I messaged with an old friend yesterday. They reached out to tell me about the passing of someone we both used to work with a long time ago. Kind of sad. Was weird talking to them as we haven't spoken in a while. They are going through some family stuff like I went through when I found out I had a brother I didn't know about. I know how that can be finding out things about your parents you didn't ever really need to know. Was interesting.
Spent the day dealing with a bunch of little odds and ends from work. Fix that. Reply to that kind of stuff. Nothing major. Went to Office Depot to get a new USB drive to throw stuff on for this trip. 256gb for $40. Yeah.
Taco night. I fucking love taco night. They are such a perfect food.
I leave in less than 24 hours. Sweet mother of mercy thank the heavens. Today we are going to the cemetery for B. It's her great grandmother's birthday. She was a leap baby. They were super close and she is a bit off because of it. But we will go, she will cry, it will be cathartic for her. Me, I will go to bed at 7 so I can get the hell out of here.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Friday, February 28, 2020
Y11 D278
Well that was my last chance to sleep in for 3 weeks. Almost 7am, I will take it. Better than nothing. Oh my, I am almost out of here! Almost away from this fucking snow and cold! Whee!
I know I complain about my job just like every other human being on this earth, but yesterday showed me why I do enjoy working where I do. This week I have been working on kind of a skunk project. I made the decision on Tuesday to see if I could do something without telling anyone and without any kind of approval. Yesterday I finished what I was trying and wrote a huge write-up about my results that I sent to our Knowledgebase. The responses I got back were wonderful. I got praised for my work and told how it was good. Most companies don't allow their employees to do that kind of side project let alone praise them for it. Felt good to hear that.
That was the majority of my day. B went grocery shopping instead of me this time. Why? Because she knows I am feeling burdened with the fact I am about to leave and feel like I have a million things to do before I go. So she took that off my plate. Felt good. She did alright in getting what she needed. To be honest, most of the groceries are for her since I will be gone. Only fitting she do the shopping and get exactly what she wants.
Nothing on the schedule for today except cleaning the fish tank. I want that done before I go since the month is almost over. I have filter bags on their way and they need to arrive first though. The downside of a cannister filter is the sheer amount of pieces. Zorb bags, bio-mechanical filtration level, carbon bags, foam. A lot of different components and most people sell them in 1-packs making it hard to keep stuff 'on hand'. Hopefully it will be here by a decent time so I can do the tank today, otherwise I have to do it tomorrow.
Need to finalize my packing today, make sure I don't miss anything.
I know I complain about my job just like every other human being on this earth, but yesterday showed me why I do enjoy working where I do. This week I have been working on kind of a skunk project. I made the decision on Tuesday to see if I could do something without telling anyone and without any kind of approval. Yesterday I finished what I was trying and wrote a huge write-up about my results that I sent to our Knowledgebase. The responses I got back were wonderful. I got praised for my work and told how it was good. Most companies don't allow their employees to do that kind of side project let alone praise them for it. Felt good to hear that.
That was the majority of my day. B went grocery shopping instead of me this time. Why? Because she knows I am feeling burdened with the fact I am about to leave and feel like I have a million things to do before I go. So she took that off my plate. Felt good. She did alright in getting what she needed. To be honest, most of the groceries are for her since I will be gone. Only fitting she do the shopping and get exactly what she wants.
Nothing on the schedule for today except cleaning the fish tank. I want that done before I go since the month is almost over. I have filter bags on their way and they need to arrive first though. The downside of a cannister filter is the sheer amount of pieces. Zorb bags, bio-mechanical filtration level, carbon bags, foam. A lot of different components and most people sell them in 1-packs making it hard to keep stuff 'on hand'. Hopefully it will be here by a decent time so I can do the tank today, otherwise I have to do it tomorrow.
Need to finalize my packing today, make sure I don't miss anything.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Y11 D277
It turns out that wasn't the final schedule for Texas. It's a little better than I thought. Only 255 people over three weeks. Yeah, I know that sounds SO much better. I was kind of an asshole to B last night when she got home but we talked it through. I am just suffering from being home too damn long. Stuck in the house with six inches of snow outside isn't doing wonders for my mental state either. Plus the cats. Sunday cannot come fast enough for me. I need to be out of here. Give me the stress of airports and car facilities. It will be a welcomed change. How sad is that?
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Y11 D276
I really am becoming 'one of them'. Yesterday we got warnings all day from the weather service, the power company, etc saying how a HUGE storm was coming overnight and all today. Bah. I get up and there's barely an inch of snow on the ground. Maybe a 1/2 inch. Big storm my ass. It isn't even covering my entire walkway. See? A year ago any amount of snow would have been like an issue. Now unless I can't see certain things in the backyard it's nothing. Sigh.
Dealt with annoying co-worker yesterday. AND B had to deal with him too which shows it's not just me who finds him annoying. Case in point - he's one of those people who sends email after email with one line in it. Fucking hate that. Wait, capture multiple thoughts, send one email. How hard is that? Fucking sales and marketing people. They don't get technology. They may have the knowledge to deal with ONE aspect of something, but technology in general is not there strong suit. Poor people like us have to deal with that shit. I have learned to wait at least 30 minutes to reply to him because he will have sent ten more emails in that time. B was getting super frustrated because she would go to fix one thing only to have an email say "oh wait, not that, this". It was driving her crazy.
She went to bingo last night, I went shopping. God I love having two cars. I went to Old Navy to spend some coupon we had. I got $20 off $50 and got a pair of jeans and two shirts for $35. Not too shabby.
Other than that, not much else going on. Got the mostly final schedule for Texas. 370 people total over three weeks. Fuck me.
Dealt with annoying co-worker yesterday. AND B had to deal with him too which shows it's not just me who finds him annoying. Case in point - he's one of those people who sends email after email with one line in it. Fucking hate that. Wait, capture multiple thoughts, send one email. How hard is that? Fucking sales and marketing people. They don't get technology. They may have the knowledge to deal with ONE aspect of something, but technology in general is not there strong suit. Poor people like us have to deal with that shit. I have learned to wait at least 30 minutes to reply to him because he will have sent ten more emails in that time. B was getting super frustrated because she would go to fix one thing only to have an email say "oh wait, not that, this". It was driving her crazy.
She went to bingo last night, I went shopping. God I love having two cars. I went to Old Navy to spend some coupon we had. I got $20 off $50 and got a pair of jeans and two shirts for $35. Not too shabby.
Other than that, not much else going on. Got the mostly final schedule for Texas. 370 people total over three weeks. Fuck me.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Y11 D275
It RAINED last night. That's right rain! Meaning it didn't get cold enough to snow. The first signs of this winter hell being over. Unfortunately 4-8 inches of snow are predicted for tonight starting around 5pm and going until 10am tomorrow. Sigh. We shall see. Let's hope it stays warm enough that the snow can't stick.
Spent my morning yesterday cleaning the kitchen and getting rid of the extinguisher crud from the stove. I had let the oven cleaner sit overnight to do it's magic. That's the first time the stove has been cleaned since we bought the place and was overdue anyway. Our stove is now sparkling. When that was done I put a pot roast in the slow cooker. Knock multiple things out of the way before 9am. Boom.
The majority of the day yesterday was spent dealing with a font issue. Yes, you heard me. A font issue. Apparently there are two different flavors of the Trebuchet font and one gets passed correctly into LITMOS, the other doesn't. I had to spend a good chunk of my day editing documents for B to rebuild because the font was coming through right. On top of that, dealing with some stupid ass marketing request. An annoying work day. Although I did think about one thing. My coworker asked me if I would be willing to submit to a background check and drug test for the client next week. I emphatically said no. They were offering it to allow me to have non-escort access. I am fine with an escort thank you very much. But it got me thinking. I wrote this to my boss:
Nothing has come of it of course. Not even a response, but it made me feel better. I do seriously plan to ask companies to purge my information when I leave. Let's see how that goes over.
After dinner played some Wolcen. Enjoying it even with the glitches. I am going through the story and am curious to see the replay aspect. That's what separates Diablo from other games. I can play it again and feel like it's a 'new' game because of the dynamic challenges in seasons and the changing maps. Let's see how Wolcen does. There is a mode that gets unlocked when I finish the story. I am in Chapter 2 of 3.
Went to bed around 10:30 and slept ok. Not great but okay. More of the same document stuff today but otherwise no big issues, yet. B is going to bingo so I am on my own for dinner.
Spent my morning yesterday cleaning the kitchen and getting rid of the extinguisher crud from the stove. I had let the oven cleaner sit overnight to do it's magic. That's the first time the stove has been cleaned since we bought the place and was overdue anyway. Our stove is now sparkling. When that was done I put a pot roast in the slow cooker. Knock multiple things out of the way before 9am. Boom.
The majority of the day yesterday was spent dealing with a font issue. Yes, you heard me. A font issue. Apparently there are two different flavors of the Trebuchet font and one gets passed correctly into LITMOS, the other doesn't. I had to spend a good chunk of my day editing documents for B to rebuild because the font was coming through right. On top of that, dealing with some stupid ass marketing request. An annoying work day. Although I did think about one thing. My coworker asked me if I would be willing to submit to a background check and drug test for the client next week. I emphatically said no. They were offering it to allow me to have non-escort access. I am fine with an escort thank you very much. But it got me thinking. I wrote this to my boss:
Gentlemen,
Earlier today XXXX asked me if I would be willing to
submit to a background check and drug test in order to avoid having to have an
escort during my time at ERCOT. I refused. I have no problem having an escort
and have a BIG problem with a random corporation wanting access to my personal
information and bodily fluids. Now this particular situation is not an issue as
it was a simple question with a simple refusal and onward we go, but it left me
thinking about this issue overall.
Specifically, how many companies out there have my personal
information when they really shouldn’t? Think of how many places I have visited
in the past decade - Lasko, Disney, Lutron, Kaiser, Premera, James Avery, AEP,
Daimler, Landstar, TVA – just to name a few, and how many of them STILL have me
in their database? My picture, my driver’s license number, my passport number,
fingerprints (more of these than you’d imagine), and even my social security
number in a few rare cases! Heck for COH I had to submit to MEDICAL questions
and doctor’s visits. XXXX wanted me to blindly give information to the state of
Utah even when we didn’t know if I would be working on anything for them! How
do we allow them to get away with this? It seems we as a company are okay with
signing NDAs and bending over backwards to protect their security, but what are
they doing to protect ours?
Going forward, at the end of every engagement I do, I plan
to ask the client to delete any personal information they have captured on me.
I want my data expunged from their system. I understand that they need it (need
being a strong word) during the active engagement while I am on their premises,
but once I leave, it should be deleted. And I will ask strongly for this. If I
have to go back to a client then we will redo the process. I would rather do
that than have all my information in a potentially compromising situation. I
hope you have my back on this and can understand where I am coming from on the
rights of my privacy.
To that end, would we consider adding a simple line to our
contracts? One that simply states that we expect any personal employee
information to be removed from a client’s database at the completion of a
training/mentoring engagement?
Nothing has come of it of course. Not even a response, but it made me feel better. I do seriously plan to ask companies to purge my information when I leave. Let's see how that goes over.
After dinner played some Wolcen. Enjoying it even with the glitches. I am going through the story and am curious to see the replay aspect. That's what separates Diablo from other games. I can play it again and feel like it's a 'new' game because of the dynamic challenges in seasons and the changing maps. Let's see how Wolcen does. There is a mode that gets unlocked when I finish the story. I am in Chapter 2 of 3.
Went to bed around 10:30 and slept ok. Not great but okay. More of the same document stuff today but otherwise no big issues, yet. B is going to bingo so I am on my own for dinner.
Monday, February 24, 2020
Y11 D274
Had a little fire in the house yesterday. Not so bad that there's an issue, but bad enough I had to pull out the fire extinguisher and we couldn't eat dinner at home. I made some caramel monkey bread during the day and I guess some of the caramel dripped onto the burners. When I went to make dinner, I saw some coming from the oven, opened the door, and woosh, flames. Luckily I grabbed the extinguisher, put it right out, but the foam stuff got all over. Including on the food I had prepped to make for dinner. Sigh. The hard part is the clean up. Which technically still isn't done because I sparyed oven cleaner before I went to bed. I got everything else clean, but still have to do that this morning. That was our big adventure yesterday.
Other than that, nothing else on our end. Our friend's mom is in the hospital with MRSA. Look it up. Nasty shit. B may go out and sit with her today. The mom, since our friend has to work and thanks to being in retail, can't get a day off without the threat of losing her job. Good stuff.
This is a light week for me since I leave on Sunday. I am doing little to nothing this week no matter if people like it or not. They can all kiss my ass.
Other than that, nothing else on our end. Our friend's mom is in the hospital with MRSA. Look it up. Nasty shit. B may go out and sit with her today. The mom, since our friend has to work and thanks to being in retail, can't get a day off without the threat of losing her job. Good stuff.
This is a light week for me since I leave on Sunday. I am doing little to nothing this week no matter if people like it or not. They can all kiss my ass.
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Y11 D273
Sleeping in Sunday. My last for a month. Wanted to take advantage of it. I will be on my way to Austin this time next Sunday so let's make the most of this one,
We tried to make the most of our Saturday too. I slow cooked ribs from 8:30am until 5pm. They came out really nice. I removed the membrane, trimmed the fat, dry rub for 7 hours, then sauce for the last hour, rest for 30. Was very happy with the results. While all that was going on, we had adventures.
First I went in for some self-care and had my eyelashes tinted and lifted. It's very fierce right now and as B put it, I look like a cartoon character that the animators are trying to make sure you know is a girl by adding eyelashes. In other words "OH you're a giiiirrrlll dragon" kind of situation. But it will calm down and they will just look awake. I need a day or so for them to relax. Until then, I look VERY surprised. Oh well. The color is great and I like them and that's what matters. For B, we got her eyebrows tinted which she needs. Normally she has very light eyebrows and since she hates putting on makeup, this is the perfect solution. We both were very happy with our treatments.
After that we drove out about 40 minutes away to look at a dresser she found on craig's list. It was originally to be a replacement for hers, but after seeing it, we decided it would do better in the guest room. It's about 70 years old with a mirror and we got it for $100. She found the full set online and that would normally be $500. I am happy with what we got. While we were out there we had Del Taco and stopped at the nice fish store. She ended up with a blue gourami, a fat boy cory, and a chocolate molly for the big tank.
Came back, put everyone away and chilled until dinner. Unfortunately B's mom was being a pain. I guess because dinner went well on Friday she thought she now has some in with B. Bad move. B's mom is marrying the toothless wonder and is pushing B to be part of the wedding. Using her standard guilt techniques combined with passive agressive BS, she managed to push all of B's buttons. Good job butthole.
After dinner we watched the final episode of Fresh Off the Boat. Six year run. Not bad. The boys really have grown. It was a good show. Then I played some Wolcen. I have to keep reminding myself it's not Diablo even if it wants to be Diablo. I keep hitting keys expecting them to do things but they don't and I die. Oh well. It's fun none-the-less.
No plans for today. At least none as of right now. Yay.
We tried to make the most of our Saturday too. I slow cooked ribs from 8:30am until 5pm. They came out really nice. I removed the membrane, trimmed the fat, dry rub for 7 hours, then sauce for the last hour, rest for 30. Was very happy with the results. While all that was going on, we had adventures.
First I went in for some self-care and had my eyelashes tinted and lifted. It's very fierce right now and as B put it, I look like a cartoon character that the animators are trying to make sure you know is a girl by adding eyelashes. In other words "OH you're a giiiirrrlll dragon" kind of situation. But it will calm down and they will just look awake. I need a day or so for them to relax. Until then, I look VERY surprised. Oh well. The color is great and I like them and that's what matters. For B, we got her eyebrows tinted which she needs. Normally she has very light eyebrows and since she hates putting on makeup, this is the perfect solution. We both were very happy with our treatments.
After that we drove out about 40 minutes away to look at a dresser she found on craig's list. It was originally to be a replacement for hers, but after seeing it, we decided it would do better in the guest room. It's about 70 years old with a mirror and we got it for $100. She found the full set online and that would normally be $500. I am happy with what we got. While we were out there we had Del Taco and stopped at the nice fish store. She ended up with a blue gourami, a fat boy cory, and a chocolate molly for the big tank.
Came back, put everyone away and chilled until dinner. Unfortunately B's mom was being a pain. I guess because dinner went well on Friday she thought she now has some in with B. Bad move. B's mom is marrying the toothless wonder and is pushing B to be part of the wedding. Using her standard guilt techniques combined with passive agressive BS, she managed to push all of B's buttons. Good job butthole.
After dinner we watched the final episode of Fresh Off the Boat. Six year run. Not bad. The boys really have grown. It was a good show. Then I played some Wolcen. I have to keep reminding myself it's not Diablo even if it wants to be Diablo. I keep hitting keys expecting them to do things but they don't and I die. Oh well. It's fun none-the-less.
No plans for today. At least none as of right now. Yay.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
Y11 D272
I'm up early because I have a 9am lash appointment. Gots to look good for these three weeks in hell. But also we're doing ribs tonight and I have to get them prepped an in the oven slow cooking. I want them in before I leave. I need a good 30 minutes to pre-heat, do a dry rub, rip off the membrane, etc. That's really why I am up so early. Tomorrow, I shall sleep.
I started playing Wolcen last night. I know, I know. There's bugs. It's unpolished. I have heard all the criticisms. But you know what? I need something to hold me over until Diablo 4 comes out and this fits the bill. It plays like Diable meets Dungeon Siege. It's not bad. A little overly complicated with the skills but doable. I am in chapter 1 and it's okay. It will keep me interested while I am on the road. I am playing in offline mode because I give zero fucks about playing with friends.
I did jack shit yesterday for work as promised. I went grocery shopping, record shopping, paid bills, cleaned the house, and did some work stuff. But I certainly didn't give it 100%. Especially given my upcoming schedule. They can kiss my ass.
Made crepes for dinner last night. Shrimp with mushrooms, spinach, and cheese. I was very pleased at how they came out. B went to dinner with her mother for the mother's birthday. She didn't kill her. Small victories.
I started playing Wolcen last night. I know, I know. There's bugs. It's unpolished. I have heard all the criticisms. But you know what? I need something to hold me over until Diablo 4 comes out and this fits the bill. It plays like Diable meets Dungeon Siege. It's not bad. A little overly complicated with the skills but doable. I am in chapter 1 and it's okay. It will keep me interested while I am on the road. I am playing in offline mode because I give zero fucks about playing with friends.
I did jack shit yesterday for work as promised. I went grocery shopping, record shopping, paid bills, cleaned the house, and did some work stuff. But I certainly didn't give it 100%. Especially given my upcoming schedule. They can kiss my ass.
Made crepes for dinner last night. Shrimp with mushrooms, spinach, and cheese. I was very pleased at how they came out. B went to dinner with her mother for the mother's birthday. She didn't kill her. Small victories.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Y11 D271
Doing okay this morning. Slept in a bit. Not a ton but better than most days. I did wake up at 4:30 but said the hell with that. Couple more hours of sleep is what I needed. Seeing as I am about to embark on a serious road trip, unless I have a specific class to teach on the next few days (which I don't given the upcoming trips), I am taking it easy. I am going to cruise into this. I am about to lose three consecuctive sundays in a row so screw the man. It's funny, the two I taught the other day were going on about how they still had to work before and after class, blah blah, not enough time in the day, etc. Um so don't do it? These are the moments when I appreciate my job.
Did teach one group yesterday. Prudential group of 15. I like teaching them. They are eager to learn, excited to be there, and tend to have fun with it. Makes the day so much smoother.
While I was teaching B went off to the shooting range. When the apocalypse comes, she will be the muscle and I will be the charm. She was off shooting 9mms, an AR15, some six shooter revolver, and who knows what else. At least one of us will have a bonus to firearms. Me, I get the bonus to barter and speech.
We made moco loco for dinner last night. Came out pretty damn good. I was happy with it. Watched Picard. SO enjoying that show. They're doing a really good job. And it's nice to watch the show without the restrictions of standard broadcast tv. Not that I want to hear Picard say FUCK but it's nice knowing he could if he wants. Also been watching Miracle Workers. Steve Buscemi is one heck of a God.
Bill paying including the first car payment (59 to go) and then off to get groceries. Whee.
Did teach one group yesterday. Prudential group of 15. I like teaching them. They are eager to learn, excited to be there, and tend to have fun with it. Makes the day so much smoother.
While I was teaching B went off to the shooting range. When the apocalypse comes, she will be the muscle and I will be the charm. She was off shooting 9mms, an AR15, some six shooter revolver, and who knows what else. At least one of us will have a bonus to firearms. Me, I get the bonus to barter and speech.
We made moco loco for dinner last night. Came out pretty damn good. I was happy with it. Watched Picard. SO enjoying that show. They're doing a really good job. And it's nice to watch the show without the restrictions of standard broadcast tv. Not that I want to hear Picard say FUCK but it's nice knowing he could if he wants. Also been watching Miracle Workers. Steve Buscemi is one heck of a God.
Bill paying including the first car payment (59 to go) and then off to get groceries. Whee.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Y11 D270
Made it through day two. Luckily both of the students are early people. They both were ready to go by 6:30 so I finished around 1pm. No complaints there. Afterwards, I took a short nap, then B and I went to a record store so I could get some records for the new turntable. Got the Eagles, Pat Benatar, and the Romantics all for $8. Used records are like going to a used book sale. You get a lot for your money. Plus it brings back nice feelings of nostalgia for me. I enjoyed. After we went to our favorite hot dog place. We have become known by the owner and his staff so that makes it more enjoyable. We get good food and get to chit chat with people. I got a lot out of that. Came back, relaxed, spent some quality time together, went to bed. A good Wednesday. The snow is finally starting to melt and I have one more week at home before the pain starts. I have a 1/2 day session today with 17 people but it will go quick and be painless. Then I am done for a few days. B got tickets for Kesha in Chicago. Speaking of that, I am going to Chicago in July for my birthday and probably going by myself. Not because B doesn't want to go or vice versa, but we both know if I go by myself I will be able to walk more, eat where I want, go to boring shit (to her) like the museum, etc. Going alone is a gift, not a slight. We talked it through and came to that decision. I think people are so conditioned to do things like that "as a couple" that there's this inherent guilt about wanting to go somewhere alone. Luckily we can talk about shit like this. As a matter of fact, we had a conversation the other night where we agreed that we have the best communication of any relationship either of us has ever had. Case in point, me wanting to be able to wander and do whatever in Chicago. So I will go 7/6 - 7/8 and have a quiet time. Have Gino's pizza, see the bean, hit an irish pub. Perfect.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Y11 D269
A lot happened yesterday. First, the morning was really rough. The class I am teaching yesterday and today is a private class for a commercial real estate company. They never sent an attendee list and I had no idea how many students. The other catch is that they wanted training on an OLD version of the product. Like one I haven't taught in nearly 4 years. Which means I needed an old environment. I haven't brought one of those up in years either. I struggled like hell yesterday morning to get one running. Finally got one up and running with 40 minutes until class start time. I start class and wait. Turns out my massive student list? 2. Two. Dos. Deux. Yep. Plus these two students are 900 years old. Computer skills are less than adequate for my tastes. To round it off, one is in a basement with worse internet than Australia. He's getting like a 1mb connection and is constantly behind. The other has only one screen and is swapping back and forth all day. OMG. It was awful.
During all that, I get confirmation that Texas is happening. I have to book 3 weeks straight of flights, hotels, etc. I only managed to get 2 of the three trips fully booked. I am waiting on the third flight and car because of price fluctuations. I am giving it until this weekend to see how the 3rd one looks. But I have two all set. From 3/1 - 3/20 I am gone with only one day home in between. Long enough to do laundry and repack.
THEN I get an email from Ticketmaster. Fucking Ozzy cancelled his tour. There goes my summer vacation. There goes my birthday plans. There goes time with the kid. The only cool thing is I still have the tickets. They had mailed me paper tickets which I can now frame.
Made chicken shake and bake for dinner. Went old school. Didn't have the energy to do much more. We worked on a puzzle together last night then went off to bed.
Day two of the same group, then one more group tomorrow. Since I am going to be living like hell for three weeks, next week I am not doing shit.
During all that, I get confirmation that Texas is happening. I have to book 3 weeks straight of flights, hotels, etc. I only managed to get 2 of the three trips fully booked. I am waiting on the third flight and car because of price fluctuations. I am giving it until this weekend to see how the 3rd one looks. But I have two all set. From 3/1 - 3/20 I am gone with only one day home in between. Long enough to do laundry and repack.
THEN I get an email from Ticketmaster. Fucking Ozzy cancelled his tour. There goes my summer vacation. There goes my birthday plans. There goes time with the kid. The only cool thing is I still have the tickets. They had mailed me paper tickets which I can now frame.
Made chicken shake and bake for dinner. Went old school. Didn't have the energy to do much more. We worked on a puzzle together last night then went off to bed.
Day two of the same group, then one more group tomorrow. Since I am going to be living like hell for three weeks, next week I am not doing shit.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Y11 D268
Guess what it did overnight? Yep it fucking snowed again. Whee. Plus somehow our fridge was open all night so shit is warm. Lovely. Fun to wake up to when I have to teach a class at 7. Good times.
Spent the day dealing with another HDD crash. This time internal on one of the macs. Luckily it was an internal drive so I lost nothing except my plex library files. Not the data, just the libraries. Which means for the last 15+ hours I have been rebuilding the libraries and everything is flagged as unwatched. Ugh.
Worked on a new class, decided I hate one of my coworkers and wish he would just go away, had venison for dinner, went to bed. My life.
Spent the day dealing with another HDD crash. This time internal on one of the macs. Luckily it was an internal drive so I lost nothing except my plex library files. Not the data, just the libraries. Which means for the last 15+ hours I have been rebuilding the libraries and everything is flagged as unwatched. Ugh.
Worked on a new class, decided I hate one of my coworkers and wish he would just go away, had venison for dinner, went to bed. My life.
Monday, February 17, 2020
Y11 D267
MUCH more productive day yesterday. Got things accomplished dammit.
First we went out to this place that was listed as "used electronics" but it really was more video game and computer centered. Apparently it's a chain with locations all over, but I had never heard of it. Disc Replay is the name. Walls and walls of DVDs, video games, laptops, tablets, headphones, etc. The one nice thing they had was a wall of Pops. Yeah, I know. Not what I went out for but I ended up spending $45 on four new pops. The ones I got were all limited or specials like convention, amazon exclusive, etc. I got one Deadpool and three ad icon ones. Still felt like I got something done at least. From there we hit the fish store. That was another annoying case of the door says open at noon, dude shows up at 12:20. Sigh. But we needed blackworms for the axolotls so we waited. After that we went to this woman's house where B got a new axolotl. It's to replace the one that passed away. We are now back to three. Came home and I taught her how to feed them.
After that I gave in and bought a new record player. I had Best Buy certificates and the one I was looking at was on sale. B's dad had an extra receiver so I didn't have to buy that at least. Total I spent $85 and now have this setup:
I'm happy. Got it all set up last night and listened to some classic stuff like the Misfits, Corrosion of Conformity, and Joan Jett. We picked up B's sisters since they have a holiday today. President's day or some shit. We had pizza for dinner, played games, stayed up chatting. It makes B happy when they are here, but man does it also show why we don't have kids. She doesn't have the patience to deal with two of them for sure.
They're going to hang out and do stuff today while I work. It finally has stopped snowing but more is forecasted for tonight. The end might be in sight though. It's scheduled to warm up by the end of the week. Like up to 50 degrees. Melt this shit off and be done with it. I should also hear today or tomorrow about when I leave on the road. Have three private trainings this week and then maybe road trips. Thank god.
First we went out to this place that was listed as "used electronics" but it really was more video game and computer centered. Apparently it's a chain with locations all over, but I had never heard of it. Disc Replay is the name. Walls and walls of DVDs, video games, laptops, tablets, headphones, etc. The one nice thing they had was a wall of Pops. Yeah, I know. Not what I went out for but I ended up spending $45 on four new pops. The ones I got were all limited or specials like convention, amazon exclusive, etc. I got one Deadpool and three ad icon ones. Still felt like I got something done at least. From there we hit the fish store. That was another annoying case of the door says open at noon, dude shows up at 12:20. Sigh. But we needed blackworms for the axolotls so we waited. After that we went to this woman's house where B got a new axolotl. It's to replace the one that passed away. We are now back to three. Came home and I taught her how to feed them.
After that I gave in and bought a new record player. I had Best Buy certificates and the one I was looking at was on sale. B's dad had an extra receiver so I didn't have to buy that at least. Total I spent $85 and now have this setup:
I'm happy. Got it all set up last night and listened to some classic stuff like the Misfits, Corrosion of Conformity, and Joan Jett. We picked up B's sisters since they have a holiday today. President's day or some shit. We had pizza for dinner, played games, stayed up chatting. It makes B happy when they are here, but man does it also show why we don't have kids. She doesn't have the patience to deal with two of them for sure.
They're going to hang out and do stuff today while I work. It finally has stopped snowing but more is forecasted for tonight. The end might be in sight though. It's scheduled to warm up by the end of the week. Like up to 50 degrees. Melt this shit off and be done with it. I should also hear today or tomorrow about when I leave on the road. Have three private trainings this week and then maybe road trips. Thank god.
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Y11 D266
My back needs a cracking this morning. I hibernated and slept too long. Now it's all tight. A good hot shower will help. Slept for like 9 hours. But given that it FUCKING SNOWED again last night, my body probably really did think I needed to hibernate. Had a weird ass dream right before I woke up. I was in this bar in like Vegas and met this group of people whose friend had died and like we became close all of a sudden over it. Really weird shit.
Yesterday I wasted two hours of my life and accomplished zero of the goals I had planned. So I found this used electronics shop I told you about. The website said they opened at 11. Okay. B and I head over there at 11. Nope. The door says 12:30. Fine. We go to the grocery store, get some stuff, head back home. She then heads out to spend the afternoon with her friend and I head back to this shop. I get there about 12:20. 12:30 comes and goes. Finally at 1:30 he shows up. Yes. I sat there for an hour.
Get in the shop and it's pretty cool. Wall after wall of some sick vintage and modern audio video equipment. Racks of restored Marantz tube amps, Carter, McIntosh, Pioneer Elite, Martin Logan speakers, Boston Acoustics, classic HK and Denon models. Rack mount. Pre-corporate Bose equipment. I mean like awesome shit. Unfortunately I want a cheap ass 2 channel receiver and turntable. If I were doing a big project it would be the place I would go. Plus because some old retired nothing better to do on a Saturday white guy got in the door before me, I never even got a chance to talk with the owner. So maybe he did have something for me, but I will never know. All in all, 2 hours of my life gone and nothing to show for it.
I made some nice lamb shoulder chops for dinner with smashed potatoes and brussel sprouts. It was a good dinner. Watched Picard, played Fallout, went to bed. A good Saturday was had.
Yesterday I wasted two hours of my life and accomplished zero of the goals I had planned. So I found this used electronics shop I told you about. The website said they opened at 11. Okay. B and I head over there at 11. Nope. The door says 12:30. Fine. We go to the grocery store, get some stuff, head back home. She then heads out to spend the afternoon with her friend and I head back to this shop. I get there about 12:20. 12:30 comes and goes. Finally at 1:30 he shows up. Yes. I sat there for an hour.
Get in the shop and it's pretty cool. Wall after wall of some sick vintage and modern audio video equipment. Racks of restored Marantz tube amps, Carter, McIntosh, Pioneer Elite, Martin Logan speakers, Boston Acoustics, classic HK and Denon models. Rack mount. Pre-corporate Bose equipment. I mean like awesome shit. Unfortunately I want a cheap ass 2 channel receiver and turntable. If I were doing a big project it would be the place I would go. Plus because some old retired nothing better to do on a Saturday white guy got in the door before me, I never even got a chance to talk with the owner. So maybe he did have something for me, but I will never know. All in all, 2 hours of my life gone and nothing to show for it.
I made some nice lamb shoulder chops for dinner with smashed potatoes and brussel sprouts. It was a good dinner. Watched Picard, played Fallout, went to bed. A good Saturday was had.
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Y11 D265
I heard from my sister. I was right to be worried. She's having a rough time. But they have stelled in ID for what sounds like a while and she's working on getting better. I do care even if I don't always show it. But hopefully things will get squared away for her and she will be okay. Maybe I can find a client there and schedule a visit.
Finished recording another class yesterday. Cranked through that fucker. We had a nice quiet valentine's day. Had some us time. That was overdue and needed. I made red velvet cheesecake brownies and we took some over to B's grandparent's for v day as well. They appreciated the company and the food. I do like them. They are just good people. A little stubborn and old fashioned in their thinking sometimes, but not to the point of being horrible people like a lot of the older folks I meet around here. I especially respect her grandfather. He's the kind of person I wish my dad could be. They are roughly the same age and yet worlds apart in their thinking. Oh well. Is what it is.
We also discussed a 2020 project for downstairs. We want to frame off the movie area. Turn it into a proper movie room. We need to add one full wall and one half wall to do it. No, I am not going to do it. I am not that skilled. But if we can get those in the family who are skilled involved, it might actually get done this year. Then we can use that area more often. Have a real theater experience. We shall see. At some point we will also fix the laundry room and probably convert my office into a bathroom. Long term goals.
Today I am going 'thrifting'. Going to be looking for a 2-channel receiver. I want to get a record player up and running but also need a receiver. So I am going hunting for one at some pawn shops, second hand electronics stores, etc. Let's see what I find.
Finished recording another class yesterday. Cranked through that fucker. We had a nice quiet valentine's day. Had some us time. That was overdue and needed. I made red velvet cheesecake brownies and we took some over to B's grandparent's for v day as well. They appreciated the company and the food. I do like them. They are just good people. A little stubborn and old fashioned in their thinking sometimes, but not to the point of being horrible people like a lot of the older folks I meet around here. I especially respect her grandfather. He's the kind of person I wish my dad could be. They are roughly the same age and yet worlds apart in their thinking. Oh well. Is what it is.
We also discussed a 2020 project for downstairs. We want to frame off the movie area. Turn it into a proper movie room. We need to add one full wall and one half wall to do it. No, I am not going to do it. I am not that skilled. But if we can get those in the family who are skilled involved, it might actually get done this year. Then we can use that area more often. Have a real theater experience. We shall see. At some point we will also fix the laundry room and probably convert my office into a bathroom. Long term goals.
Today I am going 'thrifting'. Going to be looking for a 2-channel receiver. I want to get a record player up and running but also need a receiver. So I am going hunting for one at some pawn shops, second hand electronics stores, etc. Let's see what I find.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Y11 D264
I'm worried about my sister. I sent her an email and she sent back a one sentence reply. That's not like her. So either she's dealing with some shit or she's mad at me. I wouldn't blame her for being mad at me. I am horrible at keeping people in the loop. I am also bad at maintaining contact with other human beings. I get so wrapped up in my own world I lose track. Not an excuse, just a reality. Hopefully she's doing okay though and sends me more.
I was thinking about reincarnation last night. Specifically about shit like this. Like if you do come back, do you get to 're-roll' your character? Oh add more points to empathy this time. Take some away from strength and add it to wisdom. Pick your perks - music virtuoso for example. I play too many rpg games apparently.
Spent the day recording. 60% through yet another class. Getting tired of doing this same shit. At least I have three days next week of real teaching. I was supposed to have booked shit by now but nope. Here I am still sitting and waiting. Twiddling my fucking thumbs. The grass is not always greener and the reason the grass is grenner is it's because that's where the dogs shit. Never forget that part.
Had turkey tacos for dinner. Whee. I do like taco night. I mean who doesn't? Not going out tonight. Fuck Valentine's Day. Fuck prix fix menus gouging you for shit that's been sitting in the warmer for 30 minutes. You all enjoy that. I will go out tomorrow. Save a few bucks. I got a car to pay for right now. Had a dream about that sort of. I was forgetting to give someone gas money and they didn't know how to ask me for it. See above about being clueless. I am rather smart but also rather clueless at the same time. Plain and simple.
I was thinking about reincarnation last night. Specifically about shit like this. Like if you do come back, do you get to 're-roll' your character? Oh add more points to empathy this time. Take some away from strength and add it to wisdom. Pick your perks - music virtuoso for example. I play too many rpg games apparently.
Spent the day recording. 60% through yet another class. Getting tired of doing this same shit. At least I have three days next week of real teaching. I was supposed to have booked shit by now but nope. Here I am still sitting and waiting. Twiddling my fucking thumbs. The grass is not always greener and the reason the grass is grenner is it's because that's where the dogs shit. Never forget that part.
Had turkey tacos for dinner. Whee. I do like taco night. I mean who doesn't? Not going out tonight. Fuck Valentine's Day. Fuck prix fix menus gouging you for shit that's been sitting in the warmer for 30 minutes. You all enjoy that. I will go out tomorrow. Save a few bucks. I got a car to pay for right now. Had a dream about that sort of. I was forgetting to give someone gas money and they didn't know how to ask me for it. See above about being clueless. I am rather smart but also rather clueless at the same time. Plain and simple.
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Y11 D263
Losing my shit. I can't take being in the fucking house doing the same thing day inday out. Cats are driving me nuts. People are annoying me. Snow. Snow. Snow. It started last night and hasn't stopped. Recorded all day. That's all I did. Blah blah blah.
Had fish for dinner. Fucking cats won't shut up. Going to throw them out in the snow and see if that shuts them up for five minutes.
Marketing people annoying me. salespeople annoying me. I am so done. GET ME OUT OF HERE.
Had fish for dinner. Fucking cats won't shut up. Going to throw them out in the snow and see if that shuts them up for five minutes.
Marketing people annoying me. salespeople annoying me. I am so done. GET ME OUT OF HERE.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Y11 D262
I used to be so big and strong
I used to know my right from wrong
I used to never be afraid
I used to be somebody
I used to have something inside
Now just this hole that's open wide
I used to want it all
I used to be somebody
I'll cross my heart and hope to die but the needle's already in my eye
And all the world's weight is on my back and I don't even know why
And what I used to think was me is just a fading memory
I looked him right in the eye and said "goodbye"
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Y11 D261
My neck is killing me this morning. I pulled something in it and it hurts to twist it. Lovely.
Spent the day recording and working on the next set of recordings. Whee.
I had a bit of a breakdown last night and it took me a while to figure out what was going on in my head. It has to do with what my coworkers expect out of me. Now that I have to work primarily with sales and marketing type people, they act differently. They expect everyone to be happy little drone team workers who do everything with a smile for the team because it makes the team strong and the customers happy gosh golly. Well fuck that. I work most efficiently when left the fuck alone. I am not a 'team' player. Never have been, never will be. I am best when left to my own devices with a set of tasks. I don't talk politely, I don't care about people's feelings, and I certainly don't believe the client is always right. We had this huge email thread last night that with every 1 sentence reply was just pissing me off more and more. I finally shut down. I couldn't take any more of it.
Fuck people.
Spent the day recording and working on the next set of recordings. Whee.
I had a bit of a breakdown last night and it took me a while to figure out what was going on in my head. It has to do with what my coworkers expect out of me. Now that I have to work primarily with sales and marketing type people, they act differently. They expect everyone to be happy little drone team workers who do everything with a smile for the team because it makes the team strong and the customers happy gosh golly. Well fuck that. I work most efficiently when left the fuck alone. I am not a 'team' player. Never have been, never will be. I am best when left to my own devices with a set of tasks. I don't talk politely, I don't care about people's feelings, and I certainly don't believe the client is always right. We had this huge email thread last night that with every 1 sentence reply was just pissing me off more and more. I finally shut down. I couldn't take any more of it.
Fuck people.
Monday, February 10, 2020
Y11 D260
I slept weird last night. I woke up at one point around 12:30am just awake. No coming out of sleep, no dream ending, just awake. It was creepy AF. I di manage to fall back to sleep where I had very strange dreams. Drugs. Cars. People I don't know. Weird..
Stayed inside yesterday for the most part. I did go out super early and have the car washed. I knew it was going to start snowing so I wanted to get a layer of salt and crap off the car before more could take hold. Got that done and came back. That was my big outing. About 4 inches of snow did finally hit. Took it's sweet ass time.
Watched a movie last night. Finally watched Joker. Meh. Look, I think that could have been a good study of mental health and societal woes if it had NOT been the Joker. That took away from the movie in my mind. Are we supposed to feel sorry for this guy? How do you have empathy for such a character? Plus Thomas Wayne was portrayed all wrong. If the story had been about anyone else in the universe I would have enjoyed it more. But as it was, there were maybe two or three good moments and the rest was annoying as fuck. No me gusta.
Recordings again this week. Oh boy. God I want out of the fucking house.
Stayed inside yesterday for the most part. I did go out super early and have the car washed. I knew it was going to start snowing so I wanted to get a layer of salt and crap off the car before more could take hold. Got that done and came back. That was my big outing. About 4 inches of snow did finally hit. Took it's sweet ass time.
Watched a movie last night. Finally watched Joker. Meh. Look, I think that could have been a good study of mental health and societal woes if it had NOT been the Joker. That took away from the movie in my mind. Are we supposed to feel sorry for this guy? How do you have empathy for such a character? Plus Thomas Wayne was portrayed all wrong. If the story had been about anyone else in the universe I would have enjoyed it more. But as it was, there were maybe two or three good moments and the rest was annoying as fuck. No me gusta.
Recordings again this week. Oh boy. God I want out of the fucking house.
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Y11 D259
We were having a good day until one of B's friend's made a major social faux pas. He asked B for another friend's phone number. That's not a position you want to find yourself in. It messed up her whole evening. Stupid dumb ass. Never put your friends in that kind of situation. If it doesn't work out, they blame you. If it does work out great, but the chances are pretty slim. Ugh.
It was so bad, one of B's other friends came over apparently around midnight to talk to her. I was in bed already. She wouldn't talk to me about it probably because I was going to give her man advice and she needed woman advice. My opinion was she should tell the idiot he was being an idiot but she avoids confrontation and instead internalizes it.
Whatever.
So as for the rest of the day, we had a pretty good time. It snowed all morning until about 11. But we still managed to get out and go to the book sale. Yes, B went on Friday but they keep putting more out all weekend. We got a ton of books for like $15. Okay, I got mostly cookbooks, but B got a ton of books. My goal is to find one new thing to cook in all of my cookbooks per week. This way we can expand our rotating menu. I plan on looking through it in a little while. I mean it's 5:45am, what else will I have to do? I know she won't be awake for a while if her friend came over at midnight. That means she probably didn't go to bed until at least 2.
Fun times.
We had chinese food for dinner and then went to the fish store. We spent a good deal of time there as we needed to pick their brains about feeding and taking care of the axolotls. I want to make sure we're doing it right. We left with 11 new barbs for the big tank and blackworms for the other. Now I get the fun of feeding these tiny weird ass worms to the fish today. Oh boy.
It's going to start snowing again at 2 and go all night. Up to 4 inches will get dumped tonight. I am so done with this.
It was so bad, one of B's other friends came over apparently around midnight to talk to her. I was in bed already. She wouldn't talk to me about it probably because I was going to give her man advice and she needed woman advice. My opinion was she should tell the idiot he was being an idiot but she avoids confrontation and instead internalizes it.
Whatever.
So as for the rest of the day, we had a pretty good time. It snowed all morning until about 11. But we still managed to get out and go to the book sale. Yes, B went on Friday but they keep putting more out all weekend. We got a ton of books for like $15. Okay, I got mostly cookbooks, but B got a ton of books. My goal is to find one new thing to cook in all of my cookbooks per week. This way we can expand our rotating menu. I plan on looking through it in a little while. I mean it's 5:45am, what else will I have to do? I know she won't be awake for a while if her friend came over at midnight. That means she probably didn't go to bed until at least 2.
Fun times.
We had chinese food for dinner and then went to the fish store. We spent a good deal of time there as we needed to pick their brains about feeding and taking care of the axolotls. I want to make sure we're doing it right. We left with 11 new barbs for the big tank and blackworms for the other. Now I get the fun of feeding these tiny weird ass worms to the fish today. Oh boy.
It's going to start snowing again at 2 and go all night. Up to 4 inches will get dumped tonight. I am so done with this.
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Y11 D258
It would seem my machine rebooted last night. Interesting. This is why I hate windows. It does too much shit in the background. It assumes the user is an idiot and does things automatically. They then bury the options to disable this shit so deep you don't know where to look. Annoying.
B had a good birthday yesterday. She went to the annual book sale and got herself like 10 books for $3. I worked while she did all that. Then I took her to this store she wanted to go to where she could pick out any stuffed animal she wanted. She got a giant pink squishy bunny. Then we went to benihana for dinner. I actually enjoyed myself for once there. Shocking. Came back to the house with her friends who were at dinner with us, had birthday cheesecake, and satyed up until after midnight.
Her friends also delivered. Good presents, no one complained about the price of dinner, and they all were genuinely happy to be there. Good.
It's snowing, again. Pretty solidly too. Luckily I went to the grocery store yesterday and stocked us up. We can go all week if needed without having to leave. Might need to if this keeps up. There are these plants in our backyard that if they are covered, the snow is deep in my opinion. I can still see the tops of them so not worrying yet. When they are gone, that's when I don't leave the house. If they're covered then there's a good foot of snow. Right now it's about 4-5 inches from there. We can still get out of the driveway is the point.
We were planning to go back to the book sale today but it's not that urgent. We shall see.
B had a good birthday yesterday. She went to the annual book sale and got herself like 10 books for $3. I worked while she did all that. Then I took her to this store she wanted to go to where she could pick out any stuffed animal she wanted. She got a giant pink squishy bunny. Then we went to benihana for dinner. I actually enjoyed myself for once there. Shocking. Came back to the house with her friends who were at dinner with us, had birthday cheesecake, and satyed up until after midnight.
Her friends also delivered. Good presents, no one complained about the price of dinner, and they all were genuinely happy to be there. Good.
It's snowing, again. Pretty solidly too. Luckily I went to the grocery store yesterday and stocked us up. We can go all week if needed without having to leave. Might need to if this keeps up. There are these plants in our backyard that if they are covered, the snow is deep in my opinion. I can still see the tops of them so not worrying yet. When they are gone, that's when I don't leave the house. If they're covered then there's a good foot of snow. Right now it's about 4-5 inches from there. We can still get out of the driveway is the point.
We were planning to go back to the book sale today but it's not that urgent. We shall see.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Y11 D257
Second morning I have woken up and internet has been down. Probably went down sometime in the middle of the night due to ice again. I was worried about yesterday's class as it didn't stop snowing all day. I kept waiting for power to go out. Even got the obligatory email from the power company warning us it could happen. Good times.
Waiting for my check to hit the bank. Hard part about living on the east coast while working for a west coast company with a wets coast payroll system and a west coast bank. My check won't hit for a few more minutes. I need to get to the store. Got groceries to buy. Got bills to pay.
Spent the day teaching and then since B wanted to finish her work last night and not have it hanging today, ended up working another 2 hours after teaching. She managed to work a good 20 hours this week and we have another 20 for her next week. She will bring in some good cash for her. She also managed to get her rate raised. I've been asking for a raise for 2 years and she some how gets another $10 per hour with one email. Go figure. It dawned on her too last night that with this increase she is making roughly 3 times her friend who was recently getting excited about a $2 raise. The friend works her ass off in retail and in one week B will make more than she does in 2.5 while sitting on her tushy listening to music. Hey, don't feel guilty because you saw an opportunity and took it. Is it fair? No. But it's for the friend to complain not B.
B's birthday today. Her gift was the damn car so yeah I am done. Cards, dinner, and a book sale is what I am doing for her and that's it. I did get her some floor mats (all weather ones) for her car but otherwise she is done.
Whoops, there's my check. Time for bills. Whee.
Waiting for my check to hit the bank. Hard part about living on the east coast while working for a west coast company with a wets coast payroll system and a west coast bank. My check won't hit for a few more minutes. I need to get to the store. Got groceries to buy. Got bills to pay.
Spent the day teaching and then since B wanted to finish her work last night and not have it hanging today, ended up working another 2 hours after teaching. She managed to work a good 20 hours this week and we have another 20 for her next week. She will bring in some good cash for her. She also managed to get her rate raised. I've been asking for a raise for 2 years and she some how gets another $10 per hour with one email. Go figure. It dawned on her too last night that with this increase she is making roughly 3 times her friend who was recently getting excited about a $2 raise. The friend works her ass off in retail and in one week B will make more than she does in 2.5 while sitting on her tushy listening to music. Hey, don't feel guilty because you saw an opportunity and took it. Is it fair? No. But it's for the friend to complain not B.
B's birthday today. Her gift was the damn car so yeah I am done. Cards, dinner, and a book sale is what I am doing for her and that's it. I did get her some floor mats (all weather ones) for her car but otherwise she is done.
Whoops, there's my check. Time for bills. Whee.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Y11 D256
t was touch and go this morning if anything was going to happen today. We got snow last night and it seems to have played havok with my internet. Power and internet went out some time during the night. All of my devices were disconnected. Took a couple of retries but it came back up just a few minutes ago. And here I thought I might have to cancel day two of classes. Darn.
My coworkers were pissing me off yesterday too with stupid requests. Fuck sales and marketing people. I am tired of a company being driven by them. They have no idea sometimes how real things work. They live in a fantasy world. I just need to get out of the house and away from all of them for a while.
Made pomegranate chicken for dinner last night. Came out okay. I made it better last time. Didn't have the same ingredients so I had to tweak it and it wasn't quite as good. Oh well.
Tomorrow is B's birthday. Things are a planned. Book sale, dinner, etc. Just need to make it through the next 12 hours or so without killing anyone.
Snow is scheduled to keep falling all the way through tomorrow midday. Good times.
My coworkers were pissing me off yesterday too with stupid requests. Fuck sales and marketing people. I am tired of a company being driven by them. They have no idea sometimes how real things work. They live in a fantasy world. I just need to get out of the house and away from all of them for a while.
Made pomegranate chicken for dinner last night. Came out okay. I made it better last time. Didn't have the same ingredients so I had to tweak it and it wasn't quite as good. Oh well.
Tomorrow is B's birthday. Things are a planned. Book sale, dinner, etc. Just need to make it through the next 12 hours or so without killing anyone.
Snow is scheduled to keep falling all the way through tomorrow midday. Good times.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Y11 D255
110 days to go in the year. Oh wait, 111. It's a leap year. Weird. Has it been four years already? What was I doing 4 years ago? Can't remember. Oh well.
Slept very soundly last night. Had a bunch of weird dreams including ones about my old car, getting stuck in a parking lot in LA, and just weird random shit. The brain is a mess. Squishy grey blob that allows for all this. Amazing.
Spent the day recording. Got one class finished and a second one underway. Today and tomorrow I have 4 students for a public class. Then back to finishing the other stuff. B went to bingo and I went and got cards for birthday, valentine's, and anniversary. Got her multiple birthday cards from the cats because that's how we roll in this house.
The weather turned nice for a brief spell. Nice enough to completely melt all the snow in our yard. Such a trip how it goes from covered in white to gone in like one day. Temporary respite though. Scheduled for more snow tomorrow and it's a whoppiing 17 out right now. Fuck my heating bill is going to be through the roof. Put on a sweater dammit!
Speaking of bills, the addition of the car is going to hurt. Not the car by itself but the extra $100 for the insurance isn't helping. This state sucks when it comes to insurance. I am paying 3 times as much as I was in OR with worse coverage. Something needs to be changed. Maybe don't vote in a piece of shit this time people?
Slept very soundly last night. Had a bunch of weird dreams including ones about my old car, getting stuck in a parking lot in LA, and just weird random shit. The brain is a mess. Squishy grey blob that allows for all this. Amazing.
Spent the day recording. Got one class finished and a second one underway. Today and tomorrow I have 4 students for a public class. Then back to finishing the other stuff. B went to bingo and I went and got cards for birthday, valentine's, and anniversary. Got her multiple birthday cards from the cats because that's how we roll in this house.
The weather turned nice for a brief spell. Nice enough to completely melt all the snow in our yard. Such a trip how it goes from covered in white to gone in like one day. Temporary respite though. Scheduled for more snow tomorrow and it's a whoppiing 17 out right now. Fuck my heating bill is going to be through the roof. Put on a sweater dammit!
Speaking of bills, the addition of the car is going to hurt. Not the car by itself but the extra $100 for the insurance isn't helping. This state sucks when it comes to insurance. I am paying 3 times as much as I was in OR with worse coverage. Something needs to be changed. Maybe don't vote in a piece of shit this time people?
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Y11 D254
You ever make the mistake as you're falling asleep of recounting every mistake you've ever made in your life trying to track it back to the exact point where things really went wrong? Where if you had done this one thing different how much it might have changed the course of everything else to come?No? That's just me? Okay. Because that's what I did last night when I was trying to fall asleep. Went back and back. It all comes down to when I was 16. I made one crucial decision that I think could have made things very different today. Meh. It is what it is. The sad part is you're supposed to learn from your decisions and mistakes but by the time you finally do truly grasp the life lesson's, it's way too late. There's literally nothing you can do to change things, nothing you can do to right any wrongs. You move forward and hope to be a better person, living with the consequences of decades of actions. We always realize things too little too late. Youth is wasted on the young never meant more to me than it does right now.
Slept hard. Had long weird dreams. One about getting in trouble at work (not my current work) but it turns out the person accusing me of doing something confused me with someone else of the same name. What a relief. For once I wasn't the screw up. Then Bruce Campbell was there. That was just weird. He was my boss. Yeah. I know. Also we had a water park at this company. I told you, weird.
Spent the day recording. Got 60% through one of two immediate classes. I may be going to PA next week. I will know more today. Realistically it will be the week of the 24th but either way, out of the house. YAY! It's a full five day session too which means I will be gone for 7 days, 6 hotel days. PA isn't huge for mileage but I will rack up hotel and be out of the house. That's the important part. One trip a month. It's really all I ask. One trip with at least 3-4 hotel days and 5,000 miles. That keeps all my statuses for yet another year, gives me ample time at home, and sates my wanderlust. Not asking for month, now am I?
Made chicken for dinner, watched some TV, went to bed. Pretty much rinse and repeat today.
Slept hard. Had long weird dreams. One about getting in trouble at work (not my current work) but it turns out the person accusing me of doing something confused me with someone else of the same name. What a relief. For once I wasn't the screw up. Then Bruce Campbell was there. That was just weird. He was my boss. Yeah. I know. Also we had a water park at this company. I told you, weird.
Spent the day recording. Got 60% through one of two immediate classes. I may be going to PA next week. I will know more today. Realistically it will be the week of the 24th but either way, out of the house. YAY! It's a full five day session too which means I will be gone for 7 days, 6 hotel days. PA isn't huge for mileage but I will rack up hotel and be out of the house. That's the important part. One trip a month. It's really all I ask. One trip with at least 3-4 hotel days and 5,000 miles. That keeps all my statuses for yet another year, gives me ample time at home, and sates my wanderlust. Not asking for month, now am I?
Made chicken for dinner, watched some TV, went to bed. Pretty much rinse and repeat today.
Monday, February 3, 2020
Y11 D253
It's the kid's birthday! She's old, I'm old, yay us!
I hope everyone had a good Superb Owl Sunday. May you have seen many wonderful owls.
It was a bad day for B. First off she couldn't get out of bed until after noon. She would wake up, get demotivated, and fall back to sleep. Things seemed a little better once she got up, but then around 6 she started feeling nauseous and dizzy. She had to go lay down for like an hour. Things seemed better until I went to bed around 10 when she suffered a major panic attack and we were up until after midnight. So rough day and night. Ugh.
In the morning I used the time productively. I cleaned the entire house from top to bottom. Not just 'clean' but like sterilized. It was building up and I knew she wasn't going to have the energy to get it done so I did it. Including three loads of laundry. This is the side effect of mental illness people don't always see. Being unable to do some stuff while on the surface holding it together. She struggles when it comes to every day tasks sometimes because they overwhelm. But the downside is I get resentful that I have to do everything. It was a rough day.
Two days of recording starting now. Let's hope my voice is up to it.
I hope everyone had a good Superb Owl Sunday. May you have seen many wonderful owls.
It was a bad day for B. First off she couldn't get out of bed until after noon. She would wake up, get demotivated, and fall back to sleep. Things seemed a little better once she got up, but then around 6 she started feeling nauseous and dizzy. She had to go lay down for like an hour. Things seemed better until I went to bed around 10 when she suffered a major panic attack and we were up until after midnight. So rough day and night. Ugh.
In the morning I used the time productively. I cleaned the entire house from top to bottom. Not just 'clean' but like sterilized. It was building up and I knew she wasn't going to have the energy to get it done so I did it. Including three loads of laundry. This is the side effect of mental illness people don't always see. Being unable to do some stuff while on the surface holding it together. She struggles when it comes to every day tasks sometimes because they overwhelm. But the downside is I get resentful that I have to do everything. It was a rough day.
Two days of recording starting now. Let's hope my voice is up to it.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
Y11 D252
Stupidbowl Sunday is upon us. And now I live in an area where they take it seriously regardless of who is playing. Thank god we don't live in the bay area any more. I remember back in the 80s how insane things would get when the 49ers would be in the game. Ugh. But I went to the store yesterday at like 2:30 and it was just packed with stupid men buying crap food. Today is a good day to go to the mall I am feeling. Or maybe just not leave the house.
Yesterday I achieved the ultimate surburban goal; I fit my two cars in my two car garage. Nor did I have to rent a store unit to do it. That's right. Both cars are safe in the garage with a tiny bit of room to spare. I have the bike, both cars, and a fridge out there all snuggled. It took some creative rearranging, but I got it done. Lot of work but worth the effort.
Made turkey tacos for dinner. We've been using ground turkey instead of beef in recipes and it's been nice. Lot less fat and more flavor. Like it.
Have recordings to do next week. But if I don't get on the road soon, I'm going to lose my fucking mind. 2 days of recordings, 2 days of classes, 1 day of recording. That's my week next week. YAWN. I need out of the house. Bad.
Kid's birthday tomorrow. She got her present - Pearl Jam tickets. I will call her early though and wake her ass up. She needs it. 27 years old. What the fuck? How? Jesus I am old.
Yesterday I achieved the ultimate surburban goal; I fit my two cars in my two car garage. Nor did I have to rent a store unit to do it. That's right. Both cars are safe in the garage with a tiny bit of room to spare. I have the bike, both cars, and a fridge out there all snuggled. It took some creative rearranging, but I got it done. Lot of work but worth the effort.
Made turkey tacos for dinner. We've been using ground turkey instead of beef in recipes and it's been nice. Lot less fat and more flavor. Like it.
Have recordings to do next week. But if I don't get on the road soon, I'm going to lose my fucking mind. 2 days of recordings, 2 days of classes, 1 day of recording. That's my week next week. YAWN. I need out of the house. Bad.
Kid's birthday tomorrow. She got her present - Pearl Jam tickets. I will call her early though and wake her ass up. She needs it. 27 years old. What the fuck? How? Jesus I am old.
Saturday, February 1, 2020
Y11 D251
Ah yeah, the saturday sleeping. 8am. Might as well be noon eh? Feels like it. I love and hate any kind of sleeping in. I have shit to work on in the garage today and I have already lost a good chunk of time. Oh well.
Big news of the day - we are about to make a teenage girl's head explode Did you notice that ALL of the upcoming MCR shows are sold out? Like they sold out in MINUTES of going on sale? Yeah, well this bitch is going. I was in that queue the minute it opened. I do not like how much I paid for tickets, but I got three tickets, 11 rows back, one section over from where I was for Tool. I wanted the same section as I had before but yeah those were $535 each. Seriously. Floor was $900 each. I spent $200 and it still hurts. Lots of complaints from people yesterday about how bad the ticket process was and the fees and the costs. BUT this is B's sister's absolute favorite band. She will poop when we tell her on her birthday in March. Yes, I have to sit on this info until March.
Had a pedicure with my witch lady yesterday. B went with me to pick her brain about how to do what she does. Save me from driving 45 miles for a damn pedicure. They hit it off and had a lovely chat. I just wanted nice feet.
Stopped by B's grandparents on the way home. They fed us pizza. We had a good time visiting. They love B's new car. I don't seek approval but I certainly enjoy it when it happens. B's grandfather is someone I respect and he was very impressed with the car and the price we paid. That made me feel good.
Came home, relaxed, went to bed around 11. Now to go work on the garage.
Big news of the day - we are about to make a teenage girl's head explode Did you notice that ALL of the upcoming MCR shows are sold out? Like they sold out in MINUTES of going on sale? Yeah, well this bitch is going. I was in that queue the minute it opened. I do not like how much I paid for tickets, but I got three tickets, 11 rows back, one section over from where I was for Tool. I wanted the same section as I had before but yeah those were $535 each. Seriously. Floor was $900 each. I spent $200 and it still hurts. Lots of complaints from people yesterday about how bad the ticket process was and the fees and the costs. BUT this is B's sister's absolute favorite band. She will poop when we tell her on her birthday in March. Yes, I have to sit on this info until March.
Had a pedicure with my witch lady yesterday. B went with me to pick her brain about how to do what she does. Save me from driving 45 miles for a damn pedicure. They hit it off and had a lovely chat. I just wanted nice feet.
Stopped by B's grandparents on the way home. They fed us pizza. We had a good time visiting. They love B's new car. I don't seek approval but I certainly enjoy it when it happens. B's grandfather is someone I respect and he was very impressed with the car and the price we paid. That made me feel good.
Came home, relaxed, went to bed around 11. Now to go work on the garage.
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