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.

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!

Early Night

Morning … Were back on the Monday Morning Train and it sucks like normal!

I watched some Firework & Drone shows on YouTube last night.  What they can do with Drone’s is pretty amazing to me.  While it looks complicated to me I’m sure there is some automation behind it that takes all of the complexity out of it. 

Eventually I got tired of sitting on the couch and elected to head to my room.  Watched the latest episode of The First 48.  Sad story about a young kid who lost his life over an alleged drug deal gone wrong.  The pain from his father was palpable and quite raw. 

When that was done it was time to get ready for bed.  The fireworks in the neighborhood started.  I could hear them.  They don’t bother cats unless they are extremely loud.  I’m thankful for that as I know some folks have pets that go absolutely nuts. 

Once I was ready for bed, I had a white firework of my own to blast off.  There wasn’t a big show but it sure felt good.  That lead to me getting in bed early and by 10p I was turning the TV off and the white noise machine on.  Mora was all cuddled up with me and off to dream land I went. 

I’m amazed at the little work I did with fixing the frame on my bed and flipping the mattress has made quite the difference in sleep for me.  It’s a water bed frame so just some wood.  I’ve had one piece configured wrong for 28 years and no issues.  Last month I heard a creek and though the frame was falling apart, that’s was lead me to investigate and fix the frame over the weekend.  I’m quite happy.  Although, I could use a new bed.  Right now I’m am pretty happy. 

Mexican food was good yesterday as well.  Had a little bit of rain to travel through and it poured while I was eating but was dry when I came out.  I enjoy staying dry and if it’s going to rain this is the best way for it to happen when I am out and about. 

Today is no meeting Monday, I think lots of people will be out this week as well.  Mondays usually start off quiet but it doesn’t take terribly long for things to get rolling.  Back on the meeting band wagon Tuesday & Wednesday – ick.  Really looking forward to having Thursday & Friday off.  Right now I’m just going to enjoy the peace and quiet while it lasts. 

Heat wave is pretty well done but it’s still warm outside.  It’s not like Summer up and left us but the oppressive heat & humidity have at least for a little while.  Hope it’s cooler in your neck of the woods. 

Take care!

Pre-Holiday

Hey, I will admit I am a bit confused on what day of the week it is.  Took me a bit this morning to realize that it’s Friday.  That’s the problem with a holiday during the week, it always seems to mess up what day of the week it is for me. 

I was up at 6a to feed the cats but I didn’t get out of bed until 630a.  They were happy.  Rudy ate like a pig but I kept telling him to save some for his sister, which eventually he did.  That took a little encouragement from my foot in his face but he got the message.  Mora moved in and ate.  Then when she was done Rudy went back and chowed on what was left.  Then promptly threw up and asked for more food, which I didn’t give him.  That’s what he gets for being a pig!

I gave Mora her medicine and then climbed back into bed to watch TV.  I eventually would go back to sleep for a little bit.  Then got up and had breakfast.  Then back to my room to watch some TV.  Felt horny and watched the newest scene from ASG (Next Door Studios) with Josh Brady.  Wow that did the trick and I was horny no more!  It also helped me eventually get back in bed and sleep a little bit more. 

Much to my surprise I was woken up by the sound of lawn mowers.  Yeah I got my grass mowed twice in the same week.  That’s never happened before.  Lawn looks really nice.  Then look over at my neighbors who moved out, their grass is tall and lawn looks like shit.  I’m sure he will be back to mow the grass in the next few days or at least I would expect it. 

Just before 2p I got out of bed and got moving.  Had a shower, got dressed.  Then headed over to the office again.  Yeah twice in one week.  Turns out that I wound up taking my laptop off line when I went in on Monday.  I made the trip back to get it back on the network, which took a couple minutes.  My battery keyboard was dead, which I am not surprised at all.  Eventually I got logged in, the silly thing was sending the wrong keystroke for the first letter of my password.  I tried enough that it locked me out temporarily but I knew how to get around that, smart I am!

Once I was done, I headed for BBQ.  It was delicious.  There was a nice young man who came in to pickup an order.  Man he had the best looking ass.  I wanted to pick him up but just admired him from a distance for the short amount of time he was there.  That plus the good food made the trip worth while. 

Stopped at the post office to get the mail and then finally home.  Been working on laundry.  Rudy threw up on my new cover earlier in the week.  So I stripped the bed completely.  The mattress pad takes forever to wash and dry which is why I am so late.  Just waiting for the dryer to sound off so I can throw the blanket in and once it’s dry I can head up.  The cats much to my surprise are hanging out upstairs sleeping. 

I’ve put much thought into making contact with my late spouses grandson.  After gathering opinions from several people I’ve elected to try to make contact with him.  I have spent hours in front of the computer crafting a simple letter to him.  The letter is finalized and I printed it out along with his grandfathers obituary and some photos of his father when he was in high school.  The letter says in a nutshell who I am, who his grandfather was and lets him know that if he wants to make contact with me he can, if he chooses not to I totally understand but the final decision is his.  I let him know plainly that unless he reaches out I won’t be bugging him.  I figured out when his birthday is and he will be 18 and in the eyes of the law in the state, he will be an adult.  I researched property tax records to find out where his mother lives, which is where I am sending the letter.  It won’t be mailed until his birthday occurs so he is of age.  I am sending it by certified mail restricted delivery (I want to ensure that he’s the one who gets the letter and no one else).  Hopefully, the post office does their job correctly.  That’s going to cost me some where around $20 when I could easily drive to the house much cheaper, but given the circumstances the mail is the most appropriate.  If this attempt fails and the letter comes back to me then I know where he’s going to college at and will try there in a couple months.  I just want him to get the letter and if he reaches out great we can talk.  If he chooses not to reach out fine, at least he knows the truth.  I know that heritage and family is important to him.  I got the letter, obit and photos printed and prepared for mailing.  Fingers crossed this all works out well.  I think it will be a total and complete surprise to him.  I’m glad that when I had my late spouses obit printed I had the sense of mind to list his grandson as a surviving relative, even if I did spell his name wrong.  I’ll keep you updated as this unfolds.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Plans for tomorrow.  Well if it works out like I want it to.  I will get up early and head out to breakfast.  Fill up the gas tank and come back home to rest.  Lupper (that’s lunch & supper) is at 2p @ Olive Garden.  A strange place that I never thought I would be on Independence Day but I’m sure we won’t be the only one’s there.  Once that’s over with come back home and spend the rest of the day with the birthday cats.  Yeah, Rudy & Mora will turn 7 years old tomorrow.  I looked at the photo I have in my office when I was at work.  You can see the youth in there faces and they both look innocent.  Comparing that to where we are now, they have blossomed and both of their personalities have really developed in the 4 years they have been with me.  I say it often because it’s true, I am glad that they are my cats.  It’s going to suck as we both age but at least we will be growing old together, so to speak. 

Off to occupy my time as I wait for laundry to complete.  I know that eventually one of the cats will be down here “barking” at me telling me it’s time for bed, because it is.  However not much I can do with the bedding in the laundry got to have it to make the bed so we can all climb in. 

The AC has been working some serious overtime but damn it feels really nice in here!  I will be glad when the heat wave is done. 

Take care!                       

Windows 11

Happy Saturday!  I had another insomnia attack last night that ruined my intentions for today.  However, I made the best of it.  Watched an old movie called Stir Crazy with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder.  It was long but kept my interest and when it was done I easily fell back to sleep.  Rudy woke me up around 7:30a, kind of surprised he let me sleep in.  He wanted his breakfast though and I passed it out for him.  Then I came back to bed and waited as I watched more TV to eventually pass out.  I got up around 9a and had breakfast which was nothing more than cereal and a banana.  Then it was back to the bedroom to watch more TV and nap. 

I got moving late in the afternoon and headed to a steak house to order chicken.  It’s a dish similar to what I order at Outback called Alice Springs Chicken.  It was good but they forgot the bacon.  Grabbed the mail and returned home.  That was as much getting out as I needed to do. 

I noticed yesterday when I set the trash out that a Wasp has setup a nest right behind my security camera.  I know that it’s a matter of time before I get a little too close for comfort that the damn thing will attack me.  I am probably going to get some Wasp spray and try to kill it.  I am not a fan of insects much less stinging or biting ones. 

Last night I watched a 2 hour Only Fans that someone called Justasoccerboi filmed with Seth Peterson.  They were in a hotel room and forgot to deadbolt the door so the maid interrupted them trying to come in and clean the room but Seth was getting eaten out and told the lady to come back later.  The room looked nice as did the guys but the whole thing wasn’t edited very well and it’s by far the longest Only Fans clip that I have ever watched.  I just deleted it from my system just because it was so long and quite large.  Seth as you might recall passed away earlier this year from what is believed to be an accidental drug overdose.  

Speaking of OF, I just got a bunch of Blake Mitchell OF clips that were leaked.  Most of which I had before but I never had any of his Live Chats.  It’s nice to hear his voice and quite a shame that he too passed away in a motor vehicle accident late last year.  One clip I want to see is the final one he made with Joey Mills.  While Blake published everything, Joey hides some clips behind a pay wall and thus why I haven’t seen it.  Not paying $25 for one clip, sure I want to see it but not that bad. 

On the dating front I got an ad last night from a service called Mingleo.  It’s a dating service that requires a subscription but they match you with other guys based on your interest and how you both responded to their questionnaires.  I’m going to do some research on them before I just blindly spend money.  They are in most major cities in the US so in case your looking thought I’d share it.  They keep your information private unless you ask them to share it or choose to share it on your own with a guy.  This sounds a lot like It’s Just Lunch but something that is cheaper and targeted to gay men. 

While I was watching TV this afternoon, I fired up my laptop to do some surfing and have noticed that when I shutdown the menu shows up differently and the taskbar looked different, I unlocked it and sure enough I can resize it to make it show more icons in the system tray as well as display the Time, Day of the Week and Date.  This was my major factor for not upgrading other than in general I am not a W11 fan.  However, now that I know that I am so tempted to give in and upgrade to get it over with.  I know that sooner or later were all going to have to as extended support will expire or Microsoft will make it so cost prohibitive that most folks will just give in and upgrade rather than pay.  Part of me wants to upgrade now and the other part of me says wait until you have much more time to deal with things if something goes south. 

Meanwhile I discovered that I threw my laundry in the dryer and walked away, never pressed the start button.  I thought it was taking an unusual amount of time to dry so I went and checked on it.  Sometimes my brain just goes out to lunch without me and I do silly stuff like that but it’s not often enough to be concerning. 

I’ve got a task to take care of at work tomorrow, I will need to login the morning and then again later in the afternoon.  I am planning on going to eat lupper early.  So that I am available when I need to login.  I am not a fan of working weekends but I’m on call.  Thinking of pizza and trying to see the straight hot waiter that I have a mad crush on.  Not sure why I am so attracted to straight guys, wish that my Gaydar worked better. 

Not a horrible Saturday just not the most productive.  However it was good for relaxation.  Shame that the time goes by so quickly.  It was a nice day until I got out for supper then it became overcast and has started to rain a little bit here and there.  Hope it was a good day for you!

Fatigued

Hey!

Memorial Day was a nice day to have off.  I was worn out and wound up sleeping through the morning.  I eventually got up, threw on some clothes and ventured over to the office.  I got the card for my co-worker on it’s way to HR.  I walked around for a couple minutes and then left.

Hit up the cat food store on the way back home.  Selection of food was down a little bit but I still managed to drop $50 and that will last roughly 2 weeks. 

Got home and relaxed with the few hours that I had left.  Watching TV, drinking a soda and enjoying the company of the cats.  Time to leave snuck up on me and I got moving.  I made it right on time to my friends place. 

It was a good time and I wanted to keep it shorter than it went but I left after a few hours.  It was still daylight and I had an hour of free time before it was time to get ready for bed. 

We had Hamburgers, Dill Potato Salad, Baked Beans, Potato Chips and Corn on the cob.  Cherry pie for desert to cap it off.  They didn’t have any soda this time so I had to drink water but it was fine. 

This morning I woke up and felt quite fatigued.  I think it was a combination of the heat as well as the gutter work I did that finally caught up to me.  The more I sat and thought about it the more I talked myself into taking today off.  The poor boss was all by himself.  I turned my phone off after I sent an email to tell him I wouldn’t be in today.  I don’t plan on powering it back up until tomorrow morning when it will be time to go back.  I looked at my schedule before I made my final decision and I really didn’t have a whole lot going since I did some work over the weekend. 

I do plan on returning tomorrow because I know I’m the only one, there is plenty to do on the schedule and I am sure that I will have carry over work that piled up from today.  So when Rudy comes calling me at 6 something am tomorrow morning, I will give in so I can get an early start and hopefully a jump on the day. 

Today I slept and it felt good.  Got up for lunch, had a small lunch and some Gator Aid.  Wound up heading back to bed and sleeping some more despite telling myself I need to stay awake.  I’m sure tonight won’t be much fun trying to sleep but perhaps I will luck out and will get a good nights rest.  Not doing so is the leading cause of why I would take another day but knowing the circumstances like I do, unless I am feeling super bad, I will force myself to go back. 

My stomach has been doing summersaults all day long and that didn’t help things.  Had a light supper.  I surfed for porn and got myself all turned on this afternoon.  I am only in front of the computer now because I found content that I wanted to download.  I realize I need to pay a couple of bills as well. 

I will be headed back up to shave, shower and enjoy the rest of the evening until I hopefully eventually fall asleep.  If all goes according to plan I will have a 3 day work week which isn’t bad, even if I am on-call. 

Really wish I would have felt better this morning but I have oodles of time so it’s not a huge big deal to me.  Hopefully, your day today was way better than mine.  Not sure if I will be able to post tomorrow or not depending upon my workload.  Take care!

Ah, Saturday

Hey friends, hope your all doing well.  We made it to the weekend!

I really thought I’d get up early this morning, force myself to have breakfast out and then go to my friends shop.  Sadly this agenda has been pending for weeks now.  Still no change it’s on the pending list. 

I had my usual weekend sleep interruption where I wake up and can’t go back to sleep.  This one was short and Mora helped to get me back to sleep but I did have to watch some TV.  Rudy tried getting me up early but that didn’t work and he let me sleep in until a little after 7a. 

Got up to feed the cats and then saw the cereal box sitting on the table.  Figured might as well polish it off.  It was Cinnamon Toast Crunch.  I love sugar despite the fact that it’s not good for me.  Had 3 small bowls to polish the box off and ate the last Banana. 

Felt pretty good thought that I would actually eventually get around to taking a shower within an hour but instead I wound up going back to bed.  It felt good to just kick back, it’s been a rough week.  I had to work harder this week than I have in a long time.  My days of rest I believe are behind me at least until the weekend arrives. 

It was lunch time for the cats (that’s 11a) here and I had to get out of bed because Rudy wanted lunch.  I got up to feed them, had a soda, looked at my phone, had a snack and then another snack.  Watched YouTube.  Then switched over to porn.  I was horny, morning is my best time for that.  I saw a hot scene and a cute blond twink, wow that’s all it took.  I was busy.  Wound up heading back to my room and this turned out to be one of those times where I really had to work for the climax.  Eventually it happened and it was incredible I let out one of my famous loud moans.  Rudy looked at me as if to say, are you okay?  I’m loud enough that we used to think someone would call the police thinking something was seriously wrong.  I haven’t been that loud in a long time.  Jeez that was one sloppy messy good time. 

After that work out and my heart rate returned to normal, I wound up getting sleepy.  Got in a quick nap.  Then just laid around for the rest of the afternoon watching TV.  I was planning on going to the other buffet but talked myself out of it.  Instead I went to the Mexican place up the street that I was at on Sunday.  I have been craving it all week long.  Got a shower before I left.  It was a short trip I might have been gone 45 minutes total.  Saw that Gas is approaching $5 a gallon, there was a serious spike in prices this week.  It’s getting out of control but since Summer is around the corner I don’t think there will be any relief insight anytime soon, but I hope I am wrong. 

Once I got back home, had to fill up the water softener with salt, it’s been low all week long.  Then I vacuumed my office and the rest of the basement.  Mora is a furry girl.  I picked up a lot.  Discovered with all of the recent heavy rain we had last week I have some wet carpet.  I know how the water is getting in, through a hole that the ground hog dug and the Raccoons are using it now.  I’ve got the space heater on that section of carpet to dry it out.  I need to get some rock and sand to close up the hole.  I know they are going to open it again.  My goal isn’t to bury anything alive but to keep water out of the basement.  I don’t mind the critters but I do mind the wet basement.  The real fix would be to get rid of the critters, seal up the opening with concrete and problem solved forever.  

On the work front, the new guy started.  My colleague had the first call with him and he told me that he was unprofessional and cussed a lot.  When my call came around he didn’t say any cuss words.  It was a business conversation that just seemed to keep going.  I think that the new guy thinks of my colleague as someone who is less of a threat.  Where as I’ve been around for years and I’m a more by the rules and close to management type person.  Clearly I don’t follow all the rules but I do follow most of them.  We will have more meetings next week and the training will continue for a few weeks so that’s why I said my days of rest are behind me, this guy is going to keep me busy.  Only good thing about that is it makes the day fly by. 

Thanks for dropping by!

Summer Time HOT

Hey, hope your weekend is going well.  Friday night I texted the guy about the yard work.  He said that he could come by on Sunday to look at it.  He wasn’t available today because he was going out of town.  I’m honestly getting the vibe that he’s not really interested.  We shall see if he shows up on Sunday.  If he does I am going to press pretty hard to find out when he can get this done, the sooner the better.  Meanwhile thinking that he’s going to fall through I found some additional recommendations online and have reached out.  As of Friday night I was waiting to hear back. 

Stayed up until closer to 10p, sitting in the dark with the windows open and feeling the cool breeze as the temperature wound down.  The cats really liked it.  My new dusk to dawn light sensors came and I got them installed.  They work like a charm.  Not I don’t have to worry about a timer for the front lights, they stay on all the time and turn on and off automatically.  The sensors were sold in pairs of 2 so I had to buy 2 sets because I have 3 lights. 

Despite it being hot in the house I managed to fall asleep with the ceiling fan on, that helped.  Rudy had me up at 6a and I passed out breakfast for the cats.  I returned to bed and watched TV, wanting to fall back to sleep but that didn’t happen.  Got up and had a left over piece of Chocolate Cake and a glass of milk for breakfast.  That was pretty good!  I knew the sugar would wear off and I’d for sure fall back asleep.  Took a couple hours but yeah, I got a nice mid-morning nap. 

The high for today 85, yeah I wasn’t ready for that.  As much as I didn’t want to I made the flip and fired up the AC.  It started without any issues and has been working.  Mora sensed the cold air blowing up the cat tree.  She got happy about it and had to inspect every register to make sure that they were all blowing cold air, which they were.  She laid in the sunshine in the living room while the cold air blew on her.  Talk about the best of both worlds.  The AC will need to stay on Sunday but then I can fire the furnace back up because it will be back to Spring like weather until Thursday when we go to 87 for the high.  I think there will be more severe weather coming with that hot weather. 

I did some writing this afternoon, it was nice to bask in silence.  Turned my phone off to shut out the world at large.  I always get a comfort feeling from doing that but still in the back of my mind think what if I miss an important or emergency call.  When I fired it back up, there were no emergencies but I did get two different folks calling me back about my yard work.  They both want to come on Sunday to give me an estimate and I have no idea what time the original guy is coming by.  After he leaves I plan to call them both back to see about getting estimates and award this job to someone, unless I get a real comfort feeling from the original guy.  I made it pretty clear to him last night that I want this done and damn quick. 

My neighbors kid fired up the mower today and cut their grass for the first time.  So glad that I turned the AC on.  Fresh Cut grass makes me sneeze my head off.  I’ve never really like that scent.  I know lots of people love it but it’s not for me.  It’s the season opener for mowing here and I know there will be more of it in the days ahead.  My lawn is ready for it’s first cut, I suspect that will happen this week. 

I went for a drive and got some pizza.  As expected the straight waiter that I have a mad crush on was no where to be seen.  A hot twunk walked in, long curly hair and a nice build.  He played the slots.  I thought about following him to see if maybe I could play with his stick.  Yeah I’m starting to get desperate but I know that a one night stand would probably do more psychological damage than it would solve.  I know that it would all feel good.  Thinking of jumping back into the dating game.  Anyway, I sat and waited for my pizza to cook and arrive.  It was good.  I saw a scruffy twink sitting at a table with his parents.  They kept sending him out to the car for different items, not sure what that was all about.  However, he too had a nice rear end.  So pizza and a little bit of a show. 

Grabbed the mail and here I am back at home with the cats.  The AC kicked on.  It’s freezing as expected in the basement.  I closed the vent in my office and fired up the space heater.  Mora is snoring in the chair behind me.  She got her attention and belly rub, now she’s out like a light.  I love hearing her snore.  I know that both cats are quite happy here and that brings me comfort.  Still doesn’t take away my feelings that rise up from time to time about checking out of the world.  I think of them and that’s what keeps me around.  We are the perfect fit.  They provide comfort & companionship for me as well as entertainment once and a while.  I provide a home, food, treats, love and attention.  Health care is included with that as well, hopefully we are years away from them needing anything in that area though.  I honestly think that if we separated Mora for sure would die from a broken heart and Rudy would die without Mora.  Talk about a tight bond!

On a different note I got to test drive AT&T’s network today with my recent plan change.  Man their network is so much better than it used to be.  I’ve got consistent coverage and decent speed.  Happy with the choice I made, not so happy with the price.  Got my bill today as well, the system forgot to apply discounts so my bill was a bit larger than it should have been.  I paid it with hopes that things will be fixed by next month, otherwise I will be calling.  I hate calling customer service for anything major – cell service, TV, cable you go through a million menus, get put on hold and then shuffled around.  Often it takes more than one call to get an issue resolved and you wind up talking and telling your story to so many people.  It’s frustrating. 

Thinking about BBQ for tomorrow even though I really want Mexican food.  Tomorrow I will top off the tank in the morning, I looked at gas prices before I left for my adventure today and they are hovering close to $5 per gallon.  Damn pretty soon no one will be able to afford to go anywhere.  I feel bad for the people that have to commute to work.  I know that prices will fall eventually but right now there is no end in sight, which is scary. 

Stay safe and be well.

Hump Day

Morning everyone!

Had a bad dream from some guilt that I have over working from home.  Not sure if it’s related but I have periods of time where my sex drive gets up and leaves.  I forced my self to get off last night but my body went through the process I didn’t feel any pleasure from it.  It’s a temporary thing and I know my sex drive will come back.  This could be part of the aging process but I remember when my late spouse was my age and he was horny all the time.

Speaking of my late spouse I can believe that in a few weeks it will mark 13 years since he passed.  Damn I can’t believe he’s been gone that long and I can’t believe I’ve made such progress in that time.  Only wish that I wasn’t all alone.  Being alone is good for some of the time but not all the time.  Kind of why I got the cats, they keep me company and provide entertainment.  They are my reason I keep getting out of bed.  However, I am starting to grow tired of getting out of bed.  I am just frustrated in general with my life and some of it with my job.  However, I still realize that I am lucky to be in the position I am in, even though it doesn’t feel all that rewarding at times. 

On the job front, yesterday the boss was buried with email so he kind of kept his distance.  I got a few email requests and one phone call from him.  Otherwise, he left me alone.  We have a couple more meetings today and as he gets caught up I am sure that he will engage more, which I honestly don’t look forward to.  The day doesn’t look bad, a period of time free this morning and then after were done with the afternoon meeting, I should hopefully be free.  I enjoy freedom but I keep a watchful eye and tend to intercept any work that I see coming in.  I enjoy being helpful but that generally causes more work to come my way.  Sometimes I guess I am my own worst enemy. 

Watched last weeks episode of Chicago PD last night, it was interesting and it felt kind of odd watching it on a Tuesday when I tend to normally watch on Friday nights.  I am behind on watching Network TV and my DVR is filling up.  I like streaming content and tend to hang out on YouTube the most but other platforms that I subscribe to get my attention as well, just not nearly as much as YouTube. 

It was a brisk cold winter day yesterday.  This morning woke up to a dusting of snow.  Saw the Raccoon walking in it on the back deck from the camera history this morning.  Also we have a new stray cat that is coming around.  It’s shy and doesn’t like me.  Probably because the last person it trusted dumped it.  I get not trusting humans.  That’s now Momma was but she was desperate for food for her and the kids she was carrying.  I’m not looking to take on another cat.  I mean I want to save them all but hell that is an impossible task.  I also don’t know how well my bonded pair would adjust to me interrupting their happy home with a new friend.  They fight for attention at times and I can only imagine that getting another one would cause quite the disruption.  I have no plans to find out.  I’m content with 2.  Not quite sure how I managed 7 of them all by myself but then again I was younger and they were my family!

Weather is supposed to warm up to more Spring like temperatures today before we get sent back into summer heat.  I hope that we get a period where we don’t need heat or ac to survive and I can just listen to true silence before were forced into the deep fryer that summer heat will bring.  I also hope that my AC holds up another year. 

Hope it’s a great day for all of us and that none of us work too hard.  Wish that work gave Spring Breaks.  We have no holidays until May but that doesn’t mean I can’t go on vacation.  I really don’t want to schedule any lengthy time off until we have another person on board but regardless of that, time will eventually force me to schedule some time. 

Take care!

Getting Plowed ?

The snow has fallen and it is going to continue for a few more hours and then we are done!  I am VERY GLAD that I listened to my little voice and went to the grocery store on Thursday.  It is IMPOSSIBLE to get out today.  I have a foot of snow in my driveway.  While I know that I could get out if I needed, getting back in would be the challenge, especially now that I am about in the market for tires. 

Yesterday (Saturday) I woke up early to feed Rudy, had my breakfast, and then watched TV and went back to bed.  When I woke up, we had a dusting of snow.  It took a long time before it started to really accumulate.  One of my neighbors bought an electric snow blower and he cleared his driveway in record time.

I watched TV and got some porn going on my laptop.  I surfed all day long and got quite worked up.  I also decided to give cupping another try.  That was a stupid idea.  I did not know that you could burn yourself from the infrared heat. That is what happened to me.  I got two burns.  One on each shoulder.  When I looked at it at first it looked like a pimple, so I popped one side wide open, that is when I realized it was a burn and not a pimple.  I put some ice on each side for a while and that cooled things off.  Then applied antibiotic ointment.  I put my shirt back on and just went about the day.  Before bed I found some sterile nonstick pads and some first aid tape, applied more antibiotic ointment and some Aquaphor.  Put the pads on with the tape.  Then I wondered, is this what it feels like when you get Angel Wings? Now my back does not hurt from muscle pain it hurts for a different reason. 

I had a nice release before bed since I was still quite worked up from all the content I watched earlier in the day.  Made it through the night and slept fine.  Woke up early to take care of my work testing and to feed Rudy.  Had breakfast and watched TV for a couple of hours before I headed back to bed. 

I am working on laundry now.  I’ve done some surfing this morning and got my desktop rebooted so it’s all fresh and ready for the week ahead. 

Made a call to a guy I called last year when we had a large snowfall to get my driveway plowed.  He asked if I needed to get plowed today. He’s talking about my driveway, but my mind went elsewhere because sex is always on my brain.  I said no hurry I do not plan on going anywhere.  He said to plan for tomorrow hopefully to take care of things.  I will be up and around since it’s a workday.  Last year his plow broke down, and he wound up letting me down and that is when I had to hire some kids off social media and got raped on the price.  I hope this is a better experience.  I never asked price, but I am hoping he will be cheaper than the kids that raped me last year, that is if he shows up.  I honestly do not plan to leave all week long until Saturday, but it would be nice to know that I could get in and out if I wanted to. 

Come Saturday I plan to get a quote on tires.  They are not bald but I am for sure in the market for new ones.  Braking takes a bit longer and I’d just as soon get new tires and be safe, even if I do wind up trading this vehicle later in the year.  However, I am thinking more like hanging on to this vehicle a bit longer. Kind of depends on how things go. 

I have been listening to the scanner and yesterday the trooper I rode with last year was working, he must have pulled a 12-hour day.  Lots of accidents and medical calls. Today is much of the same and there appear to be a lot more accidents.  I am not hearing a whole lot of activity locally, most of it is State traffic.  There are also lulls and I wonder if my scanner is still powered on, then activity starts up again.  This is for sure busy season for all first responders and telecommunicators (aka dispatchers). Kind of glad that I am on the listening end but kind of wish that I could be at the helping end a bit.  I’ve thought of a career change to a dispatcher.  However, my current job isn’t that bad and I can work. from home.  I could not do that if I changed jobs. 

Waiting for the laundry to finish and then I am headed up to put it away and start cleaning.  Then getting my pills set out for the week and by then it will be figuring out what to watch on TV to occupy myself.  I could easily sit in front of the computer screen all day, but I would rather watch TV.  I will be back in front of the screens tomorrow.  I’m going to get a shower tonight and I am low key a bit nervous since I do not know how bad it will feel on the burns.  I know that cleaning them and getting fresh dressings on will be a good thing.  They are very minor burns but still they hurt a bit at times.  Hopefully, they will heal up quickly. 

Hope you are safe, warm, and enjoying the weekend!  Take care and thanks for stopping by.

Accomplishments for today

Well I did all of my usual morning errands.  Hit up the cat food store in the afternoon and then left town for that BBQ place that is an hour and a half away.  I enjoyed the drive but it would have been better on a warmer day.  The food was good but the restaurant didn’t have the best atmosphere.  It’s a sports bar type place but the location that closed years ago that was more local to me was more refined and upscale looking.  What I went to today was like a hole in the wall.  I had the Brisket with some mashed potatoes and broccoli.  It came with a slice of Garlic Bread.  Washed it all down with a couple diet sodas.  Saw a twink and he was playing with his girlfriend but unbeknownst to him he put on quite the show for me.  He had a sweet ass. 

Once I got home it was a little after 5p and the sun had just set.  The gas tank is almost empty so I will need to fill it up tomorrow. Probably going out for Mexican food if I feel like it, if not then at least to the gas station.  It’s supposed to be even colder here tomorrow with a cold front moving in tonight.  The furnace is running a lot more, I turned it up one degree before I left this afternoon to keep it comfy for the cats. 

I logged on to work and trimmed my inbox from 364 emails to 64.  Nothing like time away to point out the amount of useless emails that you accumulate each week.  There are tons of things I am copied on that don’t matter to me, that I could care less about and just delete or file away.  Man shit really went sideways while I was out this past week.  My co-worker picked and chose what he would do and what he wouldn’t touch.  That makes it difficult for me because I have to check every little thing and it’s time consuming.  There is plenty more to do tomorrow and I do plan to get more into the thick of things then.  Hopefully, that will make Tuesday a bit easier on me. 

Monday is a holiday in the US – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Thankfully we are closed, so it works to my advantage in playing catchup.  Lots of people though will know that I was working tonight because the emails are flying. 

My calendar for Tuesday is a complete wreck and quite full.  Our boring meetings we have are back on the calendar for the year.  I hate that.  However, I guess it’s all part of getting back to normal.  Despite the fact that myself and a colleague really hate them, they could be emails instead of meetings. 

I’m headed up after I wrangle the cats and grab another load of laundry.  I had my release last night and it felt so good that I want another one tonight. 

As for how I am doing.  Well for some reason both of my sides hurt and I am now starting to cough more.  I haven’t had any serious coughing fits to the point where I would expect my sides to hurt.  As long as I am not getting worse.  I honestly don’t want to take any more time from work for this.  However, if I am to the point where I am fatigued I certainly won’t hesitate. 

A point of clarification when I talked about Steroids.  I was prescribed a short term dose of corticosteroids (a description of what they are used for appears below).  More specifically Prednisone.  I didn’t want anyone to think I on Anabolic Steroids.  I’m not looking to get ripped, I’m looking to feel better.  Typically they increase appetite for me and give me hot flashes.  Thus far since I was only on a 3 days course I have felt none of the usual side effects.  They do make you urinate more and if you don’t keep up your fluid intake you can dehydrate. 

Corticosteroids are a class of medications that reduce inflammation and suppress the immune system. They are synthetic drugs similar to cortisol, a hormone produced by the adrenal glands. Commonly used corticosteroids include prednisone, cortisone, hydrocortisone, and dexamethasone.

I am quite proud of my accomplishments today.  Still need to run the vacuum and take the trash out.  However, the cats water fountain is cleaned, I put that off from last week.  Their litter boxes have been serviced as well. 

Here’s hoping for a good nights rest and that I feel even better tomorrow.  My antibiotics will take me thru Friday.  It will take a couple days for my system to flush the effects of the steroid out so I am truly back to normal.  I did get a headache tonight on the way home but I knew I needed my evening meds and that fixed it.  Hate headaches, don’t know how anyone puts up with them especially migraines.  I don’t get them usually unless I am sick.  I want to stay away from where all of the sick people are, places like doctors offices, hospitals and urgent care.  It’s just an opportunity to pick up something I don’t have.  I know that you can get germs anywhere I just think I am more apt to get them in the places sick people congregate at. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope your doing well!

Way better

Today has been a much better day for me, though it didn’t start out that way.  Rudy I think could wake up a Rooster, he is an early riser.  I told him last night I didn’t need an early wake up call but he does what he wants with that information.  Don’t tell me he doesn’t understand me, I know differently.  He decided that I needed to be up at 6am, despite it being a Saturday and nothing really on the agenda for the day. 

Well, I got up begrudgingly and fed him and his sister.  Used the bathroom and then climbed back into bed.  I knew that watching a little TV would help me get back to sleep so that’s what I did.  It worked and I got maybe an hour or two more.  Then my body said it was time to be awake. 

I continued to lounge in my bedroom and watch TV.  Passed out lunch for the cats and grabbed a soda and a cookie.  Then back to TV watching.  I finished The Upshaws on Netflix.  I’ve watched the series from the start, it’s a pretty good show and the comedy is awesome!

Decided that I wanted to make a trek to a BBQ place that is no longer local.  It would take me about an hour and a half to drive there.  I haven’t shaved in over a week.  So I charged up the trimmer and while I was waiting for that to complete I watched TV.  It was noon. 

About 1p I got up and checked the trimmer was done.  I turned off the TV and grabbed the trimmer.  Headed to the bathroom and started to get the fur off my face.  I always flirt with keeping either a goatee or a mustache but I’m a clean shaven guy so I chopped it all off.  Then broke out the razor and made sure I was smooth.  Time for a shower after all of that work. 

I felt more alive after the shower but I knew that this was the steroids talking and working their magic.  I am coughing more now but it’s not excessive like it normally is where the cough becomes my new best friend and hopefully we don’t get to that point. I hope that I am truly on the mend because this has sucked.  I enjoyed the time away from my job but I didn’t like the symptoms and it hasn’t boded well for my depression. 

It’s super cold out and my phone said that it felt like 2 degrees Fahrenheit.  I had on a sweater pullover, jeans and my hat & coat.  I decided that BBQ was for sure what I wanted but making that long trek just wasn’t in the cards today.  Instead I went to a local BBQ place.  Saw a hot guy who was there with his wife.  He had a baby face and a nice slim build.  He looked a little familiar like he could have been a former co-worker but the more I looked at him the more I realized that probably wasn’t the case.  I had a decent meal, then it was back into the cold.  It was snowing when I drove in, just flurries and I had a little bit of that on the drive home.  Stopped to grab the mail and then back home. 

Time to get working on laundry.  I had to wash the sheets and bedding just because I’ve lived in bed most of the week.  I wanted to get this started before I left but Rudy was all passed out and looked quite comfy so I didn’t bother him.  As soon as I put my coat on he sprang to life and came to see what I was up to. 

Laundry has long been done and the bed is made.  Just need to put the pillow cases on and I’m all set.  Been watching porn and adding to my collection.  I haven’t really been in the mood being sick but now I’ve got myself all horned up so I am looking forward to some much needed self pleasure – that sweet release. 

I checked on the trap I set and the hole I filled the other night and it’s undisturbed.  My plan is when it’s warmer to pull all that junk out and put in some chicken wire and then steel wool and finally fill it in again with foam sealer.  That should be a permanent fix.  The other option is to just put a cap over it on the inside.  I’d much rather just smash it closed from the outside but that would require way too much work and honestly the effort isn’t worth it.  I know that mice and rodent in general are kept at bay by chicken wire and steel wool.  I’ve checked all of the mouse traps that are still set inside and they are all empty.  It’s been 3 years since I’ve been mouse free and I honestly don’t want to go down that rabbit hole again. 

What I think happened is there is a raccoon that made a home under the deck.  It chewed on the foam to try to get to some place warmer but nothing else has crawled in and the Raccoon is way too fat to fit through a dryer vent.  If it had babies they would certainly be small enough to but this place is a home for me and the cats there isn’t room for any other critters. 

My original plan included diving into work email but I’ve decided against that for now.  Possibly tomorrow and Monday I will work on that.  Today is just about rest and doing some playing on the computer. 

I’ve got a huge jump on my taxes.  I’m to the point where I am ready to file but I most likely won’t until next month.  I’m getting a small refund and have to pay 1 state which I am not eager to do. 

Tomorrow’s agenda is to grab some breakfast, hit up Target and the grocery store.  Possibly top off the gas tank and then come home.  Rest up as usual.  Clean the house and then in the afternoon if I am feeling well enough I will make the long trek for BBQ, otherwise I will go someplace else.  I need to hit up the cat food store too.  Once I am home for the day I plan to then dive into work email.  I don’t want to but it’s not like it’s going anywhere and it’s not like I am never going back although I wish that was the case.  However, I need the money so as the saying goes – I owe, I owe, it’s off to work I go. 

Hope that you had a great day and are staying warm & well.  It’s suppose to be a little bit warmer here tomorrow but not by a whole lot.  Flurries are in the forecast.  Thanks for stopping by.

Catching up

Howdy!

Thanks for stopping by. I took Wednesday as a veg day. I was able to finally get the backup process started on my porn collection. It's running now. I've got way too many external hard drives and the next logical move is to upgrade my storage to a NAS (Network Area Storage). Thinking about that more towards Christmas since I might be able to get a bargain. If I didn't go the NAS route then it would be looking a cloud provider for storage. Long term the cloud would be a better solution because it would be up to that provider to maintain their network, whereas with a NAS if a drive fails that's on me to replace. Ah technology it is great but it can also be expensive. I could store other things on a NAS as well but it would mainly be to archive and preserve my porn collection. That's what takes up most of the disk space I have, even when compressed and archived.

The cats enjoyed me taking a break. I was feeling a bit down/depressed and lonely. Towards the late afternoon I got a phone call that I have been waiting for. Something that I had dismissed and figured wouldn't happen but it is happening and it's only because of me and my persistence. I'm glad that things came together. This is the big event that I have been talking about. It's another ride along with a police officer but this time it's at the State level. It sounds like it might be hours long and who knows what I will see. It takes place tomorrow afternoon. Sadly, I had to cancel my massage because I figured that this event would wind up cutting into that time and I wouldn't want to rush or short change myself of this experience. It's pretty important to me. I'm super pumped for this and eager. I hope that the Trooper I am with is personable and has a sense of humor. Guess I will find out soon enough.

I went for my facial this morning. First time that I had extractions that had to be done. They were painful but glad they are behind me. I knew that I had a pimple setting up to form on my nose. I tried my best to stop it but that didn't work. I didn't see anything when I looked in the mirror hours before I showered. Apparently, most folks have facials done every month, unlike me who only has them done annually. This year I did an anti-aging facial to help plump my skin and work away a bit of the dark circles that were starting to form under my eyes. The whole process was like an hour and a half. It was just chemical after chemical. I got the areas where the rash I have had zapped with a tool that kills bacteria down to the root. I figured it couldn't hurt. Guess we will see if that helps any. I left with samples of cleansers, a mask and several different moisturizers. It's all a ploy to get you to come back to buy product from them. I'll use the samples. I'm thinking of investing in a Clarasonic. I jumped on the band wagon when they first came out and my skin was glowing. Sadly, the battery in the unit died and won't take a charge. I got one for my late spouse and even his is so old that battery is zapped. No easy way to take them apart. Everything now a days is made to toss and replace. I'm not a fan of that model. Anyway, I am sure that a Clarasonic would help my skin, not that it's in bad shape but hey it could use any help I can give it to help maintain my so-called good looks.

The table that I was on for my facial always makes my neck ache afterwards. I got a pillow this year but that didn't help out a whole bunch. The table is in an odd position where the head is lowered and the feet are elevated. I had the table adjusted but even that didn't help a whole lot. I wound up coming home afterwards and taking a nap. Rudy curled up with me. Then he had lunch.

I went back out grabbed the mail and that bill finally showed up. My payment even though I scheduled it today won't get there in time so I will be late. I hate that but at the same time I won't lose any sleep over it. Made a run to Sam's club. Saw a couple frat bros that looked super-hot. Blond hair and blue eyes. One was tall and the other was short. They seemed pretty close. Sadly, I wasn't able to get a rear view because there was foot traffic and I had to keep moving. As per usual I went in and spent more money than I had planned on. Printer ink went up by $10, it was already expensive as it was. The only thing that I didn't get was Water Softener Salt and that's because the display was a mess with a broken bag and what looked to be slim pickings. I've got two bags here that I will be loading up and that should tide me for a few more months. Still, I like to have it on hand much like printer ink, you always run out at the most inconvenient time.

Came back home and unloaded my purchases and then dashed off to the car wash. No eye candy there and even though kids are back in school that place is jumping. Seems that everyone wants to get their car washed. It was busy the last time I was there a few days ago.

I grabbed some lunch and headed down to pay my bill, get email and surf the internet. Shocker I found more porn to download. Seems there is always a hot scene waiting and I'm not upset about that at all. Rudy came and got me when it was time for supper. I took a break and got the cats food. Then grabbed myself something and watched TV taking a break from the computer.

Now I am back in front of it. I had some photos to organize and a letter to write. Got all of that out of the way. Caught up on my blog visits and I am slowly working my way to being done. I might type up a story that I had written. I did manage to do that yesterday and left the computer all hot and horny. Not a bad thing at all.

Tomorrow, I plan to get up early. Grab breakfast out, hit up the grocery store that I rarely visit. Grab some Tombstone Pizza, they are the only place in town where I can get it. Plus a few other things that I honestly don't need but want. Then come home and do some cleaning. I am forgoing a trip to the home improvement store but I can only put that off for so long. Do a bit of resting and relaxing then getting ready for my afternoon adventure and heading out. I actually have to dress up for this and while I won't be wearing a tie I will be in dress pants.

My vacation will be over with once we get through the weekend and then it will be back to the old bump and grind. I've got at least another full week to take and I am sure that I will manage to work that in.

Finally, I haven't heard back from the doctor but he for sure forgot to order an A1C. I made my next appointment which should have been in December but he only had Christmas Eve open and it was a 7:30a appointment. It takes about an hour to get there normally and then factor in rush hour (even though it's a holiday) plus the fact it will be cold and there will hopefully be snow on the ground, nah it's not worth it to me. I didn't take it and pushed my appointment into early January. Next up for me is my eye doctor appointment which occurs later on this month and it's on a week where I am on-call. The eye doc is also an hour away so won't that be a fun time.

Talk with you all again soon. Take care!

Wake up call

Morning, my day started at 4a when I was woken up by Mora jumping on me.  I was having the best dream.  I was with my late spouse at McDonald’s and we were enjoying breakfast.  I had just taken a job at a place that I used to work at, that was a complete nightmare.  I dream from time to time that I got sucked back in there.  For some reason I was elated about it because I figured I’d be making more money but I would also be doing a job that I really didn’t want to.  Just about the time I was going to bite into my second Sausage McMuffin with Egg is when Mora woke me up. I don’t see my late spouse often enough in dreams and was rather upset that Mora woke me up, I would have loved to at least finish my dream breakfast.  I haven’t had a Sausage McMuffin with Egg in a long time.  

Maybe I was talking in my sleep or maybe she just wanted to cuddle.  At any rate that’s what happened she snuggled up in my arm for a little bit.  Then Rudy came and sat on my chest and pressed on my stomach.  My bladder kicked in and I told them both I had to get up.  I returned to bed after using the restroom and then we all got situated again.  Rudy wound up by my feet and Mora was back snuggling in my arm. 

After a few minutes of trying, I realized there was no getting back to sleep so I turned the TV on and watched an episode of Sanford (this spin off from Sanford & Son).  It was on YouTube and I just wanted something to pass the time until I got groggy again and could go back to sleep.  That couldn’t happen fast enough for me.  After that was over with, I turned the TV off and had to move.  That caused Mora to leave me.  Which was fine because she was nipping at my finger thinking it was a play toy.  It hurts but she hasn’t broken the skin yet.  Her brother does it too from time to time, but he’s a bit gentler than she is. 

It took me a little bit but I managed to get back to sleep for a bit.  Then the trash truck came through and woke me up.  I was able to dose off for a bit before Rudy started his it’s time to wake up routine.  I cuddled with him since he was early and then we all got up to get Friday started. 

As per usual I am done with my morning tasks at work and have the rest of the day wide open just waiting for something to occupy time.  I have gone looking to help out but there isn’t anything pending right now that I can lend a hand with. 

Last night when I took the trash out, I noticed in one of my landscaping beds that there were a bunch of rather tall weeds.  It’s as if the lawn people haven’t been doing their job.  I broke out some Roundup and sprayed.  I will peek at it when I bring the empty barrel in later on today.  The last thing I want is to get in trouble with the city.  I’ve been thinking about buying a weed trimmer for a couple years now.  Every once and a while I find something that they skipped. 

Speaking of the yard since I fired my tree trimmer, I didn’t have any work done last year and managed to skate by just fine.  However, things are to the point now where I need to have work done.  I said I wouldn’t call him back because he charged me for a tool he forgot.  He went to buy one at a local store and magically the price of my bill went up by exactly what he paid for the tool.  Well, his prices are pretty fair and while I really don’t want to call him, I really don’t want to start over with anyone else.  A simple fall clean up that can be done later this year or early next year – it’s no rush. 

Yesterday's post I removed something that I really wanted to put in, it’s the Thirsty part of the post.  I know of one particular porn star that is local to my area (who shall not be named).  I was curious to see if he did escort work and when I went surfing, I didn’t find him but found another Twink porn star.  I actually thought about calling for a split second.  My dick was saying do it, we need this.  My brain however said its trouble steer clear of this.  I’ve never done anything like that before and know that it’s a tricky rope to walk so that you don’t violate the law.  The trick is that you're paying for a person's time and not for a sexual act.  If you pay for a sexual act that’s prostitution and highly illegal.  While I doubt that a porn star would be an undercover cop or wired, they probably approach each person that calls them with some suspicion.  I’m quite lonely and while I don’t want to just jump into bed, I want to form a connection and get to know a person before we go to the bedroom.  Paying for that would get awfully expensive.  That was heart/brain talking.  My dick says pay some money, have some fun – no strings.  However, I don’t know if I could just do casual sex.  I’m sure I’d form some kind of a bond and want more, again it could get awfully expensive.  Part of me felt a little cheap posting about it but another part of me said post it, get it out of your system.  It’s not going to get me laid but somehow it might benefit someone else. 

I am toying with getting back to the dating apps just to see if I can find someone but honestly, I have no hope and don’t think anyone that I’d be interested in (twinks late 20’s to 30’s) would be interested in me.  I suppose every older guy wants someone younger.  I’m not looking to support anyone or to have anyone support me in a financial way.  Spending money on each other is just part of dating and I’m okay with normal expenses in that respect.  Heck I’d even settle for someone in there 40’s.  I’m looking for a one and done, I don’t want to play game or cycle through several guys.  However, something about dating says you have to play games and you will likely go through several guys.  I don’t have the patience or ability to tolerate getting my heart broken.  It’s kind of held together by some crappy super glue as it is and quite fragile.  I’m vulnerable and know it.  I think that I will die alone but I am not expecting to die anytime soon.  Talk about agony and suffering.  However, I know you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take and that I am already alone.  Things are pretty grim in that respect so the only place they can go is up.  I like the single life in that you have no one to report to and there is abundant freedom.  However, I am kind of over being alone.  I guess it all boils down to a catch 22.  If there is a guy for me and he is out there here’s hoping that our paths cross sooner than later. I know that time really isn’t on my side here, as age continues to climb the less appealing I am. However, the heart wants what the heart wants. I'll keep you posted if anything develops.

Speaking of age were getting closer with each passing day to my birthday. That's something I used to look forward to when I was so much younger but ever since my 30's birthdays haven't been that appealing to me. My 35^th birthday was really special and it was all because of a friend I had at work that made things come together. I was so much happier then and just didn't realize it. Nothing yet has compared to the way that birthday was celebrated but I sure do have some great memories to reflect on.

Well, I should stick a fork in this post and call it done. Hope that you all have a great weekend and thanks as always for stopping by. Take care!

Amazed @ myself

Morning world!

We are at the half way point in the week.  I do believe unless something changes that this will be my last non-busy day of the week.  My afternoons have picked up a bit but the last few mornings have been calm and quiet, something I could easily get used to. 

Speaking of work, not sure why but lately when I join a Zoom meeting from my laptop it picks up my microphone and camera.  That never used to happen.  I don’t mind the microphone for audio but kind of prefer the phone.  As for the camera I’m no fan of it at all.  I keep it turned off even when everyone in the meeting has theirs turned on.  You can easily tell who’s in the office and who’s working from home, even if there background is blurred. 

I had two back to back meetings yesterday before my day ended.  The last one I was the hero in making something work on the fly.  I am quite amazed at myself and how quickly my brain worked to figure things out.  It made a huge impression.  I’m still amazed by it all.  I always tell the cats that daddy knows how to do his job and that’s no lie.  I also celebrated 11 years at this same work place this past Sunday.  The day wasn’t marked on my calendar as it normally has been.  I could tell by my photo memories that I was close.  I looked it up yesterday and found the exact date.  The longest I have ever worked at one place.  Here’s hoping for many more years, more money and less BS at the same place.  Hey 2 out of 3 isn’t bad but all 3 would be even better!

I watched that scene from Corbin Fisher I spoke of a few days ago last night.  Also managed to squeeze in part of a new Himeros scene between Grant Ducati and Christiano.  It felt good after several days to finally experience release!

This should also be our last super hot and humid day as a cold front is moving in and tomorrow temperatures through the weekend should be cooler. 

Supper last night was half of a Store made Beef Burrito.  It was pretty good and I polished off the quart of ice cream I had been working on.  I am having the other half of the Burrito tonight.  Desert will probably be ice cream but I might switch that up. 

As for the agenda today there are 2 meetings on my schedule.  I might miss one of them but the other one I have to attend.  There is so much going on at work and I honestly don’t look forward to my turn next week at being back on-call.  However, I am sure enjoying my time this week.  Able to spend time with the cats, get in a nap and just goof off a bit.  No play and all work is dull & boring. 

Hope that your having a great day and all is well.  Stay hydrated!

Connectivity

Hello World!

Yesterday was a little bit of a technology snafu.  My home internet went out around lunch time and didn’t come back up until this morning.  Working from home this obviously presents a challenge.  I need to be able to get on-line at all times.  My phone saved the day as it has many times before.  Visible Plus to the rescue.  I have unlimited data nd unlimited hotspot data.  Your only supposed to connect 1 device but I was able to get away with 2.  1 of which was a computer and the other was my Roku.  When work was done for the day I was down to just my Roku.  I’m not sure what went wrong with my home internet but they have been having issues where we have spot outages for a few hours and then were back up.  Of course my special price just expired so I am paying more now and they don’t give credit for outages.  If you want it you have to call.  I’m getting close to loosing my cool with them and about ready to call to see if I can get the price lower.  There is another fiber company coming to town but they are dragging their feet.  If they were here today I’d make the switch kind of tired of the local cable company.  It wasn’t just internet that was down it was phone and TV as well but I only have them for internet so the rest of my stuff worked.  That’s why you can’t put all of your eggs in one basket, you have to diversify or have backup providers for redundancy.  That can get expensive but Visible has been rock solid for me in every possible way.  I can’t sing their praises loud enough. 

Funny what started out as cell phone service for dating has turned in to my primary service for cell data and has doubled as a work phone.  I’ve become so reliant on it I can’t imagine living without it.  If they just offered to associate your name with your number I’d move my regular cell service over, drop the extra coverage and be able to save a bunch of money.  However, it’s a pre-paid service so caller id only displays as Wireless Caller, which for dating if your making calls is a good thing to help mask your identity. 

I had to fight a little bit to get my desktop and laptop to connect to my phone as a hotspot but got it working and was able to continue with my day.  I only had a meeting that got pushed back to the afternoon and I was able to join it from the comfort of my couch.  Nothing else came about and I was thankful for that. 

This morning is starting off the same as yesterday in that I have nothing to do for several hours and then it’s meeting, meeting, lunch, meeting, meeting.  Unless something else comes in to break up this cycle that’s how my day is looking to shape up. 

Woke up with my back feeling funny the more I started to wake up that funny feeling developed into an itch.  I scratched and it felt a little odd.  I looked in the mirror and I’ve got claw marks on my back.  What in the world happened last night?  Which cat got me?  No one’s talking here cat’s got their tongues.  It’s nothing major and it will heal but damn it’s gonna itch a lot and I hate that. 

Speaking of itches my neck is bothering me a little bit but the peeling has stopped.  I just resist scratching as best as I can.  I’ve got some strong will power if I want to use it but an itch is one of those things that you think will feel better if you scratch it and sometimes that is the case but with this that is NOT the case it only makes things worse. 

Had left over pizza for supper last night.  Broke into my newly found ice cream stash of Haggen Daz.  One more thing I found when I went to work on the freezer.  I’ve got a few pints to go through and it’s so good!

Wanted to really watch porn last night but that internet outage with my home network impacted my ability to stream from my desktop to my TV.  I’ve got an old scene from Corbin Fisher that I am itching to watch.  Not sure if I will make it to tonight but I am gonna try my best. 

Right now it’s time to get away from the computer and go relax, hoping that I am left alone so I can enjoy my down time before meeting season kicks in this afternoon. 

Hope all is well in your world and that your staying cool & hydrated!  Take care.

Caught up

After two days of working steady like my life depended on it, I am finally caught up or so I think.  I am relaxing and trying to take it easy at the moment. 

My massage therapist reached out yesterday afternoon and offered me a 90 minute opening yesterday but I was just too busy to break away.  I’ve got a knot in my left shoulder blade that is really bothering me.  I really wanted to go see her but alas I have an appointment on Friday.  Last night was calm but being on-call you never know exactly when or if something will get kicked up.  I just stay available as much as I can especially during the week.  The weekends are different I throw caution to the wind probably a little more than I should but rarely does something come up on a weekend.  That said I had the opportunity to do something I’ve wanted to do for a while this weekend and while I wanted to give in I thought of Murphy’s Law and opted to decline and push it to another weekend. 

I worked out my most of my PC issues.  Although I still have some issues with visiting blogs that have the adult flag on.  Google Chrome tells me that I have a cookie issue.  I just wind up trying a couple different browsers until I am eventually successful.  I will tackle that problem when I have a bit more time on my hands.

I was able to have a decent evening.  I watched a little TV, had supper and lounged on the couch with the cats until they opted to take their evening naps.  Mora really lets loose when she knows I am close by and she starts snoring.  I think they both feel like I am on guard so they can get some sound sleep for a bit, since they will be guarding me all night long.  Although I am not fully convinced they don’t seriously drift off once I am sound asleep. 

At any rate it gave me the ability to really pour some time into continuing on with a fantasy story I am writing.  I was enjoying myself and before I knew it an hour had passed by.  It’s nice to be able to take an escape from reality even if it’s only for an hour. 

Had a nice hot shower, took some extra sleeping medicine, brushed & flossed then had some play time with the cats.  Once they were no longer interested in playing I went to play with myself.  By then the sleeping medicine was kicking in and I was seriously drowsy.  I felt my self drifting off and wanted to get up to get in bed but didn’t make it in time.  I woke up a short time later and then took the opportunity to climb in bed and turned the TV off.  It was lights out and I was in dreamland.  Slept pretty good. 

It’s a humid rainy day here and that’s the story for the weather for the next few days.  I went up to use the bathroom and both cats were relaxing.  It’s a perfect day for a nap or to call in sick, which I gave serious thought to.  I really want more time away it like everything else in life I get a good taste and I can’t seem to get enough. 

Thankfully the weekend is closer than it was on Monday.  I’ve got my massage Friday night and then on Saturday I am getting my hair cut again.  I wear it short in the summer and I just had it cut in the last two weeks and I am going to go even shorter to buy some additional time between cuts.  The only problem with that is that it itches when it grows back. 

Hoping that the rest of the day is relaxing.  Got my usual Wednesday meeting with my team which is nothing but babble, it’s a way to let the boss know what your working on but truth be told we could easily skip these nonsense meetings.  He (the boss) likes to hear his own voice and tends to talk most of the meeting and then hurry everyone else along.  Once that is done I will be happier. 

Man candy will post in a couple hours so check back if that is of interest.  Back to the daily grind isn’t so much fun but it does pay the bills.  I hope all is well in your world and that life is smiling on you.  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. 

Spending Money

Staycation or Vacation either way I manage to spend money, more of it than I originally planned.  However, something about just throwing caution to the wind is refreshing.  I’m not spending money I don’t have, that would be a whole different story. 

I am working with a point of contact at AT&T.  There was great progress made today.  I am hopeful that come tomorrow being the end of my vacation will also be the end of having to deal with AT&T and issues.  I can just fade into the background and go on with my life, wow that sounds refreshing.  I’m still a little mad at myself for acting in anger that’s what triggered all of this.  However, if it wasn’t for the issues I wouldn’t have such a large credit on my account.  I plan to ask for more once all of the issues are behind me and resolved.  The worst they can say is no.

It was time to get dressed and head out for lunch.  I did that and Mora went to the bathroom and stayed there.  I don’t like it when a cat does that I have had two cats do that and they both died within a short time.  I was worried but brushed it off.  Sure enough when I got home she left me a present to clean up.  She’s back to her normal self.  Phew that’s the last thing I need right now. 

Had lunch with my friend and saw the flowers that I sent him.  They were sure pretty and I know he enjoyed them despite the razzing he got.  While I was there I asked about getting some new wipers.  The ones I have had came with the vehicle and it was time to part ways with them after 8 years.  I wanted to put OEM wipers on but that’s wasn’t a same day option so I went with some aftermarket wipers. 3 wipers (2 for the front and 1 for the back) cost me $80.  I sure hope that they do a good job and last for a hell of a long time.  It was sprinkling on the way back home and I got to try them out and they seem to work pretty good. 

Been home ever since I got back from lunch.  Had a nap late in the afternoon.  Got up and had a light supper and fed the cats.  I was supposed to be cleaning today but I lacked the motivation for that.  I used my old saying, I’ll do it tomorrow.  I’ve said that for a couple days.  Tomorrow is trash day so that will help to motivate me a bit. 

I got on Amazon and ordered a new cell phone case and a couple of other items that I probably shouldn’t have spent my money on.  I really wanted to go to Best Buy instead but I think if I walk in there I might spend more money so Amazon might be cheaper and a better option in the long run. 

Peeked in on my work email it’s piling up but it’s all going to be there waiting for me.  I just don’t like surprises so I peek to get an idea of what I will be going back to.  I can already tell you that next week is going to be pure hell but at least I won’t be bored.  I am not looking forward to it. 

I’ve got one work day of this vacation left.  Outside of cleaning I plan to enjoy a nice dinner out.  I kind of want to go for a drive and hit up the place with the lunch buffet.  Chinese Food sounds good also.  Then there is the super expensive place in the country that I know I will enjoy the food for sure but I won’t like the bill.  Between tomorrow and Saturday I can hit up two of the three places but making a decision is always difficult because I am paralyzed by choice.  I wanted to grab some Italian food at an upscale place that I like as well but that kind of fell by the way side.  I’ve always wanted to eat at The Cheesecake Factory but it would take me forever to make up my mind since they have such a large menu.  I’ll make it there someday, it’s on my bucket list. 

I’ve been on OF (Only Fans) tonight, subscribed to another person and still have a few more that I’d like to see.  That too gets expensive but I get such a rush from seeing new content.  Kind of like seeing a hot guy in public.  Saw a bunch of them today so I am quite horny. 

The best day by far of this whole staycation was yesterday.  I enjoyed the movie, the thrill of asking a hot guy out and getting some good food as well as the drive.  Shame I couldn’t have pressed a pause button because I felt so good but that feeling was fleeting.  Perhaps I will experience some additional joy come tomorrow when I go to fetch my meal. 

Hope you had a great day and thanks for stopping by.  Take care!