Close call

Morning … Happy middle of the week or hump day!  Yesterday was a great day until the late afternoon.  I got to relax a bit in bed and Mora snuggled up next to me.  Of course just as soon as we got comfy my phone rang and I got a task from work so I had to go.  However, once that was done I was able to return to bed and Mora joined me again.  We got comfy again and this time we were there for an hour.  It was a quiet at work which is kind of a surprise, usually when I break away from my computer is when all hell breaks loose. 

The late afternoon brought an unfortunate task and I am not 100% sure but I think my goodtime of staying home might have caught up to me.  I had something to do for HR.  If I am right I’ll know soon enough but for now I am just moving like nothing is wrong and doing my normal routine.  Hopefully, all is well and I am not caught.  I hate looking over my shoulder and always wondering but honestly the only thing I am not doing is going into the office the number of days that is required.  My work isn’t suffering and I get my job done and do it quite well.  If I wasn’t doing my job or wasn’t available when needed then I could see a huge problem but I’m the person that everyone depends on and goes to.  I kind of feel like I deserve what I am taking but perhaps I am wrong. 

My evening was thrown off by the late afternoon events but I tried to not let it get to me too much.  Unfortunately once I fell asleep my mind went on all sorts of strange dreams.  I woke up more than one time during the night.  Early this morning around 5a I had one hell of a muscle cramp in my right neck.  I just laid on my back wide awake and trying to relax, eventually it went away.  I might not be jacked with muscle but with all of the knots and cramps I get I have frequent reminders that I still have muscles.

Today should bring me my hard drive and some bed sheets.  Got one meeting on the schedule and watching for anything breaking for my on-call duty.  Thus far it’s quiet and very slow, I hope that’s the theme for today as well as the rest of the week.

Sun’s out, birds are chirping and it’s going to be warm today.  Hope the weather in your neck of the woods is great and that you are doing well.  Take care! 

 

Finally

Morning … My hard drive shipped yesterday actually and should be here on Wednesday.  I am happy that it’s on the way as I’d like to get the whole restoring of my files on the road.  It’s not exactly going to be a fun process. 

In my efforts yesterday checking on things I managed to find a lighting deal on bed sheets.  Now I’ve got an additional order that is coming on Wednesday.  Ordered a Black set and a Red set.  They had several interesting colors and patterns.  I’m not much about patterns and more about solid colors. 

Rinsing out my cereal bowl this morning I saw the groundhog sitting on the deck.  I peeked around for his kid but didn’t see anything.  Not sure if the kid left home or if it was just a baby visiting.  Rudy was watching and it didn’t seem to bother him at all.  Mora would have been a bit more upset or so I think. 

I got to the point last night I was bored and tired.  It was about a half hour prior to bed time and I figured why not play with the cats and get that out of the way.  They loved it.  I wore them out and we spent the most time ever in playing with this toy of ribbon on a stick that I got.  They both love the damn thing and I have a backup for when they destroy this one.  I figured it would be good to get this out of their system.  Don’t you know Mr. Rudy came in and started crying while I was brushing my teeth which means that he wanted to play.  He whined and whined about it but I didn’t give in.  Eventually he curled up in bed and settled down.  I explained to him that we already had play time.  I know he wanted more but I was tired. 

Slept pretty good until the early morning around 5a when my bladder wanted me to get up.  I ignored it and pushed it off until I got woke up again at 6a.  This time it was my bladder and Rudy.  I staved them both off until about 10 minutes before 7 and just threw in the towel.  I got my relief first before I passed out breakfast for Rudy to start munching on. 

This is the weekend of my High School Reunion.  Much like they did 5 years ago we are getting a campus tour in the morning.  Part of me wants to go but part of me says what could have changed in 5 years that is that drastic and remarkable that you need to see it.  It’s the only free event that is offered.  There is a pre-reunion on Friday that costs and involves drinking.  The reunion it’s self costs to go but they are including a meal.  I said last time that the next one I’d go but damn I remember how alone I felt not only back in high school but 5 years ago when I went for the campus tour.  I saw a few people I knew and we had a decent group.  Still there was very little interaction with me and I felt like I was a stranger in a large crowd.  I hate that feeling.  I haven’t fully decided about the campus tour but as for the rest of it there is no way I am going.  I know that photos will come out afterwards and that will probably make me wish I did things differently.  It’s not about the money it’s about the fact that most of those people won’t give me the time of day.  High School wasn’t really a great experience for me.  I wish that I could go back in time and do it all over again to get what I hope would be a better experience but it’s a wish and not a reality. 

At least I’ve got Rudy & Mora to keep me company here and we are each others worlds.  Still holding out hope that I will meet a human friend or two and get a companion but the longer that I go single the longer I think that is the way it’s going to stay.  Not that I am not looking or trying I just seem to be attracted to straight guys or guys who aren’t interested. 

Yesterday was a decent day and I hope that today follows suit.  My vacation for next month was approved.  I went to cancel all of the junk that was scheduled for that week and damn if something didn’t go wrong and I wound up wrecking my calendar for this week.  I’ve put it back together as best I can but it wouldn’t surprise me if I miss something.  Here we go with Tuesday.  Hope yours is a good one!

On My Own

Morning … My mistake making co-worker is sick and is out for the day.  I had to look around to make sure he didn’t miss anything and of course you know I found a mistake.  It’s fixed and with that I decided to start making a list of all of his fuck ups.  Either he is on his way out or I am going to help the process along because this is getting God Damn Old cleaning up after a grown ass man who can’t do his damn job right.  Enough is enough.  I think 3 years of dealing with this is beyond being patient. 

I am on my own today and it’s not the first time this has happened.  It’s fine as long as things are calm but if something blows up and it gets crazy that’s when it sucks.  I just hope for the best and prepare for the worst.  Either way I will make it through today. 

My Red Lobster dinner what a fiasco that was.  I got seated at a table where I have notoriously had bad service.  This time was even worse.  It took my waitress 20 minutes to come take my order.  Meanwhile I had several people asking me if I had been helped and offering to get someone for me.  I guess eventually one of them did something about it.  I found a new dish for Crab Season.  It’s Crab Carbonara.  I ordered it without the bacon.  It took another 15 minutes for her to come back and tell me they were out of the ingredients to make the sauce.  Fine I ordered the Flounder Dinner which is what I planned on having originally.  She said she would rush the order to the kitchen.  I’m sitting right outside of the kitchen and 10 minutes later I hear her tell the cook that I ordered the Flounder.  Well when I heard that I just had another biscuit because it was going to be a while before dinner was ready.   Eventually dinner arrived, she served it wearing an oven mitt.  Don’t you know it was lava hot.  Good but a little too hot to eat.  It cooled off rather quickly and I ate what I wanted.  Got a to go box for the rest.  She didn’t bring me a bag for the bread just a box like I asked for.  I didn’t leave much of a tip and got the hell out of there.  Next time I sit at the bar.  That Carbonara dish sounded so good I really wanted to try it to see how close the sauce was to Crab Alfredo. 

Had an enjoyable evening.  Watched a funeral on-line that kind of gave me a bit of new perspective on life.  Managed to sneak into the shower while the cats were sleeping and fooled old Rudy into thinking he wasn’t getting any play time.  Both cats got play time and cat nip before I was ready for bed.  Of course they were not ready for bed as quickly as I was.  My medicine kicked my ass and I dozed for a bit in the chair.  When I woke up I moved to the bed that got enough blood pumping I was awake for a bit longer.  Curled up next to Rudy who was laying in bed already.  It wasn’t terribly long and I was off to dream land.  Slept soundly until 5a when my bladder told me to get up and I opted to ignore it for an hour.  Got up at 6a and both cats thought it was a Tuesday that I was going into the office.  I told them it’s Monday, I’m home all week and I’ve got an hour to sleep.  Rudy followed me back to bed and tried his best to get me to wake up, I managed to calm him down.  About that time Mora arrived in the room and she tried but failed to get me up so she decided to play loudly in the living room.  Yeah I wanted to scream at her but instead I just concentrated on my white noise machine and eventually she got tired and we all fell asleep.  The alarm clock woke us all up, which was quite the surprise for me. 

Time to get Monday rolling.  Went through all of the usual motions.  Knocked out my morning tasks and fixed the one mess up my co-worker made.  Now I sit and wait to see what fun rolls in.  Got one meeting this morning but I expect it will be fairly short since it will be just me and the boss attending with a vendor. 

Checked with UPS and they still have no packages for me.  However my Echo tells me that my hard drive will be delivered today.  I think maybe it went via Amazon because the tracking number starts with TBA.  I don’t honestly care how they shipped it so long as it surfaces and today would be better than tomorrow.  However, all I can do is wait and see.  I’m kind of surprised at the way this worked out I figured the new drive would be here long before I had my data from my data backup service provider.  Nevertheless I am ready to get this process over with. 

Nice hot and sunshine filled day here.  I did think about spraying yesterday but talked myself out of it until next weekend and it for sure will be done next weekend.  Here’s hoping that it’s not too crazy of a day or week. 

Take care!

Costs Too Much

There is a set of what I call a duplex but it’s being advertised as a luxury villa that I watched be constructed.  It’s on my way to the post office and they have been done for about a month.  Yesterday I saw a sign out front that they were both available for rent.  I was pretty serious about moving there but wanted to know what I’d be getting into.  I didn’t make any phone calls instead I used the internet to gather my information.  Rent is more than doubling my monthly mortgage payment.  However, it’s a brand new place.  There would be no property taxes or lawn care to pay for nor any stupid homeowners association, but I also wouldn’t have any equity.  The owner is a property management company and they require that you sign a one year lease.  The place comes with a new fridge and dishwasher as well as heat & ac.  There is an attached garage so it’s much like my current setup.  However, it’s one level and there is no basement.  I really wish that the math would have worked out better and that it had a basement. 

Oddly enough the property management company that has those two units owns the house across the street from me.  It’s a mostly well maintained property.  I’m almost guessing that I could swing some deal with them where I would sell them my house.  However, I don’t know that I could get their monthly rent on the property I want lower and honestly I’m not even going down that road.  Long story short I’m better off staying put.  I’ve got years and lots of equity into my current home and the mortgage isn’t quite done yet but it’s not that far out of reach.  I think this is for sure a case of the devil you know is better than that devil you don’t. 

I saw full single family homes being rented for what they want for the duplex.  It’s priced sky high and that’s mostly due to property taxes, they are way out of control.  Chances are also good that after that year they would raise the rent. Besides that I’ve got lots of memories tied up here and I think it would be beyond difficult to walk away, after I fought so damn long and hard to keep this place. 

I’ve talked for years about moving but never saw any place to move to that caught my eye like this place did, especially the fact that it’s brand new and I’d be the first person to live there.  If it’s in the cards and suppose to happen it will.  For now I’m content staying put.  I still have my eyes open and I look periodically.  If I go through the trouble of moving I want there to be zero maintenance required on my part.  I don’t like the idea of someone having access and coming into my living area at anytime.  I am not looking to follow a bunch of rules or regulations.  If I want to put up security cameras, have cats or anything else I want the freedom to live like I want.  I know that realistically if someone was coming in and I was renting they would provide advance notice, which is required in most states. 

That rant is done. 

Normal business I finished up listening to Whoopi’s book.  It was very good.  She almost inspired me to reach out to my brother.  I kind of want to but I know in the long run I am better off just leaving that alone. 

Had Blueberry Pancakes for breakfast.  There was a bunch of guys talking behind me and one of them had a great voice.  You know once of those voices that you could listen to for hours.  I moved on to the grocery store and it started to sprinkle while I was walking in.  When I came out I saw that there was a shower.  You couldn’t hear a thing inside the grocery store so it was just light rain.  It’s just supposed to be overcast today.  However, the sun is out now. 

Had my normal nap when I got home and snuggled with both cats, watched the start of a YouTube video had to pause it because I was drowsy.  Something to come back to though for sure. 

Put out my pills, got the laundry started and taking care of updating my finances on the monies I’ve spent today. 

Looking into tracking of my new Hard Drive turns out Amazon shipped it via UPS on Friday.  UPS sends me an email when they have a package for me but thus far I’ve got nothing.  Amazon’s records show that UPS picked up the package on Friday but that is as far as the tracking goes.  I think that this for sure is a result of the Global Outage from Friday.  I expect that the package will surface by Tuesday.

I am planning a trip to Red Lobster for some fish for supper.  Since they no longer have my Crab Alfredo.  I will still look over the menu in the hopes that it has reappeared but I hold out no hope.  They have a decent Flounder dinner and an even better Stuffed Flounder dinner.  This is my last hurrah for the week as I will be all holed up here since I am going on-call tomorrow.  As per usual I do not look forward to it. 

Here’s hoping that my hard drive is delivered sooner rather than later, that it’s a calm week with little to no stress and that I can have a good time being holed up.  I also hope that it’s a great week ahead for you! Thanks for stopping by. 

A good day

Yesterday was a pretty good day even though it didn’t go exactly as I thought it would.  My FedEx delivery got pushed to later in the afternoon.  That meant that I was stuck for the majority of the day sitting on the couch watching for FedEx to pull up and working on a laptop.  Not my ideal work day but the cats loved it!  I got pretty sleepy but didn’t dare doze off because if I missed the FedEx guy I’d be super upset. 

Managed to find some guy on You Tube who takes tours of cities.  He made a couple videos on Chicago which I watched and found very interesting.  There was another one on Milwaukee that I saw and there is plenty of interesting information.  Kind of felt like I was with an old friend and he was educating me. 

Installed those new lights I got on Prime Day in the garage and damn they are super bright for being LED’s.  It looks like daylight in my garage and I am quite impressed.  They should last around 5 years according to the literature that came with them but who knows if that will actually happen.  Got my document holder setup and it works just like I wanted.  Powered up the backup hard drive and all my files are there safe and sound. 

Now for the bad news looks like my new hard drive might not be here tomorrow.  That’s what Amazon’s site is showing as of this morning.  I think it might have something to do with the Global Computer Outage that was caused by Crowdstrike.  Who knew that one company could cripple so much?  Technology has come a long way and we are super dependent on it.  When it works life is good.  When it fails well it’s not so good.  There was minimal impact where I work, just Microsoft Cloud stuff that wasn’t working.  Our email is still on premises but that is transitioning.  The Cloud isn’t such a good idea but I know it’s all the rage and the future where companies and services are headed.

I started listening to Whoopi Goldberg’s latest book via audio books on Spotify.  I pay extra for that so might as well use the benefit.  I love listening to her talk and it feels like she’s in the room with me and were friends and I am listening to a story.  It’s pretty good so far I am at Chapter 5.  

I know this is a couple days old information but I just found out this morning that Caleb Harris the missing TX College Students body was found.  Very sad but I thought all along that he was dead.  I hate it when I am right in situations like this.  It looks like there could be fowl play involved or maybe he just happened to trip, drop his phone and fall into an open man hole.  There are so many questions and I don’t know that there will ever be any answers. 

Speaking of Caleb, I might as well touch on Riley Strain.  Looks like he was very drunk and a high, this appears to be a tragic accident at the moment.  That’s what the conclusion is from Nashville Police & Government.  Who knows what the independent (2nd)  autopsy and investigation that the family had done will turn up.  I’d love to know how many days he was in the water.  It also looks like from some bar footage that has since been released that Riley wasn’t wearing a belt which might explain how his pants came off so easy but I don’t know if cowboy boots would come off that easy.  I’ve never worn them.  There are many questions here and I think his family is fighting for answers and hopefully they will get them. 

I’ve gotten my haircut this morning.  Rudy woke me at 6a and I was not happy about it.  I still had a couple more hours to sleep.  That means once I got home I went back to bed.  Been lounging all day and I am about to get dressed and head out for some food.  Thinking about going back to the Mexican place I was at last Saturday.  It was just that good! 

Got the bills that arrived today paid and just trying to enjoy what is left of my quiet weekend as I prepare to go on-call come Monday.  Not looking forward to it but hopefully things won’t be too horrific, fingers crossed. 

Hope your having a great Saturday!  Take care.

Falling into place

Morning … Things are falling into place for me.  My data aka Porn Collection restore is scheduled for delivery today.  Amazon updated me that the hard drive I ordered has shipped and is scheduled for delivery on Sunday.  I hate Sunday deliveries from Amazon just because they are sporadic and you never know if your stuff will arrive early or late in the day or if the delivery will be pushed to Monday for some unknown reason. 

Nevertheless I am excited that things are falling into place.  The laborious part will be copying the data from the restore drive to its new home.  Hopefully, it won’t take longer than a week but only time will tell once I get the operation going.  It won’t stop me from using my computer which is a good thing since I am on-call next week and need it in order to work.  I don’t want to be stuck hovering over a laptop screen trying to work.  I remember when Gator made me do that so that I could be next to her on the couch.  I also remember the neck & back aches from it. 

Watched all but the last episode of the new season of Cobra Kai last night on Netflix.  I’m about half way through the last episode but had to pause as I was super drowsy.  I plan to finish it today. 

I feel a bit strange being fully dressed since I am waiting on FedEx.  They gave me a delivery window from mid-morning until 2p.  I am hoping to be at the front of the window as I despise waiting on people to arrive.  This however is a super important delivery and requires a signature so I can’t afford to miss the delivery person.  I just hope they come to the right house, fingers crossed.

Had 1/2 of a Chicken Fried Steak & Mashed Potatoes for supper last night.  Plan to have the remainder for supper tonight.  I hate dividing that meal into 2 because when I am done with each portion I always want more.  I had the last of my Apple Fritters last evening as a snack or desert about an hour before bed.  Warmed it in the microwave and washed it down with an ice cold glass of milk.  Donuts & Milk what a great combo.  As a kid I remember Fruit Punch and donuts for breakfast at the donut shop with my grandfather, it was after church but we did it for a long time, long enough for it to still be a memory today. 

I’ve got a haircut appointment early tomorrow morning and I will complain about having scheduled it early but hopefully I keep moving afterwards.  I’d like to get the exterior of the house sprayed for pests since it’s a little bit cooler this weekend.  Other than that just normal weekend stuff of eating out and getting groceries. 

I hope that you have a great weekend.  Take care. 

Back to home

Well I left at just the right time yesterday before all hell broke loose.  On my way home my phone was blowing up and I could tell by the number of emails that something clearly was wrong.  Thankfully bossman was on top of it.  There was a conference call to join but obviously I wasn’t there.  I just let him run with it and watched as it played out.  He never said a word about where was I or asked me any questions.  I’m guessing he figured I was busy and well that was accurate in that I couldn’t take my eyes off the road. 

The cats were both pleased as punch to see me.  They left me a couple of presents that I had to clean up.  Later in the evening Mora managed to gore me with her back claws right in the nuts.  That’s the second time that’s happened so I trimmed her back claws last night and she absolutely hated it and fought me the whole way.  Much like the front claws I just take the tip off and yeah I know in a matter of hours they have them all sharpened back up.  Rudy doesn’t like points on his back claws and chews them off.  It sounds like he’s eating Cheetos so I refer to it as Cheeto time.  I wish that Mora would have some Cheeto time to help save my skin.  Although to be fair Rudy has done his share of damage to me.  The other morning he made biscuits on my belly and he had points on his front claws.  My belly has itched for days since.  He’s usually pretty careful about the claws but once he gets going and is super happy he looses control. 

Much to my surprise I didn’t ever seem to run out of energy and just drop like I was expecting.  However I was tired by bed time, just didn’t go down so easy.  Sleep was a bit better but I had some nightmare and had problems talking.  IRL I was biting my tongue so it’s a bit sore this morning.  I woke up in the middle of the night and I felt absolutely horrible.  However, despite the morning being a little rough I feel okay at the moment.  My nose was really bothering me at work and I was convinced by the time I got home that someone gave me something I didn’t want. 

Grass mowers came yesterday and this time they did a better job blowing off my front porch.  I still love looking at my clean concrete sidewalk.  I know it won’t stay clean forever but I’m just proud of my work.  Hopefully next time I learn to do the work in waves so as to not put so much stress on my back.  Who knows though my memory isn’t ripe as it was when I was 20. 

Work is all calm at the time I am writing this, although it won’t post for a few hours.  My day is clear of meetings and I’ve only really got one task to complete.  I am going to head up and probably take a nap, at least a break from the damn computer.  I’ll come back after lunch and complete that.  Of course I have to watch to see if anything urgent pops so no one knows I am AFK (Away From Keyboard). 

Found a group on social media last night that reviews locally owned restaurants.  People post photos and describe their food as well as the atmosphere.  Me thinks it’s going to give me some places to visit, especially when vacation time rolls around.  I might not go anywhere on a formal vacation but I will be traveling a few hours from home eating some good food if all goes well.  That will permit me to see new things and go new places. 

I hope your having a great day and all is well.  Thanks as usual for stopping by.  Take care!

Happy Accident

Morning … Often on YouTube I’ll get some random videos that seem appealing.  Earlier this week I stumbled across an America’s Got Talent clip from Alex Sampson.  He’s a young musician from Canada and he’s 20 years old.  Yeah he’s totally good looking and uber hot.  However, he’s got some voice on him. 

Here’s the clip I watched of him singing “Pretty Baby”

Being horny and curious I wanted to know what he looked like shirtless and to hear some more of his music.  I found a clip of him singing another song called “ All That We Could Have Been” 

Putting this together I found his Instagram and there are plenty of shirtless photos there to obsess over. 

He appears to be straight, which is fine.  All of the super hot guys that I am into are either Straight or Taken.  However, doesn’t mean I can’t look and have my own fantasies. 

Alex strikes me as another Charlie Puth.  The kids got some great vocal chords on him and I’m guessing that he will go places much like Charlie has.  However to be fair I listened to Charlie because of his voice and later fell in love with him over his looks.

Music is a wonderful thing and can evoke so many emotions as well as help to set and/or change a mood.  It can also help to pass time and can just be fun to listen to what ever appeals to you.  Personally, I like a little bit of everything.  Variety is the spice of life and you will find that in my taste for music. 

Hope that you enjoy Alex’s music and that it brings some pleasure to your day!

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Made it

Morning … I made it to the office.  Had a horrible nights sleep but Rudy kept me company part of the time and helped to get me back to sleep.  I figure that I am going to crash at some point today but hopefully it doesn’t happen until I get home. 

Something went wrong with a change I made not sure if it was the computer or me just not fully concentrating.  As a result I am waiting for the fix to be applied and it’s a slow process and has one person inconvenienced.  That makes me feel bad but there isn’t much I can do.  Just apologized and let them know I am working on it.  That’s what I get for trying to help out.  Damn me being nice – no good deed goes unpunished a lesson that I seem to never learn. 

Mora was surprised that I got up early she wanted to lay in her bed but I went to greet her to make sure that she was alive because normally after the can of food cracks in the morning she is waiting around the corner.  Rudy did his usual thing and followed me to the kitchen getting under my feet and being anxious for his breakfast.  Mora came out and had some.  Then she jumped back on my bed while I was in the shower. 

As per usual I hated to leave them but I look forward to their greeting when I get home, that’s a priceless moment. 

Got my replacement hard drive ordered.  It was a Prime Deal and I saw it yesterday.  I could have got an even better deal if I would have only acted quicker.  Now for the fun part it will be late next week before the drive arrives.  I picked up a few other things that were on sale and they will be delivered on Friday.  Got that document holder and some new lights for the garage that are supposed to be super bright, here’s hoping I’m not blinded when I install them. 

Since the stress of coming in is over with for now I expect that I will sleep really good tonight or so I hope. 

I thought about it and put in for a weeks vacation.  It starts on a Thursday when I am off to see the doctor.  I took the Friday off as well and then the following week and Labor Day is on the following Monday so it’s a nice long stretch with two weekends.  The bad part is that when I come back I will be on-call.  I really hated that it worked out like that.  Very much looking forward to taking a break.  I am at or close to burnout and the break is very much needed. 

The rain is all done and today is a nice sunny day.  Surprising how the weather affects my mood and nothing that I love more than a day of sunshine.  Not excited about it being super hot. 

As always looking forward to heading home this afternoon.  Until then lets hope that I can stay awake and motivated even if there is a lull.  I hope that you have a great day and appreciate your visit.

Unfun

Well I went to bed with the hopes of going to the office this morning.  I knew that I would have some awake time in the middle of the night due to the nice nap I had earlier in the day.  I didn’t plan or know that there would be an internet outage in the middle of the night. 

Got to sleep around my normal time.  Woke up around 2a my white noise stopped playing on my Echo.  I gave the command and it started right back up.  I was able to go back to sleep, until it stopped again at 3a.  This time I tried the command and was told the internet was out.  I was wide awake.  I tried to calm my racing mind but that was of little use.  After about 30 minutes I tried the command for white noise again and it started.  However, I didn’t fall back asleep until some time closer to 5a.  I never left the bed and Rudy was there to try to help me sleep.  He was out like a light. 

A thunderstorm started sometime around the 4a hour and that didn’t help matters.  Thunder & Rain aren’t soothing to me, just white noise. 

Once I was asleep my internal alarm clock woke me at 5:30a considering that it was closer to 6a which would have been my normal waking time if I was going in.  That’s when I made the call I’m working from home today and will plan to go in tomorrow.  I got a little bit of extra sleep but still was up 15 minutes before 7a which is my normal waking time when I WFH. 

It’s raining to beat the band, accidents are all over the place and there is plenty of thunder as well.  I think it’s a happy accident that I am home.  That could have saved me from an accident for all I know. 

This put a kink in my plan to order a replacement hard drive today but it’s nothing I can’t do tomorrow.  I don’t like to have packages sitting out while I am away.  I’ve never had a porch pirate.  My momma cat used to watch for them.  I’d also see her in the window from the street greeting me when I came home.  She was all black so it was easy to spot her unlike Rudy or Mora.  Anyway I figure better safe than sorry.  Of course if there is something on a Prime Day special I won’t pass that up, regardless of when it’s delivered.  I believe in saving money. 

I’m all caught up at work until we have our meeting just before lunch.  There is another one just after lunch.  Oh joy how I live for meetings.  They are a complete waste of time the way we do them.  I’ve got two more tomorrow as well.  It’s like there is no escape. 

Speaking of escape I can go back up and lay down if I so choose but I am going to try to stay in front of the computer as long as I can stand it.  I really want a decent nights sleep and to make it in tomorrow.  Here’s hoping that happens. 

No post is complete without talking about food.  I had White Cheddar Mac & Cheese with Bacon for supper.  It’s a dish made by Devour and it was really good.  It’s a bit too cheesy for me sometimes but last night was not one of those times.  Then had an Apple Fritter for desert.  Not exactly a gourmet meal but it was food to fill my belly. 

I also got all of that after hours work done and was upstairs by 5:15p because I started early.  With everything that happened yesterday I just felt off my game and out of sorts.  Here’s hoping today is a better day. 

Take care and thanks for stopping by. 

Backup your data

I practice what I preach here.  Data loss is a killer and there is much anguish once you realize you didn’t back up and the data is gone.  Remember I said last night I was having computer problems.  Well turns out the external hard drive that holds my archived porn collection decided to give up the ghost and died at 8:30p.  That’s the last record my backup software has of it sending files. 

I went through the same thing 2 years ago and bought a new hard drive.  Well I didn’t think or plan to be buying a new drive this year but looks like that’s the case.  This is quite the expensive venture. 

The data is backed up in the cloud (aka off site) and since it’s so large I have to request that it be sent on a hard drive.  I pay the cost for that but once I’m done I can send the drive back and get my money back.  Then I have to buy a replacement drive to restore all of the data on to. 

I worked this afternoon trying a different computer and a couple different programs to see if I could breath any life back into the drive but sadly it’s a goner.  I hate that it came to this but all hard drive die eventually and I had a couple issues with this drive.  I should have canned it the first time I had an issue but I held out faith that it would last, silly me. 

I won’t buy a new drive until tomorrow when I am at work so that it’s delivered on Wednesday when I am home.  As for my back up provider they take their sweet ass time with the restore request so it will likely be weeks before the drive surfaces.  I have to be home to sign for it, that way we can be sure that my data doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.  It is sent encrypted and the key is only available on-line, so even if the data falls into the wrong hands it’s useless. 

Sex sells and damn this is kind of an expensive venture hanging on to all of this stuff.  There’s a lot of money that I spent getting all of the files and I cherish them since there is hours upon hours of enjoyment!

Got in a nice nap this morning.  Both cats climbed into bed with me.  They each curled up under an arm and that’s never happened before.  I guess they knew how stressed I was. 

Just waiting for the clock to tick away the business day so that I can make a bunch of changes at work.  Lots of people getting new titles and moving around.  There is enough work to keep me busy for an hour but I hope to be done before then.  I look forward to some good food, whatever it is I manage to pull out of the freezer!

Here’s hoping your day was better than mine.  Take care!

Frustrated

Morning … Hope you had a good weekend!  My supper plan yesterday worked out well.  There seemed to be a lot less people and when I looked at the menu I found out why.  They had the same Fried Chicken Special but it’s no longer all you can eat.  I got it and it wasn’t bad, not as good as times past but still not bad. 

The manager there is a relative of my late spouse.  We have talked for years.  While I was there I asked to speak with her and she came out.  We started a conversation and in the middle of it she saw people behind me that she knew and just mid conversation walked away and sat down with those people and started a conversation.  I finished my meal and waited painfully until my waitress came by at which point I asked for the check and paid.  I never turned around just got up and walked out.  I wanted to turn around and say something but what good would it do?  Looks like I ate my last meal there.  I mean if you don’t want to talk to me just say so, no need to be rude and just walk away mid-conversation.  She’s always been the type of person that sees something shiny and gets distracted.  I’m sure she isn’t losing any sleep over it.  This is the second time this has happened.  I was quite upset by this. 

Came home and then the old computer decided to start giving me problems.  I had a couple of simple tasks that I wanted to complete but didn’t get to them because I was constantly rebooting.  When things finally stabilized I went upstairs and about my evening.  This morning I come down to login and damn I had to reboot again and it took me a half hour before I was able to login to work.  I am digging into what is going on but at least it’s working at the moment. 

Got quite a surprise this morning when I opened the back door curtain.  I saw our usual ground hog and there was a baby groundhog.  Damn looks like I got two of them now.  In looking on the web it appears that a litter of ground hogs is usually 2 to 6 babies which are born blind and hairless.  They disperse in the fall.  Not sure if that means that the youngster will leave home then.  Pregnancy only lasts one month, I’ll bet there are many women that are envious of that.  All I know is that I was well happy with one groundhog, he’s been here for years.  I don’t want anymore.  Apparently the life span is 3 to 6 years in the wild but they have been known to live 14 years in captivity.  They are kind of cute but I have no intention of keeping them as pets.  That’s what I’ve got the 2 cats for.  I didn’t know but Groundhogs are part of the squirrel family. 

Both of the groundhogs gave the cats quite a show.  I think if I could have quietly opened the door that Mora would have taken off after at least one of them.  Rudy probably would have followed her not knowing what he was chasing after.  However, we will never ever know because there is no way in the world I plan to let either of them outside. 

I’ve got a bit of work to do today but largely it’s another quiet day where I will be able to get some rest in.  Tomorrow is back to the office and I don’t look forward to that at all but hopefully I will be able to leave early.  It’s a super hot day out today and tomorrow looks to be the same.  Then we start the cool down on Wednesday. 

Here’s hoping that I can be happier quickly.  I hate frustrations despite the fact they are just part of life.  I at least hope it’s a good day for you!  Take care.