No Water Wednesday

It rained and rained then it rained some more.  I woke up this morning to find out that we didn’t have any water pressure.  I got enough water to make my hot cereal.  I couldn’t take a shower.  Checked the house were fine.  Called the police and found out that they were looking for the source we had a Water Main break.  Now we are under a boil order.  I hope they get things back to normal by the time I get home.  I’d really like a shower!

I sware when there is a full moon the weirdest things happen.  Traffic was a mess.  My boss wrote me late at night and of course I didn’t answer because I was sleeping, but he doesn’t know that.  He figured out his problem and told me to disregard.  Wow, glad that worked out otherwise it would have been ugly this morning. 

Speaking of my work phone, the damn thing has a mind of it’s own.  My contacts are randomly disappearing.  This morning it was a co-worker and at lunch my guy was gone.  I think everything is back to normal but I wouldn’t sware on it.  Maybe this is BB’s way of trying to get me to get a different phone.  Would love to upgrade my work phone to an iPhone.  So much easier to manage – it just works.  Nothing special required. 

I think tomorrow I will be on an all day conference call helping with the rollout of one of our on-line systems.  Not sure what my part will be but the requirements say that you have to have 2 computers.  One to watch on and the other to do the work.  Thankfully, I have dual screens so one computer should work for me.  I really hope that they tell me I don’t have to be on this, I’ve got plenty of other things to keep me occupied. 

Speaking of which I should really get back to it.  I’m not a drinking man but after this week I might be.  Got news last night that one of my partners longtime friends passed away on Monday from Pancreatic Cancer.  That guy went fast.  We got word over the weekend that he was on the down hill slide and by Monday it was all over.  He died in his sleep, which is the exact way I want to go.  No pain, no suffering, not aware of what is happening, just poof lights out. 

Okay enough depression.  Back to work for me.  Talk with you peeps later. 

Gleek Out

Any GLEE fans out there?  How about any Chord Overstreet fans?

This morning in my FB feed I saw that this weeks show is titled Naked.  Then there were two photos, not naked but looks like we will be seeing some skin. 

Enjoy!

Tide on Tuesday

So today is a little better.  Boss man has only bothered me once today.  It was about setting up a hot spot on his phone so he could use his computer.  Apparently the pc he has here @ home “blew up”.  Geez that doesn’t sound good at all.  He is supposed to get a new one but not sure when.  I have a feeling I will be configuring that machine.  The phone and computer both were being difficult but I got them working.  I only pray that when he turns on his laptop tonight it works with his phone w/o any problems.  Please God, please.  I beg of thee!

I’ve been busy today playing catch up from yesterday.  Got one machine out.  Working on the second one.  I am missing some software to be able to complete the process, so hopefully that gets to me tomorrow.

Conference call that was scheduled for today was cancelled, which was good because I can use every minute I can get to catch up on work. There is mounds of the stuff and it seems to only get bigger.

Called home at Lunch time and Hubby wasn’t feeling too well.  Sounds like something he ate didn’t agree with him.  Last night we went out for Mexican Food and he had plain old bbq chicken wings.  He loves them and has has them many times before.  Not sure what it is.  Just hope he is better soon!

A local bar that we go to is having Taco Tuesday, I’d love to try it but cost and the fact that Hubby isn’t well makes me think we will be eating Corndogs for supper at home.  We haven’t had those in a while.  Dip them in mustard and they are so good.  Not good for you, but good.

Jumper woke me up in the middle of the night, he wanted out of my room.  I knew why as soon as I woke up.  He went to the bathroom and wanted to get out before the smell hit.  Of course where does he leave his present right by my bed, just about where I put my feet.  Thankfully I managed to avoid it since I was moving in the dark.  Turned on the lights this morning and damn if I didn’t step in it.  Should have kept the lights off.  Anyway, not sure what that was about but hopefully it’s not a reoccurring thing. 

All of the children were demanding attention last night.  Big Boy, Jumper, Momma and one of her girls.  Shy girl wasn’t around.  Sometimes she joins us for TV time.  They all love to congregate in my room.  I am okay with that.

It’s been a while since I have said Thank You.  I looked at my stats report the other day and am totally amazed of all of the hits I get from around the world.  So thanks for stopping by regardless if it’s your first time or you’re a repeat visitor.  I love positive attention, so if you’d like to make my day, leave a comment.  I’m a friendly person.  :)

Well just a little bit more and the day will be done.  So I will talk with you peeps later.  Be well.

Monday the day from HELL

Today I had one of those feelings that I should just call in.  I got little to no sleep last night.  Had very bizarre dreams and was kind of dizzy.  I attribute it all to the steroids.  Goofy things happen when you take those.  When I get off of them I can always count on a Charlie horse or two. 

For starters it’s like a Sauna outside.  That made my office like a Sauna inside.  It’s going to be another scorcher tomorrow but I will be prepared.  Yup, short sleeves for me. 

Boss man was up my ass today, pretty much all day long.  It started with a simple request to create a share folder and map a drive through the login script.  Sounds easy because it is.  However, since it was Monday, he was in a hurry and there is a Full Moon nothing went right.  What should have taken 10 minutes took me 1hour and 30 minutes, plus I had to call for help and when you have two IT people scratching their heads that’s not a good thing. 

I got it figured out but then it told him he had no access.  That’s when he lost his mind and told me to fix his fucking computer.  I wanted to say well if we didn’t surf for porn at work then we wouldn’t have problems.  I mean the machine is about a month old and he has already managed to trash it. 

To fix it I applied Windows Updates, Java Update, removed it from the domain and rejoined it to the domain.  Presto it works.  I also scanned for Spyware but only found one item which was innocuous.  I tested and retested the thing it works.  So I left.

Then he had a question about a popular file sharing program.  He was told he could upload files to a site and his banker would have them.  Yeah, someone needed to give him access.  The program doesn’t work like he thought it did.  He got frustrated with me and said he would figure it out.

S O B I got nothing done all day.  Feels like a waste of a day.  Then factor in other peoples issues, phone calls, voice mails and e-mails.  Yeah I’m ready for a drink.

The cherry on the cake of my day is when I found out I can no longer get my allergy medicine from Canada.  It’s called Entex LA and while it’s sold in Canada over the counter, it’s apparently banned in the USA now.  Rather than take my chances and spend a whole bunch of money, I talked with Walgreens and they told me to try Mucinex D.  It’s sold OTC here but you have to show your Government ID so the DEA can track you.  They said if it works, have your doctor write a prescription and we can get you as much as you need without having to show your ID.  Of course I will have to pay cash because it’s not covered by insurance.  Okay, well I have to give it a try and then we shall see.  It’s got Sudafed in it and that usually wipes me out, so I will have to get used to it.  Should take a total of 10 days.  The nice thing is I only have to take it 1 time a day.  That is one less pill per day which helps.  I still have a small reserve supply of Entex but I need to start the new stuff so I know if it’s going to work or not.

So you think were done.  Nope.  I am on the way home and buzz goes the phone.  Like a trained monkey I reach for the phone while driving to glance and see who it is.  Guess.  Yup.  Someone had computer problems with the bank.  I got an angry message to call now.  I called and a sweet voice said never mind I figured it out.  Okay, works for me.

I so wanted to ram my car into a phone pole.  I was beyond frustrated.  Apparently it’s my turn to be picked on.  He takes these spells or so it seems.  I just hope that it’s over with now.  I mean I have real work to do and shit is backing up big time. 

I’ve got two machines that I have to get out this week.  That should take me about 4 hours tops, but with interruptions it makes it next to impossible.

The good news is I saved the company a ton of money on MS Office.  We don’t need Professional because hardly anyone uses Access and Publisher.  So Home & Business will work just fine and it’s like 1/2 the price.  I checked with both vendors and the place I always do business with won out.  They have a top notch partnership with Microsoft.  Wonder if anyone will remember this when it comes time to give me a raise.  There is going to be a very interesting conversation.

Well time for water, rest and relaxation.  Tomorrow will be here before you know it.

Cut the nipple

Yes, I am still among the living.  Despite how I feel.  My appointment went well with the allergist.  He is the gayest acting straight man I have ever seen in my life.  He uses words like Fabulous and Outstanding way too often.  I got a new steroid nose spray and some antibiotics.  I still feel like crap.  My head feels like a basketball.  Knowing full well that if I feel like this when I wake up tomorrow there is no way I will go to work, I decided against better judgment to go back to steroids.  I’m stealing the cats medicine and I actually feel bad about it but I paid for it.  Hopefully I don’t start meowing and I don’t have any side effects from it.  The normal steroid is Prednisone but cats get Prednisolone which is absorbed in the liver.  It’s the same drug just metabolized differently.

I talked with my friend that I used to work with.  It took a couple days to get through but I finally did.  We each learned some interesting stuff.  This little episode just reinforced how I should trust no one there.  They are all a bunch of backstabbers and two faced people. 

Friday night I stayed way lay and got engrossed in a conversation with our HR person.  I learned a bit from that conversation as well.  However, we talked about work for like 30 minutes.  The rest of the conversation was about our lives.  The next thing you know an hour and a half went by.  Holy crap!

Then I went back on Saturday to accomplish the rest of what I wanted to do Friday but didn’t get a chance to.  Which was cleaning my desk and rearranging things.  I took my time but didn’t want to stay too long. 

I’ve noticed a pattern every time I say or think about leaving early, it never happens.  So from now on I’m not going to talk about it, just going to do it.  Maybe I will have better results.

On the personal front I am turning in to quite the stalker.  Remember me talking about the hot waiters.  Well when you pay your bill you get a receipt that tells you for example your waiters name was John T .  Putting my detective skills to use I have found 2 waiters last names and Facebook Pages.  It’s actually Facebook that does the helping.  I guess I am just a nosy sob who happens to be gay and horny!  That is as far as I will take it just to find out their names.  Kind of interesting.

I’ve talked about shaving my chest before.  Well I decided to let the hair grow back and it is coming back slowly, which I think looks pretty sexy.  I also used to shave the hair around my nipples but let it grow back.  Tonight I decided to shave the nips and holy crap I cut my nipple.  That is not a pleasurable experience!  Say OUCH along with several other words. 

My partner is doing okay, still has his health issues.  He is sick as well.  So its like one of us starts to feel better but we are just passing it back and forth.  Plus the cold weather doesn’t help.  Come on spring so I can be well again.  His mobility is what scares me, he looses his balance too easily.  Plus he doesn’t take that good of care of himself in my opinion.  Too many worries on my part, not a good thing.

He told me that he heard from one of his friends spouse that it will be days and his friend will be dead.  He’s got cancer.  My partner always hates when his friends die, probably because it reminds him of his own mortality.  I don’t break out in a dance when my friends die either.  I think I mentioned a class mate died of a heart attack in his sleep he was 40.  He was married, had a couple kids and 17 dogs.  Yeah and I thought my hands were full. 

Speaking of the children.  Everyone is doing okay.  I’ve got to get Shy Girl, it’s claw trimming time again but I honestly don’t want to do it.  I think I will put it off.  I’ve told her about it so she is on the defense already.  If I see her sticking to things that’s when I will move in sooner rather than later.  I want her to be comfortable, but I don’t like dealing with the ordeal of capturing her.  Usually because it ends up that I get peed on.  She gets mad at me and then it takes time for her to like me again.  I got my bed clothes washed and the cat pee smell out of my room.  Now it’s in my bathroom, the little bastard went in the tub again.  I so hate that.  Momma is chewing on herself.  I know she has some form of an allergic reaction but it seems it’s getting worse and not better.  Short doses of steroids help calm things down a bit but then she hates me for giving her medicine.  Argh!

Monday will be a busy day for me.  I’ve been working all weekend on a machine that had virus defs outdated from 2008.  The thing is so infected there is only one way I know to fix it.  That’s right format and start over.  So I will be building a replacement machine and shipping it out, might get done Monday might be Tuesday.  Plus there are other things on my plate as well.  I’ve got to find a recycler for our printers, computers and monitors that no longer work.  The thing is most of those places charge fees for taking the stuff but knowing my boss like I do, he won’t want to pay anything.  So it’s extra tough.  We are simply running out of room.  Most of what we have is bad printers because they are so hard on them. 

My partner has a dentist appointment late in the afternoon so he warned me already there will be no supper.  So I will be stopping off to grab a bite to eat before I come home.  My heart is set on Mexican but my wallet likes Denny’s because I have a coupon. 

Showtime’s Shameless series is on the air right now.  I’ve got the DVR taking care of that.  I like to watch after it’s over with.  While I enjoy all of the characters and the story line.  I’m interested in Ian because he is a hot young gay boy.  What a way to end the night seeing that show and then falling asleep.  Talk about sweet dreams!

Well I need to scoot, got a few loose ends to wrap up and finishing up on laundry.  Then it will be time to call it a night.  I think waking up early tomorrow is going to suck balls!  Talk with you peeps later.

Friday :)

Well we made it again to the best part of the week.  No RX from my regular doctor.  I called the allergist this morning and he will be seeing me tomorrow morning.  I should be well taken care of, just want to get this infection under control.  Mornings are the worst but I can feel myself starting to get a little better.  One thing that I know I am in desperate need of is rest and hopefully I can get that tonight and again tomorrow.

There is plenty of laundry to do this week end, seems like a never ending battle.  However, I will do my best to fit it all in and see how well I can make out. 

Work is kind of a mess right now.  I’ve got little things going here and there.  Sort of in a land of confusion.  Right now I am working on a personal machine for someone that is severely infected with malware.  They have NO AV protection at all.  I’ve got a feeling this will be a nightmare in the works.

I really feel bad for the lady that got screwed over yesterday.  I miss working with her and seeing her face.  However, in the end I know she is better off.  I sent her an e-mail last night and I really wish she would respond.  However, people tend to go their own way once they are no longer working with you.  The job that she was in has been held by 8 different people in the last 2 years and all of them were fired.  I guess maybe they want too much.  I know that if others can get away with it, they blame you for their mistakes and it makes you look bad.  Suddenly no one likes you and the next thing you know you no longer have a job. 

So in a few minutes I will be leaving the office to meet up with an old co-worker from my last job.  I am sure it will be a good time.  I just hope we are able to get some good food for lunch.  I will enjoy getting away and won’t want to come back but I know that crap here won’t get done on it’s own.  I think I might be able to get away with leaving early today, will have to wait and see. 

It’s been a long morning.  I’ve got one lady driving me nuts over how things print out for her and she keeps reminding me that I am the IT Person.  I want to bitch slap her.  She gets me so angry.  I cringe when she calls.  Very dumb lady who is like a dog with a bone.  She lets nothing go. 

Fudge is about all I can say.  Time to break out the coat and go grab my lunch.  Hope that you have a nice weekend.  Talk with you peeps later.

Friday 13th

What is with today?  It’s been the day from hell.  Everything that could break pretty much did.  It was odd stuff and I have been pulled in every direction.  I even forgot a couple people.  That is what happens when you’re a one man band.

One of the ladies I work with called in sick today.  She texted me this afternoon, that they fired her.  I knew that it was going to happen sooner or later.  She was the one person that I worked with that I really, really liked.  The problem is she made one mistake months ago and that was her undoing.  The writing was on the wall back in November but she chose to ignore it and press on.  At least she got a couple extra months.  Yes, where I work it’s truly dog eat dog.  People will smile to your face but talk behind your back.  I can’t wait until I get back into “corporate America” where the pay and benefits are better.  Right now I’m comfy but this is just another subtle reminder to me that your not safe anywhere. 

I just got home after enjoying a nice supper.  We had a hot waiter and my partner wanted him.  I said to him yeah, well your married.  He said so are you.  Touché! 

I am honestly sick of the computer after the day I had.  I’m headed to relaxation land.  Tomorrow night I get to do laundry and wash my bed clothes.  Oh what fun.  Plus we have a winter storm that is supposed to roll in tonight.  Could be icy tomorrow morning, which will make the commute tricky.

Oh yeah, I tried to refill my medication thru the pharmacy and the doctors office called this afternoon saying that I needed to come in.  I didn’t understand why because in the end they are going to send me packing with a prescription for an antibiotic.  So I lied and told them I was getting on an airplane in the morning and really would appreciate it if they could help me out.  The nurse was sympathetic and said she would try to work something out.  I called the pharmacy on the way home, they denied the refill and said they would be calling back with another script but never did.  Awesome!  So tomorrow I will have to try to get an appointment at my allergist for Saturday if they are still doing those.  Otherwise it will be doc in the box.  The office visit is the most expensive part for me about getting sick.  Office visits aren’t covered by my insurance and my doctor is $175 but the Allergist is $78.  Doc in the box will cost a couple hundred dollars.  FML.

Talk with you peeps later.

Our America - Kink

Last night I watched a show on OWN called Our America with Lisa Ling and she discussed Kink.  Otherwise known as BDSM.  It was an interesting hour and I actually learned a little bit.  This was sex in the straight community, she never mentioned Gay BDSM.  Kind of a surprise.

One guy figured out that he was engaging in this type of sex because he was abused as a child and was reliving his childhood through sex.  In most cases there are no exchange of bodily fluids.  The submissive gets their pleasure from being dominated.  I’m not sure how that works.

Giving up control is a big thing.  However, if you think about it you do it when you fly.  Your putting your life in the pilots hands and if something goes wrong there isn’t much you can do.  I realized that when I was flying and perhaps that is part of the reason why it was so scary for me. 

I’m the type of person who likes to be in control of my life as much as possible.  Trusting others is HUGE for me because people have screwed me over so much.  Not to say that I don’t trust but you have to prove yourself to me and I have to get to know you.  Then and only then can I trust.

I was abused as a child.  It was physical and some mental abuse.  I know my fathers name but never met the man.  I think part of that helped form my sexuality.  While I am not full into BDSM it’s interesting to watch.  I know what I like and what I would like to try.  Everyone, including me has their boundaries. 

So if your interested check your local listings as they say for when the show will repeat.  No doubt it will be shown again. 

Gotta get back to the final stretch of work and then it’s home for Chili and Relaxation or so I hope!  Talk with you peeps later.

Surprise….Cat Pee

Last night I did take it easy.  Nice to relax and I am hoping to do it again tonight.  I smelled a faint smell of cat pee in my room but couldn’t figure out where it was coming from.  Turns out the little bastard peed in my bed and all over my $95 feather pillow.  I want to kill him, I want to set him out on the street corner.  However, neither of those will happen.  It was too close to bed time and the odor was there but everything was dry, so I slept in it.  Not so bad once you fall asleep.  I will be doing lots of laundry again.  The feathers are coming out of the pillow so I have a feeling it won’t be long before it’s time to get a new pillow.

Heard from my partner, he said the doctor made a medication change to see if he can clear up his problem.  We should know something in 2 weeks.  Yesterday the poor fella lost two fillings, they just fell out of his mouth.  He saves them and takes them to the dentist, like they can put them back in.  Not, they will use fresh material and refill them.  First he has to call though.

I learned last night that our 2 year deal with the cable company has ended so our bills will be going up.  I will be talking with them to see what I can work out, they charge way too much for their service and why because they are the only cable company in town so they act like it.  I mean the alternative is DSL for internet and we are too far from the Central Office.  TV we could switch to Satellite but that won’t happen.  So let us hope they have some good deal going otherwise I will be parting with more of my cash.

I feel really strange today.  My balance is off, I am hot and generally just want to go back to bed.  I’m attributing it to coming off of the steroids.  I hope that tomorrow is a better day.  I’m ready to go back to feeling “normal” again.

I got my neck breaking calendar project done.  Right now I am working on getting a new laptop out the door but Windows Updates are paralyzing me.  I’ve got a few more things on my list, who knows maybe I will be able to get it all done this week, I’ve got to call Dell and really don’t look forward to that. 

So back to it.  Talk with you peeps later.

PC Tip–Quick PC Setup

Did you get a new PC for the holidays?  Do you setup computers for a living?  Well I heard about this great new site, you can select multiple pieces of software, then download a single file.  The file will install all of the software you chose (it’s all free stuff) without any toolbars or other options you don’t want.  I used it today to setup a machine and it’s a true time saver.

Totally free unless you want to upgrade to the pro version.  Check it out at http://ninite.com/  I think you will really enjoy it.

Now it’s off to Relaxation Land.  Talk with you peeps later!

Vacation

My poor body needs rest.  I can tell I am sick but the steroids help mask most of it.  I gave in today and started on my reserve supply of antibiotics.  That will help me hopefully avoid the doctor.  I really would like to stay home, call in and go see him but I am much better off going to work despite not wanting to. 

Today it snowed, I thought all of the women would start crowing and have to leave early but much to my surprise we had a couple comments but that’s it.  Shoot, I was hoping that was my out. 

We got free lunch today.  Pizza not bad.  From reading my post yesterday you know what’s for supper tonight.  Yup, chili.  We have perfect weather for it.  Cold + snow = chili and snuggling up with your bad self in sweat pants.  I’ve got plans to take it easy tonight, but we will see if they materialize. 

One of the ladies here that drives me crazy has started again.  She needles me to death about every little computer problem.  I mean I’ve got a job to do and all but Jesus give me a freakin’ break.  I spend more time with her than anyone else in the office.  I know eventually someone is going to start asking questions.

Spent my morning with Blackberry for 2 hours.  They decided to shut down the management website that they made available.  It took me 15 minutes to setup a new device, now were back to 2 hours.  I can only hope that they come up with a replacement or that we all get iPhones soon.  I don’t think either one will happen, which is kind of frustrating.

I’m still working on that neck breaking calendar project.  However, I am almost done.  Can’t wait to get rid of it. 

Today is pay day and we got our tax forms as well.  I got my statement from unemployment and my 401k so I am as good as ready to file.  I will tackle that next month.  I’ve got to pay bills, I prefer to do it tonight but it can wait a few days.  I mean I’m good for the rest of the month.

My partners doctors appointment is tomorrow morning.  I hope they can patch him up w/o putting him in the hospital.  I think a catheter and some more water pills should do the trick.  Time will tell.

Oh I edited the name of the movie I spoke about yesterday it’s Bear City.  I saw the title last night on Netflix and it bugged me all night long.  I started watching Season 1 of The Real World.  Wow life was different back then. 

Well I guess I should get back to it, this job won’t do it’s self and I only have 1 hour left before it’s time for home.  I just hope that I get home without a lot of traffic and trouble.  Talk with you peeps later.

Whirlwind

It’s been bonkers here at the office.  So much so that lunch time came and I was still working.  Plenty of boxes in my office with computer equipment in them.  I just got it all cleaned out before I left.  Now it’s messy again. 
A printer blew up while I was gone so they replaced it.  Two people moved desks and managed to move their own computer equipment, kind of nice.  I had to swap their phones but that was a 15 minute job.  Hooked up some Dual Screen monitors today and worked on configuring a Desktop.  Plus playing catch up and fielding calls & e-mails.
I’ve been working on this boring project for hours my neck hurts and I decided to take a break, well actually to end my day early, just no one knows that, so don’t go telling on me.  ::)
Something strange is going on here with 2 people moving, everyone seems to be acting a little different and I’ve got a feeling there is something brewing.  I just don’t know what.  I keep to myself and stay in my office, that way I stay out of trouble.
Oh the big mess with that ladies files, yeah it’s still being worked on.  Apparently the server that has the data on it, keeps crashing when you try to do a large file restore.  So they are having to do it in chunks.  It’s been on going since Friday.  Maybe by this Friday they will be done.  In any case I didn’t get in trouble, at least not yet.  I’m not expecting to now. 
Boss man seems very busy, I was told he is dealing with a lot of stuff right now.  I’m okay with that.  Let me be and I am fine.
On more of a personal note.  I saw a great movie this weekend on NetFlix called Bear City.  It’s about a young guy who likes Bears and I don’t mean the animal.  Kind of interesting.  This was  a Netflix recommendation.  If your in to watching Gay Movies, give this one a look.
I am also very happy that Shameless is back on on Showtime.  I saw the 2nd episode of the season last night.  It’s really good.  My main reason for watching is Ian – he is young, cute and gay.  The actor that plays the part is really getting buff.  I’d take me some Ian any day!
While I was out shopping this weekend, I picked up Vaseline Lotion for Men for Extra Dry Skin.  This stuff was cheap and does a great job.  My hands don’t feel greasy after I use it and it’s marketed to use on your body and face.  If you have dry skin guys, check this out.
It was hard to come back today but I made it almost through the entire day.  Now if my partner could just remember that we are having Pork Roast tonight and not Chili life would be good.  He’s talked about Chili for supper tonight since yesterday when I suggested a Pork Roast.  I keep reminding him about the Roast and he says yeah I forgot.  Turns out he tried to make chili but we don’t have the ingredients.  He called me in a panic and I told him make the roast.  I’m starting to worry more about him.
I think that I’ve told you before when I was younger and in therapy, my therapist a gay man himself told me not to fall in love with an older man.  He didn’t say why.  Funny how things turned out.  Like that was my warning sign.  I’ve been through hell and back.  Now I’m watching him fall apart slowly – physically and mentally.  He doesn’t take as good of care of himself as he should. 
Right now he’s got breathing problems.  He is going back to the doctor on Wednesday.  I think they might hospitalize him again.  If so, that will be a bitch.  I hope they just up his meds.  He walks a little bit and is out of breath like he just ran a marathon.  Kind of sad.  I think it’s his CHF (Congestive Heart Failure) giving him trouble.  Last time over the summer he forgot to take his medicine for a couple days.  He tells me now that he is taking his medicine. 
Tonight I’ve got to take care of the trash, pack my lunch, play a little bit on the computer and the rest of the time will be in front of the TV waiting for time to go to bed.  At least I won’t be working myself to death like I was last week.  My body is still trying to recover.  I only hope it does so quickly.  I shouldn’t have any problems sleeping tonight!
Hope all is well in your world.  I will talk with you peeps later.

Made it back

So I made it back safe I don’t know about the sound part!  Some of this story is disjointed, sorry if it confuses you.

My travel woes for this trip.  1st the plane I was supposed to board had a flat tire, so that screwed up my connecting flight.  I had to make other arrangements.  I got in and they ran out of Impalas so I had to take a Jeep but they charged me for an upgrade.  I thought the drive to the hotel would be 30 minutes.  It was more like 1 hour and 30 minutes.  I drove in the dark and rain.  I had Taco Bell for supper and didn’t get to the hotel until 10pm.  My room at the 1st place was average.  I lucked out and got a Jacuzzi.  I used it but wish now that I hadn’t.  I had to drain the tub because of the stuff in the water.  When I was sitting in it I kept thinking how unclean it is and cut my time short.  I had problems regulating the climate so I slept with the heat off, which was a bad move.  I got sick because it was cold in the room.  I was able to shake it off for a couple days but by Friday I was really felling it.  It rained everyday but Friday.  I took a shower on Monday, I had problems with the water and getting it to turn off, instead of off I turned it all the way to hot, I managed to knock the shower head off in trying to get away from the scalding water. Finally got it turned off.  I worked through lunch and didn’t have anything to eat until Supper which was very late.  Monday night I was woke up to what sounded like a fire alarm, turns out it was the person upstairs taking a shower and the pipes rattled just like a bell, which I thought might have been there fire alarm.  The first place had more work for me than I had time.  I had to cut my losses and get out of Dodge.  I worked late every night, drove in day light & rain.  Left in darkness and rain.  Went to Shoney’s but the food was horrible – nothing like I remembered.  Had plenty of Taco Bell the first part of the week.  My iPhone charger went out on me so the only way I could charge my phone was in the Jeep.  The 1st hotel served the same damn thing for breakfast every morning.  Biscuits and Gravy along with Scrambled Eggs, which were pellets, not real eggs. 

By mid week I figured out the automatic start button for the Jeep, loved that.  The thing had Satellite Radio so I didn’t have to listen over and over to the mixed CD I burned.  Its cargo space also came in handy when I went to the 2nd facility.  On the way to the 2nd place I got a call from home that Big Boy seemed to be taking a bad turn.  That shook me up, I had to get off the road get something to eat, call back home and talk it out.  Turns out he was fine, it was just a misunderstanding.  Still it was one of my greatest fears when I travel.  Got back on the road and arrived at the 2nd place.  Left when it was dark and raining.  Had problems finding the hotel, but got there.  Checked in and went straight to Cracker Barrel.

I found it rather odd that Cracker Barrel was in close proximity to a strip club and an adult toy shop.  Still I know good food and they had it going on.  So much that I ate there for the remainder of the week. 

Back to my check in at the 2nd place.  They lady told me they would put me in room 330 but they put me in room 320.  The next morning the cleaning person tried to get in but couldn’t because I had her locked out.  Thank God because I just got out of bed and didn’t have any clothes on.  That would have been slightly awkward.  So, I hightailed it to the shower and tried to get out as fast as I could because I knew she would get back.  While I was getting dressed (after my shower) my cell phone rang and it was the hotel.  They went to my room and apparently no one was there so they wanted to know if I was staying there.  I told them yes, I was in my room.  I went about my business and while I am eating breakfast I got another call they wanted to know what room I was staying in.  Jeez, someone is unorganized.  They wrote down 330 but gave me keys to room 330.  The room was nice and very spacious.  You could tell it was a fresh remodel.  When I got back on Thursday night I had an envelope laying on the table, they wanted me to tip the housekeeper.  Really?  Yeah.  For the price the room cost I didn’t think that was appropriate, they were getting a really good amount of money for each night.  I was kind of offended that they would even ask for a tip.  I got myself packed up and ready to go for Friday morning, time to get home.

Made it to the airport in plenty of time.  It was a very small airport and this time I had to walk out to the plane and climb up the steps just like you see in the movies.  Except this was a propeller driven plane and it held like 9 people.  The safety talk was different on this plane, they talked about a fire extinguisher.  I really had my doubts that we were going to make it.  But we did.  No free beverage on this plane.  When we landed I was feeling pretty nauseated.  I stopped at a Pub and had a burger and a Panna Cotta along with a Diet Coke.  That took some of the edge off but I still felt bad.  Got on the 2nd plane and I put my jacket in the seat next to me, I was asked to seat belt it in when we were in the process of taking off.  I said I would just hold it and was told nah, you can put it back.  I thought that was odd.  Got my free beverage on this plane, water.  That was good.  Landed to hear a voice mail someone had spyware on their computer.  I told them I was at the airport and would have to fix it on Monday. 

I left out that I got a panic call on Thursday from the bosses assistant that her files were gone from My Documents.  She was having some problems so she rebooted and once she did, they were gone.  Really?  I think she deleted them on accident, never heard of My Docs being wiped out from a reboot.  Anyway I went to the server and found that they appeared to be backed up.  So I started a restore.  She wanted to get our IT Vendor involved, so I did that.  Really nothing for them do to until the restore completed. I logged on Thursday night and it was still going, very slow.  It was a lot of data.  I didn’t think of it until a couple hours ago.  I went to follow up and got no response, which is odd.  I also didn’t get the usual good job email from my boss, which is really odd.  So I checked the server and the restore was frozen at 7%.  However, it looked like all of her data was back.  So I killed the restore job, applied a Windows Update and rebooted the server.  I reached out to our IT Vendor because they didn’t keep me in the loop, asking for an update and letting them know what I had done.  So we shall see come Monday.

The no response from the lady and not getting the good job e-mail from my boss have me thinking that they are some how going to turn this around to be all my fault and either yell at me or kick me out the door.  Ok, so I was on the road and did as much as I possibly could.  I should have followed up on Friday but it honestly never crossed my mind since I engaged the vendor they had the ball.  I’m a little stressed over it.

I also got a call that there was a little shake up in the office and they have screwed a couple people over.  Of course I got bothered all week long and have plenty more than I can handle scheduled for Monday.  I will work it out somehow. 

Came home to a disaster.  The house smelled like a Tuna Can, litter boxes hadn’t been cleaned and cat crap all over the floor.  So I had to work overtime to get this place back into shape when all I really wanted to do was collapse.  The best part was when I went to get in bed I found out the cats threw up all over it.  Nice!  Plus my partners computer had issues so I had to fix it.  He really needs a new machine but there is this problem called money.

I got my tooth drilled today at the dentist, my teeth are very sensitive now. That always happens after dental work but it’s been so long since I had anything done I forgot about it.  We had a nice supper and a cute waiter.  We also took a short nap together.  I still have plenty of stuff to get done around here but really just want to relax.  It’s coming up on 10pm and I am still adjusting from Eastern to Central time.  I think it’s time to veg a little.

Way too stressful of a week but I accomplished both installations and got super lucky with both of them.  They were done in hours instead of days.  I’m getting smarter as time goes on so I really have this down to a science.  Plus this time I shipped back all of the unused equipment so it will be less to order for the next install.  The number of places that have WIFI is getting less, which means there is less of a reason to have me travel. I kind of like the sound of that.  Traveling is nice in that it gets me out of the office.  However, each time when I return I really just want to go back on the road and kind of live my life at a distance.  Don’t get me wrong I miss home but it’s nice to get a break.

Okay, off to try to veg but not w/o taking care of some laundry.  Sorry for the long update and delay but as you can see I was super busy and very tired.  I will keep you posted on how things go Monday, it may be that I am worked up over nothing.