Pizza & Eye Candy Time

Happy weekend, hope all is well.  It’s super hot here and not a whole lot of fun to be outside unless it’s for short periods of time.  Yesterday I loafed for the morning.  I didn’t get that good of a nights sleep and kind of knew what my future would be, which is okay. 

I had fun napping a little bit but mostly awake and watching TV.  A great old movie came across my YouTube feed called The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again.  It’s a western movie but had some slapstick comedy with Don Knots and Tim Conway.  I’m not one for western movies at all but this one just pulled me in.  I watched half of it before I had to get going and finished it when I retired for the evening.  It was very enjoyable and I got a couple laughs. 

I ventured out for cat food.  The pet food store now seems to have an issue with the wet food hairball formula that I feed the cats, it’s not in stock.  I had issues last time as well but at least they had a few cans in a couple different variety's.  This time nope nothing at all.  I was thankful they had Duck that’s one of their favorites and it’s for Sensitive Stomachs.  Gator liked it and it took me a little bit to get these two hip to it but now when it comes out they gobble it up quickly.  Long story short I got food just not what I had planned on, so the cats won’t go hungry. 

After that I returned to the car and as soon as I sat down I felt it, my blood sugar was tanking.  That hasn’t happened to me in a long time.  It’s quite uncommon with the medicine I am on now but not out of the realm of possibilities.  I had some gum in the car show I popped a piece of that in and headed for pizza.  It was a difficult ride but I made it. 

The place was packed and it was much later on Saturday so kind of expected.  I got to see some hot guys.  I wanted to get some food fast so I asked for a small side salad.  They brought me this giant bowl of greens that was lightly dipped in Ranch dressing.  I forgot the rule not to order salad here but got my reminder.  This was horrible and I didn’t eat much of it.  My waiter used to be what I call a food runner, they just deliver food.  I got to know his name and he took okay care of me, he got swamped.  He’s a bit young but damn I wouldn’t kick him out of bed.  He’s legal enough because he serves alcohol and you have to be of legal age to do that here.  I didn’t hit on him.  I saw the blond hunk of a guy that caught my eye last time but he just came out to get a drink.  I stared at him hard and I’m sure that got some peoples attention. 

I was about half way through my meal when 3 guys walked in.  A couple of them were okay but one for sure wasn’t my type.  Anyway, one of them got up after a few minutes and grabbed his phone.  He started wondering around I knew he was looking for the bathroom.  A friend of his got up and they both went to the bathroom.  I couldn’t help but think they were filming an Only Fans scene.  I’ve never been to the bathroom at this place, I kind of steer clear of public bathrooms unless it’s a necessity.  I really wanted to walk in though thinking that I would have seen a show.  They never came back out before I left, so they were up to something.  I don’t know about you but I don’t keep my phone in my hand when I am walking into the bathroom.  I know some people like to multi-task and use the restroom and surf or even talk on the phone.  I go in for one task only and if my phone goes off it has to wait until I am out of the bathroom.  There isn’t anything that is that important, I mean we all need some alone time.

I grabbed the mail on the way home.  Spent time catching up on finances, doing laundry, passing out attention, food & treats to the cats.  Surfing for porn and resolving a computer issue.  Got the dishes going and then I turned in for the night finishing that movie I spoke about before. 

This morning was back to normal or so I thought.  My usual waitress wasn’t there.  However, I changed up my order slightly and got Blueberry French Toast & Eggs.  It was really good.  Made it to the grocery store.  I was supposed to stop at Target but just wasn’t in the mood.  Hit up the gas station on the way home and then back home to unload. 

I was surprised to see Pumpkin Spice Krispy Kreme donuts out so early.  I couldn’t pass them up and brought 6 of them home with me.  I had two of them for lunch.  Wow, once that sugar rush wears off I am going to tank.  However, I was able to clean the house and put out my meds.  Working on more laundry and just playing on the computer. 

I don’t plan to stick around in front of this machine too long considering that I will spend more time in front of it next week.  I am planning on heading out for supper getting Mexican food.  Then I will be done for the day. 

It did sprinkle a little bit yesterday when I was out but I managed to avoid any real rain.  Thus I haven’t been back to the car wash.  Might stroll through there on the way home from supper.  The car looks so much better and brighter with regular car washes.  That became apparent to me yesterday. 

Here’s hoping for a great rest of the day and to enjoying some good food.  Talk with you all again soon. 

Forgot to hit publish

Welcome.  I had a nice post all composed, I thought I hit publish got side tracked with work.  Saw that I had a window open with my post and I closed it.  I was prompted about backing it up before closing but I said no.  Damn that was the wrong answer!

Things have calmed down at work or at least they did for the morning.  I am at an afternoon lull but that could change at any moment.  I’ve got 2 meetings this afternoon before the day is done. 

Tomorrow being Friday is a great thing but work is going to suck.  My afternoon and evening will be busy but it’s nothing I haven’t been through before.  Organized Chaos or something like that.  I have no concerns about making it through and I will be glad once tomorrow is over though. 

No specific plans for the weekend, thinking about Pizza from the place where the cute waiters usually are.  The last few times I have gone it’s been nothing but girls working and well that does nothing for me, but the food is still good.  I like food and eye candy its a great combo. 

Speaking of pizza I finished the Stromboli last night.  I had some cheese sauce that I put on one piece and it helped a little bit but honestly it needs pizza sauce.  I had another Apple Fritter with Cinnamon Sugar and a glass of milk for desert a few hours after I had my dinner. 

I wanted to go back to writing last night but I really wanted to watch TV as well.  I was torn but chose to watch TV.  Nothing specific just random You Tube videos.  I found an interesting conversation about VPN’s that I watched to the point where it started to lull me to sleep.  I stopped it and went to bed.  Resumed it this afternoon it was interesting not really entertainment per se but enjoyable to me. 

The cats are doing okay, still not playing with there birthday present.  In fact they don’t even sleep in it anymore, they just walk right by it like it’s not even there.  I’m going to bait it with some cat nip to see if I can get there interest back.  I honestly feel my gut is right that I wasted $70 but if I hadn’t I’d never know their reaction.  I put Rudy in it earlier in the week and he was just starting to get the hang of it when he ran away from me.  You can’t make a cat do something it doesn’t want to do but you can die trying. 

Super hot here and it’s going to get worse so says the weatherman the next two days will be the hottest days of the summer yet.  Nothing new really, were about to approach August so it’s on par weather.  Summer lives for a bit longer maybe 1 to 2 months and then we will jump into Fall. 

Hope you enjoyed the MAN CANDY that I posted.  I threw in a few extra photos for good measure.  Thanks for stopping by time for me to get to a meeting.  Take care!

Raw-Dogging It

Morning … Hope that everyone is doing well on this Friday eve.  Yesterday evening I reflected back on what an awesome time I had last Wednesday.  From watching the movie to asking the cute guy out who turned out to be straight.  That was the most thrilled/excited/happy I have been in a while.  Shame I can’t bottle that feeling up so I could have a little bit of it every day.  You’d think that hearing the word no would have gotten me down but nope I was just thrilled that I took a shot and even though I didn’t get the results I was expecting I was quite proud of my accomplishment.  It takes some nerve/guts to ask a complete stranger out.  Normally I’d have butterflies in my stomach but not this time.  I was a tiny bit nervous but more interested in the outcome than anything. 

Anyway here we are a week and a day later and I am back to the old grind.  I got a new Windows 11 machine at work.  I finally had time to configure it and get it the way I wanted it yesterday.  I started using it this morning.  I still miss my Windows 10 machine but this is the way things are going so it’s just a matter of getting used to something different, despite not liking it.  I don’t know why but my machine came to me without any protection.  So I was raw-dogging it until this morning when I gave in and put on Anti-Virus protection.  I thought about just keeping it raw but with the amount of crap that I see everyday it would only be a matter of time before something malicious occurred and then I’d have to get another new machine and go through the configuration steps all over again.  I’m not the normal user as we don’t let just anyone configure their machine.  It’s one of the minor perks and professional courtesy's that I get.  Now I the only thing I have left to worry about it getting my laptop swapped out in the office.  Yes, I have two machines 1 virtual so that I can work from home and 1 laptop.  I should carry the laptop home and make it my primary machine as that is what the rest of my team does but I hate lugging a piece of equipment back and forth, plus the laptop is a small form factor and it’s nice if your moving around the office but to sit at a desk or anywhere and plug away for hours on end from a tiny screen, no thanks.  I’ve got a docking station in my office so that the experience is more like a desktop than a laptop with 2 monitors, it’s kind of nice.  I was supposed to get new monitors over a year ago but that never happened and I could honestly care less.  Especially considering that I spend the bulk of my time at home. 

The rain moved in last night and it poured all night long.  I watched as my neighbors gutter overflowed as I looked at mine, all clean and wide open flowing normally.  I know mine won’t stay that way forever but it’s nice to see while it lasts.  I got the chicken wire guards on but stuff manages to sneak past them.  No matter what kind of gutter guards you have there is some maintenance required, at least that is my understanding.  Guess that is why my mind is always in the gutter.  Yeah I know poor attempt at humor but I liked it!

Finished off the pizza from Sunday yesterday for supper.  Tonight I will be forced to open the freezer and fetch something frozen.  I’ve been eating pretty good for a while but just like going back to work, all good things must come to an end.  At least the weekend is in sight so I can dine out and get some better food (not necessarily healthier or better for me) than frozen.

I wracked my brain yesterday looking over my Google Chrome settings as to why it doesn’t permit me to login to the Adult Content Blogs and if it will permit me to login it won’t permit me to comment.  I really wanted to hit the reset to default button but I’ve got so many adjustments in Chrome that it would take longer to reconfigure.  My work around appears to be to use Duck Duck Go’s Browser, so far nothing but good luck with that.  I hate the Google makes you push so many buttons now to get into an Adult content blog, I understand the need for safety but it’s way more complicated than it needs to be.  However, that old saying you get what you pay for applies – it’s free so I suppose I shouldn’t complain.  But I just did :). 

Thursday’s are usually calmer days so I am hoping that is true today.  Thus far it is but it’s still very early in the day.  I hope that all is well in your world and that life is treating you well.  Not sure about you but I am very much looking forward to the weekend.  Take care!

Another hot guy

Woke up super early and fed the cats, came back to bed since I still have that luxury.  I am gonna miss that come next week.  Woke up a couple hours later and got moving. 

House cleaning was my #1 priority and I knocked it out.  I put off taking the trash out until later in the afternoon. 

I was waiting all day for a call from AT&T but it never came.  I believe I am down to 1 issue and once they fix that I should be good.  Just waiting to hear back and that probably won’t happen until next week. 

While I was waiting I dove back into OF and found a Male photographer that caters to porn stars.  Damn he’s really good and he’s worked with a lot of good looking guys.  He’s got plenty of photos and video on his site.  Oddly he came up in my feed because he was having a sale.  I went to get my monies worth. 

Things were moving along nicely and then all of a sudden my monitors shutdown it was as if my machine went to sleep or was in hibernation.  I have both of those features disabled as I want my machine up 24/7 unless I choose to power it off. I had to force power off and then power back up. 

Once I got everything back up I knew I had lost my place on his page so I would have to start over and I had already been on it for a couple hours.  Yeah when I said he’s got a lot of content I am not kidding. 

I went upstairs and got a shower and dressed.  I wanted a good meal and knew I was going to shell out some serious money but this was the last hoorah so might as well go out with a bang. 

I got on the road and made it there just in time for the doors to open.  I was the first customer.  I was hoping for some Italian food to be on the list of special items but nope I settled for my usual Chilean Sea Bass.  It was good but as if someone dumped in a salt shaker with the meal.  Had some Snickers cheesecake for desert and I was quite full when I left. 

There was this hottie working with the normal bar tender.  I found out that he will be working tomorrow night all by himself.  Blond hair, Blue Eyes, a little muscle and of course a nice butt.  My mouth was watering all through dinner and I took every opportunity to stare at him.  I worked up a little bit of a conversation.  I had an opening to ask him out but I chose to forego it.  Just like the last guy I had no idea if he was gay.  However, it came up that he was only going to be there for the next month and then he was leaving.  If he is leaving the area no sense in starting something that would only be temporary.  He might have got a better job up the street but I didn’t inquire and just assumed that he was leaving the area.  I kind of want to go back and ask but considering that for my meal with tip I spent $66 that would be quite the expensive venture for another nights supper.  It’s not that I can’t afford it, it’s that I don’t want to spend it. 

I’m cautiously optimistic that the air is right and that a guy will come along.  He may or may not be the right guy but I am willing to give a chance to someone that I am attracted to if they are willing to give me the same chance.  Fingers crossed that positive change is in the air!

I have not looked at work email but the desire is there.  It’s going to be there on Monday and I have all weekend if I want to peek.  I just don’t look forward at all to Monday.  I’ve also got a Dentist appointment so that will be how I spend my lunch.  I probably won’t hurry back home. 

We are in for some nice weather.  Today was sunny and in the upper 70’s.  I pushed the trash out about an hour ago and it was actually pretty comfortable.  Tomorrow and Sunday are supposed to be in the upper 80’s and all sunshine.  Here comes the heat.  Perhaps I can get out and spray the perimeter of the house for bugs.  I really don’t want the cats to eat any bug even though I know that they can. 

Rudy just jumped up in my lap and he is ready to nod off.  He loves sleeping in my arms but that does make it a little difficult to use the computer.  This will be his second nap in my arms today.  Mora has got in her snuggles, belly rubs and petting.  So neither of them is starving for attention. 

Well time to get back to it.  Hope that you had a great Friday and that your weekend is awesome.  Talk with you all again soon. 

Best Day in a long time

Today was the best day in a long time and the first day in a long time that I haven’t been home for the better part of the day.  It was quite refreshing. 

Not wanting to wait until later in the afternoon to see Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning, I opted to drive to a theater that was further away from my home.  It just happened to be next to the place that I had Nacho’s at yesterday. 

This theater had power leather recliners that you could adjust.  I sat in the row the furthest from the screen and I was up kind of high.  I was the first one in the theater and wow is all I can say.  It was comfy to the point where I got a bit drowsy.  The only thing that could have made the seat better was if it was a massaging recliner. 

Once the movie ended I had a game plan.  I went back to the same place to eat.  I was hoping I’d run into the cute waiter again.  I figured if I did it was fate and I would take a chance.  As soon as I walked in I saw him and I was quite happy.  He wasn’t my waiter but after I placed my order I walked up to him and we struck up a conversation.  He is super friendly and outgoing.  I asked him out and he told me that he had a fiancé.  I told him that he was super cute.  Our conversation ended on a friendly note and I returned to my table waiting for lupper to arrive. 

Next stop of all places was a funeral home.  A friend of mine’s father passed away weeks ago and she got the cutest eagle statue with an American Flag.  I called the funeral home while I was waiting on my food to arrive to see if I could purchase one of the statues.  I am a huge bald eagle fan.  In talking I expected to spend around $50.  When I arrived I was pleasantly surprised they gave me what I wanted for free.  I tried to pay them something but they wouldn’t take a dime.  I thanked them and I was tickled pink.  Thinking maybe just maybe things were turning around. 

Next stop was the dreaded AT&T store.  I figured that speaking to someone in person I could get the last two issues ironed out.  I spent 2 hours in the store and got no further than if I was at home on the phone.  In fact we called tech support and they told me to contact Apple to resolve my problems.  This is very much an AT&T issue and has nothing to do with Apple.  So the beat goes on.  I left disgusted robbed of two more hours of my life that I will never get back and no closer to a resolution than when I went in.  I did see a couple of cute guys while I was there so it wasn’t a complete waste. 

Next stop was the post office to fetch mail for the day and to mail a letter.  Then finally home.  I felt bad for the cats since I left around 10a and wasn’t home until 5:30p.  We were both happy to see each other.  I got some food going for them and here I am back at the keyboard. 

I called AT&T again talked with someone who told me that Tech Support should be able to remedy my issues and if they pass me off to another team insist that they stay on the phone so that the teams can sort things out and that might remedy my issues.  I’m waiting for a call back but honestly I don’t have high hopes.  They are either going to get my issue fixed or I am leaving.  I can’t continue to spend my days with AT&T.  I feel trapped and very helpless.  All I want is service working like it’s designed to with no band-aids. 

Looking forward to lunch tomorrow with my friend.  Here’s hoping I push myself away from the keyboard sooner rather than later tonight so I can relax with some TV and the cats.  I trimmed their claws last night and neither of them were happy about it.  Now I need to brush them both. 

Two work days left plus the weekend and then it’s back to the old bump and grind.  I’m quite proud of myself for asking the guy out, it was bold and felt good despite getting a no.  I kind of figured I would get a no and it’s okay.  I am sure I won’t be the only guy to hit on him he’s that cute.  Life is about taking risks – nothing ventured nothing gained!

I hope all is well.  Take care.

Ticked Off Tuesday

Geez I never thought my day would be such a huge waste of time but in essence that is the way it went. 

Woke up early, had breakfast and waited for the gutter guy.  Last year I had a young stud that I wanted in the worst way.  This year I got an older guy that did kind of a crappy job.  Last year I got before and after photos, the gutters were flushed out with water and the whole job took 45 minutes to an hour.  This year the older guy used a ladder to make his way around my house.  There were no before/after photos.  He left a little bit of a mess that I was forced to clean up.  He also charged me the maximum that he could and he took away 1 full bag.  Last year the guy took away 4 bags of the same size and charged way less.  So this year cleaner but cost more and quality went down.  Last year better over all job, way dirtier and cost less.  Mora didn’t growl at the new guy but both cats were quite interested in the fact that we had a stranger outside and they followed him around the house from the inside as best they could to see what he was up to.  My protectors!  

Sat through the webinar on my new health benefit, I learned a little bit but nothing that wasn’t already sent to me in print that I just haven’t fully taken time to read. 

I stewed about this all day long and finally tonight it came out and I wrote a letter to the company, which I will be mailing tomorrow.  Perhaps I will get some of my money back but I am not holding my breath.  I honestly don’t expect them to do anything for me. 

I decided to play with AT&T again and well that wound up in another mess.  Turns out somehow they didn’t have my SSN (Social Security Number) on file with my account.  Not exactly sure how that happened but that was part of the reason why I encountered further issues.  I had to go to a store to get that fixed.  I went to the one by my house and the cute hot guy that I saw a couple weeks ago, well he wasn’t working.  I got the issue resolved and was able to come home and knock out 1 of the 2 issues I had, or so I thought.  Now I’ve got a new issue so I am still dealing with 2 things with them.  If you call in it’s just a merry go around where you are put on hold constantly, they come back on the line to tell you they are still working and then you go back to hold.  Then they come back on the line and tell you they are going to transfer you.  You get to start all over in the hopes that you will be frustrated and just give up, but not me I keep on riding.  I want my issues fixed, even if in the end I still plan on leaving them might as well make them work.  I spent the afternoon and a good portion of this evening with them on the phone.  In fact I am still waiting on a call back as I type this. 

I got nothing done other than going out for Nachos again.  This time I called the place before I made the trip.  Turns out they were closed two days for the Memorial Day Holiday, which makes sense.  My waiter was a hot blond stud who was quite chipper.  He had a great body and I really wanted to ask him out.  However, I often misread kindness and professionalism as the guy is interested in me.  I mean yeah I was already at a no so I could have asked and that might have changed things but I just admired him from a far while I ate the most delicious nachos that I have had in a very long time.  I kind of wished that I was eating him too but hey I can have a fantasy and enjoy a meal.  I’ve done it before and I will do it again.  That’s kind of the perks when I get around a hot stud. 

Stopped at the post office to get the mail and then came home.  My neighbor got a new roof today.  She had 3 guys working on her roof and none of them were cute, but one did take his shirt off.  Proof that summer is on the way and so are the shirtless dudes!

I squeezed in a quick nap as well but that pretty well sums up today. 

As for tomorrow I plan to go see the New Mission Impossible Movie.  I really want to see it in IMAX but I’d also like to see it from the comfort of a reclining chair.  Sadly I can’t find a theater around here that offers both, it’s one or the other.  Recliner means you see it in standard definition.  Looks like I will be sitting in a regular chair watching it in IMAX.  I hope it’s good and worth the money I will be spending. 

I sent flowers to a straight and very married friend of mine that I have no sexual feelings for.  He just means the world to me and I wanted to surprise him.  I am the last person that he would expect to get flowers from and I am sure that it will cause quite the commotion and probably start rumors.  I’ve wanted to do this for a while and damn just like everything else it was super expensive.  Flowers start out cheap but tack on delivery and wow I could have picked them up and delivered them myself way cheaper.  However, it would loose some of the element of surprise. 

Here’s hoping that tomorrow is a better and more fun day for me!  I hope all is well in your world.  Thank you as always for stopping by. 

Sunday

Hi and welcome in.  Woke up this morning a couple times and went back to sleep.  Rudy wanted to get up at 7 but I wanted to wait until 730a before I decided to get out of bed.  I won and he was so happy when I finally told him that it was time to get up.  I got my usual biscuits and smile.  After I put breakfast out for the cats I got dressed and ready to get going. 

Had Strawberry French Toast and Scrambled Eggs this morning.  The college student that I had seen over the winter started showing up again last week.  I got to see him this morning, we exchanged a hello.  I was watching him bus tables and looking at his nice caboose.  I kind of wanted to make a move but that little voice in my head said not to.  I listened to the voice. 

Hit up the grocery store and of course hours after I got home I realized oh yeah I forgot something.  It’s not a big deal but I did wiz through there pretty fast.  Felt like 5 minutes tops but I am sure it was a bit longer.  I wanted Cheesecake and got it.  That’s going to be different and also really good. 

Kept thinking about where to go for supper and opted to take a trip to the pizza place where there is a hot straight waiter that I made a pass at.  He didn’t get it but I think after the fact things came together.  Well anyway I went there and he was working.  I got to look at his caboose as well.  He’s always great to look at.  We exchanged pleasantries but that was after I had been there for a while.  Normally he wouldn’t talk to me unless he was waiting on me.  That’s why I think he figured out that I made a pass.  Pizza was just okay.  I enjoyed the drive up and back it was nice.  AC is working great and felt so good.  It was 80 out or so the car said. 

Made it home and the cats are with me in the basement.  Kind of a hum drum day and I really wasn’t in the mood to do a whole lot.  Kind of loafed for most of the day and that is how I plan to spend the evening. 

It was nice seeing those hot guys today.  I am not eager to start this upcoming week only because I am on-call.  Hopefully it’s not too eventful and the week goes by quickly.  It’s the last full week I work before vacation.  Only 3 days next week and then I am done for the month.  Coming back I will be back on-call again which sucks plus I will be playing catchup but I plan to enjoy my time off.  Lord knows I do need the break. 

My morning started off with a funny wrong number text message.  Apparently someone got left at a biker bar early this morning.  I kind of felt like texting back, you deserved it and you texted the wrong number.  However, I know all too well that things that seem innocent enough like this often lead to scams/schemes so instead I just deleted the message. 

Still loving my new iPhone and still playing with it exploring.  Haven’t watched any tutorials but it does what I want it to.  I checked on the value of my old phone and right now it’s worth about $80.   Hope it’s a great week ahead for all of us and that life slows down just a little bit.

Thanks for stopping by.  Take care.

The Weekend

Made it to the breakfast buffet.  It was truly a bust and I was disappointed, especially after driving a little over an hour to get there and looking so forward to it all week long.  The eggs were ice cold, the sausage links they had tasted odd but I ate them.  They had decent French Toast Sticks but no other flavor of syrup than maple so I ate them plain.  Hash Browns in a wedge kind of like you’d get from McDonald’s but way bigger.  Blueberry Muffins dusted with powered sugar.  There were a couple of egg casseroles I tried one of them and it was greasy, I saw sausage and thought it would be pretty good.  Turns out it was a locally made sausage cured in beer and it tasted God awful.  I wondered what I put in my mouth so I asked the waitress and she told me that everyone raves over it.  I told her that it was disgusting and she was surprised at my reaction.  Dropped $19.01 that included a tip and then headed home. 

Well not straight home, I went to my friends shop in hopes that they would know the crazy lady from the gas station but no luck.  Tried Cheeseburger Flavored Doritos and they were really good. 

While I was at the breakfast buffet my Thanksgiving friends reached out via text and I’ve arranged to meet them tonight for supper.  I came home from my friends shop and had the best intentions of taking a nap but called to setup dinner for tonight and wound up in a two hour phone conversation where we talked about everything from current happenings to my late spouse and his health.  It was a walk down memory lane and damn I really miss him!

I ventured out to Ruby Tuesday’s which is where I originally wanted to go on Friday.  They had a Garlic Lover’s Burger it sounded good but turns out it was Charbroiled and it tasted gross but I ate it.  At least I got some decent Tater Tots, haven’t had those in forever.  It was time to pay my bill and I heard the bar tender explaining a bill to a customer at the bar.  She went over and over saying the same thing.  Then she roped in my waitress and after a few times of hearing the same story I totally understood his bill way better than he did. He ordered a couple drinks and shots and wasn’t prepared for the cost, he thought he was being over charged.  He also got food.  The manager was involved and that’s when I asked the bar tender how much his bill was she said $80 and then corrected herself to say $60.  I told her I was going to offer to pay it just to shut him up but damn that was a little steep plus it involved liquor and I’m just not a fan of paying for someone’s habit.  I walked out and thought wow I probably dodged a bullet.  I love to help people and that is what seems to attract the crazy factor, at least in the last couple days. 

This morning I went out for breakfast as per usual.  I walked in and noticed it was oddly quiet and then I heard we have no power it will be two hours before it’s back on.  Damn I was really looking forward to breakfast.  I walked out and thought everything happens for a reason.  For the first time in over a year I went back to Cracker Barrel.  I not only saw the waiter I had a crush on and asked out, he was my waiter.  He remembered me and my drink order.  The menu has seriously changed but I knew what I wanted and ordered it.  He told me that he’s been traveling to California and he just bought a house.  Then he told me where he lived, general area and asked me again to refresh his memory where I lived.  He touched my shoulder and said it’s really good to see you again.  Fuck he looked as hot as ever.  I really want him not only sexually but as a friend.  However, I’ve done my recon work and not only is he in his early 20’s but he’s got a criminal record that’s pretty long and he has this habit of driving without a license and getting caught constantly.  He’s got a case pending now.  If it wasn’t for his criminal record I would continue to pursue him until he either told me to get lost or gave in and went out on a date with me.  I am sure that there is probably more to his criminal story that what I see on-line but it is truly a disappointment.  I was really counting on him going out with me some three years ago when I initially approached him but he told me he had school but he would for sure call me.  He plaid games and strung me along.  Yeah he broke my heart but that’s also why I haven’t been there in over a year.  I can’t shove my feelings aside for wanting him I just know that having it actually come to fruition is not only dangerous it’s probably just not happening.  I’m sure he’s still got my number and I have his, unless he’s changed it.  If he wants to make a move I’m willing to at least go on a date with him.  I’ve let him know many, many times that I am very interested, I think to the point where my desperation showed.  I just don’t get why he would tell me that he was interested and exchange numbers with me but not follow through, kind of wish that he would have just said no, that would have hurt but I’d be over it by now.  I’ve been thinking about him ever since I left Cracker Barrel and I know he’s going to be in my thoughts for a while.  Everything happens for a reason and I think I have dogged a pretty big bullet here but yet I keep putting myself in the line of fire over and over.  Guys and there good looks – I’m just a sucker and desperate at that.  Not desperate enough to just do a hookup though.  That’s why I’ve got such a porn addiction.  It’s been a little over a decade since I got laid and to say I’ve got the itch to fuck is quite the understatement.  It’s only getting worse the longer this goes on.  If I didn’t engage in self pleasure I would be in serious dire straights. 

Looking forward to seeing my friends and catching up as well as getting some advice from them.  I think I am going to talk with HR and let them know about the crazy lady not only for my own protection but for the sake of the business.  My telling them can only help both of us and if they opt to interview and hire her well then that’s on them.  I do want to preserve and protection my reputation.  I think that is the right thing to do and I will certainly think twice before I ever hand my business card to a complete stranger ever again. 

Thanks for stopping by and reading my yapping.  I hope your doing well and life is treating you well.  It’s back to work for me tomorrow and I don’t look forward to it at all but it’s a necessary evil to continue to keep on keeping on.  Cheers!

Accomplished

I feel quite accomplished in that I checked everything that I wanted to do today off of my list. I didn’t get much sleep and not sure why. Rudy was on top of me making biscuits and then laying down. Mora and I were cuddling. At some point I fell back asleep but it wasn’t long. I did get to bed late and really feel the after effects of my massage. I played with both of the cats they were really hyper and we had a good time. Had to hook up the vehicle to the battery charger last night. The battery was low but is back to a full charge as of this morning. There are subtle signs my vehicle gives off that I have come to recognize. I talked that over with my friend today and he told me that since I don’t do much driving it would be best to hook the battery up to a charger when it’s not in use. There is a constant draw and overtime if not driven that will deplete the battery. I notice this more in the colder weather than the warmer but it does happen in both.

Had a horrible breakfast because I didn’t listen to my gut and do a fast-food breakfast. I went and got a burger with an egg on it that wasn’t worth what I paid. At least it wasn’t full price I had some reward points that I cashed in.

Got my haircut but the barber was late to work. I had to wait 15 minutes. Thing is that if the shoe was on the other foot they wouldn’t have waited 15 minutes for me. I also got no discount for the inconvenience. I was just about ready to start to complain when I was called.

Made it out this evening for pizza. I went to the place where there are known to be cute guys (waiters). Saw a couple and had a decent pizza. I was told by a friend earlier in the day that it would be horrible dining out today because it’s valentine’s weekend. I walked right in and sat right down with no problem. There was no huge uptick where I went. I have never had an issue on v-day weekend. V day it’s self yeah everyone wants to go out to eat.

My conscience is bothering me about not making it into the office for such a long period of time.  I kind of feel like there is something waiting for me. I hate to make a trip in for nothing but am thinking of heading in tomorrow morning. It’s raining right now and kind of miserable driving because it’s more of a mist than it is steady rain fall. Were supposed to have snow tomorrow and I am not a huge fan of driving in that but we shall see how things are and if I feel safe, I will venture in, if not then for sure I will make it in next weekend. I’m on-call next week and I never ever go in on weeks that I am on-call because once you make it in your chained to the office, try to leave early and work just builds up and waits for you to get home and then you spend hours digging out. It’s just more efficient to WFH that week.

Kind of bored at the moment laundry is drying and there really isn’t anything on TV, so I may just talk myself into making the trip over just to get it out of the way despite really not wanting to travel in the wet weather and at night. Really feeling a bit lonely today and wanting to engage with people. I got my taste of it earlier in the day and just longing for more.

My cyst is flaring again and I am toying with the idea of trying to drain it on my own. Yeah, I know it’s not a good idea but I’d like some relief and am tired of the damn thing. It’s been around for about a month and I am ready for it to leave. I am convinced that had I not made the effort to clear my own driveway when we had the massive snow in January that I’d be fine today. This thing hasn’t flared up since I was a teenager and was living at my childhood home. I learned the hard way that there is no popping this which is why I’d love to stick a needle in and see if I could drain it. I am trying to be patient and wait to let my doc take a look at it but I am a couple weeks out from seeing him.

I hope that you’re having a good weekend thus far. Thanks for stopping by!

Almost

I made my trip for pizza and was able to enjoy that.  However, no buns.  The waiter wasn’t working and there weren’t any cute guys around.  Shortly before I left I had the entire place to myself.  The waitress remarked that I must not have been very hungry since I had a lot of pizza to carry out.  I said not really.  Between the grease from the pizza and the burger I had earlier in day my stomach was a little full and uneasy.  Besides that I wanted to have a decent amount of left overs to munch on for a couple days. 

Made it back home shortly after 5p and the cats were pleased to see me and hungry.  I took care of them got the pizza put in the fridge and then changed close and took my evening meds. 

I had other plans for the evening but wound up just watching TV with the cats and relaxing.  I got tied up watching a where are they now video on YouTube for the cast of Home Alone.  I had to pause it half way through because it was time to wind down and get ready for bed. 

Meanwhile I got a text invite to Christmas dinner.  That was certainly unexpected.  From the way it sounded at Thanksgiving I wasn’t going to get an invite because they were going to have a house full of people.  I’m sure that is still probably the case and honestly while I don’t want to be alone on Christmas Day I don’t want to see a bunch of people that I could care less about.  It’s my friends clergy and their family and their families.  There will be at least one kid and a baby.  I am just not up for that plus I have to censor what I want to say.  It all amounts to a bunch of work that I really don’t want to do on a holiday.  Right now I am leaning to just stay home and be with the cats.  Maybe get out to look at Christmas lights but probably not just stay home.  I haven’t declined yet but I will make the final call tomorrow.  I was thinking of offering to get together on Thursday or Friday have a meal out at a place of their choosing just the three of us.  It would be a much more private event which is what I am looking for.  I know that next week they will have an open house for New Years and that is also full of people that I don’t give a shit about but there are some interesting conversations and plenty of food.  I usually go to that but not 100% committed to that either.  I can grab breakfast out and be just as happy sitting at home with the cats. 

The cats seemed to know that were in a holiday week, they really didn’t want to part with me this morning.  However, I assured them I really had work to do.  I knocked out what I had to and wanted to accomplish and now the rest of the day is mine unless something comes up.  Lots of people are on vacation all week long.  I thought it was rather humorous that HR sent out a memo reminding us that there is still an in office expectation this week.  I’m only working two days and I’ll be damned if I am leaving home to do that.  Requirements be damned!  All of our offices will be bare but I know that a few people will make the trip in, just not me because well I’m special. 

My nose is acting up this morning and I am headed up to be with the cats, relax and hope that my nose calms down.  Just waiting for my Amazon delivery tomorrow.  I was pleased to learn that the iPad is coming with a cable and charger.  The case and knock off pencil are rechargeable by USB C.  That toy will certainly occupy a lot of my time in getting it setup, yet another reason why I am not anxious to go out on Christmas.  Who knows though guilt might eat at me and I may give in.  I kind of hear my late spouses voice saying, go… you need to get out and be with people.  Yet I am still content as ever to sit here and not move an inch. 

If you have to work today like I do, I hope that your work day is quiet and moves by quickly.  I think that this entire week will be over with quicker than most weeks.  Thanks for stopping by, talk with you all again soon.

Getting it

Well the more the thought I put in to an iPad and the use cases that I am thinking of I opted to give it a go.  Here’s hoping that I won’t be sorry.  I purchased a refurb iPad 2021 [WIFI ONLY] 10.2 inch model from Amazon in Space Grey.  Got a keyboard case and a knock off Apple Pencil.  It was around $300 total, which isn’t horrible.  The trio of technology if Amazon’s website is correct will all be delivered to me on Tuesday aka Christmas Eve.  Perfect timing.  Lots of time to charge everything up and then work on setup and playtime.  Considering that I will have 5 days in a row off once I end work on Tuesday.  So looking forward to it and hoping that all of these arrive on time.  If I use this 1/2 as much as I think I will it should really cut down on the battery use for my iPhone and help to preserve it a bit longer.  It’s 2 years old and still running with 80% battery life.  I just tamed some applications that were hogging the battery and the performance now is decent.  A benefit to getting the iPad is that I will have to get used to no home button and face id, which will help me when ever it is that I finally do upgrade my phone. 

Here’s the best part of the whole purchase is that it’s all paid for or will be come Tuesday.  The money will actually go out tomorrow morning and my bank aka credit card company will process it on Tuesday.  I sent them an excess of money so if my math is correct I will have around a $95 credit balance which won’t be hard to go through. 

I had some great plans for last night but by the time I got the bed made, fought with Mora to get her back upstairs and worked with the dishes and my normal shutdown routine I was quite tired.  The sleepy time meds kicked in what seemed like in record time and I was super drowsy so I just opted to watch TV and I was in bed and passed out pretty fast. 

Chariotz the You Tuber I spoke of had a new story out and I was eager to hear it last night.  I had forgotten all about it.  Rudy woke me up at 6:30a this morning and I had time to kill.  That’s when I turned on the TV and that video was the first thing in the list.  I listened to it and he got me all worked up.  Had to watch some porn after that and wow what a great way to start the morning!  Morning time is usually the time of day that works best for me to be super horny but unless there is something that turns me on it’s not something that happens automatically any more.  Used to be when I was younger morning time was always a good time. 

Got dressed and headed out for breakfast.  Ordered a burger with an over hard fried egg, got fries with it and it came with soup but I upgraded to chili.  Kind of to relive the good old days of when I went to Steak N Shake for breakfast and would order the same thing and finish with a milkshake to help calm my stomach down a bit.  No milkshake this morning.  The idea was great but the taste wasn’t there.  Only thing that was really on point was the fries.  The chili was good for the first couple bites but then I could just taste salt and grease.  Cheese on the burger was salty and the burger was way oversized to the point where I think I ate more like a burger and a half. 

Next stop was the grocery store.  I got a lot of Christmas junk food.  Chocolate and more cookies, along with more pie.  I told myself that I would get some decent food so that I wasn’t going to starve and picked up a few frozen items from Stouffers.  Also got a couple pints of Hagen Daz.  I did get another ham holiday meal for one and know that will be delicious.  Finally last thing on the list that I promised myself I would buy this week and that’s eggnog.  I didn’t get a lot but am sure that once it chills up to my preference it will be delicious. 

Came home and put everything away.  Started my morning tv watching and preparing for a nap.  Just fell asleep when the damn phone rang and it was the trash company reminding me that pickup this week due to Christmas would be a day late.  I don’t mind the call but their timing could have been better.  I tried to go back to sleep after that but it was pointless.  Just laid in bed with both cats and eventually Rudy had enough and left.  He begged me to get up and I wouldn’t budge that is until after he stormed off.  Mora stayed behind to help coax me along and that worked.  They some Salmon for lunch.  It’s been out of stock everywhere for a couple weeks, so I was thrilled to see it back in stock even if I did have to pay grocery store prices for it.  The cats deserve something as well. 

Now I just want to see some hot buns and I’m talking on a hot guy.  The best way I can think to accomplish that is to head out for pizza.  Going to a place that is a bit out of the way and taking a chance that the hot straight guy I like will be working.  That would help make my Christmas.  Nevertheless I will be having pizza.  I could go local to a place where I know I’d see a hot guy or two but I really want the drive.  My poor vehicle has sat idle longer than I want it to and I thought up this trip idea for pizza last weekend.  Despite being on-call it’s a trip I am going to take and hope for the best outcome.  Pizza and some guy watching is the perfect thing for me on a Sunday or any day for that matter. 

It’s warmer out now than it was this morning but I still don’t relish getting out in the cold.  At least the roads are dry and we have no snow or rain to contend with as that would probably work to help keep me home. 

I’m hoping that this two day work week will be quiet and fast moving because I am ready to disconnect for a bit if not from the world as a whole at least work.  The last week of the year will be very busy for me even though that is only two days as well but I will be earning the time I took off.  Last business day of the year is always when all of the “fun” happens. 

Well the dryer just went off and I guess I should get going.  Hope your Sunday is going well and that you too only have a short work week ahead.  Stay warm and well.  Talk with you all soon!

Sore

Friday was just an okay day.  I had lunch with my friend, it was good to see him and enjoy a meal together.  I had a burger no bun on top.  The burger was topped with chili, fries and smothered in a cheese sauce.  It was good but not necessarily good for me.  I had a breakfast sandwich for supper.  Worked on my annual holiday letter, opted to just go ahead and print and mail the few copies that I send out.  Not exactly sure why but every year I have to hunt for addresses.  That won’t happen again I put them all in a text file for next year.  I still have some Christmas Cards to mail out but they won’t go out until later next week, just because I’m out of the mood at the moment.  Stayed up late and watched TV.  Mora played with a ball on her own for a while.  Then she settled down in her pet bed.  Rudy was all curled up in my bed.  Funny thing when I am ready for bed he might scooch over a tiny bit but not much.  Unless I really complain he is pretty well stuck.  I cuddled up with him.  It’s always nice to feel his warmth through the comforter.  He turned on his motor a little it as well. 

Saturday I woke up and thought for a second that it was Sunday but thankfully I got my bearings quickly.  I had a couple horrible dreams.  Rudy persisted to wake me at 7a.  I got up and got breakfast for them.  I sat and watched TV for a bit.  Then got up and had some pastry and milk.  Took my morning pills and then back to watching TV.  Of course I got drowsy and went back to bed for a while.  Woke up and it was a nice sunny day out.  The cats wanted to bask in the sun but wanted me to accompany them.  I accommodated them and we sat in the living room for a while and watched more TV. 

Eventually it was time to get up and get moving.  My first project was to clean out the dryer vent.  Something that your supposed to do annually but most people don’t.  Count me in there.  I only did it because my clothes weren’t getting fully dry.  Turns out the vent hose came loose from the end that vents outside.  I didn’t figure that out until I had already gotten the leaf blower out and started blowing.  Got the hose reattached on both ends.  Put the dryer on fluff air and went outside to confirm it was venting.  It was but the outside vent was a little clogged with lint.  That snarled me into a huge time suck.  I cleaned out the outside vent but there was a plastic screen that I fought to put back in place.  I had to remove the entire assembly of the vent and got it back in place.  Only to find that the screen didn’t fit exactly proper but that wasn’t apparent until I had reinstalled it.  I am sore from bending over and my legs turned to Jell-O for a bit.  My back is also bothering me.  More proof that I am out of shape (but I already knew that).  Finally got things to an acceptable point where I was comfortable walking away. 

Next was on to some computer work.  I put together a list of annual recurring charges.  Then I started marking up a calendar for next year with that data as well as other important dates.  This is a task that I am not fond of because it too is a huge time suck.  Finally I took a bathroom break and that turned into taking a shower and leaving for supper. 

Went out for pizza where the cute guys work.  There is more than one.  However, the one that I wanted to see wasn’t there and I think he probably has moved on.  However, the one hottie that was working and delivered my pizza to me smiled at me and said hello.  Normally he’s a snob.  He’s sure got some buns and it was difficult not to make a move but he is way young probably in his early 20’s.  While it’s not a problem for me the odds are of a younger guy being interested in a older guy are limited and I don’t even know if he’s gay.  I just ate my pizza and watched him walk all over the restaurant.  I got in as much bun viewing as I possibly could.  Damn he was so fine.  I ate 1/2 of the pizza and brought the other 1/2 home.  This was my only real meal for the day. 

Stopped by the post office to mail the holiday letters and pick up my mail.  Back home to pass out food and treats for the cats.  Then time to gather my bedding and throw it in the laundry.  It’s in the dryer now and just about done.  Here’s hoping that it’s all the way dry when I pull it out.  I finished up the calendar for now.  I need to put my on-call shifts in but can’t do that until that calendar is finalized and it will be a couple more weeks.  I don’t think anyone is going to ask for changes but I’m waiting just in case because you never know when it comes to people, they continue to surprise me all the time. 

I finished an Audio book by Whoopi that she wrote back in 2015.  It played out over the course of a couple days.  I listened while I was traveling both to the buffet on Tuesday and to the doctor on Thursday, it finished up on my way home I believe. 

Pretty much got everything but one item done on this round of vacation.  I am sad at usual that Monday it will be back to normal.  I’ve already peeked and there are about 365 emails waiting for me.  More will likely accumulate over the weekend.  I did some skimming but took zero action.  I kind of wanted to know what I was in for.  Monday is going to be a very busy day!

Found out by happenstance yesterday that a muscle relaxer I take is no longer covered by my insurance.  They just changed the drug formulary with no notice.  This was the only non-drowsy drug in that class.  Everything else makes you sleepy, but that’s how it gets your muscles to relax.  I will either have to pay for it out of my pocket through a different pharmacy or just go without.  Lucky for me that I don’t take it as prescribed (it’s 3 times a day and I take it 2 times a day) so I have quite the surplus here.  I already reached out to my doctor to find out what options I had and just as I thought I am pretty much out of luck.  The one drug they want to try me on has “unpleasant side effects if you suddenly stop taking it”.  That alone is enough to scare me away at least for now. 

Need to get to bed so that I can wake up at my normal time tomorrow and head out for breakfast and the grocery store.  If my plans work out I am thinking of giving Red Lobster another try.  I heard they have a new CEO and he’s revamped the menu bringing back some classics.  I’ve yet to peek but I am hoping for Crab Alfredo if not then some Fried Flounder sounds pretty good. 

I hope that all is well in your world, just wanted to check in and let you know that I am still above ground and moving around.  Thanks for dropping by, take care!

Sleep Interruption

Not exactly sure why but I had another night where I was awake for a few hours.  One thing that I have noticed time and time again is that the cats seem to sleep better (as in more soundly) when I am awake.  I suppose they think that I am standing guard so they can relax.  However, let there be the slightest noise and they both perk right up.  I really enjoy watching a cat sleep it’s relaxing as well as cute.  However, that didn’t lull me back to sleep last night.  What did it for me is when I climbed back in bed and both of them were close to me and snuggling.  Mora turned on her motor and Rudy let me hold his paw.  I got about 10 minutes of that and then Mora got up and left.  After that it was lights out and I was gone. 

As per usual I thought for sure that I would be super groggy and sluggish when I woke up this morning and had to start the day.  However, it started a little slow but by the time I was making breakfast I felt fine.  I still feel fine and I’ve gone through my morning tasks.  Boss is on vacation for a couple days. 

Yesterday was grueling – just a super busy and very long day.  I got hit with something at 5p and it was closer to 6p when I was free.  The cats bugged me a little bit but when they saw that I wasn’t moving and I was working as well as talking on the phone they behaved themselves but sat and stared at me.  Once I was able to break free I took care of the cats and they were so happy. 

The battle of what to watch on TV took place again and I was skipping around on YouTube.  Eventually wind down time came around.  Just as I walked into the bathroom and turned on the lights I heard my phone go off.  I had to stop and take care of something for work.  Thankfully it was quick.  Then I got to shower and deal with Rudy.  He wanted to play so bad and I hated to tell him no but I just didn’t have it in me.  I found some talky program and that helped to lull me into a sleepy phase.  I turned off the lights and hoped that I would sleep all night, obviously that didn’t happen. 

I hope that today is a MUCH slower day, thus far it appears that I am getting my wish.  However, that can change in the blink of an eye so I have to stay watchful.  I am looking forward to getting a massage this evening.  My back is wrecked and I long for some HEAT from rocks and towels as well as getting the knots worked out, despite that being a little painful. 

We have rain in the forecast for tomorrow not as if we need it.  There is still plenty of flooding in the area.  If that happens it will help keep me in a lazy mood and rotting at home.  I will have to likely force myself to get out just to grab the mail and a bite to eat.  I don’t really have any other real reasons to get out.  Sunday unless I talk myself out of it I plan to make the trip to have pizza and hopefully stare at a hot cute straight waiter that I have a crush on.  Hopefully it’s a nice relaxing weekend with no stress or drama. 

It’s been a long week for a lot of people so if your one of us, I hope that the weekend will be most excellent and give you a chance to relax and recharge. 

Thanks for stopping by, ciao for now!

Fun Time

I had my massage on Friday.  I went out for supper a couple hours prior to and grabbed the mail.  Called my Thanksgiving Friends to try to invite them out for a meal and learned they lost another cat a few days ago.  Sadly, they have another one that is in critical condition and looks like it’s not going to make it.  They are much like I was in that they are running an old folks home for cats.  It’s sad when one of them passes but they are all up there in age so it’s kind of expected.  I never got around to asking if they wanted to grab a bite to eat. 

Once we hung up I got on Amazon and found the perfect sympathy gift and had to sent.  It arrived today.  I know it will bring some tears but also my appreciation.  Most people wouldn’t go out of their way to send a gift, much less a sympathy card.  As most people think oh well it’s just a pet (cat/dog) and don’t realize that these are family members and like children to their human owners. 

I am contemplating showing up at their vets office next week and dropping off some money so they aren’t so financially strapped if/when it comes time for the next one.  Plus they have one that is on medication for frequent eye infections.  I know that their vet is way cheaper than the vet that I have used but on average it’s about $300 (us dollars) to have a cat put down, cremated and to get the cremains returned.  Part of me thinks it’s a kind gesture to do and the other part of me thinks that it’s overstepping a bit.  I am mulling it over.  I also kind of think that if I give that money away something catastrophic will happen to me and I will wish I would have hung on to it.  Yeah I’m probably over thinking things.  

My friends are both older folks and they too are close to checking out but are both in remarkable health.  I think that she will go before he does not only because she is older but because she is the one who is most affected by the loss of a cat.  She just sobs and seeing that November is around the corner that is a depressing month for both of them because they lost a son in that month years back.  I’ve already been informed that they will be cutting back on the number of people invited to Thanksgiving this year just because of finances.  I’ve offered money but they said they are fine, when I know they aren’t.  Just a little too proud to take help.

My sleep schedule is all over the place.  I go to bed around normal time, wake up in the middle of the night and try for hours on end to go back to sleep.  By the time I get settled it’s almost time to pass out breakfast for the cats.  Rudy makes his biscuits and looks at me with his sweet face that I just can’t say no to.  Once I am up I can’t seem to get back to sleep again for a couple more hours.  Then I wake up and it’s 10 or 11.  I just want to sit around and am in no hurry to do much of anything. 

Managed to get a shower today, went out for dinner and am back home.  Working on flushing the water heater.  Just paid bills and placed another Amazon order.  I’ve always wanted Cowboy Boots and a pair that I have had my eye on just came back into stock so I placed an order.  They will be here on Monday.  I hope that I like them but if not I know that I can always return them.  Back to the bills for a second, I got a bill from the new eye doctor and only owed them a $10 copay.  I was more than happy to get that out of the way.  Sadly they don’t take payments online so I had to get a check to them.  

Plan to get up and hit a new place for breakfast and then hit the other grocery store instead of the normal store I go to.  I want several things mostly sweets.  Might go to the pizza place for supper where I know the cute guy I like works.  I know he’s straight but that doesn’t prevent me from looking.  It would be a nice trip and a great way to spend a little bit of time.

One of the other chores I need to take care of is vacuuming under the fridge and pulling it out to inspect things from the back.  I’ve got a motor that growls perodically and has for years.  Normally a good spray of some garage door 3 in 1 oil takes care of it for a while.  It used to be a twice a year thing.  Now it’s more like once ever couple months.  Oddly the motor is in the freezer.  The growling noise bothers the cats and well it’s not pleasant to my ears either.  I told it to shut up this morning and that worked.  We purchased it when we moved in here and hell that was 26 years ago.  2 years ago I cleaned out so much fur from underneath it that I am surprised it is still going, it should have given up the ghost years ago.  I just hope that I don’t wake up one morning to a dead unit and loose a bunch of food, that would suck!  Not to mention be expensive. 

Well it’s past treat time and I need to pass those out plus check on the heater.  It should be about time to get it filling up again. 

Enjoy your weekend!

 

 

Columbus Day - US Holiday

If you live in the US and wonder why there is no school, your bank (might be) closed and there is no mail it’s because it’s Columbus Day.  Shame that not all businesses observe this day because I have to work.  Perhaps your workplace observes the day and your one of the lucky ones who has the day off. 

It’s been a little busy for a Monday morning this early but it’s okay I am ready for it.  I hate being on-call but am hopeful that things won’t be terribly busy all week long and that the work load may be lighter today with it being a holiday and some places closed.  However, I am not holding my breath. 

Made it for pizza yesterday, the new deeper dish is just more expensive and there isn’t much difference that is noticeable to me other than the price.  Bake time is the same.  I was full after eating just one piece and got a box and brought the rest home.  Dropped $50 which is a bit much for a pizza and a soda.  However, I did get to see the cute waiter and he actually took my order.  Wow he still looks fine as ever.  The place was busy and they were setting up for a large party.  Thankfully I was able to get in and out before that party showed up. 

I was back home quicker than I thought I would be but late enough that I missed treat time.  To make up for it I passed out food & treats at the same time.  This way each cat got something to eat at the same time.  I don’t know that Mora ever touched the can food but Rudy was eating it.  I know he got some treats. 

I got the laundry put away and we had time to sit and relax watching TV.  I was able to cuddle with both cats.  Mora let me brush her.  I didn’t get a chance with Rudy because he was sleeping and I didn’t want to disturb him. 

Magically both cats came alive when it was time for bed.  I got to play with them and passed out cat nip.  Then I shaved and showered.  Finally time to watch a little TV and then it was off to dream land. 

A little nippy in the house this morning we went from 78 to 73.  I felt it the most because I didn’t have a thing on.  Kind of wished I was a cat with a fur coat on.  However, now that I am dressed it’s comfy.  We will be getting our first freeze this week and temperatures look to be cooling off this week.  There is a slight rebound predicted as we get closer to the weekend and first part of next week but only time will tell if that occurs.

Hope your weekend was great and the week ahead will be equally as great.  Thanks for stopping by!

Dead Neighbor

Last night I was listening to the scanner as I do on any given night.  Sometimes I tune it out and other times I get tired of trying to concentrate between hearing TV Audio and the scanner.  They tend to overlap. 

I heard a page for the fire department for a neighbor several houses down from mine.  It was a 70ish year old guy who was barely breathing.  Since I was listening to the radio through an app on my phone, the audio is 2 minutes delayed.  It was 2 minutes later I heard an update from dispatch that the guy stopped breathing.  It took the fire department 6 minutes to respond, which I think is horrible considering it was a Friday evening in the 8p hour and traffic isn’t knowing for being heavy at that time.  The police were dispatched and they arrived in under a minute with no lights or siren.  Meanwhile the fire department had 2 ambulances roll in then several minutes later 2 fire trucks.  Based on timing the guy was down for around 6 minutes total and I knew in my heart he was dead.  It would be several minutes later before I heard the call for the corner.  I felt horrible for the family of the guy.  I get that he was older but damn I think he deserved a better response time, especially once he stopped breathing. 

Earlier this summer a neighbor tried to commit suicide and he cut himself.  The police arrived in less than 2 minutes, they made sure everything was safe and told the fire department to come on in.  That guy was a bit younger but he got a better response time than the older guy who wasn’t breathing. 

That makes me wonder do they take their time when your up there in age and only dash to calls with younger people?  If that’s the case I’m kind of in trouble. 

Granted I am just an outsider and there could have been other factors in play that affected response time.  I also don’t know if chest compressions were in progress or not, that would certainly factor in to the ability to bounce back to life.  Just thinking about the whole thing kind of put a bad taste in my mouth. 

I am fairly certain our police department has AED’s in their squad cars because they can get to people a lot quicker than the fire department mainly because the police are already on the street and likely have a squad car closer to the callers home.  I don’t know why they didn’t come blazing but if I was that guys family I would be asking a lot of questions. 

Of course I had insomnia because of this and that wrecked my early am as well as my day.  I wanted to do some other things that I just didn’t have the energy to take care of.  I went for my haircut and then came back home.  I napped a little bit but that was difficult.  Rudy kept waking me up making biscuits.  It took me a while but I figured out he was hungry.  He kind of becomes a huge pest until you get him some food.  The more you dismiss him the more he comes back. 

I went out for pizza to the place where the cute waiters are.  Only problem is none of them were there.  The pizza was still good.  Stopped for cat food on the way home and that’s been my day. 

Working on laundry, bills and I figured out last night that I made a mistake with an email at work that I sent.  That’s been bugging me so I was able to recall the message and then send a fresh email fixing my mistake.  I was trained to be super detail oriented and that I am, I hate to make a mistake but know that I am only human and it’s going to happen.  The key is not making them over and over again, but based on how my colleague is treated I don’t think it would make a whole lot of difference.  I strive for accuracy and excellence in everything that I do for work, which is why I get upset when my co-worker continues to make the same mistakes over and over. 

I need a good nights sleep to reset things and then I think I will be okay.  Here’s hoping that tonight is better than last night. 

The Weekend

Enjoying getting away from the daily grind and wishing that this could last longer. 

Saturday I woke up early and had a fast food breakfast.  Went to see my friends and then came home and took a nap.  Hung out at home with the cats for a while.  Then I went out later in the evening for supper.  I was hoping to see a cute waiter at a pizza place that I haven’t been to in a while.  I went there for pasta and some garlic cheese bread.  I left with half of my meal as take out.  There was a ton of pasta.  Sadly the cute waiter wasn’t there.  I saw some hot guys while I was there.  Then made my way home.  Just hung out with the cats for the rest of the evening. 

Sunday.  I went to bed late so I got to sleep in for 30 minutes then Rudy gave up and demanded I get out of bed.  Past out breakfast for them.  I made some oatmeal for me, it was pretty good.  Then I went out for a Target run and the grocery store.  I spent most of my money at Target.  Decided to spend the rest of the day at home.  I’ve had a couple naps and watched some YouTube videos.

I got a nice surprise and am watching Andrew Goes Places streaming on TWITCH.  He hasn’t been on forever and I always enjoy hearing and seeing him. 

Tomorrow I will be back on the road, going to check out a new place to eat.  Tuesday it’s back to the buffet for some Mexican food.  Wednesday meeting up with some friends to celebrate my birthday early.  Thursday is car maintenance day and hanging out with my friends.  Friday through Monday is wide open at this point but I don’t expect it to stay that way.  Been looking for a good movie to go see but can’t find anything that is interesting. 

Saw the movie Incoming on Netflix.  It was funny as fuck.  All about some freshmen getting used to high school.  I woke both cats up multiple times from laughing.  That’s something I don’t do much of (laughing) but it sure was fun.  That was our Friday night entertainment. 

I’ve really loved being able to turn my phone off, that is probably the number one benefit from taking time off.  No emails and I am not chained to my phone.  I am just taking it all in now and enjoying this ride while it lasts. 

Had left overs from last night for supper tonight.  I really wanted to go out but that does add up quickly and then I’ve got the dilemma of where to go. 

The cats are sure enjoying the extra time with me.  I’m watching the sun setting earlier it’s subtle now but it won’t be long before it’s dark by 7pm.  Fall is coming.  However, we have another heat wave passing through the area this week so looks like my AC will be getting a workout.  Hopefully, I don’t get sick from being out in the heat. 

Thinking of making another Sam’s club run to see if I can find some of the things that I missed.  Also thinking of upgrading my phone but don’t know that I will have the courage for that just yet. 

Take care and be well. 

Hot n Sweaty

I took an extra sleeping pill because I knew that with the “worry” on my mind I would have issues with sleeping.  True to form I was up at 1am.  Didn’t go back to bed until 4a.  Then Rudy wanted to try to get me up at 6a.  I did get up a little bit after 7a.  I passed out breakfast for the felines and I got a shower.  Then dressed and headed off for breakfast.  While I was out I grabbed the mail.  Then returned home. 

Sat on the couch with the cats waiting for it to be time to leave for my massage.  I didn’t know it until I went to pay for my massage but the lady raised the price $10.  Then to top it off she’s pregnant and not booking new appointments until October.  I really wanted to get back in the groove, but looks like unless I want to see a different therapist between now and October that’s the only way it will happen.  Today was just okay, she spent a lot of my time stretching me before she actually got into the massage.  I am sure that I will be sore tomorrow, hopefully it won’t be terrible because she did go easier on me but man there were some moments that I had to ask her to ease up or stop. 

After the massage was done it was back home to wait on the Amazon driver.  I got a delivery window of 10a to 3p.  The driver showed up around 1:45p.  That gave me ample time to charge the battery in the new camera and get it mounted. 

While we waited I went to town in cleaning off a sticker on the back door.  That was something my neighbor was interested in with his photo taking.  My thought process is that he is going to try to file a complaint saying that I have 6 cats.  Jokes on him those six are all dead and I’ve got their cremains to prove it.  The sticker was a rescue the animals in case of fire.  However, I’ve already told the police department that I have two cats so it’s no secret.  Plus my home security provider knows about the cats and would alert first responders.  So it’s not like I am placing their lives in jeopardy.  Besides that I can always go get a new sticker once the jackass moves. 

I really do think that someone turned my neighbor in for his uncut yard and damn instead of trying to seek revenge look in the damn mirror because that’s the person you have to blame.  When it happened to me I owned it and got it fixed and moved on.  Besides that he’s moving to a new city and a new home in short order so why be such a dick before he leaves?  If he thinks that I turned him in why not come talk to me and ask.  If I did I would honestly tell him yes but I realize that most people would deny it or say no.  That’s not me.  Also I think since he is in county government that he likely would get some professional courtesy and might even get told who turned him in.  I kind of think that he feels he’s untouchable or above the law since he works for the county.  

Anyway, I was getting hungry and didn’t want to leave without putting the new camera in place just because I have lost all trust in my neighbor.  The camera is up and working fine.  I can see my deck and part of the side yard.  He’s going to notice that I removed some items that have been out for a while and were left from the construction of the deck, removed the big sticker from my back door.  I did all of that so if he does complain about something it’s all resolved so his complaint looks frivolous and he looks like an idiot.  Neither of our yards are 100% perfect.  He’s got trash in his back yard from December and I’ve not said one word about it.  If I was going to turn him in for uncut grass don’t you think I’d mention the rubbish as well?  If code enforcement looks at his house it’s very easy to spot violations.  I’m waiting to see what if anything comes from his photo taking adventure.  I wonder if he will be smart enough to connect the dots and realize that I caught him trespassing and taking photos. 

With the camera working I left and went to grab a pizza.  The place was damn near empty.  I went to the place with the hot guys that I like to look and drool over.  A new waiter started and he’s perfect blonde hair & blue eyes.  I looked him over pretty well and am pretty sure he noticed me doing just that.  The guy that I have the big crush on brought me my pizza and was super nice.  Asking a guy out at a place that I eat at regularly has proven to be an issue in that if I get a no it makes me want to stop going there to eat.  It’s like a rule of not mixing business with pleasure, sounds strange perhaps but my luck isn’t the best and I know it doesn’t help that I like younger guys.  Dating app is gone and has been for about a week. 

I didn’t let him totally ruin my evening I watched an Only Fans scene that involved multiple guys and it was super hot! I’d love to watch some additional porn tonight but I don’t know that I am going to have much energy left. 

Currently working on washing the bedding.  Once that is done I want to shave and get a shower to get all of the remnants of the massage oil off.  The therapist used a warm towel to wipe me down but that isn’t quite the same as adding in some soap and scrubbing. 

I plan to have breakfast out tomorrow.  Debating if I want to go to Target or put that off until next weekend.  I need to get cat food but they have enough food to make it through the week, it’s just not loaded with a lot of variety and I like to spoil them and change things up to keep them guessing as to what I am going to serve.  I think that the variety makes them happy. 

My effort purchasing a bottle of bubbles was in vain.  Rudy was curious but didn’t know what to do with the bubbles.  Mora was frighten by them and ran away.  All of Momma’s kids loved to play with bubbles.  I might try another round with them but I don’t have high hopes. 

The heat has done a damn good job of beating me up, making me feel ill as well as sucking the life out of me and between that and running low on sleep I am exhausted and looking forward to climbing into bed and starting fresh tomorrow.  I planned for a nap today but just told myself that I needed to keep moving.  They say a body in motion stays in motion, I suppose that’s true until you fall down.  Today is pretty well done for me even though it’s still very early in the evening.  I am going to play a bit here on the computer, work with some bills as I wait for the washer to finish so I can start the dryer. 

Looking forward to having Wednesday off, hopefully the gutter people show up early and charge me the lower of the two prices that I was quoted so that I can make my Sam’s Club run. If that happens it will probably be expensive but then again what today isn’t expensive.  I will probably also eat my evening meal out for a chance of pace.  

I hope that you are having a good weekend and managing to beat the heat.  Thanks for dropping by.  I will keep you updated if anything more develops with the neighbor.  Take care!

Silent Saturday

Welcome!

My chest pain stopped yesterday evening.  I typically don’t take in a whole lot of caffeine but I backed off of that and also refrained from watching any porn.

I got caught up in YouTube shorts last night.  I came across a clip that someone put up of their HOA and this dumb ass chatting at them through their video door bell.  I don’t know if it’s a skit or if it’s real.  I just can’t decide.  However, it really displays how over reaching an unpleasant it can be to live in a subdivision with an HOA.  I’ve never ever heard of this but in the videos apparently in this particular HOA the board members all have a master key to everyone’s house and can enter at anytime for any reason.  This guy said he was needing to check things like the furnace filter and he was getting alerts that something was wrong.  The owner changed the locks and the HOA guy had a lock smith drill the locks.  Another time he just brought over a chain saw and went at the door to gain entry.  He showed up for what to me looks like every damn day and pestered these people.  If a package was dropped off they had to have it cleared off their front porch within a certain period of time or they got a fine.  Same thing with Super Bowl time and they had a ton of pizzas delivered.  The Domino’s box clearly says recycle but apparently in this HOA they can’t be recycled and the HOA guy pulled them from the recycle bin and dumped them on their front door, also gave them a fine because you know it’s a package and wasn’t picked up in a timely manner.  It was barely spring and they had a small tree growing in their front lawn.  It wasn’t blooming fast enough for the HOA guy so he took his chain saw and chopped it down because they weren’t allowed to have dead trees in their front yard.  They tried to plan 3 or 4 other trees around their property but when they were delivered he scrambled over to tell them that they weren’t HOA approved so they couldn’t be planted.  The guy would show up at 11 and 11:30 at night saying it was an emergency he needed to talk with the lady’s husband.  They got a bunch of fines like $24 thousand dollars and they were sued by the HOA more than once.  Just watching the videos made me want to grab a baseball bat and go beat the shit out of that guy.  The HOA guy tried to tell the owners of the house that the he/the HOA owned the house and he had a lot of power he could evict them if he wanted to.  Which is actually true if there are unpaid dues, fines, etc..

As you might not be able to tell I fucking hate HOA’s.  I am in one not by choice.  The damn thing existed when we moved in but no one told us about it because it was essentially inactive.  One day someone breathed life back into the thing by that time we had been here at least 10 years.  My late spouse refused to pay and got into many arguments with the officers from the HOA and told them to go fuck themselves because it would be a cold day in hell before they got a dime of his money.  They threated constantly to try to intimidate him into paying saying they would place a lien on the house and he countered with that’s fine I don’t ever plan on moving so good luck, you’ll still never get your money.  Well he passed and I got the home in my name.  The HOA kept coming and I ignored them for the longest time.  Lots of people in the subdivision did.  Well when I found out that they had the power to evict me and even sell my house that’s when I wised up and started paying them their dues, not that I want to but it’s better than facing the alternative and much cheaper.  I still hate them with a passion and if I ever do move I will do my very best to find a place that has no HOA.  They collect their dues and say that it goes to insurance and maintenance of the common ground.  Common ground that I don’t use but since I am in the HOA by default I can be sued along with them if someone gets hurt.  It’s all bat shit crazy.  Last Week Tonight with John Oliver had done at least one piece about HOA’s and how evil they are, it’s worth your time if you’d like to know more. 

At any rate my blood was boiling so much that I wasn’t able to do what I really wanted to and time got away from me.  I wound up going to bed and watching something else to calm down.  Oddly enough being that upset didn’t seem to affect the little chest pain I had. 

On to today … I woke up early and damn if it wasn’t pouring buckets outside.  That was NOT in the forecast it was supposed to be sunshine all weekend long.  I got breakfast and my haircut.  Then I went on an adventure and drove to see my neighbors new house that is being built.  Damn if I didn’t hit a mud puddle and that crap was everywhere.  My vehicle looked horrible.  Funny thing is my neighbor and I crossed paths.  Our property tax bills came and I like to compare to make sure that I am not paying too much.  That’s when I discovered that my hot neighbor had bought land.  I just went to be nosy and check it out.  He’s already got one kid and I suspect being younger that he probably wants to have more kids and well you need some room for that.  He’s moving to a small mansion that is at least worth double what his present home is and it’s much, much bigger.  No wonder he stopped cutting his grass and only mows occasionally.  His lawn is getting pretty long and it looks like shit so I suspect that I will hear a mower firing up any day now.  Here’s hoping that I get one last glimpse of him shirtless before he moves out.  I also hope that I get someone equally as nice as he has been, the few times we have interacted. 

Got an Amazon delivery.  A new toothbrush because my old one died for the second time.  Odd thing is the old one had a light to tell me when it was charging.  The new one has no lights so I have no idea if it’s taking a charge or not.  It works though.  I maintain two brushes an Oral B (which is what died) and a Sonicare (used to be my late spouses) I alternate between them and that combined with flossing and Listerine keeps getting me rave reviews at the dentist so I don’t plan on making any changes to that plan. 

Watched a movie on Prime called The Boys In The Boat.  It was really good, a bit long but good.  Took a nap and just wasted time.  I drove out to the restaurant I wanted to eat at.  Damn if I didn’t hit a mother of a pot hole on the way.  A semi was in front of me and he hit it first by the time I saw it I had 0 reaction time.  It didn’t look that bad but once I hit it I really felt it and figured that I would have some tire issues but thankfully that wasn’t the case. 

Enjoyed Chilean Sea Bass and dropped a decent amount of money for what was a damn good meal.  All of the male waiters seemed to have the night off.  I only saw one hot guy in the whole place working.  I enjoyed that view while I could.  I was in and out in 30 minutes which is pretty good.  Had to stand in the sun a bit until they opened the front door as I and a bunch of other people were slightly early.  Normally they let you in as long as it’s within a few minutes of opening but not today.  People were bitching about that but I just continued to bake with them in the sun until the door finally opened.  Then I held the door and let everyone pile in before me, there were a few large parties.  I already knew I was going to the bar and thankfully I was the only one. 

Made my way back, got the mail and some cat food.  Stopped by a car wash and then made it home.  Been playing on the computer and found lots of new porn that I want to see, who knows when I will have time for that. 

It’s kind of late for me to be in the basement but I have finally cooled off from baking in the sun.  The cats really want to go upstairs but they don’t dare make a move without me.  It’s like they are my shadows. 

Time to try to make them happy and head back up.  They both know that I should be getting ready for bed and that means cat nip for them.  It’s all a nice little routine that I have that seems to work out rather well until the weekend comes along and once and a while I want to play and do something different. 

I know for certain I will be eating BBQ tomorrow.  My taste buds are craving it so much that I actually thought about switching my plans for tonight but I know I can have the best of both worlds it just takes a little patience.  Something that I don’t have a lot of but for some reason when push comes to shove my patience shows up most of the time, depends on what I am having to be patient for. 

Hope that you are having a good weekend thus far.  One more day away from work and then I will be back and on-call.  Oh joy!

Cheers for now!