Hump Day–Regular Post

 Colby Knox – Southwest Boys Group Fuck

Howdy how are you doing today?  Glad to see you stopped by.  Today’s photo is from Colby Knox and their latest scene release with Southwest College Boys.  The scene looks to be red hot and I am eager to watch.

It’s been a bitch of a day.  My insomnia got me up early, I tried to go back to sleep but it was no use.  I had a lot of tasks to take care of this morning and it wasn’t something I looked forward to.  I saw the request come in late yesterday afternoon and I automatically deferred it to tomorrow.  Famous last words.  Tomorrow actually comes for somethings and you can’t put them off until someday, because that day never comes around.  I had a real gem to deal with first though.  I worked with an internal resource to get an order placed for something we need and have a low supply.  I put my request in last year because I knew that it was only a matter of time.  This person is known for dragging their feet.  Look I don’t think they actually placed the order because it doesn’t take over a year to get what we need, maybe a few weeks to a month tops.  It’s always like pulling teeth and this person is a Manager.  I woke up to another one of their excuse emails, hey I didn’t forget you I am still checking on the order.  Bullshit, you never fucking placed it, just man up and tell me.  I know when someone is telling me it’s raining outside because they are peeing on my leg.  I had it.  I went to my boss and told him enough of the BS and games, were critically low and we need this.  Can you compel this person or have the higher ups compel this person to fucking do their job and place the order.  I used rather colorful language without cussing to make my point.  I had hoped my boss would forward the email to his boss but damn he didn’t.  Instead I got a response I feel you and I am going to try to take care of this and place the order myself.  Yeah well good fucking luck.  Then after that I plowed through all of those tasks that I put off and then the morning shit show began.  All sorts of wacky strange problems starting flowing up.  Sprinkled in with email requests, I need this now, take care of this for me, hey can you help me with this.  My circuits were overloaded.  I was hopping here, jumping there and trying to remember how to focus. 

Of course what time was it, meeting time.  Something urgent came in and I had to take care of that.  Which resulted in me spending part of my afternoon dealing with someone who decided to travel but not tell anyone until they were overseas and couldn’t connect.  Wow, my bladder started itching for attention.  I just couldn’t get away.  More time passed.

Finally lunch time.  Well actually bathroom break then lunch.  I was looking forward to lunch.  I had two soft pretzels.  I bought some Tostito’s Nacho Cheese.  I never had it before, one taste and I was so sorry I bought it instead of the queso .  Thank God tomorrow is trash day because that shit is going out.  I’ll grab the queso when I get to the store on Sunday.  Holy cow.  Plain pretzels, not so bad.  I had to hurry because don’t you know as soon as I sat down to eat, more email came pouring in and there was a high priority request, which is the aforementioned person who traveled.  Then an executive reached out for help.  I was just juggling.  Then the cats got into it upstairs and one of them was crying like they were seriously hurt.  I went to go check on them and they both came running to the stairs, like hey can we come down or are you coming back up?  Don’t kill each other, go lay down.  Back to work for me.  The cats were confined to upstairs, which isn’t so bad. 

Had a 1pm meeting but wasn’t able to make it, aw shucks.  Kept on plugging away at work and putting out fires.  Finally got caught up around 2:30p.  Hallelujah!  Finally time to surf for porn and goof off.  Which I usually do in the morning before things really get hopping. 

Things are calm at the moment and I am kind of afraid to go up because the cats will need attention and then I figure more crap will happen at work and it will turn into another late night.  I want to be able to relax and get back to writing to escape the madness of this world.  Hopefully, that will happen and I can find something good for supper in the freezer.  Fingers crossed.

Just before my insomnia kicked in I had a dream where my late spouse was alive, I was talking with him, I could touch him.  I never knew in the dream that he passed.  We even had sex.  Then reality set in when I woke up.  It’s been 10 long years, damn I still miss that man.  The heart wants, what the heart wants.  It’s not possible but tell that to my heart.  Every now and then I get a dose of reality like that or I will have the thought that he is coming home or I need to check with him.  Then I remember, nope.  I think writing out sexual fantasies of guys that I have crushes on contributed to my dream.  In a very small way it kind of feels like I am cheating.  I don’t feel that way about porn.  I can only imagine how I will feel if I am ever lucky enough to “get lucky” again be it with casual sex or with something long term.  I want a guy but who knows if something will ever actually click, I sure do hope so and I hope that psychologically it doesn’t mess with me. 

That’s about it for the regular post of the day.  Between AT&T last night and the BS from today I am not exactly in a chipper mood, but you probably didn’t know that by my sunny disposition, right?  Yeah I am being a smart ass, I mean who wants to be a dumb ass?  There I did it again.  Now if I keep on doing that I might just perk up and snap out of it. 

Two more days, here’s hoping I can hold it together and the weekend is quiet as normal.  Hope you had a great day and that your evening is enjoyable as well.  Talk with you all again soon.  Seriously, thank you for your readership, it means the world to me.  Cheers!

Don’t Lie to me

Good Morning Everyone!  Welcome to another day.  I’ve got one hell of a story for you.  Buckle up, here we go!

About a month ago I got a notice from AT&T that my autopay discount would be reduced from $10 per month to $5 per month starting in September.  This is because I was paying with a credit card.  If I switched that to a debit card or a checking account they would keep the $10 discount.  This did not please me as you might imagine.  I wrote a letter and got a response late last week in the form of a phone call.  The person whom I spoke to told me that this would be a straight forward conversation in that they weren’t able to help me.  Well, why bother calling me back?  That’s rhetorical. 

My letter not only complained about this but also their overall pricing.  I was on a 4GB plan paying more than $30 per month but I have a second line of service with Visible and get unlimited everything (talk, text, data and hotspot) for $30 per month taxes and fees included.  I asked AT&T why they were so much higher and what we could do about that.  The response I got was well you’ve been a loyal customer for well over 30 years.  If you wanted to change to our unlimited rate plan and get a new phone that would contractually lock you into an agreement with us, we’d give you $180.  I explained that wasn’t lowering my monthly bill but raising it and throwing in an obligation to AT&T.  I wasn’t willing to be locked into a contract.  I am fortunate that if I want a new phone I walk in, pay cash and walk out with the new phone, no need for financing.  Well, uh gee what if we gave you $180 and you just promised not to change carriers, would that work?  So no contract?  No.  Okay, deal but before we move forward let’s suppose I was to cancel at the 11th hour AT&T wouldn’t come up with some lower rate plan or some other way to help me, would they?  No, I can absolutely assure you that you are on our lowest rate plan and getting the maximum discounts available.  There just isn’t anything lower.  Okay so I took the money. 

Then I learned about AT&T pre-paid which has way better rate plans in exchange for parting with your cash up front before they provide service.  Presently I am a post paid customer, which required a credit check at the time service was established.  It wouldn’t exactly lower by bill but I’d get a better deal by switching.  I went to compare rate plans with what was available in my account.  Previously I only had 3 choices total.  Magically now I have 7 choices and wouldn’t you know it one of them has a lower price by $10 to that $30 price but it’s not unlimited.  It’s 2GB per month and if you go over they charge you an overage fee but will advance you the data.  Hot spot included up to the monthly plan limit.  Unlimited talk and text. 

I thought about it and thought about it, hell I’d save $10 per month, which once my auto pay increases it would work out to $5 per month in savings.  I use Visible for all of my data & hot spot needs, as well as some calling.  I got the line because of getting back into the dating scene and not wanting to give out my real phone number.  I just keep AT&T because it’s the number that is tied to damn near everything and everyone I know or want to be able to reach me.  I could port it but I did that once and it’s super messy and AT&T has port protection in place and you have to make multiple calls before you actually talk to the right person who will finally release your number and give you a port out PIN.  It’s simply not worth the time or aggravation.  Plus AT&T to their credit for extra money has the best spam call protection I have found.  It’s $4 extra per month but well worth it. 

Last night after dealing with some frustrations at work that kept me working much later than I needed to be.  I opted to make the change.  I logged into my account and selected the $30 rate plan.  I got the usual warning screens your lowering your bill and changing your rate plan, are you really sure you want to do this?  Yeah, okay hang on were making the change for you.  Then I got an error screen, something went wrong you need to call us.  I tried once more got the same results and then called. 

I spoke with ye old average regular customer service person.  He tried to switch me to a higher rate plan and I had to put my foot down and explain exactly what I wanted to switch to.  Then he comes back with Sorry sir, that rate plan is for AT&T employees only and isn’t offered to the general public.  Did you read the disclosures?  I said of course not no one ever reads that bullshit, which is true.  It’s all a contract of adhesion that if you don’t agree to it you can’t have it.  Were all conditioned to say yes I agree and move on, which is what I did.  Well, Sir it’s spelled out there.  I asked for a manager.  The person stalled let me double check my records to make sure the information I am giving you is accurate.  Long pause, yeah it’s correct.  Meanwhile that gave me time to read the disclosures and there isn’t a damn thing in there that said it’s for AT&T employees only.  I asked for a Manager and I was told they are very busy but to hang on and a manager would be right with me.  This went on for over a 1/2 hour.  Finally just as I was about to be transferred I hear hold music and the wait just got longer.  Fuck this, I hung up. 

I called from my cell phone and asked to cancel my service.  That puts you in the Retention Department and those are the folks that can wheel and deal to keep you on as a customer.  I’ve played this little game more than once in the 30 plus years I have been a customer.  I explained to the person calmly but with some frustration in my voice what I had just been through with customer service.  This person told me that it is a legacy rate plan that isn’t really offered any more and that you did have to be an AT&T employee but she’d be happy to switch me to that plan if it’s what I really wanted.  That took about 15 minutes and I had to confirm several times that it is what I wanted.  Finally, presto it’s a done deal and at the moment I just saved myself $10 per month. 

I was glad that was over with, I also got the $180 that I was promised last night.  So this situation has worked out well for me.  I kept thinking about how I was lied to and nothing will make me madder than if you lie to me.  Now I really want to leave them.  Will I probably not at this point in time but eventually yeah I think they are on the way out.  There are better deals out there.  AT&T used to have the #1 cellular network now they are #2 and Verizon is the #1 contender.  Visible is pre-paid service on the Verizon network.  The coverage I get from them far exceeds what AT&T provides.  I run both lines simultaneously and can see the signal strength for both in real time.  Visible (Verizon) is always one bar or better than AT&T on average. 

AT&T is like any large organization where the more people you have involved the more misinformation you have.  I just want the best value for my money and to part with as little cash as possible for service.  That’s what the average person wants as well.  I don’t get why they had to lie to me.  You might say it’s misinformation or a misunderstanding but nope it’s a lie.  The person who told me that I had the best rate plan possible and they couldn’t do better worked in the Office of the President, he knew exactly what he was doing. 

While I am not going to do this, I’d bet that if I called back today said I was going to cancel AT&T would make me some offer to try to keep my business and I would get an even sweeter deal.  It’s not worth my time or the aggravation.  For now I am pissed but happy.  I am taking my marbles and moving on with life. 

I understand why now after 30 plus years so many people hate AT&T.  My late grandmother worked for the bell system and I was raised and conditioned to always go with the bell or AT&T because it was hands down the best.  That was true years ago but certainly not today.  They pillage and bleed their customers just like every other carrier but they go out of their way to make sure you get the least for what your paying for instead of the best or most, which in the end I am sure is the same for all of the carriers but the other carriers do a much better job of marketing it and making it palatable and easier to swallow.

I’ve been up since 5a and this has just been eating away at me, so here it is for the world at large to read.  AT&T  eff u see kay, why owe u!

end rant.  Have a great day everyone, thanks for reading this. 

All smiles or something like that

  I am all smiles with another good report from the Dentist.  I don’t go back until March and it felt rather odd but I said Merry Christmas as I left.  Yeah, it will be here before you know it. 

There wasn’t a whole lot that I missed while I was gone.  I had a quick snack before I went and then just came back and got caught up.  I waited as long as I could but I felt my sugar dropping so I just came back from grabbing a quick bite. 

Funny thing if I am walking to the kitchen, Rudy always follows me.  He thinks that I should just pass out food like it’s nothing.  I’m sure if I wanted to I could maybe get him to gain some weight.  However, I am comfy with him being the small size he is.  Since he loves to sleep on top of me.  There is quite a size and weight difference between him and his sister.  Mora is a big girl.  I was really surprised when I first got them earlier this year, the shelter said that she just started packing on the weight.  They both can get up and go with energy but I am guessing her metabolism is slower.  They chase each other back and forth and they move fast. 

I got roped into a task to take care of this afternoon so right now I am just killing time and here if anything happens to break.  Once my task is done I will be headed upstairs to be with the aforementioned cats.  Hoping that tonight is quiet so that I can enjoy my evening, at least what I am permitted to enjoy.  I’ve already got my snack for 7p planned, it’s ice cream.  I got some small Hagen Das cups, they are the perfect size for a snack and a bit more affordable than the larger version.  I’d rather have Ben & Jerry’s but I bought what was available. 

The week is off to a running start.  Come on Friday I am looking forward to seeing you!  Just wanted to share my good news.  I’ll talk with you tomorrow.  Take care! 

Dentist Tuesday

MEN.COM – Joey Mills rides Bruce Beckham

Morning everyone!  Happy Tuesday.  I get my teeth cleaned today.  I honestly don’t mind the trip to the dentist because I always get a good report, hopefully today is no different.  What I don’t like is going during working hours because there is always catchup when I get back.  Sometimes that’s light work and other times it’s heavy work.  My dental appointments seem to fall when I am on-call.  I just take what the appointment they have available, it matters not to me.  Maybe the next appointment won’t happen when I am on-call.

I had 1/2 of some store prepared spaghetti, then took a couple hours to write.  At 7p we had snacks.  The cats got their treats and I had a slice of Carrot Cake with a glass of milk.  It was really good. 

I managed to get a shave and get a shower last night.  I was moving in slow mode but kept on pushing.  I took my sleeping pills and brushed my teeth ahead of time so when I was done, I could just go watch TV and then get to bed.  It worked rather well.  My insomnia kicked in at 5 this morning and I tried to go back to sleep but just tossed and turned.  The cats came to join me closer to 6 and I got in some cuddle time with Rudy.  He fell asleep on my chest twice.  Mora was at my feet but we got in our cuddle time after breakfast, that’s when she likes it the most. 

Rudy was chowing down and I didn’t think he was going to leave anything for his sister.  Then suddenly he barfed, at least he got it in the plate so there was no clean up.  Mora was just looking at me like now what?  I said hang on I’ll get you something.  She was tickled pink that I opened a special can of food just for her.  She should have thanked her brother otherwise that wouldn’t have happened. 

Both cats have magically returned to giving me my morning escort to the basement.  They think I am going to let them in.  I know Mora wants down here worse than Rudy does.  She will sit for hours in front of the door and I can be upstairs eating or getting ready for bed.  I think it’s just curiosity mostly since there time down here has been limited.  I think if I opened the door up and let them roam free I probably would have to carry them out as they wouldn’t want to leave.  It’s a treat to them when I let them come down and I don’t plan on changing things up at the moment. 

Yesterday I was racking my brain for the name of a cute guy that I could picture but couldn’t remember his name.  Well after scouring on social media, it finally hit me.  I found him and he still looks good.  I just hate when I think of someone and can picture them but can’t put a name with the face.  It drives me nuts. 

I hope you like the model photo today.  Joey Mills is one of my favorite porn stars.  I have watched him since his early days on Helix and enjoy his work now that he is a bit older.  He’s always been cute and he knows what he is doing. 

Well back to the fun.  Have a great day, talk with you again soon. 

Catching up

Priority business 1st ….

I saw this video on Saturday morning and thought of one of my readers that I suffers from Migraines.  I thought this might be beneficial.  I learned a lot by watching this despite the fact I don’t get headaches that often.  Wanted to share just in case it helps that person or someone else.

Now on to the regular post.  Friday I got to enjoy the day with the cats upstairs and had very little work to take care of.  The cats loved it and they were all over me so I tried to get some writing done but it was difficult at times. 

I took 1/2 of a muscle relaxer Friday night because I didn’t want to be wiped out on Saturday.  So much for that idea.  I didn’t want to do a damn thing.  I just stayed in, watched TV and slept off an on.  I could have pushed myself a little harder but just didn’t care too. 

Sunday I had to get moving.  The plan was to get up early, grab a shower, get breakfast and then get some shopping done.  What happened was I got up early, fed the cats and went back to bed.  I slept in for a few more hours.  Then got up had breakfast, got my medicine and sat in front of the TV.  I wound up watching Jumping Jack Flash and cuddling in bed with the cats.  Mora was right next to me and she managed to lull me into a sleep.  The TV went off and out I went.  It was so enjoyable and we all had a really good time.  That wasn’t getting things done though.  By noon I was up, grabbed a quick bite to eat, got a shower and then hit up the post office.  Nothing exciting waiting for me there, just a little junk mail and bills.  Moved on to the grocery store.  I was supposed to make a Target run but just wanted to get back home.  Walked through the store like I knew what I was doing but still managed to forget to get cheese.  I realized it when I was in the checkout but I didn’t want to make a run for it.  No big deal. 

Made it home, unloaded and put all of the groceries away.  Then sat on the couch, my stomach was bothering me a little bit.  That went away and I opted to venture out later in the afternoon for Mexican food.  I had a nice meal.  Service was slow.  I needed to use the bathroom and the waitress wasn’t moving fast enough.  I wanted to duck into the bathroom but I didn’t want her to think I skipped out on my bill.  Well the waiting turned out to be a bad idea.  I think you understand without me saying more.  They were out of toilet paper and that didn’t help me.  I used seat covers to clean up.  Headed out after scrubbing my hands twice like a surgeon preparing to operate.  Their soap sucked!  I came home and grabbed another quick shower.  Then did laundry.  Let the cats roam around in the basement because I didn’t want to fight with them.  I was running out of energy.  Then I had to take care of the litter boxes and after that I had to put my pills out.  Then back down stairs and I had to shoo Rudy to the stairs.  Mora was just a loaf and I had to pick her up and carry her to the stairs.  She tried to claw me but missed.  Then my legs were turning into Jell-O, I felt like I was dehydrated and all I wanted to do was get some water and sit down.  I was out of breath. 

That’s what I get for trying to do everything in one day.  It’s worked out for me well in the past but not this time.  Once I caught my breath and hydrated a little bit, I had a small individual Hagen Daz ice cream Carmel Crunch, along with an anti-acid pill.  Between the two they helped to settle my stomach which was starting to act up again. 

Then the internet went out.  We were under a Tornado Watch and then I got a pop up on my phone, hey you don’t have any internet.  Thank God for cellular connectivity, it has become more reliable than the cable company.  I watched TV in my room via my hot spot option.  Got into an old Whoopi Goldberg Standup and it was really good.  Cuddled in bed with the cats but not before taking a double dose of sleeping medicine.  My body didn’t want to pass out until closer to midnight.  Thank God the internet came back up just before I turned the TV off, so I had my white noise via my Echo. 

What a weekend.  I slept really good, had some far out pleasant dreams and Rudy tried to wake me early.  He likes to climb on me a couple hours before I wake up, he sleeps on top of me but makes his biscuits first to wake me up and let me know he’s there.  Then I get him to settle down and he goes to sleep and I get to fall back asleep.  The alarm clock went off, which isn’t normal but Rudy knew what it meant and he was all excited.  Morea apparently sleeps on the cedar chest and then once Rudy climbs on top of me, she moves to get in bed and take her spot by my feet.  They have an interesting routine. 

I woke up and really just wanted to go back to bed.  Yesterday didn’t exactly help my back but my ribs bother me from Rudy sleeping on me and making his biscuits.  I think they are slightly bruised.  I’ll mention it to the doc when I am there in a few weeks.  I wanted to take the day off but I didn’t.  It started off calm and then all hell broke loose, then finally things calmed down to allow me to catch up on work and personal stuff. 

I’ve got a slight little problem looming in that I started to run out of guys to write about.  I scraped my brain a bit more and managed to conger up a few more names.  It was kind of depressing over the weekend I didn’t know what to do.  I managed to crank out a few stories on Friday night which helped to eliminate guys from the list.  I have a nice little folder going of stores to transcribe from written to typewritten form.  I’m eventually going to give the OCR software a try and if it works I guess I will pay for it.  I am still working on proofing the one story I am super proud of and making some edits.  I’m anxious to publish it but I am also having some second thoughts. 

Work’s calling so time to go.  Hope that Monday is a great day for you and that you had an excellent weekend.  Take care!

Jibber Jabber on Friday

  Charlie Puth

Morning and happy Friday.  I saw the photo above of Charlie Puth (American Pop Singer) on social media yesterday.  He’s wearing leather shorts, although the version above doesn’t depict that well, the photo on social media shows his legs.  I noticed that in his most recent album cover he was wearing leather pants.  I started off liking his voice but as the years have progressed I have developed quite the sexual attraction to him.  He’s straight but damn I’ll bet if he spent a night with me, I could probably flip him or at least get him to question his sexuality.  He’s so hot!  Yeah, I know your saying, dream on.  That I am dreaming and when he posts photos like this it doesn’t help.  There are a couple of him showing off his bare ass on line as well and those are really nice!  Nothing frontal though, at least that is real.  There are always plenty of fakes.  Charlie just makes my mouth water.  I still can’t tell though if the tattoo he showed off the other day is real or temporary, it didn’t look like wet fresh ink in the photo, so I am hopeful that it’s all part of a PR campaign to release his latest single that is due out later this month called Lipstick. 

Now back to reality.  I tried some new shampoo yesterday called Tingle by Beast.  It didn’t do a lot for me but I didn’t leave it on a super long time.  The tingle feeling is nice and I’ve gotten it from Paul Mitchell’s Tea Tree.  The trick is to just lather, lather, lather and then leave it on.  Graham Webb had something similar out called Ice Cap and it felt pretty nice as well, but I don’t think that is available anymore.  Nioxin’s conditioner for normal to thinning hair also produces that icy tingle – that is the most intense tingle I have ever felt.  There is a conditioner by American Crew that does a similar job of tingling.  I’ve been a Paul Mitchell fan for years.  I found that if you skip for a few months and use regular shampoo, when you switch back to Tea Tree the intense tingle happens quicker, at least for me.  There is a Tea Tree Bar Soap from Paul Mitchell that produces quite a tingle when you get into your nether regions, it’s nice and cool water pairs well to rinse it off.  Just saying in case that is of interest.  I’m not being paid here for my opinion, just putting it out there for what it’s worth. 

Had a nice Krispy Kreme Jelly Donut and a glass of milk last night for a snack.  I love a good Jelly Donut, don’t ruin it by putting icing on top like some bakery's do just serve it plain or with a light glaze.  I had this one cold but I like them warm as well.  Amazon has a bakery in NY that will send you 12 authentic NY Jelly Donuts for $32.  I’ve never had true NY bakery or a bagel but I hear the magic is all in the water.  I’ve got the donuts on my shopping list and I am going to buy them one day but probably once the weather turns.  Shipping food or candy in the summer just doesn’t appeal to me.  Years ago a co-worker send me a bunch of candy via FedEx in the middle of July and it all melted.  I had to put it in the fridge and it just wasn’t quite the same when I consumed it but it was good. 

The sunshine came out for a brief peek in the afternoon about an hour before sunset and it was gone before I really had time to appreciate it.  Rudy however took it all in.  Morea just wanted daddy time, she seems to not be able to get enough of that.  The more she craves the more I wonder if she doesn’t feel good.  I learned something yesterday from a YouTube video a cats tail has over 20 muscle that can be independently controlled by the animal.  I never knew that.  I also learned how to do the slow eye blink to communicate to your cat that you love them.  I did it to Morea yesterday and she returned it right back, which the video says means that they understand and they love you as well.  It was fun.  I kept trying to get her to do it again but once was all I got. 

Insomnia kicked in last night.  I turned on the TV and watched a video about the Penis with a urologist and his kids.  One of his kids was named Zach Spits.  That gave me quite the chuckle.  If I had that last name I’d change it to something else.  I’m not sure on the spelling but his dad wrote a book all about the penis.  I just watched it to kill time and learned a few things.  It primarily talked about size, increasing length and how there are so many gimmicks.  I didn’t know but apparently you measure your true size when your flaccid, at least that his how a Urologist measures it.  Kind of interesting, never would have thought that.  There is apparently a whole series from this guy but I just got a bunch of random videos in my feed now about the penis.  Just what I didn’t want.

Not much on tap for today.  1 stupid meeting in a few hours.  Then the rest of my day is wide open.  I did a little bit of work after lunch yesterday it got busy.  Then I got a lull.  Just before quitting time all hell broke loose and I jumped in and took the small nightmare the seemed to rise from no where.  After that I was able to get the trash out and walk away from work. 

I woke up this morning to another gloomy day and rain is in the forecast.  I went out while it was still dry and grabbed the empty trash can and lugged it back in.  I didn’t want to be doing that in the rain.  I am ready to sneak in a nap and just lounge for the rest of the day with the cats.  They were both worked up this morning wanting to play.  I got play bitten by both of them and they always want to gnaw on my fingers like they are teething.  Were still doing the cat nip thing before bed but it’s a smaller amount for each of them.  They still seem to enjoy it and they beg for it every single night. 

I’ve got no real plans for the weekend.  I’d like to get out and destroy this vine that is growing on the side of my house, I kind of hope that it’s dry so that I can tackle that.  Otherwise nothing special in the works.  Hoping to enjoy time away since I will be on-call next week.  I hope you have a great weekend and are able to relax.  Stay cool, hydrated and safe.  Take care!

Gloomy Thursday

  Alex Ink tops Oliver Marks – Randy Blue

Morning everyone!  I hope all is well.  It’s a gloomy overcast Thursday here but the temps are back to normal and the rain has stopped, at least for a bit.  My AC I think is enjoying the rest.  I have woken up in the middle of the night a couple times this week and it’s freezing cold in here.  It feels good but I just get under the covers and it’s back to sleep.  The house isn’t that cold during the day but it’s comfortable.  The lawn looks green again for the most part there are still sections that have fried in the sun that aren’t coming back until next year. 

I got to spend the afternoon upstairs and used my laptop for any issues that came up.  There were a few but mostly I was able to write.  Had a different lunch.  A soft warm pretzel, a little mustard and light salt.  Grabbed a soda to wash it down with and it was good.  That got my brain to thinking and I came up with an idea that I tried later in the evening.  I used the Super Pretzel that you get in the freezer section.  You have to get them wet so the salt will stick.  I did that but instead of coating it with salt, I used Cinnamon & Sugar.  Then microwaved it and it wasn’t the best but it wasn’t bad either.  I enjoyed it. 

I had some time on social media yesterday and that was enjoyable.  Spent time with Rudy & Mora.  They slept most of the time I was writing and working.  However, their bodies know when it’s time for food and they magically spring to life.  I thought for sure since I ate so little for lunch my sugar would have dropped but it didn’t.  I got up and fed them.  I had some Fettuccini which was pretty good.  Then back to the paper and pen. 

AT&T and Nexstar Media who owns a lot of local channels across the county and is the largest broadcaster have had their contract expire.  They are working on negotiating but from what I see on line this looks to be a fight that is going to go on for the long haul.  It’s speculated that it will be settled either at the start of Fall TV or shortly there after.  Each side is blaming the other and it’s kind of a huge mess.  For me this means I don’t get to see the local news when I want to.  I have to record from a different local channel and then watch it when I wake up to find out what was going on.  I don’t get breaking news or traffic in the morning and when I am going in to the office that kind of sucks but thankfully I use GPS so it’s all worked out so far.  It’s just a huge pain and I wish they would sign a new agreement.  I know I am going to pay for it in the end, the question is how much?  I looked at YouTube TV and that sounds really appealing especially with unlimited DVR space and the addons they offer.  I don’t see a contract is required but the price isn’t cheap, then again what TV provider do you know that is comparable to cable that offers reasonable prices after their promotional period ends?  This might just make me sound old but damn, I remember when TV used to be free, you didn’t have a gazillion channels to watch but you never had any outages, maybe a little snow but you adjust the rabbit ears and that went away.  My how times have changed.  I like the variety but not necessarily the cost. 

My plate is empty for the rest of the day.  I am going to try to repeat yesterday by working upstairs.  Starting with a little nap, then lunch and writing.  I keep looking at my work email and something else manages to keep coming in as I am composing this.  Might have to hang down here for a bit longer. 

Anyway, have a good day.  Stay cool & hydrated.  Be Safe and I will talk with you again.   

 

Mid-Week Man Candy

 

 

Evening Drama

  Nothing like a little drama to end the day.  I was sitting in the living room writing away.  I saw an Ambulance with it’s lights on head down the street.  That always makes me with I listened full time to the scanner to be in the know.  This is one call I for sure wanted to know about because about 30 minutes it got much more exciting.  4 Police Units paraded down the street, no lights but they weren’t driving slow.  About 10 minutes later 2 EMS SUV’s showed up.  I had the scanner on to know the additional EMS people were coming but had no idea what the nature of the call was or why the additional EMS was needed.  Then 10 minutes later the show was over and everyone left.  The call was a ways down the street out of my line of sight.  After everyone left I listened a little while longer nothing.  Then 5 minutes after this all ended both of those EMS SUV’s came back, no lights but it was as if they forgot something.  It was a quick in and out.  My neighborhood was about due for an EMS call.  We average at least 1 to 2 calls per year.  There have been years where it’s been heavier.  It’s nice to know what is going on around me.  I listen all day long when I work at home and am at the computer.  Once I leave I may turn the scanner upstairs on and listen for a bit while I eat but more often than not I just walk away.  I’ve got company upstairs in the way of the cats to keep me company.  That’s kind of what the scanner does for me when I am in the basement. 

I was able to finish out my day as I had planned yesterday, upstairs.  The cats were a bit of a challenge but they mostly didn’t bother me until I put the computer away and started writing.  That is when they seem to need and want their attention.  How convenient.  We have all damn day long and they pick the one time when I want to zone out and go to a fantasy world to just forget about reality for a while.

I felt guilty not giving them much attention.  Morea as you might guess by her name is quite the attention hog.  She can’t get enough.  If she isn’t feeling well she has to have even more.  I still don’t know her well enough to pick up on when she isn’t feeling well but yesterday was one of those times.  She threw up twice.  I paid attention to her then.  She was fine after that.  She wanted to play and she knew cat nip time was around the corner.  That’s when her and Rudy start getting excited and dancing around here.  There is for sure pep in their step.  I wrapped things up and started to wind down.  I went to brush my teeth and that’s when they know it’s coming.  As soon as I am done cat nip time  I passed out a very small amount.  The night prior I put out a little too much.  They just eat it up like it’s candy.  Then they sit there dazed for a bit.  Then they want to play a little bit.  They keep themselves occupied while I have a chance to not only finish up with my teeth but watch some porn.  When they wind down they wander in and we just wait for my sleeping medicine to kick in.  Morea is usually at the end of the bed, sleeping.  Rudy is at my feet in between my legs resting.  I watch TV and it doesn’t seem to bother them at all.  30 minutes to 2 hours later and I am ready for bed.  Rudy gets on the floor and waits until I am in bed.  Then he joins us and that’s usually when they start fighting.  Morea moves to the pillow on the cedar chest and Rudy takes the bed.  Sometimes they both wind up leaving. 

My good deed to reward them one night with a little cat nip has turned out to bite me in the ass and it’s now a habit they expect each and every night.  I have only skipped once, they weren’t happy about it but I want to have more skip nights so they don’t become expectant that this will be an every night thing.  A little cat nip now and then is fine but it’s not something that I really want to give them everyday.  I also dislike the fact that when I go to buy it they market it like its weed for cats.  I’ve heard that for years and that alone is enough to make me not want to buy it.  Weed and catnip are two different things.  I just have a real hang up about illegal (I know weed is legal in some places) drugs.

A wet and much cooler morning here.  We have rain pretty much hanging around all day long and I hate the gloomy days.  I also hear the Cicada’s at night and I know winter is around the corner.  The news mentioned that by the end of August the sunsets will all start to happen by 7:30p.  Now it stays light until 8 to 8:30p.  I like days filled with light.  However, that’s the beauty of living in a place where you get to see all 4 seasons no matter how brief or long they might be.  Winter and Summer are very easy to distinguish.  Spring and Fall they seem to last a very short time and then it’s either full on Summer or Full on Winter.  It’s been getting worse like that for the past 10 or so years.  I remember growing up I got the true experience of all 4 seasons.  It was really great. 

With the weather being gloomy I am really not much in a working mood today.  I just want to be lazy, go back to bed and call the day done.  I could use this time to my advantage to get started on my dreaded report at work but that’s never a fun task.  Plus I don’t have all of the pieces I need yet to complete it, still waiting for some data to come my way.  I like to assemble it and then publish to get it off my plate.  However, I’m in no hurry and if I can get away with being lazy today then I’m going to.  One meeting today that is all that is on the books, just before lunch.  Then I am home free.  The rest of the week looks very similar today.  It’s one of those times where you might as well enjoy the lull while it lasts.  I will be on-call again next week and not looking forward to that.  It’s nice to be able to see something come in and know that you don’t have to worry about it, the on-call person will take care of it.  That is until you are the on-call person!  There is also another project looming and pretty soon I will be super busy.  Then a couple months of a lull and some average work days.  Then the end of the year and bam I’m busy again. 

Here’s hoping that the sun is shining in your neck of the woods but that it’s not dreadfully hot.  Stay hydrated, cool and I will talk with you all again soon.  Be well. 

Cat Head Wash

Morning!  It’s been a hell of a morning.  I’ve been going since a little after 7:30a and had a break about 15 minutes ago, it was fast, I had to come back to get into a meeting.  Has 2 Little Debbie Turtle Brownies and a soda as a pick me up.  Damn those things are really good, if you see them in the store and like Carmel, Brownies & Nuts grab them and enjoy!

I did sit on the couch for a couple minutes and Rudy sensed I was stressed or something like that.  He came over and climbed on top of the couch and then started to wash my hair with his tongue.  It felt so good all of those little barbs on his tongue were out and raking across my scalp.  He wasn’t as vigorous as Momma used to be but damn I haven’t had that done in forever.  It gives me goose bumps and feels really good.  I just had a shower last night and there’s nothing on my scalp or in what little hair I decided to keep.  Otherwise I would have stopped him. 

Amazon dropped the ball on part of my order and said it was running late and it would be here today.  I am still waiting and expect that this afternoon it will appear.  They also decided to send me an additional order of dental floss from my subscribe & save list.  I got some last week and they are sending more today.  It takes 4 months to go through the spool so I’ll be good for a while. 

The best news is that the 3 pack of Zebra Green Disposable Fountain Pens all write, I was surprised.  Apparently something about ordering the sample pack of multiple colors is the issue.  Both greens for me didn’t work.  I used one of them last night, turns out it wasn’t bright enough green for me, but the ink won’t go to waste.  I just might not use it as fast. 

For kicks yesterday after lunch I went and reset the GFCI in my bathroom, the replacement outlet arrived with my Amazon delivery.  The original outlet is still going strong and the GFCI has yet to trip.  Very strange to me.  I know those things are a pain.  The one in the garage I had to replace because all of the power was cut off and the old GFCI outlet was shot to the point where it wouldn’t take a reset.  I hope the original outlet holds.  Kind of made me wonder if I got a mouse that got zapped but I have been mouse free for a long time.  Made me think back to the days of when the lights in the dining room would randomly turn on and off, they are on a touch dimmer switch.  I’ll bet there were some mice cooked over that one.  I’m just lucky those little bastards didn’t start a fire.  I still wonder on occasion if there is any damage that they did that will come back to haunt me later but I suppose time will tell. 

I didn’t get a whole lot of time to write yesterday, what time I had went by really fast.  I gave the cats some attention and skimmed social media then got my shower.  Speaking of social media, I saw a couple photos from Charlie Puth, looks like he got a tattoo on his neck.  Looks like a bunch of small birds.  I pray it’s just a PR stunt and not true.  However, it’s his body.  My brain wanted to keep going but my body said no way.  Started watching something on YouTube and climbed in bed.  Before long I turned it off and called it a night.  Slept pretty good, some crazy dream.  Rudy got on top of me for a few hours and slept.  I’d wake up and turn, I make sure that he turns with me and readjusts.  It’s kind of interesting but also a bit of a pain.  Turns out he wanted to sleep in this morning and for a change I woke him up.  That’s a change. 

Time to grab some lunch.  I’ve got a meeting after that and then the rest of the day is wide open.  I plan to spend the remainder of the day upstairs and work on my writing, while keeping an eye out for any work that may need attention.  I like to coast when I can, no one knows and it can be peaceful but more often than not work interrupts and I have to readjust.  Might try to squeeze in a nap but that sugar from the brownies and the caffeine from the soda have kicked in. 

Hope you have a great day.  I’ll talk with you all again soon.