Y6 D188

Just woke up. At 9:45. Didn't go to bed until 4:30, but still. That's some good sleeping. Especially since I was up so early yesterday morning. It's also pouring outside right now. Giant buckets.

I was up so early yesterday I managed to go to the store, get kitty litter, change the litter, shower, and do all my normal morning stuff before B even woke up. She got up somewhere around 9 I think it was. We didn't do much of anything yesterday. I got a prescription refilled and went out to CVS to get it. Worked on organizing a bunch of media. (Side note - I realized I am in desperate need of another 5tb drive. I am using up 4.5tb on the current one and will eat through that pretty quick. I know what Santa needs to bring me asap). We finished watching the 1st season of Rookie Blue. Not a bad show.

B took a nap in the afternoon since she was doing the show last night. We had steaks for dinner that I had grabbed in the morning when I went out. She started getting ready around 8 and we went out around 9. I dropped her at a friend's house and they drove to the show together. I came back and watched some of my shows. I love Constantine. Around 2:45, I left to pick B back up. We got home around 4. She told me all about the show and how our friend was asking if I am okay. He noticed when we went out to dinner on Friday that I was pretty cranky. Valid observation. I have been cranky. I am in pain almost every single day lately. I am tired of making that long ass drive to see people. I am frustrated with my neighbor upstairs (more on him in a minute). I stressed because I don't know my schedule for this month still. Just everything piling up that I have no control over and yes, I am lashing out. I am aware of it and trying to be good, but it's just stacking. I am at least slipping into anger and not depression. Good?

I did almost kill our neighbor yesterday. He was intentionally stomping around trying to provoke us. What I did instead was go to the office and asked the girl there to please come listen. She did and heard it first hand. We now have recorded proof that we are not being whiny or making it up. She made note and said she will have the main person go up there on Monday. Not soon enough in my opinion but at least it is on the record.

Today has no agenda. I am going to probably watch season 2 of Rookie Blue and play video games. Go me.

Y6 D187

My neck is killing me. I woke up at 4 with a double issue of neck and heartburn from dinner last night. Yay me.

Yesterday was an okay day. Nothing exciting or evil. B and I watched Rookie Blue, had leftovers for lunch, waited for a UPS package, braved the outside world to get some stuff for the cat, and that was about it for the day. Around 5 we headed out towards our old area to have dinner with a bunch of friends - the same dinner that's fighting back right now. One of our friends moved to MN recently and is home for the holidays. Her boyfriend secretly arranged this dinner and we were all waiting for them when they arrived last night. That was a lot of fun surprising her. She almost cried when she saw us all there because she had been worried she wasn't going to have enough time to see everyone while she was in town.

Dinner was nice, back home around 10. Yelled through the ceiling at the loudest motherfucker in the world. Went to bed.

Today? Nothing. There's a show tonight but I am checked out. B is going with one of our friends, but I checked out and I am sticking with it. I originally checked out because I was pissed, then there was possibility I might travel on Sunday, and now I just don't want to go. So there. I need a break.

Let the weekend begin.

Y6 D186

I hurt my neck yesterday and am paying for it right now. I do not know what I did but I pulled something and had the worst time sleeping. I kept waking up and wanting to scream. A few minutes ago I just said fuck it and got up.

Yesterday was a good day. Especially since we found B's iPod that has been missing since before we moved. The last time we saw it was in Reno right before the moving weekend. We knew it had to be somewhere in the house and the finger had been pointed at me and my plastic bins and closet. I spent 9 hours yesterday redoing the entire office closet and every storage tub I had to no avail. The upside is I got rid of 2 garbage bags worth of stuff. Plus I freed up a mega ton of room in the office. It only has take 3 months but I feel like this room isn't overwhelming me any more. So it was time well spent. Her iPod? Nightstand, inside a box. I know.

While I was doing all that B made dinner. The kid and KBF did come over around 11 and stayed until 1:30. It was nice chatting with them and relaxing. The kid is doing well. She is stressed in school, but I am super proud of her. She is almost done with the semester. Just has some papers to write and some projects and boom. She has about another 18 months total and she will have her degree. I am super fucking proud of her on that. While I may be a bit flippant about me and degrees, it's still a big deal for her and will open doors.

Dinner was great. Ham, potatoes, etc. B did a great job preparing everything. After dinner we had pie, watched some TV, then I finished up in the office. She took a bath and we went off to bed where my neck starting it's evil plan to kill me.

Today, I do nothing and enjoy every fucking minute of it.

Y6 D185

Happy Fucksgiving. As in I give zero fucks about today. I really don't. I don't care about football, don't enjoy tons of family or people, have no interest in parades, and don't need a special day to eat more food than is healthy. It's a Thursday is what it is. Last year we went over to our friend's house mostly because I knew B didn't want to be alone on her first major holiday away from family. Not this year. Peace and quiet thank you.

Got up yesterday and did some catch up and follow up work. I helped out multiple clients on some problems they were having. I managed to get one solved and did a GTM with the client and she was super happy. The other I couldn't figure out and had to hand off to someone else but I definitely tried my best on it. I then spent about 2 hours giving B her intro training. When we were in Vegas my boss suggested I teach her the software tools so we can use her as a resource on occasion. She was down for that and we started her intro training yesterday. I did it and treated it like a regular class. Reminded me of how many years ago I taught X2 how to write HTML on a bar napkin while drinking and oh look, that turned into her owning her own UI company. Who knows what will happen this time. Speaking of X2, I had the most bizarre dream last night. Haven't thought of her in a long while, but there she was in my dream. Weird. I have lost most of the details, but it was odd.

After teaching B, I took a nap. We then cleaned the house, watched a little TV, I made dinner, then we went to the store to get some last minute stuff for today. Hey, just because we aren't going anywhere doesn't mean she doesn't want to cook. She has a whole menu planned and the kid is stopping by for a little while on their way to the BF's family.

B remembered that the kid was coming over and decided the house wasn't clean enough. I went off and hid in the other room for that. I am not dumb. Played some Diablo, waited for her to be done, and went off to bed around 11.

I am going to enjoy the next 4 days come hell or highwater.

Y6 D184

It's Wednesday, right? I am seriously confused. I'm home, but it's a day without teaching but it's not a weekend. I am so messed up.

Taught all day, finished up around 2:30, took a 2 hour nap because I seriously needed the sleep, went to the store to get food for dinner, made pork chops, watched some TV, went to bed. That was my day. Absolutely nothing exciting or interesting. We talked to the last remaining important people on B's side. I talked to the kid and she is coming over Thursday to say hi and happy thanksgiving. I talked to friends of mine, forgot to wish them a happy anniversary because I am a dumb ass, but luckily remembered before I went to bed and emailed so it was before midnight! Yeah, that is it. It was a nice quiet day. I would like a few more of those the rest of this week if no one minds.

Y6 D183

More people on B's side and mine know now. We told her other grandparents last night. I told one of the guys who was in the wedding. He actually already knew about the married part, just brought him up to speed on the canceled part.

Taught my class. Seven students, most of them kind of meh. They are smart enough, but they just don't seem to have a ton of energy. Probably because like me, they just want to get through this and be done. I don't blame them for that. I am trying to be high energy but yeah, I just want to be done too.

After class we um, did something, thinking... um... Shit. I honestly can't remember what we did after class. I didn't nap, I know that. I also know we took care of some online stuff for her family for Christmas, but I swear we went out. YES! I remember! We went to Staples! I needed a cable for my new laptop. That's it!  During class I was looking online to see if anyone had this cable in stock locally so I didn't have to drive 25 miles to the nearest Apple store. After checking everywhere I finally found one at Staples and did an in-store pickup. The cable I needed was a thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor. One issue I have with the new laptop is it only has two usb and two thunderbolt. No ethernet. Sorry, I don't always go places with wifi and I like to teach my classes with a hard line in case of problem. After Staples we went to the piercing place and B got a second nose piercing. It's an early Christmas present for her.

Came back, talked with family, then we both watched the live stream of Ferguson. That was watching history. Felt like O.J. all over again. Watched some less depressing TV with serial killers, then she wasn't feeling well and went off to bed. Me? I got a wild hair up my ass and loaded up Half Life 2 of all things. I started up the steam client to see what was new and was like you know... I may even install Portal for the hell of it.

Went to bed around 11. One more day of teaching then a day of helping some people via email, then boom baby, four days of peace.

Y6 D182

Haven't taught from home in 5+ weeks. Have to get myself in the groove. I have a two day class starting in 75 minutes. Okay. I can do this. Shake it off. I am like a large majority of people today - Just get through the next two days, fake it on Wednesday, hello 4 days off.

Spent the day with our friends just hanging out. Nothing exciting. We watched a movie, played on the internet, had the taco bell, etc. B needed the company after being alone for so long. We drove them back to the train station around 6, then we had BJs for dinner. Came back, watched some TV, went to bed.

Pretty nondescript day. Did talk to the kid. That went well. No issues. She was relieved actually too but for different reasons. She was stressing about how she was getting to MI for the wedding. Between plane costs, hotel, etc. So now she doesn't have to worry about it. Plus she is happy for me. That's all that matters at the end of the day.

Okay, let's go shower so I can get through 14 hours and be home free.

Y6 D181

Important things first - now that some shit has gone down I can make a 'public' announcement. There's only six of you who read this and 2 of you I managed to get a hold of by phone, so the other four are learning this way. Yesterday everything with B's family came to a boil and a decision was reached - the wedding in May is now officially postponed. See because her mother has had to take a restraining order out against her father and her father's family is refusing to go to the wedding if anyone from her mother's side is there and all in all 90% of her family is acting like 3 year old spoiled children, we said Fuck You this day is about us, therefore, we will have said day when we know you're all going to act instead like adults and not try to make it all about you.

Hence, wedding postponed. We discussed it with B's sane grandparents and they support us and helped us by acting as a sounding board to make sure we were making a good decision. They too think no one will have their act together before May.  Once we officially made the decision, a ton of stress just melted away.

Now, the reason we were able to make this decision so calmly and without stress is we predicted this happening and took steps in October just in case. You see, when we were in Vegas for my work we just happened to be in the Luxor and we just happened to pass a wedding chapel and we just happened to go inside and inquire about packages. Three days later we made the best decision of our relationship and got married. As of 10/28 we have already been married. From that day forward we have held this as our Ace in the Hole. We were not going to put our lives on hold because people are children. Speaking of children, I have not told the kid yet. She is one of the people I didn't get ahold of yesterday. I will try today. Hence, no posting about this. We did tell her mother, her friends, and some people on my side, but very few know. Why did we do it? We wanted the day to be about us and we knew there was a large group of invitees who weren't going to let this happen. Fuck them, we win. We made a day for us and enjoyed the fuck out of it. We are going to make a 'public' announcement to people on cast on NYE at the show. There are a few people we need to tell personally like the kid before then but also some people on B's side first.

That was the big part of yesterday. We also had some friends take the train and spend the night. We spent a good portion of the day shopping near the train station waiting for them as it is about 30 minutes from our house. We got some great Christmas presents and there are already 27 presents under the tree. Yep, we're nuts. Deal with it. They arrived around 7, we had a fun dinner, then came back where we relaxed and played games. Around 10:30 though I just got extremely tired and anti-social. My leg was and is killing me again. Yes, I plan on making a damn doctor's appointment now that I will be home for more than two days. I just wandered off to the other room which pissed B off, but I needed to be alone. Hopefully she has forgiven me.

Slept well. And now to make food for people.

Y6 D180

So good to be home. VERY long day yesterday. Ended up being up for 23.5 hours total. Got up, drove to the airport, got my new boarding passes, waited, got my first flight with no issues. I did actually sleep on that flight. Unfortunately, it was a 38 minute flight.

Found my gate, waited, boarded a few minutes late but not enough for it to be a problem, and was off to home. Had the standard omelette breakfast, slept again for about an hour, and was at my home airport about 8 minutes behind schedule. Not bad.

Drove home and was home around 12:30. Of course B needed us to run errands which we did. Thanks to my paycheck being okay, we were finally able to stock up on just as both of us put it "stuff" we have been out of for a while - tissues, cleaning supplies, etc. Got back home around 3, put things away, did kitty litter, hung a picture, rehung a closet door that needed fixing, then relaxed on the couch for a little while. I decided neither of us was cooking and we went off to our favorite Italian place. Food was great, but on the way home we had some drama with B's family.

Let me fill in some extra info real quick. Thursday night B went to a friend's house to go see the premiere of Mockingjay with a bunch of our other friends. She was so excited about it. But since she was worried about her car, on Wednesday she had taken it to a garage to get looked at finally. He plugged it into their machine and was able to determine she needed an oil change (duh), a new gas cap (ah! the check engine light issue!), and it looked like it was in fact the fuel pump which would be a couple hundred dollars. Okay, cool. One thing he missed was she had a headlight out which didn't reveal itself until she was driving home at 1am from the movie on a very dark stretch of road. She didn't notice before because there were other cars around.

Alright, all that was because after dinner, I was heading to O'Reilly's to pick up a couple of the afore mentioned items, namely the gas cap and headlight. As we were pulling into the parking lot, she gets a text from her grandfather - "your dad and his bitch are up to it again". WTF? She decided to wait outside and call him while I went into the store. I come out and she is in tears. Fuck. Okay, what happened?

Her mom and dad are having the worst divorce ever. He is a child who somehow found out the mother's new address (where she has only lived for a week), stalked outside to see his kids even though it wasn't his time, it caused a big blowout and now they can't be at the wedding together because of restraining orders and if this one can't go then this whole side of the family won't go and as her grandfather put it "If that cunt is there I sure as hell won't be". Seriously people? Grow the fuck up. B has had enough. Today she is calling her grandparents and telling them the wedding is off unless they can act like adults. This should start a huge chain reaction.

Got home, she dealt with that (like calling her mom to get the whole story) while I dealt with timesheets and expense reports so I won't have to do it today. In the end, I made it until 11pm. B has been up until 3 the last couple of nights and she stayed up to watch TV. I don't know what time she came to bed.

I am so happy to be home and have home shit to deal with today.

Y6 D179

(Been up for a while. Had to wait to type this so it was actually midnight and officially Friday)

Yay confirmed upgrades on both my flights today. Yay me.

Yesterday went pretty well. We had some network troubles but otherwise we got through everything and finished up around 3:45. Plus the class expressed a great interest in having me come back to do an expert class. That would mean a full week back here in January. As of right now, it's looking like we have at least 2 if not 3 weeks of January already booked. Start the year off hard an heavy.

Got back to the hotel and was greeted by tiny little ants in my bathroom. They were so cute it made it hard for me to be angry. Called the front desk and they offered to move me but since I was only going to be in the room for another 10 hours, meh. They came up and sprayed and I found out later the manager added some bonus points to my account. Cool.

Had ribs and shrimp for dinner while they were taking care of the room, came back, watched some Dominion, packed, and went to bed around 8. Seems early but then again, I am up at 1:30 so I really only have had 5 hours of sleep.

Tried to pay bills this morning but it's not time back home yet and my check isn't in. Sigh.

Time to get wrapped up.

Y6 D178

Had a moment of pure terror yesterday morning. I thought I lost my passport. It wasn't in the pocket it was supposed to be in, it wasn't in my pants, it wasn't in the car, it wasn't back at the hotel. Freaking out. Finally found it down the bottom of my bag not where it was supposed to be. I was so stressed for about 30 minutes yesterday morning. Once I found it, things were better.

Got through day 3 of teaching (day 2 for this group) and left around 4:15. Headed back to the hotel. Went to Cracker Barrel for dinner. That was interesting. Talk about down home Americana. Oy. Had the worst chicken and dumplings ever.

Came back to the room, worked on some emails, chatted with B, played some Diablo, went to bed around 10.

Almost done. Almost. Done.

Y6 D177

I am still so tired. I also have an eye infection that won't go away, my foot hurts, and I ate too much cheese yesterday.

Not in a good head space today. I need ... I don't know what I need to be honest.

Class went fine yesterday but I did have some stupid shit to deal with. I got chewed out by my work yesterday for basically speaking my mind. On top of the OMG YOU MUST HAVE YOUR INSURANCE STUFF IN NOW shit I have been dealing with, I get an email yesterday morning OH YEAH BTW WE ARE TAKING MONEY OUT OF YOUR CHECKS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR'S INSURANCE AND THIS YEAR. No fucking warning, no amount, just that it will come out either this check or the next. WTF? This went out to everyone so it's not just me, but it was like really, now? At the end of year? Fuck you. And I said pretty much that to our one person who is 1. leaving and 2. technically the office manager who has been thrust into an HR role. Well that sparked emails from people telling me I need to stop complaining and I should be more polite and I fucking went off on them. I told them straight up to fuck off and that maybe if we had a real HR team who was trained and knew how to write emails and handle shit better this wouldn't have happened. Yeah, they had no comeback for that because they know I am fucking right. Regardless it put me in a shit mood all day and this happened right before lunch. Four more hours pretending like I am doing fine.

Got back to the hotel around 4:30 and sat for a while before going to BJs for dinner. It was okay. It was food. Nothing more nothing less.

Got back around 7, played some Diablo which by the way fucking screams on this laptop. Went to bed around 9:30.

Two more fucking days and I can go home.

Y6 D176

There's a concept that women tend to get way better than men - friendship. Especially the whole concept of close friends. Men have friends but we don't see always those close relationships. Yet most of us have that one person in our lives who we truly feel happy for when they succeed, sad when they fail, and angry when they don't get what they deserve. I have such a person and am elated that he is getting what he finally deserves. He's a good person (good being relative. Hell, by my definition, I'm a fucking saint) and has bore the weight of the world for way too long. Something really good happened to him recently and it's brought a spark back that I was afraid was dead. This is good because when the end of the fucking world comes around, I need you thinking sharp motherfucker so we can survive. Right now, it should be about more than just survival. There'll be plenty of time for that later.

Woke up a little later than I wanted yesterday but still fine on time. I had hoped to be up a little earlier so I could check out breakfast in the lobby but as I left it didn't appear like anything I would have wanted anyway. Got to the client around 7:45 and started class at 8:40 by the time everyone had trickled in. I am getting really sick of this shit. I am going to be a dick to the group the next three days. Class STARTS at 8:30, but arrive when you fucking feel like it. Yes, it makes me angry. Class itself went fine, got out of there around 4. Headed back to the hotel and sat until 6:30 when I had a conference call with another client.

In between then I dealt with some serious bullshit - open enrollment. "All papers have to be in by today" - says who? There's no fucking law that says that. I gave everyone in HR and at the insurance company shit about having to be rushed into making a decision and that I was on the road so fuck you and your wanting me to fax things. I also couldn't add B because it would have jacked my insurance from $223 to $800 a fucking month. Um, fuck you? Insurance pisses me off. I remember the day when I paid ZERO out of pocket for a decent plan. If there's one thing that makes me want to go back to a large corporate hell it's that.

After all that I went to a place called Jack Allen's Kitchen. Over priced, but good. I also now have a jar of beets I have to either eat or ship home. I will probably eat them for lunch every day. I had a roasted quail and beet salad followed by chorizo stuffed pork medallions. Was tasty.

Came back, watched some TV, chatted with B and other people, went to bed around 10.

Am I done yet?

Y6 D176

Having serious trouble waking up right now. I needed the sleep, that's for sure, but I tossed and turned during the night, dealt with heater issues, and had a rough night in general. Which is causing me to really struggle this morning. I need to leave in about 75 minutes so I need to fix this quickly.

Yesterday was a travel day and not very exciting. Left the house around 2:30, got to the place where I have been leaving my car around 3:20. Had about 30 minutes to kill and talked with my friends. I did learn something really neat while I was waiting for the car. I learned how to clean up my Gmail inbox big time.

See I use labels - a lot. I have tried using the 'inbox' feature and even the app but I don't like their groupings. "Promo", "Social" none of those work for me. Well if you go to the gmail labs tab under settings, there is a new one called 'multiple inboxes'. You can define an inbox which can appear above, below, or to the right of your current, that is based on any valid gmail rule. I ended up using label:xxxxx has:red-star (blue-star,yellow-star, etc) and then archiving the original message. What I ended up with was the cleanest, well grouped mail interface ever. And that was the most exciting thing to happen to me yesterday.

Got my first flight, no issues. Got to DFW and checked the board. There was an earlier flight by 90 minutes close by. Okay, why not. Let's try. I go and get on the standby list and wait. They are up to group 3 when she calls me up. "I don't have anything yet, but if you hold tight I should". No, I don't want to wait. "No, you misunderstand, I will have a 1st class seat if you hold on". Oh. Duh. Okay. So not only was I 90 minutes early, I got my upgrade. Yay me!

When I arrived at Austin since I was early my car wasn't ready and I had to wait in line, but whatever, I was early. Got to the hotel which was dead since it was a Sunday and got all checked in. Caught up on email, tumblr, etc and then went to the steakhouse for dinner. Came back, watched two episodes of Constantine, fell asleep.

Whee.

Y6 D175

Nothing like going to bed at 8pm on a Saturday night so you can be up at 1am on a Sunday morning. I have been up at 1am on a Sunday many many times but nothing as exciting as drive to the airport time. That's some serious sarcasm there, isn't it?

So tired.

Left the house once yesterday and that was at 7am to go the grocery store to get cat food. Otherwise I stayed inside all day.  Kind of nice. Packed, hung a mirror, finally hung a painting, played Diablo, watched some TV, and had a mellow day.

No real issues to report. Other than being tired, I am okay. B has been in a funk and it's because of my travel, but I think she is starting to shake it. She needs friends around more than I do and I think that is bugging her too. I am happy with strangers but she needs real friends. We need to work on that next year.

Off to the fucking airport.

Y6 D174

Nothing like being up at 6am on a Saturday. Tomorrow won't be any better unfortunately as tomorrow is a travel day. Which is why I am up at now, to check in for my flight. No upgrades confirmed yet which blows as it's a Sunday flight. You'd think I would have gotten at least one. Whatever.

A quick shout out to my sister and her husband. They finally found a new place for themselves and will be out of his parent's place on Monday. I am really happy for her. They are also paying a shit ton less than us so bite me sis. Love ya.

Yesterday was a day of work and organizing. Sorry, got distracted while typing. Had a conference call in the morning with a client in OK. Looks like I will be traveling back out there in December. I am trying to fill my last two open weeks with trips. One to OK and one to TX as the Bahamas gig isn't moving forward until January as I mentioned. I was on the phone with them for over 90 minutes and it was a really productive call for everyone. I do enjoy my job when I hear the excitement in a new user's voice when they have made something work.

FUCK. Thank god for autosave. I was installing something in the background while I was working on this and it decided it needed to close all my browser windows so it could do some bullshit stealth thing. I fucking hate apps that try to hijack browsers. Fuckers. Your application has now been deleted. Fuck off.

Back to yesterday, got off the phone and did some more catching up on work. Afterwards, B decided she wanted to put the tree up since I will be gone so much. Okay, I am cool with that as I already had about 10 presents to go under the tree for her and the kid. We spent a couple of hours taking care of all that, watched a little TV and then took a nap. I slept from 1:30 until 3, her until 5. We went and grabbed mexican for dinner, caught up a little more, then I went in here to finish the laptop migration (still needed office and now it is done), timesheets, and expense reports. All done. Now I have nothing to do today which is awesome. I do have to run to the store and get some cat food, but I can probably have that done before she even wakes up.

I then dove into organizing media files. Whenever I am gone like I was, things back up. I organized over 300 files last night and have 1200 left to go. But while I am gone next week, she has plenty to watch now. That took me until almost 1am. But I feel so much better. I am going to try to get through another big chunk of that 1200 today. Then I get to go to bed at 8 so I can be up at 1:30. So much fun.

Is this year over yet?

Y6 D173

Slept pretty well last night, always sleep better in my own bed. Well that's a load of shit, but it sounds nice, right? I did sleep well last night but I think it's just because I pushed myself to the point where I was going to sleep no matter what.

We left the hotel at 4:44 exactly. Traffic wasn't bad but a little heavier than normal given that it was a Wednesday. We rolled into town around 10, picked up B's Harry Potter poster from FedEx, and started unpacking. Laundry was started. Things were put away. I caught up on email and bills. Whee. We then went to the grocery store so B could have food while I am gone next week and so we have something to eat before I leave.

I also worked on getting the new laptop setup. I think I am almost done except for Office. But for that I need to find my install disc. And funny enough, I just found it. While I was typing that I was thinking about where it would be and checked. Voila. So now the new machine will be all setup. NOW the only missing is fucking Diablo. I wish Blizzard would respond to my email. I just want my damn account back. I didn't ask to change my password, they forced me to do it. And who the fuck can read captchas??

Sigh. Pisses me off. B and I had fish burritos for dinner and started catching up on shows. We watched 3 episodes of Criminal Minds. While we were watching the first one, we looked up potential flights for B to take in December to go back and see her family. We found one that isn't a big deal point or time wise, but for some reason that made her sad. I think I know why; it's because she won't have a whole lot of spending money to take with her while she is there. Not working has finally really hit her hard. While she has enjoyed it, it's been hard having to be as reliant on me as she is. I am sure the lack of self-sufficiency has bothered her even if she didn't realize it. Last night it came to the surface.

We also started putting together wishlists for Christmas on different sites. As of right now, I should have $480 for my Amazon budget this year. I am going to split it up $175 for each of us and the remainder for the kid. I think that's a fair split. That way we use cash for any other gifts we need to buy for people.

She ended up going to bed around 10 while I stayed up. I was hoping blizzard would respond but no such luck. I went to bed around 11:30.

Today I have a 9am conference call with a client in OK which may turn into me going out there in December. Bahamas has been officially moved to January. Not really complaining to be honest. I can start the year off with a 7000 mile flight and 13 days of hotel stay. Not bad. I would rather have that in 2015. Get a nice chunk of status out of the way in the first month. I wish I had that kind of mileage every month. That would bump me to the highest level like nothing.

Time to get prepped.

Y6 D172

Getting ready to go home, not a lot of time to type.

Yesterday was okay. We had some issue in the morning - we had a 9am breakfast reservation and when we went to the parking lot it was still closed at 8:15. Huh? We put the car back at the hotel and decided to walk since we had plenty of time. Halfway I realized this time *I* forgot my pass. Oops. Had to run back to the car and with my leg, run is yeah no. Anyway we were about 10 minutes late, sweaty, and stressed out.

Breakfast was good. Rapunzel, Tiana, Cindy, and Belle were our princesses. We then saw Baymax!! YAY! He was awesome and he blinked! So cool.

I was having leg issues and we came back to the hotel around 2 and collapsed. We went for dinner around 7 and went to Bubba Gump because it was close and neither of us felt like going far. B really enjoyed it.

Came back, packed, and went to bed. Now we go home.

Y6 D171

I have been up for a while but am moving kind of slow right now. Also I am typing this on my new laptop. Yes, I finally got a new one after five years, but not by choice really, more by necessity. My old one yesterday morning blew another screw and this time some smoke came from the battery. I immediately pinged my boss and got approval for a new one. It was not an option any more. Here's the basic specs:

15-inch: 2.5GHz with Retina display

Specifications

• 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
• Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz
• 16GB 1600MHz memory
• 512GB PCIe-based flash storage
• Intel Iris Pro Graphics
• NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB GDDR5 memory

Not too bad eh? Just over $3000 with tax and 3 years apple care warranty. This should last me a while. Here's how the morning went; pinged my boss, waited for responses as we went over options, had breakfast, placed the order, then headed to the mall with the apple store. By the time we got there it was around 11:30 and again because of the holiday, it was packed. Took almost 40 minutes to get a laptop that was already done and paid for which was a pain. By the time it was over, we managed to look in a couple of stores, but B was getting a migraine. Back to the hotel we went. She immediately crawled into bed and close the curtains. Thank goodness for black out curtains. I went to work on setting this thing up. I am not done yet, but it had a ton of updates to do including Yosemite. On the hotel's network it took forever. But I managed to get the basics installed, mail configured, and obviously chrome setup as I am typing this on it. I am going through app by app to see what I really need and don't need to be honest. I don't think I need to migrate everything over since that thing is 5 years old.

When B woke up around 6, she was feeling better. We headed back to the mall because she wanted to get something she saw earlier but didn't have the energy to look at. We went to Wet Seal, Ruby's Diner for dinner, CVS, and then right back here. Even that was overwhelming for her.

We came back and relaxed. I bought hair dye at CVS and we did my hair. That was our big evening. While we are both happy to be at the park, we are also just enjoying doing nothing. It's been a while since we had just a relaxing time. I lost last Saturday to travel and I am losing this Sunday to travel so, screw it. I need some time for me.

Today is Princess Breakfast. I am really hoping the park has calmed down.

Y6 D170

Yesterday was not as good as Sunday. Not through any fault of our own, but instead a little a fluke we didn't expect. It turns out that down here they gave all the school districts both yesterday and today off for Veterans Day. We had heard rumors but we weren't prepared. Not for eleventybillion people on a frickin' Monday.

We went to breakfast around 9 and had a wonderful breakfast. The hotel (due to it's not being a typical familyesque or inexpensive hotel) was not overly crowded and we were feeling good. Here's the thing we connected the dots on later - part of the reason the hotel wasn't bad is because everyone LOCALLY had the day off, not everyone from away. We were planning to go see Big Hero 6 at Downtown Disney after doing some shopping.

We finished up breakfast and walked over to the parking lot for the shuttles. W. T. F??? It was packed. The parking lot was over 60% full at 9:45 in the morning. It took us 30 minutes to get on a shuttle and to the park gates. I was so losing my cool. So many people for a Monday in November. It was insane. We finally made it through bag check and ended up in Downtown Disney. At this point we had about 25 minutes until the movie started by the time we got to the theater.

The movie was pretty empty luckily and WE LOVED IT. It is a wonderful movie. The short before, Feast, is beautiful. A must see on BH6. Just a great movie. When it was over we did some shopping but both of us were getting very frustrated from the quantity of people. We just said fuck it and headed back to the hotel.

We had a 6:30pm dinner reservation at Carthay and had some time to kill. We relaxed for a while, got ready, and headed back. I did almost lose my shit with B because once again, what should have been relaxing was ruined by sheer volumes of stupid people, and she forgot her annual pass. There was not enough time to get back to the hotel and still make dinner. Luckily guest services was able to get her a one time exception pass.

Dinner was okay. There's a theme going here if you didn't notice and it's TOO MANY PEOPLE. I don't think the park was expecting as many people since yesterday wasn't an expected holiday. At one point there was an announcement made that park hours were being extended for an extra hour just because of the amount of people. The service at dinner was well below my expectations. Food was good, but. Our dinner included World of Color tickets which we went off to after dinner. We got stuck behind a pole. Fuck this day. Let's go.

Back in the hotel everything was great. I ended up falling right asleep because I was worn out from the day and frankly the last week. I needed the sleep.

Today we are staying away from the parks as it's a known holiday.

Y6 D169

Yesterday was such an incredible day that at one point I had to pause and ponder if I had actually died on the drive down and this was my brain's idea of heaven. Seriously. Things were just too falling in line.

We left at 1:11am from our place, snacks loaded, pillows brought, excitement high. Of course within the first hour B had fallen fast asleep. I was doing okay for the most part. Granted my overall sleep for the prior 24 hours was low, I was still focused. Especially when we hit THE WALL OF FOG. For those of you who have never experienced tule fog, it's some scary shit. We were cruising along fine at 75 when all of a sudden a wall of fog came out of nowhere and I dropped down to 20. B immediately woke up thinking something was wrong, which in a sense it was. She had never experienced fog like this. It was a white out. It went from that to heavy soup for about the next 10 or 20 miles. She was so nervous she was shaking and almost became ill. I don't like driving in it either and I am sure if you were to read back through the last 1000 entries in here, you'd find at least one where I am bitching about driving in the exact same fog. It does freak me the hell out too. But we got through it, hit the gas station where normally stop, and she was able to fall back to sleep. When we were about 45 minutes out, I once more had to slow to a crawl. A combination of construction and an accident had forced the freeway to a dead stop. There were 3 out 4 lanes closed due to roadwork and the last lane was blocked due to a bad collision. B woke back up for that and this time stayed awake. It was about 5:45 at this point so we had made relatively good time. I was still doing okay. My GPS had warned me about the accident and roadwork so I was prepared for it.

We got through all of that and hit IHOP around 6:30. Had a great breakfast and drove to the parking lot around 7:30. Well, here's where Disney Magic (all rights reserved) kicked in. In all my years of going to the park, there's one parking lot bucket list item. Other bucket list items are inside the park (eating at 33 (done), sleeping in the Dream Suite (someday), etc). But there is one for the parking lot - being "Guest of the Day". There are two front row ultimate parking spaces in the Toy Story lot reserved for the GotD. The gate attendant and I started talking as I usually do and I told him about my travels, how I brought my Oswald tsum tsum from Japan to show him, and how we were there celebrating something (something I can't tell any of you about for another six months, sorry. I know that's mean, but you will understand in six months. No, she's not pregnant.),  and then he asked my last name. I thought he was going to give us a button or a pass or something, but nope. Instead he gives us the coveted GotD pass. I think I peed a little and started to tear up. For real. After all these years on the planet. We did it. We were the GotD. I was speechless. He also gave us to 'golden tickets'. The first one was a line skipper for Autotopia or Midway Mania. Okay, cool. The second however? A line skipper shuttle card for the end of the night. BAMF. We thanked him and pulled away from the gate and headed towards that coveted space. As we were getting out a cast member came over to greet us and escort us to our PRIVATE SHUTTLE TO THE PARK. OH YEAH. We got to take a private shuttle. No one. Just us. More tears.

We get in the park and we are having a great time just moseying around and looking in stores. We stopped at the customer service desk for buttons and told them we were GotD. He gave me a pass for Cars for later. Okay. Didn't think about it since we never go on it, but nice gesture. It's about 7:45 at this point btw. All that went down in less than 20 minutes. We buy some new pins in the store, then go wandering. Our friend who lives down here texts me at about 8 and says she is on her way. We meet up with her at 8:30.  The three of us then have a wonderful time. We walk, we talk, we laugh. we planned to be the first ones to meet Oswald when he came out for the day but we had two hours to kill. We headed over to the main park and decided to go into Pooh Corner. Now it was B's turn to cry because there was Eeyore and Tigger and Pooh - all in their Christmas hats. Every time we are there, B wants to meet Eeyore but he always goes back before we can get through the line.  Not this time. She got to hug and see him and was so happy.

At noon, we go over to where Oswald is supposed to be and wait. It's about 12:10 and he hasn't come out yet and the ladies are getting hungry. I grab our bags sadly and say come on, let's g.... THERE HE IS. COMING RIGHT AT ME. ME! OMG. All the pictures happened. Me and Oswald and his tiny little tsum tsum from Japan. I looked like a giggling idiot but I didn't care. I was having the greatest time. After Oswald we went to Paradise Cove for lunch. On the way guess who we ran into (almost literally)? Eeyore! B was so excited. She got more pictures and hugs and was just bursting. It was a bit of a line or lunch but we managed to get seated within 15 minutes which was amazing as everyone after us was in that line for at least 30-45. Once more our wonderful day continued.

When we finished up lunch, we all wanted a nap, and we needed to check into the hotel. Now, this is the first time we have ever stayed at the Doubletree here. We decided to stay somewhere new because Blizzcon was at the big Hilton, and we didn't want to stay at the HGI. From the minute we saw the lobby, we knew we found a new hotel. It's only a block (if that) from the big Hilton which makes it still a walking distance from the parking lot. I went up to the desk (it's about 2 or so) and gave my name. All of my tweeting and communication for the last year finally paid off - "Oh Mr. X, we went ahead and upgraded your room. You're in a corner king suite, we hope you'll like it'. Like it? I could fucking live here permanently. The room is incredible. It's big, it's quiet, and it's gorgeous. Best Hilton room I have stayed in all year. Seriously.

Our friend is working on an Anastasia cosplay for B which she brought with her to do a fitting. While I unpacked, they did the fitting. It looks great so far. It's an incredible match to Anastasia's dress. She is also making a Kuzco outfit for me next. This friend is amazing. She is currently doing a baccalaureate fellowship at UCLA primarily focusing on ancient Latin and will be doing ancient Norse next semester. Yeah. I know. On the side to help fund things, she runs a small commission cosplay business. She is doing ours for the cost of the material and a small surcharge for her labor.

Fitting done, everything unpacked, nap time. We all drove to the hotel in my car and we offered to drive her back to the park, but she wanted to relax too. Not a problem. Plenty of room. B and I napped until about 5:30 and then we all headed back to the park. Best part? Oh you are GotD? Park anywhere you want. ANYWHERE. Over there next to your vehicles? Yep. Go for it. Tears.

As we headed into the park we stopped at one of the stores and we all fell in love with this one letterman style jacket they had. Yes, we all bought it and we looked like some deranged Disney street gang. It was wonderful. We went to Flo's for dinner and that was the only downer of the day. They changed the menu and it wasn't the same quality as before. Sad Panda. But after dinner, we went to Cars and I pulled out one of the magic passes we had received earlier in the day. We skipped the 90 minutes line and BAM next thing you know the 3 of us are in car heading out. Now B doesn't normally like fast rides, but when we got off she had the biggest smile ever. We found a ride she loves. Score.

From there we hit Little Mermaid and as we were getting in line a cast member hands me this red card and asks if I will give it to a cast member when we board. Okay? It's a wait time marker! I WAS THE OFFICIAL WAIT TIME GUY. WOO!

We headed into the main park after that as we wanted to do Jacked Up Haunted Mansion. Well me and our friend did. B was 'meh' on it from her last Haunted Mansion experience. We both told her, no trust us. It's different. We got in and while the line was long, it was only about a 15 minute wait. We all squished into a Doom Buggy (which I will never do again) and we rode. B's face from the minute we got in the elevator until the time we got off was a glow. She had the best time ever. See? Jacked Up HM is different.  (FYI - if you don't know what I mean by Jacked Up - from Sept to 12/31, they do the Haunted Mansion up as Nightmare Before Xmas. Jack Skellington and crew take over the ride. It's pretty fucking cool).

That was it. Time to go. It was about 9:30 and we headed out. We said goodbye to our friend who was in a different lot and we headed to the shuttles. Last moment as GotD. I pulled out my magic shuttle card. Long line of people with strollers and wheelchairs and annoyance? NOT FOR US. Come this way GotD. Here's YOUR SHUTTLE. Tears. Got to the car, headed to the hotel, dumped pictures, decompressed, crashed into bed around 11.

I am sure I left little things out, but you get the gist. This was the BEST DAY EVER in the park. I honestly could have died in my sleep last night and been the happiest I have been in forever. I experienced magic, love, and joy. I am so blessed to have B, to have friends like I do, and to enjoy the fruits of my hard work with things like the hotel. It was a glorious day.

Today? Today we let B sleep. I have been up for about an hour, she will be woken up in about another hour so we can have breakfast. We are headed to DTD to shop and see a movie today (Big Hero 6). Taking our time. We have a 6:30 Carthay Circle dinner rez, but that's about it for plans. Let it begin.

Y6 D168

Oh look I am up again at 1:00am. This time though for a good reason. Go Disneyland now, ok bye.

Yesterday was a travel day. Left the hotel at 3:30 CST, arrived home 12:30 PST. Long day. Did have my upgrades on both flights which was nice. Got fed on the 2nd flight.

Once I got home I had 4 million errands to run before I could sleep. Laundry, groceries, stuff around here. Ugh. So much.

Got everything done, had lasagne for dinner, went to bed at 9 just to get back up so I can now drive.

Oh joy.

Y6 D167

Been up for a while. Already showered and packed and ready to walk out the door as soon as I close this thing up. Need to be at the airport by 4:30 or 5 so I am ready to go. Have to find a damn gas station somewhere too.

Yesterday went pretty smooth. Did the end user training for 7 people. Got through everything by 3. Went and found a bookstore, grabbed Jimmy Johns for dinner, headed back to the hotel. Started watching the Flash. Not a bad show. Liking it. That was my night.

Fell asleep around 8 to make sure I got a full night's sleep for once. There ya go.

Oh, I did officially start Christmas shopping. B sent me a link to a random item on eBay she liked and I decided to bid on it. It's a slovakian cut crystal pineapple candy dish. Yeah, I know. But she wanted it and she's getting it. Let Xmas begin!

Today when I get home around noon, I will unpack, do time sheet shit, laundry, then sleep for 5 or 6 hours, then we head to magic land. Back to Dizzyland we go!

Y6 D166

Can I just die and get it over with please? I spend so much time in pain these days it's annoying and frustrating. My foot right now is killing me. I have a rash on the right side of my chest. My nose is stopped up and I can't breathe. The list goes on. Getting older sucks big hairy balls.

Last day here. Get to go home tomorrow. Yay.

Taught all day. Finished up at about 4:25, went back to the hotel, dealt with an internet problem for B, went to dinner, watched some TV, went to bed. That's it. Nothing exciting happened. I had a steak for dinner. It was okay. The internet issue was on our end. When something goes down, things need to be rebooted in a certain order. B did not reboot them in that order. Had to walk her through it remotely. No biggie.

Check in for my flight in 30 minutes. Hoping for both my upgrades since it's a Saturday. We shall see.

Y6 D165

I think it's Thursday, right? I wish I was kidding. I am so off as to what day it is. Can you believe it's almost 2015? Seriously, wtf??

Taught all day. Being on my feet all day hurt by 4pm. I was limping hard when the end of the day came around. Maybe if I could ever be home I could go to the doctor and have things checked out. Oh my I make myself laugh.

The day itself was pretty boring except for one interaction between myself and my director's husband. There is a party next Saturday for the cast. It's an annual thing that commemorates the cast's birthday every year. He posted a message saying how his wife wants an accurate headcount and could you please let them know either way if you're going or not. Fine. So I sent a text saying no, I am not going. Before I could add any more, he responds with are you pissed at me or just my wife. I was in the middle of typing 'because I have to fly out early Sunday morning' but then added - no, not pissed at you, maybe a little still at your wife. Long story short, he defended her, I told him I felt treated like shit, he half ass apologized, I told him I would be taking a break, he understood.

When class was over I headed to CVS. I realized I only had one pill left of my meds! Luckily all CVS stores are connected and they were able to refill it. Unfortunately they were out and they won't be ready until tonight. Thank goodness I still had one left. Went to a place called 'Chuys' last night for dinner. Meh. It was okay. Nothing exciting but not awful either. Typical fake mexican food. Came back to the room and watched both episodes of Constantine. HOLY SHIT! I LIKE THAT SHOW! I was worried it was going to suck, but it was really good. I am looking forward to more episodes of it. Next one airs tomorrow so I might be able to watch it on the plane ride home Saturday.

Got super tired around 9 and drifted off. It's rainy and cold here so I have the heat on which made me even more sleepy.

Two more days and I can go home and then go to Disneyland. Yay Disneyland!

Y6 D164

I overslept this morning. I slept well, just longer than I wanted. One funny moment last night was when I woke up in the middle of the night, looked over and saw how much bed I wasn't using. I rolled into the middle of the king bed and went back to sleep. When I woke up just now, where was I? On the edge of the bed. Sigh. Fine. Be that way body.

Class was interesting yesterday. I got there earlier than planned which wasn't a problem, except that my contact had her phone on airplane mode and wasn't getting my texts or calls. Even though I was there at 7:05, I didn't get into the room until 7:40. Humans.

Once in the room everything kind of pissed me off. The layout, the setup, and then the best part - "oh here's your mic" - my what? I don't do fucking recordings. I don't like being recorded. Apparently that was part of the deal that no one bothered to tell me because they know I don't tolerate that shit. Fuckers.

I start class and my students are just rolling their eyes at me. I probe and find out it's because they don't believe they will ever be able to use the product properly. Okay. Let's dig deeper at lunch. I tell my contact and she brings this other dude in who tells me "oh yeah, I was going to come in Friday to tell everyone our plans, you think I should do it now?". Um yes? Maybe then they will actually pay fucking attention?

We start to come back from lunch and oh look, the client's network is down. Whee. We have to move floors/rooms and the new one is a little nicer, but the monitor for me is awful. I can't win. Finished up class around 4:15 just in time for the storm of the week to hit. Fucking downpours with thunder and lightening. I did have a great dinner at a place where the pie is to die for. I may go back again tonight it was so good. Got back to the hotel around 6:30 and couldn't find any parking. WTF? I look in the doors and there's crowds of people? WTF?? As I enter I realize what's going on - the hotel is a voting place. I bet if I look out the window right now, there'll be four cars out there.

Watched some TV (the Doctor, Graham Norton, John Oliver - a total Brit fest) and went to bed.

Three more days and then Disneyland.

Y6 D163

What day is it? Tuesday I think. I am in Texas. I am tired. I am confused. Much like my cat. B did some research for us last night and we both think B is suffering from kitty dementia. She doesn't know where she is, she howls for no reason, she won't leave one spot, etc. These are all signs. I don't think she will make it the year. When I get home from next week's trip, I am going to see about talking to a vet and possibly having her put out of her misery. I don't think she is in any physical pain, but it's hard being that confused all the time. It comes down to a quality of life issue. Sigh. I just wish I had the money to go to the vet right now, but I don't unfortunately.

Got up at 1:30am yesterday, left the house at 2:30, realized I needed gas, and arrived at the car meet spot at 3:40. Car service was there and waiting. I made it to the airport by 4, checked in, and was all settled and ready to go. As usual, it was a full annoying flight to DFW and I was 14th on the list. I hate flight 1180. I did get my upgrade from DFW to Austin at least. I arrived at roughly 3pm, found my rental car, and got to the hotel around 4. Unpacked, ironed, then had a conference call with my Reno client at 6. Afterwards, I went to Saltgrass steakhouse next door. Meh. It was acceptable. Nothing great, nothing awful.

While I was at dinner B texted me. Our new couch arrived. She is happy and that's all that matters. I prefer chairs, but that's the mindset of a single guy, now isn't it?

Came back to the hotel, watched 3 episodes of South Park, and went to bed.

Off to the client. It's about 25 minutes to the client so I need to leave here in about an hour.

Y6 D162

What time is it? Oh 2am. Yep, must be a travel day for me. Back on the fucking road I go. I need to leave in about 40 minutes so working quick right now.

Good day yesterday. No one bothered us. B slept most of the day as she really needed to catch up. I got up at 6, checked in for my flight, then went back to bed until 9. Did some morning stuff, then proceeded to rearrange furniture. Our couch come today and I needed to move everything around. I spent about 4 hours moving everything in the office to put one of the chairs in here. It looks pretty good. We found a new desk online and when we get it, that will also free up about 18 inches more space on the wall where I have the computers. It will make a difference. I also managed to fill a garbage bag with trash. A lot of it was just from recent weeks of me coming home for a day throwing papers on the floor and leaving again.

By the time all that was done, B was up and we watched some TV. I then made us a pork roast for dinner. I went to bed around 8:30 as I am up already.

Nice quiet day where no one bothered us. Needed.

Next stop Texas.

Y6 D161

Thank god for the end of DST. I have never needed an extra hour so bad in my life. We got through three shows in three days. Done. I am now taking off the rest of November and most of December. I am done. I will go to the NYE show and at the end of that, submit my resignation. Done, done, done.

Day time was pretty good. I got up early and cleaned while B slept. When B got up she helped in the cleaning and did laundry. Between the two of us we had things finally back in order around here by 1. We headed out, grabbed some lunch, then went to the store to get her some food while I am gone all next week. Got back home, put everything away, then we both napped from 4-6. Got ready and headed down towards the theater. We stopped for dinner at the new place the kid is working. Man it was hopping. I am proud of her for sticking it out. I can tell it is a lot of stress for her, but she is doing it and making good money too. She told us she normally does $300 or so a shift in sales, but when we got there around 8, she already had done $1300 for the day. Damn, good job! She will be racking in the tips. After dinner, we parked around from the theater and just relaxed in the car. Did the show, changed our clocks, and headed home.

That's it. Today we are rearranging furniture as our new couch arrives while I am gone. Otherwise, nothing else going on today. Thank the stars.

Y6 D160

Ugh another less than adequate amount of sleep. This time though at least I got 4 hours of sleep. We didn't get to bed until 5am thanks to the show. AND we have one more to go tonight. Although based on things that happened last night, I really don't want to do it.

We got home around 7 yesterday. I proceeded to do laundry, 2 weeks of time sheets, 2 weeks of expense reports, kitty litter, answer emails, clean up, repack for next week, and a million other things while B and the two friends who drove with us all slept. Bastards. They slept a good portion of the way home and then slept until noon. I on the other did not. They all went to the store around 3 and that's when I slept for a whopping 90 minutes. Whee. We ate some dinner and then B and I got ready. Our costumes rocked. She was a minion and looked incredible. Me? I was "a mouse, duh!". Aka I was Karen Smith from Mean Girls in her halloween costume. I was PERFECT. 100% screen accurate. No seriously, I looked good. We headed out for the show around 9 and arrived a little after 10. As we arrived at the theater they were putting up the SOLD OUT signs. Yep, another year where we sold out. That means in two days we performed for over 1500 people. Reno had over 1000 and we had them setting up folding chairs last night to fit more people in.

Downside? We had to get all those people in the theater. I didn't finish with all the pre-show stuff until almost 1:20. About an hour later than normal. I did my pre-show material as quickly as possible, but it was tough. People were getting restless but I had to wait until we had everyone inside. Pre-show went well. I did a marshmallow virgin game that was hilarious. The costume contest was okay. The winner was a woman dressed spot on as Nebula from GoG.

It wasn't until right before the end that it all went to shit. Once more the evil queen reared her dragon head and attempted to bite mine off. She swore we had left the microphone on and she was hearing voices on stage. She was sort of right. We were standing (we being tech crew) in a spot we don't normally stand because the audience was so packed. The result was anything we said was getting amplified and echoed from the back wall up on the stage. The audience couldn't hear us, but the performers could. She first accused me of being behind the screen, then she started calling me a liar and telling me the mic was left on. While I tried to explain to her there's no way in hell the mic would pick up ambient sounds like she was claiming, she was too busy calling me a liar. Even her own husband was telling her she was wrong and to let it go. Unfortunately she didn't. When the show was over she tried the same shit again, but this time she made the mistake of doing it in front of people. EVERYONE got to see how nuts she is as she attempted to once more attack me. I just gave up and left. On the way out her husband stopped me and asked "is there a mutiny? are people leaving?". I told him that while I can only speak for myself, I will not tolerate being yelled at like that again. Period. Breaking point reached. Two nights in a row I get yelled at in public? No thank you.

We were fuming on the way home. By the time we got home we were so exhausted. I still had to take off clothes and makeup but managed to eventually get in bed.

Let's see what happens in the next 12 hours. Don't forget! Daylight saving ends today! We get an extra hour of this shit.