End of the week

Greetings

Just like that the week is over with.  I am so happy to see another Friday!  Just need to make it through the day and then hopefully I will have two days of peace and quiet. 

I had a few things to take care of this morning and lucky me, Rudy woke me up super early.  I dismissed him for a little bit but kept eyeing the clock.  Then I had to turn over and there was no turning back from that.  He knew for sure I was up and he just worked those paws of his making biscuits until I opened my eyes.  I never said a word to him but started petting him.  I felt his motor kick on low and I could see his face light up he was so happy.  It’s amazing that I can make an animal that happy. 

Mora is no different but her joy comes after breakfast.  She hops on the bed and once I am dressed I shower her with attention.  Some mornings we play, if she wants.  But most of them just involve belly rubs and me singing her song that I came up with.  It’s corny but she’s grown to like and expect it.  Her motor is running on high every time.  After belly rubs she meets me in the living room and we play ball.  She has a ball in a circle that only I can get out with two hands.  She bats it to me and I make it go fast and fly by her, she stops it and passes it back to me.  Then sometimes I get the ball out and set it in front of her.  She loves that and wants to take it and run with it but I don’t let her because who knows where that would wind up.  I put it back in the circle and she tries with both of her front paws to pull it out but fails every single time.  Then she looks at me as if to say “how in the world did you do that?”  it’s funny. 

I came down to start the work day early and plowed through my work.  I’ve got a report to run but I am giving some time to lapse before I start down that road.  Then at closing time there are a few more tasks to take care of and I will be done.  I just hope that not too much comes my way today so that I can relax as much as possible. 

I did grab the trash barrel because the morning forecast includes rain that is on it’s way towards my house now.  Speaking of which the trash people showed up yesterday and took all of the junk from the neighbors house.  Glad that is gone. 

Still plan on getting up early grabbing a shower, then breakfast and a haircut.  Probably will stop by the post office to check mail.  I don’t think I have anything.  No movement on the letter.  I am so disappointed with the post office.  I know I’m not the only one.  Kind of makes me wish I would have used UPS or FEDEX but they don’t have the Restricted Delivery feature just the ability to require that someone signs for the package and that’s the reason why I stuck with USPS.  I’m anxious how the news is going to be received and what reaction if any that I will get. 

Well on with Friday.  Looking forward to this day ending and the weekend starting.  I’m over working for a living and seriously want to walk away it’s just the money that I would find difficult to live without.  Have a great weekend!

Activity

Morning

Not sure what the clerk at the Post Office was talking about.  I have tracked the package and there is scanning activity on it.  Looks like it’s scheduled for delivery on Wednesday not Thursday.  Fingers crossed, I will continue to monitor this closely. 

Bossman called yesterday afternoon.  Said that he is still in talks about my promotion which he is now calling Supervisor’s Assistant but the company calls it Team Leader.  Now he’s telling me that it will be a 1st of the year promotion.  I have committed to it yet, I still want to see what exactly I would be taking on.  They don’t just give you a raise and no additional work or responsibilities for nothing.  It’s a quid pro quo situation aka you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.  I am not dumb as to accept a promotion blindly without knowing exactly what I am getting myself into, only a fool would do that.  He gave me a task to do in my spare time.  Which I knocked out early this morning to get it off my plate.  I hate having things on my plate, a clean plate is my idea of normal.  That leaves me wide open for the next big thing to land, especially when I am on call. 

Got a thank you text from my Thanksgiving friends for the flowers.  They loved them and it caught them by surprise.  They are down to 1 cat now and he is older like the last one was.  Once he is gone they don’t want anymore since they are both up there in age.  They have raised so many cats like 19 or 20 plus fed a couple of strays.  They have been good to the animals.  They also had a couple dogs as well. 

Saw something last night I have seen in quite some time.  It was raining sideways.  The wind was blowing the rain so forcefully it was coming down sideways and I’m talking a Monsoon downpour.  We had the whole Thunder & Lighting thing as well.  I am just thankful that I didn’t hear or see a tree fall, that is always my worry since my house is surrounded by them.  I like them only when the leaves are green and they stay in place. For the rest of the year they cause me issues with falling leaves and limbs.  The place would look naked without them not to mention it would cost a small fortune to chop them all down. 

Looks like I have a new baby groundhog and it’s dug up two holes that I had previously plugged.  Not happy about it.  Getting rid of them is costly.  I wish the city offered the service for free like they did in years past I would surely take them up on it.  On the plus side I haven’t seen any Racoons for a few days now and am wondering if the family moved out.  I’d like to clean the deck when the weather breaks and I have some time to do the labor and recover from it.  Not a high priority but it’s on my list of things to do. 

Had Tuna Noodle Casserole last night and took the first few bites out of the hunk of Chocolate Cake I brought home on Saturday afternoon.  It wasn’t the best meal ever but it was highly enjoyable. 

More heat and storms are on tap for today.  Then come tomorrow we are supposed to cool down.  AC is running like crazy and it feels good in here.  Were all comfy and that’s what matters most to me. 

Hope you have a good day!

Unexpected Treat

Hi, hope that your weekend is going well.

Early yesterday evening I heard a noise while I was doom scrolling. I got up to investigate and man I got a nice free show. Turns out it was my neighbor’s son who was doing some trimming. He was shirtless and was wearing black shorts and shoes. He was sweating and showing off his muscles as well as his booty. I watched as he worked away. I was turned on and wished that he was closer so I could smell his musky scent and of course have my way with him. I’m a poor judge of age but if I had to venture a guess, I’d say he was 17 or 18. I know that this neighbor has 3 boys, they look like small, medium and large or young, older and oldest. I think one of them is headed to college or is in college and the other one is close to graduating high school. They are only out in the yard occasionally and usually none of them are shirtless. This was an unexpected treat, and I was glad that I checked out that noise. Just when I had been wishing I saw more cute guys, this happened. That was by far the best thing that happened all day long! At least he didn’t notice that I was watching him, that would have been awkward. However, I was literally just looking out the window. For the record I wouldn’t do anything with any guy who wasn’t of legal age, that’s just a recipe for disaster. However, I like Twinks and can’t help what I like.

I opted last night to forgo the stronger muscle relaxer. I woke up to rain and Rudy kneading his paws (making biscuits) on my chest way too early. It took me a minute to realize that it was Saturday, when I did, I didn’t want to get out of bed. However, I figured might as well get the day started. We all had breakfast. Then I got my pills and we all returned to my room to watch TV. I knew I would get sleepy and return to bed and that’s exactly what happened. It was 8am when I went to bed and 10am when I woke up. Watched more TV and continuing to relax as I powered my phone on to see what I missed in the world and just as I thought, I missed nothing. No one wanted me. That’s okay I got my two furry cats who were more than thrilled that they were close to me. It was a little afternoon when Rudy woke up from his nap and asked for lunch. I got up to feed him. I had a very enjoyable treat that was highly unhealthy, a soda and 3 chocolate squares. I knew that would set me up for another nap. I went back to watching TV. It was about an hour later when I got up, put my phone on Do Not Disturb and crawled back into bed. I wasn’t there but 5 seconds when the phone chirped that I had a text message. It was from my Thanksgiving friend thanking me for the birthday card and saying we will have to get together. Yeah, okay I responded with a sounds good and moved on. With that I was up, took the phone off Do Not Disturb and returned to my chair to continue watching TV.

My bladder was bothering me, and I did my best to ignore it but eventually around 1:30p I told Mora to get up, and I headed for the bathroom. After I emptied my bladder, I got a shower and then dressed. Decided I would head back to the Italian place that I love so much. I wanted to get something new but as my luck goes, they were out of the dish I wanted to order. So, I stuck with Lasagna. No salad this time and I got another giant slice of Chocolate Cake to go. Dropped $50 and headed to the post office, then cat food store and finally back home.

Got my finances up to date and paid a bill. Registered for a benefits webinar to learn about my 2027 Health Benefits. So glad that my health care isn’t tied to my job and that my late spouse left me with great health care that seems to just get better. I know when I eventually turn 65 that’s when I will get the shaft, it seems all older folks get the shaft once they are 65 but that’s 10 years away. I know that will go by in the blink of an eye but still 10 years. Anyway, I’m working on laundry and will be porn surfing after this. Drinking my 40 ounces of water slowly but it’s sure good. I enjoy it almost as much as soda, it just must be cold. I’m sure my kidneys are thankful for the water.

Not a bad Saturday but I had a lot more that I would have liked to accomplish, the rain early morning kind of ruined my plans but it’s okay, I got time with the cats and a nap.

Yesterday in doing some on-line reading, I learned that my hobby of listening to the police scanner is in jeopardy of going away as more agencies are deciding to encrypt their radio traffic. It’s better for officer safety. A couple of police departments that I don’t listen to have already encrypted. I found that my police department has one encrypted channel for investigations that I didn’t know about. I understand why they want to encrypt and how it benefits them. However, I’ve been in this hobby since I was a kid. I really like it. It’s entertainment and company when I am working during the day, so I don’t feel so alone, plus it gives me an insight into what is going on. I’ve invested a small sum of money in two scanners that do Digital Trunking. I was thinking of buying a third but have held off for a couple years. These things aren’t cheap and are only going up in price. I can say I got my monies worth out of my equipment, but I’d hate them to be turned into paper weights because of encryption. I use them every single day and even more so on holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years. I know I’m not alone but honestly there isn’t much that I can do but sit back and watch to see what materializes, hoping for the best and praying the worst doesn’t happen.

Speaking of my scanner, I also learned that my local police department recently signed a contract with Flock Safety for ALPR’s (Automatic License Plate Readers) and some other hardware. The way it’s used here doesn’t bother me a whole lot, still I don’t like the idea of being tracked. I have nothing to hide but I do like my privacy like everyone else. If you visit any Lowes Hardware in the surrounding area you’ve been scanned by a flock camera. They all have them. From what I know Lowes apparently does a great job working with Law Enforcement to prosecute shoplifters. I live in what I would call a good neighborhood. However, we have a Wal-Mart like most American cities and where there is a Wal-Mart it seems to attract shoplifters, drug dealers and other issues. Like people on a hot summer day bringing their dogs with them and locking them in the car. Wal-Mart is the place where the police are at the most out of everywhere around. Lowe’s is close by and I noticed months ago they put up even more flock cameras, appearing to help Wal-Mart and other businesses close by. There is no way in or out of the shopping area to Lowe’s that you’re not going to show up on a Flock Camera. All the advanced monitoring technology is great if it’s used correctly. But I can see where it would be tempting to misuse it to track someone and I can see a hacker wanting to compromise the system and break in just for the thrill of it. Those examples are what concern me and the other law-abiding folks in the area. I don’t think this is going away and I think that if anything it will get more advanced and become part of everyday society. Where eventually America will be like China where your tracked by a facial recognition camera no matter where you go, so if the police aka Government want you, they will know where and how to find you at a moments notice.

That’s all I have for now, talk with you all again soon. Take care, stay cool and be well.

1 Day to go

Happy Thursday (aka Friday Eve).

I hope that your day is off to a great start!  Mine is going okay thus far despite an early morning start at 1a when my insomnia kicked in again.  I sat with Rudy and we watched TV.  Mora came in to join us for a while.  Around 3am I went back to bed and Mora cuddled with me and left, Rudy jumped in her place.  After that he never left my room.  He started with an early morning wake up call at 5a but I told him a couple more hours, he let me go one hour and tried at 6a.  I staved him off for 35 minutes and then wound up getting up. 

Mora looked like she was on bug patrol this morning.  She was on the couch arm looking up at the ceiling.  She cried out to me and I looked but no bug that I could see.  She came to eat breakfast and then went right back to bug duty.  I looked and looked but there is no bug, not sure what she saw or if it perhaps migrated and was hiding in another part of the house. 

I moved right along with my morning routine and Mora was waiting for me in my bed.  She has to have her morning attention, just can’t start the day with out it.  Kind of sets the tone for the day or something like that.  Rudy was busy bathing but managed to give me a couple dirty looks while he was cleaning.  He wanted some attention too and I didn’t let him wait for long.  I got dressed and peeked at my phone.  I expected there to be a bunch of junk from work.  There was email but nothing to get up in arms about. 

There was a situation last night later in the evening.  Despite not being on-call I inserted myself because it pissed me off and raised my blood pressure.  The long and short of it was someone accused us of not doing our job and that will get me fired up every time.  I fired off a professional but diplomatic retort and proved that we did our job.  I made sure to copy in every possible person that I could to show off and that seems to have calmed things down.  At least I hope so since there hasn’t been any further email about it, at least to me.  I probably should have let the mistake maker who was on-call take care of it but I just couldn’t resist jumping in.  I’ve got a pretty good barometer and know when to speak and when not to but sometimes I get into some sticky situations trying to be helpful.  I am scaling that back. 

Speaking of work I’ve been delegating a lot lately and damn that is fun and can be addicting.  I see something come in that I don’t want to deal with so I push it off on someone else and they take care of it.  Man if that’s what it’s like to be a boss that for sure has to be one of the perks.  I’m sure there are downsides and they probably far outweigh the upsides. 

Got some bad news yesterday.  A journalist and podcaster passed away.  I found out in the middle of watching another podcast it was an abrupt thing and there was an odd pause.  I’m speaking of John C. Dvorak.  He was known for being cranky but I found him quite entertaining.  He lived to be 80 years old.  That’s a long time but I’m sure it passed in the blink of an eye.  He was an entertainer to me.  RIP

While it was cooler here the AC still seemed to run about the same amount of time.  We have one more cool day before things heat back up and storms move in.  Not looking forward to rain or more brutal heat but come December I will be wishing for it.  That’s the thing about the weather were never 100% happy with it all of the time.  It’s either too cold or too hot.  Such is life!

I’ve prepared for the mass exodus tomorrow when our interns leave.  I’ve done as much pre-work as I can to get ahead.  I never look forward to their arrival or leaving as it causes more work for me.  I’m sure everything will go fine but tomorrow afternoon will for sure be a very busy time, perhaps that will make time fly so we can start the weekend.  I am not looking forward to next week since I will be on-call but I am certainly enjoying resting up this week.

Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

Back to Bed

Morning!

Yesterday I managed to do something that I was surprised at.  I stayed awake all day long, no nap or resting.  I figured it would help me sleep better.  Bed time came and I did get to sleep around my normal time (somewhere between 10 & 10:30p).  I woke up at 5a and couldn’t go back to sleep.  Of course Rudy was happy about that he thought he could do his morning dance and get some breakfast.  However, that didn’t work for him.  He soon gave up and left me.  I managed to get Mora to jump in bed with me and we cuddled for a while.  I watched TV and watched the time tick away.  I didn’t want to get out of bed but I did. 

Breakfast is done and here I am in front of the computer.  Nothing going on at work.  I really just want to go back to bed.  I had great aspirations this morning of getting a new system at work configured to do something my boss wants.  I figured out how to yesterday when he was droning on in our meeting about the system.  He was stumbling around and basically like I said wasted a half hour.  The meeting should have never happened.  Not sure what it is about managers and meetings they seem to love them.  Anyway, now that I have the time I don’t have the will.  Thankfully I sat by and kept my mouth shut so no one is expecting anything from me.  Silence can work to your advantage when you use it properly. 

Watched my neighbor cut his grass last night at his vacant house.  He tried to run over the crap he trimmed from his hedge that is sitting in his yard.  He’s got two piles going.  One from years ago and this new one that he started a couple weeks ago.  That failed and was mildly entertaining.  Kind of surprised he came back so soon to cut the grass.

Got two meetings on the agenda today, one just before lunch and one right after.  They are usual Tuesday meetings.  Since I am not on call this week, I could go lay down and relax until someone needs me and honestly it sounds quite appealing.  I know it will please both of the cats.  My back is sure missing getting massages regularly.  I’ve got some serious knots going on. 

Another day of heat & humidity on the way.  Glad that I am tucked away inside a climate controlled house.  I’ll be drinking my water and looking out the windows while working (if anything comes up).  Just waiting anxiously for quitting time to roll around.  Hope you have a great day!

Hot Sunday

Hello!

It’s not the good kind of hot, unless you like oppressively hot & humid weather.  It was 73 this morning when I was up at 6a.  I got moving to get to breakfast, the grocery store and topped off the gas tank before coming home.  I dropped $53 for one bag of groceries, a jug of water for the cats and a jug of milk for me.  I didn’t get a whole lot for my money. 

Picked up a birthday card for one of my Thanksgiving friends.  The price of cards is way up but then again I don’t buy them often.  I thought that was bad until I went to put a stamp on the card to mail it, wow.  Everything is just going way up in price.  Sure wish paychecks went up like that. 

Got my morning nap in.  Been watching waxing gone wrong videos on YouTube.  Now there is some interesting stuff and everyone's reaction is pretty much the same “ouch that hurts”.  I’d like to wax my nose and ears but shaving is much easier and far less painful.  Although I do have one particular ear hair that I love to grab with a pair of tweezers.  It’s quite a challenge to find it but when I do and rip it out, it feels so good. 

In case it’s not apparent, yes I am quite bored.  The cats gave me an unwanted surprise.  One of them threw up by the sliding glass door and the blinds hid it.  That did nothing but serve as food for ants.  I had ants everywhere and didn’t understand why until I peeked behind the blinds.  Jeez I wasn’t happy.  Trying to get rid of ants isn’t exactly a pleasant job but it’s totally doable.  Tackled that and got the house cleaning done. 

I came down to log expenses, get this card ready to mail and briefly surf the web.  I have laundry to pick up and then I am done with the basement until tomorrow. 

Not looking forward to another week of work but thankful that I have a job.  The boss called a meeting to talk about a tool that we just got, but there are changes needed to be made and we need to coordinate with another team for that.  He knows this but yet he wants to chew the fat about the tool.  I think he’s the tool for calling the meeting to waste our time.  Yeah, I’m not a meeting fan.  I like to keep to myself, stay low and stay off the radar.  This is going to be a busy week, particularly Friday when our interns leave.   

Count down until my next vacation and birthday stands at 6 weeks, that includes this week.  So at least there is something to look forward to. 

As for today I plan to get to the Mexican place for supper and stop at a mailbox to get the card I bought mailed.  Then it’s back home.  Rudy just came to join me as I am about ready to wrap up.  He wants to nap in my arms/lap.  He’s so cute and this doesn’t happen often enough.  I kind of feel compelled to stay here just a while longer as he gets comfy.  However, I think I am headed up.  I don’t feel the best and attribute that to the heat/humidity.  Going to hydrate and relax as the day passes me by.  Hope you all have a great Sunday.  Take care!

Saturday

Greetings one and all!

We are in the middle of a heat wave, and my poor AC is running like crazy. It’s doing a great job, and my hope is that it continues. Changed the filter a little bit ago because it was time.

I woke up super early and took my shower. Made it for breakfast. A cute young guy that works there walked in. He looked mighty fine! I asked my waitress if he played for my team. She said she wasn’t sure but that he was the owner’s son. I wanted to ask him on a date, but I passed on the opportunity.

Stopped by and grabbed the mail on the way home. Nothing but bills and junk mail. Then I got out of my clothes and relaxed in my room watching TV. Turned my phone off, that felt so good! Eventually I wound up back in bed and the cats joined me. I fell back asleep for about an hour, and it was needed.

I have such great ideas of things that need to be done around here but when it comes time to do them, I lack energy and motivation. Not sure why that is but the work isn’t going anywhere, it will wait for me.

Something that puzzles me is that within the last couple months I cleaned out the gutter over the deck and put the netting back in place. It’s back to overflowing again. I don’t know how there can be anything in there, but obviously there is. It’s too hot for gutter work today. I am not a fan of water or gutters. I think the gutters for this house are undersized and need to be upgraded to accommodate the rain we get. However, every house in the subdivision is cookie cutter aka tract housing, meaning that there are only so many floor plans. No one has special gutters that I am aware of or even new gutters. I’d just love to get something that is 100% maintenance free and it just works, no fuss, no muss.

Had an afternoon snack and passed out lunch for the cats. I wound up back in my room watching TV again. Mostly old cartoons because there doesn’t seem to be anything on YouTube that is piquing my interest.

I came down to take care of laundry, catch up on porn surfing and getting bills paid. Had to entertain Mora giving her attention and rubbing her belly. She leaves and comes back wanting more. She loves attention and soaks it up like a sponge. I love her but she can make it quite difficult for me to get things done. That’s why I don’t allow either of them down here with me when I am working. Although Rudy will just climb up in my lap and fall asleep, he doesn’t really need much attention and will let me type but he likes to lay against one of my arms or curl up in it. Yeah, they are both really something and I love them so much!

Decided on Pizza for supper. I went back to the place where there used to be lots of twinks working. I figured that going on Saturday would change things up and the guys would be back. Turns out I was wrong. Only saw one hot guy. Pizza could have cooked a little bit more it wasn’t quite done enough for me. I had a couple slices and then boxed the rest and came home.

Very bored and wanting company and entertainment. However, I’m going to have to suck it up and power through it. I’ve done it before, but it has started to be a little more difficult. Being lonely just isn’t any fun. It’s great to live alone and be your own boss so to speak of but outside of that, there are no other perks. I don’t know if I want to live with someone but knowing that I could make a phone call and have company or ask for help would be nice.

Yesterday after work I got so bored I took time to read the owner’s manual for my new alarm. I learned a couple things. One of which is that there is a microphone in the damn thing and when an alarm goes off you can talk to the monitoring station. I’m not hip about that because that can easily be hacked and bypassed so that you can always listen. There is a camera on the panel, but you must be in front of it. However, I’ve got an Alexa and it’s always spying on me too. It’s in my bedroom and I’m sure some Amazon employee has heard all the orgasms I have. Speaking of which earlier this week I had a super good one (not that there is such a thing as a bad orgasm) and I was so loud I scared the cats, they just looked at me as if they wanted to ask if I was okay. I used to scare poor Momma she would come running to check on me if she wasn’t in the room. Yeah, I’m loud in bed. It’s a learned habit from watching porn and honestly it just feels good to scream or moan loudly. I can be quiet if I must but that is not easy at all. I’m still waiting for someone to call the cops to check on me. There is no doubt that if you’re on the street by my house, you can hear me 100%, I’ve got some good lungs. Fortunately, most of the time there is no one out there at night walking when I am busy having fun. That’s probably for the best because it sure would be awkward to explain to the cops that I was beating my meat. Although, I’m sure there are some situations they are involved in that bring laughter to their faces. I mean they are human too, even though some of them would have you think otherwise.

Well, time to get this published and see what else I can accomplish this evening. Tomorrow for supper I am thinking of staying local and going back to a Mexican place I like. It won’t give me the travel that I want but it will get me some good food! Who knows, things might change but pretty much once I make up my mind it’s difficult to change it.

I hope you’re having a great weekend and staying cool.

Soup for me

Morning and Happy Friday!

It’s early and calm.  Hopefully calm will be the theme for today!  Yesterday was fairly calm and quiet.  I pretty much got to take the morning off and lay around the house.  I had a couple minor interruptions.  After lunch is when things picked up a little bit and I wound up getting a little busy. 

Kept thinking about BBQ and I honestly wanted it but my stomach was doing some tricks yesterday.  I opted to just stay put and have some Broccoli Cheese Soup for supper.  It was pretty good.  I also finished off the large piece of chocolate cake that I got last Saturday.  Jeez that was so good and lasted quite a long time.  I forgot to pickup whipped cream from the grocery store on Sunday it would have paired nicely with it. 

Rudy was extra snuggly yesterday and hung around me for a good portion of the day as well as the evening.  We got in some play time before bed.  He really begged me for it.  I was ready to play and as usual he started bathing himself.  Not sure what that is all about.  Anyway I gave up and went to brush my teeth.  He sought me out and asked again for play time.  I tried again and this time he really got into it.  Our play sessions are not quite as intense as they used to be.  I supposed that comes with age.  However, he’s still young and has a lot of pep left in him.  I had to play with Mora as well and she never has a problem getting into it.  She seems like she is always read for playtime.  I think Rudy begs me for her and not so much for himself but this little habit of his all started with him wanting to play.  It was an out of the blue thing one day and I gave in.  He’s remembered ever since and when I start brushing my teeth he’s ready for playtime.  Not exactly a bad way to end the day. 

I wound up watching some YouTube videos and then back to Hot In Cleveland before I eventually fell asleep.  I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom but was able to get back to sleep with ease.  Rudy had me up at 6a this morning and I just laid in bed with my eyes closed.  He really did his best to try to get me up but eventually he gave up until he saw me open my eyes and then I spoke to him.  That’s when he got excited all over again.  I love seeing his smiling face every morning.  He’s always in a good mood come morning time.  I think that is because he knows food is just around the corner, just have to get the human out of bed. 

No real plans for the weekend, other than hopefully getting up early tomorrow, having a shower and going out for breakfast.  Then I will need to figure out where I want to eat dinner at. Problem is that unless I stay local I will for sure run into construction.  I hate it.  We have never had every route torn up at once but I suppose it will be nicer when it’s all done.  I am ready for it all to be done.  I don’t like impediments when I am traveling, anymore than anyone else does. 

Well off to climb the steps, login from upstairs and see if I can find my favorite judge on you tube.  That’s always entertaining and enjoyable to watch.  He’s got quite the personality and keeps things lively for the most part.  Just don’t make him mad, that’s not good for anyone. 

Hope you have a swell day.  Take care!

Too smart of a cat

Morning

Insomnia hit me again as I woke up from an early morning dream.  It was only 4a.  I went to sit in my chair and felt the cushion to feel that Mora was sitting in it.  I’d rather know before I sit down, wouldn’t want to squash her or risk injury to me.  I went back to bed and watched TV from there.  She got up and hopped over to join me.  Then Rudy came in and she left, he took her place.  I got back to sleep and felt like I was out for 5 minutes when I looked at the clock again it said 6a.  Rudy was on top of me, tickling me with his tail as it brushed across my face.  You can’t tell me he didn’t know what he was doing. 

I got up to feed them and enjoy breakfast as well.  That’s when I discovered Rudy’s newest mess.  I spoke a few days ago of getting cat food delivered.  I put the bag on top of a box and thought nothing of it.  Well Rudy has been eyeing it and I saw him climb up and smell the bag yesterday.  This morning the bag was on it’s side and had claw marks in it.  No matter what type of dry food I get he knows what it is and has to be nosy.  I cleaned up his mess and transferred the food to the old bag that was just about empty.  This has happened to me 3 times, it won’t ever happen again.  I will put all spare dry food in a different room where he has no access.  He knew I wasn’t happy with him but I got over it pretty quickly.  Damn cat he’s just too smart for his own good!

Ah, Thursday a day hopefully for me to coast.  Nothing on my agenda but the mistake maker decided he needed a couple days off.  His wife is about to blow with another kid and he is taking time to get the nursery in order.  The due date is 30th of August but doesn’t sound like she is going to make it because the baby is getting quite large.  Both of his previous kids came early so it wouldn’t be out of character for her to have this one early as well.  Fingers crossed she doesn’t blow until next month.  I say that because he’s for sure taking 2 weeks when the kid arrives, not that I can’t live without him for 2 weeks but timing is everything.  If it happens this month that will cause a lot more work for me, which I’d like to avoid. 

The new guy is just taking work like he is a sponge and can’t get enough of it.  He doesn’t say no to anything or at least hasn’t yet.  He is still in the honeymoon phase and wow I remember those days.  That has long worn off.  It sure what nice while it lasted.  I suspect that he will grow out of this phase as everyone eventually does.  However, right now he can ride the wave and gobble up work it helps me out. 

If the weather cooperates and I feel like it, I’d like to go out tonight for BBQ.  It would change things up for me.  If not it’s not like I will go hungry, I will just have something less enjoyable.

Here’s hoping it’s a good day and rest of the week.  I am looking forward to breaking free from work and enjoying the weekend.  Strawberry Cinnamon French Toast sounds so good!  I can practically taste it. 

Take care!

Ugh–Monday

Morning … The boss is out sick today.  Here’s hoping it’s something that will keep him at bay for a while but then again I am not that lucky. 

My inbox was chocked full of email coming in at 124 messages.  A lot of which were noise or junk.  I worked through it rather quickly but it took a toll on my nerves.  Now I am trying to prepare for our interns that are leaving next Friday.  There is a bunch of information I have to gather prior to them leaving as well as dividing up who is doing what.  It’s kind of nice having an extra person to add into the mix.  However, it’s also more work because it’s another person I have to baby sit and double check to make sure the fuck up ferry doesn’t visit them. 

I’ve got part of the work done but had to take a break as it’s kind of labor intensive and makes you want to scream.  Usually I can power through it but not right now.  My brain is kind of all over the place.

Sunday, I made it out for breakfast and the usual morning errand running.  I stayed local for supper and went to a local Mexican place.  Got a great meal but the sauce they used bothers my stomach.  I was prepared ahead of time and took an anti-acid pill but still I had some issues.  Got the house cleaned and took time to relax.  It was a great day but I kept thinking about dreaded Monday.

Ordered some cat food from Amazon.  It was delivered early this morning and the lazy ass driver put it in front of the garage.  If I didn’t have cameras it would have sat there probably until Thursday when I put the trash out.  Didn’t help that they set it right in a pile of ants.  I was not happy at all. 

Then just as I got settled down stairs and was starting to work my way through my email.  Rudy decided to pick a fight with Mora and I had to go upstairs to break it up.  That wasn’t fun.  Rudy’s tail was all puffed out and I could tell he was pissed.  Mora was running around trying to duck him and nervous that I guess I would lash out at her but I petted her and told her it was okay.  Back to the basement and all has been quiet, thankfully! 

It’s past normal lunch time and I will head up soon to not only pass out lunch for the cats but to grab something for myself.  Then will head back down and keep plugging away.  Until I am done and no longer need my desktop and can change over to working from my laptop and be upstairs.  It’s much cooler down here though. 

Heard on the news this morning that starting tomorrow we will be back in another heat wave.  Oh joy, not my favorite thing but I will be indoors.  Praying the AC can keep up.  It’s done a really good job this year and the older (and fatter) that I get the more I appreciate AC, it’s one of the best things ever. 

Well time to get moving.  Hope all is well on your Monday.  Take care!

 

ROTTING SATURDAY

Happy Saturday! I hope that your weekend is going well.

I woke up early to feed the cats and after about an hour of watching TV, I went back to bed. Got up around 10a and had a poor choice for breakfast, which was a half slice of Chocolate Cake and a tall glass of milk. When I was done, I wanted more. However, I got my morning meds and retired in front of the TV.

Had a short search for a good movie. Landed on How to Make a Killing on HBO. About 30 minutes into that I paused, went to the kitchen to grab a Diet Coke and a Brownie. Then came back and finished the movie. I set my brownie on the bed; Mora was there and no sooner than I sat down than she had her nose over it and was ready to pounce. I caught her in the nick of time! The snack which I called lunch was good, but the movie was way better. I do recommend watching it.

Watched a couple of random YouTube videos and then went back to Hot in Cleveland. Eventually I wound up back in bed and fell asleep. It was so enjoyable, but I was letting the day pass by. I decided time to get moving. Fed the cats lunch, it was 1:30pm. Then I shaved and showered. Threw on some clothes and decided on what to do while I was out.

First order of business was lupper. Went back to an Italian Place that me and my late spouse as well as friends have been to. It’s been at least a year since I was there. I knew with my timing it would be walk right in and sit right down, which is what I like. Had a Cesar Salad, some phenomenal bread, a few Diet Soda and Lasagna. Desert was Chocolate Cake, but I got it to go. With a tip I dropped $55. I don’t usually spend that kind of money on myself when I eat out but damn this was long overdue and so damn good. This visit reminded me of what I’ve been missing. It’s also right by the office, how convenient!

I left feeling damn stuffed and telling myself that I needed to get back there more often. Sure, it’s expensive but it’s also very much worth it. It’s always a great experience, much better if you’re with at least one other person.

Next up on the list was stopping to grab the mail. Having completed that, next stop was to pick up Cat Food. There is a hot manager at the pet food store. I’ve had my eye on him for years. Got to see him. I’ve never made a move, but we have interacted a few times. My little voice told me as I was walking out the door to make a move, but I didn’t listen to it. I figured it’s better to admire and get excited from a far than to get rejected, at least that is what I expected. I have no idea if he likes guys but eventually, I may inquire. The worst he can say is no, which I am so used to hearing.

Finally, back here at ELHOMO, greeted by the ELGATO’S who were quite hungry. They got something special for supper. Chicken & Spinach. It was a true hit and for the $2.00 I paid for the small can of it, I am glad they ate practically every morsel of it.

My jackass neighbor I saw returned. He is whipping his property into shape. Put some more work into his deck steps and trimmed the bushes. There is brush everywhere so I wonder how long it will take him to clean that mess up? He is great at making messes, not so great at cleaning them up. However, I think that his wife is nagging him to do something with the place. It can’t be cheap to make two house payments. I think they will either rent or sell the place and someone new will be occupying it sooner rather than later. I am waiting with anticipation, hoping that it’s a hot single gay guy but kind of unlikely since it’s a single-family home with 3 bedrooms but hey never say never!

Started working on laundry and resigned myself to playing on the computer for a bit. Eventually I will head up. I wanted to change my deck camera batteries, but I can easily do that tomorrow. I’d like to do it when no one is around. Not in a huge major hurry either but want it off my to do list.

Another movie that I watched while I was off in the last couple weeks is Voicemails for Isabelle. It’s got Nick Robinson in it and he’s cute and there are a couple of nude scenes which were nice. However, while I was interested in those and him, I was more interested in the plot of the movie, and it turned out to be very good. I recommend watching it.

That’s pretty much it for today. Tomorrow will be the usual of eating breakfast out, hitting up the grocery store, filling the gas tank again, cleaning the house and having an evening meal out. Then preparing for Monday, ugh I don’t want to go back. However, unless I meet an independently wealthy man who falls madly in love with me before Monday, I think I’m going to have to return to working despite not wanting to.

Thanks for stopping by!

An okay day

Howdy, hope all is well.

I woke up early fed the cats.  Hung out for a bit to make sure that Mora would eat and that she didn’t get cheated out of food.  I sat at the kitchen table and waited for hog jaws (aka Rudy) to finish.  Then I called her like I do every morning and she was already on the move toward the kitchen.  After she ate, I went back to my bedroom.  I climbed in bed and watched TV for a little bit.  The cats joined me.  I decided that I should get up and at least eat breakfast.  Had a bowl of cereal to polish off the box and a banana. 

Got my morning meds and then headed back to my room to watch TV.  Eventually wound up at porn and watched a few scenes.  After cleaning up the mess, I went back to watching normal TV.  Got tired about 30 minutes after that and climbed back into bed with the cats.  I had to physically move Rudy and he was pissed about it.  I know he’s like me once he gets comfy leave me alone.  However, he was taking up significant room and without moving him there would have been no room for me.  He laid up against me and tried to push me out of bed.  It was funny but it didn’t work.  Took about an hour nap and then was wide awake. 

Watched more TV when I woke up but kept looking at the clock and realized that it would be to my benefit if I got moving.  Hit up the shower and got dressed.  Headed out to get the mail and then came back home for a short bit.  About the time I was comfy it was time to leave.  I was a little bit earlier than what Waze told me to leave, but ran in to a little bit of traffic as well as some light rain.  Arrived at the doctors office with 10 minutes to spare. 

On the way over I saw a billboard for Arby’s and it was close to an exit where there is an Arby’s.  It transported me back to a memory that I had with my late spouse.  It felt like it was all playing out in real time as I continued to drive.  It’s been 13 years and out of the blue something can trigger me.  It happened a lot more often in the early years.  I kind of figured that it was done but apparently not. 

This visit seemed rushed at least to me.  He was on time, I only had to wait a couple minutes before I was taken to an exam room.  Then after my vitals were taken, it was just a couple minutes and the doc was in.  We chatted and he moved to get his exam done.  I complained about being stuck for blood multiple times.  The doc walked me to the lab and requested the best sticker they had.  The lady who took my blood got it on the first try.  The doc said to come back in 6 months.  I don’t know why we switched this year from every 3 months to every 6 months.  I won’t be back until January.  I know that time will fly by.  I am still waiting on lab results, normally they are in by the time I am home but I got nothing.  I’m guessing they will come in tomorrow, which is fine. 

Went to the place that sucks at making pizza.  Ordered my favorite pasta dish.  I had a smoking hot young waiter.  I wanted to hit on him so bad.  All I know is that I wanted to say if I looked as good as you do, I wouldn’t be single.  I tell the cats all the time that if I had their good looks I wouldn’t be single.  I ate, paid my bill and left.  It would be nice to go back to work with a boyfriend but I’m not holding my breath.

Got the batteries in the garage camera changed.  Put the trash out and I’m home for the day.  Caught up on my porn surfing.  Yeah I peeked at work email earlier today because I was bored.  I didn’t respond to anything but took time to delete a couple of messages that were nothing but noise.  Then switched work email off.  I really want to login now and play catch up but that’s working and well I am off.  I guess I am too devoted to my job and take it way too seriously.  No wonder I get frustrated so easily and want to throw my hands up and walk out. 

Crunched numbers on a new vehicle just for fun.  It would be a bit costly even with a sizeable down payment and trade in.  However, I could make it work if I had to.  Then I realized that my calculations didn’t include GAP insurance, it can’t be that much more.  I will never ever buy a car without it.  Even though I’ve never had to use it.  It’s one of those things that if you need it, your glad that you have it. 

GAP INSURANCE … “Gap insurance covers the difference between what you owe on your car loan or lease and the car’s depreciated value if it’s totaled or stolen. It helps ensure you are not left paying out of pocket for the remaining balance on your loan after an insurance payout.”

Tomorrow’s agenda includes breakfast out, a haircut, trip to Sam’s club for fuel and more brownies if they still have them.  In the afternoon traveling back to the seafood place to get a strawberry Pina Colada [really hope it’s good and worth my money] and some fish.  Might hit up the pet food store if I don’t then that will be a Saturday task.  Looking forward to the drive and hope that the rain stays away.

That’s all I know at the moment.  Mora is telling me it’s time to head up, as if it’s a work night.  If it was I wouldn’t be down here.

I heard something in watching YouTube videos.  I think George Carlin said it.  You know people have a lot of good things to say about you, problem is you won’t ever hear them until your dead.  There is a lot of truth in that statement.  He was smart and funny. 

Well I guess I should run.  Thanks for stopping by!

Free at last, if only for 4 days

Good evening!

The work day is done but I still have to get through the evening of being on-call.  Largely that means nothing.  Most things happen during working hours and with picking up California Offices about the time I logoff is when I get a curve ball from out West. 

The boss called me today to tell me that I am getting a 3.5% raise.  It’s average.  I honestly expected 4% but still it is not bad.  Waiting to see how exactly that works out on my paycheck.  Then I will make my decision on if I am going to take it and stuff it into savings after taxes are taken out or if I am going to send it to retirement and not have taxes taken out. 

We continued our conversation about my potential promotion.  He called it a Supervisor position but quickly corrected himself to say Team Leader.  He wanted to know how I felt about it.  I told him I was fine but again I need to know what is expected of me before I commit to taking the position.  He said to give him a month or two and he should have something for me.  The position doesn’t exist, so he has to have it created, money allocated from the budget to fund it and then they start writing a job description.  Wow sounds like the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.  If you think I am going to commit to a position before I know exactly what your going to try to sneak past me, you are crazy.  I know the job comes with a pay raise but you don’t get extra money and not have to do extra work.  However, to listen to him he framed it to say I am already doing the job just not being paid for it.  Wow, that’s the story of my life.  I carry a lot of weight and contribute heavily to our teams success.  I am not about the team mind set.  I am more about the individual mindset and making sure I get my fair shake even if you frame it as a team effort.  I’d like to ask if the new position could be full time remote but I don’t think that would go over and it might cause unwanted attention either now or in the future.

Thinking about what is probably going to come to fruition made me start looking at vehicles again.  Both new and used.  I know what I want but haven’t gone for a test drive yet.  I am either going towards sport or luxury both are at about the same price point.  I really want to buy now figuring that will give me motivation to go back to the office, like I should already be doing.  However, part of me says keep what you have and don’t change a thing.  Promotion or not eventually I will be getting a different vehicle most likely new rather than used. 

Dinner tonight was a new Chicken with cheese and ranch served over pasta dish from Stouffer’s.  It’s pretty good but could use more ranch. 

Last night I heard the sound that winter is coming.  The cicada’s as the sunset.  They just sounded off again.  I told the cats that is the sound that summer will be over soon and we will move into Fall and eventually Winter.  It’s kind of an annoying sound but eventually you get used to it. 

Speaking of cats, trimmed one claw on Mora’s front paw.  I used the same fingernail trimmer that I would use on my own nails.  She had no idea what it was so she was all relaxed for a brief second.  She was sitting on my chest and kept poking me as she kneaded my chest making her biscuits.  Rudy came around eventually and I got him he had claws on both front paws that needed to be trimmed.  I don’t like braking out or getting stuck. 

Finally, I went in search of porn.  I fell for some click bait from Andrew Goes Places (aka Andrew Neighbors) and joined his OF.  Thinking that he had some spicier content, but it’s kind of the same old thing.  Looks like he might be making a change but only time will tell and I’m only subscribed for a month, then I am done and will walk away.  I know eventually my curiosity will get the best of me and I will probably go back again.  I looked through other guys I subscribed to in the past and almost subscribed to a couple of them but managed to talk myself out of that.  Hey I’m boy crazy and bored, not a great combo.  I guess it’s better than bored and retail therapy I could have done some serious damage there. 

Speaking of money I saw how much this past month cost.  I really see the impact of a vet visit and a new alarm.  That hurt but thankfully I was able to pay cash for all of it and keep on moving.  It made a slight dent in my savings but I am still committed to tucking as much money away as I can.  There is always a rainy day around the corner and it usually happens when you least expect it.  The only blessing for me is that things fells apart (with the alarm and cat) while I was scheduled to be off. 

Well time to wrap thing up, publish this and get ready for bed.  Rudy will be asking for breakfast at the same time even though I am off.  I figure I will get up and eat with them.  Grab a shower and head out to grab the mail.  Taking my time.  Doctor is in the afternoon, looking forward to that but not looking forward to getting stuck with a needle.  Here’s hoping that I can enjoy my time, be productive and have fun before the time slips away. 

Talk with you all again soon.  Hope that you have a great Thursday!

My Friday

Morning … hope all is well in your world & the sun is shining bright!

My neighbor who moved out was back last night to cut the grass.  He had a zero radius turn mower.  He has a pile of old brush that has been in his back yard for years.  High weeds are growing around it but it’s on a hill so you can’t see it from the street.  If you could he would have already been turned into the city.  Anyway, he tried to climb it last night as if his mower was something bigger.  He failed and I got it on camera.  It was funny to watch.  He’s going to have to haul that mound away otherwise it’s not going anywhere and it’s only going to look worse as time goes on.  It’s been 3 or 4 years now as it is.  Still no for sale sign in the front yard and it’s a complete mystery as to what they are going to do with the place.  That was my entertainment for the day. 

Waited all morning long for lunch to finally roll around.  Had the Sargento Salami lunch thing.  Those chocolate pretzels I spoke of were good but they were mini sized and only 4 of them.  I wanted more.  Still it’s a great way to change things up for lunch to make it a little bit more exciting.  I will be buying this again!

Finished the left over Spaghetti for supper of which there wasn’t a lot left.  I did have the smarts to save myself a meatball, which was more like a small softball. 

Sadly someone got fired last night while I was eating dinner.  I didn’t see the email until I was done.  Fortunately I eat quick and stick around on line way past quitting time when I am on call.  That works to my advantage for any last minute things that come in, like this.  Got that taken care of and then it was a quiet night. 

Hung out with the cats, Mora came to beg for attention but really she wanted treats.  She got both.  Then bedded down for an evening nap until it was time to go to bed.  Rudy followed suit.  They honestly spend more time sleeping than me and I don’t know how their bodies manage that.  I’d like to see them both exercise more which is why last year I got that cat treadmill aka hamster wheel that they don’t use.  Looking at photos I can see them aging before my eyes.  As time goes on their love and affection continues to grow as they weave their magic strings around my heart.  I’ve been their hostage as much as they are my hostages.  They do keep life interesting. 

Looking forward to a long weekend, even if tomorrow I am at the doctor.  I will wish my time was longer as I am so tired of working and dealing with all of the daily BS.  It is awful tempting to just throw in the towel and walk way.  Only problem is that I need money to survive.  If it wasn’t for that I would have left a long time ago.  Knowing that my next round of vacation is in September will keep me going for a little longer. 

I’ve got plans for my two weekdays of freedom and not sure how the weekend will play out but I know that there will be plenty of time to unwind.  I also know that like all time off this will go by super fast, especially considering that it’s only 4 days total – 2 week days plus the weekend.  At least when I go back on Monday I won’t be on-call so that’s nice but playing catchup won’t be fun.

Speaking of work the boss announced yesterday that he got approval to tell us about our pay raises.  Unless he tells me today his next chance will be Monday and if he fails then well I will know because I should have my next paycheck late Monday or for sure by Tuesday afternoon.  Money comes early with direct deposit and that’s a nice advantage. 

That’s it for now.  Waiting for meeting time to roll around and thankfully as it stands now I only have one, which is one too many but it’s better than multiple.  I just want a nice day and to be able to fade away into my time when I am no longer a slave to my phone and can turn work email off, that’s the best part of being off. 

Take care and here’s hoping we all have a great day ahead!

 

Holiday Lupper

Happy Sunday!

I really didn’t do a whole lot yesterday.  I did get up early and had breakfast out.  It was so good!  I also filled up the gas tank. 

Got in a nap and relaxation time until it was time to leave for Lupper (that’s lunch & supper combined, in case your new here).  I was the first one at Olive Garden.  Got us a table and a short time later everyone arrived. 

We had the cutest waiter, he had red hair and was covered in freckles.  I wanted to hit on him but didn’t.  I told everyone at the table that I thought he was hot.  Anyway, looks aren’t everything.  You need some brains to go with them.  He was nervous and likely just took the job while college was out.  There were a couple issues with placing orders and then when the food arrived, one person got something they didn’t want.  Soup was lightly warm but more on the cold side.  Food overall was just average.  I’ve had better Olive Garden at the one by me.  At least everyone else shared my opinion that this OG has gone down in quality.  We started a little after 2 and it was 4p when we all left.  A nice time to catch up.  Next time we will be together is likely for my birthday / Labor Day. 

I got home and got supper passed out for the cats.  Then headed downstairs to work on more laundry and surf on the computer.  Not much in the way of good porn, but I looked.  Eventually I wasted a couple hours down here and decided that I would be more comfortable upstairs so I called it and headed up. 

Mora was on the couch in her favorite spot.  I told her I was headed up but that didn’t phase her, which is totally normal. 

I went through a couple YouTube videos.  Scroll around on social media on my phone.  Mora eventually came up.  I closed up the basement and then got naked.  Shaved & Showered.  Then got comfy in my room.  Really wanted to get off.  My intention was there but there was little motivation.  I was quite tired and after 15 minutes I knew there would be no white fireworks shooting out of me, so I threw in the towel.  Started back watching Hot In Cleveland.  Mora was in my lap, sleeping.  The fireworks started.  The police scanner was busy.  Eventually it was all too much for me.  I was tired and knew if I stayed in the chair I would fall asleep. Mora’s birthday present was that I skipped her evening pill.  She didn’t complain at all about that.  

I evicted Mora from my lap.  Then went to bed.  Watched a little more TV and it wasn’t long I was out a little after 10p.  Slept amazingly good.  Had a sexy but bad dream.  Woke up a couple times, once was to use the restroom.  Eventually my body woke me up for good.  Rudy gave me my morning greeting and wanted to snuggle for a moment.  I can’t pick him up and snuggle, he hates that.  It has to be on his terms.  While his sister will gobble up forced snuggles. 

Anyway, passed out breakfast for the cats.  Then got dressed and headed out for my breakfast.  Damn it was good.  There is this old lady that comes in to meet a friend of hers and they have breakfast.  Neither one eats much and I’ve bought their breakfast a couple times.  It’s an easy $5 to $7 not including tip.  She’s been absent for a while but came back last weekend.  Today she showed up and I watched her pull in.  She waited a minute, backed up and pulled back into her parking spot.  That happened a few times.  By the time I paid my bill and was in my vehicle ready to leave I watched her do it again.  She parked like she was drunk.  She’s not drunk just old and dementia is setting in.  She is 90 and still has a drivers license, that’s scary to me.  I went back in and told my waitress, she said she would check on her.  I figured that if I didn’t say anything she would have kept up the same routine until her friend showed up. 

I hate seeing people grow old and dementia creep in.  It’s not fun at all.  I hope that she is okay.  She needs some help but I don’t know that she has any family that can intervene.  She lives alone, which is also amazing but scary at the same time. 

Made it to the grocery store and was happy that I just had to pick up a few things, which was $50 later.  I had two bags of grocery's, one jug of milk and one jug of water (for the cats).  Gas prices are falling a little bit but grocery prices are still horrible. 

Came home, put the groceries away, got naked and then realized that it was time to pill Mora.  Took care of that, she wasn’t happy.  We have one more pill tonight and two more tomorrow then she will be done.  I am pleased with her progress but it looks to me like there is an abscess trying to form.  I tried to do some expression yesterday but she wasn’t having it.  Rudy tried to clean her and made the mistake of licking her butt, he didn’t like what he tasted and stopped quickly.  Mora wasn’t upset about it.  Perhaps things are back to normal – I suppose only time will tell.  Give it a few days for the antibiotic levels to fall in her system and that will be the true test.  I hope we are in the clear.  I do not relish another vet visit anytime soon whatsoever. 

Finishing up laundry and I will be heading out for some Mexican food.  Looking forward to that.  Then it’s back home for the next 3 days and back to work, I am also on call for 3 days. Thursday is doctor day and I will get a little prick, not the good kind either, the kind with a needle.  I plan to hit up the great seafood place I found either on Thursday or Friday.  I’ve got Friday off too, which means I can hit up Sam’s Club for more brownies if I want.  There is the weekend.  Then it will be back to normal for the rest of the month, until the end of next month when my next round of vacation is planned. 

Hope you had a great holiday and weekend!  Thanks for stopping by, talk with you again soon!

 

Last Work Day of the week

Hey – Finally made it to the last day of the week.  It feels so good, wish that everyday felt like this. 

The meeting I was dreading yesterday was a complete nightmare but I got through it.  I had to bite my tongue.  There is a bit of a power struggle between another team and my team.  That other team holds all of the power and right now it seems like they don’t want to give my team access to the new cloud environment so we can administer things like we do today.  They want to complicate things making us log a request, send it up to their team and then waiting on them to get back to us.  Hey if you want the work I figure they should take over the process.  I was steaming mad yesterday but calmed down and let it go.  It’s kind of one of those things that we will have to wait and see how it turns out.  I did find out that the goal is to be in the cloud environment by August.  Kind of made me want to start planning the rest of my vacation. 

Speaking of which I did this morning log a request so I am off the week of my birthday, historically I have taken this week off for a couple years now so it’s no surprise.  The problem is that’s when the mistake makers baby is due so it is going to leave the new guy on his own, but you got to be baptized by fire at some point.  The new guy is cocky because he’s been around a couple years and thinks he knows it all well good luck on your own – we shall see what he knows!

The boss kept bothering me this morning for stuff he could have taken care of on his own.  I got all of his stupid work done for him and he’s happy now.  Hopefully he will leave me alone for the rest of the day. 

Cats are sleeping and the AC just kicked on for like the 5th time today.  I really hope this heat wave doesn’t murder my AC.  I know that I need a new one but it’s one of those things that as long as it’s working I don’t mess with it. 

Heard from my Thanksgiving friends.  They want to go to Olive Garden.  I’m not big on that place but hey I said okay works for me.  I know I won’t leave hungry but the question is will the food actually be good?  The one closest to my home makes great food but the one by them it’s just so so.  At least that plan is ironed out and it’s early in the afternoon. 

I really wanted to go to the seafood place that I visited last Friday.  However, I want BBQ a bit more so I am going for BBQ tomorrow and then next week either Thursday or Friday I will head back to the seafood place.  It’s a drive and probably will be more enjoyable once the heat passes. 

Problem down here is everything is under construction so you never know what your going to run into.  I use Waze even when I know where I am going, if I have to get on the freeway it helps.  If I am staying local I can find my way without the app.  Two seasons around here Construction and Winter. 

Hope that you all have a great holiday and weekend.  Talk with you all again soon. 

Changes & Technology

Morning and happy July. 

We are still in the middle of a heat wave here in my neck of the woods.  It feels really nice when the AC kicks on and I feel it blowing on me.  That only happens if I am in my bedroom or here in the basement but it’s so enjoyable. 

Mora’s rear end is looking more normal.  She still hates taking her medicine.  When she sees me coming with the pill gun loaded with her medicine she tries to hide from me.  She is 19 pounds and sticks out like a sore thumb, there is no out running me.  I will do most anything to capture her just to get the pill down her.  She is really easy to medicate but capturing her is the challenge.  Here’s hoping that when this round of medicine is done in a few days that I don’t have to give her any medicine for a very long time!  Cats aren’t fun to medicate. 

Yesterday my last meeting of the day was about changes to our environment at work and the way I do certain things at work is changing.  This comes as we migrate to Exchange Online into the Azure and Microsoft Cloud environment.  It seems that we are going from simple to complicated and I am going to have to jump through some hoops.  Part of it is a learning curve on my part.  I’ve got another meeting today to further explain what exactly as we are setup today so that can be translated on what I do once the big switch is flipped next month.  It’s something I DO NOT look forward to but it’s something I have to do.  I’d really love to quit and just leave them to figure things out but realistically that wouldn’t work out well for me.  I hate change partially because I am human and partially because I like my set routine and way of doing things.  Don’t mess with the routine.

With cloud platforms just as soon as you get comfy in their admin portal and think everything is going well and you’ve adjusted.  The provider decides to make changes to the portal and you have to learn where things are at and if you can still have the same functionality or if there is a new way to do what you used to do.  This is what makes cloud administration a nightmare but it’s all the rage and everything is going to the cloud.  Which there is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer. 

I’ve got 3 more meetings on tap for today.  Then 1 meeting tomorrow and that should wrap things up for this week.  I think my boss is out next week which will kind of be nice but I am only working 3 days next week so it’s a short break.  However, I will take as much time away from him as I can get.  I hate the sound of his voice and dread his emails and text messages. 

Speaking of which still no word on pay raises.  Whatever were getting should be effective today but none of us know anything about what we are getting.  I plan to bring that up in one of my meetings today.  It would be nice to know so it doesn’t come as a total surprise.  Normally we know way before now. 

I think I will be in a much better frame of mind tomorrow since we will have a long weekend ahead.  No word from my Thanksgiving friends on where they want to go to eat at.  I wouldn’t be surprised if they totally back out but I’m not hounding them.  They know how to reach me and I’m sure it will be a last minute thing, which I am not fond of.  I like to have things planned out in advance. 

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.  I’m off to surf a little bit and then headed upstairs to be with the cats before meeting time rolls around. Take care and I will talk with you all again soon. 

Back 2 It

Morning … I was supposed to go back yesterday but woke up with an upper back ache.  The longer I sat at the table eating breakfast the worse it felt.  I just took the day.  Actually more like a 1/2 day. 

In the morning I laid around, napped and watched TV.  Rudy reminded me when it got to be his lunch time and that’s when I got up.  I fed him, had some lunch as well.  Then threw on some clothes and headed down to try to get ahead at work.  I was making great progress for a few hours.  Then late in the afternoon I got an email that something was wrong with a door at the office so I said I would come check it out.  I never said when that would be.  However, I headed up changed clothes.  Stopped at the post office to get my Amazon package that should have been here on Saturday.  Then headed over. 

Timing couldn’t have been worse.  It was the start of rush hour, but I knew what I was getting into.  Going over was simple.  I saw a few people and said hi and chatted for a moment.  Then got to work.  By the time I got the fix in place (it was a small computer board, like a motherboard but on a way smaller scale) it was 15 minutes after 5p.  Traffic on the way home was horrible and it took every bit of an hour to get home.  Yet another reminder of why I don’t miss the office.  However, a very small part of me wants to go back. 

I was all set to reward myself with eating Mexican out but the closer I got to home, I talked myself out of it and just wanted to get home.  It’s super hot out.  The Midwest is having a heat wave and you only want to be outside for a second or two then back to the AC. 

I had left over cold pizza and fed the cats.  I gave them something new and Rudy was a hog.  He left a little bit for Mora and it was enough to conjure up a fur ball.  Glad she did that right in front of me.  I held off giving her medicine for a while.  I passed out treats and she had a few of those, then I got her pill in her.  She knows what’s coming and tries to run from me but I always manage to catch her.  I don’t like giving any cat medicine but I know it’s helping her. 

Happy to report that her rear end looks almost normal, so the antibiotic is doing it’s job.  We just have to get through this week and then we will be done.  Hopefully, this is a one off situation and she doesn’t have any further issues.

I wound up doing some more work when I got settled after having supper.  Before I knew it I only had an hour left to my evening and that’s when I focused on TV and put the computer away. 

Took an extra sleeping pill so I’d hopefully stay asleep all night long but that didn’t work.  I was up at 2a and after an hour I went back to sleep.  Woke up this morning on Rudy’s schedule feeling okay from an energy standpoint.  My upper back is still bothering me a little bit. 

That scene on Guys In Sweatpants is out and I have it.  I watched part of it last night despite not being in the mood.  It was hot but I hit pause so I could save the rest of it and get maximum benefit from watching it when I was in the mood.  I plan to give it another whirl tonight unless I am exhausted. 

All of the work I did yesterday really put me in a great position this morning and I am all caught up.  Just sitting around waiting for some time to pass before I have to join some dumb meetings.  There are 3 of them on the books for today.  Jeez I didn’t miss them at all while I was out. 

The more I take time off, the more I fantasize about quitting and just walking away, it sounds so nice.  Until I realize that my income would stop and that’s the part that keeps me coming back.  Speaking of income I still don’t know my pay raise and it’s supposed to go in effect tomorrow.  Maybe someone will tell me or maybe I will just find out when I get my first paycheck next month.  It would be nice to know in advance. 

Hope all is well in your world.  2 more days to go before this week is over.  That’s something to look forward to!

Stormy Saturday

Hey, hope your having a great weekend!

I’m a little sad that today is Saturday already.  I woke up with a leg cramp aka Charlie Horse.  I pushed poor Rudy off of me so I could get out of bed and stand up.  I don’t think he quite understood but I needed the pain to stop asap.  Then I made my way to the bathroom and eventually the kitchen to pass out breakfast for the cats.  It was early.

I returned to bed and watched a little TV before I passed out, didn’t take terribly long.  I only fell back a sleep for around an hour which was disappointing to me I wanted to sleep longer but my body said wake up. 

I loafed in my room for a while watching TV.  Eventually headed out to the kitchen for my breakfast.  Rudy was right by my side incase I wanted to feed him again.  He was hoping for a second breakfast but that didn’t happen.  I had a glass of milk, a brownie and a banana.  Not exactly a typical breakfast but I made it work.  Got my meds and headed back to my room. 

Still thinking about the hot guy that was here yesterday.  The more I think about him the more I believe he’s probably straight.  I mean so is Spaghetti until you get it wet.  I will still shoot my shot and ask him out if our paths cross again.  Anyway, I got myself all excited so I had to watch some porn.  Even after I was done I still wanted more.  Watched more TV and eventually decided I should get up and get moving because the day was going to pass me by. 

I got dressed and headed to the office.  It started raining on the way there and I thought to myself I’m crazy for driving in.  However, it paid off because we had a give away and I had a gift waiting for me.  Nothing I will probably ever use but still it was nice to get it off of my desk. 

Wanted to stop and get mail but it was pouring hard so I just came home.  Had plans to go back out for cat food and mail but they never materialized partially because of the weather and the other part because I’m just lazy. 

Working on laundry.  Put new sheets and blanket on my bed, looking forward to climbing in to take them both for a spin tonight.  Been in front of the computer for a good part of the day.  Took time to eat my left over Chinese food, which wasn’t all that much.  My fortune cookie said that I will make great changes.  Yeah, okay.  Might as well have said help, I’m trapped in a fortune cookie factory.  

Made sure Mora ate something so I could medicate her, we have 9 more days to go with medicine and were both going to hate each one but it’s totally necessary.  Her rear end looks a little better this morning.  She’s got a scab that is peeling but her rear end looks like a train wreck.  She is her normal self, eating, drinking, playing and bothering her brother.  Also reaching out to me for attention.  I just kicked her out of my lap to make it easier to type.  She is in a chair behind me resting and anxiously waiting for me to head upstairs, which is going to happen eventually.  I’m not in any hurry. 

Pretty well caught up on porn surfing today, didn’t miss a whole lot but there is one scene out at Guys In Sweatpants with Greyson Lane that I am dying to see.  I don’t have it but the preview and photos look very appealing. 

What didn’t get done this vacation?  I didn’t do anything with the deck because I know there is a Racoon family living there and didn’t want to take the risk of chemicals harming them or worse yet them getting pissed and attacking me.  So I never made it to the Home Improvement Store.  Need to pick up some florescent lights for the basement got a couple that are still working but they are seriously delayed if they even turn on when I flip the switch.  I’ve got a finished basement. 

Otherwise, I pretty well accomplished everything I wanted to.  Could have done without the alarm issue and the cat/vet issue but at least they were timed appropriately.  Now hopefully everything including but not limited to the cats stays in good working order and behaves.  I spent way too much money but it was nice that I had it to spend rather than racking up debt.  I remember the days in years past when I would have been figuring out which credit card to put it all on.  Thankfully those days are over and I hope they never come back. 

I made a list of the remaining tasks that I need to accomplish, most of which is just my normal Sunday routine.  Unless I change my mind I will be headed to the pizza place with the hot straight guy that I have a crush on and made a pass at.  Not sure if he will be working but it’s worth the trip to find out plus I will be getting pizza, what’s not to like about that.  I will have plenty left over to snack on for a few days too so that’s nice.  It would just be a bonus to me if I get to see him and his nice sweet ass.  So then I will have a reason to drool while I eat.  Sure would be nice to bring an end to the boyfriend search that has been going on way too long.  I told my friend that I had lunch with on Thursday that I figure that I will probably die alone.  I’d like to be wrong about that but things honestly don’t look terribly promising right now.  My search is limited to when I see a cute hot guy that I like I make a pass, if it works great, if not well at least I took a shot.  I know that I could be more aggressive and hit up gay bars but that’s just not my thing, hence why I think I’m going to be alone for a long time. 

Unless something remarkable happens I don’t know that I will be posting tomorrow.  Kind of a great day to take a computer holiday before I go back and am stuck in front of the machine for 4 long days.  At least I won’t be on-call though so that’s a plus.  I think I’m going to queue up some Man Candy for your viewing pleasure. 

If your on vacation next week, color me jealous.  I kind of wish I would have taken 2 weeks but that would be even more crap to deal with coming back.  I still have plenty of time to use and I am going to do my absolute best to try use as much of it as possible. 

Thanks for stopping by! Take care and enjoy what’s left of the weekend.

Adventures of Friday

Hey,

Ah the last week day of vacation.  Thankfully I still have 2 more days before I have to go back.  I really don’t want to go back but need to be able to keep paying bills and putting food on the floor (for the cats) & table (for me). 

I got up early and got a shower.  Passed out breakfast for the cats.  Made sure Mora had her pill before I left.  Then headed out for breakfast at a local fast food place.  Sat inside eating.  A bunch of old guys talking.  Another old guy comes in about the time they started talking about the Obama Presidential Library.  The guy that walked in heard their comments in interjected himself to their conversation.  It went from calm to a shouting match in about 15 seconds.  Jeez that was uncomfortable.  Thankfully the old guy just walked away and had his breakfast with his wife.  The crowd of old guys kept talking about him for a few minutes and quite loudly like they wanted to egg him on but they switched subjects.  Everything was peaceful when I left.  Not the entertainment that I was looking for while I ate breakfast. 

Got the mail because I saw I had a check from Facebook.  Ooh a whole $7.  Nice to get but wished it was more.  Came back home and relaxed with the cats and watched TV.  Eventually it was time to leave for my Facial.  I looked forward to this and it was my reward to myself. 

The facial was similar to facials I have had before but the esthetician that I got had her face covered in acne.  Seriously, your going to take care of my skin but you can’t take care of your own?  It was an okay experience but I had a bright light in my face for the whole time and had to keep my eyes closed, that was the most uncomfortable part.  I do feel like she did a better job but wish we had a rapport like I do with the lady at the place I normally go once a year.  One of the things that turned me on about this place was that it was $125 total and that included the tip.  Damn if the fuckers didn’t charge a $3.25 administrative fee for taking a credit card, that jacked up the price a bit.  However, I got a receipt and plan to dispute that $3.25 fee, not sure if that will work in my favor.  My skin is glowing and feels super clean.

Came home and had a brownie & a soda.  Chatted with the cats.  Then decided about supper.  Before I left I called a guy that I found on Facebook to see about having him replace the column.  He said he would be right over.  He was pretty quick.  We met and damn it was love at first sight.  I was all tongue tied and had problems talking.  Eventually I got my words out and we had a nice conversation.  My heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to jump out of my chest.  My little voice said go on tell him he’s hot as fuck.  I used different words but told him and he said thanks, my good looks come from my mom.  He asked if there was anything else he could help me with.  I think he was being professional, but I wanted to fuck so bad.  That’s not my make up but I wanted him that bad.  I just said no.  We shook hands and he drove away.  He assured me that I would hear from him within a week.  He doesn’t need any money up front and I wouldn’t pay until the job was done.  When I came back inside I washed my hands just because we shook hands.  My hand was covered in white dust.  I wished that was his load instead. 

Needless to say he’s been on my mind ever since we met.  I think he’s probably straight.  I did some searching found that he is 23 and lives not far from me.  23 no wonder he’s so appealing.  If he comes back here I’m going to ask him on a date but that’s only after business is done.  Worst he can say is no or so I figure. 

After I was done washing my hands I said bye to the cats and left for supper.  I drove to a seafood place that is an hour and 15 minutes away.  Oddly it wasn’t terribly far from the BBQ place that I wanted to go to.  I kept getting lost trying to find the place.  I was clearly in a bad neighborhood.  Two state troopers had two different traffic stops, one happened right in front of me as I was waiting for a light to change.  That said, the food was prenominal.  I had Broiled Orange Roughy.  It came with a salad, green beans and potato.  I had rice by accident instead.  Still it was a nice and quick meal.  They put a small loaf of bread on the table as well but I only ate one slice, didn’t want to fill up on bread.  There were a few alcoholic drinks that I’d like to have tried as well as a couple deserts that looked good.  I think I might have been there 20 to 30 minutes tops.  The place was packed and more people were piling in as I was leaving.  My friend I had lunch with yesterday told me about this place months ago and I decided to give it a try.  I will be back for sure!

Got back on the road home, ran into lots and lots of rain.  From a quick sprinkle to a heavy downpour.  By the time I got home there was no rain here.  It’s been raining off and on all day long.  More is on the way tonight.  Hopefully, I won’t need an arc in the morning to get out. 

I have yet to check work email today, planning on saving that either for later or possibly tomorrow.  Not eager about it at all.  My plan for tomorrow is to visit the office just to see if there is anything waiting for me.  Not sure if I will stop by the Mexican restaurant or just come home and have my Chinese food.  Also not sure if I want to get it done early in the morning or wait until the afternoon.  Kind of depends on how I feel. 

Wishing I wouldn’t have cancelled Rudy’s vet appointment.  I think Mora needs to go back.  Her rear end smells bad again and I think that she is in the process of forming another abscess.  I skipped her dose of antibiotics last night, kind of feel bad about it but she didn’t have any food on her stomach and I was told not to give it to her unless she has eaten otherwise it can cause GI Upset.  Didn’t want her to barf or to take the risk of it.  Right now I am keeping an eye on her.  I plan to soak a couple of paper towels in some warm water and see if she will permit me to wipe her butt gently.  If I have any concerns at all I will get her back to the vet, despite the fact that I really don’t want to go back there anytime soon.  However, my cats health and well being is my #1 concern.  While I shouldn’t put them above myself I do because they mean that much to me.  I know the pain all too well of losing them and while that day will eventually come I don’t want it to be because I failed or hesitated to seek care.  Besides that they both honestly love me and they show that to me constantly.  They know that I love & care for them.  There’s no doubt about it. 

Now I am home for the evening in front of the computer and porn surfing.  Eventually I will head up and call it a night but I am in no hurry to do that.  The cats might make me go to bed.  Last night Mora came down after me and she got me to go upstairs but she wanted to stay down here.  Not sure why she loves the basement.  It’s cooler down here year round.  Cats however like heat and to be warm. 

Here’s hoping that it’s an enjoyable and productive weekend.  The only good thing about going back to work is that I will be back in a routine.  Being free from that short term is nice and I could stand to be away from it a little longer, however I know that eventually no matter what you have to go back.  I didn’t miss a single person.  Glad next week is only a 4 day week. 

Take care and hope you had a great day.  Thanks for reading my adventures/rambling.