Back to it

Morning!

I enjoyed my Mexican food last night and this time it didn’t talk back to me.  Each time I get food at this place it’s prepared slightly differently but I always order the same thing.  Some of their cooks really know what they are doing and others not so much. 

Spent the evening in my room with the cats.  I passed out treats for them and got a treat myself.  I had some gummi bears.  Watched more You Tube videos about waxing.  Watched a couple relators show off some local houses and eventually went back to Hot In Cleveland. 

Took some extra sleeping medicine and that always brings on strange dreams.  Last nights was horrible and I woke up at 5a.  Of course Rudy thought he could trick me in to passing out an early breakfast but I didn’t fall for it.  He came back to bed with me and protested by continuing to make biscuits and trying to get me up but eventually he just collapsed on me and gave up.  I fell back asleep for a short while and then the battle was back on.  I didn’t give in and get up until 6:45a. 

It’s another oppressively hot & humid day in store here.  The AC kicked on a short time ago and when that happens I just know it’s going to be a hot day.  On a normal day the AC doesn’t kick in until much closer to lunch time.  After today they say we have one more day and then we get a break.  I just want it to go back to being normal summer time temps and nothing blazing hot but the weather is much like a cat, fickle!

Just like last week, I will be much happier when were back looing at the weekend again.  I just enjoy time away far much more than I enjoy working.  That becomes more true the older I get and the longer I work.

The upside is that I am at home, feel the cool AC blowing and have the cats to keep me company.  Plenty of cold water to consume.  I hope that you have a great day.  Stay cool and hydrated.  Talk with you all again soon!

Hot Sunday

Hello!

It’s not the good kind of hot, unless you like oppressively hot & humid weather.  It was 73 this morning when I was up at 6a.  I got moving to get to breakfast, the grocery store and topped off the gas tank before coming home.  I dropped $53 for one bag of groceries, a jug of water for the cats and a jug of milk for me.  I didn’t get a whole lot for my money. 

Picked up a birthday card for one of my Thanksgiving friends.  The price of cards is way up but then again I don’t buy them often.  I thought that was bad until I went to put a stamp on the card to mail it, wow.  Everything is just going way up in price.  Sure wish paychecks went up like that. 

Got my morning nap in.  Been watching waxing gone wrong videos on YouTube.  Now there is some interesting stuff and everyone's reaction is pretty much the same “ouch that hurts”.  I’d like to wax my nose and ears but shaving is much easier and far less painful.  Although I do have one particular ear hair that I love to grab with a pair of tweezers.  It’s quite a challenge to find it but when I do and rip it out, it feels so good. 

In case it’s not apparent, yes I am quite bored.  The cats gave me an unwanted surprise.  One of them threw up by the sliding glass door and the blinds hid it.  That did nothing but serve as food for ants.  I had ants everywhere and didn’t understand why until I peeked behind the blinds.  Jeez I wasn’t happy.  Trying to get rid of ants isn’t exactly a pleasant job but it’s totally doable.  Tackled that and got the house cleaning done. 

I came down to log expenses, get this card ready to mail and briefly surf the web.  I have laundry to pick up and then I am done with the basement until tomorrow. 

Not looking forward to another week of work but thankful that I have a job.  The boss called a meeting to talk about a tool that we just got, but there are changes needed to be made and we need to coordinate with another team for that.  He knows this but yet he wants to chew the fat about the tool.  I think he’s the tool for calling the meeting to waste our time.  Yeah, I’m not a meeting fan.  I like to keep to myself, stay low and stay off the radar.  This is going to be a busy week, particularly Friday when our interns leave.   

Count down until my next vacation and birthday stands at 6 weeks, that includes this week.  So at least there is something to look forward to. 

As for today I plan to get to the Mexican place for supper and stop at a mailbox to get the card I bought mailed.  Then it’s back home.  Rudy just came to join me as I am about ready to wrap up.  He wants to nap in my arms/lap.  He’s so cute and this doesn’t happen often enough.  I kind of feel compelled to stay here just a while longer as he gets comfy.  However, I think I am headed up.  I don’t feel the best and attribute that to the heat/humidity.  Going to hydrate and relax as the day passes me by.  Hope you all have a great Sunday.  Take care!

Saturday

Greetings one and all!

We are in the middle of a heat wave, and my poor AC is running like crazy. It’s doing a great job, and my hope is that it continues. Changed the filter a little bit ago because it was time.

I woke up super early and took my shower. Made it for breakfast. A cute young guy that works there walked in. He looked mighty fine! I asked my waitress if he played for my team. She said she wasn’t sure but that he was the owner’s son. I wanted to ask him on a date, but I passed on the opportunity.

Stopped by and grabbed the mail on the way home. Nothing but bills and junk mail. Then I got out of my clothes and relaxed in my room watching TV. Turned my phone off, that felt so good! Eventually I wound up back in bed and the cats joined me. I fell back asleep for about an hour, and it was needed.

I have such great ideas of things that need to be done around here but when it comes time to do them, I lack energy and motivation. Not sure why that is but the work isn’t going anywhere, it will wait for me.

Something that puzzles me is that within the last couple months I cleaned out the gutter over the deck and put the netting back in place. It’s back to overflowing again. I don’t know how there can be anything in there, but obviously there is. It’s too hot for gutter work today. I am not a fan of water or gutters. I think the gutters for this house are undersized and need to be upgraded to accommodate the rain we get. However, every house in the subdivision is cookie cutter aka tract housing, meaning that there are only so many floor plans. No one has special gutters that I am aware of or even new gutters. I’d just love to get something that is 100% maintenance free and it just works, no fuss, no muss.

Had an afternoon snack and passed out lunch for the cats. I wound up back in my room watching TV again. Mostly old cartoons because there doesn’t seem to be anything on YouTube that is piquing my interest.

I came down to take care of laundry, catch up on porn surfing and getting bills paid. Had to entertain Mora giving her attention and rubbing her belly. She leaves and comes back wanting more. She loves attention and soaks it up like a sponge. I love her but she can make it quite difficult for me to get things done. That’s why I don’t allow either of them down here with me when I am working. Although Rudy will just climb up in my lap and fall asleep, he doesn’t really need much attention and will let me type but he likes to lay against one of my arms or curl up in it. Yeah, they are both really something and I love them so much!

Decided on Pizza for supper. I went back to the place where there used to be lots of twinks working. I figured that going on Saturday would change things up and the guys would be back. Turns out I was wrong. Only saw one hot guy. Pizza could have cooked a little bit more it wasn’t quite done enough for me. I had a couple slices and then boxed the rest and came home.

Very bored and wanting company and entertainment. However, I’m going to have to suck it up and power through it. I’ve done it before, but it has started to be a little more difficult. Being lonely just isn’t any fun. It’s great to live alone and be your own boss so to speak of but outside of that, there are no other perks. I don’t know if I want to live with someone but knowing that I could make a phone call and have company or ask for help would be nice.

Yesterday after work I got so bored I took time to read the owner’s manual for my new alarm. I learned a couple things. One of which is that there is a microphone in the damn thing and when an alarm goes off you can talk to the monitoring station. I’m not hip about that because that can easily be hacked and bypassed so that you can always listen. There is a camera on the panel, but you must be in front of it. However, I’ve got an Alexa and it’s always spying on me too. It’s in my bedroom and I’m sure some Amazon employee has heard all the orgasms I have. Speaking of which earlier this week I had a super good one (not that there is such a thing as a bad orgasm) and I was so loud I scared the cats, they just looked at me as if they wanted to ask if I was okay. I used to scare poor Momma she would come running to check on me if she wasn’t in the room. Yeah, I’m loud in bed. It’s a learned habit from watching porn and honestly it just feels good to scream or moan loudly. I can be quiet if I must but that is not easy at all. I’m still waiting for someone to call the cops to check on me. There is no doubt that if you’re on the street by my house, you can hear me 100%, I’ve got some good lungs. Fortunately, most of the time there is no one out there at night walking when I am busy having fun. That’s probably for the best because it sure would be awkward to explain to the cops that I was beating my meat. Although, I’m sure there are some situations they are involved in that bring laughter to their faces. I mean they are human too, even though some of them would have you think otherwise.

Well, time to get this published and see what else I can accomplish this evening. Tomorrow for supper I am thinking of staying local and going back to a Mexican place I like. It won’t give me the travel that I want but it will get me some good food! Who knows, things might change but pretty much once I make up my mind it’s difficult to change it.

I hope you’re having a great weekend and staying cool.

Soup for me

Morning and Happy Friday!

It’s early and calm.  Hopefully calm will be the theme for today!  Yesterday was fairly calm and quiet.  I pretty much got to take the morning off and lay around the house.  I had a couple minor interruptions.  After lunch is when things picked up a little bit and I wound up getting a little busy. 

Kept thinking about BBQ and I honestly wanted it but my stomach was doing some tricks yesterday.  I opted to just stay put and have some Broccoli Cheese Soup for supper.  It was pretty good.  I also finished off the large piece of chocolate cake that I got last Saturday.  Jeez that was so good and lasted quite a long time.  I forgot to pickup whipped cream from the grocery store on Sunday it would have paired nicely with it. 

Rudy was extra snuggly yesterday and hung around me for a good portion of the day as well as the evening.  We got in some play time before bed.  He really begged me for it.  I was ready to play and as usual he started bathing himself.  Not sure what that is all about.  Anyway I gave up and went to brush my teeth.  He sought me out and asked again for play time.  I tried again and this time he really got into it.  Our play sessions are not quite as intense as they used to be.  I supposed that comes with age.  However, he’s still young and has a lot of pep left in him.  I had to play with Mora as well and she never has a problem getting into it.  She seems like she is always read for playtime.  I think Rudy begs me for her and not so much for himself but this little habit of his all started with him wanting to play.  It was an out of the blue thing one day and I gave in.  He’s remembered ever since and when I start brushing my teeth he’s ready for playtime.  Not exactly a bad way to end the day. 

I wound up watching some YouTube videos and then back to Hot In Cleveland before I eventually fell asleep.  I woke up in the middle of the night to use the restroom but was able to get back to sleep with ease.  Rudy had me up at 6a this morning and I just laid in bed with my eyes closed.  He really did his best to try to get me up but eventually he gave up until he saw me open my eyes and then I spoke to him.  That’s when he got excited all over again.  I love seeing his smiling face every morning.  He’s always in a good mood come morning time.  I think that is because he knows food is just around the corner, just have to get the human out of bed. 

No real plans for the weekend, other than hopefully getting up early tomorrow, having a shower and going out for breakfast.  Then I will need to figure out where I want to eat dinner at. Problem is that unless I stay local I will for sure run into construction.  I hate it.  We have never had every route torn up at once but I suppose it will be nicer when it’s all done.  I am ready for it all to be done.  I don’t like impediments when I am traveling, anymore than anyone else does. 

Well off to climb the steps, login from upstairs and see if I can find my favorite judge on you tube.  That’s always entertaining and enjoyable to watch.  He’s got quite the personality and keeps things lively for the most part.  Just don’t make him mad, that’s not good for anyone. 

Hope you have a swell day.  Take care!

Too smart of a cat

Morning

Insomnia hit me again as I woke up from an early morning dream.  It was only 4a.  I went to sit in my chair and felt the cushion to feel that Mora was sitting in it.  I’d rather know before I sit down, wouldn’t want to squash her or risk injury to me.  I went back to bed and watched TV from there.  She got up and hopped over to join me.  Then Rudy came in and she left, he took her place.  I got back to sleep and felt like I was out for 5 minutes when I looked at the clock again it said 6a.  Rudy was on top of me, tickling me with his tail as it brushed across my face.  You can’t tell me he didn’t know what he was doing. 

I got up to feed them and enjoy breakfast as well.  That’s when I discovered Rudy’s newest mess.  I spoke a few days ago of getting cat food delivered.  I put the bag on top of a box and thought nothing of it.  Well Rudy has been eyeing it and I saw him climb up and smell the bag yesterday.  This morning the bag was on it’s side and had claw marks in it.  No matter what type of dry food I get he knows what it is and has to be nosy.  I cleaned up his mess and transferred the food to the old bag that was just about empty.  This has happened to me 3 times, it won’t ever happen again.  I will put all spare dry food in a different room where he has no access.  He knew I wasn’t happy with him but I got over it pretty quickly.  Damn cat he’s just too smart for his own good!

Ah, Thursday a day hopefully for me to coast.  Nothing on my agenda but the mistake maker decided he needed a couple days off.  His wife is about to blow with another kid and he is taking time to get the nursery in order.  The due date is 30th of August but doesn’t sound like she is going to make it because the baby is getting quite large.  Both of his previous kids came early so it wouldn’t be out of character for her to have this one early as well.  Fingers crossed she doesn’t blow until next month.  I say that because he’s for sure taking 2 weeks when the kid arrives, not that I can’t live without him for 2 weeks but timing is everything.  If it happens this month that will cause a lot more work for me, which I’d like to avoid. 

The new guy is just taking work like he is a sponge and can’t get enough of it.  He doesn’t say no to anything or at least hasn’t yet.  He is still in the honeymoon phase and wow I remember those days.  That has long worn off.  It sure what nice while it lasted.  I suspect that he will grow out of this phase as everyone eventually does.  However, right now he can ride the wave and gobble up work it helps me out. 

If the weather cooperates and I feel like it, I’d like to go out tonight for BBQ.  It would change things up for me.  If not it’s not like I will go hungry, I will just have something less enjoyable.

Here’s hoping it’s a good day and rest of the week.  I am looking forward to breaking free from work and enjoying the weekend.  Strawberry Cinnamon French Toast sounds so good!  I can practically taste it. 

Take care!

The math

Morning and happy Hump Day. 

I feel a bit off this morning, no doubt it’s the heat.  I am drinking water this morning like I am a fish and just can’t seem to get enough of it.  Kind of really want to go back to bed.  My mind is fine it’s the body that needs some help.  I am hoping that I will snap out of this soon.  I plan on heading up in a bit and doing some resting, perhaps that will help.  However, my rest is conditional that everyone leave me alone and that probably won’t happen but I will still give it a go. 

Got my pay check with the pay raise on it.  With taxes taken out it works out to $76 more per pay period.  For now I am going to take it and stuff it into my savings.  It will help my balance and interest accumulate.  I like seeing that grow and the faster I can grow it the happier I am when I look at the overall balance. 

Things are mostly under control at work.  I got some good news yesterday.  My next round of vacation was approved and I am counting the weeks (sort of).  I look forward to the time off but I don’t look forward to celebrating another birthday.  I need to get through this month and August, then I will get a break for a week and get an extra day out of it for the Labor Day holiday, so when I come back after vacation I will only have a 4 day work week.  I like that but also hate it because they still try to cram 5 days of work into the 4 days that we work. 

Looks like we might standardize time across the US and eliminate Daylight Savings Time.  I’m not holding my breath just yet since it requires further political approval but I think it would be great if it passes.  I’d also like to see us go to a 4 day work week and have 3 day weekends.  It would be great if that would be come law as well but honestly I think big business is likely against it and they have all the money and power, so for sure not holding my breath on this one. 

My horrible friend Insomnia came to visit me last night.  That surely plays into how I feel.  I sat up and watched TV.  Mora came to bed with me when I went back and we snuggled.  She knows how to make me melt and drift away.  Then she magically disappears and I never wake up.  Her magical power doesn’t always work but for the most part when she is near I am certain I will be falling back asleep. 

I’ve got 2 meetings but they are back to back with my team, so it will just be one long meeting just before lunch.  Hopefully, that will be the end of meetings for the week as I don’t see any other meetings on my calendar for the rest of the week.  So looking forward to the weekend.  Thinking about where to eat at. 

I forgot to mention about my lab work that came back, everything is normal.  My A1C went up 1 point to 5.8%.  That’s just above normal and I am not happy about it.  I’m also not surprised because I am hooked on sugar and sweets.  It doesn’t help that my next appointment is in January 2027 right after the holidays.  I should have booked it further out than what the doc wanted but I like to stay on track.  I’ve had worse A1C readings before things got under control but honestly it’s mostly the medicine doing the heavy lifting.  Since no one gets out alive I told the doc there are 2 things that I love in this world.  That’s men and sweets.  If I can’t have one then I am damn sure going to have the other.  He chuckled.  It sounds humorous and is meant that way but there is a lot of truth in humor. 

Stay cool and take care.  I’ll talk with you folks again soon. 

Exhausting Day

Good evening,

Hope you are staying cool and had a great day.

Things started off early for me.  I had a couple clues that I should have gone in to the office this morning but I ignored them.  One of which was Rudy waking me up at 6a.  As the morning wore on I found myself taking a trip to the office to fix something.  I hung out for a little bit because I had a meeting and then after that I raced home. 

Coming home was a little bit more difficult than going over, because construction is everywhere around here.  It’s like peak season.  It took me 30 minutes to travel in via a straight shot.  Going home took me an hour and it wasn’t a straight shot.  However, I did follow the best route as directed by Waze. 

I was never so happy to be home.  My phone chirped the whole way home and I wondered what was waiting for me but turns out it was honestly just noise.  I got lucky.  That happens to me once and a while, believe it or not. 

Hopefully, I don’t have to go in any more this week. One trip was enough.  Glad that I moved when I did so it’s behind me.  It’s hot outside and getting out in the thick of it didn’t exactly do wonders for me. 

I had to rush to eat lunch when I got home, then jump on another meeting.  Then I had a break and decided to laydown.  I did doze off for a short moment but my phone made sure I wasn’t out for long. 

Bossman is back and said that he found out yesterday that he has high blood pressure and he has some medicine for it.  However, his doctor thinks he has sleep apnea.  He said that he’s had severe headaches for a few days.  That sounds more like a side effect of HBP than sleep apnea but whatever.  I’m just glad his doctor isn’t my doctor.  It takes a week if not two before he can get lab results and he has to call, there is no app to look at.  I remember those days but it was several years ago.  I like looking at an app to see the results something about it makes me feel better. 

Tomorrow looks to be busy but Thursday right now appears to be a cake walk unless something wrecks that for me.  I’m just ready for the weekend and it’s only Tuesday. 

If your running Windows it’s Patch Tuesday.  Time to update your system, there is a record number of fixes so better to do this sooner rather than later.  Speaking of later, I will talk with you soon.  Take care!

Ugh–Monday

Morning … The boss is out sick today.  Here’s hoping it’s something that will keep him at bay for a while but then again I am not that lucky. 

My inbox was chocked full of email coming in at 124 messages.  A lot of which were noise or junk.  I worked through it rather quickly but it took a toll on my nerves.  Now I am trying to prepare for our interns that are leaving next Friday.  There is a bunch of information I have to gather prior to them leaving as well as dividing up who is doing what.  It’s kind of nice having an extra person to add into the mix.  However, it’s also more work because it’s another person I have to baby sit and double check to make sure the fuck up ferry doesn’t visit them. 

I’ve got part of the work done but had to take a break as it’s kind of labor intensive and makes you want to scream.  Usually I can power through it but not right now.  My brain is kind of all over the place.

Sunday, I made it out for breakfast and the usual morning errand running.  I stayed local for supper and went to a local Mexican place.  Got a great meal but the sauce they used bothers my stomach.  I was prepared ahead of time and took an anti-acid pill but still I had some issues.  Got the house cleaned and took time to relax.  It was a great day but I kept thinking about dreaded Monday.

Ordered some cat food from Amazon.  It was delivered early this morning and the lazy ass driver put it in front of the garage.  If I didn’t have cameras it would have sat there probably until Thursday when I put the trash out.  Didn’t help that they set it right in a pile of ants.  I was not happy at all. 

Then just as I got settled down stairs and was starting to work my way through my email.  Rudy decided to pick a fight with Mora and I had to go upstairs to break it up.  That wasn’t fun.  Rudy’s tail was all puffed out and I could tell he was pissed.  Mora was running around trying to duck him and nervous that I guess I would lash out at her but I petted her and told her it was okay.  Back to the basement and all has been quiet, thankfully! 

It’s past normal lunch time and I will head up soon to not only pass out lunch for the cats but to grab something for myself.  Then will head back down and keep plugging away.  Until I am done and no longer need my desktop and can change over to working from my laptop and be upstairs.  It’s much cooler down here though. 

Heard on the news this morning that starting tomorrow we will be back in another heat wave.  Oh joy, not my favorite thing but I will be indoors.  Praying the AC can keep up.  It’s done a really good job this year and the older (and fatter) that I get the more I appreciate AC, it’s one of the best things ever. 

Well time to get moving.  Hope all is well on your Monday.  Take care!

 

Man Candy - Sweet Treat

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!