The weather out here is already starting to wreak havoc on me even though it's only May. Yes I know tomorrow it will be June but still. I have this massive sinus pressure headache and it's not the first recently. 3rd day in a row I have woken up and can't breathe. It's like I am on the road in a bad hotel. Welcome to summer. Fuck this.
Had a low key day. We both packed for a while in the morning. I got two boxes of clothes packed, two boxes of Disney stuff, a box of glasses, and B got a box of clothes and a box of shoes complete. Not too bad. I watched a couple episodes of Warehouse 13, put a roast in the slow cooker, and played some Witcher. At one point I think around 2, B mentioned she hadn't had a "7-Up cake" in a long time? Huh? A what? That led to a recipe search and a trip to the store. It's a lemon lime bundt cake to simplify. Turned out INCREDIBLY well much to my surprise. When it was done, the roast was done. This was around 5:30. B didn't want any so we both had makeshift dinners. During that we finished season 8 of friends. Guess who I found in an episode? Eddie McLintock from Warehouse 13. After 'dinner' and tv we both got ready to head out to our show.
Left for our friends house around 8:50, got there at 9:15, left from his place around 9:40. We enjoy the convenience of driving to the show with this friend as it saves us stress and gas, but dear god he is such an aggressive driver. He is a foot down between signals kind of driver too. Scares both of us. Got to the show around 10:40 and socialized. Distributed cake to people, caught up as it has been a month since we saw folk, and started the show around 12:05.
Some minor drama throughout the night including the drunk guy who passed out in the bathroom against a stall door so we couldn't get him out; his friend waking up from his stupor in a seat to throw up all over the theater and having to escort him out. One of the performers being a bit of diva but also complaining about one valid thing. The other issue was my director asked me if I ever talked with the theater owners about filing a claim on my leg. The honest answer was no as I thought I had signed a waiver that releases everyone from liability on things like this. Turns out I signed a paper saying I won't SUE but not that I can't file an insurance claim. I talked with him last night and he asked me to send an email and we can put together a claim. It might help, it might not, but it won't hurt, that's for sure.
Got home around 4, and in bed by 4:30. Today is a packing day. Not much else planned. Not sure what to do for dinner, but I will figure it out. A full five days of training next week. Whee!
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Y7 D4
Ah Saturday. Sleeping in until 6, cleaning up cat puke, what a lovely way to start the weekend.
That was sarcasm for the record.
Taught all day, got through class, and got some really nice compliments from my students at the end of the day. There is something truly satisfying about my job some days. That excitement when someone has really learned something and they are excited about it. Transferring my passion about something and infusing it in someone else is immensely satisfying. That is the one thing I fear I would lose if I ever had to give up my position. As corny as it sounds.
After work, I packed a little, we had some dinner, packed some more, then B and I played Lego for a little while. Afterwards around 8 I started in on Witcher. I warned B that I would need at least 2 hours to get started and into it and I was right. Almost 90 minutes was spent on just the tutorial walkthrough. But man what a gorgeous game. Very in depth. I like that. I don't mind spending $60 on a game that will be 100 hours of play including just randomly walking around - Skyrim, Dragon Age: Origins - these are all games that I enjoy because of their immenseness. Played until about 10 and then I went to bed around 11.
Not a horribly exciting day, but that's okay. It's almost June and I know that it's going to be a crazy month. Between two road trips (6/7 - 6/11 and 6/27 - 7/3) I am not going to have a lot of time to pack or get other stuff done. I need to make the most of my time at home.
Hence why today I am planning on packing for at least two solid hours to see what I can get done. I hope that puts a small dent in some stuff. I know it won't be enough, but it should help. Tonight we have a show and it will be nice to see people.
That was sarcasm for the record.
Taught all day, got through class, and got some really nice compliments from my students at the end of the day. There is something truly satisfying about my job some days. That excitement when someone has really learned something and they are excited about it. Transferring my passion about something and infusing it in someone else is immensely satisfying. That is the one thing I fear I would lose if I ever had to give up my position. As corny as it sounds.
After work, I packed a little, we had some dinner, packed some more, then B and I played Lego for a little while. Afterwards around 8 I started in on Witcher. I warned B that I would need at least 2 hours to get started and into it and I was right. Almost 90 minutes was spent on just the tutorial walkthrough. But man what a gorgeous game. Very in depth. I like that. I don't mind spending $60 on a game that will be 100 hours of play including just randomly walking around - Skyrim, Dragon Age: Origins - these are all games that I enjoy because of their immenseness. Played until about 10 and then I went to bed around 11.
Not a horribly exciting day, but that's okay. It's almost June and I know that it's going to be a crazy month. Between two road trips (6/7 - 6/11 and 6/27 - 7/3) I am not going to have a lot of time to pack or get other stuff done. I need to make the most of my time at home.
Hence why today I am planning on packing for at least two solid hours to see what I can get done. I hope that puts a small dent in some stuff. I know it won't be enough, but it should help. Tonight we have a show and it will be nice to see people.
Friday, May 29, 2015
Y7 D3
Taught. Did some packing. Played some games. Had leftovers for dinner. Went out to buy a book and some ice cream. Went to bed. Tada.
To elaborate, I had a decent class yesterday. I only have two students but they are both okay. It's one of the more straight forward topics and we should finish relatively early today as a result. One student seemed like she was going to be 'trouble' but then she later acknowledged that her organization isn't using the product as intended and that she needed to shed her preconceived thought process and realized they need to change how they are doing things. That made a difference to me in how I saw her. Up to that point I thought she was just being cranky and annoying - a "we don't do it that way" kind of person. By the end of the day it was all cool.
Packed for a little while after class. I have been sending emails to a couple of property management groups hoping to find us a house for rent instead of an apartment. Not so easy. So many of them say no pets not even cats which is weird to me. We have enough places in backup that I am not too worried, but I would like to lock something down by mid-June at the latest.
B has been hooked on Lego Marvel for the PS4 and she needed me to help her get through some spots last night. I have given up on ever playing that game again. I did get a little pissed at her yesterday because she essentially played video games all day and didn't do a damn thing around the house. I then felt bad when at six she had to go lay down because of a migraine.
That's when I went out. I have been debating getting some type of RPG for the console and was between Dragon Age: Inquisition and The Witcher III. I went to Best Buy and bought the walkthrough guide for Witcher. Got back and started the 9gb download. If it seems we are playing more games lately, yes. We both agreed the only way we would get the PS4 is if we committed to playing it. Therefore we wanted to have a moderate selection of different genres and to make sure we used it. A minimum of one hour a day at least 3 days a week. We obviously have been playing more, but at least we are getting our money's worth.
Speaking of money, I paid some bills yesterday. One more credit card with a zero balance. I also heard from the kid yesterday. She got me an early Father's Day present - all three variants of the new Fight Club 2 comic book. I can't wait to read it. Excited for that.
B woke back up around 8 and her head was a little better. I stayed up until about 10:30. One more day this week and then 5 straight next week. We have a show tomorrow. First one in 5 weeks. I am pretty apathetic about it to be honest. Let's see how it goes.
To elaborate, I had a decent class yesterday. I only have two students but they are both okay. It's one of the more straight forward topics and we should finish relatively early today as a result. One student seemed like she was going to be 'trouble' but then she later acknowledged that her organization isn't using the product as intended and that she needed to shed her preconceived thought process and realized they need to change how they are doing things. That made a difference to me in how I saw her. Up to that point I thought she was just being cranky and annoying - a "we don't do it that way" kind of person. By the end of the day it was all cool.
Packed for a little while after class. I have been sending emails to a couple of property management groups hoping to find us a house for rent instead of an apartment. Not so easy. So many of them say no pets not even cats which is weird to me. We have enough places in backup that I am not too worried, but I would like to lock something down by mid-June at the latest.
B has been hooked on Lego Marvel for the PS4 and she needed me to help her get through some spots last night. I have given up on ever playing that game again. I did get a little pissed at her yesterday because she essentially played video games all day and didn't do a damn thing around the house. I then felt bad when at six she had to go lay down because of a migraine.
That's when I went out. I have been debating getting some type of RPG for the console and was between Dragon Age: Inquisition and The Witcher III. I went to Best Buy and bought the walkthrough guide for Witcher. Got back and started the 9gb download. If it seems we are playing more games lately, yes. We both agreed the only way we would get the PS4 is if we committed to playing it. Therefore we wanted to have a moderate selection of different genres and to make sure we used it. A minimum of one hour a day at least 3 days a week. We obviously have been playing more, but at least we are getting our money's worth.
Speaking of money, I paid some bills yesterday. One more credit card with a zero balance. I also heard from the kid yesterday. She got me an early Father's Day present - all three variants of the new Fight Club 2 comic book. I can't wait to read it. Excited for that.
B woke back up around 8 and her head was a little better. I stayed up until about 10:30. One more day this week and then 5 straight next week. We have a show tomorrow. First one in 5 weeks. I am pretty apathetic about it to be honest. Let's see how it goes.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Y7 D2
Worked a lot yesterday. Didn't get done as much as I wanted but I got through a good portion. I didn't finish until almost 5:30pm which pretty much ate up my entire day. Not much left to do when your day goes that long. B made dinner - pasta with chicken. We watched two episodes of Masterchef. That prompted me to get the seasons of Top Chef I was missing (1,7,8). They are still downloading right now. Might have a Top Chef marathon soon. Also learned that Ohio is confirmed. Booked my air and car yesterday. Need to book hotel today. Also that when I go to Portland in July, I may need to stay for a client up there. That's both good and bad. B can't stay that long as someone needs to be home for the kitties and it might extend our stay 4-5 days. We will see what happens on that front. Played some video games together and I went to bed around 10:30.
I also reached out to a realtor yesterday to see if I can find us a house instead of an apartment. Didn't hear back yet. May try again at lunch. Two days of teaching about to start. Only two students. Oh well. Should finish early each day.
I also reached out to a realtor yesterday to see if I can find us a house instead of an apartment. Didn't hear back yet. May try again at lunch. Two days of teaching about to start. Only two students. Oh well. Should finish early each day.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Y7 D1
Wow. What a title.
Here we go into the seventh year of writing. Three more to go. 10 years will make for a good autobiography, right?
Worked ALL day yesterday but got quite a bit done and I know what remaining sections I want to add to this document. It should be one of the largest training guides we have. But we should also make some serious money from it at least in the first year. From what I understand there was a meeting this week where we have a huge client already interested in an onsite training. I'd love it if the materials were so large we had to split it into four days. That would be even better for us.
Regardless, I got quite a bit done but have more to do today. I worked on it up until about 3 something and then played some video games. Made a steak for dinner, watched some TV, packed a box, yes, just one because I was lazy, played more games with B, and went to bed around 11:30. That is my last day of going to bed late for a while as starting tomorrow I teach for the next 7 days straight.
That's about it. Nothing exciting.
Here we go into the seventh year of writing. Three more to go. 10 years will make for a good autobiography, right?
Worked ALL day yesterday but got quite a bit done and I know what remaining sections I want to add to this document. It should be one of the largest training guides we have. But we should also make some serious money from it at least in the first year. From what I understand there was a meeting this week where we have a huge client already interested in an onsite training. I'd love it if the materials were so large we had to split it into four days. That would be even better for us.
Regardless, I got quite a bit done but have more to do today. I worked on it up until about 3 something and then played some video games. Made a steak for dinner, watched some TV, packed a box, yes, just one because I was lazy, played more games with B, and went to bed around 11:30. That is my last day of going to bed late for a while as starting tomorrow I teach for the next 7 days straight.
That's about it. Nothing exciting.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Y6 D365
This is it. The end of six years of writing. Reflection day. What a year, huh? Got married. Moved. Got a raise. Ruptured my achilles.
I have come so far from where I was six years ago. Yet, at the same time, the one thing I have learned and tried to stick to is being true to myself. Not losing who I am and where I want to go and who I want to be. You know what I am most proud of in the last year? Finally get things paid off. Having less entires on this blog that start with me being hungover or pissed about spending too much money. That's the lesson I really have learned. It's too bad X2 couldn't have stuck around and helped me get to this place instead of walking out the door. But you know what? Fuck her. I needed her gone I think in order to discover all this. I needed to be at the right place and right time to meet someone like B who actually does love me for who I am, flaws and all. I have grown quite a bit. I should have done some of this growing a long time ago, but what the heck. Truly better late than never I feel. I like who I am finally. I didn't like that guy that was sitting in a bar six years ago writing his very first entry on this blog. That guy was lost, angry, confused, hurt, and a mess. I am over the anger. I am still a bit lost some days, but that's okay. I have someone to help me get where I need to be. I am no longer hurt or a mess. I get confused at times. But I have learned we all do. I have learned to stop judging myself against what others have or where they are in their life. I can be envious. Sometimes it's a good thing. It can be a good strong motivator. There's nothing wrong with some well placed envy. When it blinds you, it's a problem. When it helps point you in the right way...
So here's to you dear reader. Here's to sticking with me for six long ass years. The adventure has just begun. I think I will keep going for at least 10 years. I kind of want to see how it's all going to turn out, don't you?
I enjoyed my holiday yesterday. Ran a couple of errands, had some lunch, watched some TV, relaxed, and over all did jack shit and it was great. Went to bed around 11. Today I have more manual work to do and then I teach Thursday and Friday. Onward to a new week, a new year, and a new chapter in the never ending story.
I have come so far from where I was six years ago. Yet, at the same time, the one thing I have learned and tried to stick to is being true to myself. Not losing who I am and where I want to go and who I want to be. You know what I am most proud of in the last year? Finally get things paid off. Having less entires on this blog that start with me being hungover or pissed about spending too much money. That's the lesson I really have learned. It's too bad X2 couldn't have stuck around and helped me get to this place instead of walking out the door. But you know what? Fuck her. I needed her gone I think in order to discover all this. I needed to be at the right place and right time to meet someone like B who actually does love me for who I am, flaws and all. I have grown quite a bit. I should have done some of this growing a long time ago, but what the heck. Truly better late than never I feel. I like who I am finally. I didn't like that guy that was sitting in a bar six years ago writing his very first entry on this blog. That guy was lost, angry, confused, hurt, and a mess. I am over the anger. I am still a bit lost some days, but that's okay. I have someone to help me get where I need to be. I am no longer hurt or a mess. I get confused at times. But I have learned we all do. I have learned to stop judging myself against what others have or where they are in their life. I can be envious. Sometimes it's a good thing. It can be a good strong motivator. There's nothing wrong with some well placed envy. When it blinds you, it's a problem. When it helps point you in the right way...
So here's to you dear reader. Here's to sticking with me for six long ass years. The adventure has just begun. I think I will keep going for at least 10 years. I kind of want to see how it's all going to turn out, don't you?
I enjoyed my holiday yesterday. Ran a couple of errands, had some lunch, watched some TV, relaxed, and over all did jack shit and it was great. Went to bed around 11. Today I have more manual work to do and then I teach Thursday and Friday. Onward to a new week, a new year, and a new chapter in the never ending story.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Y6 D364
OH MY GOD. WHY WAS YESTERDAY'S POST STUCK AS A FUCKING DRAFT? UGH.
I am doing this on my laptop because apparently my normal machine has decided to go fuck itself and is stuck. I was having issues and rebooted this morning and now it is sitting spinning trying to check itself. I may have to restart it again. This is the same problem I had on the other big one at one point. Frustrating.
Happy Memorial Day. Nice day off hopefully for everyone. I personally have zero plans and don't even want to leave the house. I do want to get some packing done today. There's a couple of specific areas I would like to tackle today and if I get those done, I will feel pretty good. I gave up btw and rebooted that other machine. Fuck sticks.
Yesterday was a nice day. We relaxed during the day. Some video gaming. Some house cleaning. Errands. We met a friend for dinner and had nice time chatting. After dinner we came back and they watched GOT together. FINALLY that other machine came back up.
That was our day. Nothing exciting.
I am doing this on my laptop because apparently my normal machine has decided to go fuck itself and is stuck. I was having issues and rebooted this morning and now it is sitting spinning trying to check itself. I may have to restart it again. This is the same problem I had on the other big one at one point. Frustrating.
Happy Memorial Day. Nice day off hopefully for everyone. I personally have zero plans and don't even want to leave the house. I do want to get some packing done today. There's a couple of specific areas I would like to tackle today and if I get those done, I will feel pretty good. I gave up btw and rebooted that other machine. Fuck sticks.
Yesterday was a nice day. We relaxed during the day. Some video gaming. Some house cleaning. Errands. We met a friend for dinner and had nice time chatting. After dinner we came back and they watched GOT together. FINALLY that other machine came back up.
That was our day. Nothing exciting.
Sunday, May 24, 2015
Y6 D363
Sad when 6am is sleeping in. Although I did get a good 7 hours of sleep and I will not say no to that.
Got up yesterday around 5 and got ready for the garage sale. There was a note from B about blah blah try to wake her blah blah. Nope. Didn't even try. She would have been of no use until the time she got there around 11. I left the house at 6:20. Stopped at the store and got donuts for everyone. Then I headed to our friend's house where they were already setting up. I could bore you with the details of a garage sale, but I think you all know how they work and the kind of people who show up first thing in the morning. One thing did drive me nuts - one of the people whose house we were doing this at, her parents also were sharing space. They had NOTHING priced and the Dad was all derp derp let me spend 20 minutes explaining why you should buy my $175 camera at a garage sale. I kept having to yell at him for prices on his stuff. Annoying. Around 11:30 B texted me and they went to pick her up and bring the rest of us food. We started slowing down around 1 and started putting things away around 2. We had already decided that whatever didn't sell was going to goodwill which meant very little came back home with us which makes me happy. We finished up around 3 and headed home with a quick stop at the pet store.
In total made about $180. Not too bad for 8 hours of work. Better than minimum wage that's for sure. Got home, relaxed for a while, checked the mail which had something exciting. I won a pin off eBay which completed a series of 26 (yes, it's an alphabet series) that I have been working on for three years. That felt good to put it on the board.
Made a hamburger helper kind of thing for dinner but used ground pork to make it a little healthier. Nice salad and made some apple muffins to finish it off. Talked with the kid, watched some TV with B, then went in the other room for a little while.
Here's irony for you - B normally takes over the TV. It's just the way it is. We now have the PS4 and was worried about taking the TV away, making her grumpy because of it, etc. It's not a big deal when she does it to me because I just come in here and have everything I need. I downloaded a game specifically for her (Ether One) and didn't know if she would like it or not. HA. She was HAPPY I was going into the other room because SHE wanted to play on the PS4. Okie dokie. I am curious about this game too if it's good enough to keep her interested.
I went to bed around 11:30 and slept well. Today I want to pack a bunch of stuff, specifically books and clothes we won't need for 2 months.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Y6 D362
I wanted to be up earlier than this but well shit happens. I didn't mean to stay up until 12:30am but yeah. I have to be out of here in less than an hour to do the whole garage sale thing. B who SWORE she would go with me didn't go to bed until 3 so yeah. Whatever.
Yesterday was a decent day. I got through quite a bit of the training manual I am working on which felt good. But I did work up until about 5:30 with only a small break for a nap around 1. Yes, I like naps, piss off.
The people we are doing the garage sale with came over with their SUV around 5:45 to help us bring stuff over. We took everything over, chit chatted then stopped at wing stop on the way home. Our boxes came yesterday and after eating I started packing books. 11 boxes later I barely made a dent. Fuck me. B went and took a shower (because she was so sweaty after watching me pack I guess) and while she was doing that I checked out my new golf game. NICE. Played two rounds - shot an 92 on the first round on one course and then a 78 on the second. Not bad for never playing before. When that was done her and I played Lego together. I left her for bed as she was playing something I downloaded called Ether. A Myst type game. She was getting into it when I went to bed.
I hope this garage sale goes well today. I anticipate we will make about $75 but who cares. It's stuff I don't have to pack.
Yesterday was a decent day. I got through quite a bit of the training manual I am working on which felt good. But I did work up until about 5:30 with only a small break for a nap around 1. Yes, I like naps, piss off.
The people we are doing the garage sale with came over with their SUV around 5:45 to help us bring stuff over. We took everything over, chit chatted then stopped at wing stop on the way home. Our boxes came yesterday and after eating I started packing books. 11 boxes later I barely made a dent. Fuck me. B went and took a shower (because she was so sweaty after watching me pack I guess) and while she was doing that I checked out my new golf game. NICE. Played two rounds - shot an 92 on the first round on one course and then a 78 on the second. Not bad for never playing before. When that was done her and I played Lego together. I left her for bed as she was playing something I downloaded called Ether. A Myst type game. She was getting into it when I went to bed.
I hope this garage sale goes well today. I anticipate we will make about $75 but who cares. It's stuff I don't have to pack.
Friday, May 22, 2015
Y6 D361
Man so much in my head right now. One thing at a time dumb ass. Okay, the first thought that needs to be captured - I am a bit disappointed in my paycheck. It's about $400 lighter than I expected. I was supposed to get my 'bonus', plus my 'raise', PLUS the backpay from the raise to the start of the year. I don't think the company did anything wrong, I think I just got seriously fucked over in taxes. I mean like dragged over the coals and then ground into dirt fucked over. I won't actually know until tomorrow or Tuesday (no mail on Monday) when my stub arrives, but until then I am not happy. I wanted to pay some things off out of this and I can't do that any more which irks me. I can still pay some things, just not as much as I wanted.
Next thought - It's memorial day weekend. It's that fated weekend so many years ago when my life changed forever. It's the weekend the movers came. Technically the new year starts in four days, but this was the weekend I was packing, moving, etc. I remember sitting in the bar writing about day 0 like it was yesterday. Amazing. 6 years ago. How things have changed. Both good and bad. We will ponder more on that in a few days.
Yesterday was a decent day. Got through day three of class. Then B and I started pulling things out for the garage sale tomorrow. Clothes, kitchen stuff, shoes, glasses, random knick knacks. We have a decent amount of stuff to sell. Not enough to go crazy, but we might be able to have dinner out tomorrow night. That took us a while to do. When we were done I made a pork roast for dinner. After dinner we decided to go to target to see about finding B something. We unfortunately didn't find what she wanted but at least we got out of the house for a little while. We got back home around 9:30. We then BOTH played some Lego Marvel because she was in the mood to 'Hulk Smash'. I downloaded that and a couple other games off the Playstation Store. I got a golf game I am real excited to play. Yeah, I know, but I like golf games. I find them fun. It's also the only place where I like baseball and football games so leave me be.
It was starting to get late but I wasn't sleepy so I went in the other room and watched a Warehouse 13 episode while she watched the Following. I lost interest in the show in Season 2. She has been pushing through season 3.
While I was in there I got some annoying emails. The person who uses my email address was applying for a loan in Texas. See, whenever this guy uses a certain email address, I get a copy because it is an alias to my email address. I have been dealing with it for years and cannot track down the guy. I may *finally* have a phone number to track him down. We shall see.
Went to bed around midnight. I have to continue working on documents today. I have a personal goal I would like to reach and hopefully can hit it before 3. That's the target. Once I am done with that, let the three day weekend begin. I have no commitments this weekend other than the garage sale. I may even sleep more than six hours one of these days. Yeah, right.
Next thought - It's memorial day weekend. It's that fated weekend so many years ago when my life changed forever. It's the weekend the movers came. Technically the new year starts in four days, but this was the weekend I was packing, moving, etc. I remember sitting in the bar writing about day 0 like it was yesterday. Amazing. 6 years ago. How things have changed. Both good and bad. We will ponder more on that in a few days.
Yesterday was a decent day. Got through day three of class. Then B and I started pulling things out for the garage sale tomorrow. Clothes, kitchen stuff, shoes, glasses, random knick knacks. We have a decent amount of stuff to sell. Not enough to go crazy, but we might be able to have dinner out tomorrow night. That took us a while to do. When we were done I made a pork roast for dinner. After dinner we decided to go to target to see about finding B something. We unfortunately didn't find what she wanted but at least we got out of the house for a little while. We got back home around 9:30. We then BOTH played some Lego Marvel because she was in the mood to 'Hulk Smash'. I downloaded that and a couple other games off the Playstation Store. I got a golf game I am real excited to play. Yeah, I know, but I like golf games. I find them fun. It's also the only place where I like baseball and football games so leave me be.
It was starting to get late but I wasn't sleepy so I went in the other room and watched a Warehouse 13 episode while she watched the Following. I lost interest in the show in Season 2. She has been pushing through season 3.
While I was in there I got some annoying emails. The person who uses my email address was applying for a loan in Texas. See, whenever this guy uses a certain email address, I get a copy because it is an alias to my email address. I have been dealing with it for years and cannot track down the guy. I may *finally* have a phone number to track him down. We shall see.
Went to bed around midnight. I have to continue working on documents today. I have a personal goal I would like to reach and hopefully can hit it before 3. That's the target. Once I am done with that, let the three day weekend begin. I have no commitments this weekend other than the garage sale. I may even sleep more than six hours one of these days. Yeah, right.
Thursday, May 21, 2015
Y6 D360
B and I got into a discussion about our phones last night. While we both love our Notes overall, there are certain little things that piss us both off. Mostly it has to do with the availability of aftermarket cases. They all suck balls. Anything remotely fun or cute is on the iPhone and not on the Note. Both of us want Disney cases but the only ones are these bad knockoff Chinese bullshit ones. In the park it's all iPhone. Buttholes. But we both agree there's no reason to upgrade or change our phones. Nor is there anything on the market that excites either of us. The Note 4? Meh. Not really any different. The S6 Edge? REAL meh as the whole edge thing is stupid for people like us. We turned off all the notifications that that would show you anyway. Plus I don't do social media crap on my phone which again, the whole point of the edge. That's not to say I haven't looked at the i{Phone 6 Plus. I just don't get excited about it. Yes, it would be nice to have all my devices be from the same vendor for control and compatibility but, whatever. Not losing any sleep on that. The one nice thing about the Note is I don't have to have a proprietary cable. ANY USB cable will charge it. That's a small thing until you find yourself in Ohio and realize you forget everything but one cable. Anyway, no plans to change or do anything, we just were talking about it last night. Speaking of being in Ohio, I may be off there June 8th. Back to one place I have been before. A college out there. Gorgeous place in the country. I actually won't mind it. It may be the 8th, it may be the end of the month. We shall see. Either way, one more week on the road and that's a good balance. Home for a few, back out for one. I can handle that. Plus it's a nice place. Not terribly exciting, but nice.
Got through day two of my class. Tension got a little high in the afternoon because one of the students was not paying attention and got way lost and then was being a fucking idiot. I kept my cool, but even B could here the stress in my voice. This person was just being dumb. Out of the three, I have one I can see being VERY successful at this and two who probably should only do it in emergencies.
After class we went to look in the fridge to see what we had for dinner and realized the answer was nothing. Off to the grocery store for the first time in almost two weeks. We loaded up. $200 for about 3-4 weeks of groceries. Not bad. I mentioned to B that I think back to 3 or 4 years ago and how I would spend that on one night of booze and food and then throw it all up. Remember? No? Just go back and read 2009 or 2010 entries. I am sure you can find at least a dozen where I am bitching about spending way too much money and making too many bad decisions. Ah, how I have finally grown. I am still an idiot, but at least I haven't puked in a long time.
In other news, I won an eBay auction yesterday. A pin I have been wanting. $8. Whoo. Look at me. But it completes a collection I have been working on for years. Small victories.
Last day of class, then I can take a break. Four day weekend essentially. Going to be having a garage sale and packing, but it will be worth it.
Got through day two of my class. Tension got a little high in the afternoon because one of the students was not paying attention and got way lost and then was being a fucking idiot. I kept my cool, but even B could here the stress in my voice. This person was just being dumb. Out of the three, I have one I can see being VERY successful at this and two who probably should only do it in emergencies.
After class we went to look in the fridge to see what we had for dinner and realized the answer was nothing. Off to the grocery store for the first time in almost two weeks. We loaded up. $200 for about 3-4 weeks of groceries. Not bad. I mentioned to B that I think back to 3 or 4 years ago and how I would spend that on one night of booze and food and then throw it all up. Remember? No? Just go back and read 2009 or 2010 entries. I am sure you can find at least a dozen where I am bitching about spending way too much money and making too many bad decisions. Ah, how I have finally grown. I am still an idiot, but at least I haven't puked in a long time.
In other news, I won an eBay auction yesterday. A pin I have been wanting. $8. Whoo. Look at me. But it completes a collection I have been working on for years. Small victories.
Last day of class, then I can take a break. Four day weekend essentially. Going to be having a garage sale and packing, but it will be worth it.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Y6 D359
How the hell have I been up for 25 minutes and not done anything yet? Seriously, what have I done in the last 25 minutes?? Whatever. Once again I was having a great dream and lost it. Nope. Gone.
Taught yesterday. My favorite class and the timing was pretty good. Three people, all of whom are pretty sharp. One guy is a little slower than the other two, but he's not a complete idiot and was able to keep up. We finished up around 45 minutes early which is about what I expected.
After class I took a little nap and then we went to the grocery store for some dinner supplies. Had fishsticks and tater tots for dinner. A nice classic. After dinner we dealt with the kittens. They had messed up their world a little bit and with other cats coming by to eat it was all disturbed. B got them some kitten food so we had to make sure it was all arranged in a way that the big cats wouldn't go for it.
We watched iZombie together then B took a relaxing bath after that and I played some Lego Batman. After, went to bed. I did grab some new stuff yesterday. I was watching Warehouse 13 in the morning and saw one of the actors from Arrow. I looked him up and realized he was from Dresden Files as well. I decided to grab that, all five seasons of Bill Nye (why not?), Movie 43, and the Class of Nuke Em High (just because). Adding to the collection. Now that summer is here, I will focus on my backlist as I won't have current stuff taking up bandwidth. I still have at least 120 on my "To DL" list. Mostly tv shows from when I was a kid, but still.
And now I have been up for 31 minutes, but at least I can say I did something.
Taught yesterday. My favorite class and the timing was pretty good. Three people, all of whom are pretty sharp. One guy is a little slower than the other two, but he's not a complete idiot and was able to keep up. We finished up around 45 minutes early which is about what I expected.
After class I took a little nap and then we went to the grocery store for some dinner supplies. Had fishsticks and tater tots for dinner. A nice classic. After dinner we dealt with the kittens. They had messed up their world a little bit and with other cats coming by to eat it was all disturbed. B got them some kitten food so we had to make sure it was all arranged in a way that the big cats wouldn't go for it.
We watched iZombie together then B took a relaxing bath after that and I played some Lego Batman. After, went to bed. I did grab some new stuff yesterday. I was watching Warehouse 13 in the morning and saw one of the actors from Arrow. I looked him up and realized he was from Dresden Files as well. I decided to grab that, all five seasons of Bill Nye (why not?), Movie 43, and the Class of Nuke Em High (just because). Adding to the collection. Now that summer is here, I will focus on my backlist as I won't have current stuff taking up bandwidth. I still have at least 120 on my "To DL" list. Mostly tv shows from when I was a kid, but still.
And now I have been up for 31 minutes, but at least I can say I did something.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Y6 D358
Some good news finally for someone in my family. My sister won her lawsuit she has been dealing with for five years. She will be able to start receiving disability for her medical issues. About damn time. This will make a huge difference in their lives and I am happy for her.
I started a new curriculum yesterday. Got into a real groove and managed to get about 1/4 of it done. That's not bad at all for the size that this thing is going to need to be. It's a two day class and I will need 200+ slides worth of materials and demos. I had a rough start in the morning since is a brand new class that no one else is doing. This by the way is how we stay ahead of everyone else when it comes to training. This is why we bring in so much each year on training dammit. Because we are ahead of the curve. I got to a good stopping point around 3.
B needed to go mail something yesterday. Fucking UPS is so expensive. I wish we had gone to the actual post office. It cost more to send the gift we were sending than the cost of the gift itself. Got back home and ordered pizza for dinner.
We had a bit of drama yesterday with the kittens. B is extremely over protective of them, especially since she already lost one. Some teenagers were trying to pick them up and then being smart mouths to B when she asked them to stop. We ended up getting the kittens on our porch and blocking them off so they can't get away. Between the neighbors who wouldn't stop getting too close and the teenage boys, this should make life easier.
On top of that drama, B's mother found out her dad got remarried last weekend. Oh boy. More drama. Phone calls and texts.
Then to top it off, B decides she doesn't want to move to an apartment but instead a house when we move. Fine but we can't look too early as houses don't always come up until 30-45 days out. She gets this but then proceeds to send me a bunch of links anyway. Dammit woman. This stressed me out and I started packing what I could with what little boxes we have. That situation will be remedied on Thursday as I ordered 90 boxes and supplies from U-Haul yesterday. Small, book, medium, you name it. Boxes are on their way. This weekend I want to have at least 30 boxes packed.
Speaking of the weekend, we are supposed to participate in a garage sale this weekend but I haven't heard back from the people whose house it''s supposed to be at if I can start bringing stuff over now. I need to make some damn room.
Three day class with three students starts today. It's my favorite class so I am not stressing. Yet.
I started a new curriculum yesterday. Got into a real groove and managed to get about 1/4 of it done. That's not bad at all for the size that this thing is going to need to be. It's a two day class and I will need 200+ slides worth of materials and demos. I had a rough start in the morning since is a brand new class that no one else is doing. This by the way is how we stay ahead of everyone else when it comes to training. This is why we bring in so much each year on training dammit. Because we are ahead of the curve. I got to a good stopping point around 3.
B needed to go mail something yesterday. Fucking UPS is so expensive. I wish we had gone to the actual post office. It cost more to send the gift we were sending than the cost of the gift itself. Got back home and ordered pizza for dinner.
We had a bit of drama yesterday with the kittens. B is extremely over protective of them, especially since she already lost one. Some teenagers were trying to pick them up and then being smart mouths to B when she asked them to stop. We ended up getting the kittens on our porch and blocking them off so they can't get away. Between the neighbors who wouldn't stop getting too close and the teenage boys, this should make life easier.
On top of that drama, B's mother found out her dad got remarried last weekend. Oh boy. More drama. Phone calls and texts.
Then to top it off, B decides she doesn't want to move to an apartment but instead a house when we move. Fine but we can't look too early as houses don't always come up until 30-45 days out. She gets this but then proceeds to send me a bunch of links anyway. Dammit woman. This stressed me out and I started packing what I could with what little boxes we have. That situation will be remedied on Thursday as I ordered 90 boxes and supplies from U-Haul yesterday. Small, book, medium, you name it. Boxes are on their way. This weekend I want to have at least 30 boxes packed.
Speaking of the weekend, we are supposed to participate in a garage sale this weekend but I haven't heard back from the people whose house it''s supposed to be at if I can start bringing stuff over now. I need to make some damn room.
Three day class with three students starts today. It's my favorite class so I am not stressing. Yet.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Y6 D357
I should have been up 2 hours ago but this is one of the few non-teaching days I have this week so I said fuck it and slept in. Sue me.
Had a mellow day yesterday, nothing too exciting. Only went out once because B bought the wrong kind of fusing for the project she is working on. Otherwise we stayed in and played some games, relaxed, cleaned the house, made super nachos. She made a purse. Came out pretty good too. That's our exciting Sunday.
We need to start packing. I think today we will take a ride and find some place that sells moving supplies in town. I want to at least start doing books and stuff to feel like I have accomplished something. On Saturday we are doing a garage sale with some friends and that will help too.
That's all I have to talk about today. Sorry.
Had a mellow day yesterday, nothing too exciting. Only went out once because B bought the wrong kind of fusing for the project she is working on. Otherwise we stayed in and played some games, relaxed, cleaned the house, made super nachos. She made a purse. Came out pretty good too. That's our exciting Sunday.
We need to start packing. I think today we will take a ride and find some place that sells moving supplies in town. I want to at least start doing books and stuff to feel like I have accomplished something. On Saturday we are doing a garage sale with some friends and that will help too.
That's all I have to talk about today. Sorry.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Y6 D356
I slept for a whopping 4.5 hours. Didn't go to bed until after 3am. We didn't get home until almost 2:30.
Yesterday was an up and down kind of day. I had no issues early in the morning. Matter of fact, I did something cool; I found the Totally Not a Cow Level cow level in Diablo 3. Plus I managed to open a portal to Greed's Lair. THAT made me excited.
No, it wasn't until B woke up and decided at 11am she needed to go to the Crapmart for some things that the troubles began. Ugh. Really? At 11am on a Saturday? It was as bad as I thought it would be, if not worse. I cannot wait until we are out of this town. The people here are so low class. And in a bad way. I will break B of her dependency on the Crapmart too. Even though it was a mad house, things were going okay until we got home. The little cat who had kittens recently (amazing since she's not much bigger than them) unfortunately lost one. Right in front of our patio. Sigh. That triggered B into a huge sadness funk. She desperately wants to save all the kittens and cats on this property but it's just not realistic. I took care of the kitten body and laid down for a nap.
I woke up around 3:30 and she was getting ready to go. By the time we left it was 4:30. 6 freeways and 90 minutes later, we finally arrive at the party. I was in such a shit mood thanks to the drive. Around 7:30 I finally started relaxing. The party was fun, everyone had a good time, we left around 1:45.
Today I do nothing. Yeah right. That never works out for me.
Yesterday was an up and down kind of day. I had no issues early in the morning. Matter of fact, I did something cool; I found the Totally Not a Cow Level cow level in Diablo 3. Plus I managed to open a portal to Greed's Lair. THAT made me excited.
No, it wasn't until B woke up and decided at 11am she needed to go to the Crapmart for some things that the troubles began. Ugh. Really? At 11am on a Saturday? It was as bad as I thought it would be, if not worse. I cannot wait until we are out of this town. The people here are so low class. And in a bad way. I will break B of her dependency on the Crapmart too. Even though it was a mad house, things were going okay until we got home. The little cat who had kittens recently (amazing since she's not much bigger than them) unfortunately lost one. Right in front of our patio. Sigh. That triggered B into a huge sadness funk. She desperately wants to save all the kittens and cats on this property but it's just not realistic. I took care of the kitten body and laid down for a nap.
I woke up around 3:30 and she was getting ready to go. By the time we left it was 4:30. 6 freeways and 90 minutes later, we finally arrive at the party. I was in such a shit mood thanks to the drive. Around 7:30 I finally started relaxing. The party was fun, everyone had a good time, we left around 1:45.
Today I do nothing. Yeah right. That never works out for me.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Y6 D355
10 more days.
I don't know why I still have a facebook account. It's the most useless site in the world. Actually that's not true - I have it because I have been playing one game for 8 years. Fish Wrangler. One stupid ass game that I adore. If something happened to Fish Wrangler, there'd be no reason for me to keep my FB account.
No issues yesterday. Had a pretty good day. Got through class, took a little nap, and then B wanted to go to the fabric store. For easter I got her this pattern kit she wanted to make these hobo bags. She needs about 5 yards of fabric to do one and there isn't a fabric store in town. The nearest one is 20-30 miles away.
We schlepped on down after class. We were both hungry and had Chili's for dinner. When did Chili's become more about 'chili' the pepper and less about 'chili' the hearty dish? Seriously. All of the dishes had the words "spicy" or "zesty" or "chilies" in the description. Annoying. I miss 'I want my baby baby baby back ribs', which is what I ended up having. They were pretty good.
After dinner we went to JoAnn's for the next 2 hours of my life. For reals. Two hours in that store. I did find something cool for me in there though. Candy melt wafers and candy molds that use an Oreo. You take the candy, melt it, pour it into the mold, then push the Oreo on top. You end up with a coated cookie with a design on it. I got one mold and two bags of melts. One bag was peanut butter and one bag was birthday cake. On the way home we stopped and got Oreos. I got birthday cake to go with birthday cake and double chocolate creme to go with the peanut butter. These are all coming with us tonight to the birthday party.
We got home and made the cookies, watched the season finale of Blacklist (well done), played some video games, then watched an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. It's an Australian show I found set in the 1920s. Kind of an Australian Agatha Christie. I got it for B and she liked it which is good. I want her to have enough to watch in case I go on the road while it's summer and all her other shows are on hiatus. Best husband ever, I know.
Eventually I got tired and headed off to bed around midnight. Today I am going to go wash my car if the place isn't too crowded, and the bum around until 4pm when we have to head out for the party.
I don't know why I still have a facebook account. It's the most useless site in the world. Actually that's not true - I have it because I have been playing one game for 8 years. Fish Wrangler. One stupid ass game that I adore. If something happened to Fish Wrangler, there'd be no reason for me to keep my FB account.
No issues yesterday. Had a pretty good day. Got through class, took a little nap, and then B wanted to go to the fabric store. For easter I got her this pattern kit she wanted to make these hobo bags. She needs about 5 yards of fabric to do one and there isn't a fabric store in town. The nearest one is 20-30 miles away.
We schlepped on down after class. We were both hungry and had Chili's for dinner. When did Chili's become more about 'chili' the pepper and less about 'chili' the hearty dish? Seriously. All of the dishes had the words "spicy" or "zesty" or "chilies" in the description. Annoying. I miss 'I want my baby baby baby back ribs', which is what I ended up having. They were pretty good.
After dinner we went to JoAnn's for the next 2 hours of my life. For reals. Two hours in that store. I did find something cool for me in there though. Candy melt wafers and candy molds that use an Oreo. You take the candy, melt it, pour it into the mold, then push the Oreo on top. You end up with a coated cookie with a design on it. I got one mold and two bags of melts. One bag was peanut butter and one bag was birthday cake. On the way home we stopped and got Oreos. I got birthday cake to go with birthday cake and double chocolate creme to go with the peanut butter. These are all coming with us tonight to the birthday party.
We got home and made the cookies, watched the season finale of Blacklist (well done), played some video games, then watched an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. It's an Australian show I found set in the 1920s. Kind of an Australian Agatha Christie. I got it for B and she liked it which is good. I want her to have enough to watch in case I go on the road while it's summer and all her other shows are on hiatus. Best husband ever, I know.
Eventually I got tired and headed off to bed around midnight. Today I am going to go wash my car if the place isn't too crowded, and the bum around until 4pm when we have to head out for the party.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Y6 D354
I wish there was an easy way to remember dreams. Why do they slip from our consciousness so quick? I am pretty sure I was enjoying the dream I was having right before I woke up but unfortunately it is gone. So annoying.
Had a decent day yesterday. My class has three persons, one of whom has been in class before and new the drill, one who is pretty sharp, and then one who is a little special. But we all got through day one with minimal issues. After class I played some Lego Batman while B took a nap.
For dinner I made shrimp scampi. We then relaxed together and then I went to bed around 10. Wow. That's pretty boring isn't it? Oh well.
Once we move we have decided we are going to sign up for meetup or something similar. The same way I did when I first moved. It really helped me get some friends and get out of the house. It helped a lot when I did it the first time and I think it will help this time too. We started looking at the site for some groups in the new area and there were a couple that peaked our interest. I think we can find something that will work for us.
We've hit $900 on the surgery donations. Pretty awesome. I want to see about getting it to $1500 so I can use it to pay the $1681 MRI bill. From there I will see about putting the surgery itself on the calendar. I figure September is a good time.
One more day teaching and then I get a break for a few days. We have a birthday party on Saturday but otherwise, a quiet weekend planned.
Had a decent day yesterday. My class has three persons, one of whom has been in class before and new the drill, one who is pretty sharp, and then one who is a little special. But we all got through day one with minimal issues. After class I played some Lego Batman while B took a nap.
For dinner I made shrimp scampi. We then relaxed together and then I went to bed around 10. Wow. That's pretty boring isn't it? Oh well.
Once we move we have decided we are going to sign up for meetup or something similar. The same way I did when I first moved. It really helped me get some friends and get out of the house. It helped a lot when I did it the first time and I think it will help this time too. We started looking at the site for some groups in the new area and there were a couple that peaked our interest. I think we can find something that will work for us.
We've hit $900 on the surgery donations. Pretty awesome. I want to see about getting it to $1500 so I can use it to pay the $1681 MRI bill. From there I will see about putting the surgery itself on the calendar. I figure September is a good time.
One more day teaching and then I get a break for a few days. We have a birthday party on Saturday but otherwise, a quiet weekend planned.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Y6 D353
Major points of the day:
- New gofundme total? $800!!!
- Good thing as the first bill came through - $1681!!
- FINALLY had sex last night
Yes, the stars all came into alignment yesterday. We managed to get a little more money in the coffers, just in time, and we both got to enjoy ourselves last night. Yay us. I taught a one on one class yesterday which was an okay experience. The person on the class had her shit together and it wasn't so bad. We finished about an hour early which worked out for both of us. After class we decided we wanted mexican for dinner. Came back, watched some TV, had the sex, then I went to bed around 10:30.
Nice boring day.
- New gofundme total? $800!!!
- Good thing as the first bill came through - $1681!!
- FINALLY had sex last night
Yes, the stars all came into alignment yesterday. We managed to get a little more money in the coffers, just in time, and we both got to enjoy ourselves last night. Yay us. I taught a one on one class yesterday which was an okay experience. The person on the class had her shit together and it wasn't so bad. We finished about an hour early which worked out for both of us. After class we decided we wanted mexican for dinner. Came back, watched some TV, had the sex, then I went to bed around 10:30.
Nice boring day.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Y6 D352
Sometimes the universe surprises you. I went from 0 dollars raised to $300 in just a few hours. The difference is B posted a long article on her blog then posted that on Facebook. I guess she just hit the right chord with everyone. Three people each have given $100. If 47 more can do the same we're done. I also posted a link on twitter and tumblr last night. Why not, right? Screw it. Go for broke.
As for my day yesterday, I did some work on an upcoming training class. We are planning a new class for August and I needed to do some pre-work before I can write it. Setup servers, get the right software loaded, etc. I also finished my desk configuration. The new monitor I ordered arrived and finished things off. Here it is in all its glory:
Not too shabby eh? I am pretty fucking happy here in my little wood and circuit board cocoon. Finished up around 5:30 and B and I went out for Italian. We have the sweetest friend who's the manager at the place we go. She charged us $24 for two entrees, app, and dessert. I left her a $20 tip in return. She is one of the few people we will miss when we move.
Got back home around 7:30 or so and watched some TV. Speaking of TV, added a couple new shows for B: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Bitten, and 3 seasons of Ace of Cakes. I am still missing a shit load of that show if anyone has it. I need seasons 1, and then 5-10. I have only managed to find 2, 3, and 4. I went off to bed around 10:30.
A nice day. I am still glad to be back home for sure. And I have renewed faith in people as of this morning. That's amazing in of itself.
As for my day yesterday, I did some work on an upcoming training class. We are planning a new class for August and I needed to do some pre-work before I can write it. Setup servers, get the right software loaded, etc. I also finished my desk configuration. The new monitor I ordered arrived and finished things off. Here it is in all its glory:
Not too shabby eh? I am pretty fucking happy here in my little wood and circuit board cocoon. Finished up around 5:30 and B and I went out for Italian. We have the sweetest friend who's the manager at the place we go. She charged us $24 for two entrees, app, and dessert. I left her a $20 tip in return. She is one of the few people we will miss when we move.
Got back home around 7:30 or so and watched some TV. Speaking of TV, added a couple new shows for B: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Bitten, and 3 seasons of Ace of Cakes. I am still missing a shit load of that show if anyone has it. I need seasons 1, and then 5-10. I have only managed to find 2, 3, and 4. I went off to bed around 10:30.
A nice day. I am still glad to be back home for sure. And I have renewed faith in people as of this morning. That's amazing in of itself.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Y6 D351
I am very happy with my new desk setup. I promised a picture and I will take one later today and include it in tomorrow's post. The last time I included a picture of anything was a couple years back when a certain person left scratch marks all on my back. Ah those were the days. Sex, single, depression on a constant basis. Yeah, why wouldn't I miss them?
Yesterday was pretty good. Got up, meandered on here, found a couple new shows for B to watch, waited for her to wake up. Once she was up we went out around 11 to go see Avengers. The movie was at 1 but we needed to grab a couple of things at the mall before hand. Got into the theater at 12:30 and it was wonderfully empty. By the time the movie started there were maybe 5 other people in the theater with us. This is why you go to an early afternoon movie on a Monday.
As for the movie itself? I enjoyed it. I do not understand everyone's complaints about Hulk and Black Widow. I think they are reading more into than they should. Overall I felt it was similar to Two Towers. Let me explain. Fellowship sets up the story, Return of the King is the triumphant huge bring it all together end, Two Towers is the one that gets the story arc where it needs to be. Doesn't stand alone well but without it you can't have the other two. That's how I feel about Ultron. It is a movie that has to exist because they have to setup all the other characters (Falcon, Vision, Scarlet Witch), get one more Infinity Stone out there, and preface the feud that's about to come between Cap and Tony. SO without Ultron there are no other movies but by itself it's a little disjointed. It doesn't really feel whole. It's a good movie but I felt it was serving to tell a bigger story the whole time (which it is).
What I COULD have done without is the 40 minutes of fucking commercials before the movie. It used to be you had movie trivia and behind the scenes stuff. Now they don't even pretend, it's blatant fucking commercials for Target and Toyota and so much other crap it pisses me off.
Between previews, commercials, and other bullshit, a 1 pm movie let us out at 4. Got home, made a roast for dinner, relaxed together watching some TV and I ended up falling asleep on the couch around 10. B woke me up and sent my ass to bed.
I'm old. Shoot me now.
Yesterday was pretty good. Got up, meandered on here, found a couple new shows for B to watch, waited for her to wake up. Once she was up we went out around 11 to go see Avengers. The movie was at 1 but we needed to grab a couple of things at the mall before hand. Got into the theater at 12:30 and it was wonderfully empty. By the time the movie started there were maybe 5 other people in the theater with us. This is why you go to an early afternoon movie on a Monday.
As for the movie itself? I enjoyed it. I do not understand everyone's complaints about Hulk and Black Widow. I think they are reading more into than they should. Overall I felt it was similar to Two Towers. Let me explain. Fellowship sets up the story, Return of the King is the triumphant huge bring it all together end, Two Towers is the one that gets the story arc where it needs to be. Doesn't stand alone well but without it you can't have the other two. That's how I feel about Ultron. It is a movie that has to exist because they have to setup all the other characters (Falcon, Vision, Scarlet Witch), get one more Infinity Stone out there, and preface the feud that's about to come between Cap and Tony. SO without Ultron there are no other movies but by itself it's a little disjointed. It doesn't really feel whole. It's a good movie but I felt it was serving to tell a bigger story the whole time (which it is).
What I COULD have done without is the 40 minutes of fucking commercials before the movie. It used to be you had movie trivia and behind the scenes stuff. Now they don't even pretend, it's blatant fucking commercials for Target and Toyota and so much other crap it pisses me off.
Between previews, commercials, and other bullshit, a 1 pm movie let us out at 4. Got home, made a roast for dinner, relaxed together watching some TV and I ended up falling asleep on the couch around 10. B woke me up and sent my ass to bed.
I'm old. Shoot me now.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Y6 D350
You know how nice it is to pay bills and not be completely stressed out? Took me six fucking years to get to this point. I seriously need to go back and look and see what I wrote about how long it was going to take me. I am pretty sure I was supposed to be slightly better by 2015, but hey, making it to a goal is still making it to a goal, right? Sorry if I am dwelling on this, but you don't know how good it feels to finally be making some GOOD decisions about my life. I have made a lifetime of not always the best decisions and for once, I am being smart. You know why? Because I have someone else to care about that I actually do care about.
On a less mental note, I am writing this from my new desk setup. I should take a picture of it. I have been hating my desk for a while as it was really two small table shoved together in an "L" formation and not really a true desk. We remedied that yesterday. We had to drive to the middle of nowhere as the Office Max we originally wanted to go to no longer exists. That's what I fucking hate around here - one day things exist the next they are out of business. But we found the open one that has desks and made the drive. I had looked online first and was set on a particular one not so much because I liked it, but because the price and size were okay for my needs. B pushed me to sit in every one. I brought a measuring tape with me to make sure I laid out how big three monitors was going to be (yes, I ordered a monitor for the laptop for when I am at home. I am essentially making a docking station for it.) I finally decided on a U shaped one. It's pretty sweet. Just one small set of drawers on the far right side to put things into. Otherwise, three completely open desktops for me to work on. So much ROOM! When we finally got back after also going to a Goodwill next door (B found a great purse for $5), going to Best Buy for a keyboard (for the above mentioned docking station setup. Side note, I had some rebates on my account and got a real mac full size keyboard for $16 thanks to all the gift cards on my Best Buy RewardZone account) and having some lunch, we then started the long process of building this beast. It did take a while and finally finished up around 8pm. Exhausted, I sat down with B to relax and watch some TV. I then putzed around on the internet and went to bed around 11:30.
Other things I took care of yesterday included all my timesheets, expense reports, bills, dying my hair, and putting laundry away. For a Sunday, I did a lot. More than most, that's for sure. I only have classes Weds - Friday this week and I wanted to make sure I had today to myself. I was supposed to have a class on Tuesday but unfortunately no one registered for it. It's okay, I have been working hard the last two weeks and can use the time for sure. I did really good on my Austin expenses. Impressed even myself. I was there from Friday to Saturday. 8 full days of meals, hotel, car, etc. We had a hard cap at $2000 for all expenses. My boss knew this would be a challenge and he asked me to keep air, hotel, and car as close to that as possible, and then try not to exceed $60 per day for meals. HA! For the entire trip, I managed to get the total expenses to $2098. That's for EVERYTHING. I am really proud of that. We knew we would have to each a portion of expenses and he was prepared for $500 and I did for $98. Damn I am good. Tulsa came in around $1400. So for two weeks on the road with 14 days of car rental, hotel, six flights, and food, I did it for $3500. Not too fucking bad. We will get back all but $98 of that. That's the sign of a pro traveler.
So everything is done, new desk is built, clothes are all settled, which means I can relax today. I didn't relax yesterday so today it is. More importantly, today is Avengers day! We are off to as early a movie as possible. I am looking forward to it.
On a less mental note, I am writing this from my new desk setup. I should take a picture of it. I have been hating my desk for a while as it was really two small table shoved together in an "L" formation and not really a true desk. We remedied that yesterday. We had to drive to the middle of nowhere as the Office Max we originally wanted to go to no longer exists. That's what I fucking hate around here - one day things exist the next they are out of business. But we found the open one that has desks and made the drive. I had looked online first and was set on a particular one not so much because I liked it, but because the price and size were okay for my needs. B pushed me to sit in every one. I brought a measuring tape with me to make sure I laid out how big three monitors was going to be (yes, I ordered a monitor for the laptop for when I am at home. I am essentially making a docking station for it.) I finally decided on a U shaped one. It's pretty sweet. Just one small set of drawers on the far right side to put things into. Otherwise, three completely open desktops for me to work on. So much ROOM! When we finally got back after also going to a Goodwill next door (B found a great purse for $5), going to Best Buy for a keyboard (for the above mentioned docking station setup. Side note, I had some rebates on my account and got a real mac full size keyboard for $16 thanks to all the gift cards on my Best Buy RewardZone account) and having some lunch, we then started the long process of building this beast. It did take a while and finally finished up around 8pm. Exhausted, I sat down with B to relax and watch some TV. I then putzed around on the internet and went to bed around 11:30.
Other things I took care of yesterday included all my timesheets, expense reports, bills, dying my hair, and putting laundry away. For a Sunday, I did a lot. More than most, that's for sure. I only have classes Weds - Friday this week and I wanted to make sure I had today to myself. I was supposed to have a class on Tuesday but unfortunately no one registered for it. It's okay, I have been working hard the last two weeks and can use the time for sure. I did really good on my Austin expenses. Impressed even myself. I was there from Friday to Saturday. 8 full days of meals, hotel, car, etc. We had a hard cap at $2000 for all expenses. My boss knew this would be a challenge and he asked me to keep air, hotel, and car as close to that as possible, and then try not to exceed $60 per day for meals. HA! For the entire trip, I managed to get the total expenses to $2098. That's for EVERYTHING. I am really proud of that. We knew we would have to each a portion of expenses and he was prepared for $500 and I did for $98. Damn I am good. Tulsa came in around $1400. So for two weeks on the road with 14 days of car rental, hotel, six flights, and food, I did it for $3500. Not too fucking bad. We will get back all but $98 of that. That's the sign of a pro traveler.
So everything is done, new desk is built, clothes are all settled, which means I can relax today. I didn't relax yesterday so today it is. More importantly, today is Avengers day! We are off to as early a movie as possible. I am looking forward to it.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Y6 D349
I am home! Been away so long I hardly know the place, gee it's good to be back home.
Some day will come when no one recognizes that lyric. Oh wait.
Regardless, I am home. Pretty uneventful trip home thanks to upgrades on both flights and it being early flights. Left for the airport around 2:30 as I had to stop for gas. Oh my. This particular gas station at 3am is um, interesting? You can tell it is the 'drunk stop' station. Everyone getting smokes or energy drinks dressed in what can only be described as club clothes. And then there's me. Trying to get gas to go to the airport. I just want to go home people. Out of my way.
Got to the terminal around 3:15 and waited. Not too bad. I got into security line around 3:40, was through by 4:10. Got to my gate and sat off to the side watching Wonderfalls. Cute show. Boarded and had a nice cozy window seat with no one next to me. I did witness a dick move and it happened too fast for me to say something. This big fat old guy who looked like the self entitled kind of guy as he was walking through to coach snagged the blanket off the seat next to me. Dick. You can just ask for one you know. They would have brought it to you. I watched some more TV on the flight as it was a whole 40 minutes long.
Got to DFW around 6 and had 2.5 hours to kill. Spent about 1.5 of them in the club. I have already spent enough time in the Admiral's Club that if I had purchased day passes, I am close to breaking even. 2 more visits to go. Headed to my gate, boarded, and we were off.
Had a nice quiche, a small nap, and while a bumpy flight, no other problems. There had been a dog in the waiting area but either it got on another flight or it was far enough back I didn't hear it. It was barking up a storm in the waiting area.
Landed about 11 and texted B. She had been having her own adventure. The main bridge we use is closed this weekend for repairs. While I was flying she was stressing trying to get the GPS to recognize where she was and that the bridge was closed. She had just arrived when I landed and needed to pee. But she parked in the wrong terminal parking and was looking for me 30 gates too far away.
We finally met up and then had to deal with the bridge closure issue on the ride home. 2 hours later we got home around 2. Unpacked, ate some lunch, took a nap. Woke up and made dinner. We were smart enough to pick something up when we were out earlier. Alas, B needed some other stuff and back to the store we went. When we got back I started catching up on email. No small task. Took a a while but I got through it. Relaxed a while with B, then started adding new shows from two weeks on the road. 140 shows later. Went to bed around 1:30. Haven't been up that long in a while on a non-show night.
Today I am doing nothing and loving every minute of it.
Some day will come when no one recognizes that lyric. Oh wait.
Regardless, I am home. Pretty uneventful trip home thanks to upgrades on both flights and it being early flights. Left for the airport around 2:30 as I had to stop for gas. Oh my. This particular gas station at 3am is um, interesting? You can tell it is the 'drunk stop' station. Everyone getting smokes or energy drinks dressed in what can only be described as club clothes. And then there's me. Trying to get gas to go to the airport. I just want to go home people. Out of my way.
Got to the terminal around 3:15 and waited. Not too bad. I got into security line around 3:40, was through by 4:10. Got to my gate and sat off to the side watching Wonderfalls. Cute show. Boarded and had a nice cozy window seat with no one next to me. I did witness a dick move and it happened too fast for me to say something. This big fat old guy who looked like the self entitled kind of guy as he was walking through to coach snagged the blanket off the seat next to me. Dick. You can just ask for one you know. They would have brought it to you. I watched some more TV on the flight as it was a whole 40 minutes long.
Got to DFW around 6 and had 2.5 hours to kill. Spent about 1.5 of them in the club. I have already spent enough time in the Admiral's Club that if I had purchased day passes, I am close to breaking even. 2 more visits to go. Headed to my gate, boarded, and we were off.
Had a nice quiche, a small nap, and while a bumpy flight, no other problems. There had been a dog in the waiting area but either it got on another flight or it was far enough back I didn't hear it. It was barking up a storm in the waiting area.
Landed about 11 and texted B. She had been having her own adventure. The main bridge we use is closed this weekend for repairs. While I was flying she was stressing trying to get the GPS to recognize where she was and that the bridge was closed. She had just arrived when I landed and needed to pee. But she parked in the wrong terminal parking and was looking for me 30 gates too far away.
We finally met up and then had to deal with the bridge closure issue on the ride home. 2 hours later we got home around 2. Unpacked, ate some lunch, took a nap. Woke up and made dinner. We were smart enough to pick something up when we were out earlier. Alas, B needed some other stuff and back to the store we went. When we got back I started catching up on email. No small task. Took a a while but I got through it. Relaxed a while with B, then started adding new shows from two weeks on the road. 140 shows later. Went to bed around 1:30. Haven't been up that long in a while on a non-show night.
Today I am doing nothing and loving every minute of it.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Y6 D348
I waited until 2am where I am to make sure it was Saturday everywhere before writing this post. Not that there is anything exciting to really say. I taught all day, got back to the hotel around 5, slept from 7pm to 1am. Go me. I finally am going home today. I smell because I haven't done laundry in two weeks. I am ready to go home. I have bills waiting for me, laundry to do, expense reports, and time sheets. Wait, why am I excited to go home? Remind me.
Oh yeah. B and the cats. That's about the only reason. If I were still single and living alone, who knows if I would go home or not. I mean seriously. My cat would still be gone so there'd be nothing waiting for me so fuck it. But now I have something waiting for me and it feels pretty good.
Let's go check something real quick...
In 11 days my gofundme has raised....
ZERO DOLLARS!
YAY ME! Thanks for trying sis. We will give it a few more days and then shut it down. Fuck it.
Oh yeah. B and the cats. That's about the only reason. If I were still single and living alone, who knows if I would go home or not. I mean seriously. My cat would still be gone so there'd be nothing waiting for me so fuck it. But now I have something waiting for me and it feels pretty good.
Let's go check something real quick...
In 11 days my gofundme has raised....
ZERO DOLLARS!
YAY ME! Thanks for trying sis. We will give it a few more days and then shut it down. Fuck it.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Y6 D347
In roughly 24 hours I will be on a plane on my way home after two weeks away. Two weeks is too long. Optimal for me would be one week on the road for every 3 weeks at home. That would work for me. Long enough at home to get things done, but not so long that I go stir crazy. Enough on the road I can relax, but not so long I want to cut everyone. Back to back trips are hard. Plus I have been here for 8 days and it's just tiring.
Class was good yesterday. I like the group which is saying something. It's one of those rare times where we did the right classes in the right order to the right people. I have high confidence in this group's abilities after I leave. I think they will go far.
Got back around 4:30 and took an accidental nap which is why I am so groggy this morning. Screwed up the old sleep cycle.
Got into a discussion with B last night where I bit my tongue about some things because as I told her, I was not about to get into it at 10:30 at night via a chat window. Sorry you have been awake for 8 hours, I have been awake for 18. Go have your existential breakdown at a better time. It's a long story but the bottom line is I am right but I won't admit I am right because I just don't want to argue, especially when I am not home. Whatever.
Might do bills tonight. Got paid. Also finally got notice of two other things regarding money. One, the refund check for the TV is at long last getting cut. $564 on its way and should be here by the 22nd. Also got my Q1 bonus amount which we will see when that gets paid out. That's what started the above discussion by the way. If you've been reading, you know I have been saving to pay things off. I paid off the motorcycle, the bed, the couch, and one of my medical bills in the last month. That's a big deal. I have been avoiding 'fun' purchase for a while now to be able to do that. Plus I have enough saved for the deposit on the new apartment when we move. I made the mistake of saying I think I want to buy a PS4 when I finally get my bonus. Bad move. I didn't get anger in return, what I got was selfishness and self pity. Nope. Not in the mood for that.
I need to go check in for my flight. Twenty twenty twenty twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated...
Class was good yesterday. I like the group which is saying something. It's one of those rare times where we did the right classes in the right order to the right people. I have high confidence in this group's abilities after I leave. I think they will go far.
Got back around 4:30 and took an accidental nap which is why I am so groggy this morning. Screwed up the old sleep cycle.
Got into a discussion with B last night where I bit my tongue about some things because as I told her, I was not about to get into it at 10:30 at night via a chat window. Sorry you have been awake for 8 hours, I have been awake for 18. Go have your existential breakdown at a better time. It's a long story but the bottom line is I am right but I won't admit I am right because I just don't want to argue, especially when I am not home. Whatever.
Might do bills tonight. Got paid. Also finally got notice of two other things regarding money. One, the refund check for the TV is at long last getting cut. $564 on its way and should be here by the 22nd. Also got my Q1 bonus amount which we will see when that gets paid out. That's what started the above discussion by the way. If you've been reading, you know I have been saving to pay things off. I paid off the motorcycle, the bed, the couch, and one of my medical bills in the last month. That's a big deal. I have been avoiding 'fun' purchase for a while now to be able to do that. Plus I have enough saved for the deposit on the new apartment when we move. I made the mistake of saying I think I want to buy a PS4 when I finally get my bonus. Bad move. I didn't get anger in return, what I got was selfishness and self pity. Nope. Not in the mood for that.
I need to go check in for my flight. Twenty twenty twenty twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated...
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Y6 D346
I am very cranky this morning. Like grr argh cranky. Go fuck yourselves cranky. I don't know why. Lack of sleep? Ready to go home? Annoyed with stupid people? Disappointed with other people? All of the fucking above? Yeah. Let's go with that. Maybe it's the giant blister that's appeared smack dab in the middle of my right foot since I have been favoring it since wearing this fucking boot and it makes me want to scream every time I take a step.
I fucking hate life. It's just one goddamn thing after another. Whether it's my body falling apart, bills to be paid, people being dumb, it's something. I just want to go sit on a fucking beach in Hawaii for a while. Suck down mai tais and ignore the world.
Taught again. No shit, right? After work I decided to walk to a shopping area because it turns out there is a Lush nearby and I wanted a bomb to soak in to help my blister and leg. Yeah, that little .6 walk on paper? Turned out to be a bitch because it was 85 degrees with 80% humidity. I lost five fucking pounds on that walk. It took me longer to walk there than I spent in the fucking store. Got back to the hotel around 6, and waited until about 7:30 to go over to Walmart. I wanted to pick up some stuff for my class - snacks and prizes. I figured by that time it would be dead. Nope. Took me a fucking hour from the time I left until I got back. And it's across the street. Literally.
Watched some TV but wasn't in to anything. Went to bed around 10:30.
What's today? Thursday I think? Two more fucking days.
I fucking hate life. It's just one goddamn thing after another. Whether it's my body falling apart, bills to be paid, people being dumb, it's something. I just want to go sit on a fucking beach in Hawaii for a while. Suck down mai tais and ignore the world.
Taught again. No shit, right? After work I decided to walk to a shopping area because it turns out there is a Lush nearby and I wanted a bomb to soak in to help my blister and leg. Yeah, that little .6 walk on paper? Turned out to be a bitch because it was 85 degrees with 80% humidity. I lost five fucking pounds on that walk. It took me longer to walk there than I spent in the fucking store. Got back to the hotel around 6, and waited until about 7:30 to go over to Walmart. I wanted to pick up some stuff for my class - snacks and prizes. I figured by that time it would be dead. Nope. Took me a fucking hour from the time I left until I got back. And it's across the street. Literally.
Watched some TV but wasn't in to anything. Went to bed around 10:30.
What's today? Thursday I think? Two more fucking days.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Y6 D345
20 days until this year is over and I will have one more year of writing under my belt. I could have written multiple novels by now with the amount of words that have spewed forth from me. The problem is what to write? Here it's easy. It's the life and times of one dumbass depressed motherfucker. Doesn't make for a good novel though now does it?
Had a weird dream last night. I was at a Six Flags by myself. And I went to get on a roller coaster and as it started going I realized I wasn't buckled in and no one had come to check on me. The buckle would go together and the ride was already moving. What's the metaphor here? Life is a roller coaster with no straps and no one is going to help me or check on me? Too easy. There's got to be some deeper bizarre meaning, right?
Another day of teaching down. Finished around 4 and got back to the hotel around 4:30. Good thing too because around 5 the sky opened up and went insane. For the next 4-5 hours all it did was rain and thunder and lightening split the sky wide open. Kind of cool. Forget what a good rain storm looked like.
Ate leftovers that I pilfered from class. It was alright. It was food. Watched Warehouse 13 - done with season 1 - played some Diablo, and went to bed around 10.
4 more days and I am home.
Had a weird dream last night. I was at a Six Flags by myself. And I went to get on a roller coaster and as it started going I realized I wasn't buckled in and no one had come to check on me. The buckle would go together and the ride was already moving. What's the metaphor here? Life is a roller coaster with no straps and no one is going to help me or check on me? Too easy. There's got to be some deeper bizarre meaning, right?
Another day of teaching down. Finished around 4 and got back to the hotel around 4:30. Good thing too because around 5 the sky opened up and went insane. For the next 4-5 hours all it did was rain and thunder and lightening split the sky wide open. Kind of cool. Forget what a good rain storm looked like.
Ate leftovers that I pilfered from class. It was alright. It was food. Watched Warehouse 13 - done with season 1 - played some Diablo, and went to bed around 10.
4 more days and I am home.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Y6 D344
I am awake but very fuzzy right now. Which sucks because I originally woke up at 3:24 clear and sharp. I awoke from a weird ass dream where apparently I was 23 and kept telling people that because I didn't want to go somewhere and I wasn't a kid dammit. HA. I wish on all accounts. I am a whopping none of the above. 123 maybe. Anyway, I fell back to sleep and now I am groggy.
Yesterday was okay. The client is in a lousy location. It took me 25 minutes to go 6 miles. And today is more of the same. Yay.
The best part of yesterday was how easily I got into the building though. This is a government client three building down from the state capitol. I managed to get into a sealed garage, onto a keycard only floor, and be offered coffee by employees passing by. Never once did anyone ask for ID or my name. Amazing. Let's see how I do today.
The room is decent. The people are okay. Same group all week. They are bringing in lunch every day. Yesterday was spicy ass chicken which bit me later in the evening. Finished up around 4 and headed back. Took me 30 minutes to get back.
Ate leftover chicken for dinner, paid for it around 7. Watched some TV, went to bed around 10.
Still not doing any better internally. I did pay off the couch though last night. That's the third thing I have paid off in a month - bike, bed, and couch. It's going to make for a tight June, but come September when you add the rent savings plus the savings from these bills being gone, it will be about 600 a month which can go pay more. If you remember I said I would be doing okay by 2015. I was about 1 year off and will be closer to my goal in 2016, but I also didn't plan on moving twice, getting married, buying a new car, or needing leg surgery. Oh and my go fund me for my leg? After one week is officially at zero still!! Yay!! I am letting it go one more week then having her delete it. Fuck it.
Yesterday was okay. The client is in a lousy location. It took me 25 minutes to go 6 miles. And today is more of the same. Yay.
The best part of yesterday was how easily I got into the building though. This is a government client three building down from the state capitol. I managed to get into a sealed garage, onto a keycard only floor, and be offered coffee by employees passing by. Never once did anyone ask for ID or my name. Amazing. Let's see how I do today.
The room is decent. The people are okay. Same group all week. They are bringing in lunch every day. Yesterday was spicy ass chicken which bit me later in the evening. Finished up around 4 and headed back. Took me 30 minutes to get back.
Ate leftover chicken for dinner, paid for it around 7. Watched some TV, went to bed around 10.
Still not doing any better internally. I did pay off the couch though last night. That's the third thing I have paid off in a month - bike, bed, and couch. It's going to make for a tight June, but come September when you add the rent savings plus the savings from these bills being gone, it will be about 600 a month which can go pay more. If you remember I said I would be doing okay by 2015. I was about 1 year off and will be closer to my goal in 2016, but I also didn't plan on moving twice, getting married, buying a new car, or needing leg surgery. Oh and my go fund me for my leg? After one week is officially at zero still!! Yay!! I am letting it go one more week then having her delete it. Fuck it.
Monday, May 4, 2015
Y6 D343
Deep down, every parent wants their child to do better than them. Make better decisions, achieve more in life, find happiness - that sort of thing. But that doesn't mean it can't sting when they do. You're proud, but you can also be sad that you never got to achieve the same. That's why so many parents try to vicariously live through their children I think. That can turn dangerous too quick in my mind. Cause more of a rift than anything else.
What brought all this up? The kid and KBF have been looking at land. Like 10 acres of land. He apparently has the down payment needed to pay a large chunk of land, get a small pre-fab house, and grow fruit. I know technically that it's his and not hers, but she will have a real easy time of it if they go forward with this. Ten acres of land, a house, college debt paid, all before 30. Proud, yet saddened that my life has come to me sitting in hotel rooms worrying about paying for leg surgery. I can't tell if it's getting any better with the boot but it probably isn't getting any worse with the boot. The catch 22 of the week.
Just take my belt and throw it around the shower curtain rod. And swing.
B is still up. It's 4:48am where I am. She is still up watching GoT. How'd you spend your Sunday? Oh, doing nothing but watching TV even though I asked if you could please go to the office store to take some measurements on desks? No, that's okay. I will do it when I get home like everything else. To be fair, she did make pot pies and freeze them for when I get home so we don't have to cook next Saturday.
I'm cranky, angry, sad, depressed, in pain, and just plain fed up right now. Today is day one of five at the new client. I don't know what kind of hell I am going to be dealing with traffic wise so I am planning on leaving here an hour early to go 6 miles. I know that seems silly but it may pay off. I may also be sitting in a parking lot for a while.
I did jack shit yesterday if you can't tell. I went off to the fancy mall but everything was closed until fucking noon and I got there at 10:00. Whee. I found a place to eat some food which killed a little time but I wasn't going to sit there for another 40 minutes doing nothing. I have all week to do that.
What brought all this up? The kid and KBF have been looking at land. Like 10 acres of land. He apparently has the down payment needed to pay a large chunk of land, get a small pre-fab house, and grow fruit. I know technically that it's his and not hers, but she will have a real easy time of it if they go forward with this. Ten acres of land, a house, college debt paid, all before 30. Proud, yet saddened that my life has come to me sitting in hotel rooms worrying about paying for leg surgery. I can't tell if it's getting any better with the boot but it probably isn't getting any worse with the boot. The catch 22 of the week.
Just take my belt and throw it around the shower curtain rod. And swing.
B is still up. It's 4:48am where I am. She is still up watching GoT. How'd you spend your Sunday? Oh, doing nothing but watching TV even though I asked if you could please go to the office store to take some measurements on desks? No, that's okay. I will do it when I get home like everything else. To be fair, she did make pot pies and freeze them for when I get home so we don't have to cook next Saturday.
I'm cranky, angry, sad, depressed, in pain, and just plain fed up right now. Today is day one of five at the new client. I don't know what kind of hell I am going to be dealing with traffic wise so I am planning on leaving here an hour early to go 6 miles. I know that seems silly but it may pay off. I may also be sitting in a parking lot for a while.
I did jack shit yesterday if you can't tell. I went off to the fancy mall but everything was closed until fucking noon and I got there at 10:00. Whee. I found a place to eat some food which killed a little time but I wasn't going to sit there for another 40 minutes doing nothing. I have all week to do that.
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Y6 D342
Slept in again. Not quite as late as yesterday, but still a decent time for me. It's almost 7am. I think I have been up for about 20 minutes or so. Not too shabby. Especially since starting tomorrow I have to be back up at normal times. I really need to be up early tomorrow as I don't know where I am going and need some extra time. I may explore today and see where the client is to save me from stressing tomorrow. Maybe. I looked yesterday to see about doing it but the traffic was at a dead stop on the map so um no.
What I did do yesterday was head out around 10. I found a bookstore where I managed to find one book I was looking for in a series. I had a light lunch of a sandwich while out. On the way back to the hotel I stopped at a comic book store for Free Comic Book Day. I was hoping to pick up the free Fight Club 2 Prologue but they were out. If anyone has one, I would love you forever for it.
Got back to the hotel around 1 and housekeeping still hadn't come. Bastards. They ended up coming at 3:15. Ugh. I left the room for a while, came back at 3:30 and took an accidental nap. Woke up around 5. Decided to watch some more Warehouse 13 and then I started a new show. There's only 7 episodes of it so far but I have to say, I like it. iZombie. It's cute, it's funny, it's a little cliche and corny, but it works. The characters are genuine and the stories aren't bad. I watch 5 episodes last night. I have two more to go. A new episode airs this week.
Talked to B for a little while. Went to bed. Today I really don't know what I want to do. I don't want to wander around aimlessly, but I also have nothing else to do. There's another mall nearby I could wander around and I might, but otherwise, I don't have a whole lot to do today. Oh well.
What I did do yesterday was head out around 10. I found a bookstore where I managed to find one book I was looking for in a series. I had a light lunch of a sandwich while out. On the way back to the hotel I stopped at a comic book store for Free Comic Book Day. I was hoping to pick up the free Fight Club 2 Prologue but they were out. If anyone has one, I would love you forever for it.
Got back to the hotel around 1 and housekeeping still hadn't come. Bastards. They ended up coming at 3:15. Ugh. I left the room for a while, came back at 3:30 and took an accidental nap. Woke up around 5. Decided to watch some more Warehouse 13 and then I started a new show. There's only 7 episodes of it so far but I have to say, I like it. iZombie. It's cute, it's funny, it's a little cliche and corny, but it works. The characters are genuine and the stories aren't bad. I watch 5 episodes last night. I have two more to go. A new episode airs this week.
Talked to B for a little while. Went to bed. Today I really don't know what I want to do. I don't want to wander around aimlessly, but I also have nothing else to do. There's another mall nearby I could wander around and I might, but otherwise, I don't have a whole lot to do today. Oh well.
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Y6 D341
Slept in until 8:30am. Listen to your body buddy boy.
My last post was title Yg instead of Y6. Thanks for letting me know people. Sheesh. Oh wait, I am thinking people actually read this. Ha. Silly me. This is and never has been about people reading it. At least not now. It started off that way sure. But now it's about me saving something for posterity. Maybe this is my legacy for death. 100 years from now someone will find a printed out copy of this and see how life was back in these ol' days. Or maybe it will be made into a hologram for the kids to watch on a trip to the moon! Gee willikers!
So I am in Texas. Whoop de doo. I left Tulsa around 3 for the airport. Had my upgrade on the first flight which was oh so exciting. I don't stress about getting the upgrade on the smaller flights now. It used to chip away at my upgrade balance and I would stress because I felt like I was wasting them. Now anything under 500 miles is a complimentary upgrade. I take a lot of those FROM DFW - Austin, Tulsa, etc. I read through the flight and finished a book. Sat in DFW for two hours and came to Austin. Slept through that whopping 42 minute flight.
Got here around 9:30 and decided to kill time. I went to my favorite vape shop in Texas - Drip and Rip and hung out there for a little while trying new flavors and new tanks. Ended up getting a new tank, the Atlantis 2. Holy crap. .3 coils, massive bore drip tip, and so much airflow adjustment. I have to use my stick at 40w to push it, but man is it worth it. I bet most of the people reading just saw a whole lot of gibberish in that sentence.
Went to Walmart next where I picked up some supplies including an extra shirt. I found a stain on one of my shirts last week and for $15 decided to replace it. Extra shirts, never hurts. I'm a poet and TOTALLY KNEW IT. Went to Red Robin next for an early lunch. I ended up arriving at the hotel around noon. I was going to do more but I didn't want to leave myself with nothing for today and tomorrow. By a small miracle my room was ready! Yay! I went up and took a nap for a couple hours.
Woke up around 2, ironed, hung out, then was going to go to dinner, but decided to order a pizza instead. I just didn't want to deal with traffic outside the hotel. Pizza was easier and will span multiple meals. I then worked on bills. I paid rent AND paid off one more credit card! I had our bed down low enough that I could pay it off in full. THAT felt good, let me tell you. I have one more I can pay off and I saved it for today so I can have the satisfaction of doing multiple over the weekend.
Watched a bunch of TV including 3 episodes of Warehouse 13. I decided to take advantage of my damn Amazon Prime membership finally. I may continue today and watch the rest of season 1. I also have iZombie on my machine to watch.
Did a video call with B for about an hour. She's doing better. When most people travel they get jet lag - that few days where their body needs to adjust. For her it's empty house lag. She needs a couple of days to get over her whole 'holy shit i'm alone' thing. She is doing much better. The cats are behaving which helps.
Went to bed around 11:45 and had a good night sleep. A little dry here and I woke up a little stuffed up, but not horrible.
Today I am going over to a big mall to kill time for housekeeping. Going to head out in about an hour or so. No rush. I am already too late for breakfast so fuck it. I will eat lunch out and I have pizza for dinner.
My last post was title Yg instead of Y6. Thanks for letting me know people. Sheesh. Oh wait, I am thinking people actually read this. Ha. Silly me. This is and never has been about people reading it. At least not now. It started off that way sure. But now it's about me saving something for posterity. Maybe this is my legacy for death. 100 years from now someone will find a printed out copy of this and see how life was back in these ol' days. Or maybe it will be made into a hologram for the kids to watch on a trip to the moon! Gee willikers!
So I am in Texas. Whoop de doo. I left Tulsa around 3 for the airport. Had my upgrade on the first flight which was oh so exciting. I don't stress about getting the upgrade on the smaller flights now. It used to chip away at my upgrade balance and I would stress because I felt like I was wasting them. Now anything under 500 miles is a complimentary upgrade. I take a lot of those FROM DFW - Austin, Tulsa, etc. I read through the flight and finished a book. Sat in DFW for two hours and came to Austin. Slept through that whopping 42 minute flight.
Got here around 9:30 and decided to kill time. I went to my favorite vape shop in Texas - Drip and Rip and hung out there for a little while trying new flavors and new tanks. Ended up getting a new tank, the Atlantis 2. Holy crap. .3 coils, massive bore drip tip, and so much airflow adjustment. I have to use my stick at 40w to push it, but man is it worth it. I bet most of the people reading just saw a whole lot of gibberish in that sentence.
Went to Walmart next where I picked up some supplies including an extra shirt. I found a stain on one of my shirts last week and for $15 decided to replace it. Extra shirts, never hurts. I'm a poet and TOTALLY KNEW IT. Went to Red Robin next for an early lunch. I ended up arriving at the hotel around noon. I was going to do more but I didn't want to leave myself with nothing for today and tomorrow. By a small miracle my room was ready! Yay! I went up and took a nap for a couple hours.
Woke up around 2, ironed, hung out, then was going to go to dinner, but decided to order a pizza instead. I just didn't want to deal with traffic outside the hotel. Pizza was easier and will span multiple meals. I then worked on bills. I paid rent AND paid off one more credit card! I had our bed down low enough that I could pay it off in full. THAT felt good, let me tell you. I have one more I can pay off and I saved it for today so I can have the satisfaction of doing multiple over the weekend.
Watched a bunch of TV including 3 episodes of Warehouse 13. I decided to take advantage of my damn Amazon Prime membership finally. I may continue today and watch the rest of season 1. I also have iZombie on my machine to watch.
Did a video call with B for about an hour. She's doing better. When most people travel they get jet lag - that few days where their body needs to adjust. For her it's empty house lag. She needs a couple of days to get over her whole 'holy shit i'm alone' thing. She is doing much better. The cats are behaving which helps.
Went to bed around 11:45 and had a good night sleep. A little dry here and I woke up a little stuffed up, but not horrible.
Today I am going over to a big mall to kill time for housekeeping. Going to head out in about an hour or so. No rush. I am already too late for breakfast so fuck it. I will eat lunch out and I have pizza for dinner.
Friday, May 1, 2015
Y6 D340
Happy May. Travel pisses me off. Here's why - I am up and writing this at 2:12am local time. If I got in the car now and drove to Austin I would arrive roughly around 9:40 at my hotel. Instead, I am leaving in about an hour to go to the airport, board at 4:30 in the morning after standing around for probably 15 - 20 minutes waiting, then arrive in Dallas at 6:20, take another flight at 8 and land in Austin at 9:20. Get my rental car and drive to the hotel and guess what time I should arrive? About 9:50. So. I could drive and do something or spend most of the morning bored off my ass and arrive at my destination at the same time. Whoever said air travel saves time never did the actual math.
Finished at client one. Off to client two. 8 days total in Austin. Need to pay bills and rent this weekend from the hotel. Have no other big plans for my wild time in Austin. I might try and find something to do tomorrow. We shall see. Today to kill time before I check in I am going to a vape shop and then to the outlet malls. Maybe. I may just push the hotel into checking me in early and save those things for tomorrow to give me something to do.
Got back to the hotel around 4:30, packed and went out for dinner. Ate at Delta Cafe, aka your standard homestyle cookin' kind of place. It was acceptable. Came back and slept from 6:30 until 9. Downloaded files. Slept from 11:30 to 1:30.
Shout out to my buddy and his tooth situation. Life sucks doesn't it? But it's better than the alternative? For me it is at least. While I may contemplate death, death scares the living fuck out of me. It's the moments like this where I understand why people cling to religion. It gives them the false hope they need to carry on every day. They truly believe they will go 'on to a better place' when they die. It gives them the no fear of death mentality that I can't grasp. Fuck death. I can't comprehend me without me. I know that when the lights turn out that's it. There is no more. No more conscious thought. No more rambling on here. No more sitting in hotel rooms. Just nothing. I shut down. I go away. I turn into worm food.
And that freaks the fuck out of me.
Finished at client one. Off to client two. 8 days total in Austin. Need to pay bills and rent this weekend from the hotel. Have no other big plans for my wild time in Austin. I might try and find something to do tomorrow. We shall see. Today to kill time before I check in I am going to a vape shop and then to the outlet malls. Maybe. I may just push the hotel into checking me in early and save those things for tomorrow to give me something to do.
Got back to the hotel around 4:30, packed and went out for dinner. Ate at Delta Cafe, aka your standard homestyle cookin' kind of place. It was acceptable. Came back and slept from 6:30 until 9. Downloaded files. Slept from 11:30 to 1:30.
Shout out to my buddy and his tooth situation. Life sucks doesn't it? But it's better than the alternative? For me it is at least. While I may contemplate death, death scares the living fuck out of me. It's the moments like this where I understand why people cling to religion. It gives them the false hope they need to carry on every day. They truly believe they will go 'on to a better place' when they die. It gives them the no fear of death mentality that I can't grasp. Fuck death. I can't comprehend me without me. I know that when the lights turn out that's it. There is no more. No more conscious thought. No more rambling on here. No more sitting in hotel rooms. Just nothing. I shut down. I go away. I turn into worm food.
And that freaks the fuck out of me.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)