Yesterday was a rough day. I was just so tired from the whole week and traveling that I had a hard time keeping track of what was going on with the class. On top of that there were a couple of technical issues that caused some problems. I managed to get through but I felt like someone hit me with a truck.
I wanted to lay down but I knew that wasn't going to be a possibility. Nope. We needed to go to the grocery store and the Crapmart and then dinner. By the time we got back home, put everything away, and I sat down, it was 7. Yay. We then decided to do my hair as it needed a touch-up. Then she watched Teen Wolf while I putzed around. Went to bed around 11.
So some things I need to bring up:
- For the last couple of weeks we have been talking with a realtor and a banker in MI. B's family home came up on foreclosure for $60k. While neither of us is dying to live there, the price is right in that sweet spot. In the end we decided it wasn't the right area for us BUT the thought of going the foreclosure route is a reality if we can find one in the right price range.
- That price range we have determined is between 60 and 100k. 100 is a little on the high end, but we could scrape it if we needed it. See the problem is always the down. If I could find someone who would just sell to me with 0 down, I can afford 2k a month. And at 60 or 75k, then I would have it paid off in like 3 years. Boom, done. Even if the price was higher, I could still make that kind of payment. It's walking in with 50,000 or 100,000 for the down that's not happening.
- We also found one in NC for 40k that was perfect. 4bd 3ba. 40k. But yeah, we would have to move to NC. However that is one of our acceptable states - CA, OR, WA, HI, NV, CO, NC
- Today is the day we take the cat to vet. She may not be coming back.
Not happy about that last one, but I know it's time. It's time for a lot of things.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015
Y6 D277
Awake. Not much more than that. I didn't go to bed until around 11 last night and I am paying for it now. It's not like I was up doing anything terribly exciting. B and I were just talking. While it was nice, it also kept me up later than I should have been.
The day was okay. I taught. For the most part my students are okay. None are dumb; just the opposite really. They are asking a ton of questions, following along, and otherwise engaging me, but I am just too tired to appreciate it. I mean it's already Friday. I swear it was just Monday. This week has been a serious blur. After class I ... forgot what I did. No really. I didn't nap. I guess I just hung out with B and relaxed. I made dinner, I remember that. Oh, I remember what we did. We were looking some stuff up on the internet.
After dinner we watched some tv, then talked, then bed.
I expect the same for today.
The day was okay. I taught. For the most part my students are okay. None are dumb; just the opposite really. They are asking a ton of questions, following along, and otherwise engaging me, but I am just too tired to appreciate it. I mean it's already Friday. I swear it was just Monday. This week has been a serious blur. After class I ... forgot what I did. No really. I didn't nap. I guess I just hung out with B and relaxed. I made dinner, I remember that. Oh, I remember what we did. We were looking some stuff up on the internet.
After dinner we watched some tv, then talked, then bed.
I expect the same for today.
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Y6 D276
I am home! I slept in my own bed last night. I didn't get home until 9pm from leaving the hotel at 9am, but I did get home. There was nothing exciting or eventful that happened, other than it being a long day.
Got up, bummed around the hotel until about 9ish then headed out to the airport. Morning traffic was gone and the snow wasn't coming until the afternoon. I got to the airport and found myself with 4.5 hours to kill. I wen to the Admiral's Club and decided to buy a full one year renewal instead of a day pass. I am probably going to get yelled at for it, but whatever. Take it out of my next check.
Sat in the club until time to go. I had 1st class on both of my flights, same seat even - 1A all the way. When I got to the gate I could see the snow had started. This was my concern. I could see and hear around me other flights being canceled for places like NC and NY. I think we were one of the last to get out for the day and even that was 20 minutes late after waiting for de-icing. I was worried about being late and missing my flight in PHX. Luckily while we were 20 minutes late and I had to walk from one end of a terminal to another, I still arrived with 20 minutes to spare. Got on my flight and landed around 7PST. Traffic was not pleasant and it took 1.5 hours for us to get home. When we got home, I mostly unpacked and settled in.
Was in bed around 10:30 and up at 4:30 to teach. Yay me. I also got an email from my boss where he indicates he is sad about something. I am now a bit worried. Hopefully I will find out what's going on today.
Got up, bummed around the hotel until about 9ish then headed out to the airport. Morning traffic was gone and the snow wasn't coming until the afternoon. I got to the airport and found myself with 4.5 hours to kill. I wen to the Admiral's Club and decided to buy a full one year renewal instead of a day pass. I am probably going to get yelled at for it, but whatever. Take it out of my next check.
Sat in the club until time to go. I had 1st class on both of my flights, same seat even - 1A all the way. When I got to the gate I could see the snow had started. This was my concern. I could see and hear around me other flights being canceled for places like NC and NY. I think we were one of the last to get out for the day and even that was 20 minutes late after waiting for de-icing. I was worried about being late and missing my flight in PHX. Luckily while we were 20 minutes late and I had to walk from one end of a terminal to another, I still arrived with 20 minutes to spare. Got on my flight and landed around 7PST. Traffic was not pleasant and it took 1.5 hours for us to get home. When we got home, I mostly unpacked and settled in.
Was in bed around 10:30 and up at 4:30 to teach. Yay me. I also got an email from my boss where he indicates he is sad about something. I am now a bit worried. Hopefully I will find out what's going on today.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Y6 D275
I get to go home today finally! After 18 days on the road with only one full day at home, I am finally going to have a break. Except for the fact that I have to be up at 4:30 tomorrow to teach. Whee.
Yesterday went pretty well. We finished going over all the topics they wanted to cover, I met with the CFO to give him a wrap-up summary, and in the end they agreed to one day of upcoming training on another topic, and potentially 3-6 months of staff augmentation from one of our ETL/Architect folks. It's more a matter of when, not if, and will result in about 100k in revenue for us. Yeah. I did my job. They were also very happy and gave me a 1:87 scale replica of one of their products - a CAT excavator. It's cute but I worry it's going to get messed up in my luggage on the way home.
My flights are later today because they wanted me to leave the morning free in case there were additional questions, which means I didn't check in for my flight until almost 3pm. The upside to these late flights is that I was able to get 1st class on both my flights. They're both only two hour flights, but who cares. I would rather be comfortable for 4 hours for sure.
Got back to the hotel and packed. Headed down to the restaurant for dinner. Came on back up, watched some TV and went to bed around 10. Same old same old.
This morning I am lounging around as I don't have to be at the airport until around 12 or 1. It's about 30 minutes away, so I will probably leave here at 10 after traffic has died down. Which means I have four hours to do nothing. Yay me. I do need to find a gas station, but that's the least of my worries.
That's about it. Now I go home please?
Yesterday went pretty well. We finished going over all the topics they wanted to cover, I met with the CFO to give him a wrap-up summary, and in the end they agreed to one day of upcoming training on another topic, and potentially 3-6 months of staff augmentation from one of our ETL/Architect folks. It's more a matter of when, not if, and will result in about 100k in revenue for us. Yeah. I did my job. They were also very happy and gave me a 1:87 scale replica of one of their products - a CAT excavator. It's cute but I worry it's going to get messed up in my luggage on the way home.
My flights are later today because they wanted me to leave the morning free in case there were additional questions, which means I didn't check in for my flight until almost 3pm. The upside to these late flights is that I was able to get 1st class on both my flights. They're both only two hour flights, but who cares. I would rather be comfortable for 4 hours for sure.
Got back to the hotel and packed. Headed down to the restaurant for dinner. Came on back up, watched some TV and went to bed around 10. Same old same old.
This morning I am lounging around as I don't have to be at the airport until around 12 or 1. It's about 30 minutes away, so I will probably leave here at 10 after traffic has died down. Which means I have four hours to do nothing. Yay me. I do need to find a gas station, but that's the least of my worries.
That's about it. Now I go home please?
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Y6 D274
One more fucking day and I can go home. I seriously lost my cool with one of the people yesterday. The same one I was bitching about that I said was driving me crazy. She does not have the temperament to be in this field. She moves way too slow, can't multi-task at all, needs to read things six times, and is basically the worse kind of person to put with me. It wasn't just me though. Her co-workers were losing their shit with her too. Plus she keeps wanting me to show her some magic button which there isn't. I have said the same thing three days in a row with her keep saying "ok but what if" and there is no fucking what if.
Got back to the hotel around 4:30 and accidentally fell asleep until 5:30. Went down for dinner. Watched TV. Went to bed. I want to go home now. I hate weekend stays.
Got back to the hotel around 4:30 and accidentally fell asleep until 5:30. Went down for dinner. Watched TV. Went to bed. I want to go home now. I hate weekend stays.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Y6 D273
Yesterday was amongst the most boring days I have ever lived through in my life. I am serious. I left the hotel room for all of 15 minutes and that was for housekeeping to clean things up. Otherwise, I stayed in here all day. I don't know how B does it; how she can watch episode after episode of TV show. I get bored after 2 in a row, especially when they are 48 minute or longer. I can handle like 3 or 4 20 minute episodes in a row, but the longer ones, forget it. One maybe two at a time. She watches five or six without missing a beat. I just kept getting antsy. First it was because housekeeping wasn't coming. I kept waiting for them which put me on edge. Finally they arrive. But even afterwards I was still dealing with cabin fever. I think it would be different if I were at home where I could do a project or had other options available to me. Here it's watch something, read something, play video games (the whopping two I have on here) and I did all three yesterday. Why didn't I go anywhere? Snow. It snowed all day. I haven't looked out the window yet because I am afraid of what I might see. Hold on, let's look...yep, it snowed all night. I need to allow myself some extra time this morning to clean the car off. And to drive slow on the roads. I am inexperienced driving in snow and it freaks me out. I will go five miles an hour if need be and everyone else can shove it.
B went out with friends yesterday so I only talked with her sporadically. I went to bed around 10. Two more days I can go home.
B went out with friends yesterday so I only talked with her sporadically. I went to bed around 10. Two more days I can go home.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Y6 D272
I have a lot on my brain this morning. Nothing bad, just many thoughts at once. Before I fell asleep last night I was thinking about heroes. Idols really. People I looked up to throughout the years. From when I was a tween to young teenager where I idolized people like Morrison, Lennon, Bukowski, and Thompson. Then as I got older, Reznor, Manson, Cobain even. Because the one thing they all had in common was their independence. They might have been drunks and druggies but they lived life on their own terms. They made their way following their hearts and not the straight and narrow. You don't have to remind me how many of the people above are dead and not of a ripe old age going in their sleep. As I continued to get older and more cynical and angry it shifted to fictional characters because I couldn't find any real people to care about any more. John Taylor from the Nightside. Tyler. Constantine. And of course, Patrick Bateman. The anti-hero. The guy who is pushed to the limit and can't take any more. The guy who has zero fucks to give. I think they are still the ones I keep in my head. Where did all this come from? I started power watching Breaking Bad yesterday. Even the term tells you where my head is at. Breaking bad. Going from the norm. Going your own way. Saying fuck you to the norms and the rules. I only made it through the first 5 episodes of season one, but you get glimpses of the man Walter White will become. I will admit I only watched the first three seasons when it was on originally and my knowledge beyond that is slim, but I have enough of an idea from the media and elsewhere that by the end of season 6, he won't be that same guy who is in episode 1. It got me to thinking. That's all. Watching the show now, 7 years after that first season aired, some things are different even in me. Walter is 50 when the show starts. 50 and facing death. That's a pretty scary thing to think about. 50, facing death, AND a pregnant wife. You might see how my thoughts starting traveling. I fell asleep thinking about that and listening to the storm outside the window.
Speaking of the storm, it has been coming down non-stop since about 4:30pm yesterday. I got up around 7 and the grounds were white, but not so bad that the roads were blocked. By the time I was looking at them, the main roads were clear and there was nothing going on in the sky. I decided to take a chance and go out, giving housekeeping time to clean my room. I went out around 9:30 and spent 15 minutes scraping snow off the car. That was amusing to watch - me in my Prada shoes slipping in the snow. Sigh. I managed to get to the mall with no issues. There's a small mall about 2 miles away and it was the perfect place to kill time.
While I was there, I had a conversation with my niece. She is going through some rough shit right now which is nobody's business but hers so, no, you won't get the details. Needless to say I wish I lived closer to her so I could be there to help her and my sister out. But she is a strong woman and we talked about things in general and the possibility of her visiting us some time in the future. After the mall, I found a Chick-fil-a and had waffle fries. Later in the day I mentioned this to friends in a chat and we got into a debate about whether one should support them as a business. It was actually a nice discussion amongst adults where we all had our opinion and respected the others. After lunch, I found a vape shop and hung out there for a little while. Bought a tank extender and some juice. Then I hit the bookstore. Lastly I hit Target where I got some rockstars and snacks since I am here until Wednesday. As you can see - killing time. I got back to the hotel around 2 but alas fucking housekeeping had yet to get there. They were on my floor but not in my room. I gave them another hour before I just called down and said no service. Today I will wait until they knock then excuse myself for 30 minutes.
Around that time I ordered a pizza since I am tired of the restaurant and wasn't about to go back out. The snow was starting to come down. The pizza arrived around 4:30 and apparently their idea of a small will feed a village. Now I have pizza for the week. Meh, it's all good. Food is food. A week of bad carbs won't kill me. I will just need to be super careful when I get home. I can pick around the crust too if I want to minimize my intake.
Settled in around 5 and started watching. Talked to B while I was watching and finished the last episode around 9:30. By the time I put everything away (I had rearranged the room to make it easy for me to sit in a chair and watch my computer on the TV through the HDMI connection) and got in bed it was a little after 10. Full day. The heater was going all night and finally around 2, I just had to stop it. I couldn't breathe and this morning I have a bloody nose as a result. Let's see how the battle goes today between me and the heater.
Nothing really planned for today. I just looked outside and it is still snowing so no big plans here. Maybe get through the rest of season 1 and season 2.
Speaking of the storm, it has been coming down non-stop since about 4:30pm yesterday. I got up around 7 and the grounds were white, but not so bad that the roads were blocked. By the time I was looking at them, the main roads were clear and there was nothing going on in the sky. I decided to take a chance and go out, giving housekeeping time to clean my room. I went out around 9:30 and spent 15 minutes scraping snow off the car. That was amusing to watch - me in my Prada shoes slipping in the snow. Sigh. I managed to get to the mall with no issues. There's a small mall about 2 miles away and it was the perfect place to kill time.
While I was there, I had a conversation with my niece. She is going through some rough shit right now which is nobody's business but hers so, no, you won't get the details. Needless to say I wish I lived closer to her so I could be there to help her and my sister out. But she is a strong woman and we talked about things in general and the possibility of her visiting us some time in the future. After the mall, I found a Chick-fil-a and had waffle fries. Later in the day I mentioned this to friends in a chat and we got into a debate about whether one should support them as a business. It was actually a nice discussion amongst adults where we all had our opinion and respected the others. After lunch, I found a vape shop and hung out there for a little while. Bought a tank extender and some juice. Then I hit the bookstore. Lastly I hit Target where I got some rockstars and snacks since I am here until Wednesday. As you can see - killing time. I got back to the hotel around 2 but alas fucking housekeeping had yet to get there. They were on my floor but not in my room. I gave them another hour before I just called down and said no service. Today I will wait until they knock then excuse myself for 30 minutes.
Around that time I ordered a pizza since I am tired of the restaurant and wasn't about to go back out. The snow was starting to come down. The pizza arrived around 4:30 and apparently their idea of a small will feed a village. Now I have pizza for the week. Meh, it's all good. Food is food. A week of bad carbs won't kill me. I will just need to be super careful when I get home. I can pick around the crust too if I want to minimize my intake.
Settled in around 5 and started watching. Talked to B while I was watching and finished the last episode around 9:30. By the time I put everything away (I had rearranged the room to make it easy for me to sit in a chair and watch my computer on the TV through the HDMI connection) and got in bed it was a little after 10. Full day. The heater was going all night and finally around 2, I just had to stop it. I couldn't breathe and this morning I have a bloody nose as a result. Let's see how the battle goes today between me and the heater.
Nothing really planned for today. I just looked outside and it is still snowing so no big plans here. Maybe get through the rest of season 1 and season 2.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Y6 D271
I almost got into an incident with another hotel guest at 10pm last night. I was just about to get into bed when I hear this weird noise outside my door. It sounds like someone is trying to get in. I freak out a bit and go look through the peephole and it's some derpy sales looking guy who has just arrived. I say through the door "You have the wrong room.". He looks at the number and with a scowl turns around and goes to the door across from mine. Doesn't say a word. So I say "You could have apologized.". To which he says "Why should I apologize when I did nothing wrong?" and then slams his door loudly. Um... maybe because it's common courtesy? You freak someone out at 10pm making them think someone is trying to break into their room? You caused someone to have to stop what they are doing to deal with you? Yeah, that's why you should have apologized. The only thing that stopped me from opening the door and chewing into him was lack of pants. But if I see him here this weekend...
The snow started. Looks like about 4 or 5 inches fell overnight. In total there's supposed to be about 15 inches through the weekend. The roads look pretty clear right now and I am going to try going out later to the mall just to get out of the hotel. There's one about two miles away so I won't be too far and it won't freak me out to drive.
Went from 7:30 to 3:30 yesterday with my group. We went over a ton of stuff. Plus planned out what we want to do on Monday. It looks like I will be able to leave early on Wednesday but I don't want to incur flight change costs. Instead I will probably just get to the airport early and standby my way home. Hopefully. Denver is a pretty big airport and should have things to do.
Got back to the hotel around 4:30, relaxed, had dinner down at the bar - salmon and salad - and then came on back up to the room. Watched the new Odd Couple (awful), an Archer, and some Portlandia. This weekend begins a Breaking Bad marathon. I have watched the first 3 seasons but I am going to rewatch so the last three make sense.
That's about it. Talked with B. She is doing okay. I think today will be harder because it's the weekend but she should be fine. I know she is going to bingo on Sunday which will keep her busy.
Today I am going to eat actual breakfast. Watch out world!
The snow started. Looks like about 4 or 5 inches fell overnight. In total there's supposed to be about 15 inches through the weekend. The roads look pretty clear right now and I am going to try going out later to the mall just to get out of the hotel. There's one about two miles away so I won't be too far and it won't freak me out to drive.
Went from 7:30 to 3:30 yesterday with my group. We went over a ton of stuff. Plus planned out what we want to do on Monday. It looks like I will be able to leave early on Wednesday but I don't want to incur flight change costs. Instead I will probably just get to the airport early and standby my way home. Hopefully. Denver is a pretty big airport and should have things to do.
Got back to the hotel around 4:30, relaxed, had dinner down at the bar - salmon and salad - and then came on back up to the room. Watched the new Odd Couple (awful), an Archer, and some Portlandia. This weekend begins a Breaking Bad marathon. I have watched the first 3 seasons but I am going to rewatch so the last three make sense.
That's about it. Talked with B. She is doing okay. I think today will be harder because it's the weekend but she should be fine. I know she is going to bingo on Sunday which will keep her busy.
Today I am going to eat actual breakfast. Watch out world!
Friday, February 20, 2015
Y6 D270
Hello worst internet in the world? Yeah, can you be in my hotel please? WTF is up with these hotels throttling bandwidth. Fuck. If this is the world of net neutrality, you can suck my dick.
Day one of four at the client complete. I am doing mentoring with 3 people and some occasional visitors. For the most part it's okay. 2 of the 3 are sharp and know what they are doing. The third, who has been in my classes before, drives me nuts. She drives me nuts when she is online and nothing different in person. She is one of those people who cannot multi-task at all and she gets behind at the drop of a hat. It was a little better in person but not much.
Was onsite from about 7-4 and with traffic got back to the hotel around 5. Since I was using my computer to teach them all day, I had a full days worth of email and social media to catch up on. Took care of that until about six, then headed down to the restaurant for dinner. Had a nice steak salad. Came back up, finished watching season 1 of Archer and went to bed around 10.
All day I was off since I am not used to traveling on Wednesdays. I am still off that today is Friday and I have to be here all weekend. Oh well.
Day one of four at the client complete. I am doing mentoring with 3 people and some occasional visitors. For the most part it's okay. 2 of the 3 are sharp and know what they are doing. The third, who has been in my classes before, drives me nuts. She drives me nuts when she is online and nothing different in person. She is one of those people who cannot multi-task at all and she gets behind at the drop of a hat. It was a little better in person but not much.
Was onsite from about 7-4 and with traffic got back to the hotel around 5. Since I was using my computer to teach them all day, I had a full days worth of email and social media to catch up on. Took care of that until about six, then headed down to the restaurant for dinner. Had a nice steak salad. Came back up, finished watching season 1 of Archer and went to bed around 10.
All day I was off since I am not used to traveling on Wednesdays. I am still off that today is Friday and I have to be here all weekend. Oh well.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Y6 D269
Totally overslept and am stressing. Need to leave here in 40 minutes. Writing quick.
Left the house at 3 after getting up at 1:30. Car service dropped me at airport at 4, all flights on time, had a bit of stress with my layover due to having to go from one end of the terminal to another but otherwise no problem. Got my car, found the hotel, was checked in by 1. Had dinner at the hotel, watched a bunch of TV, fell asleep around 10. Tada. Off to the client.
Left the house at 3 after getting up at 1:30. Car service dropped me at airport at 4, all flights on time, had a bit of stress with my layover due to having to go from one end of the terminal to another but otherwise no problem. Got my car, found the hotel, was checked in by 1. Had dinner at the hotel, watched a bunch of TV, fell asleep around 10. Tada. Off to the client.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Y6 D268
Oh look, another one of those days where I am getting up when other people are going to bed. After a whole 4 hours of sleep too. Lucky me!
My car will be here in about 90 minutes to take me to the airport for 8 days in Denver. I feel like it's a bad movie title.
Did all my stuff yesterday. Packed, went to the store, got groceries for B. Watched some TV, organized files, ate, went to bed at 9. Very productive yet not very exciting day. I am okay with that. I am very glad we came home the night before though. We were done with all of our errands by noon instead of just getting home at noon which made for a much more relaxing day.
Today I will hit Denver around noon local time. Then Thurs and Friday be onsite, have the weekend to myself in Denver, then Monday and Tuesday back onsite. Fly home Wednesday. Let the week of travel begin.
My car will be here in about 90 minutes to take me to the airport for 8 days in Denver. I feel like it's a bad movie title.
Did all my stuff yesterday. Packed, went to the store, got groceries for B. Watched some TV, organized files, ate, went to bed at 9. Very productive yet not very exciting day. I am okay with that. I am very glad we came home the night before though. We were done with all of our errands by noon instead of just getting home at noon which made for a much more relaxing day.
Today I will hit Denver around noon local time. Then Thurs and Friday be onsite, have the weekend to myself in Denver, then Monday and Tuesday back onsite. Fly home Wednesday. Let the week of travel begin.
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Y6 D267
So guess what? I am writing this from home. Not because we got up ridiculously early or anything. We actually came home last night. Not because we had any problems either. Nope. We were just being practical. The issue with Monterey is that it far enough way that it is a vacation and can warrant an overnight stay, but is also close enough that with the right planning, it can be a day trip. Because of the latter, we said screw it and came home. Here's how the day went.
We got up around 6:30 and while I didn't try to wake B up that early, her cold was driving her nuts and she got up to take medicine. Once up though, it's so hard to go back to sleep, especially when it would have only been for an hour or so. Instead we both were up and ready so we headed down to breakfast.
After breakfast we called our cab guy. The night before we found the best cab guy and got his card. He ended up being our personal driver basically three times yesterday. It was nice having someone who was fun, clean, spoke well, and knew the area. He picked us up around 8:40 and we got to the aquarium about 10 to 9. We decided to become members as the price difference wasn't that much and when you add in the 10% we saved on stuff, if just one of us comes back one more time, it's paid for itself. It's also one of those places where I don't mind spending the money as it goes to a really good cause.
We got in and WOW. We had such a great time. The Jellyfish exhibit is incredible as is the "Tentacles" exhibit. Squids, cuttlefish, and all the Krakens you can imagine. At 10:30 we got to see the penguins being fed! That was so cool. It also made us hungry. We decided to eat at the waterfront cafe and had an incredible lunch. After lunch we wandered around for about another hour. We then went to this tasting room our neighbor recommended. Good call. He is friends with the owner who comped my tasting and gave me an extra bottle of wine for the two I bought. I also had a great cheese plate. At 3 we decided to head back to the hotel for some relaxation before dinner. B slept for a couple of hours while I watched some TV. I watched Last Week Tonight and started watching Archer. At 7 we headed to Bubba Gumps. You know how recently I signed up for Landry's Select Club? Well that paid off in spades last night. At a Landry's, I have priority seating. There was a 30 minute wait for everyone else. Not us. We got seated immediately and ended up at a 6 person table as a result.
Dinner was fun, we both ate way too much, but it was a good time. We got back to the hotel around 9, full, a little tired, and happy. That's when we were like, you know, I am not that tired. We could just go home early. Okay. Fuck it. Why not. We left around 9:30 and rolled into the house at 11:26. We unpacked, took care of the kitties, started laundry, got prepped for today, and went to bed around 1. Was nice sleeping in our own bed. Especially since in 20 hours I leave for Denver. Otherwise we would probably not be home until noon today. Gave ourselves an extra 12 hours at home to get things done. Realistically we gained about 6 or 7 hours, but I will take them. I started realizing last night, I don't have proper clothes for this trip. It will be as low as 9 when I am there and snowing. I am not prepared for that. We need to hit Target or something today to get me a couple of things.
Right now B is still asleep but I have already checked in for my flight and hotel and am glad we came home. We both agree it was a wonderful weekend that we both really needed. All in all, good times were had.
Now to leave for 8 days. Whee.
We got up around 6:30 and while I didn't try to wake B up that early, her cold was driving her nuts and she got up to take medicine. Once up though, it's so hard to go back to sleep, especially when it would have only been for an hour or so. Instead we both were up and ready so we headed down to breakfast.
After breakfast we called our cab guy. The night before we found the best cab guy and got his card. He ended up being our personal driver basically three times yesterday. It was nice having someone who was fun, clean, spoke well, and knew the area. He picked us up around 8:40 and we got to the aquarium about 10 to 9. We decided to become members as the price difference wasn't that much and when you add in the 10% we saved on stuff, if just one of us comes back one more time, it's paid for itself. It's also one of those places where I don't mind spending the money as it goes to a really good cause.
We got in and WOW. We had such a great time. The Jellyfish exhibit is incredible as is the "Tentacles" exhibit. Squids, cuttlefish, and all the Krakens you can imagine. At 10:30 we got to see the penguins being fed! That was so cool. It also made us hungry. We decided to eat at the waterfront cafe and had an incredible lunch. After lunch we wandered around for about another hour. We then went to this tasting room our neighbor recommended. Good call. He is friends with the owner who comped my tasting and gave me an extra bottle of wine for the two I bought. I also had a great cheese plate. At 3 we decided to head back to the hotel for some relaxation before dinner. B slept for a couple of hours while I watched some TV. I watched Last Week Tonight and started watching Archer. At 7 we headed to Bubba Gumps. You know how recently I signed up for Landry's Select Club? Well that paid off in spades last night. At a Landry's, I have priority seating. There was a 30 minute wait for everyone else. Not us. We got seated immediately and ended up at a 6 person table as a result.
Dinner was fun, we both ate way too much, but it was a good time. We got back to the hotel around 9, full, a little tired, and happy. That's when we were like, you know, I am not that tired. We could just go home early. Okay. Fuck it. Why not. We left around 9:30 and rolled into the house at 11:26. We unpacked, took care of the kitties, started laundry, got prepped for today, and went to bed around 1. Was nice sleeping in our own bed. Especially since in 20 hours I leave for Denver. Otherwise we would probably not be home until noon today. Gave ourselves an extra 12 hours at home to get things done. Realistically we gained about 6 or 7 hours, but I will take them. I started realizing last night, I don't have proper clothes for this trip. It will be as low as 9 when I am there and snowing. I am not prepared for that. We need to hit Target or something today to get me a couple of things.
Right now B is still asleep but I have already checked in for my flight and hotel and am glad we came home. We both agree it was a wonderful weekend that we both really needed. All in all, good times were had.
Now to leave for 8 days. Whee.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Y6 D266
Hello Monterey!
We made it in one piece even though traffic was a lot thicker than I expected it to be. I expected people to be going home not inbound. Everyone keeps talking about "well it's a 3 day weekend" but who the fuck really gets President's Day off? Banks, federal employees, school children. That's about it Timmy.
We dealt with B being sick in the morning and a bit cranky in the car here, but it was worth it. We left around 1 and even with traffic rolled in around 3:30. There was a line to check in at the hotel but it was okay as I was able to get us a king suite upgrade for 'my inconvenience for having to wait in line'. Yeah boy. This room is bigger than some of my friends' apartments.
After unpacking we took a cab down to Cannery Row. Smartest thing ever. The traffic in and out was horrible. I was so stress free when we got there it was great. We walked around the shops and around 5:30 went to the Whaling Station for dinner. I had swordfish which rocked. B was upset for most of her meal since she couldn't taste anything. Not in a real anger sort of way just more frustrated this cold is kicking her ass.
We got back to the hotel around 7:30, I grabbed Brooklyn 99 for us to watch, and we crawled into bed around 9:30. About 30 minutes later... YAY SEX. Oh thank the heavens. That was much needed sex. I think it's because I wasn't fucking exhausted for once.
Today we are heading out to breakfast, followed by the aquarium. I am SO excited about that part. I can't wait to see the fishies!
We made it in one piece even though traffic was a lot thicker than I expected it to be. I expected people to be going home not inbound. Everyone keeps talking about "well it's a 3 day weekend" but who the fuck really gets President's Day off? Banks, federal employees, school children. That's about it Timmy.
We dealt with B being sick in the morning and a bit cranky in the car here, but it was worth it. We left around 1 and even with traffic rolled in around 3:30. There was a line to check in at the hotel but it was okay as I was able to get us a king suite upgrade for 'my inconvenience for having to wait in line'. Yeah boy. This room is bigger than some of my friends' apartments.
After unpacking we took a cab down to Cannery Row. Smartest thing ever. The traffic in and out was horrible. I was so stress free when we got there it was great. We walked around the shops and around 5:30 went to the Whaling Station for dinner. I had swordfish which rocked. B was upset for most of her meal since she couldn't taste anything. Not in a real anger sort of way just more frustrated this cold is kicking her ass.
We got back to the hotel around 7:30, I grabbed Brooklyn 99 for us to watch, and we crawled into bed around 9:30. About 30 minutes later... YAY SEX. Oh thank the heavens. That was much needed sex. I think it's because I wasn't fucking exhausted for once.
Today we are heading out to breakfast, followed by the aquarium. I am SO excited about that part. I can't wait to see the fishies!
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Y6 D265
I DID IT. I SLEPT IN. PRAISE BE TO ALL THE GODS.
I got almost 8 hours of total uninterrupted, undisturbed sleep. I might actually cry. I feel wonderful. I was up for almost 28 hours total (not counting the cat naps on the plane) but it was worth it.
And here we go....
Left the hotel around 3am (CST) because the internet was pissing me off so bad at the hotel that I wanted a solid connection. I got to the airport around 3:30 after stopping for gas where I almost witnessed a ghetto fight. It only got the shouting at each other phase, but that was a fun way to start the morning.
Dropped the rental car off and settled in to wait for security to open. I got through around 4:30 and still had almost an hour until we boarded. I got my upgrade on the first flight which was nice. We arrived in Dallas around 7 and that left me 90 minutes to kill. Found my gate, grabbed a salad (because I didn't want breakfast food and that was the only thing I could find that was acceptable), ate, and waited. I was 8 on the upgrade list for that flight and knew there was no hope. Boarded at 8:30, left at 9. I was in an exit row with nothing in front of me which was nice. My flights overall were uneventful.
Landed at 11 (PST) and car service had me on the road by 11:30. I got home around 12:45. B has developed a cold while I was gone and was feeling awful. She is still not doing well but we are going to Monterey for the next two days even if I have to leave her in the trunk. We did the whole Valentine's/ Anniversary gift exchange. She got me some nice stuff including a perfect hoodie I am wearing right now. I got her a "Shit Bitch You Fine" bear which she always wanted. If you've never seen one, look it up. I also had gotten her a Pandora charm while in Disneyland and one more for VD.
After the whole gift thing, I started in on my errands and tasks. I then spent the next four hours doing laundry, timesheets, expense reports, repacking, cleaning up, going through mail, making sure bills are all good, moving files, updating shows, etc. All the things. B slept for a couple of hours while I did all this. Around 6 she woke up and I started dinner. I made pork chops and we watched a little TV together. We watched an episode of Brooklyn 99 and he kept making Die Hard references. I decided that was it, B should no longer not understand the references. We then proceeded to watch Die Hard. It took us a while to get through because of her having to hack or use the bathroom, but we did it. One more movie off the list. That finished up around 11 and we watched a Criminal Minds before I decided to go to bed. She went with me but I know she tossed and turned. I woke up this morning alone with a text because she went off to CVS to get more meds. We are going to head out around 1pm this afternoon so hopefully she will have time to feel a little better. Because tomorrow I am going to the Aquarium come hell or high water!
I got almost 8 hours of total uninterrupted, undisturbed sleep. I might actually cry. I feel wonderful. I was up for almost 28 hours total (not counting the cat naps on the plane) but it was worth it.
And here we go....
Left the hotel around 3am (CST) because the internet was pissing me off so bad at the hotel that I wanted a solid connection. I got to the airport around 3:30 after stopping for gas where I almost witnessed a ghetto fight. It only got the shouting at each other phase, but that was a fun way to start the morning.
Dropped the rental car off and settled in to wait for security to open. I got through around 4:30 and still had almost an hour until we boarded. I got my upgrade on the first flight which was nice. We arrived in Dallas around 7 and that left me 90 minutes to kill. Found my gate, grabbed a salad (because I didn't want breakfast food and that was the only thing I could find that was acceptable), ate, and waited. I was 8 on the upgrade list for that flight and knew there was no hope. Boarded at 8:30, left at 9. I was in an exit row with nothing in front of me which was nice. My flights overall were uneventful.
Landed at 11 (PST) and car service had me on the road by 11:30. I got home around 12:45. B has developed a cold while I was gone and was feeling awful. She is still not doing well but we are going to Monterey for the next two days even if I have to leave her in the trunk. We did the whole Valentine's/ Anniversary gift exchange. She got me some nice stuff including a perfect hoodie I am wearing right now. I got her a "Shit Bitch You Fine" bear which she always wanted. If you've never seen one, look it up. I also had gotten her a Pandora charm while in Disneyland and one more for VD.
After the whole gift thing, I started in on my errands and tasks. I then spent the next four hours doing laundry, timesheets, expense reports, repacking, cleaning up, going through mail, making sure bills are all good, moving files, updating shows, etc. All the things. B slept for a couple of hours while I did all this. Around 6 she woke up and I started dinner. I made pork chops and we watched a little TV together. We watched an episode of Brooklyn 99 and he kept making Die Hard references. I decided that was it, B should no longer not understand the references. We then proceeded to watch Die Hard. It took us a while to get through because of her having to hack or use the bathroom, but we did it. One more movie off the list. That finished up around 11 and we watched a Criminal Minds before I decided to go to bed. She went with me but I know she tossed and turned. I woke up this morning alone with a text because she went off to CVS to get more meds. We are going to head out around 1pm this afternoon so hopefully she will have time to feel a little better. Because tomorrow I am going to the Aquarium come hell or high water!
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Y6 D264
I am currently on the world's worst internet connection so I need to keep this short and sweet. It's finally Saturday morning back home and I can post. I am about to head out to the airport.
Taught until 4, came back, packed, paid bills, had dinner, slept from 8-12, and now I go home. I did also book everything for Colorado for next week. Looking forward to getting home.
See? Short and sweet.
Taught until 4, came back, packed, paid bills, had dinner, slept from 8-12, and now I go home. I did also book everything for Colorado for next week. Looking forward to getting home.
See? Short and sweet.
Friday, February 13, 2015
Y6 D263
I finally got a decent night's sleep last night. Insufficient amount of time but a solid night. I just realized that the majority of my posts lately have a lot to do with sleeping, don't they? Maybe because everything else is going okay EXCEPT the amount of sleep I am getting. Funny that.
Had a good day yesterday for teaching. New group of people mostly. Yesterday and today are advanced sessions. Same session twice, 12 students each day. Since they're advanced classes, they're more fun, faster paced, and I enjoy them more. Finished up around 4 and headed back. Had dinner, came back to grab the night's stuff, and talked with B. While I was talking with B I got confirmation for Colorado next week. I will be gone Wednesday to Wednesday. This will mean I will not be home for a solid 24 fours for over two weeks straight. I wanted the travel BOOM here it comes.
Wrapped up file downloads and hit the bed around 11. Need to check in for tomorrow's flight in about 20 minutes. Let's hope for an upgrade kids.
Had a good day yesterday for teaching. New group of people mostly. Yesterday and today are advanced sessions. Same session twice, 12 students each day. Since they're advanced classes, they're more fun, faster paced, and I enjoy them more. Finished up around 4 and headed back. Had dinner, came back to grab the night's stuff, and talked with B. While I was talking with B I got confirmation for Colorado next week. I will be gone Wednesday to Wednesday. This will mean I will not be home for a solid 24 fours for over two weeks straight. I wanted the travel BOOM here it comes.
Wrapped up file downloads and hit the bed around 11. Need to check in for tomorrow's flight in about 20 minutes. Let's hope for an upgrade kids.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Y6 D262
I am up at a better time today. But man it was an uphill battle waking up. I need to go to bed at like 8pm or something. Really get in a full night's sleep. I dream of 8 hours of sleep while I sleep.
Not really. I dreamt my buddy and I were going to the Detroit car show. I know, weird right?
Yesterday was more of the same. Nothing exciting happened for me. Made it through the day. Got back around 4:30, scrolled tumblr, read, went to dinner, came back, watched all four episodes of Fresh Off the Boat (funny, but not like hilariously funny), talked to B, waited for a work email (never came) and went to bed around 10.
Tada. Life on the road. Whee.
Three more days and I will be home.
Not really. I dreamt my buddy and I were going to the Detroit car show. I know, weird right?
Yesterday was more of the same. Nothing exciting happened for me. Made it through the day. Got back around 4:30, scrolled tumblr, read, went to dinner, came back, watched all four episodes of Fresh Off the Boat (funny, but not like hilariously funny), talked to B, waited for a work email (never came) and went to bed around 10.
Tada. Life on the road. Whee.
Three more days and I will be home.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Y6 D261
I am not running "late" this morning, but I feel behind. I have to remember I don't need to be there as early as I think I do.
Taught all day again, right up until 4:30. Yesterday was basically a carbon copy of Monday. Not a bad thing. Teach, hotel, dinner, played some Diablo, watched some Netflix, bed. Nothing exciting.
Honestly, that's it.
I am doing okay otherwise. Really fucking sleepy. One day I will spend an entire day in bed guilt free. What a concept eh?
Taught all day again, right up until 4:30. Yesterday was basically a carbon copy of Monday. Not a bad thing. Teach, hotel, dinner, played some Diablo, watched some Netflix, bed. Nothing exciting.
Honestly, that's it.
I am doing okay otherwise. Really fucking sleepy. One day I will spend an entire day in bed guilt free. What a concept eh?
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Y6 D260
Finished Burnt Tongues last night. I was almost done with it but realized I had one more story to go. Great anthology. Some seriously twisted and fucked up and yet so good stories in it. Highly recommend. But not for normal people. Just us that are fucked up in the head. You normal people need to read other things.
Woke up late yesterday but still managed to arrive at the client around 7:35. Class was scheduled to start at 8:30 so I was doing fine. I was given a list of 14 students for the class. But by 8:40 8 were still missing. People didn't show up until 9. WTF is wrong with people that they think this is acceptable behavior? It's a fucking insult to me as the instructor, it's an insult to the person who put the training together, and it's just plain rude. Needless to say, my respect level for most of the people in this class is about zero. I focused my attention on the people who actually bothered to show up on time and want to be there. Fuck the rest of them.
Finished up at 4:30 as scheduled BUT I am two modules behind due to these dickholes. I am going to have to scramble to get us caught up.
Got back to the hotel a little after 5 and chilled until close to 6. I got notification of my Landry's Select membership. I signed up on Saturday because I knew I was going to be here all week and might as well make some points off it. As a matter of fact, my account had a $25 welcome reward and BOOM dinner last night was $6. Not too fucking shabby. If I go there all week I should be able to make about 130 - 150 more points. 250 gets me $25. Basically 10% back.
Finished dinner and headed back. Watched some random shit and went to bed. Decent day overall.
Heard from my boss about my next trip. Looks like the minute I get home from this, I take B to Monterey and then I am off to Colorado. Whee. For 8 days. Double whee.
Let's see what time my class shows up today.
Woke up late yesterday but still managed to arrive at the client around 7:35. Class was scheduled to start at 8:30 so I was doing fine. I was given a list of 14 students for the class. But by 8:40 8 were still missing. People didn't show up until 9. WTF is wrong with people that they think this is acceptable behavior? It's a fucking insult to me as the instructor, it's an insult to the person who put the training together, and it's just plain rude. Needless to say, my respect level for most of the people in this class is about zero. I focused my attention on the people who actually bothered to show up on time and want to be there. Fuck the rest of them.
Finished up at 4:30 as scheduled BUT I am two modules behind due to these dickholes. I am going to have to scramble to get us caught up.
Got back to the hotel a little after 5 and chilled until close to 6. I got notification of my Landry's Select membership. I signed up on Saturday because I knew I was going to be here all week and might as well make some points off it. As a matter of fact, my account had a $25 welcome reward and BOOM dinner last night was $6. Not too fucking shabby. If I go there all week I should be able to make about 130 - 150 more points. 250 gets me $25. Basically 10% back.
Finished dinner and headed back. Watched some random shit and went to bed. Decent day overall.
Heard from my boss about my next trip. Looks like the minute I get home from this, I take B to Monterey and then I am off to Colorado. Whee. For 8 days. Double whee.
Let's see what time my class shows up today.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Y6 D259
I opened a new browser window to do something specific and some how ended up here. Ugh. I am not fully awake yet and it is showing. I have an hour and nine minutes before I have to leave. I slept through all of my alarms this morning. Stupid me.
So yesterday after the show my friend and B dropped me off at the airport at 3am. I got to sit there until security opened at 4, and then sit again until my flight boarded at 5:30. Yay me. We got on the plane and things were looking good until we start going back to the gate. WTF? Turns out some bitch in the back 'felt faint' so they turned the plane around so an EMT could look at her. Verdict? Fine. Because of her though we were about 35 minutes late. I had to haul ass 23 gates to make my next flight. I got there with 7 minutes to spare before boarding.
Arrived in Austin around 1:15pm, got my car, got to the hotel around 2:30 and checked in. Then panic set it. I was unpacking and realized I brought french cuff shirts and no fucking cufflinks. FUCK. So I went to the 'outlet' mall a couple miles away and after going in 8 different stores found a pair. By the time I got back to the hotel to start ironing it was 4:30pm. Around 5:30 I went to eat as at that point it was almost 24 hours since I had eaten anything.
Had steak for dinner came back, watched all of season 1 of Portlandia. I find it funny but I think if you don't know that area some of the jokes fall flat.
Talk to B and went to bed around 10 CST.
That's my weekend. Now to enjoy Texas.
So yesterday after the show my friend and B dropped me off at the airport at 3am. I got to sit there until security opened at 4, and then sit again until my flight boarded at 5:30. Yay me. We got on the plane and things were looking good until we start going back to the gate. WTF? Turns out some bitch in the back 'felt faint' so they turned the plane around so an EMT could look at her. Verdict? Fine. Because of her though we were about 35 minutes late. I had to haul ass 23 gates to make my next flight. I got there with 7 minutes to spare before boarding.
Arrived in Austin around 1:15pm, got my car, got to the hotel around 2:30 and checked in. Then panic set it. I was unpacking and realized I brought french cuff shirts and no fucking cufflinks. FUCK. So I went to the 'outlet' mall a couple miles away and after going in 8 different stores found a pair. By the time I got back to the hotel to start ironing it was 4:30pm. Around 5:30 I went to eat as at that point it was almost 24 hours since I had eaten anything.
Had steak for dinner came back, watched all of season 1 of Portlandia. I find it funny but I think if you don't know that area some of the jokes fall flat.
Talk to B and went to bed around 10 CST.
That's my weekend. Now to enjoy Texas.
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Y6 D258
I knew I was forgetting to do something today. It's been a long day. Been up for almost 24 hours. Have to make sure I focus on just yesterday.
Made B's birthday the best one of her life. I woke up early and decided she needed one more present. I went to the jewelry store where they were having a massive sale and got her a 1/3 carat tennis bracelet. You should have see the look on her face. Made feel so good that I could do that for her and bring her so much happiness. On top of that all of her friends wished her so much joy. She was on top of the world all day. And frankly knowing I had a large part in that joy made me feel good all day.
I then took her shopping at Victoria's secret as I have been saving up coupons. I was able to get her some nice stuff pretty reasonable in price.
At dinner we both discussed just how much we changed each others lives and how things would have been without the other. It was a really great talk for both of us. Helped make us both realize how fortunate and blessed we both are. We drove to the show last night with a friend and shared some of this with him. He told us that he sees us as one of the healthiest interdependent couples he knows. Not dependent in a bad way, not overly independent but a good balance in between. That meant a lot to both of us.
The show was good last night and not just because things went well but it showed B how much everyone cares for her and gave us both a social night we needed.
After the show our friend dropped me at the airport and that has to wait for tomorrow.
Made B's birthday the best one of her life. I woke up early and decided she needed one more present. I went to the jewelry store where they were having a massive sale and got her a 1/3 carat tennis bracelet. You should have see the look on her face. Made feel so good that I could do that for her and bring her so much happiness. On top of that all of her friends wished her so much joy. She was on top of the world all day. And frankly knowing I had a large part in that joy made me feel good all day.
I then took her shopping at Victoria's secret as I have been saving up coupons. I was able to get her some nice stuff pretty reasonable in price.
At dinner we both discussed just how much we changed each others lives and how things would have been without the other. It was a really great talk for both of us. Helped make us both realize how fortunate and blessed we both are. We drove to the show last night with a friend and shared some of this with him. He told us that he sees us as one of the healthiest interdependent couples he knows. Not dependent in a bad way, not overly independent but a good balance in between. That meant a lot to both of us.
The show was good last night and not just because things went well but it showed B how much everyone cares for her and gave us both a social night we needed.
After the show our friend dropped me at the airport and that has to wait for tomorrow.
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Y6 D257
I have a splitting fucking headache right now. Plus I am up at 6am on a Saturday after a whopping five hours of sleep so I can check in for a stupid fucking flight.
Day:
Taught. Went fine. No issues.
Spent two hours in traffic to get to the place where we had B's birthday dinner.
Everyone who was invited showed up minus 4. Not bad. It was what we expected. We had 14 out of 18 people.
Ate good sushi. Drank sake. A lot of sake.
Went to the Hawaiian place. Drank too much sugar based crap.
Argued on the way home. Not really argued as sat there and listened while she went off about something that makes no sense to me.
Got home 1am, went to bed.
There it is. Now tonight? Tonight we have a fucking show, then I go straight to the airport afterwards and end up in Texas tomorrow. Joy.
Day:
Taught. Went fine. No issues.
Spent two hours in traffic to get to the place where we had B's birthday dinner.
Everyone who was invited showed up minus 4. Not bad. It was what we expected. We had 14 out of 18 people.
Ate good sushi. Drank sake. A lot of sake.
Went to the Hawaiian place. Drank too much sugar based crap.
Argued on the way home. Not really argued as sat there and listened while she went off about something that makes no sense to me.
Got home 1am, went to bed.
There it is. Now tonight? Tonight we have a fucking show, then I go straight to the airport afterwards and end up in Texas tomorrow. Joy.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Y6 D256
I finally got a decent night's sleep. My mental state isn't doing all that much better, but I managed to get in some sleep which may help. Class went okay yesterday going right up until 3 on the dot.
When I woke up there was a note about dinner and how she would get the pork in the slow cooker at 9. At first break she still wasn't up so I started dinner. We had a nice slow cooked pork butt done in taco seasoning. Homemade taco seasoning because the packet kind for some stupid fucking reason, has sugar in it.
Had our pork butt, caught up on some TV, grabbed new shows for the night, watched the funniest always sunny in years, started packing for saturday - which I have to scale back, I have too much shit in my bag - and then went to bed.
Tonight we are going out for B's pre-birthday celebration. This could be enjoyable.
When I woke up there was a note about dinner and how she would get the pork in the slow cooker at 9. At first break she still wasn't up so I started dinner. We had a nice slow cooked pork butt done in taco seasoning. Homemade taco seasoning because the packet kind for some stupid fucking reason, has sugar in it.
Had our pork butt, caught up on some TV, grabbed new shows for the night, watched the funniest always sunny in years, started packing for saturday - which I have to scale back, I have too much shit in my bag - and then went to bed.
Tonight we are going out for B's pre-birthday celebration. This could be enjoyable.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Y6 D255
I'm in a funk. No, I don't know why. If I did I would try to articulate it and fix it. I am sad. Plain and simple.
I have zero motivation.
I am constantly exhausted.
I taught all day yesterday. 9 students. Class itself went fine. Two more days with the same group. Went to the store for some small groceries for dinner. Had steak. Watched some TV with B. Went to bed.
My life.
My foot hurts. My left ear hurts. My hamster is squeaking. My cat is annoying.
My couch. My world. My food.
I'm a swinging guy. Throw a belt over the shower curtain rod and swing.
Toss me inside a hefty and throw me in the ground.
A drink needs me, I don't.
I have zero motivation.
I am constantly exhausted.
I taught all day yesterday. 9 students. Class itself went fine. Two more days with the same group. Went to the store for some small groceries for dinner. Had steak. Watched some TV with B. Went to bed.
My life.
My foot hurts. My left ear hurts. My hamster is squeaking. My cat is annoying.
My couch. My world. My food.
I'm a swinging guy. Throw a belt over the shower curtain rod and swing.
Toss me inside a hefty and throw me in the ground.
A drink needs me, I don't.
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Y6 D254
Man yesterday was a long fucking day. Up at 3:30am and didn't go to bed until 10. No napping or anything else in between either. My class went well actually. Three guys, private mentoring. We went over a lot of stuff and right after class one of the three signed up for one of our other classes. That's how it's done.
When class was over B threw a fit about there being no food in the house which royally pisses me off because let's be accurate, there's no food you feel like eating. There's a difference. I know how to eat everything until a pantry and fridge are truly bear. Whatever. We went to the store and got groceries. Fine.
Came back and prepped fruit for drying. Made dinner. At 8 we sat down to watch Big Hero 6. I fell asleep while we were watching it. That's how damn tired I was. Lovely life. The next three days are a new class with 9 students. Then it's the weekend where I am off to Texas.
I need sleep, booze and sex. And not in that order.
When class was over B threw a fit about there being no food in the house which royally pisses me off because let's be accurate, there's no food you feel like eating. There's a difference. I know how to eat everything until a pantry and fridge are truly bear. Whatever. We went to the store and got groceries. Fine.
Came back and prepped fruit for drying. Made dinner. At 8 we sat down to watch Big Hero 6. I fell asleep while we were watching it. That's how damn tired I was. Lovely life. The next three days are a new class with 9 students. Then it's the weekend where I am off to Texas.
I need sleep, booze and sex. And not in that order.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Y6 D253
Ah the joys of east coast clients. Yes, I have been up since 3:30 in order to do a custom training class today from 5:30am - 1:30pm for a client. Oh the joy! Also my lymph nodes feel swollen. Fuck me. Especially since I have to travel this weekend.
Yesterday was pretty mellow. I met with the client to plan today and then worked out exactly what I want to go over with them. We are doing a trimmed down version of a two day class in 8 hours. This should be interesting.
Watched some TV with B. Made some dinner. Went to bed. Yeah, a real barn burner yesterday was for sure.
Whatever.
Yesterday was pretty mellow. I met with the client to plan today and then worked out exactly what I want to go over with them. We are doing a trimmed down version of a two day class in 8 hours. This should be interesting.
Watched some TV with B. Made some dinner. Went to bed. Yeah, a real barn burner yesterday was for sure.
Whatever.
Monday, February 2, 2015
Y6 D252
We left the hotel yesterday at 3:15am. Dropped the kid off at her place at around 9, and make it to mine just before 10am. Spent the next hour or two unpacking and unwinding with B. She needed to run to the store real quick so we took the time and ran the errands. I was pretty much dead on my feet from being awake for so long and driving all day, but I did it none the less.
We got back around 1 and I finally collapsed around 2. But unfortunately my brain wouldn't shut off and only power napped from 2-3. We had grabbed some food earlier when we went out but I only ate half of mine and had it as an early dinner around 5.
We got cozy on the couch and watched the current episode of Constantine and then decided to watch the movie version. B enjoyed it. She didn't like it as much as some other things, but she enjoyed it. After that we watched the latest episode of Blacklist.
Do you notice what we DIDN'T watch or discuss? That's right. One more year where the StupidBowl wasn't watched, discussed, or cared about.
Some time near midnight I finally got into bed. I have a conference call this morning at 10, then training all the rest of the week. Then I leave for Texas. YAY. I am honestly happy about that. Even though I enjoyed this weekend, I need another trip. Texas is a full week too which will be long but very enjoyable for me.
Before my meeting this morning I need to drop something off at UPS so time to go get ready.
We got back around 1 and I finally collapsed around 2. But unfortunately my brain wouldn't shut off and only power napped from 2-3. We had grabbed some food earlier when we went out but I only ate half of mine and had it as an early dinner around 5.
We got cozy on the couch and watched the current episode of Constantine and then decided to watch the movie version. B enjoyed it. She didn't like it as much as some other things, but she enjoyed it. After that we watched the latest episode of Blacklist.
Do you notice what we DIDN'T watch or discuss? That's right. One more year where the StupidBowl wasn't watched, discussed, or cared about.
Some time near midnight I finally got into bed. I have a conference call this morning at 10, then training all the rest of the week. Then I leave for Texas. YAY. I am honestly happy about that. Even though I enjoyed this weekend, I need another trip. Texas is a full week too which will be long but very enjoyable for me.
Before my meeting this morning I need to drop something off at UPS so time to go get ready.
Sunday, February 1, 2015
Y6 D251
Finally home and settled enough to post. We had an awesome day yesterday. I didn't make all the best financial decisions, but luckily I didn't screw myself over too bad. More importantly the kid had the best birthday time. Which she told me 17 times during her drunken stage yesterday.
We got up and meandered over to the park around 9/9:30. We walked around the shops until about 11 stopping only to get her a birthday button. We found some stuff we wanted her specifically as birthday presents. We got one out of the gate - an Alex and Ani Rapunzel bracelet. From there we met our friend at Trader Sam's around 11 and began tiki drinking at 11:30. Four drinks each and food later, we wandered into DCA. We hit Carthay Circle around 2 and stayed until 4:30 basically until the kid couldn't walk. She was floopy as hell. That's where she told me how wonderful B is, how happy she is for us, how I am the best father ever, etc. We walked back to the hotel, her with a death grip on my arm. She was toast. We managed to get back to the hotel and she started to lay down but the room was spinning. Managed to get her settled and I let her sleep for about 90 minutes. Enough to take off the harsh drunk. We got back inside DCA around 6:30, had hot dogs which sobered her right up, then went to check out Frozen Fun. It was okay. Not like Mad T at all. More family friendly and 'task' set up. Go here for a picture with Marshmallow. Go here to play in the snow. Go here to see Olaf. With Mad T you just kind of hung out. T felt more like a club. This felt more forced. We saw Marshmallow, took a break, went on Tower of Terror, then came back to play in the Arandelle section and play in the snow. After we had snacks and then did our final shopping before getting back to the hotel around 10.
By then the kid had sobered up and was ready for bed. Off we went. We needed sleep as we were up early today. But that's a whole different post, now isn't it?
We got up and meandered over to the park around 9/9:30. We walked around the shops until about 11 stopping only to get her a birthday button. We found some stuff we wanted her specifically as birthday presents. We got one out of the gate - an Alex and Ani Rapunzel bracelet. From there we met our friend at Trader Sam's around 11 and began tiki drinking at 11:30. Four drinks each and food later, we wandered into DCA. We hit Carthay Circle around 2 and stayed until 4:30 basically until the kid couldn't walk. She was floopy as hell. That's where she told me how wonderful B is, how happy she is for us, how I am the best father ever, etc. We walked back to the hotel, her with a death grip on my arm. She was toast. We managed to get back to the hotel and she started to lay down but the room was spinning. Managed to get her settled and I let her sleep for about 90 minutes. Enough to take off the harsh drunk. We got back inside DCA around 6:30, had hot dogs which sobered her right up, then went to check out Frozen Fun. It was okay. Not like Mad T at all. More family friendly and 'task' set up. Go here for a picture with Marshmallow. Go here to play in the snow. Go here to see Olaf. With Mad T you just kind of hung out. T felt more like a club. This felt more forced. We saw Marshmallow, took a break, went on Tower of Terror, then came back to play in the Arandelle section and play in the snow. After we had snacks and then did our final shopping before getting back to the hotel around 10.
By then the kid had sobered up and was ready for bed. Off we went. We needed sleep as we were up early today. But that's a whole different post, now isn't it?
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