Still going

Got mommas blood results today.  Thyroid level is fine.  However, she has kidney issues – the values are off.  They want me to bring her back next month so they can get more blood from momma and more money from me.  I am inclined to not bring her back, she is eating, drinking, using the bathroom and playing.  She’s not broke so why try to fix her.  I think they just want my money, but maybe that is the skeptic in me. 

Yesterday was the day of the big off site event.  It was like there was a black cloud following me.  The event went on without any problem but we had technical issues right down to the wire.  I even had problems with my iPhone trying to give me directions to get to where I needed to be. 

I’ve been getting frequent headaches, some nausea and mildly dizzy.  I went for a massage today and found out that I am tight and have knots o’plenty.  The therapist worked them out as much as she could.  I’ve been taking muscle relaxers things have been that bad.  I will be popping one tonight when I get home.  I have a feeling that come tomorrow it may hurt to move. 

Tomorrow is the day that Mr. Personality will be back in town.  So NOT looking forward to that.  We will have a bunch of people here tomorrow so the potential for tech problems increases and of course they are all big wigs so I have to be sure to get into the game and stay there all day.  Fun times. 

Plans for the weekend?  Yeah going to the dentist and going to retrieve my calendars from the post office.  I also want to see Love the Coopers.  Outside of that not really, might see my mom or at least give her a call.  Hopefully work in some naps to rest up for the week ahead when I am on-call. 

Well back to the grindstone.  Talk with you all again soon.  Have a great weekend!

Cock Blocked by the post office

Yesterday I got a notification that my calendars were delivered.  I was anxious to see the preview of the men on the back covers.  Instead when I got to the post office I got the dreaded yellow card, which means see clerk.  They have lockers to place larger packages and only use them with me about 50% of the time.  So I was cock blocked by the post office. 

I ordered a few things from Amazon and had everything shipped to work.  One of the many things I ordered was wipers for the truck.  They shipped them separately.  One package made it to me.  UPS delivered the other package God knows where but it’s not in our building.  Not happy about that but I can get a replacement shipped after I wait a day.  My hope is that the other package will surface but I still have the feeling I am going to wind up with 3 wipers.  I pray that the remainder of my order makes it here without any issue.  It’s all regular stuff that one would order.  See I thought about having the calendars shipped here but if this would have happened with them I would really be upset.  It’s always better safe than sorry.

Still waiting on Momma’s lab results, I would think they would be in by now.  If they don’t call me by tonight then I will be calling them tomorrow. 

Today was my free lunch day and it was okay, nothing fantastic.  Tomorrow I will be leaving the office early and headed to an annual seminar that work puts on.  Hopefully they will finish the presentation early and I can get out of Dodge early.  Would be nice but I won’t hold my breath.  Thursday will be a normal day and then Friday is when the ass clown comes to town.  I found out he will be here all weekend long, which is fine by me.  I won’t be here all weekend long, I will be doing other things like sitting in the Dentist chair.  I always look forward to that, nothing like a woman's breast on your head – it is a unique feeling and I rather like it.  I don’t get turned on but rather I relax.

My neck is killing me I sure wish that it would stop hurting.  It’s too much time spent with my iPhone and looking down at screens.  It might be a bit before I get my next massage because of the Thanksgiving holiday.  I hope she comes early, no idea if that will happen.  I just sent our office manager an email asking when will she be here next?  Ah just found out she will be here this week, thank the Lord!

That’s all I know.  Now back to the regular drill, counting down to getting to go play in traffic and the rain on the commute home.  Talk with you all again soon.

Sunday

I was up pretty late, the cats didn’t seem to mind.  However, they were quick to try to wake me for breakfast, which didn’t happen at it’s usual time.  I wanted to sleep in and I did until 8:30a.  Then I decided to haul out of bed and start the day.  Breakfast for the children, a glass so I could fill it with water and take my pills.  Then time to get dressed and head out the door. 

First stop was the vet.  I took them a check for payment and was told that the credit card machine was working for 1 out of every 2 people.  Wow better odds but I am still glad that they are paid off, one less thing I have to think about. 

Second stop was at Cracker Barrel.  Yeah I know it’s not the normal Steak N Shake.  I had been thinking about CB for a while and decided just to head out.  The cute waiter I asked out hasn’t been spotted there since shortly after I asked him out.  They have a new breed of guys and all of which are cute.  Had my infamous Blueberry Pancake breakfast.  It was very good and I was surprised that I got seated as soon as I walked in the door.  When I left it was wall to wall people and they had a waiting list going.  That is the usual experience for me.

Third stop was the grocery store.  I had to get a couple of candy bars to go over the limit so my coupon kicked in and I paid $56 and got my $20 discount.  I could easily get used to this.  I think that is part of the trick, which is why they have this promotion going for so long.  I am just thankful to be able to save something.  I need all of the breaks I can get. 

Final stop was home.  Unpack and start the fun here.  The new shower curtain went up last night and it’s not long enough and it’s cheap, which explains why it was only $5.  I put the original in the laundry and have it back up.  I am using the cheap one as well but not too sure how long it will last.  I am already wanting to chop it down.

I started continuing to configure my laptop and that has been an all day job.  Just a couple of interruption's by Insty.  Once for lunch and Once for supper.  Girl sure loves her food.  I am surprised that Momma isn’t clinging to me.  I gave her a break last night and again this morning on her medicine, as a reward for visiting the vet.  She will start her pills back again tonight.  Speaking of the children I got the claw trimming taken care of.  Ruth was a pistol and she fought me through the entire process.  Turns out her claws were really in good shape, she could have easily went a couple of more weeks.  Everyone else well they needed to be trimmed.  It was NOT a fun job but I am glad it’s behind me.  I have also managed to complete Laundry as well.  Also got my shave and shower.  Made my Sunday Pizza and consumed it.  I had plans for a nap but just never got around to taking one.  Hopefully that means a really good nights sleep for me tonight, I could sure use it.  No bad dreams, just good uninterrupted sleep.  Are you listening Mr. Sandman?

When I went to clean the house I learned that the vacuum on switch doesn’t want to stay on.  You touch it and it goes on and when you remove your finger instead of staying on it turns off.  I had to tape it down in order to get the house cleaned.  It’s been a good vacuum and I can live with that quirk if I have to but I would rather not.  I saw Bear slither underneath the couch.  Now I know how he gets in.  Not sure how he manages to pull himself out.  The only things left to deal with is prepping for tomorrow and wrangling the trash.  Two tasks that I will complete tonight.  I need some relaxation time as well.  Right now my desktop is updating with the major Windows 10 update and that will take a while.  I really need it and am kind of sorry I said update now but I would also be around when updates are installed just in case something goes wrong. 

Next weekends agenda will be to get my choppers cleaned and to see Love The Coopers.  Time for some fun and time away from technology.  After all the week of the 23rd is when I am on call.  I always like to try to live it up just before the boom lowers.  Good news is that I will be done for the year unless something happens.  I hope the boss uses a better method for deciding who’s on call when she prepares the next schedule. 

My mom called, yeah really.  She left me a voice mail while I was cleaning the house.  I didn’t bother to call her back.  I am going to try to see her next weekend as well, it’s not a high priority but I figure it’s time.  I am doing it begrudgingly.  It’s not something that I look forward to. 

I have been back on-line on the various dating apps.  No sign from the bad date and that’s okay.  While I am eager for the 3rd date with a new guy I would rather wait a little bit than rush into something.  I’ve got one friend telling me that I am trying too hard and that love will find me when the time is right.  Yeah, that might be a true statement but if I don’t look, I can’t sit back and expect Mr. Right to knock on my front door.  It’s like being unemployed and expecting your next employer to come knocking, doesn’t work that way.  Both situations require a concerted effort or you won’t get any results. 

The week ahead has me leaving the office early to go off site for a presentation on Wednesday.  I could be home early or I could be really late – depends upon how much people yack and what traffic is like.  Last year was a little bit of a challenge and it was much colder.  I was in long sleeves.  Right now I am still wearing short sleeves.  I need a jacket some days and other days I need a coat but by the afternoon it’s perfect outside.  Strange weather.  Then on Friday the bull in the china shop comes back to town.  I just hope that our paths don’t cross, so that Friday is the good day it’s supposed to be. 

That’s all for now.  Off to enjoy what is left of this Sunday and try not to think about Monday.  Hope you had a great weekend.  Talk with you all again soon.

Retail Therapy

Momma and I went to the vet.  They did the full blood work but they are sending it off, in order to save me money.  Besides that since she is okay we aren’t in dire need of the results right away.  They suspect that the medicine needs to be adjusted.  This is due in part to the fact that she has facial and ear itching, to excess and she is irritable.  I’ve got my Momma back but she is a crabby little thing.  I picked up additional medicine for her as well as more medication for Bear.  Cost $185 for all of it.  Not terrible.  Then I made a goof move.  I put it on my special line of credit.  Since it wasn’t $200 there is no special promotion on interest.  I wound up going back asking them if I could pay a different way because that would seriously mess me up.  They accommodated me.  Thankfully their credit card machine for normal cards wasn’t working, so they asked me to call back on Monday.  Instead I will be taking them a check tomorrow.  It will be paid for in full and over and done with. 

After we were done I brought the princess back home.  I decided that since I didn’t get a good nights sleep that a nap was in order.  I also wanted to catch the latest John Mulaney comedy special on Netflix.  Even though he is straight, I still think he is fine!  I got 1/2 way through.  I still have to finish it, which will happen later tonight. 

After my nap ended prematurely I had to get up and feed the children lunch.  Then I returned a call to a friend, who was inquiring if my date called me back.  I told her I will never hear from him again.  The more I think about it, I am very glad of that fact.  We weren’t a good fit and so be it.  I am not happy about the experience because it was a waste of time, but at least I got some good food out of it.  Moving on, I went and got my haircut.  Then on to the post office got my latest copy of Out Magazine, haven’t looked through it yet.  Then I went to the buffet.  I filled up on the best mashed potatoes, vegetables (carrots, broccoli, corn) as well fried and baked chicken, pasta and catfish.  Then of course I had to top all of that off with Bread Pudding, Lemon Sauce and Vanilla & Chocolate Swirl Ice Cream.  Then I went back for just Bread Pudding and Lemon Sauce.  I paid my bill of $12.96 which included a tip.  Found out that if I come down during the week it’s only $6.99.  Then it was time to head back.

Coming home it turned dark and I was thankful that I was in the truck.  It’s got the best headlights and fog lights as well so I could actually see very well.  Then I hit up Target which is where I did my Retail Therapy.  I got cat litter, mouthwash, some facial mask stuff for my face and then I went to look for a laptop.  Found a steal that I couldn’t pass up.  An Acer Aspire.  The model is ES1-512-C80E it’s a very basic laptop but has a nice large display, long life battery (whatever that means) and a separate numeric keypad.  Cost was $199.99.  Now do I need this?  No I’ve got a desktop here at home.  However, I am lazy and don’t want to always come downstairs.  Now I won’t have to.  I am starting to wonder how much I will really use it.  My other laptop is at work and stays there full time unless I have a reason to bring it home.  I’m thinking I may swap them but not sure yet.  I am configuring it while I type this.  It’s upgrading to Windows 10 which is not exactly lighting fast. 

After Target I hit up the pet store and saw my crush Jordan who has the most perfect ass and cutest face.  Yes, he is straight!  I picked up cat food, made a donation (which I never do) to give a cat a toy for Christmas.  Then I came home to feed everyone supper and here I sit typing this out. 

Last night I texted my dickhead brother.  I asked about meeting up today and he didn’t understand why we needed to meet up.  Seriously is the world filled with that many forgetful people?  When I told him that I wanted to go through the house, he is now suddenly unavailable.  He had to work and had plans after work.  Never mind that he works less than 10 miles from my house.  The dumb ass could have stopped by with a key but I didn’t even ask.  I figure he is going to be a dick so let him be that way.  Then he asked me if I was going to see or call mom.  I told him eventually.  I don’t want to interfere with her treatment.  He said that she is asking about me.  Well, they have a telephone there she can pick it up and call me.  Problem is with her altered mental status she probably doesn’t remember my phone number.  There probably isn’t anything that I really want.  I did think about going down and trying to pick the lock, but if someone was watching they would call the cops and I could easily wind up in jail for attempted burglary which would cost me my job.  So instead I opted for the buffet.  Truth be told no one would do anything unless it took me an unusually long time to do the picking but I find it better not to take that risk, but I really want to spite the dick.  Like go in turn on the water and leave it and all of the lights on.  He would freak when he got them final bills.  As I was telling a friend earlier this week, he didn’t think any of this through.  Mom is in a Medicaid bed and they will only pay for 100 days, after that you have to meet new eligibility criteria.  So she could be kicked out as soon as February, won’t that be absolutely perfect to rain on his Valentine’s Day?  Just don’t think that either of them is coming to live with me because that answer is NO.  He wouldn’t lift a finger for me, he won’t inconvenience himself.  Both he and my mom are ME oriented people.  Yeah, I hate to admit it but I used to be that way.  My late partner snapped me out of it.  Now I put myself out there for others before I take care of myself or my needs.  Your supposed to reap what you sew.

I had a little bit of an intervention yesterday at work.  2 of my friends conspired together, both are really worried about me.  So were all supposed to get together at a gay bar so that I can get tips from a young gay couple that one of my friends know.  They are married but she showed me photos of them.  I could hook up with 1 of them, he’s super cute.  I’m told they will give me solid advice and help get me in the dating scene.  I am also told that I need to update my profile photo because on some sites I am using older photos of me, I am hot and cute but that isn’t the real me today.  I’ve aged so better to advertise as I am than how I was.  I understand, but everyone does that.  I am also told that I need to go outside of my signature look and dress properly for a date.  Yeah okay so who is going to pay for all of these new clothes for this new look?  I think that is total BS, you aren’t attracted to someone because of what they wear or how they dress, it’s the person and how they look.  It’s physical appearance in combination with what is on the inside (how they are as a person).  I have never said oh I want to go out with him because he wears Polo or Tommy Hilfiger or don’t touch that guy he wears off brand clothes.  Seriously!  Signature look I think that is pure BS.  I dress how I dress and if you like it great and if you don’t fine too.  You won’t change me I am who I am – love me for who I am or don’t love me at all.  I am not going to turn in to a fake person or act a specific way just to land a guy.  One can only keep a façade going for so long and then the real you comes out.  I would rather be genuine and 100% me.  After all no one does me better than me!

Tomorrow I have groceries to get as well as a house to clean and clothes to wash.  Typical Sunday and then were back in the game for another week.  Next week will be the last week before I am on-call.  Still hoping for quiet but I have to play the hand I am dealt like it or not. 

I am going to put up my new shower curtain, which by the way I found out was only $5 because it’s a cheap thin sheet of plastic.  So much for a bargain.  I’m keeping the old one until I know how well the new one holds up.  Then I am putting on some facial mask, taking a hot shower and calling it a night.  Not before I empty the litter boxes though.  I just went up to pass out treats, everyone of course is starving.  Yeah right.  They eat better and more often than I do, still I am the fat one.  Explain that to me. 

Hope that your having a great weekend.  Talk with you again soon. 

Swing …. Strike 2

My timing was spot on as usual.  I was early.  I waited outside for him for a minute or two and then decided it was too cold so I went in.  I grabbed a table and sat for a couple minutes.  My cotton mouth kicked in so I decided to grab a soda and continue to wait for him.  As I am walking back to the table with my soda, my phone started ringing.  It was him.  He said that he would be 10 minutes late.  No problem.

It was about 10 minutes give or take.  He walked in the door and he was pretty tall, I could also smell the fact that he was sweating.  His profile said that he was fit.  He had a few extra pounds as do I.  None of this is a deal breaker for me.  He also had a full beard, not happy about that but still. 

We ordered, he took his sweet time.  He grabbed a beer.  I went to refresh my soda and when I came back he was playing with his phone.  He acted like someone just died but then said everything is okay.  Food came and he didn’t pay attention to what he ordered, it had jalapenos in it, so his mouth was on fire.  He chugged his beer like a frat boy.  Not a big deal. 

Our conversation was about movies, he had an opinion on every movie ever made – which I guess qualifies him to be a movie critic.  He wants to stay in the area for a while but eventually move.  I told him that this was only my second date in my lifetime, I explained that my partner passed away.  I also told him that I didn’t drink.  He tried to get me to tell him the name of my employer which I wouldn’t budge on that.  I told him I was an open book so he could ask me anything  Now keep in mind we don’t know each others last names and we are just getting to know each other.  Neither of us know if the other one is a loon, so it’s best to keep things generic.  I just told him that I worked in the area and wanted to leave it at that for now. 

All during the meal he played with his phone, we were talking and he was playing on his phone.  Then he excused himself to use the bathroom since we were both done eating.  He came back and said he was taking off, he had things to do.  Yeah uh okay.  He told me earlier that he didn’t have anything to do until 1p on Friday.  He shook my hand and said keep in touch, right.   I was expecting that we would hug but that didn’t happen.  Then he sprinted out of the restaurant.  I grabbed my coat and followed.  We were walking the same way, he looked over his shoulder and saw me.  There was no acknowledgement, if anything he walked a little faster.  I knew that he would look back again to see if I was following him, first chance I got to duck him I did. 

My heart sank … I wished that things would have turned out differently.  Not sure what about me scared him away or if he was just a hyper guy.  He yawned a lot, it was as if he just woke up.  His profile said he was always late, that was no lie.  I drove home and just wanted to cry.  This is exactly what I didn’t want to happen.  I will honestly be surprised if I ever hear from him again.  I also don’t know that I will entertain a date from someone that is 27 again. 

What if he contacts me?  Well that kind of depends upon what he has to say.  It really sucks that I have to work today.  I could easily spend the day in bed.  However, there are deadlines looming and I have to perform today, so like a money at a circus I am going to start my day of tricks. 

Have a nice weekend!

BIG news

I finally got around to calling the city about the roof.  They will send an inspector out tomorrow and no one needs to be home.  They will leave a report, hopefully it’s all good news. 

Now for the good stuff.  As you know I have been exploring the world of on-line dating.  It hasn’t really produced anything for me, that is until now.  I recently changed my preferences on an app because I wasn’t getting any matches.  I lowered the age limit.  I got a ton of prospects.  I happen to open a profile of a guy that I thought was cute.  He wasn’t looking for an old man like me so I didn’t do anything else.  Well long story short he reached out to me.  We talked off and on all day yesterday.  Normally I carry the conversation and then it drops after that.  I let him know that he could ask me questions as well.  We started talking about restaurants.  So I was talking about a good place that is close to the office.  He said something like we could go there sometime.  Then he gave me his phone number and said text me.  Yeah, uh I am not all that in to texting a stranger.  We talked a little bit more and now we have a date set for tonight.  I did give in and texted him, so he knows my phone number.  Hopefully he isn’t a psychopath and I won’t have to take any drastic measures. 

We have actually chatted before on Grindr but he didn’t mention it and I wasn’t going to bring it up.  I thought he was hot then.  Anyway, my profile clearly says that I am NOT looking for a hookup.  The app that we met on uses your responses to question to figure out how compatible you are.  The app says he is a 48% match.  You can look at the other persons responses to the questions to see where you differ.  I am concerned about one of his answers but it’s in the sex area, it’s something I like but he doesn’t.  I guess if we make a true connection and ever make it as far as the bedroom we can work it out.  Right now I am focused on tonight.  The other thing is that he is almost never on time.  I fucking hate waiting for anyone or anything.  I am always on time and if I am not then something is wrong. 

I started this post early this morning and the day has gotten away from me.  So I was given some advise to follow up and confirm that were still on.  I didn’t have to, he reached out to me.  Then he asked a question.  Do I like hugs.  Yeah.  Well that was the answer he was looking for.  Thank God I didn’t blow it.  He sounds pretty pumped and I am as well.  I think we will learn a lot about each other and this will be a good time.  Unsure where things will go from there but it sounds like he is looking for a boyfriend and a relationship, which is perfect.  I just hope the stars and the moon align so that this is a perfect match.  I don’t want to jump from guy to guy or get my heartbroken but it is a risk that I have to take in order to play the game. 

I really shouldn’t be at work today my mind is on tonight and nothing else.  I have bills to pay, mail to pick up and of course have to update the few folks that I shared this news with.  Then there is feeding the children and getting ready to come back here again tomorrow.  There are a couple deadlines hanging over my head and it’s work that I can’t complete until tomorrow so I have to come in – no taking a day off.  If I could then I would stay out super late if things go as well as I think they are going to.

Going to get this posted and sit and count down the minutes until it’s time to blow this popsicle stand, then down the street for my date.  I’ll keep you posted on how things go.  It feels like things are starting to come together.  At least I am reporting good news for a change!

Happy Friday eve.  Talk with you all again soon, thanks as always for stopping by.

It’s Monday again

Not much to report, other than I have to get up at 6am on Saturday to give momma her pill.  She has a vet appointment and the medicine has to be in her system at least 4 hours prior to the appointment.  She will be about as thrilled as I am.  It’s also claw trimming weekend, no one will be happy about that either. 

Also the mop on my head is getting larger so it’s time for a haircut.  I kind of like using product in my hair but the up keep gets to be a little much.  I am a wash and go kind of guy, if its a special event then I don’t mind taking time to work in some product, even to feel a little upbeat I do it sometimes.  However, it does get old after a while. 

We have rain in the forecast for Wednesday, doesn’t matter to me now because my roof is done.  The roofing company called to follow up and make sure that I was happy.  Yeah I am happy.  Still haven’t made the call to city hall yet but I will get around to it.  Maybe I will call them on Wednesday and they can send an inspector out in the rain, yeah that’s the ticket.  Nah, I will try to call them tomorrow, sooner is better.  It’s late in the afternoon and they are ready to bale, no reason to stick around to get a phone call from me.  I mean we all want to go home on time, especially on a Monday and a Friday!

Were getting another new person so I am working on getting his equipment setup.  I will have another machine to configure as a replacement for someone tomorrow.  So some of my ‘boredom’ time will be occupied with work.  I suppose that is a good thing.

Looking forward to having supper with the children tonight and doing some surfing on-line.  Not much on TV for a Monday, but I still have Quantico to finish and I fell asleep in the middle of John Oliver’s show so at least I have something to look forward to. 

I did some Amazon shopping yesterday – Bear needs his medicine.  I need a new shower curtain and some calendars.  I could put off the calendars for a while but heck it isn’t that much.  Shower curtains I learned come in a wide variety of sizes and colors.  You can drop what I call serious money on a curtain depending upon your taste.  I lucked out and got one for $5 – it’s clear but that is okay.  I can keep an eye on who’s doing what outside of the bathroom while I am in the shower.  I thought about getting a light blue but clear just sounded more appealing.  I hope I don’t regret my decision but then again if i do it’s only $5.  I have my eye on another laptop for home, nothing special and the cost is around $200 as well I’d like to buy that shaver the new haircut place used on me but it’s $50 – so I put those two items on hold.  Eventually I will be able to get the other two items.  I am just freaking out financially speaking because of the large expenses with paying for the roof and paying off a loan, so I think twice before I buy something.  Probably something I should always do.  It’s not hard to get in debt.  It’s very hard to get out of it.

Did some surfing last night found some new to my ears material from Charlie Puth.  He’s got an album coming out next year but the songs I found were all old and had been on You Tube for a while.  Very talented guy, I’d love to have a voice that sounded even 1/2 as good as his when it came to singing.  I am always on the lookout for new songs – if it’s up beat that will peak my interest even more. 

Broke out the leather coat this morning it was super cold.  Won’t need it to go home but probably will need it again tomorrow.  I wear what used to be my partners coat when it’s not too chilly out.  When the weather turns then I wear mine, that he bought me.  Always feels like he is hugging me.  In his I am super comfortable and there is plenty of room.  He was much, much larger than I was.  Still his coat looks pretty good on me, mine is warmer and older.  Need to condition both of them, that is always a fun job.  Have to go to a separate room because cats and leather do not mix well together, unless you’d like your leather damaged. 

Hope your Monday was awesome.  Talk with you all again soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Unexpected Turn of Events

Friday it was nearing quitting time, my cell phone made an alert that I received a text message.  Figuring it was a friend I took a look at it.  It was my brother’s girlfriend.  She was telling me that mom has been moved to a Rehabilitation Center.  That totally caught me off guard.  I felt like I was kicked in the gut, all of the wind left my sail.  I quickly became sad, as if someone had died.  I responded so what is happening with the house and the dogs?  She typed back the house is going back to the bank and the dogs are going back to where they came from.  That made all of the emotions I was going through worse.  I drove home and was just thinking about life in general.  I arrived home and parked my car on the street.  Moved the truck on to the street as well.  Came in the house and fed the children.  Then headed for the basement.  It was time to remove the blocks that I put in place, circumstances have changed and I need to change with them.  Once that was done, I picked up the phone and called my brother.  He was in tears.  This is where the story began to unfold and I learned what has been going on.

Apparently after I sent my letters, mom got worse and went into a manic state.  She was hospitalized for a short period of time.  Her medicine changed but she was really no better.  When she got home she started in again that people were coming to get her, she was going to be arrested.  There were people walking on the roof.  She was waving and talking to people in the backyard that didn’t exist.  She put chairs by the front and the back door to prevent anyone from breaking in.  My brother came back home, but it was too late.  She quickly started calling the police again and she bothered them enough that they got Adult Protective Services involved.  They like I thought there was neglect.  My brother was contacted by a case worker and he explained the situation.  Mom was hospitalized again, she was being discharged on Thursday and she told my brother she doesn’t want to go home.  She wants to go live in a Rehabilitation Facility.  She had one all picked out and even knew the address.  So he took her there and got her checked in.  They apparently have programs to get her back out in society.  That is all well and good but once she is rehabilitated there won’t be a home to go to.

Now that she is all settled, my brother went to the next task of finding a home for 1 of the dogs.  He got a lead and was all set to give the dog away.  He dropped the dog off and the lady already had a dog but he was in a cage.  My brother said don’t you think it would be a good idea to introduce them to each other?  The lady agreed.  Her dog promptly attacked my mom’s dog and he has a leg injury and my brother got bit in the hand in the process.  Well that wasn’t going to be the dogs home.  He took the dog to the pound.  They said they would patch him up and adopt him out, that they wouldn’t put him down.  However, I can pretty much tell you the dog was put down, that is what they do.  The other dog they got from a farm lady who lives 5 hours away.  He made arrangements and dropped the dog off today.  So he is dog free.  Yesterday he rented a UHAUL and cleaned out the house.  I explained to him that there wasn’t a hurry they were going to foreclose overnight.  Still he wanted it over with.  One truck, one day, one trip and he’s done.  He told me that I am welcome to go through the place and take anything that I want.  I would have to see what is there before I say I want anything.  He is going to reach out to the bank and explain to them what happened and just ask for an address to mail the keys to.  I told him it wouldn’t work like that.  Well a friend of his had a local bank and they took the keys.  That is all well and good but your dealing with a national conglomerate bank, they want money and they won’t take the keys.  So what will likely happen is they will begin foreclosure proceedings after I believe 3 payments.  Then eventually the bank will file a lawsuit to attempt to recover their monies, the judge will award them the house and then at that point they will have foreclosed.  This will all take time to play out and it will be a long drawn out affair.  Plus they will go through research and try to find the nearest relative that is not living with her to see what they can coax out of that person.  That would be me and I am fairly certain she listed me when she applied for the loan.  The sad part is she was so close to paying it off.  It’s our childhood home and as bad of shape that it’s in, I really hate to see it go.  This is exactly what our grandparents didn’t want to happen it was supposed to be a place that me and my brother would have, not that we want it. 

So the real kicker here is mom will go along with this plan and unless they can regulate her medicine she will start saying that people are trying to get her at the home, she wants out and she wants to go back home.  Well that would be a problem.  If she snaps out of it and comes back to reality quickly most of this can be undone.  She won’t get her dogs back, they are both gone forever.  I have the name, address and telephone number of the facility where she is.  I was told that visits are permissible and I can even take her out to eat if I want.  Of course I will have to pay the bill, she will have no money.  Every dime that she gets is now going to the facility.  I thought about visiting her but since she is getting treatment and it’s still early in the game I think that reintroducing me this quick might be detrimental, so I will hold off.  The human in me says go see her but there is a huge risk involved and I don’t want to gamble right now.  This could be an elaborate plan for her to come live with me, which won’t happen.  She chose this path and was told about the consequences.  My brother on the other hand has his girlfriend and he is living with her, but if their relationship hits the rocks he too is fucked.  He won’t have any place to go and I can see him asking to come live with me, again not going to happen.  I may be soft and let him spend a night or two but that is it.  This is NOT exactly the way that I planned to start the weekend.  I knew the other shoe was going to fall eventually and it truly has. 

Moving on to Saturday.  I woke up as planned at 5:30a.  The crew showed up at 6:30a and got right to work.  The removal process was by far the nosiest, that bothered the cats the most.  However, everyone was pretty calm since I was home.  Bear just rolled over and went back to sleep, which is not what I anticipated.  I am very happy that it was well tolerated.  They started putting the new roof on about 9:30a and they were all done and gone by 5;30p.  They took the balance of what I owed as well.  They found no problems and there were no extra costs, they didn’t even charge me for the permit.  So I have nothing to complain about. 

Now I know it’s November but I still expected and was hoping for a bunch of hot studs to show up.  I got 4 guys who were all Mexican.  One of them was really hot.  I saw him working on the roof and the sun glistening off his muscles.  Then he look at me and I looked at him.  That was it.  I still wanted him to rock my world but that didn’t happen.  I learned a lot about roofs in talking with the supervisor they sent out.  It’s very interesting stuff.  The shingles have a tar strip on them and when it heats up that is what binds everything together.  Everything is water tight as we stand right now, even though the shingles haven’t bonded.  They will eventually.  If there are any problems all I have to do is pick up the phone and they will fix it.  5 years on the work, everything covered 100%.  After that the terms change.  The shingles themselves are rated at 25 years.  It looks great but now I wish I would have picked another color.

I get to contact the city tomorrow to inform them the job is done.  Not sure what steps I am supposed to take after doing that or if that is even necessary.  I may need to meet with someone or they could just do a drive by to confirm all is okay.  Part of me says don’t call let them seek you out but that could be a bad situation. 

It looks nice to see that the job is done and I can relax.  The hard part was deciding what to do with the left over money that I borrowed.  The plan was to pay off another loan that I have.  I went back and fort but I stuck to the plan and paid it off.  I could use the extra money in other places, but it would wind up costing me more in the long run so I made the best choice.

I did get to see Vacation and it was pretty good for some laughs.  Had the circumstances in my life been different I am sure I would have laughed my ass off but my mind is so occupied right now.  I tried to see my brother yesterday but by the time the roofers were gone and I got there my brother was on the road already.  I didn’t want to waste my time down there.  So I called up a friend and went over.  We went out to a Chinese Buffet, it was okay but not the best place in the world.  I am really not a buffet kind of person, except for the buffet that is 2 hours away and they have bread pudding.  Before it was all said and done it was 8p.  I was invited back to my friends place but I had already taken up enough of their evening and we were all talked out.  I am sure that there will be plenty more to talk about in a few weeks when were all together for Thanksgiving again. 

I managed to do cat food and grocery shopping all today.  I hit right at the $70 mark at the store and took the bill down to $50 with my power coupon.  That felt good.  The lady at the cat food place asked me if I wanted 2 kittens.  She told me that they were in the break room.  I declined and said I have 5.  That would take me back to 7 and kittens require a little extra care and I don’t think that it would be fair to anyone to bring them or any other animal here.  There is enough drama between work and my family to keep me full.

Now it would be a great time to find a guy and start dating.  However, there are benefits to living alone.  I know that too will come together but it is going to take time.  I just wish I knew how much time and if in the end it will all be worth it. 

Really sucks that I have to go back to work tomorrow.  Not looking forward to it, but it is what pays the bills.  Let’s just hope that this week is much better than last week.  Because that was no fun at all.  I hope that everyone has learned how to drive now and they can stop clogging up the freeways and we can all actually get to our destinations safe and on time or in some cases earlier than what we planned.  Daylight and no rain help, but there is no daylight in the evening, thankfully it will be coming back but that is several months away.

Now I am going to try to enjoy what little of a Sunday that I have left.  Need to finish up the laundry, shave and shower.  Having Pasta with Chicken and Broccoli for supper in a crème sauce.  Thank you Stouffers!  Normally it’s pizza but I have had way too much pizza last week so I need a break.  I have to book momma’s appointment at the vet so they can get some blood from her and some money from my wallet.  I only wish that we could skip the visit and blood part, just allow me to get medicine.  However, if things aren’t right the medicine will need to be increased.  I think she is okay but in the end it’s better to know for sure, so you don’t fool yourself.  We can all do that way too easily. 

Here’s to a better week for all!  Stay….Warm, Well and Safe.  Thanks for stopping by.  Come back again for another update soon.  Until then, ciao for now. 

One more day

If I’ve said it once, I will say it again this has been a crappy week.  Traffic was very unpleasant last night and again this morning.  I made it to work on time but only had 10 minutes to spare.  I had to make some aggressive moves and think a little more but I made it.  Then I got an email around lunch time that our office won’t be closing early anymore on the day before a holiday.  It’s caused too many problems so management thinks it’s best that we stay open.  Yeah okay I still think it sucks.  I told the messenger that he should have waited until after Thanksgiving to tell us.  That didn’t go over so well but I thought it was pretty funny and ingenious. 

The forecast is still calling for sunshine tomorrow, it will be colder but at least it will be dry.  My plan is to be up at 5:30a get dressed and feed the children.  I will hang out on the couch and wait in anticipation for the arrival of the guys and hope they don’t find any problems and get everything done in one day.  If they have to come back on Sunday I am okay with that.  Then tell me what I owe, let me write a nice big fat check and let’s call it a day.  Sounds reasonable to me.  I hope that is the way things play out. 

Not sure if I want Lasagna or Mac n Cheese for supper.  Both sound very good.  Just had an idea make both and mix them together.  Not sure how that would taste but it sounds delicious to me.  I won’t be trying it though. 

The Mominator (momma) is really a trooper when it comes to her medicine.  She follows me around and sits and waits for me to give her the medicine.  She isn’t happy about it but despite the few times I have had to fight with her, I think that moving to pills was the best thing.  I am seeing fur growing on her ears, looks nice.  She is still chewing on herself but even that has calmed down and she is not so obsessive about it.  Progress is a great thing.  Now we have to go back next week to get a check up and spend some more of daddy’s money. 

Yesterday I came out to a co-worker, her reaction was so what that is not a big deal.  Then I told her I was a widow and her jaw dropped.  Now that is a big deal.  I’ve been wanting to tell her but struggling with timing.  It just happened yesterday.  I told her that I only share that information with select people, that I trust implicitly.  I have a very strong feeling that she won’t disappoint me. 

Yesterday we also got our invite to our office holiday party.  Sounds like a good time.  I asked for permission to go and am still waiting to hear back.  I think I will have to become a PITA (Pain In The Ass) before I get an answer but that’s okay I am just doing what I was told, which is to ask for permission before leaving.  I don’t think it will be a problem. 

I found a new porn star that I have a crush on.  Big surprise.  I am really taken by this guy.  He’s got blond hair and a nice body – wow what isn’t to like?  His name is Sam Bridle and he’s been around for a couple years.  Just not well known.  He appeared in a couple of Treasure Island Media videos.  I know they are a bit controversial for a lot of people, I don’t agree with everything they do.  I certainly wouldn’t do half of it in real life but it’s kind of hot to watch.  Sam’s given me lots of pleasure since I discovered him.  I just hope that he keeps on making videos. 

My life is rather boring so I had to resort to a porn update, plus I really don’t have anyone that I feel comfortable sharing that information with, so why not put it on the web.  Yeah that sounds like a grand idea.  About an hour left in this work day and then it will be time to head for home, move the truck and deal with the children and supper.  I made certain I didn’t forget my sleeping pills last night and it was a great night.  I still woke up once but it was easy to fall back to sleep and the alarm actually went off this morning.  I didn’t want to get up but did so after laying in bed an extra 2 minutes.  The children were chirping and running around frantically like they do just before every meal.  Oh I also got my new Bear (big boy) photo credit card in the mail last night.  It’s good to have the photo that I wanted appear on the card.  I actually have 2 cards and named them each after a cat.  It’s easy to keep track of that way. 

I hope that you all have a great weekend.  I am eager to get the roof started but I think once they start making noise my eagerness will disappear and I will long for peace and quiet.  Still it will be nice to have it done and behind me.  I will of course keep you posted as the shingles fly. 

Thursday…one more day

It’s just been crazy in my life.  We had some big wigs in yesterday and one of them was a screamer.  He put me through my paces with his demands.  He even started throwing things when things went wrong.  I was never so happy in my life when I heard that he had left the building.  Bad news is that he will be coming back in the not too distant future, hopefully next time we won’t interact and that will be better for both of us.  Things were just crazy and it was a run, run kind of day.  Today I was taken out to lunch in appreciation for my efforts yesterday.  It was a nice gesture but not one that had to be done.  I mean I was doing my job.  Yes it was stressful but that is part of what I signed up for.  I enjoyed the gesture of kindness and now I am trying to stay awake.

I am not sure why but last night I forgot to take my sleeping pills.  I woke up in the middle of the night and I was tired and wanted to go back to sleep but couldn’t.  My body is so used to getting it’s chemical fix that sleeping for an extended period of time w/o it apparently doesn’t work.  Yet I can take naps for an hour or two with no problem.  One thing is for certain I won’t be forgetting the pills tonight.

I do believe that Mother Nature is cooperating for the roof job this weekend.  I am scared of what they might tell me but I am hoping for the best and that there won’t be any extra added costs or disasters found.  It will be cool but the sun will be out and that is much better than the last two weekends.  I really want to get this over with for many reasons. 

Driving home in the dark is a challenge for everyone  There have been accidents most days this week.  Last night was the first night there wasn’t an accident but traffic was still backed up in spots.  I used to get home at 6:15 and that is stopping for the mail.  Lately it’s been 6:30 and after each night.  The children are waiting anxiously for their evening meal which I can’t seem to give to them fast enough.  Then I figure out what I am going to eat and play on the computer a little bit.  Then it’s time to pass out the evening snacks, get ready for the next work day and finally retire to watch TV, go to bed and get up the next day and do it all over again.  Yet it pays the bills so that is why I keep doing it. 

The children are all doing okay for a change.  I need to get Momma to the vet next weekend to have her blood drawn and see where things are at with her thyroid.  Hopefully everything is under control.  She isn’t terribly hip on pills but I think she is at least happy I am not playing with her ears any more.  She seems to linger around me when it’s time for medicine.  So its like she wants it but at the same time she doesn’t want it. 

One more day and a few of my work friends decided to take tomorrow off.  I am jealous but at the same time things are typically calmer on a Friday and I look at it as easy money.  Plus traffic seems to be lighter I guess everyone is burning up their vacation before the end of the year.  As long as the day flies by and I am able to get home I will be happy 

Vacation is available for rental at a much cheaper price so I am looking forward to seeing that over the weekend, it should be good for a few laughs.  After the week I have had thus far I can use all of the laughter I can get. 

I hope that all is going well in your world and that your week has been better than mine.  Now back to the races.  Cheers!

The Land of Confusion

I got a call today from the Roofing company and were on for this Saturday.  If this doesn’t work out for whatever reason then I am going to break down and take a day during the week.  I really wanted to do that now but it looks like the weather is going to cooperate.  I will of course keep a close eye on things and if there is even a hint of rain, we will be moving to a week day. 

I survived time change weekend.  All of the clocks with the exception of the truck and my late partners bed room have been updated.  The alarm system updates on it’s own and they are years behind.  They built the system not even thinking it would be possible that a lawmaker would change DST, but that happened.  So it will catch up in a few weeks.  Thankfully it doesn’t affect the protection the system provides.  It’s just that time stamps would be off by an hour, if something were to occur.  I ran a test yesterday in the hopes it would update the time but nah, didn’t work.  I’ve got a sweet deal on the monitoring and I am not calling to complain about anything, I don’t want to lose my sweet deal.

Yesterday I over spent at the grocery store.  I thought I wouldn’t hit the $70 limit and I made it to $100, which was after the discount.  Yikes!  Next week I will be a little more conservative and just shop normally, if I don’t make it, oh well. 

Nothing really exciting going on just an average hum drum day.  Went to bed early last night and didn’t want to get out of bed this morning.  Left the house on time and got caught up in traffic.  Had Pizza for supper last night.  Free pizza for lunch today and you’ll never guess what’s for supper tonight.  Yup, pizza.  I am ready to move to different food.  However, the 2 slices I have left I don’t want to go to waste.  I paid for them and I am going to eat them.  Plus I put on extra cheese that makes it worth while for me.  There is no such thing as too much cheese in my book. 

I really thought that today would fly by because of the time change, but it actually seems to be going rather slow.  Funny yesterday seemed to take forever to go by.  I was seriously off on timing of most everything.

Ever get a feeling to do something?  Well yesterday something told me to open the front door.  So I did.  I saw a box from Amazon sitting on my porch.  I have no idea how long it had been there.  I just know that I didn’t order anything from Amazon that I was waiting on.  So I looked at it and it was for a neighbor.  Our streets all start with the same thing so the delivery drivers get mixed up pretty easy.  It’s not difficult all you have to do is read but life happens.  Anyway I put the box in the truck and ran it down to my neighbors place.  Then gassed up the truck.  Now I am all set to head to the buffet whenever that is I decide to go. 

Momma is due back at the vet.  I think that will be a next weekend project, I really can’t spare the money but she needs her medicine.  She has turned in to a little gas bag, I know the vet will tell me it’s her diet but she isn’t eating anything different, just more of it.  She seems to eat in shifts.  A little now, a little later, a little after while.  She is still the same old momma just with a bigger appetite, now lets hope she doesn’t gain too much weight.

One hour and thirty minutes then it will be time to head home and drive in the dark.  I am so not looking forward to it.  People will all be off of their game.  I just hope that traffic isn’t too bad and i can sail home with little to no effort.  I’ve got mail waiting at the post office but I suspect that it’s just bills – probably from the urgent care visit.  I am not expecting anything important and unless I feel differently I am going to skip it and let it all wait one more day.  By law I am supposed to empty the box every day but it’s large enough that I could go once a week and I would be fine.  I like the every other day visit unless of course I am expecting something then I can’t get there fast enough.

Everything else is status quo and that is the way I like it.  No drama.  I hope this is my week for everything to fall into place.  One day almost done.  4 more to go.  Come on Friday!  Have a great week. 

Rained Out Again

I didn’t get any phone calls and the weather forecast said 80% chance of rain.  I knew no one was coming but I went through the motions last night of moving the vehicles to the street.  I got home later than expected due to an accident on the freeway, which had traffic snarled for miles and miles.  I saw the notification on the signboard then I saw 20 minutes to cross the bridge and I knew I was fucked.  While I was trapped in bumper to bumper traffic I tried to reach a friend this was my third attempt.  Much to my surprise she answered and then told me she was at her son’s, they just sat down to dinner and he had a no cell phone policy so I would have to call back.  That fucking pissed me off.  That little bastard seems to continually be causing me problems.  First he made his mom lie to me, Second I took two days off of work because I thought I was going to an event, but he didn’t want me there.  Now this.  I want to fuck him up and bad.  I didn’t call back.  I got a text this morning that said bad cell phone reception.  Yeah well you will have to call me, I am done calling you. 

I kept thinking about the roof and it bothered me so much that I really didn’t sleep much last night.  I got a phone call at 9:09A from the supervisor they were sending to observe the job and he said we were rained out.  No fucking shit.  I knew that when I was up at 6a.  I still got dressed and laid down on the couch waiting in hopes that this would go off smoothly.  I am not happy with the company that I hired, the lack of communication sucks.  They really need to get their shit together.  As it stands now I will be writing a letter after the job is done.  If they piss me off too much more then they will get the letter before they ever set foot on my property. 

My thought process now is to schedule this during the week when sunshine is forecast.  Were heating back up starting on Monday and I think this might be the last week of Indian Summer, then I think it will be fall and winter weather from here on out.  It’s not normal to go into November with warm weather.  However, I will take it if Mother Nature will give it to me. 

Please Mother Nature cut me a break and let me get this roof deal done.  It’s stressful and it’s holding up part of my future.  I am holding my breath, like I am waiting for the other shoe to drop.  I just want to hear that everything is okay and the job is done.  No problem, no mold.  Until that happens I will be nervous.

Moving on, my plans if I was rained out was to visit the buffet.  However, once again that didn’t happen.  I didn’t trust myself enough to drive 2 hours.  Even though I did manage to get a nap.  Instead I went to a local Mexican Restaurant for a bite to eat.  Then shopping for pet food.  I picked up the mail and I had ordered some new license plates for the truck, they finally came.  Very happy about that and waiting until tomorrow when it’s dry and warm to install them.  No sense in standing out in the cold.  Saw a couple of good looking guys at the restaurant.  I don’t know what it is about that place but good looking guys seem to always be there.

I got into cleaning mode and washed the valance in the kitchen.  Got the dishes loaded.  Put away my new prescription and that helped pass sometime.  I also watched the Unauthorized Biography of Saved By The Bell.  It is on Lifetime I found it on demand and it was free.  If the story I saw was true I really feel sorry for Dustin Diamond.  He was always the odd man out the kid that gets picked on and picked last for a team.  I was one of those kids so I know how it feels.  He has had some brushes with the law and is a physical person.  I try to avoid the law and to restrain myself.  Thus far I have done a excellent job.  I also saw a movie called Beauty Shop.  It’s kind of a take on Barbershop and has a ton of stars in it.  I really enjoyed myself and got to see some good looking chocolate men (even though I am not much of a fan, everyone likes chocolate once and a while).   

I also managed to re-program the timer in the kitchen.  It took some help from a flashlight and I had to take the damn thing out of the wall to get the model number so I could look up a you tube video on it.  Once I watched that it still took me a couple tries to get it programed.  I know that since my eye sight is getting worse with age I will not be resetting that damn thing, that was a bad move on my part.  It’s the tiny print that is killing me.  I can drive w/o glasses just fine, but if street signs were printed in small print I would be in bad shape. 

On to the children.  Momma has a new habit she loves to come stick her butt in my face when she gets gassy.  Not sure if this is a side effect of the medicine or what.  She has never had gas before or if she has I never noticed it.  I was ready to hit her with the Lysol.  She is back to chewing.  Marvin is licking his genitals excessively and this has been going on for over a month now.  I mean I understand he needs to be clean but damn, you’d think he would get tired of it.  I think his butt is raw so I have some spray for that, he won’t like it and it will instantly make him madder than hell at me.  You can play with his tail but don’t disturb the goods underneath or he goes from nice to mad in 1 second.  If this continues he will get to see the vet.  Speaking of which it’s about time to take Momma back to have her blood drawn again.  Big Boy is running out of steroids so I will need to pick some of those up as well.  Ruth didn’t eat supper tonight but she came running to treat time.  Fickle cats.  With the exception of Ruth everyone has been really clingy.  Momma decided last night every time I would start to dose off that she would play with her toy ball and start her chanting.  I finally got a flashlight and got out of bed, kicked her out.  She had the ball in her mouth and left carrying it.  I turned on my air machine because the house was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.  I thought that would help me sleep but nope, I was up and watching a documentary about Barney Frank.  That was on Showtime.  They did a great job. 

The best news ever is that the usual low price grocery store that I shop at is back to offering $20 per week off of a $70 purchase.  This is good from now until Christmas.  I will be taking a coupon a week to the store with me.  This is awesome news for the wallet.  Stock up and get $20 worth of free food.  I’ll bet they mark some items up, so you think your getting $20 for free but in reality your paying the same or slightly more.  It’s all a mind game but I will play along. 

So we get an extra hours sleep and fall back tonight.  That will help me out in the sleep department or so I hope.  It will also mean that tomorrow will seem to fly by quickly.  Then we adjust to driving in the dark.  I like to do that in the truck and not so much in my car.  Reason being is I can replace the headlights on the truck but on my car I will have to take it to the dealer.  I don’t know when they are going to burn out but I have been expecting it for a couple years.  I keep telling myself the car sat for 2 years and it’s only 5 years old.  That helps a little bit but still I know it’s going to happen.  I am just overly paranoid about it.  Plus there are lots of deer around and they come out mostly at dusk.  That is one of my other fears is hitting one of them.  Having the thing gore me to death.  Not to mention killing my car in the process.  If I lived I would be more upset that I killed or injured a deer than I would be about my car.  It’s a freak of nature and that is why Insurance Companies don’t hold it against you because you have no control over it.  I’ve been lucky this far, hopefully that luck will continue. 

So now upstairs to find a treat or two for myself.  Find something to watch on TV and in a couple hours I can adjust and turn on the timer that controls the front lights.  Then adjust the clocks that don’t manually update and I will be all set.  It’s a good time to check your smoke detector batteries as well.  I’ve got 3.  2 of which are powered by my alarm system and don’t need replacement batteries.  There is one that is powered by household AC and has a backup battery.  The ones that go with the alarm are super sensitive and they used to go off all the time when you know who was alive and having kitchen disasters.  Ah a memory from the good old days.  Many times I thought we would never get all of the smoke out.  The fire department started to call before they would send a crew out because they had gotten too many false alarms.  Today they would just come and not call or so I hope.  Fire – when seconds matter. 

Hopefully I haven’t scared you to death.  Happy Halloween! 

Friday again

It’s been a crazy week and perhaps the madness will come to an end.  We have a 70% chance of rain tomorrow.  No cancellation from the roofers, so I presume the job is on.  Let’s hope that Mother Nature doesn’t mess anything up.  The waiting is very stressful. 

Tonight is a trick or treat night in my neck of the woods.  Halloween is and will always be strange there.  I never heard of a Halloween Parade but they have one and kids get 2 nights to seek out candy.  Nothing to seek out at my house.  Exterior lights will be off. 

Big Boy was sick last night.  Diarrhea and he also tried to puke once. Its was scary but I didn’t panic, I just kept cleaning him up.  I slept with my door open in case he needed something.  All was well when I got up.  I hope that I don’t come home to a mess, but if I do I will deal with it.  That cat causes me to worry a lot. 

I had some PC issues but manage to work them out.  It was all calendar related.  Apparently iCloud isn’t compatible with Windows 10 and/or Office 2016.  I had to move to a different platform, which I like better.  All I wanted was one place to keep my calendar so that it’s universal no matter what device I am using.  As you would suspect I am not terribly busy but if I have an appointment and it’s not calendared then I will never make it. 

Talked with a guy last night at one of the on line dating services.  It was kind of nice.  Nothing really came of it.  There were originally short pauses then they got longer and longer.  So I presume he’s bored with me or he changed his mind.  Whatever.  Next move is his.  I was the one holding the conversation and asking all the questions.  I hate that so I turned the tables and asked him if he had questions for me.  That I think caused him to think and is what maybe made things go south.  Well I know it’s awkward but if you can’t keep a conversation alive then there is a problem.  That is and has been my experience.  Not sure that I am ever going to meet anyone and have had thoughts of taking a break again. 

I had my massage yesterday and she really beat me up.  I thought I would hurt pretty bad this morning but my body seems to be used to it.  I am sore but it’s not bad at all.  I am positive that there are still knots in my back.  I used the heating pad a little bit last night, not sure that it helped because it was only for 30 minutes. 

So my latest issue is with playing back a show on my DVR.  The show recorded just fine.  When I went to play it back there were tears in the video and it would also freeze up.  I fixed that by rebooting.  Then things are just getting good when the recorder thinks that the show is over with and we are only at the 30 minute mark, it was an hour long show.  I can’t seem to get past that.  In the past I have had to wait a day and it sorts it’s self out.  If that doesn’t work this time I am going to unplug everything and start over fresh.  If that fails then I will give up.  There is only so much I can do and the show is available to watch on-line or I am sure in some menu with Uverse. 

Plans for tonight include Lasagna and TV.  Early to bed and early to rise tomorrow to listen to the pops and help calm the children.  Wow that should be fun.  Even if we all camp out in the basement. 

Yesterday I got caught off guard I got a notice that my friend was leaving and his last day was set for today.  It looked like he had been fired but rather than presume I called to inquire.  Turns out he gave 2 weeks notice and they said that he could leave tomorrow.  They will still pay him for the extra week.  Looks like someone has time on their hands.  He said that his team was toxic and he needed to get away from that.  I totally understand, not exactly sure what rubbed him the wrong way but if you don’t look out for yourself, no one will do it for you.  In any case I am glad that he didn’t get fired, because not having a job really sucks.  He is going into something that he has doubts about but at least he will be the new guy and maybe things will work out for him.  If not, then I suppose he will just keep moving on.  I told him that just because we didn’t work together anymore I didn’t plan on losing his number.  He said that was good and he felt like we bonded even if we didn’t spend a lot of time together.  Yeah plus there is the fact that I have a major crush on him.  I won’t ever tell him that but it is one of the reasons why I want to keep our friendship alive. 

Well it’s about time to shove some food in my mouth, so I should go.  Just wanted you all to know that I am still here.  I hope that you have a good weekend!