Sunday

Went to bed a little bit later than normal time and I really didn’t want to get up this morning. I managed to wake up on my own. No alarm clock and no cat. Slept with Rudy last night he was all snuggled up with me and when our eyes met this morning he perked right up as per usual and started making biscuits. Reluctantly I got out of bed and made my way to the kitchen to crack open a can of food for him and his sister. Heard the alert tone for the back deck camera and peeked outside. It was a squirrel that set it off. I didn’t know what to expect but glad that’s all it was.

Made my way to the bathroom to grab my meds and then to the bedroom to get dressed. I was off on my mission for breakfast. Had a Hamburger with an Egg and some fries. It was okay but not enough to satisfy my longing for McDonald’s. Nothing tastes like MCD except for the real thing. Anyway, I saw a cute guy this morning. He was with a female not sure if it was just a friend or his mom. Seeing him just spoke to me. I thought about using my usual trick to grab breakfast for him and his guest but just couldn’t bring myself to do it. I though about how I could tell him how cute or sexy he looked but also envisioned that possibly not going as well as I hoped it would. He got up to leave and damn the lower half looked just as good as the upper half. I wished I would have made a move but who knows our paths might cross again. He kind of looked familiar like I saw him there before. I know you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, something held me back lord knows it wasn’t my hormones.

I made my Target run, got everything on my list and of course one of the things I thought I needed I don’t. I suppose it’s better to have extra than to not have at all.

Walked into the grocery store and came across a really fine-looking guy pushing a baby with his wife. He had to be in his late 20’s to early 30’s. We managed to stay in each other’s view for a while. I could follow him all day long and not buy a damn thing. I managed to skip the cookie isle because I was looking for Braunschweiger. I looked last week and no luck. This week I found it on a top shelf all by itself. Just had a craving for it. I got a small log of it, which is way more than I need but I’ll be munching on it during the week.

I felt rushed in the store like I couldn’t get out of their fast enough. There was no urgency in leaving I just managed to hit the high points and get out. Not sure what that was about. Went on a ride afterwards to check on my neighbor’s new house. It’s coming right along. Noticed a large swimming pool in the back yard full of water and it looked so inviting. I am hoping they will be moving out soon but their present house is not for sale yet. They can’t be gone fast enough for me.

Stopped off for gasoline and wow the vehicle was thirsty for gasoline, 9 gallons worth. Then came home and unloaded and put everything away. Both cats wanted to get in my way, which is kind of normal when I come home. Mora hogs the door way and doesn’t want to let me inside but at the same time she’s happy to see me. Felt really good walking into the house as the AC had been running and it was starting to get hot. It’s a heat wave for sure and there are a few people out and about but they are either at it early in the morning or much later in the evening. You don’t see anyone during the day.

I relaxed and watched a podcast with the cats. I felt pretty good but laying down sounded so good. I snuggled up next to Rudy and he just ran his motor on low and loved me giving him attention and being so close. Eventually my arm fell asleep and I had to move. After a while I felt the drowsiness coming on and managed to snap out of it. The podcast ended and that’s when I turned off the TV and rolled over. I was out for about a half hour. Felt really nice and woke up right next to Rudy.

I got out of bed and headed for the kitchen. Time to put out my medicine for the week ahead which is never a fun task. Then I opted to work on house cleaning and taking out the trash. The vacuum caused the cats to scatter and peek out at me like we were playing a game of hide and seek.

That brings me to now. I need to grab my laundry from the dryer and head up to put things away. The rest of the day is absolutely free and wide open. Thinking about supper I am wanting to go to a different Mexican place just because the food tastes better. I get something different at almost every Mexican place I go but when I find the one dish that I like when I am at that place it’s what I order. I feel exhausted and want to make the trip but think about the heat and wonder if I might be better off staying close to home. I’ve got a bit to sort that out, one thing is for sure I will not be going hungry.

Last night I found myself searching for a new Eye Doctor. I’m lucky in that I have two different eye care insurance plans I fall under. There’s the plan that my spouse left me which 100% covers the cost of the exam but they pay next to nothing for glasses. There isn’t a whole lot of providers to choose from. Then there is the plan from work they have a base plan that everyone gets by default for free. They have expanded coverage which is generous for frames, lenses and coatings. The cost of the exam is a co-pay of $15. The plan costs me $9 per month which isn’t bad at all. They have a ton of providers to choose from. I’ve not been happy with my choice for an eye doctor for a while and finding someone who I like seems to be quite the task. I’m not looking for a salesman to push a bunch of supplements, run a bunch of useless tests and try to drain my wallet for nothing more than greed. I’m looking for someone who is good at their profession, has decent people skills, who will help me with the eye issues that I face and carries Nike frames. I don’t think I am unreasonable with my expectations but it seems to be a game of trial and error. The last guy I have seen for two years gives me the choice to have my eyes dilated or to use photos. I go with the photos because we review them together. People skills are lacking and they have no on-line portal which you can see your records but you can make appointments on-line. I’m still in my search but I think I might have found a place. The original guy I had before his staff decided one day arbitrarily that my account was past due and started harassing me uses both the photos and dilation, he had great people skills and worked with me on my eye issues. However, when you tell me that I didn’t pay a bill that I know I paid it messes up our relationship and that’s why I left, despite apology after apology from them. The eyes are the gateway to the soul. They also can reveal so much about health and I’d like to be able to continue to see and know that my eyes are in good shape. Hence the yearly checkup but I am growing tired of searching to find a provider that I can call mine and end this seemingly endless search. Here’s hoping it all comes together. It’s one of the tasks that I’d like to knock out while I am on vacation.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope that you’re enjoying your weekend and that life is treating you well.

Rotting Day

I took the bulk of the day to rot in my room with the cats.  Had breakfast and a snack in the afternoon as well as a couple naps.  Watching the last season of Suits on Netflix because I couldn’t find anything else that was appealing. 

Got moving in the afternoon starting with a shower, then on to the post office and a different Red Lobster.  This Red Lobster would have been a better experience had I arrived 15 – 20 minutes later.  There was no one at the door to greet me and I had to wait a couple minutes before someone seated me.  My waitress took a little bit to arrive.  I ordered the Crab Carbonara dish.  I tried to get it without bacon but was told that they couldn’t accommodate that request.  That wasn’t the best news but I said bring it anyways.  I wanted to try it.  It looked like something that I would give to my cats.  It tasted like a Hamburger Helper dish with seafood.  The bacon wasn’t cooked all the way, some of the crab still had shell on it.  I get why Red Lobster is going down hill, they have started to suck.  The Flounder Dinner and Clam Chowder are really the only two things that are worth it.  Even the biscuits have changed with some time and aren’t the same as I remember but I’m told the recipe didn’t change.  Once I got my food I got a refill on my drink and then my waitress was MIA and I sat there waiting for her to bring a check for what felt like 20 minutes but in reality was more like 15 minutes.  Then getting the receipts as well as my card back to sign took another 5 minutes.  While I wasn’t pleased as punch I left a decent tip and got the hell out of there. 

The mail brought me a notice from Ticket Master that my information was part of their data breach so more free credit monitoring for me.  I already know there is Class Action Litigation pending against them.  The same is true for AT&T.  Data Breach is just another common word in todays vocabulary that we hear all too often.

I took the opportunity to turn off my phone this morning when I woke up and saw that there was no email waiting for me from overnight.  Silly me, I missed a camera alert that there was politician at my door who loved my go away sign so much he took a picture of it and laughed but like all politicians he thought the sign didn’t apply to him so he left a flyer.  I feel like mailing it back to him tell him that I won’t vote for him since he clearly is incapable of reading and following directions.  However, that would not only cost me money but probably bite me.  I don’t vote for stupid people regardless of which party they are in.  Had I seen him I would have used the opportunity to set off the siren in my camera and scare the shit out of him.  Most people miss the camera when they approach my porch for some reason, it’s in your face but I guess it just blends so well. 

Saw one of the groundhogs this evening.  It was in the neighbors over grown yard eating some of their grass.  I couldn’t tell if it was an adult or child as they kind of look the same from the front.  Just got a camera alert my neighbor is mowing his overgrown yard, he has to step into mine when he mows which is fine. I just wish he would keep his wife and child off my property.  They have been seen in my driveway and on my deck.  I don’t wonder on to other peoples property unless I am knocking at someone’s door and then it’s for a reason otherwise I keep to myself and wish others would do the same. 

Had something pop off at work last night and since I am chained to my email I jumped into gear and took care of a problem that didn’t fall into my teams bucket.  I got others involved and that quashed the problem.  I called my boss to tell him what I had done as a humble brag. 

A co-worker left yesterday for a new job and before they walked out the door I got an email that they told me they loved me and to keep in touch.  It was meant in a BRO kind of way, he’s totally not gay nor does he know I am.  Outside of my late spouse I’ve never had another man tell me they love me.  That made me feel pretty good.  My office is losing a lot of long time players they are jumping ship since the money is no longer there for them.  There are a few people left but only 1 that I totally trust.  Everyone else is in it for themselves but you’d never know that until you hear how they treat you behind your back and I’ve heard some stories so I tread lightly by design. 

Got my usual Sunday planned for tomorrow.  Breakfast, Target, Grocery Store and Gas Station.  I plan to hit up the local Mexican Place for supper and hopefully that will be a better experience than Red Lobster was today.  Then it’s on to a new week and the daily grind. 

Hope all is well, take care.

Friday Laugh

Steve Harvey’s Ghetto Wedding Story, it’s one of my favorites!

Enjoy. 

Expected News

Hey hope that all is well and your Thursday is moving right along!  All’s well here.  Just a typical very calm Thursday here and the wonky weather.  Hot but the threat of storms exist.  We had some rain yesterday and I didn’t know it except for looking at the street and seeing it was wet. 

I’ve been waiting for this news for a couple years and it dropped yesterday.  My mistake making co-worker is having another kid.  Due date is January.  That’s going to fuck the on-call schedule as well as me because we will all have to pick up his slack.  Everyone but me was happy when he made the announcement.  I kind of figured something was up when he called me out of the blue last week.  I knew that he wanted another kid.  That’s news that I could have gone without hearing but the cats out of the bag so to speak.  I will just have to make the best of it because there is no other choice.  Hearing this I might just use up all of my vacation this year and carry over nothing just to get away. 

I managed to hit a personal savings goal yesterday.  It is something that I wanted for a few months now and glad that I was able to achieve it.  I plan to keep on saving, despite still having new car fever. 

I read some NHTSA complaints that other owners of my same vehicle had.  Lots of people say that their coolant runs low and it drains into the spark plugs and screws up the engine.  There were several complaints about that.  Some had little mileage and others were either at or over what I have, which is 66 thousand.  It’s a 2017 and I treat it good and it’s treated me pretty good in return.  However, thinking about the unknown makes me want to get out while the getting is good, despite not wanting to jump back into car payment and higher insurance cost.  Unless I manage to change my mind I am going to gamble and try to make it one more year and then next year around this time or possibly shortly after my birthday trade it and get something new.  If I can keep growing my savings I should be in really good shape.  I just have a personal struggle with getting rid of this.  I think of it more like a person than a vehicle and honestly I form a pretty strong bond with all of my vehicles.  It’s tough to part ways. 

Finished off my wrap yesterday and the last of the pizza.  Didn’t have any bullet train experience so not really sure what got me Tuesday.  Had a peanut butter snack bar for lunch with a mini Coke Zero.  Pulling something out of the freezer for supper tonight.  Got to take the trash out and it would be too easy to give in to my McDonald’s craving that I still have, which sounds so good. 

Glad that were closer to the weekend.  My food plans thus far are to hit up a different Red Lobster to see if I can get the Crab Carbonara, planning that for Saturday.  Sunday thinking of the Mexican place not too far away.  Thinking about the good food I can almost taste it.  I need to start making a list of places I want to hit up when I am on vacation at the end of the month.  There are other more responsible things I should do as well but procrastination sounds more appealing. 

Take care!

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In The Middle

Wow, made it through yesterday.  It was tough, I got bored and super tired managed to nod off during lunch in my office.  After lunch something ran through my stomach like a bullet train.  I think it might have been the Cesar Wrap and I only hate 1/2 of it.  I guess I’ll know for sure come lunch time today when I eat the other 1/2.  I was able to leave early and make it home by a decent time.  We had storms forecasted but nothing ever materialized that I saw.  Just a partly sunny evening. 

Got home and greeted the cats.  They got their food and attention.  I switched clothes and relaxed.  Managed to nod off again and wondered if I was going to make it to bed.  Turns out those quick naps were what I needed to keep going.  I also felt compelled to eat and/or snack so I am sure that helped. 

I was kind of bored at the end of the day and went back to Schitt$ Creek and the commercials and then watched a couple things from YouTube.  The internet was flaky last night and my connection would be up and down and up and down.  That continued this morning when I logged on for work and I just rebooted the modem.  We managed to make it a week in between reboots.  Not a good sign at all.  I think this new modem is defective but I am still keeping track. 

Had some left over pizza for supper and I plan to finish it off tonight.  Yummy two days of eating the same thing for lunch and supper.  Glad that will be over with soon enough. 

It’s good to be back working from home like normal.  Got in my extra sleep.  Rudy slept next to me damn near all night long.  I had some crazy dreams.  He was quick to greet me when I finally opened my eyes.  I got the usual morning biscuits.  He was also quite wound up this morning and wanting to play.  Whereas his sister was calm and just wanted some attention.  She looked like she wanted to sleep.  I’m sure that’s what they are doing now since I’ve been down here for a full hour.  I normally hear them playing and it sounds like they are tearing the house apart but it’s been all quiet.  That can be a good thing or a bad thing when you have cats. 

Got a couple meetings today and a few afternoon tasks to knock out.  It should be a fairly normal day today.  Tomorrow will be a bit busier since it’s the start of a new month.  Can you believe it were going into August already!  That means back to school and school busses will be out in a few weeks.  That will be fun trying to navigate through. 

Hope that you have a great day.  I am headed up to relax a for a bit before it’s back to work.  It’s another day of excessive heat with sunshine and the threat of storms.  As per usual there is a photo post scheduled for this afternoon so I know that some of you will come back for that and some of you only come here for that.  It’s all good!  Be well and have fun. 

Torture

Morning … Made it to the office, whoop, whoop!  Can I go home now?  It’s been a productive morning thus far.  I thought about a few things that I could do last night and managed to remember them all when I arrived this morning.  Nothing like doing things to make my life easier. 

I wound up having a Devour frozen meal last night.  Beef, Bacon and some spicy cheese sauce with potatoes and peppers.  It wasn’t bad.  However, I still craved that Double Quarter Pounder from McDonald’s.  I tortured myself by looking at the McDonald’s menu on my phone.  I learned they have some Deluxe versions of sandwiches which means it comes with Lettuce & Tomato.  That’s kind of nice and really helps to make it more of a sandwich.  The photos looked good and I thought about putting some pants and shoes on and heading out but talked myself out of it. 

Spent the night on the couch as per usual watching Schitt$ Creek on Hulu.  I am so tired of seeing GMC commercials and commercials in general.  I’ve got the free Hulu plan which comes with ads but I am paying for it with my Spotify subscription.  I looked at the no ads option meaning I’d have to sign up for a new account.  It’s $18 a month.  I almost did it.  There is a lot on Hulu that I enjoy and would probably watch if it wasn’t for the commercials. 

Remembered that Last Week Tonight had a new episode on so I got to see that and no commercials.  Also watched the episode from 2 weeks ago of The 1% Club.  I do pretty good on that show but they always manage to stump me at some point.  I keep on playing though.  If I was on that show I don’t think I’d make it beyond the 3rd or 4th question at most.  However, it’s a lot of fun.  I’ve still got 2 episodes to watch. 

Got three meetings today, that’s way more than I want but it will help to pass the time by or so I hope. 

We got storms last night before bed and I was worried that the Weather Radio would keep me up all night but that didn’t happen.  I was out before 10p and the storms just rolled in and out.  I woke up this morning and didn’t know Rudy was in bed with me.  He was hiding on my left side by my head and that’s not his normal spot.  I woke up early on my own and he came over and made biscuits on me before I managed to get out of bed.  Mora was in the hallway keeping watch. 

I saw on YouTube that the reason why cats are so happy in the morning when you get up is that each time you lay down to sleep they think you have passed away.  They never get used to sleep and worry each night that your gone.  Not sure how true that is but if it’s true now I know why Rudy is so off the wall happy and excited in the morning when I wake up.  I snore like a train so they can’t think I am dead because I make so much noise. 

Each cat has their own moments when they just let go and are totally out.  Mora snores loud and Rudy is kind of quiet but he’s been known to make some noise when he’s out.  The majority of the time they both just take light cat naps.  Their lives are pretty easy and like mine have lots of routines.  They each know how to manipulate me and I let them most of the time if they try hard enough.  I hold firm on not giving them table scraps but Rudy has been trying for that the last couple days.  I know that one of their prior owners fed them from the table and I’d like to hit that person.  Everyone should be able to eat in peace without getting pestered. 

Hope that it’s a great day for you and all is well.  Take care!

Wet Evening

On my way to get BBQ I encountered a brief downpour.  It was done long before I arrived.  I had my food and noticed that the sky was getting dark to the point where you could see people pulling in with their headlights on.  I live in a state where if it’s raining and your wipers are on your headlights have to be on as well.  Not everyone follows this but it’s a great safety tip and helps others see you. 

In any event saw one cute guy walk in while I was eating.  The waitress took forever to come take payment and it had started sprinkling.  I didn’t want to get caught in the downpour that I knew was coming.  I used the mobile app to pay my bill.  It felt strange and I got stopped before I left, I indicated I used mobile pay.  Damn if that app didn’t add in a large tip without me consenting to it.  It’s not going to kill me.  I got wet getting to my car but it was just light rain.  The downpour started just after I got in the car. 

Drove in a storm all the way home and it kept on going for a while.  My back gutter over the deck acts like it’s clogged again.  I will get on a ladder to check it out eventually.  The rain finally stopped and I just kept thinking about that new hole the groundhog dug.  I researched how to close one of those things up.  I pretty much had it right in my mind.  I didn’t know that you can buy a carbon monoxide fuse and essentially bury them alive and kill them.  I’m not trying that because with my luck I’d catch the deck on fire.  I didn’t know they don’t like the odor from Castor Oil so I’ll be getting some of that and putting it by the new hole.  I want to make sure that it’s empty before I go trying to close it up.  That’s going to be a fiasco. 

Saw the baby groundhog again this morning in the front yard just munching away and looking cute as ever.  I wonder what happened to the original adult that was here.  I’m getting a little concerned that it’s gone. 

I just watched TV last night.  I wanted to do other things but just didn’t much feel like it.  Got in my shave and shower before bed, played with the cats and after that I was just ready to sack out.  Took a strong dose of sleeping meds since I had a morning nap.  Wanted to make sure that I actually slept.  However, the stronger dose invites nightmares and I had one crazy ass dream.  I woke up a couple times to use the bathroom.  I knew that would happen because just before I passed out I had a strong craving for cold water and drank damn near a whole bottle.  It sure was good. 

I feel hung over this morning and plan to go take another nap.  It’s raining again and that is supposed to be the theme here for the next couple days along with excessive heat.  I am tired of the rain.  Figures that it would pour for days after I sprayed.  At least that stuff got a few hours to dry and soak in.  It should be good for a month but I will probably be spraying again when I am on vacation. 

Happy to not be on-call anymore, I’ve knocked out my morning tasks.  The only item left on my calendar is lunch.  Still I have to keep an eye out in case something comes rolling in.  However, I am planning on heading back upstairs to be with the cats. 

Its’ the perfect combo to take a nap.  Feeling hung over, rain and a Monday.  Might as well enjoy it while I can but hopefully I don’t sleep terribly long even though I’d like to.  Got to make sure that I sleep tonight so that I can rise early tomorrow for my trip in. 

Hope that you you had a nice weekend and that the week ahead will be fast moving but calm.  I don’t know about you but I am ready for another weekend, especially since I can turn my phone off I so look forward to doing that. 

Take care!

Early Wake Up Call

Howdy! Perused social media last night and one of the people that I would have loved to chat with came in for the reunion.  I saw him in a photo but when I looked over the invite list he didn’t indicate he was going.  He’s gay and came out long after high school.  Hence why I wanted to chat with him.  We never really crossed paths in high school.  He is super cute and has a husband.  I wasn’t looking for anything more than a conversation.  Looks like that opportunity passed me by.  I’m sure there will be more photos to follow in the days ahead and outside of missing chatting with one person I don’t regret my decision to not go. 

I woke up on my own at 5a but managed to go back to sleep.  Had a dream about a cat that has passed away.  I think about all of them often and they must come to say hello by visiting me in my dreams.  Either that or my mind is just playing with me. 

The phone started ringing at 6:30a and it took me a few minutes to get to it but I made it.  It was work and I was greeted with I hope I didn’t wake you.  Nah you didn’t wake me I had to get up to answer the phone.  It was a stupid pointless call but I gave my official work response and that brought the call to and end.  No point in going back to sleep because I need to be up in a half hour to get going. 

Mora was all over me when I got out of bed, she started crying while I was trying to talk on the phone.  Like I was somehow going to forget about her and breakfast.  Rudy was smart and waited in bed.  We headed to the kitchen and I cracked open a can of food and breakfast was served.  Mora wouldn’t touch it as she lets her brother eat first.  He was round the corner in a flash. 

Meanwhile I got to play with my eye.  They have been giving me trouble lately.  I’ve got one eye that has idiopathic conjunctivitis and each morning I have to clean the junk from the lashes.  It’s not fun and some mornings it’s thicker than others.  I believe this is the result of a hazing incident when I was in high school and a bunch of girls on the bus ride home put makeup on me and my brother.  I wound up with a killer eye infection from it and things haven’t been 100% right since then.  I had an eye doctor that put me on a steroid eye drop and that cleared it right up but my doctor along with a couple new eye docs both say that it’s too dangerous to be on the drop long term it could do damage.  So I am stuck with the clean up job.  To add to that my upper eye has lashes that grow in the wrong direction.  I can’t curl them to save my life so I suppose it’s good I’m not a drag queen.  I’ve trimmed them before but you get your eye wet for any reason and it stings like no tomorrow.  What goes better with two problems, another problem so you get the Trifecta effect.  I’ve got dry eyes from staring at computer screens all day.  There is OTC drops for that but I don’t put them in until things get really bad because like everyone else I hate eye drops.  This growing old thing kind of sucks!

After messing with my eyes and getting dressed.  I opened the blinds for the back yard.  Looked like it was going to pour rain.  The forecast last night said rain all day.  I headed out for breakfast and hit up the grocery store.  Should have gone to Target but didn’t feel like it and it will be there next week.  Came home, put groceries away and started working on laundry. 

Got undressed and relaxed in my room.  Wound up taking my usual Sunday morning nap but it didn’t last nearly as long as I wanted it to.  That’s because the phone popped with a news alert that we have poor air quality and an excessive heat warning in effect.  Like I needed to be woken up to find that out.  I was pissed but it’s part of being on-call, I have to be available.  If I wasn’t on-call I would have turned on do not disturb and that alert would have never stood a chance of bothering me.  I think I got about 45 minutes and magically both cats were next to me when I woke up. 

Time to pass out lunch for them even though it was 10:30 I just gave in early.  Then worked on my pills.  The sun was out and I checked the weather on my phone.  Not a drop of rain in the forecast.  I used that as an excuse to spray outside.  It wasn’t fun but I got it done.  Also found that cute baby groundhog made a new hole in my yard and when I saw it I wanted to kill the fucker.  They are going to keep up and I will have water in my basement.  No matter what you put down they will dig it up or tunnel around it.  That’s why you trap and rehome them then you can close up the holes to their den(s).  I’ve got 3 of them at the base of my deck which is built on top of a concrete slab patio.  It’s some genius work my late spouse put together by reading books and researching.  He never went into any project without arming himself with knowledge first.  It looks good and is built with Trex material so there really is no maintenance needed, but like anything outdoors it gets dirty so a power wash and your good to go.  Of course the improvement to the house meant that it added to the value and that cause taxes to go up. 

I got to fight with some vines that I though I killed off earlier this year that managed to come back to life.  I hate touching green leafy things without known for sure what exactly I am touching.  So I used a trimmer to help me clear the vines and then cut them off at the root.  Put down some Round Up and hopefully this time it kills them dead. 

That little bit of yard work and I was hot, sweating and just wanted to get back inside.  Before I tackled the vines I was all set to check my tire pressure but afterwards I just wanted to get inside and cool down.  I tapped on the back window to see if I could get the cats to come see me but neither one of them answered my call.  I guess they thought it was a stranger. 

Came in and got almost naked.  Drank a Sprite and had a sweet snack.  My arms shaking like a 90 year old man with Parkinson's.  My upper core just spasms and I get the shakes as a result.  It’s not fun trying to pick up food or drink when that happens because it turns into a large mess quickly.  As long as things are normal I’m fine and can eat and drink fine.  I’m told it’s a long term affect from being on anti-depressants.  I just want it to go away along with all of the other little quirks my body has developed over the years.

I’m working on laundry now and managed to wrap up my data project.  Got the new drive backing up to the cloud and the backup drive is an exact copy.  I hope I can keep up my plan to copy things over so that I won’t have to ever pay for a drive with my data to be shipped to me again.  I really need to move into a NAS but just don’t want to part with the money.  It would make sense to have a RAID array with drives mirrored so if one fails you put in a new one and it starts to mirror again.  Technology is great if you can afford it and it works like it’s supposed to. 

Still need to clean the house.  Plan on going out for BBQ for supper.  Got my Chicken Cesar Wrap purchased for going into the office on Tuesday.  Oh joy won’t that be fun and boring.  I just keep counting down to vacation each day brings me closer.  Thinking about traveling around for some good food and trying new places.  I will also plan on pulling out some cash just to be prepared in case I come across a place that doesn’t take credit cards. 

Take care and enjoy what’s left of Sunday!

Meh … Saturday

Had an okay Friday night.  Finished watching LA Law on Prime before the last season was scheduled to leave.  What a great show that was back in the day.  I grew up watching it every Thursday night without fail with my Grandfather.  I think my Grandmother might have watched a few episodes.  The good old days. 

Back on point, I moved on to Dirty Pop on Netflix and learned even more about Lou Pearlman than I had known already.  Oddly enough Lance Bass used to have a show on SirusXM called Dirty Pop back when they had a Gay station.  I listened to it on my way home from work. 

All I had for supper was a Greek Yogurt and damn I was hungry.  I kept thinking a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese and some fries sounded damn good.  I could almost taste them in my mouth.  I was sure I was going to McDonald’s but I talked myself out of it and instead had a nice warmed Pecan Pastry with a glass of milk.  Nothing like a little sugar for supper.  I remember saying a Quarter Pounder would have tasted better.  Damn if today I didn’t see an ad on Hulu for that very product.  I really want it but have yet to give in. 

I didn’t do anything that I really wanted to do and just went to bed.  Rudy bugged me to play with him but I told him I was exhausted and just wanted to sleep.  I laid down in bed, he joined me and I watched some Schitts Creek and managed to pass out rather quickly.  Of course I brushed and flossed, as well as took my sleeping meds before getting into bed. 

Lots on my mind and of course I slept great until 5a.  Rudy thought for sure I was getting up and he was getting food but I just used the bathroom and went back to bed.  He had me up at 7a and I passed out food for him.  I came back to bed but there was no getting back to sleep.  I finally got up and had breakfast.  I half way wanted to make the campus tour that my class was getting of our old high school.  However, I managed to dose off and when I woke up there wasn’t enough time to get a shower and go, so I skipped it.  I doubt much has changed in the 5 years since I was there for the last tour, still it would have been nice to see.  Anyway, I came downstairs for a bit and checked on my data. 

I managed to zip all of the scenes I had for each studio and then delete the original files.  That helped to compress the overall archive.  I plugged the backup drive that I had sent to me with the original data and formatted it.  Now I am copying the contents of the compressed archive to it and when done I will encrypt it and store it away locally.  Then I will turn on the new drive and let all of that data upload to the cloud so it’s backed up off site.  Ah, then that project will be done for now.  I’ve got more files that I have accumulated that need to be archived. 

It started off an overcast day, turned sunny and then back to overcast with the threat of rain by the time I got ready to get out.  Managed to hit up the cat food store, post office and went to grab a pizza and look at the cute guy waiters.  Hubba saw some nice buns and had a damn good pizza.  I was the only person in the entire place so there wasn’t much movement.  I got rained on going down but it was dry coming back.  I elected not to spray today but think I will get it done tomorrow.  Those are my intentions.

Rudy and I saw the baby groundhog but no adult/parent was out.  Perhaps it was napping I highly doubt that it’s gone.  I’m always on the lookout.  Love watching the critters.  Rudy & Mora got in some bird watching this morning and that kept them occupied for a long time.  They run between the front window and the back window.  Sometimes one of them is at each window.  So memorized by the birds.  I know they each want one but that’s not going to happen. 

The High School Class reunion was my 35th and from those that I saw were going, there was no one there that I really wanted to talk to.  I’m sure it’s a good time and I know I told myself 5 years ago that I’d go to the next one but nope not happening.  Perhaps if HS would have been more enjoyable for me and I had more friends then I’d go to live it up but honestly I think it’s all about look at me, I’m a big shot, drive a fancy car, got a sexy wife/husband and got X number of kids.  I don’t need to hear people bragging about themselves and how well they are doing and how far they have come.  We’ve all had our triumphs and troubles, many similar experiences and many unique experiences.  However, I really don’t plan on seeing the majority of those people ever again and that’s why the turn out is limited to a certain click of people. 

This is going to sound kind of ironic after reading the last paragraph.  Today marks 10 years since I started my present job.  I remember having many more cats, debt and worry.  Leaving town headed off to training in a large city that I drove to for hours.  I had my Thanksgiving Friend checking on the cats and we’d have a phone call each day in the evening when he was here to feed them and scoop out the litter box.  It was only 3 months after my spouse had passed and I truly was out on my own.  Damn a lot happens in 10 years and the make up of the place has sure changed to something I never imagined.  I’ve managed to do my original job, get interested in a new role and get it then get promoted a second time.  I think I’ve probably climbed as far as I will at this place and I’m okay with that.  I’m well known, highly respected and though of and have helped so many.  I am beyond proud of myself because this is the job that I’ve held the longest in my entire life.  I hope to be able to be lucky enough to retire form this place but it’s more likely that I will move to a part-time role but I’m years away from any of that being a possibility.  I am sure that lots more change will be coming.  I also know that if my late spouse could see me he would be beyond proud of me and say that I’ve done good.  Might not have been dealt the best hand but damn I did alright all things considered.  It’s a once in a lifetime experience and I don’t think that if I had it to do all over again that things would turn out the same.  It’s important to reflect and remember but as my late spouse would say, life is all about moving forward.  Time to keep marching on! 

Yesterday was my Thanksgiving friends birthday.  I sent a card and talked about getting together to hit up that new restaurant they said we’d go to.  Were supposed to be spending more time together, at least that was the promise as of last Christmas and it’s yet to happen.  Good intentions or perhaps good fluffy words to make me feel hopeful and inspired but no intentions of carrying them out.  I fucking hate empty promises.  If you say it then do it, if you don’t want to do it then keep your mouth shut. 

Feeling extra lonely today and depressed but I’ll come out of it.  It just sucks being alone and having no real friends.  Hope you had a great day. 

Friday

Happy Friday!  It’s going to be a long work day for me.  My boss offered to let me start later in the day but I declined.  It all pays the same and honestly I’m at home and can do what I want.  Even if I did start later I’d be up at my normal time it just feels like a wasted favor.  That said, I’m logged in knocked out my usual morning tasks and am just idle waiting for something to pop or until it’s meeting time.  Yeah got one of those today. 

Had my chat with the boss yesterday and it was interesting but neither of us really had anything for the other so it was kind of a waste of time.  I got the usual thanks for all you, good to hear your voice, I appreciate you bullshit speech that I have heard over and over and over again.  It’s nice don’t get me wrong but it rings hollow with me. 

Sausage and Cheese Tortellini in a white cream sauce for supper, not bad for a frozen meal from Devour.  Had some pastry for desert and then some more for a snack later.  Watched TV to pass time away and played with the cats.  Rudy knew that I was bored and asked for play time early.  I obliged him and he got quite the workout.  He jumps so much (reminds me of Marv when he was young) that I worry he’s going to hurt himself.  Both cats are doing a good job of shredding the toy we play with but they love it.  Of course when I think they are done and tired put it away then they both ask for more.  I never give in to that just pass out the cat nip and move along.  They manage to calm themselves down if not right away eventually. 

Slept really good until 5a when ye old bladder said it’s time to wake up.  I never got back to sleep after that.  Heard the bagging of the cans since it was trash day.  Rudy also did his part to wake me.  Finally I knew there was no fighting it so I just got up and got moving. 

I can take a nap or relax now because there is nothing in the hopper at work and I know as soon as I get comfy away from the computer I get pulled back.  I said earlier it was going to be a long day I won’t be done with my day until around 7:30p.  I am not a fan of long days but it will good to get this day behind me. 

Got to hit up the cat food store and do the usual weekend running.  I am going to try to get the spraying done.  The forecast now says that it’s supposed to be partly cloudy but TV said that there is a chance of pop up showers today thru the weekend.  I’d like to get that task out of the way.

Hope that your day and weekend are great.  We made it through yet another week.  Relax, Unwind and do what you want it’s your time, at least for 2 days then it’s back to ye old grind.  Cheers!

Good & Bad

Welcome back and happy almost Friday.  Yesterday after lunch things got busy.  A large project dropped and that kept me occupied for the afternoon as well as part of this morning.  There is more work to do but not until tomorrow so it’s going to be a busy Friday.  The only good thing about that is it will be fast moving. 

Looks like the Groundhog(s) managed to build a new den, it is located on the corner of my neighbors fence and goes underneath a shed they have.  If they manage to tunnel and emerge in the neighbors yard they have a dog (I call him Sir Barks A lot bet you can’t guess why) that will shred both of them or so I think.  Amazon Alexa said that a Groundhog can easily defend it’s self against a small dog but their dog is medium to large so who knows, I don’t want to find out.  I saw the baby out last night getting its munch on.  It is common for them to have several dens so I’m not offended.  I like them and wish them no harm but kind of wish they would move on.  Kind of doubt that is going to happen unless someone traps them and rehomes them, I’ve given up on that idea way too costly.

Got in some early play time with the cats and took a shower before heading to bed.  I slept fine until around 5a this morning and then my bladder said it was time to get up and my brain said oh yeah that’s a wonderful idea.  Rudy was happy when I got out of bed but not so when I returned a short time later.  He waited patiently by my head until I was ready to get up.  I gave him some attention and he made some biscuits. 

My new hard drive arrived and I’ve got the data copied over.  Now I am compressing things to help save space and then I plan to format the recovery drive I was sent and copy the compressed data back to it so I have a local backup if it’s needed.  I can update it as needed, until I manage to fill that drive up.  This will be a process but if I stick with it I hope to be done by the end of the weekend if not before.  Then I can start having it all backup to the cloud as well, you can’t have too many up to date copies when it comes to data recovery. 

The weather for the weekend is spotty showers, doesn’t exactly make great weather for spraying for pests but if I can get the stuff down and it dries then I’m good.  It’s designed to fade away over the course of two months.

Got my first new promotional internet bill, glad I signed up for the auto pay discount because my bill is a whopping $2 less once they add on taxes.  Auto pay is a $5 discount but odd how it actually works out once the bill is generated.  It’s still cheaper than what I was paying.  The only thing I have noticed is that at two different periods I have had spotty connectivity where it’s solid for a while and then randomly skips.  It only makes a difference when I am working, my play streaming and browsing don’t seem to notice it.  The fix has been to reboot the modem and then the router.  I started a log since this happened again yesterday I’m looking to see if there is a trend.  If so might need a different modem even though this one is supposed to be brand new.

Well back to the fun that is work.  Hope you have a great day.  Take care!

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