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ROTTING SATURDAY

Happy Saturday! I hope that your weekend is going well.

I woke up early to feed the cats and after about an hour of watching TV, I went back to bed. Got up around 10a and had a poor choice for breakfast, which was a half slice of Chocolate Cake and a tall glass of milk. When I was done, I wanted more. However, I got my morning meds and retired in front of the TV.

Had a short search for a good movie. Landed on How to Make a Killing on HBO. About 30 minutes into that I paused, went to the kitchen to grab a Diet Coke and a Brownie. Then came back and finished the movie. I set my brownie on the bed; Mora was there and no sooner than I sat down than she had her nose over it and was ready to pounce. I caught her in the nick of time! The snack which I called lunch was good, but the movie was way better. I do recommend watching it.

Watched a couple of random YouTube videos and then went back to Hot in Cleveland. Eventually I wound up back in bed and fell asleep. It was so enjoyable, but I was letting the day pass by. I decided time to get moving. Fed the cats lunch, it was 1:30pm. Then I shaved and showered. Threw on some clothes and decided on what to do while I was out.

First order of business was lupper. Went back to an Italian Place that me and my late spouse as well as friends have been to. It’s been at least a year since I was there. I knew with my timing it would be walk right in and sit right down, which is what I like. Had a Cesar Salad, some phenomenal bread, a few Diet Soda and Lasagna. Desert was Chocolate Cake, but I got it to go. With a tip I dropped $55. I don’t usually spend that kind of money on myself when I eat out but damn this was long overdue and so damn good. This visit reminded me of what I’ve been missing. It’s also right by the office, how convenient!

I left feeling damn stuffed and telling myself that I needed to get back there more often. Sure, it’s expensive but it’s also very much worth it. It’s always a great experience, much better if you’re with at least one other person.

Next up on the list was stopping to grab the mail. Having completed that, next stop was to pick up Cat Food. There is a hot manager at the pet food store. I’ve had my eye on him for years. Got to see him. I’ve never made a move, but we have interacted a few times. My little voice told me as I was walking out the door to make a move, but I didn’t listen to it. I figured it’s better to admire and get excited from a far than to get rejected, at least that is what I expected. I have no idea if he likes guys but eventually, I may inquire. The worst he can say is no, which I am so used to hearing.

Finally, back here at ELHOMO, greeted by the ELGATO’S who were quite hungry. They got something special for supper. Chicken & Spinach. It was a true hit and for the $2.00 I paid for the small can of it, I am glad they ate practically every morsel of it.

My jackass neighbor I saw returned. He is whipping his property into shape. Put some more work into his deck steps and trimmed the bushes. There is brush everywhere so I wonder how long it will take him to clean that mess up? He is great at making messes, not so great at cleaning them up. However, I think that his wife is nagging him to do something with the place. It can’t be cheap to make two house payments. I think they will either rent or sell the place and someone new will be occupying it sooner rather than later. I am waiting with anticipation, hoping that it’s a hot single gay guy but kind of unlikely since it’s a single-family home with 3 bedrooms but hey never say never!

Started working on laundry and resigned myself to playing on the computer for a bit. Eventually I will head up. I wanted to change my deck camera batteries, but I can easily do that tomorrow. I’d like to do it when no one is around. Not in a huge major hurry either but want it off my to do list.

Another movie that I watched while I was off in the last couple weeks is Voicemails for Isabelle. It’s got Nick Robinson in it and he’s cute and there are a couple of nude scenes which were nice. However, while I was interested in those and him, I was more interested in the plot of the movie, and it turned out to be very good. I recommend watching it.

That’s pretty much it for today. Tomorrow will be the usual of eating breakfast out, hitting up the grocery store, filling the gas tank again, cleaning the house and having an evening meal out. Then preparing for Monday, ugh I don’t want to go back. However, unless I meet an independently wealthy man who falls madly in love with me before Monday, I think I’m going to have to return to working despite not wanting to.

Thanks for stopping by!

DAY 2 – Friday Off

Hey, hope it was a great day for you!

I started my day at 2a with insomnia. Stayed up until 4am and then was able to go back to sleep. My last words before falling asleep were “Rudy, please don’t wake me at 6a”. Rudy woke me at 6:45a instead. I knew he wouldn’t let me sleep. That’s okay, I got up and fed him. Then threw on some clothes and headed out for breakfast.

Had Cinnamon French Toast with Strawberry’s, very good. Two ladies were in front of me when it was time to pay and I picked up their breakfast. What a dumb move on my part, because they apparently packed it away. I dropped $50 with a tip, that included my breakfast.

Headed to a bakery shop thinking that I would surprise my Thanksgiving friends with some baked goods. However, the shop was closed. I really wanted this to work out but perhaps another time.

Stopped for gas before going home. Grabbed the trash bin and wheeled it inside the garage. Went inside to greet the cats. Headed out to the front porch to change the batteries in that camera. Blew off the porch and sidewalk. That scared the cats and they went to hide in my room. They both hate the blower. It’s just air, nothing that will harm them. I think it’s more the noise the thing makes.

Sat around watching my favorite judge on You Tube until it was time to leave for my haircut. Got my head shaved seriously short, it’s not down to skin but that would be the next step. I knew I’d be sorry because the itching had already started. I am taking a shower tonight and scrubbing my head good!

Hit up Sam’s Club after my haircut. Got those brownies that I wanted, some soda and a bag of chocolates. There went another $42. It’s way too easy to spend money, no wonder I work for a living!

Came back home, waited until it was time to leave for my big adventure, which was traveling back to the seafood restaurant I went to a few weeks back. Wow, this time I had to go to the bathroom on the way there. I should have listened to the GPS and re-routed to avoid a backup of traffic but, no I was stubborn and thought it wouldn’t be that bad. Spent 18 minutes in bumper-to-bumper traffic with a full bladder. Stupid me, I always pay some price when I don’t listen to the GPS. This isn’t the first time I’ve ignored it. The traffic set me back and it was closer to 5p when I got there. Took me a few minutes to find a place to park. Then walking in there was a line to stand in for tables. Not exactly what I wanted to do with a full bladder but some how I made it. Got seated at the same table I had last time. Different person took care of me. Had the Strawberry Pina Colada it was basically rum (heavy on the rum), pineapple and coconut in a glass. Not worth the $8 I paid for it and I didn’t even finish it. Had stuffed Orange Roughy which was good but the Broiled Orange Roughy I had last time was much better. Got my Au gratin Potatoes but they were tasteless. I had them as a kid growing up and thought they would take me back, I’ve been craving them for a long time, but this was a disappointment. I only spent $4 more than last time and I didn’t have any alcohol last time.

The drive home was much more enjoyable than the drive up because we moved all the way home. I even got to speed – went 100 mph for a short while. My car still has performance and twin turbos help. Don’t worry, I drove the speed limit for most of the way home because I can’t afford to waste gas by driving like I am in the Indy 500 but for the short time I did, it sure was fun. It was a long patch of freeway, and I was breaking away from a pack of traffic. It was fun to watch them disappear in my rear-view mirror. Gas mileage should have been 28mpg, but I got 26mpg from sitting in traffic and then my speed racer impression. All things considered not horrible, but it could have been better.

Stopped for a car wash before I headed home. Perfect timing for that. I just missed a thunderstorm by an hour. Were supposed to have rain all weekend and most of next week. It’s been in the forecast for the past couple days, but it just sprinkles and then the sun comes back out.

Got the dishes washing while I came down to play on the computer, pay a bill, see my personal email and of course surf for porn. Glad that I still have 2 more days before I must go back. Not looking forward to that at all but then again, I never do look forward to going back.

Ah I got one test result back but the rest of them are taking their sweet time. The lab they used this time takes their sweet time so likely tomorrow the results should be available. Not that it’s going to change anything, but I’d like to see how my body is performing.

Not a bad day but I kind of hoped for more fun than I had. I’ve got to get cat food tomorrow and pick up the mail again. Nothing per se planned, other than trying to stay cool and hydrated. No idea of where I want to eat tomorrow but I know I won’t go hungry, which is a good thing!

Talk with you all again soon.

An okay day

Howdy, hope all is well.

I woke up early fed the cats.  Hung out for a bit to make sure that Mora would eat and that she didn’t get cheated out of food.  I sat at the kitchen table and waited for hog jaws (aka Rudy) to finish.  Then I called her like I do every morning and she was already on the move toward the kitchen.  After she ate, I went back to my bedroom.  I climbed in bed and watched TV for a little bit.  The cats joined me.  I decided that I should get up and at least eat breakfast.  Had a bowl of cereal to polish off the box and a banana. 

Got my morning meds and then headed back to my room to watch TV.  Eventually wound up at porn and watched a few scenes.  After cleaning up the mess, I went back to watching normal TV.  Got tired about 30 minutes after that and climbed back into bed with the cats.  I had to physically move Rudy and he was pissed about it.  I know he’s like me once he gets comfy leave me alone.  However, he was taking up significant room and without moving him there would have been no room for me.  He laid up against me and tried to push me out of bed.  It was funny but it didn’t work.  Took about an hour nap and then was wide awake. 

Watched more TV when I woke up but kept looking at the clock and realized that it would be to my benefit if I got moving.  Hit up the shower and got dressed.  Headed out to get the mail and then came back home for a short bit.  About the time I was comfy it was time to leave.  I was a little bit earlier than what Waze told me to leave, but ran in to a little bit of traffic as well as some light rain.  Arrived at the doctors office with 10 minutes to spare. 

On the way over I saw a billboard for Arby’s and it was close to an exit where there is an Arby’s.  It transported me back to a memory that I had with my late spouse.  It felt like it was all playing out in real time as I continued to drive.  It’s been 13 years and out of the blue something can trigger me.  It happened a lot more often in the early years.  I kind of figured that it was done but apparently not. 

This visit seemed rushed at least to me.  He was on time, I only had to wait a couple minutes before I was taken to an exam room.  Then after my vitals were taken, it was just a couple minutes and the doc was in.  We chatted and he moved to get his exam done.  I complained about being stuck for blood multiple times.  The doc walked me to the lab and requested the best sticker they had.  The lady who took my blood got it on the first try.  The doc said to come back in 6 months.  I don’t know why we switched this year from every 3 months to every 6 months.  I won’t be back until January.  I know that time will fly by.  I am still waiting on lab results, normally they are in by the time I am home but I got nothing.  I’m guessing they will come in tomorrow, which is fine. 

Went to the place that sucks at making pizza.  Ordered my favorite pasta dish.  I had a smoking hot young waiter.  I wanted to hit on him so bad.  All I know is that I wanted to say if I looked as good as you do, I wouldn’t be single.  I tell the cats all the time that if I had their good looks I wouldn’t be single.  I ate, paid my bill and left.  It would be nice to go back to work with a boyfriend but I’m not holding my breath.

Got the batteries in the garage camera changed.  Put the trash out and I’m home for the day.  Caught up on my porn surfing.  Yeah I peeked at work email earlier today because I was bored.  I didn’t respond to anything but took time to delete a couple of messages that were nothing but noise.  Then switched work email off.  I really want to login now and play catch up but that’s working and well I am off.  I guess I am too devoted to my job and take it way too seriously.  No wonder I get frustrated so easily and want to throw my hands up and walk out. 

Crunched numbers on a new vehicle just for fun.  It would be a bit costly even with a sizeable down payment and trade in.  However, I could make it work if I had to.  Then I realized that my calculations didn’t include GAP insurance, it can’t be that much more.  I will never ever buy a car without it.  Even though I’ve never had to use it.  It’s one of those things that if you need it, your glad that you have it. 

GAP INSURANCE … “Gap insurance covers the difference between what you owe on your car loan or lease and the car’s depreciated value if it’s totaled or stolen. It helps ensure you are not left paying out of pocket for the remaining balance on your loan after an insurance payout.”

Tomorrow’s agenda includes breakfast out, a haircut, trip to Sam’s club for fuel and more brownies if they still have them.  In the afternoon traveling back to the seafood place to get a strawberry Pina Colada [really hope it’s good and worth my money] and some fish.  Might hit up the pet food store if I don’t then that will be a Saturday task.  Looking forward to the drive and hope that the rain stays away.

That’s all I know at the moment.  Mora is telling me it’s time to head up, as if it’s a work night.  If it was I wouldn’t be down here.

I heard something in watching YouTube videos.  I think George Carlin said it.  You know people have a lot of good things to say about you, problem is you won’t ever hear them until your dead.  There is a lot of truth in that statement.  He was smart and funny. 

Well I guess I should run.  Thanks for stopping by!

Free at last, if only for 4 days

Good evening!

The work day is done but I still have to get through the evening of being on-call.  Largely that means nothing.  Most things happen during working hours and with picking up California Offices about the time I logoff is when I get a curve ball from out West. 

The boss called me today to tell me that I am getting a 3.5% raise.  It’s average.  I honestly expected 4% but still it is not bad.  Waiting to see how exactly that works out on my paycheck.  Then I will make my decision on if I am going to take it and stuff it into savings after taxes are taken out or if I am going to send it to retirement and not have taxes taken out. 

We continued our conversation about my potential promotion.  He called it a Supervisor position but quickly corrected himself to say Team Leader.  He wanted to know how I felt about it.  I told him I was fine but again I need to know what is expected of me before I commit to taking the position.  He said to give him a month or two and he should have something for me.  The position doesn’t exist, so he has to have it created, money allocated from the budget to fund it and then they start writing a job description.  Wow sounds like the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.  If you think I am going to commit to a position before I know exactly what your going to try to sneak past me, you are crazy.  I know the job comes with a pay raise but you don’t get extra money and not have to do extra work.  However, to listen to him he framed it to say I am already doing the job just not being paid for it.  Wow, that’s the story of my life.  I carry a lot of weight and contribute heavily to our teams success.  I am not about the team mind set.  I am more about the individual mindset and making sure I get my fair shake even if you frame it as a team effort.  I’d like to ask if the new position could be full time remote but I don’t think that would go over and it might cause unwanted attention either now or in the future.

Thinking about what is probably going to come to fruition made me start looking at vehicles again.  Both new and used.  I know what I want but haven’t gone for a test drive yet.  I am either going towards sport or luxury both are at about the same price point.  I really want to buy now figuring that will give me motivation to go back to the office, like I should already be doing.  However, part of me says keep what you have and don’t change a thing.  Promotion or not eventually I will be getting a different vehicle most likely new rather than used. 

Dinner tonight was a new Chicken with cheese and ranch served over pasta dish from Stouffer’s.  It’s pretty good but could use more ranch. 

Last night I heard the sound that winter is coming.  The cicada’s as the sunset.  They just sounded off again.  I told the cats that is the sound that summer will be over soon and we will move into Fall and eventually Winter.  It’s kind of an annoying sound but eventually you get used to it. 

Speaking of cats, trimmed one claw on Mora’s front paw.  I used the same fingernail trimmer that I would use on my own nails.  She had no idea what it was so she was all relaxed for a brief second.  She was sitting on my chest and kept poking me as she kneaded my chest making her biscuits.  Rudy came around eventually and I got him he had claws on both front paws that needed to be trimmed.  I don’t like braking out or getting stuck. 

Finally, I went in search of porn.  I fell for some click bait from Andrew Goes Places (aka Andrew Neighbors) and joined his OF.  Thinking that he had some spicier content, but it’s kind of the same old thing.  Looks like he might be making a change but only time will tell and I’m only subscribed for a month, then I am done and will walk away.  I know eventually my curiosity will get the best of me and I will probably go back again.  I looked through other guys I subscribed to in the past and almost subscribed to a couple of them but managed to talk myself out of that.  Hey I’m boy crazy and bored, not a great combo.  I guess it’s better than bored and retail therapy I could have done some serious damage there. 

Speaking of money I saw how much this past month cost.  I really see the impact of a vet visit and a new alarm.  That hurt but thankfully I was able to pay cash for all of it and keep on moving.  It made a slight dent in my savings but I am still committed to tucking as much money away as I can.  There is always a rainy day around the corner and it usually happens when you least expect it.  The only blessing for me is that things fells apart (with the alarm and cat) while I was scheduled to be off. 

Well time to wrap thing up, publish this and get ready for bed.  Rudy will be asking for breakfast at the same time even though I am off.  I figure I will get up and eat with them.  Grab a shower and head out to grab the mail.  Taking my time.  Doctor is in the afternoon, looking forward to that but not looking forward to getting stuck with a needle.  Here’s hoping that I can enjoy my time, be productive and have fun before the time slips away. 

Talk with you all again soon.  Hope that you have a great Thursday!

My Friday

Morning … hope all is well in your world & the sun is shining bright!

My neighbor who moved out was back last night to cut the grass.  He had a zero radius turn mower.  He has a pile of old brush that has been in his back yard for years.  High weeds are growing around it but it’s on a hill so you can’t see it from the street.  If you could he would have already been turned into the city.  Anyway, he tried to climb it last night as if his mower was something bigger.  He failed and I got it on camera.  It was funny to watch.  He’s going to have to haul that mound away otherwise it’s not going anywhere and it’s only going to look worse as time goes on.  It’s been 3 or 4 years now as it is.  Still no for sale sign in the front yard and it’s a complete mystery as to what they are going to do with the place.  That was my entertainment for the day. 

Waited all morning long for lunch to finally roll around.  Had the Sargento Salami lunch thing.  Those chocolate pretzels I spoke of were good but they were mini sized and only 4 of them.  I wanted more.  Still it’s a great way to change things up for lunch to make it a little bit more exciting.  I will be buying this again!

Finished the left over Spaghetti for supper of which there wasn’t a lot left.  I did have the smarts to save myself a meatball, which was more like a small softball. 

Sadly someone got fired last night while I was eating dinner.  I didn’t see the email until I was done.  Fortunately I eat quick and stick around on line way past quitting time when I am on call.  That works to my advantage for any last minute things that come in, like this.  Got that taken care of and then it was a quiet night. 

Hung out with the cats, Mora came to beg for attention but really she wanted treats.  She got both.  Then bedded down for an evening nap until it was time to go to bed.  Rudy followed suit.  They honestly spend more time sleeping than me and I don’t know how their bodies manage that.  I’d like to see them both exercise more which is why last year I got that cat treadmill aka hamster wheel that they don’t use.  Looking at photos I can see them aging before my eyes.  As time goes on their love and affection continues to grow as they weave their magic strings around my heart.  I’ve been their hostage as much as they are my hostages.  They do keep life interesting. 

Looking forward to a long weekend, even if tomorrow I am at the doctor.  I will wish my time was longer as I am so tired of working and dealing with all of the daily BS.  It is awful tempting to just throw in the towel and walk way.  Only problem is that I need money to survive.  If it wasn’t for that I would have left a long time ago.  Knowing that my next round of vacation is in September will keep me going for a little longer. 

I’ve got plans for my two weekdays of freedom and not sure how the weekend will play out but I know that there will be plenty of time to unwind.  I also know that like all time off this will go by super fast, especially considering that it’s only 4 days total – 2 week days plus the weekend.  At least when I go back on Monday I won’t be on-call so that’s nice but playing catchup won’t be fun.

Speaking of work the boss announced yesterday that he got approval to tell us about our pay raises.  Unless he tells me today his next chance will be Monday and if he fails then well I will know because I should have my next paycheck late Monday or for sure by Tuesday afternoon.  Money comes early with direct deposit and that’s a nice advantage. 

That’s it for now.  Waiting for meeting time to roll around and thankfully as it stands now I only have one, which is one too many but it’s better than multiple.  I just want a nice day and to be able to fade away into my time when I am no longer a slave to my phone and can turn work email off, that’s the best part of being off. 

Take care and here’s hoping we all have a great day ahead!

 

Another day

Morning

Yesterday the boredom set in.  I realized how much happier I was when I didn’t have work tying me down.  I could leave and go where ever and do what ever and I felt really good.  Now that I am back in my routine it sucks.  Glad that I will get another round of freedom on Thursday. 

Speaking of Thursday, the mistake maker called off today.  He will be covering my on-call for me starting on Thursday thru Sunday.  I figure he’s resting up, even though there probably won’t be much to it.  Weekends are usually free and were not bothered for the most part. 

Mora took her last pill last night.  She fought with me over it, spitting it out once.  I gave it back to her and she took it.  I am so glad that is behind us.  Speaking of behind, hers looks pretty good from where it was.  I still worry about her and that this will reoccur but I am hopeful that is just nervous owner fear and that it doesn’t actually come to fruition.  She appears normal – eating, drinking, snacking and playing.  I got in some cuddle and brush time with her yesterday.  She really liked that. 

I had something new for lunch yesterday.  It’s Sargento’s take on Lunchables.  I had Pepperoni with Wheat Thins, Mozzarella cheese and very small amount of Gummi Bears for desert.  It was perfect and of course when I was done I wanted a second one.  Today I have Salami with Chocolate Covered Pretzels.  When I bought these the meat is what attracted me, I never even looked at the fact they came with desert.  They were priced 10 cents higher than a Lunchable but I believe they are worth it. 

Supper was store bought Spaghetti & Meatballs.  I ate half and saved the other half for tonight.  I have been busy studying the menu at the seafood place I want to return to.  I think that I will be going there on Friday but really depends on how I feel after seeing the doc on Thursday.  I’m guessing I won’t want to travel far but will want a good meal. 

As per usual my morning tasks at work are done and I am just on standby for whatever comes up.  I had a couple things crop up last night after I closed my laptop and I did that late on purpose so that I could catch any late stragglers.  Mora was after me for treats and I just gave in to her.  No sooner than I passed her treats out my phone was chirping. 

Here’s hoping that it will be a good day for all of us.  Take care!

Early Night

Morning … Were back on the Monday Morning Train and it sucks like normal!

I watched some Firework & Drone shows on YouTube last night.  What they can do with Drone’s is pretty amazing to me.  While it looks complicated to me I’m sure there is some automation behind it that takes all of the complexity out of it. 

Eventually I got tired of sitting on the couch and elected to head to my room.  Watched the latest episode of The First 48.  Sad story about a young kid who lost his life over an alleged drug deal gone wrong.  The pain from his father was palpable and quite raw. 

When that was done it was time to get ready for bed.  The fireworks in the neighborhood started.  I could hear them.  They don’t bother cats unless they are extremely loud.  I’m thankful for that as I know some folks have pets that go absolutely nuts. 

Once I was ready for bed, I had a white firework of my own to blast off.  There wasn’t a big show but it sure felt good.  That lead to me getting in bed early and by 10p I was turning the TV off and the white noise machine on.  Mora was all cuddled up with me and off to dream land I went. 

I’m amazed at the little work I did with fixing the frame on my bed and flipping the mattress has made quite the difference in sleep for me.  It’s a water bed frame so just some wood.  I’ve had one piece configured wrong for 28 years and no issues.  Last month I heard a creek and though the frame was falling apart, that’s was lead me to investigate and fix the frame over the weekend.  I’m quite happy.  Although, I could use a new bed.  Right now I’m am pretty happy. 

Mexican food was good yesterday as well.  Had a little bit of rain to travel through and it poured while I was eating but was dry when I came out.  I enjoy staying dry and if it’s going to rain this is the best way for it to happen when I am out and about. 

Today is no meeting Monday, I think lots of people will be out this week as well.  Mondays usually start off quiet but it doesn’t take terribly long for things to get rolling.  Back on the meeting band wagon Tuesday & Wednesday – ick.  Really looking forward to having Thursday & Friday off.  Right now I’m just going to enjoy the peace and quiet while it lasts. 

Heat wave is pretty well done but it’s still warm outside.  It’s not like Summer up and left us but the oppressive heat & humidity have at least for a little while.  Hope it’s cooler in your neck of the woods. 

Take care!

Holiday Lupper

Happy Sunday!

I really didn’t do a whole lot yesterday.  I did get up early and had breakfast out.  It was so good!  I also filled up the gas tank. 

Got in a nap and relaxation time until it was time to leave for Lupper (that’s lunch & supper combined, in case your new here).  I was the first one at Olive Garden.  Got us a table and a short time later everyone arrived. 

We had the cutest waiter, he had red hair and was covered in freckles.  I wanted to hit on him but didn’t.  I told everyone at the table that I thought he was hot.  Anyway, looks aren’t everything.  You need some brains to go with them.  He was nervous and likely just took the job while college was out.  There were a couple issues with placing orders and then when the food arrived, one person got something they didn’t want.  Soup was lightly warm but more on the cold side.  Food overall was just average.  I’ve had better Olive Garden at the one by me.  At least everyone else shared my opinion that this OG has gone down in quality.  We started a little after 2 and it was 4p when we all left.  A nice time to catch up.  Next time we will be together is likely for my birthday / Labor Day. 

I got home and got supper passed out for the cats.  Then headed downstairs to work on more laundry and surf on the computer.  Not much in the way of good porn, but I looked.  Eventually I wasted a couple hours down here and decided that I would be more comfortable upstairs so I called it and headed up. 

Mora was on the couch in her favorite spot.  I told her I was headed up but that didn’t phase her, which is totally normal. 

I went through a couple YouTube videos.  Scroll around on social media on my phone.  Mora eventually came up.  I closed up the basement and then got naked.  Shaved & Showered.  Then got comfy in my room.  Really wanted to get off.  My intention was there but there was little motivation.  I was quite tired and after 15 minutes I knew there would be no white fireworks shooting out of me, so I threw in the towel.  Started back watching Hot In Cleveland.  Mora was in my lap, sleeping.  The fireworks started.  The police scanner was busy.  Eventually it was all too much for me.  I was tired and knew if I stayed in the chair I would fall asleep. Mora’s birthday present was that I skipped her evening pill.  She didn’t complain at all about that.  

I evicted Mora from my lap.  Then went to bed.  Watched a little more TV and it wasn’t long I was out a little after 10p.  Slept amazingly good.  Had a sexy but bad dream.  Woke up a couple times, once was to use the restroom.  Eventually my body woke me up for good.  Rudy gave me my morning greeting and wanted to snuggle for a moment.  I can’t pick him up and snuggle, he hates that.  It has to be on his terms.  While his sister will gobble up forced snuggles. 

Anyway, passed out breakfast for the cats.  Then got dressed and headed out for my breakfast.  Damn it was good.  There is this old lady that comes in to meet a friend of hers and they have breakfast.  Neither one eats much and I’ve bought their breakfast a couple times.  It’s an easy $5 to $7 not including tip.  She’s been absent for a while but came back last weekend.  Today she showed up and I watched her pull in.  She waited a minute, backed up and pulled back into her parking spot.  That happened a few times.  By the time I paid my bill and was in my vehicle ready to leave I watched her do it again.  She parked like she was drunk.  She’s not drunk just old and dementia is setting in.  She is 90 and still has a drivers license, that’s scary to me.  I went back in and told my waitress, she said she would check on her.  I figured that if I didn’t say anything she would have kept up the same routine until her friend showed up. 

I hate seeing people grow old and dementia creep in.  It’s not fun at all.  I hope that she is okay.  She needs some help but I don’t know that she has any family that can intervene.  She lives alone, which is also amazing but scary at the same time. 

Made it to the grocery store and was happy that I just had to pick up a few things, which was $50 later.  I had two bags of grocery's, one jug of milk and one jug of water (for the cats).  Gas prices are falling a little bit but grocery prices are still horrible. 

Came home, put the groceries away, got naked and then realized that it was time to pill Mora.  Took care of that, she wasn’t happy.  We have one more pill tonight and two more tomorrow then she will be done.  I am pleased with her progress but it looks to me like there is an abscess trying to form.  I tried to do some expression yesterday but she wasn’t having it.  Rudy tried to clean her and made the mistake of licking her butt, he didn’t like what he tasted and stopped quickly.  Mora wasn’t upset about it.  Perhaps things are back to normal – I suppose only time will tell.  Give it a few days for the antibiotic levels to fall in her system and that will be the true test.  I hope we are in the clear.  I do not relish another vet visit anytime soon whatsoever. 

Finishing up laundry and I will be heading out for some Mexican food.  Looking forward to that.  Then it’s back home for the next 3 days and back to work, I am also on call for 3 days. Thursday is doctor day and I will get a little prick, not the good kind either, the kind with a needle.  I plan to hit up the great seafood place I found either on Thursday or Friday.  I’ve got Friday off too, which means I can hit up Sam’s Club for more brownies if I want.  There is the weekend.  Then it will be back to normal for the rest of the month, until the end of next month when my next round of vacation is planned. 

Hope you had a great holiday and weekend!  Thanks for stopping by, talk with you again soon!

 

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Pre-Holiday

Hey, I will admit I am a bit confused on what day of the week it is.  Took me a bit this morning to realize that it’s Friday.  That’s the problem with a holiday during the week, it always seems to mess up what day of the week it is for me. 

I was up at 6a to feed the cats but I didn’t get out of bed until 630a.  They were happy.  Rudy ate like a pig but I kept telling him to save some for his sister, which eventually he did.  That took a little encouragement from my foot in his face but he got the message.  Mora moved in and ate.  Then when she was done Rudy went back and chowed on what was left.  Then promptly threw up and asked for more food, which I didn’t give him.  That’s what he gets for being a pig!

I gave Mora her medicine and then climbed back into bed to watch TV.  I eventually would go back to sleep for a little bit.  Then got up and had breakfast.  Then back to my room to watch some TV.  Felt horny and watched the newest scene from ASG (Next Door Studios) with Josh Brady.  Wow that did the trick and I was horny no more!  It also helped me eventually get back in bed and sleep a little bit more. 

Much to my surprise I was woken up by the sound of lawn mowers.  Yeah I got my grass mowed twice in the same week.  That’s never happened before.  Lawn looks really nice.  Then look over at my neighbors who moved out, their grass is tall and lawn looks like shit.  I’m sure he will be back to mow the grass in the next few days or at least I would expect it. 

Just before 2p I got out of bed and got moving.  Had a shower, got dressed.  Then headed over to the office again.  Yeah twice in one week.  Turns out that I wound up taking my laptop off line when I went in on Monday.  I made the trip back to get it back on the network, which took a couple minutes.  My battery keyboard was dead, which I am not surprised at all.  Eventually I got logged in, the silly thing was sending the wrong keystroke for the first letter of my password.  I tried enough that it locked me out temporarily but I knew how to get around that, smart I am!

Once I was done, I headed for BBQ.  It was delicious.  There was a nice young man who came in to pickup an order.  Man he had the best looking ass.  I wanted to pick him up but just admired him from a distance for the short amount of time he was there.  That plus the good food made the trip worth while. 

Stopped at the post office to get the mail and then finally home.  Been working on laundry.  Rudy threw up on my new cover earlier in the week.  So I stripped the bed completely.  The mattress pad takes forever to wash and dry which is why I am so late.  Just waiting for the dryer to sound off so I can throw the blanket in and once it’s dry I can head up.  The cats much to my surprise are hanging out upstairs sleeping. 

I’ve put much thought into making contact with my late spouses grandson.  After gathering opinions from several people I’ve elected to try to make contact with him.  I have spent hours in front of the computer crafting a simple letter to him.  The letter is finalized and I printed it out along with his grandfathers obituary and some photos of his father when he was in high school.  The letter says in a nutshell who I am, who his grandfather was and lets him know that if he wants to make contact with me he can, if he chooses not to I totally understand but the final decision is his.  I let him know plainly that unless he reaches out I won’t be bugging him.  I figured out when his birthday is and he will be 18 and in the eyes of the law in the state, he will be an adult.  I researched property tax records to find out where his mother lives, which is where I am sending the letter.  It won’t be mailed until his birthday occurs so he is of age.  I am sending it by certified mail restricted delivery (I want to ensure that he’s the one who gets the letter and no one else).  Hopefully, the post office does their job correctly.  That’s going to cost me some where around $20 when I could easily drive to the house much cheaper, but given the circumstances the mail is the most appropriate.  If this attempt fails and the letter comes back to me then I know where he’s going to college at and will try there in a couple months.  I just want him to get the letter and if he reaches out great we can talk.  If he chooses not to reach out fine, at least he knows the truth.  I know that heritage and family is important to him.  I got the letter, obit and photos printed and prepared for mailing.  Fingers crossed this all works out well.  I think it will be a total and complete surprise to him.  I’m glad that when I had my late spouses obit printed I had the sense of mind to list his grandson as a surviving relative, even if I did spell his name wrong.  I’ll keep you updated as this unfolds.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Plans for tomorrow.  Well if it works out like I want it to.  I will get up early and head out to breakfast.  Fill up the gas tank and come back home to rest.  Lupper (that’s lunch & supper) is at 2p @ Olive Garden.  A strange place that I never thought I would be on Independence Day but I’m sure we won’t be the only one’s there.  Once that’s over with come back home and spend the rest of the day with the birthday cats.  Yeah, Rudy & Mora will turn 7 years old tomorrow.  I looked at the photo I have in my office when I was at work.  You can see the youth in there faces and they both look innocent.  Comparing that to where we are now, they have blossomed and both of their personalities have really developed in the 4 years they have been with me.  I say it often because it’s true, I am glad that they are my cats.  It’s going to suck as we both age but at least we will be growing old together, so to speak. 

Off to occupy my time as I wait for laundry to complete.  I know that eventually one of the cats will be down here “barking” at me telling me it’s time for bed, because it is.  However not much I can do with the bedding in the laundry got to have it to make the bed so we can all climb in. 

The AC has been working some serious overtime but damn it feels really nice in here!  I will be glad when the heat wave is done. 

Take care!                       

Last Work Day of the week

Hey – Finally made it to the last day of the week.  It feels so good, wish that everyday felt like this. 

The meeting I was dreading yesterday was a complete nightmare but I got through it.  I had to bite my tongue.  There is a bit of a power struggle between another team and my team.  That other team holds all of the power and right now it seems like they don’t want to give my team access to the new cloud environment so we can administer things like we do today.  They want to complicate things making us log a request, send it up to their team and then waiting on them to get back to us.  Hey if you want the work I figure they should take over the process.  I was steaming mad yesterday but calmed down and let it go.  It’s kind of one of those things that we will have to wait and see how it turns out.  I did find out that the goal is to be in the cloud environment by August.  Kind of made me want to start planning the rest of my vacation. 

Speaking of which I did this morning log a request so I am off the week of my birthday, historically I have taken this week off for a couple years now so it’s no surprise.  The problem is that’s when the mistake makers baby is due so it is going to leave the new guy on his own, but you got to be baptized by fire at some point.  The new guy is cocky because he’s been around a couple years and thinks he knows it all well good luck on your own – we shall see what he knows!

The boss kept bothering me this morning for stuff he could have taken care of on his own.  I got all of his stupid work done for him and he’s happy now.  Hopefully he will leave me alone for the rest of the day. 

Cats are sleeping and the AC just kicked on for like the 5th time today.  I really hope this heat wave doesn’t murder my AC.  I know that I need a new one but it’s one of those things that as long as it’s working I don’t mess with it. 

Heard from my Thanksgiving friends.  They want to go to Olive Garden.  I’m not big on that place but hey I said okay works for me.  I know I won’t leave hungry but the question is will the food actually be good?  The one closest to my home makes great food but the one by them it’s just so so.  At least that plan is ironed out and it’s early in the afternoon. 

I really wanted to go to the seafood place that I visited last Friday.  However, I want BBQ a bit more so I am going for BBQ tomorrow and then next week either Thursday or Friday I will head back to the seafood place.  It’s a drive and probably will be more enjoyable once the heat passes. 

Problem down here is everything is under construction so you never know what your going to run into.  I use Waze even when I know where I am going, if I have to get on the freeway it helps.  If I am staying local I can find my way without the app.  Two seasons around here Construction and Winter. 

Hope that you all have a great holiday and weekend.  Talk with you all again soon. 

Changes & Technology

Morning and happy July. 

We are still in the middle of a heat wave here in my neck of the woods.  It feels really nice when the AC kicks on and I feel it blowing on me.  That only happens if I am in my bedroom or here in the basement but it’s so enjoyable. 

Mora’s rear end is looking more normal.  She still hates taking her medicine.  When she sees me coming with the pill gun loaded with her medicine she tries to hide from me.  She is 19 pounds and sticks out like a sore thumb, there is no out running me.  I will do most anything to capture her just to get the pill down her.  She is really easy to medicate but capturing her is the challenge.  Here’s hoping that when this round of medicine is done in a few days that I don’t have to give her any medicine for a very long time!  Cats aren’t fun to medicate. 

Yesterday my last meeting of the day was about changes to our environment at work and the way I do certain things at work is changing.  This comes as we migrate to Exchange Online into the Azure and Microsoft Cloud environment.  It seems that we are going from simple to complicated and I am going to have to jump through some hoops.  Part of it is a learning curve on my part.  I’ve got another meeting today to further explain what exactly as we are setup today so that can be translated on what I do once the big switch is flipped next month.  It’s something I DO NOT look forward to but it’s something I have to do.  I’d really love to quit and just leave them to figure things out but realistically that wouldn’t work out well for me.  I hate change partially because I am human and partially because I like my set routine and way of doing things.  Don’t mess with the routine.

With cloud platforms just as soon as you get comfy in their admin portal and think everything is going well and you’ve adjusted.  The provider decides to make changes to the portal and you have to learn where things are at and if you can still have the same functionality or if there is a new way to do what you used to do.  This is what makes cloud administration a nightmare but it’s all the rage and everything is going to the cloud.  Which there is no cloud, it’s just someone else’s computer. 

I’ve got 3 more meetings on tap for today.  Then 1 meeting tomorrow and that should wrap things up for this week.  I think my boss is out next week which will kind of be nice but I am only working 3 days next week so it’s a short break.  However, I will take as much time away from him as I can get.  I hate the sound of his voice and dread his emails and text messages. 

Speaking of which still no word on pay raises.  Whatever were getting should be effective today but none of us know anything about what we are getting.  I plan to bring that up in one of my meetings today.  It would be nice to know so it doesn’t come as a total surprise.  Normally we know way before now. 

I think I will be in a much better frame of mind tomorrow since we will have a long weekend ahead.  No word from my Thanksgiving friends on where they want to go to eat at.  I wouldn’t be surprised if they totally back out but I’m not hounding them.  They know how to reach me and I’m sure it will be a last minute thing, which I am not fond of.  I like to have things planned out in advance. 

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.  I’m off to surf a little bit and then headed upstairs to be with the cats before meeting time rolls around. Take care and I will talk with you all again soon.