My day started off a bit rocky. Apparently, I missed an on-call phone call that was alerting me to a problem. I had to jump on that issue first thing. The issue came up earlier in the evening and thankfully I did the right thing so the further concern that was echoed, causing the alert later in the evening that I missed, turned out to work in my favor. Still, I made the mistake of missing the phone call and somehow, I got praise and looked like a shining star evening though that wasn’t my aim. I mostly wanted to take any heat off the Help Desk Tech that sent the call up; he did his job. He just didn’t continue to follow through with multiple calls, which is what we did back in the day when I was in his job. This whole debacle took an hour and a half out of my day, which is not how I like to start the day.
I got caught up and was able to work on stuff that I had scheduled for Friday that needed to be done. I got some curve balls thrown my way with last minute work that came in just before Rudy’s lunch time. I had to stay downstairs, and I heard his sister jump down, I knew that when I eventually went upstairs, he would be all pissed off at me, and I wasn’t wrong. However, it’s amazing how easily we can make up as soon as his food is in front of him.
I went up closer to noon and worked the rest of the day from upstairs. I had a video call to say goodbye to my colleague that was early in the afternoon. It was a nice little chat, I didn’t say a whole lot. The closer it got to saying goodbye the tears started to fall from my eyes. I had to turn my video off multiple times but by the end I was ugly crying and my boss ended the meeting quickly. I just hate goodbyes. However, I am happy that he can retire. It was also nice to see everyone even if it was virtually. Were all spread across the US and video isn’t mandated for our meetings. I’ve met my boss in person but never met any of the rest of my team in person.
It was a quiet but busy afternoon that dragged on. I had some changes that I needed to make after hours and waiting for CA to hit 5p seems to take forever but eventually the time rolled around and I got to get my work done and log off for the day, which I was happy to do.
I got the dishes going at 8p and headed to my bedroom where I watched the latest episode of The Pitt. Got up an hour later to get ready for bed and Rudy was chomping at the bit to play like he normally does. This time he really meant it and boy he got himself a nice workout before bed. That made me happy, I worry about him when he doesn’t engage in playtime. Mora is always up to swat and bite at something.
My plans for Saturday (today) were all set, I was going to get up early, have breakfast at home, grab a shower and then head out to my friends shop to catch up with them hopefully before the rain moved in. However, I woke up multiple times during the night and couldn’t’ get back to sleep. I knew that I would likely scrap my plans for the day and I was right. I wound up getting up to feed the cats at 7a, Rudy let me sleep in a bit. Then I came back to bed and tried to sleep but it was futile. I needed to be up for a bit before I could go back to sleep. I watched some 48 hours and that was engaging content. I got up and had breakfast after that. Then I came back to bed to watch more and tried to nap a bit. It took a while, but it all worked out.
Thinking that today was Valentine’s Day and knowing that restaurants would likely be crowded, even though it’s raining along with the fact that I don’t like to get out in the rain, I have opted to stay in for the day. I am climbing the walls here, but I think I made the right call.
Focusing on laundry, having a Chicken Pot Pie for supper and just relaxing with the cats. Kind of having a day of leisure which I do enjoy a bit too much. Being lazy is one of my favorite things to do, despite the fact nothing gets done but it sure does feel good to me.
Tomorrow, I will get breakfast out and hit up the grocery store. Wait for the cat food store to open and go there to get more food for the furry beasts, grab the mail and then figure out where I want to go for supper. Monday will be knocking way too soon, and I wish that I was the one who retired. Bonus though the boss is supposed to be out for the morning, however he’s on call so that will just make more work for me.
Hope you’re having a great day, and life is going well for you.
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