Open Source Live Writer

I just downloaded the Open Source Live Writer to my laptop.  I was super impressed that it knew how to integrate with Blogger.  I am going to update my desktop when I get home.  The only drawback I see is that there isn’t a spot to enter tags or categories.  There also is no spell checker at the moment, so forgive me if I mistype something. 

Finally made it to Friday.  It’s been a brutally long week.  I am anxious to go home to the furry family.  Bear has raised my level of concern with some of his behavior.  I can tell you he isn’t getting any younger or healthier as the days go on.  I worry about all of them but since he is the most likley one to go next, he is on my mind more so than any of the others.  Speaking of which I got a phone call at lunch time reminding me that I need to bring Momma back for bloodwork.  She is pretty well back to normal, I can’t say for sure that her kidneys are but I don’t think it’s worth my time or money to get bloodwork done.  I need more medicine for her and I think that will be a huge problem, so I may have to reclutantly give in and get the blood work done, hopefully not. 

I haven’t been getting alerts from the post office but apparently I have mail.  I checked on a couple of Amazon orders and one was delivered today and the other one delivered yesterday.  Looks like I will be stopping by after work tonight.  I need to go in tomorrow because they are holding Bear’s pee pads hostage along with some medication for me. 

Not sure about where you are but all I keep hearing about is Star Wars and how you shouldn’t spoil it.  I really don’t care about it.  I understand the movie has a large following and that is all well and good but honestly I am ready to hear about something else.  It’s only a movie for us average folks.  If you made it well then it’s more like gold to you and I get that. 

There is a retirement party for a few folks that are leaving us.  Most people are there or have already left for the day.  I am eager to leave and since things are calm I am going to try to sneak out early, not sure how well it will work or how early I want to risk leaving. 

I saw a Chiropractor that was on one of the dating sites, he is looking for someone to date.  Sadly I am a bit too old.  I had to do a double take he looked like a guy I used to work with and had a mad crush on.  Not the same person.  Anyway I sent him a message telling him how cute he was and he responded with a thank you.  He never looked at my profiile so I presume that means he is not interested in me.  I made a mistake and told him I was 45 when I am actually 44, see you know he was cute because I was flustered and couldn’t remember my own age.  I honestly get like that where I get tounge tied.

Yesterday we had a vendor out that has been here before.  I got some vibrations from him last time.  This time I got the same feelings back.  I was going to go balls out and just ask him, but my logic kicked in and said do some research on him first.  Glad I listened to that because he is straight and has a girlfriend according to facebook.  Phew, dodge a bullet and some awkwardness.  I am in fact desperate for a companion but it doesn’t mean I am going to settle, I have standards and I won’t go against them because if I do then I would be settleing. 

Next week this place will be a ghost town, I think maybe 10 people here total.  There is a ton of people off and I can only imagine that the commute to and from next week will be very easy.  I look forward to that.  I don’t look forward to 3 long days of boredom but it pays the bills. 

Have a good weekend and I will talk with you all again soon!

It's the middle of the week

Thus far it’s been your average week.  Volume at work has slowed up a little bit but this lull will only last a couple weeks, then it will be back to business as usual and people will be back to their usual demanding selves.

I am still having fun with Instagram.  There is a lot of shirtless guys there and I suppose if you look in the right circles you can probably find full on nudes.  I got one of the porn stars that I like to let me have access to his account.  He’s just got this smile that makes me want to melt, not to mention he is cute and hot.  That just happened this morning and I have been waiting for a couple days so I was pretty happy about that.  Of course I can’t really tell anyone about it. 

Gave my money away and was able to pay off an entire credit card, pretty happy about that.  Now if I can do the same thing with the other one I will be in pretty good shape.  I still have momma’s vet bill to pay off, expensive woman.  Went by the post office last night and got a check from LinkedIn, there was a privacy issue and a class action lawsuit and settlement.  I had paid for service back when I was looking for a job for 2 years, yeah well I got $16 back.  I wish it was more but I am thankful for every penny that comes my way.  I got the yellow card which means I have to go pick up pee pads on Saturday.  That is the only box that is way too large to fit in a locker.  Bear is really going through them so I ordered just in the nick of time, by the time I get these it could easily be time to place another order.   

As usual I am very much looking forward to the weekend and next week this time I will be very happy because I will be off for 4 days straight.  That should be enough time for me to relax and of course I won’t want to come back.  It would be really nice if they would give us New Years Eve off but I don’t believe we will get that lucky.  I hate to be out on that day, some people start the sauce early and others hit it late.  I would much rather be safe in the nest with my furry children.  Listening to the police scanner.  Some years I make it to midnight and others I don’t.  It’s just another day for me.  Honestly I hope that once the holidays pass that my grieving will get better, right now there are so many reminders that I am all alone and I really don’t need to be reminded, I live with it everyday. 

So two more days and then we can stick a fork in the week.  Looking forward to getting home and seeing what I can pull out of the freezer to eat tonight.  Last night was Fish, Rice, Broccoli with Cheese sauce – it was really good.  I am still working on the 1/2 of sheet cake that I bought, I really look forward to that.  I told the children the best part of the day is treat time, which means they get treats and I am stuffing my face with cake. 

Winter is back for a couple days then it’s going to warm up again.  Doesn’t sound like I will get my wish for a White Christmas but then again it’s not Christmas yet.  Take care, stay warm and I will talk with you all again soon.

Last week before Christmas

This year seems to keep going faster and faster.  This is the last full work week before Christmas.  Next week will only be 3 days for me.  There shouldn’t be much going on but I anticipate that Monday could be busy.  Today sure was, it started off slow and then before you know it an avalanche hit.  I got stuck with a request from hell, but I worked through it.  I just need someone else to do something on their end and then I can put it to bed. 

Speaking of bed, it was difficult to sleep last night.  The house was 80 degrees.  That is because it was summer weather outside.  I almost turned on the AC but figured it wasn’t worth it for one night.  Thankfully temperatures have fallen back into place for this time of year, it’s still a little warmer than normal but it won’t last long.  I really would enjoy a white Christmas.  Right now I am not counting on it.

Last night I jumped on the Instagram band wagon.  I am not sharing any photos but rather looking at other peoples photos.  Seems that people just love to post pictures for the world to see, so I figured why not.  This all started with a cute guy I saw on Grindr and he says he is moving in a few days.  I didn’t make contact with him but he is nice to look at.  Besides since he is moving I figure why bother unless of course he stays in the area but doesn’t sound like that is in his plans.  Then I started thinking of names of different guys and putting them in the app, before you know it I have built a small list.  I keep adding to it.  Two guys I’d love to follow are porn stars but they have private accounts, I requested permission to follow them but who knows if they will let me in.  Matters not to me.  It’s an interesting app but I don’t see why you would want to post photos of yourself on line for the world at large to see.  I get Facebook and sharing with friends but not the rest of the world. 

Saw the season finale of Quantico last night.  I knew as soon as he let go of the trigger something else would happen and it did.  Looking forward to when the show picks back up again.  Right now I am anxious to see Shameless which is filming in Chicago this week.  The fun starts again next month.

Had me some cake last night.  I got a 1/2 of a sheet cake marble and it’s delicious.  I want more of it tonight.  Had Chicago Deep Dish Pizza last night and I will finish it off tonight.  When I pass out treats for the children is when I get my cake.  I figure everyone deserves a treat, even if it’s going to make me fat and lead to an early grave I might as well enjoy it now.  I hope it’s a great night and an easy commute home.  Of course I probably just jinxed myself. 

That’s all I know right now.  Thanks for stopping by, talk with you again soon!

Livewritter Issues

In doing some research it appears that Livewriter has gone open source, which is a good thing.  The bad thing here is that Blogger turned off the protocol that allows Livewriter to communicate with it.  What does this mean?  Some extra work on my part to get things posted.  However, the open source community is working on making the open source version of livewriter compliant with the new protocol that Blogger has, so hopefully it won’t be terribly long as this is kind of painful.  This all went into effect yesterday, oh joy. 

The holiday party was a lot of fun, I had many laughs and got to talk with my co-workers a little more openly than in the office.  I didn’t say anything that I wasn’t supposed to and I was home by 5:30p.  The food sucked!  They had appetizers and not many of them, I didn’t bring my lunch so this was my lunch.  I finally ordered off the menu and that helped fill me up.  I can’t tell you how many sodas I drank but if they were alcoholic I would have been drunk for sure.  This place had a photo booth, so I got together with a couple of the girls and we took some photos.  It was $5 and I didn’t realize that we got 3 copies, I ordered 3 and that was $15 more.  All of this went on our office managers credit card.  I think he will be pissed, but he gave me the card.  Ah well. 

The drive home was a little bumpy with traffic but I made it.  I was looking forward to seeing my babies.  I had a pretzel and a soda for supper.  This Friday was nothing like last Friday and I am quite thankful for that.  I rented We Are Your Friends with Zac Efron.  He is so hot.  It was a good movie, had some electronic music which was awesome and a decent message behind the movie.  It was well worth the $6 that it cost me. 

Saturday I did have a couple things I wanted to do today, I got most everything accomplished but I didn’t go see the movie that I have been talking about.  If it’s still playing I may see it on Christmas Eve.  I hit up the local Office Depot and got a cheap UPS to help take some of the load off of my main unit for the PC.  When I print from my laser printer it was sending it into an overload and then the alarm goes off, I get pop ups and it’s just an annoyance.  I got that taken care of!  Then on to get cat food.  I talked with Jordan one of the hot guys that works there.  I know he’s straight but it doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the fact he has a nice body.  He had a huge pimple on his face, I wanted to squeeze it so bad because it looked horrible.  It was also in the 70’s here which is NOT common for December, felt more like late August.  The warmer weather is only temporary and we should be returning to the freezer within a few days.  I rather like that because it will increase the odds for snow, which I really want for Christmas.  I got to sleep in thanks to the kids.  They got me up and going by 1 which was okay.  I had a sandwich for lunch.  Then went out.  Supper was a frozen Italian meal, which was pretty good.  A while later I chomped on some M&M’s.  I bought this Spring edition bag earlier this year at Sam’s and I think it may well be Spring 2016 before this bag is gone.  I’ve given some away to co-workers but still I am left with a heaping helping of them. 

I did some Amazon shopping today.  Got more pee pads and medicine for Bear.  I got me some Mucinex which I really need.  I also placed an order for 2 more replacement batteries for the other UPS that I have.  If it works, then I may need to do some rearranging of units.  I used up my $100 gift card and the whole thing cost me $9 which is not bad at all. 

I am hopeful that we get an Amazon card from our local office, like we did last year but since we have a new office manager who is cheap, I have my doubts.  If not it’s okay I mean I was well taken care of.  I am spending the last $5 on the gift Visa tomorrow at the grocery store. 

Plans for Sunday….Shave, Shower, Grocery Store, Breakfast, Finish up Laundry, Clean the house, prepare for Monday and try to relax.  I may even be able to squeeze in a nap.  The tasks are in no particular order and I know they are well within my limit to accomplish. 

I’d really love it if an AT&T tech would come out to my house, they should have something where you can schedule on-line but no they want to send you through some Troubleshoot and Resolve tool.  They make you do all of the Level 1 stuff on your own.  If that doesn’t fix it and you need Level 2 support then you have to call and I am sure fight with someone on the other end.  My problem is that when I record multiple shows and want to watch one of them while it’s being recorded the picture freezes.  It also damages the recording so that it will only play a portion of what it recorded.  Even though there is clearly more content the recorder says, nope were done.  I have been trying to fix this on my own and each time I think I have it resolved it comes back in a few days.  If you try to duplicate it by recording random stuff that doesn’t work.  I can’t figure out if it’s the DVR or a Gateway problem.  My thought process says it’s the DVR, which is kind of bad news.  Because they will most likely make me reset it and that will wipe the content and pending recordings out – I will have to start over.  Then I suppose if that doesn’t fix it they will actually send someone out to my home.  I really don’t want to lose content or pending content – it’s a pain in the ass to set it all back up again.  The good news is that my contract will be up next month.  I have to call to negotiate new pricing and I am dropping down to the basic phone service instead of unlimited which should save me money.  Then we will see what kind of deal they are willing to make.  Cable has a very attractive offer and I am tempted to switch back but then I have the DVR crap to deal with.  Plus in a year I will go through the whole price negotiating thing again, they have us trapped in an endless circle.  It would behoove them to just give us the best price from the get go but so many people don’t call or don’t know they can negotiate pricing that they count on you not calling.  All I want is service that does what it says it can do all of the time with no problems.  AT&T has been awesome for that up until the last 4 months.  They have not had any outages and I have had zero problems with my voice service. 

Okay so you got a bit of a rant.  Thanks for stopping by to check on me.  I will talk with you all again soon.  Be well!

Holiday Fun

I was surprised last night at the post office when I saw my UPS Batteries arrived.  I got them installed with no trouble at all.  I need 2 more for another unit and while I could wait a few days since I am greedy I want them now.  Going to stop by my local Batteries Plus this weekend to see if they will match the same deal I got online.  If so great and if not well then it looks like I will either have to pay a higher price or wait – just a matter of picking an option. 

All is well in the stomach department.  Had Fettuccini and Garlic Bread as well as BBQ and it’s all good.  Our annual holiday party is this afternoon.  My day is essentially done at 12:30p when I go to lunch but since I am done with my phone shift my day is actually done now.  Nothing going on here, everyone is just trying to pass time in order to get out the door for the holiday celebration.  I am riding with a co-worker so when she is ready to go I have to, perfect excuse.  Besides that I really would like to take some of the afternoon for me, considering all that I have been through. 

I pray that this weekend will be more productive and nothing at all like last weekend.  The house is in need of some attention from Mr. Dyson and that will send the children into a tizzy but the house will look much better. 

Despite accidentally ordering a lower model I really enjoy my Plantronics Voyager Headset.  I should have gotten the Legend it’s got more bells and whistles but built on the same premise.  Anyway it takes some getting used to have something pressing in your ear and hanging around your ear for a period of time but after a while you forget that your wearing it, that is until the phone rings.  I had 2 hours of talk time this morning.  I plugged it in for 30 minutes and presto I was back to 5 hours just like that.  The max is 6 hours.  So it’s quick to charge.  I’m using this obviously at work.  You’d think they would supply us with good equipment so we can do our job but in this case they only provide a wired headset and I don’t like being tied down. 

In the world of Gay Dating, one of the sites asked me if I wouldn’t mind being a moderator of photos.  It’s an interesting task and not for the faint of heart.  You get to see all kinds of things as well as various body parts of women and men.  I have flagged a few photos.  The strange thing is that suddenly all of my conversations with the guy I met last month came back, despite me blocking him.  I had to re-block him which I thought was odd. 

In the world of Cats, Mr. Bear has some extra fluid, I suspect from my inability to medicate him last week when I was sick.  So I have doubled up on his prednisone and that is doing the trick.  He is peeing twice as much now, which is good for him but bad for me because it means that he will go through this box of pee pads quicker.  We only do the increased dose for a few days at a time, it’s something that I came up with on my own.  We have done it before and it helps him, puts me at ease and saves a trip to the vet.  Momma knows all about medication now and she runs from me.  I called her last night she actually came to me until she saw why I was calling and then she was gone like a bullet.  What a vixen she is.  I caught up with her and she wasn’t too happy about it. 

So Wednesday night I am driving home and my phone rings.  I answer it and it’s a collection call from the doc in the box that I visited a couple months ago.  They want there $115, which I have already paid.  I went through their automated system and told it that I sent payment already.  Then once I got home I looked and sure enough they cashed the check.  I called up and the lady in customer service told me well it takes 14 days for the check to post to your account.  Seriously?  You have the money but your going to hound me to send you money in the hopes that I double pay.  I imagine a lot of people fall for that.  Fortunately for me I am on top of my game and still have my wits about me (all though some days I wonder).  I printed out a copy of the check just in case this turns into a bigger issue.  I understand some people don’t pay their bills but I am not one of those people.  I didn’t have the money when the bill came in the mail and I waited beyond the 10 day limit they said they wanted their money.  I needed to get paid plus i needed to see that my health insurance company said that I really owed them this money.  It’s a gimmic the visit to the facility is covered at 100% but the doctor is a contract employee they bill separately so it looks to the insurance company like I went to see another doctor and they bill for the ‘office visit’.  For the prices they charge they should be coming to me.

We got some really good news yesterday we are closed for Christmas Eve, originally it was a work day but now it’s a holiday.  I am so thankful for that.  It’s like I don’t get enough time at the holidays and having the extra day will be awesome.  Well time to prep for the party.  Talk with you all again soon.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Surprise for me at work

So I made it in, uneventful commute.  My mind was wondering all over the place.  I had an okay day, saying that with about an hour left in the day.  I was surprised at all of the mail that was piled up waiting for me.  Normally I don’t get much, I had this big snow flake coaster type thing on my chair.  I thought what in the world is this.  It’s a gift card holder from Amazon and inside a $100 gift card.  It was from a guy that is retiring at the end of the month.  I have done a little bit to help him with his home PC, which is something that we avoid.  I just gave general generic advice and pointers.  Nothing terribly special.  He did take up maybe an hour of my day over the course of two weeks, however I am paid to do what I do.  This is like double dipping or so it feels.  I know that if I was honest about this that it would get me in all kinds of hot water and I probably would have to give back the gift.  So instead I am saying nothing. 

It’s a shame that I didn’t know it was waiting for me.  I placed an order last night for a replacement UPS Battery.  The alarm sounded in my room a couple days ago.  I managed to get it muted but there is no battery there and I like having certain things running on a UPS.  You get cleaner power and protection from surges and it will allow you to power things off gracefully instead of shutting down.  In the case of my room, there isn’t anything to power off gracefully, it’s just a clock, the box for Uverse, My Cordless Phone, My iPhone Charger and TV.  However, knowing that they will fail over to a battery and I can get phone calls or charge up my phone helps.  The batteries are lead acid and heavy.  It will be in on Friday and I suspect I will have to pick it up from the window on Saturday. 

I got permission to attend the holiday party.  So my day on Friday ends at 12:30 when lunch starts for me.  The party doesn’t begin until 1:30 but it gives me time to leave and get there before everyone else if I want.  I will go for a couple hours and then leave, the plan is to get home early.  The company is paying the bill for my time and for the food so I might as well live it up, regardless of how I feel. 

Speaking of feeling the stomach is a little testy but no problems to report.  I just feel more guilt than anything, I have this impression that my boss is not happy with me.  That could be far from the case but I would rather have that feeling and not get confirmation of it. 

Poor Gator was all upset when I was leaving this morning.  Ruth started to come to the garage door as she hissed when passing her brother.  They are just a hoot.  I was able to film Ruth last night playing with a ball and I got her making her noises like her mother makes.  I was so happy.  I just wish that a certain someone was alive to see it.  He would be as amused as I am. 

The 64 thousand dollar question is facing me again, what’s for dinner?  Thinking of Beef Barley Soup if it’s not expired.  I went for a can of Chicken Noodle that I had and found it was out of date by 1 year.  I also found that the Yogurt that I was going to take today for lunch was out of date.  I think that the dish I enjoyed on Friday might have been bad and resulted in my issue, the rest of it just added fuel to the fire.  I just don’t want to repeat it anytime soon, not fun!

Hope your Wednesday was great.  Talk with you all again soon.

Back home

So I decided to take one more day, just to error on the side of caution.  I am back on solid food and things are going rather well thus far.  I hope they keep progressing in that direction.  Nothing like a little bout with feeling like death to change your life a little.  Right now I don’t have much desire for anything but spending time with the children and watching TV.  Yeah, it gets old but it’s quality time that I have and I appreciate each and everyone of the kids, no matter how annoying they can get.  Gator is still wanting lunch and it’s 2:30.  I’m trying to prime them for tomorrow because both of our worlds will change then.  I will be back in the thick of it all at work and they will be laying cozy here at home loafing and sleeping, which is what they do best.

I have ventured out for the mail, also got my hair cut.  I couldn’t take it any longer plus looking better helps with feeling better.  In any case I went back to the original salon that I started from.  Trying to find anything that compares to them has been quite a task for me.  It was good for me, they knew me, they know my history with life and what I have been through.  They also know how to shampoo.  It’s pricy for my wallet but it’s well within reason from what I was getting elsewhere.  So I am going to continue to go back, might as well be happy instead of settling – life it way too short. 

I got an alert that I would have mail but as it would be, it was only two pieces of junk mail which I threw away at the post office.  Now I am home, working on laundry and thinking about what I should have for supper.  Plus I still have to pack my lunch for tomorrow.  It will feel odd but once I get there and get going everything will fall into place, it always does.  I still get exhausted pretty easily but I think I will make it.  I have to get through Wednesday, Thursday and then if I am permitted to we close at 1:30 on Friday for the holiday party.  That is done at 5p but I have no plans for staying until then, I want to make it a get home early weekend.  Then it will be off for two days and hopefully this weekend will not be anything like last weekend.  Then back on for 5 days.  Hard to believe that the week after that is Christmas.  I wish that I had some extra holiday time to look forward to but sadly we only close on Christmas day, so it will be a 4 day work week and the same is true the following week when the New Year comes in.  Wow were going into 2016, that is amazing but yet sad because it means I am getting older.  Time just seems to have gotten away from me.

Well this little jabber bandit doesn’t want to hush so I am going to try to appease her by watching TV on the couch.  We curl up well together when she wants to.  I am rapidly running out of things that interest me.  Daytime TV is crap, nothing on and I have 450 channels.  The good news is tomorrow is Comedy Wednesday, so I will have something to look forward to when I come home besides the crying children. 

I hope that your Tuesday was a good one.  Talk with you all again soon. 

Hello, from what feels like the other side

I hope all is well in your world.  Mine had a rather unfortunate turn of events.  Friday was a normal day and I had many plans for the weekend.  I started with my celebratory Lasagna and added copious amounts of cheese.  I had a late lunch but still felt the need to carry on as normal.  I stayed upstairs for the evening and watched TV with the kids, as I usually do on Friday.  Then I felt a little acid kick up, I thought a small amount of Egg Nog will cure this.  Perhaps under normal circumstances it would have.  Little did I know that I had a volcano brewing inside me and that I had accidentally poisoned myself, but I would figure that out in the hours ahead.

I had problems falling asleep, despite taking my sleeping medicine.  I had to use the bathroom which was unusual, the water works started.  Over the course of the next hour things went from bad to worse.  I had fluid coming out of both ends simultaneously, which I can’t recall ever happening before.  Thankfully the bathtub was close by.  I knew it was the Lasagna and I knew I added way too much cheese, why?  Because I tasted it coming back up.  From there I began to get weak, my blood pressure dropping and chills kicking in.  I thought for sure I would pass out and die.  I sat as long as I could and eventually braved the strength to stand.  I felt the world spinning.  I headed for bed after cleaning myself up and rinsing out my mouth.  I fell into what was a coma like state but I would wake several times, I started watching the time I knew I had a haircut appointment.  Eventually I figured it out that there was no getting out of bed and I would be missing that appointment.  I had every intention of calling to cancel but my body was in recovery mode.  

When I woke up I felt like crap, as you can well imagine.  I was still cold and felt like I was going to pass out.  I didn’t know what to do – what I should eat or even try to eat.  I started munching on potato chips it’s around 2p.  I also drank a soda.  Neither was good for me, but I didn’t know that at the time.  So it was a series of bad decisions that only got worse.  I knew that I was dehydrated, my ribs were hurting from all of the heaving.  I gave serious thought to calling for an ambulance but thought that I could make it on my own, just a couple more hours sleep.  So back to bed.  I fell back into the coma like state.  I was thankful that the electric blanket was on the bed, I turned it up and snuggled next to Marv.  I woke up a couple hours later.  I felt slightly better.  At this point I decided to get up and head to the living room.

I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and sat on the couch, trying to find something entertaining to watch.  I eventually fell asleep but only for a short period of time.  I drank several bottles of water.  This isn’t the way I planned my weekend, it had been the week from hell to start with and this was not the finish that I wanted.  Still I had to play the hand I was given.  The plan of attack was to veg out on Saturday, just be lazy and take the entire day to recover.  I had turned off my iPhone Friday night before this event unfolded and I didn’t turn it back on until Sunday evening.  This was the longest technology break that I had taken in quite sometime.  I didn’t think about Twitter, Facebook, Dating Apps, Email or anything else.  I just wanted to either die or get better. 

As you can well imagine the house looked like crap, litter boxes not cleaned out, Bear needed a bath but it was like they understood.  I had a hell of a time feeding them without puking my guts out.  They were happy that I was alive enough to get them food.  Sunday soon came and I began to feel more improvement.  I was able to consume a breakfast sandwich and a soda, kept it all down.  I also took anti-diarrhea medicine, which as I found out wasn’t the best of ideas.  I needed to keep that avenue open for my body to purge any additional toxins that were in my system despite it being unpleasant.

I don’t know why but I suddenly developed this craving for McDonald’s.  I knew it wasn’t smart but I still catered to my body and ventured out around 5p to fetch a Double Quarter Pounder With Cheese and French Fries.  It was delicious but far from what I needed.  It stayed down.  That is when I knew I was going to make it.  However, as per usual when I acquire diarrhea and take medicine to treat it, I get sick as in a sinus infection.  That is what is brewing now.  I still feel bad, have a bit of a fever.  I was on line briefly last night to tell everyone that I wouldn’t be in and why.  I know that was the right move to make.  So thankful that I have the time. 

Today being Monday, I woke up and decided to clean up the house, feed the children and eat some breakfast.  Then I would rest for a bit and get shaved & showered.  I had a few errands to run.  Made it to the post office, gas station, cat food store, a restaurant for a small soup & sandwich lunch, the upscale grocery store.  Then I came home put everything away and promptly collapsed on the couch.  I fell asleep again not for long but I knew I was out. 

Supper consisted of two plain frozen pretzels, it’s just dough and I really wanted bread.  I wasn’t thinking the best and being in a different store I passed up quite a few things that I could have used.  One of the most important things that I got was Gatorade, I know it’s bad for my blood sugar but it will help with rehydrating me.  At this point I would say I am 90% better.  I just need a little bit more strength and stamina. 

I got an email from work today that there is a seminar taking place on Thursday and there would be a practice run tomorrow.  Yeah uh I don’t think I will be thee for that.  I could easily stay out and not come back until Thursday, but my plans are to return on Wednesday.  I still have laundry to do, it’s not like I don’t have clean clothes but still I can use the rest.  Hopefully this fever will pass and I will be even fresher when I return.  I feel a little guilty for staying home but not much, after all I have time to take so I don’t foresee it as a problem.

My other plans for the weekend included going to the movies and getting a haircut.  I may venture out for the haircut but the movies will wait until the weekend, after all I will need something to do. 

I feel as if I have exhausted all of my movie choices from the Premium Channels I get as well as Netflix and Amazon.  However, I keep managing to find stuff to watch.  Staying inside the same 4 walls does get really old, really fast.  I am a little anxious to return to work to be around other people and away from the children who at every twist and turn of my body want food, treats or attention.  I love them to death and am very thankful for them but I can’t say we are made to be around each other 24/7 I think we would all go crazy after a week.  We will miss each other but they like I will understand that going off to work is the right move to make and staying home beyond 2 days really won’t be beneficial to anyone.

In case your wondering I didn’t purchase anymore Lasagna or cheese.  I love them both but will be taking a break for a bit.  They say everything in moderation and now I know why.  I feel like I almost died.  Which now that the events are over with make me miss my guy even more.  This holiday season can’t be over fast enough for me.  I did try to call a friend first for a ride home, if I would have gone to the hospital and second just to talk.  I tried 3 times and all 3 times unreachable.  I felt like staying put was probably the smartest and most correct decision I have made since this whole fiasco unfolded.  Let’s cross our fingers and say our prayers that this is the last major issue I will have to deal with for the remainder of the year. 

Now it’s back to the couch and cats.  It’s about treat time.  They should be starting to remind me shortly.  Better that I remember on my own.  Talk with you again soon.

Ranting but what’s new?

I talked with a co-worker this morning about our meeting yesterday.  He thinks it’s absurd like I do and he said that we just have to give it time then it will die out and we will be on some other kick.  Those were my exact thoughts.  The boss has this whole little program she has designed and it goes through March, there are additional exercises/tasks that we will be required to do.  Bottom line here is she is trying to improve customer service skills.  Which goes back to what I said yesterday about doing this job for 10 years.  Either I have what your looking for or I don’t.  Obviously I do or I wouldn’t have been hired.  Just let me do my job and stop bothering me, it will make everyone’s life easier.  Yeah I just can’t let it go.  I probably will be able to over the weekend but right now it’s just stuck in my craw and I would love to be in a position to walk out the door and never come back.  Unfortunately I am addicted to being able to live in my house and support my furry family. 

Work today has been steady busy.  I also got a massage.  Funny thing is I felt fine when I walked in the door, nothing bothering me.  Now my back is killing me.  I really hate to see what I feel like tomorrow.  There are a few things going on here tomorrow and it’s a day that I really need to be here to make sure things get done right.

My mind is all over the place.  I think about being all alone and have given some thought to taking another break from on-line dating.  I am not exactly sure what the right move is here.  The whole dating experience is a crap shoot, you never know what or should I say who you will wind up with.  I think it’s much easier to communicate in person than by typewritten word, it just doesn’t allow your personality to come through.  Most profiles blend together and say very similar things.  Once and a while you will find something with original content but that is rare.  Everyone wants to see your face and I get that but I really don’t like the fact that my face is out there for the whole world to see.  I think is mostly my makeup from how I was raised and by nature I am a private person.  I do open up but only to those that I trust implicitly.  That has bitten me before so I am even extra careful now. 

Ho hum.  Just about time to travel home (oh joy traffic again) and grab the mail and see the children.  Eat, Sleep and repeat again tomorrow.  I am so excited for the weekend need to get my haircut, hopefully go to see a movie and then blend in all of the other usual stuff.  It will be nice if I can do everything that I want to do. 

Stay warm, be safe and I shall be back with another post again soon. 

Mr. Roboto

Things are moving right along.  Had a staff meeting today, our boss wants to turn us into robots – we are getting scripts on how to speak with users and were supposed to use them but not sound like we are reading from a script.  We have practice sessions 1 hour for the rest of the month with a counterpart where we get on the phone one person is the tech and the other is the user.  Yeah, this is going to go over like a lead balloon.  It might be all the rage right now and it will be used a little bit here and there but eventually it will die out.  I saw the same thing with how we answer the phone.  I believe I am the only one that actually uses that script.  Were also supposed to paraphrase to make sure that we have an understanding.  Hello all you have to do is listen then there is no need to paraphrase.  I’ve done this job for over 10 years now and if I don’t know how to do it by now then I will never ever learn.  Bottom line is someone some place had to make a change or it would look like they didn’t do anything.  The whole thing is a cluster and I will be much happier when it dies off.  Right now I am ready to walk out the door and not come back.  Will I?  Of course not I’ve got bills to pay, but it is tempting. 

Got my new toy today.  I ordered a new Bluetooth Headset by Plantronics from Amazon.  It’s a refurb.  I thought I was getting a Cadillac model but instead got the stripped down version.  It’s still a decent product and I know I got a good deal.  I ordered a desktop stand to charge it in, but of course it’s not compatible.  A co-worker of mine has the Cadillac model and I gave him the desktop stand, it was only $26 and not worth my time to fight for a return.  Although I think Amazon should have warned me that it wasn’t compatible, but that is another story. 

Saw a funny comedian last night on Netflix – Brent Morin.  He has a little bit of Lewis Black in him, I got a few laughs from it but then again I am a difficult customer when it comes to laughter.  Once you get me going and I have one of those laughs that makes you cough and you loose your breath, that is when I am all fired up and then it doesn’t take much to make me laugh.  I don’t get that way often. 

That is really all I know, it’s business as usual here.  Work, Eat, Sleep – rinse and repeat.  With that in mind I guess I will call this post done.  Talk with you folks again soon.  Be well.