Scary Evening

Morning, I hope all is well.  I had a scary evening as you might have guessed from the title.  Everything was normal until about an hour after supper.  Then Morea started throwing up.  The first time I didn’t think much of it other than I was concerned for her.  This went on for several more times spaced apart.  I had flashbacks to when this happened to Gator and it was the beginning of the end.  Things settled down by bed time and she came to sleep with me.  I told Rudy to wake me if she had any problems during the night.  I did get in a decent brushing with her.  She tried to eat and play with the fur that I got off of her.  That wasn’t fun.  It was cute for 5 seconds but after that it grew old. 

I had some freaky work dreams and for some odd reason my very first cat was back and I was able to take him to work.  He didn’t travel well so it really doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. 

Morea was slow to get out of bed this morning, but that is kind of common for her.  She’s not really a morning cat, we both want to spend as much time in bed as we can.  However, she came out and pushed her way into the food plate with her brother.  I made sure what I passed out was Hairball Food, so hopefully her stomach is in better shape and everything stays down. 

She is like a vacuum and will eat literally anything on the floor.  It’s not like I keep food from her but she is constantly on patrol looking for things.  Her brother has the same habit just not quite as bad.  They both will lick almost anything from floor, lamp, furniture, matters not. 

I know that the vet is in our future for both of them.  I don’t want to speed that time up because that is when they money will start flowing away from my bank account.  I am still on the fence if I want to keep their rabies vaccine current or let it lapse.  Were good until November. 

Here’s hoping that today is a better day and Morea can resume a normal life or as close to it as possible.  She appears to be acting normal and her brother seems okay, I would think he would want to take care of her if she was truly sick and that he wouldn’t be bouncing off the walls like he normally is.  They both have times of that still and it’s attributable to their age.  Fireworks probably won’t fair well with either of them since they still have good hearing. 

On a different note I tried to provide a treat this week and composed a post of men each day since this is the last week of pride.  However, the post for Tuesday and Friday went up.  Wednesday & Thursday went into the ether and since I thought all was set I deleted the images.  So I’m spoiling the surprise but at least you will have something to look forward to.  Yesterday was quite a long day with lots of down time. 

Today I have a morning and afternoon meeting but unless something comes rolling in the door I will have down time.  I hope it’s a quiet & enjoyable week for all.  Stay hydrated & cool, be safe and have a good day!

Men on Monday …

Weekend Recap

Morning hope that you had a nice weekend.  I took Saturday off for me, didn’t go anywhere or do anything.  Just watched TV and spent the day in my room with the cats.  I know it doesn’t sound exciting but it sure was enjoyable to me.  My favorite thing in the world is doing absolutely nothing and spending time with the fur balls.  Even thought I essentially had Friday off it was nice to take another day. 

Sunday was my hustle day.  I got breakfast, the mail, cat food and groceries, cleaned the AC unit on the inside, did some laundry, and got pizza.  Even worked in a very small nap.  It was a nice day but I was really moving and hot. 

I should have gotten pizza on Saturday because the place was largely dead on Sunday and only 1 cute guy to look at, whereas if I would have gone on Saturday there would have been many more.  The food was good but this place can’t cut their pizza’s at all.  It’s always a fight to get the first piece and sometimes the second piece.  Service wasn’t the greatest but wasn’t he worst.

Today it is all back to business as usual and I am on-call.  I had a thought yesterday that would allow me to use the next holiday to my advantage.  I opted to take Monday off so while I am on-call all weekend, come Monday I will be off and the same for Tuesday.  That means a 3 day week.  I’ve got nothing special planned out and the boss has yet to approve my time.  I can’t believe I am the only one who wants Monday off, I see it as a gimme day where nothing much will happen because a good portion of people will be off.  I’ve still got plenty of time left and I will need to take a week or possibly two before the end of the year so that I don’t loose anytime.  I do hope that it is a quiet and uneventful week but that usually never happens when I am on-call all of the strange stuff happens. 

I have a letter in the mail I see this morning from my vehicles manufacturer about the recall.  I know what it is without even opening it, seeing the photo was enough to tell me.  The fun part will be scheduling that.  The manufacture I think is playing CYA but NHTSA says there are no recalls for my vehicle.  I will see that the letter says come Saturday.

Nothing else really noteworthy, it’s a boring day thus far and I hope it stays that way.  I would like to go up and try to watch TV but considering I am on-call I know that is a recipe to be called back, so here I sit.  Time to make my rounds on-line.  Here’s hoping it’s a great day for all of us. 

Take care, stay hydrated and cool. 

Nice Day

I hope that your having a great Friday!  I didn’t get a whole lot of sleep overnight, not sure what was going on.  In any case I had a quick call with my boss this morning and took care of a couple tasks and it was just a couple hours into the start of the day.  Then magically my day was done.  I headed back upstairs and got to curl up with the cats in my chair.  I got a couple hours of sleep before the phone woke me up but thankfully there wasn’t anything for me to do.  I essentially got a day off without having to take time. 

I am sitting on the couch now and Rudy is curled up with me licking my wrist as I try to type.  He just wants daddy time. 

Having some Spaghetti for supper and hopefully will enjoy the rest of the day.  I am turning off my work email on my phone and going to do my best to forget about work for the next two days. 

Pizza sounds good and since I couldn’t get it on Monday when I wanted it, I am going to get it tomorrow.  Probably some sleeping in and just relaxing.  Getting out in the afternoon, need to get cat food. 

Take care and I will talk with you again soon. 

Another day in life

Morning everyone, how are you doing today?  Nothing major new to report this morning.  Had a nice evening with the cats.  Got some brushing done and cuddle time in.  Passed out some cat nip just before bed.  As soon as I cracked the can open Rudy was begging me for it.  I just gave them a small pinch each, last time Rudy was coughing and I didn’t want to repeat that. 

Bedtime came for me and as soon as I got in bed they decided to start fighting.  I let them work it out and I concentrated on passing out.  I saw that when I was up in a few hours Rudy was on the cedar chest and Morea was in bed.  They switched at some point towards morning because Rudy came to rest on top of me.  I was certain that I heard the doorbell early this morning but it was truly in my dreams as there was no camera events to support it. 

Morea got a special treat last night, her and I came to the basement.  I needed to fill the water softener with another bag of salt.  3 months and the other bag was about gone.  She did her best to get in my way while I was carrying this 40 pound bag of salt and it wasn’t the easiest to navigate but no one was injured and no one fell so it’s all good. 

The burrito was really good.  Looking forward to the other 1/2 tonight.  I know not to eat a Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream Bar afterwards.  That was a bad taste decision.

I’ve got a meeting with a vendor this afternoon, the pest guy is coming and other than that my work is done unless something comes up.  As per usual I hope for a quiet day.  Things have a way of staying quiet and then bam your on fire busy.  That’s the way it went last night.  I got a last minute urgent request just as I wanted to sign off.  It’s all good, I still think it balances out in the end. 

Looking forward to the weekend and being able to turn off work email.  The idea being to forget about work for a couple days.  Nothing special planned at this point other than some sleep.  I’d like to take a trip again like I did last Saturday.  The drive is fun and I really enjoy seeing the great gas mileage results. 

Have a great day and I will try to do the same, talk with you all again soon. Be well. 

The Big News

Not sure if you like cliff hangers, I am not a fan.  With that in mind the big news is that were making money well over budget and there are even more people coming on board.  Nothing about being in the office has changed.  We were all told keep doing what your doing because your doing a great job.  I think our management is smart enough to know that when it comes time to force everyone back in the office there will be a revolt and some people will leave so it’s best not to upset the apple cart since they are looking to grow and not to loose people in mass. 

I’ve got the house cleaned up for the pest guy.  Had a junk food lunch.  Ate a muffin and banana then a bite size snickers bar and about a 1/2 hour later some Apple Jacks snacks.  Watched a little TV and then the emails started pouring in so I had to come back. 

Right now I am passing time waiting for the top of the hour.  I have a task to take care of then and I will be done for the day or so I hope. 

Having 1/2 of the burrito tonight and so looking forward to that.  Not looking forward to the side effects from consuming Mexican food but for sure looking forward to consuming it. 

Watching either Netflix or YouTube videos and waiting for morning to come.  I will have to remember that it’s trash day.  Having a Monday holiday kind of throws me off and it doesn’t feel like Wednesday to me but my computer says it is so that must be right!

I’m glad I can breathe easier knowing that nothing has changed, that is quite a relief, at least for now.  I know that some day this perk of working remote will go away.  People were asking me yesterday so how many days a week do you come in?  Well you can swing by my office and keep tabs on me if you want but I said I’m here today and kind of left it at that.  I know I am not the only abuser of the system but frankly the majority of people want to work remote since we have proven we could.  It was an adjustment but we did it and now undoing this will be like trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. 

Take care and have a great night.

Dream a Little Dream

Morning, how are you doing today?  I was really wiped out last night, I lasted about 30 minutes once I went through my shutdown routine.  I went to bed early and I knew that it would cause issues but I was too tired to keep doing head flops and being jolted awake when I never even knew I fell asleep. 

I had an evening of bad dreams.  From what little I remember I got pick pocketed, some credit cards were taken but my wallet was put back in place.  I helped a woman who was sick until her family intervened.  She needed an ambulance but her family didn’t want to call one.  There were other events that took place all unpleasant but I don’t remember the specifics.  Add in waking up several times, each time Rudy thinking it was time for breakfast and there you have my night of sleep.  It was semi-enjoyable. 

I saw a few additional co-workers yesterday and socialized with them for a bit.  We have a big meeting today and everyone seems to think were headed back to the office 5 days a week, at least that is the concern.  I’m glad I am not alone in thinking that.  It’s only because we were told not to miss it because there would be a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.  Well short of merging or getting acquired I can’t think of any other BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS unless someone is either getting a major promotion or stepping down.  I think we will all find out together at lunch time.  I do hope that were not going back to 5 days in the office.  I am eager to find out but also not eager to find out. 

I was able to leave early and made it home in 30 minutes which is record time.  There was traffic but it wasn’t that bad even though I got behind a few slow pokes.  Still getting great gas mileage and loving it.  When I pulled into my home garage I got a note from the pest guy, he will be here tomorrow.  That means I get to de-gay the house a task that I don’t enjoy.  I could leave everything as is and I am sure it wouldn’t bother him but I just don’t want to risk making anyone uncomfortable.  I think it’s a bit much to walk into someone’s home and see a naked person on a calendar. 

Well today would be Gator’s 19th Birthday.  The same for her siblings and I miss all of them.  I am just giving some extra loving to Morea & Rudy.  I really was looking forward to celebrating this birthday with her because I figured it would be her last one but little did I know what the future had in store.  Just a reminder that we never really know what is around the corner for each of us. 

In other more pleasant news it’s the first day of summer.  We get 1 second more of daylight.  As today is the longest day of the year so they said on the news. 

3 meetings today, 2 at 11 & 11:30 and the other one about an hour after.  That will pretty well wrap the day but I am on standby as usual for whatever comes in.  Hard to believe that I will be on-call next week.  That will suck.  It feels like I just finished after 2 back to back weeks.  I am holding the fact that I have vacation time in my hip pocket.  Looking forward to taking time 1 week minimum but might extend it to 2 weeks or break that up and make it 2 1 week periods.  Nothing on the books yet. 

Here’s hoping for all good news today and that it will be time to go back to bed sooner rather than later.  I do love my sleep.  Perhaps I will luck out and have a good dream to boot.  Take care and be well, stay cool!

Back to the salt mine

Morning, how you doin?  I got a semi-decent nights sleep.  I was really tired because I had to finish up my day when I got home from eating, but first I had to rest up a bit.  I accomplished everything I wanted to which made me feel good.  I didn’t want to pack my lunch but I did.  I never liked that task.  I am happy to grab something when it is time but planning it all in advance never really was my thing. 

I’ve got more Mini Burritos and then a Mega Burrito from the store along with some frozen food.  Right now I just want to go home. 

I woke up on my own, Rudy was sleeping on the job.  However, he was pleased to see me when I said lets get breakfast.  Morea was closer to me than him, he was in her spot.  Not sure what that is about.

I’ve got a call with a vendor at 3 so hopefully they don’t talk terribly long and I can get out of here at a decent hour.  The drive in was pretty simple and I got to leave early, thanks to short hair. 

Also I was wrong about the forecast it’s sunshine today but rain tomorrow.  That of course is subject to change you just never know with the weather.  Hard to believe that Summer starts tomorrow when it’s felt like summer for a while. 

I got a surprise when I opened my bill from my lawn guys.  No charge for the bush trimming.  It wasn’t even mentioned so either they forgot about it or it will come on the next bill.  I used to pay a month at a time long before I had a bill but now I just pay when they send me a bill, seems to keep them more organized.  The trimming they did was very minor so it might be free.  They also still kept the lower price on mowing instead of charging me the normal higher rate that I had been paying for years.  They still get me to try to pay some stupid gas surcharge but I always ignore that, gas should be figured into the price you charge and no one else ever charged me for gas as it was baked into the price. 

I am caught up on work and getting ready to head to the first of three meetings, I don’t have to leave my desk they are all calls and mostly a waste of time but that’s the corporate world they love their meetings.  This place more so than any other place I have worked.  I think it’s due to the manager I have because when I was in a different role and had a different manager I had maybe a meeting a month, funny thing I was much happier then but made far less money.  Everyone before me told me that my present manager was meeting hungry if there was even the slightest reason to have a meeting there would be one.  They weren’t lying.  I’ve been fighting it for years but it doesn’t seem like I am winning at least unless he is on vacation.  Speaking of meetings we have some big all staff meeting tomorrow and I’m concerned they are going to try to bring us back to the office but I’ve had that fear for a while now and it hasn’t happened.  I hope to be wrong again. 

Just looking forward to the commute home and walking in to see my kids and their faces.  They both hear me and hang out by the door, it’s cute but annoying when you have packages or bags to bring in. 

I hope that you have a great day.  Talk with you again soon. 

3 days of Fun

Hello, how are you doing?  I hope well and that you had a good weekend.  Mine is about to wrap up.  It was really good overall.  I spent a lot of time with the cats.  All day Sunday.  It was raining out and I wanted to get out but put it off because of the rain and wound up spending the entire day in my room, watching TV. 

Saturday I had breakfast at home and was able to go back to bed to get more sleep.  Then I headed out on my quest to the buffet.  Damn 1 hour and 30 minutes of driving.  Kind of felt like I was never going to get there.  Lots of things are the same but a few things have changed.  This was truly a good workout for the vehicle as I got the best gas mileage ever.  29.5mpg and I left on a full tank.  I thought for sure that the mileage would change on the way back but nope it just kept getting better, much to my surprise.  I was trying to hit 30mpg but never made it.  It’s only got 58 thousand miles on it and I think it’s just breaking in.  They told me when I bought the car back in 2017 that modern cars now days do not have a break in period.  However, my gas mileage was crap when I first got it.  I lived at the gas station twice per week, of course that was back in the olden days when I was going in 5 days per week.  Based on my experience I’d say modern cars still have a break in period.  I didn’t get really good gas mileage out of my last long term car until it hit 50 thousand miles. 

The buffet experience was les than I had hoped for.  No one to greet me and seat me when I arrived.  I had to seat myself, I marked my spot by grabbing my own silverware.  A waitress came up to me in line and asked me for my drink order.  I had Mashed Potatoes, Corn, Fried Chicken, Some stringy garlic flavored Roast Beef that was sitting in it’s own juices which was mostly water (wasn’t that bad but wasn’t the greatest) and Cat Fish Nuggets.  The cat fish was on par but as per usual someone when crazy with the salt shaker.  I made two trips and got the Roast Beef only on the second trip.  As I sensed I was starting to fill up I saved room for desert.  Some bread pudding with a dab of ice cream on top.  It was good and the only thing that could have made it better was having someone to enjoy the meal with.  I was shocked that they added a convenience fee for using a credit card.  The local bank branches all changed and I don’t carry an ATM Card so no way for me to get cash.  Prices were still dirt cheap, especially on soda it was only $2.75 for unlimited refills.  Whereas at home soda goes for $3 to $4 for the same thing, depends on where you eat at.  It’s almost to the point where I am ready to ask for water instead of soda. 

When I walked in I saw a rather large man come out of the rest room.  He returned to his table.  Then made another buffet run, returned to his table then back to the bathroom.  Seemed like he was in there forever but came back out and went back to eating, then made another run to the buffet.  I hate public restrooms and I wanted to use it but for the life of me I just imagined that things wouldn’t be the best if I walked in.  I was fine until I started to get closer to home. 

I had a flawless plan on getting home.  I knew that part of the town would be closed due to homecoming but my timing was off and I forgot about the parade.  I wound up being told to turn around by the cops.  I really thought about going around him but didn’t feel like explaining things or risking a fine.  I just wanted to grab the mail and unless they take up both lanes of the two lane road I needed to travel on I would have been fine.  However, I turned around drove like a mad man because I needed to get the bathroom.  Made it to the post office, then home and avoided any accidents.  I was so happy to be home. 

This morning Rudy had me up at 6a, he was hungry.  I managed to keep him at bay for 30 minutes then I got up.  Got food for Rudy and his sister.  Then I made it to the shower and got dressed.  I went out for breakfast.  I came back home afterwards, started laundry and took a nap.  Then I got up and headed out to get a haircut and hit up the grocery store.  I came home got everything put away and continued laundry. 

I ventured out to attempt to get pizza for supper.  The place I went to was closed on Monday.  Didn’t know that and wound up at Olive Garden.  I had nothing to bring home but I did have an enjoyable dinner. 

The newest thing I found on YouTube is Hypnotic videos.  A guy hypnotizes a good group of college or high school students.  Then the fun begins.  He’s got them dancing, singing, thinking that he is their favorite celebrity and gets one person to forget their first name and no matter how hard they try they can’t remember.  It’s really funny.  I can see how if your a good subject that this cane be used for all sorts of things like quitting smoking, losing weight, depression, anxiety, etc.  No idea how much it costs but I can pretty much tell you that it’s not something that I would think health insurance would cover.  Kind of like cosmetic surgery. 

I didn’t interact with any friends this weekend and am still am in a very good mood.  Something changed late last week with my mood and it’s a positive change.  I can’t really put my finger on it but I hope that the happy continues because it beats being depressed and thinking about checking out. 

I’ve got to get laundry out of the dryer, put everything away and make the bed, make my lunch for tomorrow ( I am going in and that means Rudy gets to made biscuits at 6a) vacuum and get the trash out.  Plus put a new sticker on my license plates. 

The only real negative thing that happened this weekend was this morning Morea got sick, it wasn’t a lot and it contained the “normal” food.  I do think the Hairball food is working for her.  Her brother eats it as well but I haven’t brushed her since Friday.  Were limping along on what is left of the canned food.  We will make it to Saturday and if not then I will make a trip over earlier than I wanted to.  I just didn’t want to spend the money and honestly there is no way I could have made it through that store after supper.  I was stuffed and needed to sit down and rest. 

Now that I am comfortable, Rudy is curled up next to me and Morea is sleeping on my bed.  They both got some basement time but it was murder to get them back upstairs.  I took Morea only down with me this morning when I did laundry and she was so good that she followed me back upstairs when I was ready.  I had to call her but she came with me.  They both smother me with attention but out of both of them she is by far the most clingy. 

It’s kind of a sad day in that if she was alive this would be Momma’s birthday and she would be 20.  Gator and her siblings would have their 19th birthday on Wednesday.  It’s really sad that Gator isn’t here I still miss her a bunch.  I do look forward in a couple of weeks getting to ring in the 4th birthday of Morea & Rudy on the 4th of July.  I can already tell you that Morea hates Thunder and I don’t think either of them are going to do well with fireworks.  It also sucks that the 4th of July is on a Tuesday.  I’d take that Monday off just to make a long weekend but I am on-call.  My boss always covers the 4th that is the one day per year that we can count on him.  Whoopie, nothing ever happens. 

Back to the fun tomorrow and it’s supposed to rain so hopefully traffic won’t be bad.  I know that having shorter hair will help to get me out early in the morning.  I hope that I am able to leave early.  I am not a fan of being in traffic during the week but weekends seems to be fine, depending on timing. 

Take care and be well.  We will talk again soon. 

Picking up the slack

The day started and just like that the day is done.  I had a couple of tasks to complete, they are done and there is nothing else on my plate for the rest of the day.  I’m happy about that and hope that it will be a quiet & calm day so that I can nap in peace & quiet. 

I did have one person nagging us this morning about one of the tasks I had and it’s like slow your roll I am working on it.  By my smart ass response I kind of committed my other co-worker into completing his part.  I finished up one of the tasks that was on his list.  He did most of the work, I had to fix one thing and then it was all done.  I told myself as I was doing it that I should wait and leave it for him but I didn’t want to take the risk of him dragging his heels any longer and opted to just bring it to an end.  I feel a little bad about it but at the same time I am not saying anything to him.  I don’t even know if he’s figured it out yet but he will.  I did him a favor in the grand scheme of things but in a way I also overstepped.  However, the weight of the tasks were working on falls on my shoulders and I am the one who would hear about it so it’s kind of like covering myself.  Now were all caught up and that helps me to breath a sigh of relief. 

Remember the Burrito I spoke of earlier in the week.  Well it was so big that I opted to cut it in half and make 2 meals out of it.  I had the rest of it last night.  That’s what I call eating on the cheap.  It was like $9 and I got 2 meals out of it.  Kind of like buying a large pizza and then having left overs so you get multiple meals.  I am out of fresh prepared food so it’s to the freezer tonight. 

We had some excitement at bed time.  I turned off all of the lights and there was a glow of the lamp downstairs.  The cats were confused and acted like someone was down here.  I came down and checked it out, looks like the timer shot craps.  I fixed that and this morning the light was off when it should have been on. 

I had an up/down night where I was going to the bathroom but I never lost any sleep.  Had some pretty good dreams, and Rudy was quick to follow me and start begging for me to get up early.  That was at 5a and I told him we still have a couple hours to sleep in.  He was patient about it but you could tell it was really bothering him that he wasn’t getting his way.  When he was on top of me he turned so his back was to my face.  I thought mister you better not pull anything funny or you will get to go flying.  He was a good boy. 

Morea was coughing after breakfast.  It took a couple minutes but that cleared up.  I look at both of them and think how lucky I am to have them.  I also still have fleeting moments where I want to part ways.  Then I look at them and think there isn’t anyway I could give them up, were too in love with each other.  I know they have been through multiple owners and they might be waiting for me to drop the bomb and severe ties but were in this like a marriage, until death do us part. 

Looking forward to having time away from work and being able to wind down.  The pressure that I have felt in the last couple of weeks seems to be subsiding.  That doesn’t mean I forgot about anything that happened. 

I hope that your having a great Friday and that the weekend will be a good one for all of us.  Now it’s off to sit in front of the TV and veg until my phone calls me back to work, that always seems to happen so I don’t expect today to be different but then again you never know.  Take care and be well.  

Calmness

Hello again!  I hope all is well.  I made it back to work (aka the basement).  There was a little bit of catchup to do this morning.  It was a productive morning and I went from 7:30a to 10:30a in what felt like the blink of an eye. 

I took my Orange Break at 10:30a and that let to a nap, which bled over into lunch.  I didn’t come back until 2p but there honestly isn’t much going on right now.  The bulk of my work will be done at 5p when I process a bunch of people getting promoted.  I see this all the time but if you talk with my boss he will tell you that promotions only happen at the start and middle of the year, but I know that is complete BS.  Anyway, I’ve got everything staged so I am ready to go.  Until then it’s just a matter of passing time, which will make for a long day. 

Tomorrow is much worse because there is literally nothing on my calendar other than lunch and my morning tasks.  Plus it’s a Friday before a holiday weekend so lots of people will either take the day to extend their weekend or just generally goof off and I don’t expect it will be a busy day.  I could be wrong but were in the middle of the year and I think everyone is ready for a break.  I’ve got something that will keep me busy for a little bit but I suspect I will be spending more off time with Morea & Rudy and there will probably be another nap time. 

Rudy had me up at 6a this morning.  He was resting on top of me.  I rolled over but braced him so he could come along for the ride.  He settled back down quickly.  Eventually I needed to flip the other way and that is when he just went up by my head and curled up.  When I was ready to get up he was on top of me and trying to wash my face.  I let him get in a couple licks but I didn’t want one of his famous lick baths.  I passed out breakfast and he was extra hungry this morning, he left a small amount for his sister and she gobbled that up.  They both were asking for food when I took my orange break, so I made that their lunch.  It’s kind of funny if I decide to skip a meal then they won’t want food but if I am in the kitchen and working on getting something to eat, they have to have food.  BTW my headache is all gone today, so thankful for that.  I hate headaches! 

Speaking of which thus far (fingers still crossed) no messes to clean up, the new food seems to be working.  I brushed both of them last night.  Their coats are thinning out and they seem to be shedding less.  I love the looks on their faces, it looks like sheer bliss and enjoyment as I run the brush over their back.  You can just tell they are soaking it all up.  It makes me happy that I can make them happy.  Both of them wanted to play last night, they entertain themselves, we don’t have much play time together that doesn’t involve them play biting me, which I hate.  It’s cute at first but they want to chomp on me like I am a piece of steak and that’s where I object.  It takes me back to raising Momma’s Family and how the boys would want to play all the time and then they got in this chewing phase where they wanted to nibble on my arm.  Ah, the memories. 

Just about time to wrangle up the trash and get it all out to the curb for tomorrow’s pickup.  I heard a truck this morning and thought for sure I got the days of the week mixed up.  When your home a lot the days tend to blend together and it’s easy to forget what day of the week it is.  Sometimes, I have to look at my phone or ask my smart speaker for the day of the week just to make sure I am on the right day. 

As for the weekend I am thinking of a nice drive to the buffet.  I haven’t been there in probably 1 1/2 years.  I went during COVID when it was safe but the quality had changed.  Nothing tasted the greatest.  Now that the world is back to normal I am hoping that if I make this trip it’s not for nothing and that I actually get to enjoy my food.  Seeing some nice eye candy would be a bonus but I go for the drive and the food.  The older I get the more the drive wears on me.  Depending on traffic it can be anywhere from 1 and a half to 2 hours one way.  Yeah, that’s a long way to travel for a bite to eat but the prices are cheap, especially if you go for lunch instead of supper.  I imagine a lot of the scenery has changed with time.  This is a trip me and my late spouse used to make and it was mostly enjoyable except for the few times we each over did it when eating.  You can leave quite miserable if your not careful and don’t know your limits.  If I do go it will also be a nice little workout for the vehicle. 

Speaking of which no word on my gas lift yet.  I would for sure think it had come in by now.  I am guessing my friends are waiting for me to come out on Saturday but unless I get a text, there really isn’t a reason to go out there.  I am in my head but I think taking a break is probably a good thing.  I don’t want to wear out my welcome.

That’s about it for now.  Hang in there one more day and we will be at the weekend.  The holiday I spoke of earlier is Juneteenth Day.  We used to close early on that day but since it has become a Federal Holiday in the US we are closed that day.  It took away one of our floating holidays but that’s okay by me.  I’ve got plenty of vacation time and I can make a holiday when I want or need.  The year is 1/2 over and the second half will probably go faster than the first half.  Talk with you all again soon, take care.

New Drug

I tried the new drug my doc gave me and I wound up with a raging headache just before bed.  I figured it would go away but it did not.  I don’t get headaches and when I do sleeping for sure wipes them out.  This was pretty bad and woke me up during the night.  I figured I wouldn’t be going into the office.  I slept in and went through the normal morning routine but something inside of me just said you need to go back to bed today.  I listened to that voice and took the day off. 

I did go back to bed.  I figured I was sleeping too much when the grass guys woke me up.  That was not a great way to wake up but I suppose it did the job.  I moved to the chair and watched TV.  Wouldn’t you know it I fell asleep again.  There is something inside of me that if I am bored my body just shuts down, it’s not like I can control it when it hits it’s all systems down.  I used to fall asleep at work in meetings thankfully that doesn’t happen mostly because I get angry or have a strong desire to reach the end of the meeting. 

I did manage to make it virtually to the funeral of my neighbor.  It was a short service that lasted 30 minutes with only one song.  It was tough to sit through and watch other people breakup but I didn’t shed a tear.  I felt sad but that’s about it.  If I was there in person I think that things might have been different but then again we will never know.  I do hope that this is the last funeral I have to attend for a very long time.  This was a very elderly person that lived a rich, long and fulfilling life.  I’m jealous a little bit but only because if life was to stop for me today – my life is no where as rich or fulfilling as I’d like it to be.  I feel old but in the grand scheme of things I am still young. 

Tonight will be interesting, I do hope that I sleep because I really need to get back tomorrow.  I won’t be making it in the office this week but there is still work that needs to be done.  I wasn’t thrilled about taking today off but I don’t feel guilty.  When I am out everyone else has to work twice as hard, that has to speak volumes for the weight I pull. 

Looking forward to supper I have a very large beef burrito from the grocery store to devour and I have some sour cream to go with it.  I might eat some ice cream afterwards depending on how I feel.  I’ve had my mind set on this meal since Sunday when I spotted this plump masterpiece.  I do hope that it tastes as good as it looks. 

My head is still bothering me a little bit but I hope to manage.  I already know to cut the dose in half of the new medicine when I take it again.  I probably won’t be brave enough for that until Friday night or the weekend.  I am not a fan of pain in any part of my body.  My head feels like a giant watermelon that I just want to hit with a sludge hammer and I know that won’t cure anything.  When I get a bad headache that is my go to thought.  I wish there was a drug that didn’t have any side effects, maybe someday it will exist but I don’t think that will happen in my lifetime. 

Here’s hoping that your day is better than mine and life is treating you well.  2 more days until the weekend is here.  Talk with you soon. 

Another passing

Earlier this year I wrote about a childhood neighbor that passed.  Today I found out that his wife passed away a few days ago.  The obituary was only published today and the family is eager to bury her so the wake & funeral are both tomorrow during the day.  I told myself that I would go to the funeral when she passed but for the life of me it’s the last place I want to be.  I guess that is why Rudy & the universe was telling me that I should go in today.  I’m saddened to hear of her passing but she lived a very long time.  Plenty of family and friends as well as lots of money.  It sucks that they both passed this year only months apart but that is typically what happens when one spouse goes, the other isn’t too far behind. 

I had sent flowers to the funeral earlier this year but for this one there simply isn’t enough time and rush delivery is super expensive not to mention the cost of flowers to start with.  The family said they didn’t want flowers but there are always those people who will send them, I am one of them but not in this particular case.  I wish I had a bit more time and that things weren’t so rushed.  I don’t get the rush to bury her, other than a cost savings.  Anyway, I posted my condolences.  I see that they will live stream the funeral so I am going to try to watch that from my office tomorrow.

So many memories.  This lady was the nosy neighbor if there ever was one.  If you wanted to know about something just talk to her.  You couldn’t call because her phone line was always busy and she didn’t have call waiting.  I spent a lot of time at their house and have a lot of good memories.  I do feel bad for all of her kids, which are all adults now.  This is one of those losses that you expect eventually just given time and age but your never really ready for it.  The will surely be gossiping going on in Heaven. 

Funny thing is that I used to subscribe to an email list where they would email out the obits daily.  However, someone saw profit and decided to start charging.  Now I have to visit a web page each day if I want that information.  I was passing time earlier and looked, her obit was the first one and it just caught me by surprise. 

I’m not depressed about it, not crying just kind of in a bit of shock and feel bad for the family. 

In other news I happened to see a meme that said you know how when your expecting a package, your more excited to see the UPS driver than to get the package.  Damn that was the case for me today.  Good looking guy scurried to my porch and dropped the package, then left.  I instantly thought of that meme. 

The day is pretty quiet and I expect it will likely stay that way.  I will be headed up soon to relax and be with the cats.  Morea curled up with me at lunch time and she didn’t want to leave.  She is so sweet and I remember when I visited she was the bitch and kept her distance.  She let me pet her once her brother warmed up to me.  He’d warm up to any stranger that would give him the time of day, that cat is for sure a people person.  Morea not so much until she gets to know you and trust you.  She got her brushing last night.  Not that much fur came out which I was happy about.  The new food thus far (fingers crossed) seems to be helping. 

Not looking forward to waking at 6a but I’ll tell Rudy biscuits at 6a and he will be sure to wake me, just in case I set the alarm.  That is usually the time he wants food.  There is good and bad with going in but nothing beats the feeling of coming home to two cats who are eager to see you and you have the feeling of accomplishment & joy.  That’s not something that I can reproduce any other way but it’s a great feeling. 

Hope all is well in your world.  Talk with you all again soon.