing by the office over the weekend just in case they drop some trinket off. 

I’m still miffed over the whole Easter issue.  Like I said yesterday I don’t buy the mistake excuse I was given.  Normally if I wasn’t there by the time they started, my phone would blow up with phone calls and text messages and mother hen would be asking where are you.  Because that didn’t happen this year I’m positive that I am being lied to and that doesn’t set well with me at all.  I’m holding it in and not releasing it like I should.  I’m afraid that would fuel a fire that would be disaster.  I won’t forget this though that is for sure.  It would have helped things if they would have followed up by phone but all I have is some lame email response.  That’s not how I treat people I call friends but I was raised in a different time.

Caught up with The Righteous Gemstones last night that was fun.  Watched another show that I had recorded.  Took time to clean up the DVR and got rid of Suits LA.  I watched one episode and just couldn’t get into it like I did the original Suits.  That was a damn good show with a stellar cast.  Then I flailed last night to find content looking on YouTube.  Brushed the cats and soon after it was time for bed. 

Just heard from my old co-worker friend we yapped for 30 minutes.  I was trying to work and talk at the same time.  Not the most fun thing to do but I did enjoy hearing from her and catching up.

Here’s hoping Tuesday is a great day and not too hot.  Take care!

Easter

Morning, I hope that you had a good Easter and a great weekend!  I never left the house yesterday.  I wanted to but there was a threat of hail and severe weather along with a Tornado Watch.  Turns out it was all peaceful weather and I could have left but when it comes to hail I don’t like to take risks. 

Had I left I would have just gone to a restaurant as per usual for supper.  I sat around waiting for my friends to reach out with a time to come over but that never happened.  I didn’t call because well if you wanted me there you would have called, texted, sent an email.  Speaking of which I sent an email this morning asking if they were okay and turns out he thought he had told me the time but realized by my email that wasn’t the case.  I don’t buy it but it’s plausible.  The more I thought about our so called friendship it’s kind of one sided in that I am the one that is always reaching out and initiating contact.  Rarely if ever do they reach out to me.  Seems like this might just be the wake up call I needed.  Doesn’t mean that I won’t go to future events if invited but I am not begging or asking. 

I had a sneaking feeling that this was going to be the case because it’s happened before.  That’s why I got a carry out of BBQ.  That is what I had and it was damn good.  Rudy begged me for some Turkey but I didn’t give in.  At least I had a good meal even if it was all alone.  I had a great joke (in my opinion) that I was dying to tell but looks like they won’t hear it.

That old co-worker that said she was going to reach out also didn’t bother.  I knew that would be the case.  I’m done checking on her just let her flail in the wind.  Good riddance!

The other day I managed to get some ketchup in my eye, the doctor told me now that I have Heinz-site. 

We had some serious severe weather last night and of all of the times for me to jump in the shower I picked the time that happened.  I had the police scanner going and I learned that Tornado sirens were going off in cities close by so I went as fast as I could just to get clean and get out.  I wanted to open the door so I could see the cats as well as hear if our sirens went off.  Don’t you know as soon as I got out and opened the door our sirens were going off.  We had spend the bulk of the weekend in the basement and no way was I going back unless it was absolutely necessary.  I turned on TV and looked at local weather and there was a possibility but no imminent threat.  Rudy glued himself to the top of the love seat and wouldn’t move.  Mora came in my room with me and jumped in bed. That is after I got dried off and brushed my teeth.  We watched local TV for a while but eventually I just wanted to turn off the noise and relax.  This weather I thought would be the greatest test if my repairs have solved the water issue.  There was sheets of blinding rain it was hard and fast from what I saw at the window. 

I am pleased to report this morning that the basement is bone dry.  Just the way I want it to stay forever. 

Back to work this morning and it’s a semi-holiday so things I hope will be quiet.  I am on-call.  The boss took today off.  I don’t look forward to the week ahead but I will make it somehow.  I can tell you come next week when my older co-worker comes in I won’t be helping out he’s going to suffer like I have.  I will take stuff that I know falls in my prevue but none of this looking out for the team BS that I have been doing.  I am so ready for a break but I can already tell you that it’s going to get much worse before it ever gets better.  Just have to make it through the Month of May and then come June things should relax and go back to a more of what I know as “normal” as we should have a full staff again. 

Well here we go with the week, let’s hope it’s a good one for all of us!  Take care and I hope you are doing well.

Up Late

Hope your enjoying your Easter weekend.  Mine is okay, nothing special at the moment. 

Friday afternoon I went out to check on the repairs and sadly Phil or Phillis (the original groundhog) dug out the sand so that it’s got two ways in and two ways out.  Later that evening Rudy came face to face with the groundhog who wandered up on the deck.  Rudy’s eyes were the size of half dollars.  He was curious and he didn’t make a sound.  I’m glad Mora didn’t see it or she probably would have been hissing and growling. 

The rain has moved in and as of this evening my basement is dry.  The sump pump doesn’t run nearly as often and is quieter.  The quieter part bothers me because I don’t know if it’s getting ready to fail.  I know there is no lifespan on a sump pump but this one has been in service for a very long time.  I’ve thought about having it changed out a couple times but dismissed the thought. 

Friday was also the first day that it got just too damn humid in here and I turned on the AC.  The thermostat tries to kill the compressor by turning on and then off and then on again.  That’s a great recipe to slug a compressor and overtime it will do damage.  I go through this little fight the first couple times I turn on the ac but once it’s on for good things work normally.  Felt like the compressor might be a little low on refrigerant.  However, it did cool this place down and removed the humidity which is what I was looking for.  I know I need a new furnace/ac unit but like everything else in life I am just putting it off.  It’s the hassle of switching it out that I am not keen on, especially with the cats.  But if it has to happen I can confine the cats to one room while the work is being done.  I’ve got a savings goal that I am trying to hit by the end of the year.  Not sure if it will happen but I am crossing my fingers. 

I wrote a little more in the current story/fantasy I am working on and wanted to watch some porn afterwards but damn I was just too tired.  I wound up watching a little Night Court and then called it a night. 

Saturday - My body woke me up at 6a instead of letting Rudy or my alarm clock wake me at 6:30a.  I stayed in bed for 15 minutes and Rudy snuggled with me and made biscuits.  That was his nice way of saying, please feed me I am hungry and I love you.  That plus the fact my bladder was about to explode worked to get me out of bed. 

Fed the cats and then hit the shower.  Both cats looked at me funny because I wasn’t going through my normal morning routine.  I told them I had to hit the grocery store and wanted breakfast too.  What I really wanted to do was go back to bed but I kept pushing. 

Made it to breakfast in the rain.  Food didn’t set well with me but it tasted okay.  The grocery store kind of felt like a waste of time.  They were restocking and plenty of workers were in my way.  It was a horrible time to shop but I survived.  I felt a bit rushed but I got the essentials and I know I won’t starve but I won’t be eating high on the hog. 

Came home put everything away and then got out of my clothes.  The house was humid and it felt nice to be almost naked.  Took an anti-acid because it felt like at this point I was going to see my breakfast again.  It was a horrible feeling but it soon passed.  Drank some water and watched TV.  Eventually fell asleep in the chair with Mora.  When I woke up I got her up and I crawled back in bed with Rudy.  Managed to get about an hours worth of sleep. 

What to do?  I had to do some work and knocked that out.  Then updated finances and paid a bill.  Then it was on to what I had been waiting for, which was to feed my addiction.  I got on Only Fans and subscribed to a few content creators.  I try them for a month and then move on not allowing a rebill.  Sometimes I get disappointed with content like one star that I enjoy his account had no new content but it was all new content to me just not current.  I could go on but basically it’s kind of like playing the slot machine sometimes you get lucky with a super low price and a site rich with content and other times you strike out paying your money only to find stale content or not much content at all.  The one creator that I would like to see is Tyler Hendrix who is gay and also a doctor.  However, he wants $49 per month for his content.  The most I pay is $12.99 and unless it’s something I really want I spoil myself but my all time limit is $20.  I suppose he thinks highly of himself because he’s a “professional”.  However, I read a few years ago that he got his start on OF when he was in medical school.  I went looking for his content then but it all had vanished and there was no trace of him.  Perhaps he needs the money but based on his social media and YouTube videos I really don’t think that is the case, he just wants the money.  That’s kind of why they are all in the game of OF. 

I took a break from the computer and watched some TV.  Then went out for BBQ.  I enjoyed it so much that I asked for the same order but to go so I could have it again either tomorrow or next week.  It’s smoked Turkey which is what I always get.  Sliced in chunks it’s tender and practically melts in your mouth.  Got to see a little bit of eye candy which was nice. 

Stopped for the mail on the way home and then I should have gone to the pet food store but I came home.  The cats aren’t short on food but I wanted to get some different treats to see if I could sweeten up their breath.  If they yawn or open their mouth and your close it’s not a pleasant smell.  Kind of wish I could brush and floss their teeth but I think that would probably be a bit of a fight.  Probably not so if they were trained when they were younger and both of their previous owners kept up the routine.  That’s asking a lot especially with two cats. 

The laundry and dishes are done so that’s a good thing.  I came back to surf and decided to stay up late.  The cats are not pleased with me but we will be heading up eventually.  I just want one day/night to do what I want to do even if it’s unhealthy. 

I’m supposed to go to my friends place for Easter but as per usual I have no information on what time.  That will probably come tomorrow.  I hate the fact that they wait so long and honestly I kind of hope they forget at this point.  I am already thinking of alternatives but I will wait to see if I hear from them.  I’m not reaching out, if they really want me to come then they will reach out. 

I also texted a former co-worker who was seriously ill and sounded last time we spoke like she was on deaths door.  I think she is better or so I hope.  She texted back that she would “try” to call me this weekend if I had time.  I kind of felt brushed off.  I don’t expect to hear from her but people do have a way of surprising you.  If she doesn’t reach out that’s fine too, I won’t bother her and life will go on. 

I am feeling a little blue but I will bounce back.  I am just over joyed about the basement and can’t believe that things are still dry.  We had a break this afternoon for several hours.  However, more rain is pushing in tonight and then it’s supposed to go until noon.  We get a break for a few hours and then it start up again and continues on/off like that through Monday.  It’s a ton of water.  I’ve got my test results and I am ready for sunshine not summer weather yet though.  I am continuing to test as the rain falls but I think my problem is solved especially since we got same Monsoon we had a few weeks ago.  Guess I should have more confidence in myself but home repairs and anything mechanical are not areas which I excel in. 

Right now it feels nice because I’ve isolated myself.  My phone is off and no one can reach me.  It just feels like Christmas to me.  It will be short lived because I’ve got to turn it back on.  I will do what once I am up for the day but don’t want morning emails/alerts from work nagging me and spoiling my Sunday morning. 

Speaking of the phone I researched what is required for a battery replacement.  They will need my passcode because they have to run a diagnostic test when they are done to make sure the phone sees the battery and knows that it’s been replaced.  While I am sure they probably won’t nose around in my phone and look at my data it’s just kind of an uneasy feeling I have.  I might talk myself into it but I am pretty much set to just upgrade phones despite not really wanting to do that.  I could get another phone of the same model used which would cost a little more than a battery replacement but since it’s used I have no assurance that it will stay in working order.  My phone is only 2 1/2 years old  I like the compact size and don’t want to lug a brick around but it looks like that’s probably what I am going to do.  Perhaps over my upcoming vacation or later this year.  I have to watch how fast the battery health depletes.  It’s at 78% which in my eyes is still good but anything less than 80% and Apple says it needs to be replaced. 

Well thanks for stopping by and reading my ramblings.  Take care and I will talk with you all again soon.  Happy Easter!

Friday–made it again

Yes, we made it again to the best day of the week.  Now all we have to do is make it through the work day and then most if not all of us will be free for 2 days. 

I had a very strange dream.  I for some reason had 3 of the current model vehicle that I drive.  However, some luxury automaker sent me a demo model of a new vehicle.  I had it for a while and thought about taking it out for a spin.  As soon as I saw it had a license plate on it that was valid I didn’t hold back.  I got in the back seat and commanded it with my voice and it took off.  There were some really close calls.  Then for some unknown reason my brother was driving and my mom was in the passenger seat.  We had all sorts of close calls between my brother trying to drive it and me commanding it with my voice it was nuts.  We stopped to get gas but he pulled up on the wrong side.  He got the pump hose to reach and for some reason I climbed in the front seat.  I saw that the vehicle had a massage setting for the driver, I turned that on and it felt okay.  The vehicle took off ripping the hose from the gas pump.  Next thing I know me and my mom were in a river floating.  Then like magic I was sitting with some attorney who told me the manufacturer wanted me to pay $20 thousand dollars per month until it reached the total of the car which was $1 million dollars.  Then Rudy started making early biscuits and woke me up.  I laughed as I thought of the car driving away ripping the hose from the pump.  I can only imagine my brother saying … hey wait for me or where the hell are you going.  It was so funny. 

Meanwhile Rudy was still dancing and really wanted me to get up early.  I had a hell of a head ache and in general didn’t feel that well as I laid in bed.  However after passing the hour and it being closer to normal wake up time, I did get up early.  I felt much better once I was on my feet. 

I didn’t know Rudy wasn’t feeling good he was just in some hurry to eat.  Once he ate he got sick and well that told me what I needed to know.  Last night was brush night.  Mora has been having hairballs and I made time last night to take care of both of them.  They both savored the time with the brush.  However, Rudy’s time was cut short because he perked up like he saw something on the deck.  I went to look and he saw something alright it was a stink bug he had it cornered on the floor.  I killed it and threw it in the trash.  I’m telling you both cats are serious observers of this place and the least littlest thing off they call it out.  I might not know right away but eventually I figure it out. 

Work started off a bit rocky this morning but I think and hope the storm has passed I need to start on something and had been waiting to see what was going to happen.  I don’t like interruptions but as soon as I start something it seems like a big flag goes up and everyone starts to pester me.  I don’t like things lingering so I tend to shift focus and knock little things out for a quick win.  The boss was also supposed to be off today but he said something about taking Monday off.  Who knows what’s he’s going to do.  I had a meeting scheduled for today but moved it to next Friday just to error on the side of caution.  Fingers crossed that the rest of the day will be smooth sailing. 

We had a cold front push in and temperatures were more Spring like yesterday.  Today a warm front is moving in and were going to Summer like temperatures.  That’s a recipe for rain and a lot of it.  Were expecting another monsoon, starting a bit later this afternoon through Saturday.  Looks like I will be shopping in the rain, not a fan.  I do think that based on the amount of rain that is predicted it’s similar to what we had a few weeks back so this should be a good test for the repairs that I made.  Fingers crossed again that they hold and I have a dry basement. 

Tonight I don’t think will be too much fun and I need to get up early tomorrow to hit breakfast and the grocery store – it’s Sunday tasks done on a Saturday.  Only because the store will be closed on Sunday for Easter.  The place where I go for breakfast will be open on Easter for a short time in the morning.  However, I won’t be there.  I think Saturday afternoon / evening will be the most enjoyable for me.  I just want to surf the net and not have any time constraints.  The cats won’t be happy about it. 

I hope that it’s a great day for you and a nice weekend.  Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

Friday eve

Hi friends and welcome back.  Magically things have slowed way down.  I think it is just a short lull and might have to do with the fact that the week is winding down.  However, I will be on-call next week so I will be right back at full speed again.  I’m glad that all of my extra effort is noticed.  Here’s hoping that shows up on my paycheck eventually.  I’m all for kind words and thankfulness but appreciate me by paying me more money.  That’s what I am working for, not to make friends or influence people nope it’s all for the green back boogie!  Bossman is back at it today.  Hopefully, he doesn’t bother me too much. 

I decided to try Visible Plus the new $35 rate plan they came out with.  I’ve had basic $25 service with them for a long time.  They are what I use for data and in my area Verizon has way better coverage than AT&T.  Much to my surprise T-Mobile has the best coverage in my area, but years ago when I tried Mint Mobile they were horrible.  Anyway I rebooted my phone after the upgrade and presto viola I have some serious high speeds now.  I didn’t know I could see the Ultra Wide Band icon on my phone but it showed up.  I like the faster speed and paying $10 more a month isn’t a horrible ask for the benefit.  I honestly don’t use much data considering WFH.  However, Visible is my data back up so if my home internet goes down I use the hot spot on my phone so I can keep on working.  I wish that all carriers had straight forward no nonsense pricing but that only appears in the pre-paid cellular market not post paid.  I’m seriously thinking of changing my post paid AT&T line over to Visible it’s just that great, at least in my neck of the woods. 

In addition to playing with my phone I played with the computer a bit too much last night.  I was organizing porn.  I got a free duplicate photo and video finding program from the Windows store and it actually works.  I thought I did a really good job of not downloading duplicate photos or scenes but turns out that’s not the case.  I had lots of clean up work but it’s freed up some disk space. 

The nap I took yesterday at lunch wound up doing me in.  I was wide awake at 2a this morning.  Had to watch some Night Court before I was able to fall back asleep. 

Last night when I came up from working I found a cat surprise.  Someone was on the table and knocked over the new bag of dry food and used their claws to cut it open.  Not to mention that everything was in disarray and I had a hell of a mess to clean up.  I’m fairly certain it was Rudy.  He gets these bursts of energy and sometimes doesn’t know when to quit when he is playing.  I was not happy but I cleaned it up.  I know it could have been worse.  That’s why I keep child proof lids on all of my prescriptions.  I don’t think they would mess with them but why take the chance. 

Rudy was not quite himself last night when it came to play time.  We got in some flash light tag and that seemed to help but he quickly just wanted to be left alone.  Mora and I were all settled in my room when he wasn’t there I went to seek him out.  He followed me back and curled up in my lap.  He was next to me this morning when it was wake up time but he slept in and the alarm clock woke us all up.  That only happens once in a great while. 

I checked on my handy work and the two other groundhog holes remain covered.  The rain is pushing in today so shouldn’t be really long before I know if all is well.  We had some showers over night and thus far the carpet in the basement remains dry.  I’m thinking I might have to go back and get more sand but it’s a wait and see thing right now. 

Just about lunch time.  I am sure the cats are just dying for lunch.  Mora turned her nose up at breakfast.  Guess I will go up and see if I can find something that is more to her liking. 

That’s about it for today’s yapping.  Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.  One more day and Friday will be here!  A Good Friday it shall be!  Take care.

 

Man Candy - Tastes like Summer

Mid Week

Is it only Wednesday?  Feels like weeks have gone by in just two days.  Yeah, it’s been that kind of busy.  I almost forgot to scoop out the litter boxes last night.  Things calmed down after business hours but I wound up covering my bosses on-call because he was still sick.  Looks like he’s back today but I’ll bet he won’t want to chat it up in our meeting today.  I am banking on that and hopefully that means it will be short, sweet and to the point. 

Not sure why but my computer is humming right along this morning.  I’ve got several tasks going on in the background along with being connected to work.  I love it when technology actually works like it’s supposed to.  Beats fighting with it and struggling. 

Got in play time last night with the cats.  Rudy acts like he is interested but he’s only putting on a show so that I will play with his sister.  She is the one who really wants play time.  However, they both have their moments where they seem to get in to it heavy.  It’s like the zoomies kick in. 

I had a dream that I was on a massage table and the therapist was using some new tool on me, it hurt like hell.  I woke up sideways and Rudy was making his biscuits and getting comfy next to me.  I managed to fall back asleep since we still had an hour.  It was an interesting hour as the dream continued.  I woke up feeling quite sore.  Don’t imagine Rudy had anything to do with that.  I think this is my body’s way of telling me it’s due for a massage and I knew that already.  It’s on the books but I’ve still got a couple more weeks to wait. 

Had the Pork, Mac & Cheese bowl again from Stouffer’s.  I added a little bit of BBQ Sauce to kick it up a bit and it was pretty good.  Desert was half a slice of chocolate cake and washed that down with a glass of milk.  It’s a wonder the drugs for my blood sugar work so well, otherwise I’d be in serious trouble. 

Not sure if I mentioned it but if it’s duplicate I blame it on my memory which is affected by stress.  That said, I picked up some Nature Valley Muffin Bars.  I got Apple Cinnamon.  They are bars but taste a bit like a muffin, pretty good.  I just fell back into the Granola kick and saw them while I was grabbing the Granola Bars.

Today is supposed to be the last nice weather day for a few days.  We have rain moving in through the weekend.  I am eager for the weekend.  Not exactly looking forward to Saturday because I have to treat it as if it was Sunday and get up early and go grocery shopping.  It’s not then end of the world though.  I can come home and take a nap. 

I’ve managed to make it to one of my lulls in the day.  I know this won’t last but damn it would be nice if it could last say for a few days.  I was lucky enough yesterday to be able to lay down and take a nap, despite a couple interruptions.  That felt so good.  Surprisingly I had no trouble falling asleep because I went right back to work/stress and that wore me out. 

Got some Man Candy scheduled to post this afternoon and I hope that you enjoy it.  Take care and I will talk with you soon.  Hope all is well.  Thank you for stopping by!

Max Pressure

Well Monday is over.  Here we are at Tuesday.  Life is a little better for me but not by much.  The boss called in sick today so no bullshit meeting.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is that I have to run an afternoon meeting that he normally runs and I will very much be in the spotlight.  I hate it but I’ll get through it as I have done it before.  Everyone tells me that I run that meeting way better than my boss does and they would much prefer that I take that job on full-time but I really don’t want it and thankfully those words haven’t made it to my bosses ears, otherwise he’d push this off on me for sure. 

Being the prick that he is (my boss) wrote me last night and told me that he’s got the evening covered and that I should get some rest.  He should have done the majority of the work I did yesterday because he’s covering for the mistake maker while he’s out.  Long before the mistake maker joined us when the boss was on-call we all pulled together and covered him.  Now it’s just me and that is not right or fair.  I am not the smartest person on our team but I am the one who seems to do most of the work.

I made the grave mistake of wanting to make a good impression and over years of doing that work has quietly managed to pile up at my door.  That’s just as my predecessor warned me it would.  Honestly things wouldn’t be horrible if I wasn’t covering this week for my boss.  However, since I am I really feel the pressure it’s like being on-call for two weeks straight with one week off.  He really wanted me to cover him on Sunday but I told him no way in the world that would happen.  It’s Easter and I’ve got plans. 

My stress level is maxed out right now.  I went to place an Amazon order yesterday and I just knew I was forgetting something.  It wasn’t until just a few moments ago that I realized that something was water filters for the cats.  A couple weeks ago I forgot to clean out their litter box for three days.  That’s the max I have made them go, thankfully my memory started functioning again.  I worry that I am going to forget something important or something critical.  Be it personal or work related.  Plus my ability to make mistakes goes up greatly when I am stressed. 

On the bright side I found some new Melatonin at Target.  It was the only way I could find it in pill form but I paid through the nose for it.  It’s a clear capsule with three pills in it.  It’s supposes to be time released to not only help you fall asleep but to stay asleep.  I am having some really nice and enjoyable dreams since I have taken it.  I still do wake up but only for short periods and then I am right back to sleep.  Perhaps it’s all psychological marketing but it’s working at the moment. 

I finished off that awful pizza last night, glad it’s gone.  Had some cookies for desert to help wash the taste out of my mouth.  Then a bit later in the evening some Blueberry Lemon Sorbet.  That was really good but I would enjoy it more without the Lemon. 

The procrastination monster told me to skip unloading the dishwasher and my shave/shower last night.  However, I didn’t listen and got both of those tasks knocked out. 

Fun fact about me you probably didn’t know I don’t like Mint.  I mean it’s great in Thin Mint Cookies or Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.  Otherwise I am not a fan of the flavor Mint.  Well all adult toothpaste is flavored Mint.  I griped about that at the dentist and they told me switch to kids toothpaste.  You get the same benefits and the flavor won’t be mint.  I got some color changing toothpaste from Crest it goes from Blue to Pink and it’s Strawberry Flavored.  If the color doesn’t change you didn’t brush long enough.  This stuff is so good I could eat it but I know better. 

I am ready for a nap, massage and vacation.  I suppose all good things come with time and I just have to be patient.  It’s a little calmer today but didn’t start off that way.  This is probably a temporary lull before I am swamped again but heck I am enjoying it. 

Hope that your having a good day.  Rain is in the forecast for the weekend.  It always rains around Easter and were supposed to get another Monsoon, at least that is what they are saying.  Fingers crossed my repairs hold and have done the trick. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Talk with you all again soon!

Stressful Monday

Happy Monday, if there is such a thing. It's been another whirlwind day. My boss is on-call this week and that means I am the only one on our team that is taking the day to day stuff. I've had my fill of this crap and I let loose in an email to the rest of my team telling them that they need to get off their asses and help me, however it wasn't worded as frank & exact as that. I am still waiting for a reaction from anyone but I think it will probably sail over their heads. Had some of that left over horrible pizza for lunch and eating it cold brought out a little bit of flavor but it's still horrible pizza. I've got half of a slice left and will be happier when it's gone but I am not going to throw it away just because I paid for it. A short post for Monday because I got to get back to work. Talk with you all again soon, hope all is well in your world!

Groundhog Still here

I went out to inspect my work and found that the last hole that I filled with just a little bit of sand was dug out.  That tells me the groundhog is still here.  I’m guessing it’s the original one and not the child that they had last year.  I say that because this was the common hole that groundhog has used for years. 

The other two holes remain closed with the sand.  That’s the hole the new (kid) groundhog dug last year as well as the other hole by the sump pump drain. 

I saw some bricks laying out and used those to prop up the drain pipe so now it’s level and water will fully drain out.  I saw an issue with the dryer vent and went to fix it.  Pro tip never work on your dryer vent when the dryer is running.  My hands got a little burnt and it stung for a while but all is back to normal.  I got the dryer vent fixed.  It’s a plastic screen that covers the bottom so that critters don’t try to enter it. 

Had Mexican food from the usual place.  The waitress knew exactly what I wanted to eat and drink, she confirmed with me and I told her she was right.  Saw a little eye candy but it was a straight Mexican guy, still he was nice looking. 

I’ve cleaned the house, Mora made me do that before I left.  She also demanded to get fed early.  I think she was doing her brothers bidding but hey it’s fine.  I passed out treats an hour early when I got home at 5. 

It’s in the 80’s outside and I had the AC on in the car.  Used the ventilated seat – there is nothing like feeling cold air on your back and butt while you sit on leather.  It’s great.  One of my vehicles better features that I have come to enjoy. 

I am up to no good downloading porn and listening to some Spotify tunes on a curated for me play list.  Kind of a different way to spend the evening, plus it’s cool & comfortable down here.  I know I will have to go up eventually and deal with the humidity and heat as well as lug up the last load of laundry. 

You are probably getting used to multiple posts and hey I like it as well but it’s not going to become a new trend.  Since I have no idea what the work day/week has instore for me I figure I might as well get it all out now while it’s fresh in my mind.  Tomorrow my brain could be scrambled eggs.  Stress affects me in various ways depending how stressed I feel and I have caught myself doing or not doing normal things.  My short term memory is the first thing that goes.  I’m so glad that I scheduled a week of vacation even if it’s a month away it’s still in sight and each passing day brings that time closer and closer. 

Have a good evening and again best wishes for a great week ahead!  Talk with you soon.

The Hole Saga

Happy Sunday!  I went out for pizza last night.  I had the worst pizza of my life.  Tasteless and full of grease.  I ordered two slices which in regular terms is about a half of a pizza.  One of them filled me up.  I took the other one to go.  Perhaps it will be good cold but I am not eager to find out.  I will go back to this place but just won’t ever order their pizza again.  They have plenty of other options, one of which is a baked Cod Dinner and that sounds really yummy.  I got to see a lot of cute guys but the place with dimly lit and the lights flickered like crazy, that was annoying.  Service could have been better but my waiter was juggling multiple tables and I think that in it’s self was quite the act. 

When I came home I checked on my handy work outside.  Everything was just as I left it and nothing appeared to try to claw it’s way out of the ground.  Which is good news.  I need to go check on it again just to see how things have faired overnight, I expect to find it in the same condition.  After this next look I don’t plan to keep checking on it.  I am fairly confident that I didn’t bury anything alive, just want the piece of mind of knowing that I am right about that. 

The Water Softener cycled over night and good news it’s not a broken drain line.  This was all just as I thought rain water.  Now it’s a matter of waiting to see if my repairs fixed the issue and for that I have to wait for the next rain fall.  I think that will occur later this week.  I will keep an eye on the forecast.  We need another monsoon for true test but I will take whatever will fall from the sky. 

I’m working on the last load of laundry.  Still need to clean the house but I am putting that off just because I want to put myself first and let other things come second.  I’m choosing to pamper myself a bit. 

Got started on another fantasy story last night, it felt really good.  Once I got to a stopping point I watched some porn and while I was really tired I put my all into it and got the results I wanted.  Then it was time for bed.  Not right away but shortly there after. 

Slept okay and woke up early just to turn over to wake up again and do the same thing.  Eventually it was the right time and I hauled out of bed.  Fed the cats, threw on clothes, got my meds and headed out for breakfast and then usual morning shopping.  I ordered way too much food at breakfast and won’t ever do that again.  The positive take away is that I am learning from my mistakes.  Made my Target run and I spent about as much as I would spend at Sam’s Club but got far less to take home. 

Tonight I am thinking Mexican for supper, unless I get some other wild idea.  I’ve been thinking about it ever since I sat down at Breakfast.  Back when my late spouse was alive we always had a tough decision to make on where we wanted to go but that was pleasing two pallets so the degree of difficulty was higher because we often each wanted something the other didn’t.  However, we compromised and gave in to each other.  Now I just have myself to please and while it sounds easy that is also not so often the case, primarily because I put others first and don’t prioritize myself. 

Yesterday I got curious and wanted to check the battery on my phone.  I was at like 87% performance the last time I looked which was last month.  Now I am in the 70% range and it’s telling me to arrange for service to get the battery swapped out.  I’ve never had a battery swapped in an iPhone I usually just get a new phone.  However, I really like what I have and while I would like to upgrade by the time you factor in the stress of getting things situated on a new device, accessories to buy and the cost of the phone in the long run it’s far easier to just keep what I have.  The good news is that there is a Best Buy close and they are authorized to do the work.  Apple says that the cost is like $79 which isn’t bad but retailers can mark their cost up.  I’ve read that it takes anywhere from an hour to two hours to complete.  I still have to research what is needed to get this done, in other words if they need my passcode because I really don’t want a stranger looking at my data so I’d have to make some quick changes to lock things down and probably remove my work email for safety.  If next weekend wasn’t Easter I’d schedule it and still might.  If not then for sure the following weekend and I know I will be on-call but I don’t want to let this go a long time because I have a feeling that the battery performance will continue to drop like a stone and before you know it I will be boxed in.  The good news is that the work is done by appointment only and you can schedule everything from your phone, which makes it nice.  Once I do get this scheduled I will let you know how it goes.  My phone is roughly 2 1/2 years old. 

Since I am talking about my phone seems like the perfect time to gripe about AT&T.  They are making changes to their auto pay discount.  They did this a couple years back saying that if you enrolled in Auto Pay and gave them a debit card they would give you $10 off and a credit card would give you $5 off per month.  With their changes that take effect later this month they will give you nothing for a credit card, unless it’s an AT&T Credit Card through Citibank.  The will give you $5 off for a debit card and if you want the $10 discount you have to give them ACH access to debit your checking account.  Their security sucks and they have been hacked more than once.  I had no qualms about giving them a debit card because all of my debit cards are locked.  It looks like they charge my debit card but I always logon and pay by credit card.  So I’ve been getting the $10 discount all along.  There is no way in hell that I am giving them ACH access to a checking account or even a savings account.  If they get hacked again and I did that I would be sunk.  You can easily get replacement credit or debit cards, that’s not so easy when it’s a bank account your talking about. 

This change has me pondering to switch my primary cell service over to Visible which is run by Verizon.  I’ve got a line of service with them and opened it for dating purposes but it’s the line I use for data because it’s truly unlimited and it’s only $25 per month.  They just changed up their line up so there is a $35 option that gives you more of a premium network experience with faster data and better video options, plus it’s all unlimited use.  They don’t tack on fees or taxes it’s all included in the price of the package you choose.  Plus you can pay by the month or the year.  If you pay for a year of service there is a greater discount.  I had a horrible experience years ago when I ported over to Mint Mobile and I swore that I would just stick with AT&T and pay their bullshit fees and prices.  However, I am kind of at my breaking point.  The one thing that AT&T does right is their spam and text protection, provided that you subscribe to the pay option, which I do and it’s around $5 per month.  I’d loose that but Visible has some spam and fraud calling protections in place, they don’t offer a pay option for better granular control.  However, I use YouMail for voice mail and they have pretty good spam call protection in place.  I did the math and it would save me roughly $11 per month.  That the $5 for the call protection I pay for and the $6 for changing my current rate plan to Visible.  I’ve got a low cost option with AT&T since I don’t really use them other than for calling/texting and the cost of my rate plan is $40 per month before discounts and then added taxes and fees.  It works out to $36 per month now and that is for 2GB of data per month.  Go over that and it’s $10 per gig.  Texting & Calling are unlimited.  Since I have essentially test driven Visible I know they have coverage everywhere I am at.  I’d love to break up with AT&T but in the end I wonder if it’s really worth it.  I’ve also thought about asking them to bar or restrict data on my account and just give me a plan with unlimited calling and texting – they can do that but the question is will they?  They did for a large company I worked for in the past who would have some folks not have data or other folks just have data only and no calling.  However that was a commercial account and big business for them.  I am just a small fry and in the grand scheme of things they could careless if I stay or if I go, they are still going to turn a profit.  It’s just that I’ve had AT&T service ever since I was a teenager and cell phones came into being more common place.  That’s a hell of a long time.  I am pleased with service I just hate the bullshit fees and the fact at a whim they can increase those fees (which they do) and you get little if any notice and there isn’t much you can do about it short of switching.  Apparently the other carriers have or will be making similar changes to their auto pay programs but I don’t let anyone debit any bank account ever in today’s world the risk far outweighs any reward that I might be offered.  I’ve got enough to worry about as it is I don’t need to add to my worry list. 

Thanks for reading my rambles.  Now I am off to scour the web for a bit before I give in and go up to clean the house and eventually head out for dinner.  I hope that the week ahead will be less stressful but I don’t expect that will be the case.  Still doesn’t keep me from hoping!  I hope you have a great week ahead and life smiles on you.  Talk with you all again really soon.  Take care!

Update on The Hole

In case you couldn’t tell I was apprehensive and anxious about this home repair issue.  I stopped by to see my friend but just missed him, he left on vacation and won’t be back for a week.  I talked with a couple of the guys and they agreed with my logic, which helped. 

I came home and got a short nap in and was woken up by guess what?  A work email.  It was from a vendor but the timing was poor as I was just drifting off and that sound brings me fully awake and quickly. 

That was my queue to get in gear.  I headed over to the home improvement store and went on the hunt.  Found what I needed which was a PVC elbow 1 1/2 inches and then 5 foot of 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe.  I got pipe glue and for good measure some PVC pipe cutters.  Then headed to the lawn and garden section where I picked up two bags of sand.  With taxes it was really close to $50. 

Back home I tested the pipe and everything worked out.  The pipe is sitting at an angle so some of the water will hang out in the pipe.  I am not pleased about that but this was a quick and dirty repair.  I applied the glue and shoved the pipe together.  Then plugged up all 3 holes with the two bags of sand.  Now it’s waiting to see what happens. 

Hopefully I didn’t just try to bury something alive.  I am sure that if I did it will dig it’s way out.  I am fairly confident that it’s empty but we shall see.  Fingers crossed. 

The other thing I thought of is the area that got wet has a drain line under it.  It drains the AC condensation as well as water from the Water Softener.  While the AC isn’t on just yet the Water Softener recharges and that uses a fair amount of water.  This could be bad timing and it could just be a broken drain line.  I really hope that isn’t the case because if it is it will be super expensive to fix.  I plan on making the water softener recharge tonight and then I can check it tomorrow, if it’s soaked then I will know for sure. 

However, I feel really confident that this was rain water that seeped in given that we had a monsoon.  I am still holding my breath a bit and won’t be able to fully exhale until I know for sure that it’s not the drain line and that the repairs I’ve made have fixed the problem. 

I am working on laundry and will be doing that for the rest of the afternoon / evening.  I am going to be leaving in a bit for supper.  Thought of a pizza place that I haven’t been to in easily 15 years.  They are known for serving large New York Style Slices but you can get a whole pizza if you want.  I ate there last with my late spouse.  They have salads, wings, pasta, pizza, sandwiches and fish.  I hope it’s as good as I remember and perhaps I will get to see a cute guy or two, nothing wrong with a little eye candy with a meal. 

What a rollercoaster of a day.  I am proud that I was able to tackle the job that I set out to do and I didn’t injure myself unless you count getting some pipe glue on my hands and nails.  The neighbors dog went nuts because it sensed my presents and was barking up a storm.  They clearly weren’t home and the dog was inside their house but I call it Sir Barks A lot for a reason. 

That’s the big update for now.  I will continue updates as I have them.  Here’s hoping that I have solved my problem, if so I count myself lucky because $50 is a small price to pay. 

Hope all is well in your world!  Thanks for stopping by.