Y13 D250

 Meh. That's how I am feeling this morning. Tired and a bit apathetic towards things. We went to the thrift store yesterday. Underwhelmed. The problem with the thrift stores here is the merch doesn't rotate fast enough for me. Clothes and shoes and bags seem to, but the stuff I am interested in is the same shit as the first time B took me there. Housewares, electronics, etc doesn't move. So bored now. That was about the only thing we did yesterday of any note.

Meetings for like 5 hours starting at noon (aka 9am coworker time) and then three days of training. More meetings on Friday but lo and behold, then we are off for a week for birthday adventure. Woo. Make it through the week Timmy, just make it through the week.

Y13 D249

I did a ton of things yesterday. Went to the grocery store, started my corned beef, put together the new tank table, went to the cheese stop, went to a new record store that opened in town, washed the truck (mistakes were made), finally completed my electrical project, washed my hair, and made peanut butter bread. Busiest day I have had in a while. At least busy in the sense that I did things I wanted to do versus had to do. I will admit it was quite nice doing stuff for myself.

So more detail - I went to the car wash BEFORE the grocery store which is why it was a mistake. It was -6. I didn't think about that. As I was spraying the truck, I realized oh shit, this is freezing as it hits. Basically I turned my entire truck into a giant sheet of ice. Oops. Carefully drove to the grocery store as chunks of ice flew off me. I did manage to get some of the large chunks of snow and ice that were on the truck off, at least I had a partial victory. Got my groceries, came home and put them away. From there I started prepping my corned beef and had that in its bath by 7:30. B went on their road journey yesterday and left around 9. As they were leaving the fed ex truck arrived with the new fish table. Managed to get it downstairs and all put together. It was 4 legs and a shelf. Not rocket science.

Went over to the cheese shop which is right next door to the record store which was my intended goal. Got a small selection of cheese which we ate a good portion of last night. Went next door and browsed the records. Found three CDs the kid wanted for her birthday and three records for me. Headed on home. There's a guy on tiktok who makes recipes from old cookbooks. He made a depression era peanut butter bread which I decided to try. Came out pretty good in my mind. When I was done with that, I decided to wash and condition my hair. Never understood the whole "I can't go out Billy, I'm washing my hair" trope until now. An hour and something later, my hair was washed and dried. My goodness that took a while.

That's when I decided to work on the electrical issue. I just needed to extend some wire to be able to replace a panel. It wasn't a difficult task but it required shutting things down so I could switch off the breaker. That's why I had been avoiding finishing it up. Had to shut down three machines, fix the wiring, power everything back up. But now it's done and the plate is back covering the wiring. Success.

Played some video games until dinner was ready, had my corned beef, and B came home. We then hung out with their friend. Opened a bottle of wine (I know!) and had it with cheese. But first he helped us move the tank on to the new stand. We drained the tank, moved everyone over, and now I have my table back! I put away all the board games back where they belong under the table. Today I am going to set me up on that table. Much excite.

We stayed up until around 11:45, in bed by midnight. Today we are going thrifting around 2. Right now, going to shower, setup the game area, and play some video games until it's time to go. Not much prep needed for next week. Three days of teaching but it's one student and should be pretty painless. Other than that, a webinar on Friday. THEN next week, we are off on our adventure!!

Y13 D248

Up early again but this time to go to grocery store. I get no rest or break. Nope. It's my burden. Yesterday was long. Too long. One second it's 7am the next thing I know it's 7pm and I am finally eating dinner. Three hours later I am in bed. WTF? Where did the day go? This is why I don't like teaching 10:30-6:30. It just eats the damn day up. Plus I had therapy from 9-10 so realistically I was busy from 8:30 - 6:30. No day for me. I really don't have much to say today because I didn't have much of a day. Maybe tomorrow I will be more interesting. Maybe.

Y13 D247

Hi. Just hi. Little brain foggy this morning. First time I've gotten up early all week and I am dazed and confused. It's Friday, right? I think so.

So yesterday, taught until 3, slept, did this, did random stuff around the house. Went to group for the first time in weeks. That was nice to get out of the house for a couple of hours. Not much else to report on. B has a busy weekend but not I. Today they are helping a friend move which I can't assist with because I have to teach in 5 hours. Oops, sorry. Tomorrow they are taking that road trip they planned. Me, nope. Sunday we are going thrifting together which should be fun.

Today we have the new tank stand arriving which means hopefully tonight we can set that all up. If so, then I get my game table back and can spend tomorrow reorganizing and setting it up. We shall see. I am also going to make a corned beef tomorrow. 10 hours at 180. Give me leftovers for the week to make sandwiches. Steaks on Sunday. Lots of cooking planned but otherwise nothing major. 

It snowed last night. Haven't looked outside thoroughly to see the impact. More is supposed to come but depending on the model you look at it could be nothing or it could be 2 foot. I like surprises. Yeah, right, no.

Y13 D246

Every year I look at the number of my entry around this time and think oh there's only 100 days left. How can that be May? But yet every year the math works. Math is funny like that. It works whether we want it to or not. 

Finished my final night of of overnight teaching. Even though the hours sucked, they were a very good group and I would happily teach them again. I did hopefully manage to upsell them on three more days of teaching in the future. I could this again in a few months. Not any time soon, but maybe in the near future. It's not as horrible as people might think. Rough though. I couldn't do this timeline on a regular basis.

Tomorrow I have one more class for the week making it a six day week. Not looking forward to that. But at least the rest of today is mine. I do finally have my group back tonight after a long hiatus. Looking forward to getting out of the house and being around people. Until then, going to do nothing.

Y13 D245

 I undertook a serious home improvement project yesterday and am happy to report I succeeded! I am not by any stretch a DIY person and I am very proud of how things came out. We needed some place to move the red fridge in order to have room for the low tank in order to give me back my gaming table. A lot of IF statements going on there. I was looking at the cabinets in the cat room and was like Hmm. I wonder if I could make an alcove for the fridge. Well. I did:

Not too shabby, eh? Got it all squared away last night. It was a lot of work ripping out the cabinets but I did it without any issues. I am pretty darn proud of myself. As you might imagine, that took up pretty much my whole day. It was manual labor but so very worth it. 

In other news, we had to go to target for B to get a prescription. Our big adventure outside the house. 

Another 7-3 night tonight. Last one. It's been a wild ride this week. But it's also kept everyone off my back and given me a break from marketing stuff. Not upset at that. Going to take it easy today to make sure I am ready for tonight.

Y13 D244

Another six hour sleep cycle. But again, I am confused as to the day. It's Tuesday I am pretty sure even though it feels like Wednesday because I work on a Sunday. Screwiest week ever.

So let's see, I bummed around during the day. Played some video games. Took out the trash. B made peppers for dinner. Watched some TV. Started class up around 6. We finished pretty much right at 3. It snowed again ALL day this time. Started around 9am and was still going when I started class. We have a good covering outside. I was wondering if we would even get any more snow to be honest. It looked for a while there like we would see an early spring. But no, winter is not done yet. It's currently about 8 degrees outside. No more snow is predicted until about the 1st so we should get a bit of reprieve. I might go wash my truck as a result. Not today. I will go after my next early morning. Get it done and out of the way. But I don't want to go too soon. Need to let some melting happen first. 

Honestly with my weird schedule, that's about the biggest thing in my world. Snow and sleep. With work thrown in there to keep me on my toes. Today I am going to do some odds and ends type work to make up for the few "missed" hours to make it a nice even 40. But nothing too strenuous. 

I think that's it. I hope so.

Y13 D243

I am already messed up from this schedule. It's currently 8:40. I slept for about 5 hours. I am thrown off as to what day it is. Very confused over here. It's going to be a weird week.

Let's see what did I do yesterday. Well, I taught from 7pm to 3am. That's easy. B's sister's came over around 3:30 and we had pizza together and did Xmas. Before that I napped from 12 to 3p to make sure I was able to do the class. Before that, not much. It snowed and is going to snow more today. Supposed to snow from 9am all day. We shall see. Not sure if it will be heavy though. More of a light dust all day. But that's it for the week. I may take my car on Saturday for a wash if it manages to stay dry. No point in washing it and then having to drive back home on snowy slushy roads. Just a waste of time. But I am starting to get a real nasty layer on the truck. Maybe I will just use my no water spray. Maybe.

Nothing planned for today since I have to work again at 7pm.

Y13 D242

B's plans got canceled yesterday. "Food poisoning" was the official excuse. I said hungover but B assured me they don't drink. Then COVID bitches. Either way they ended up not going. I had to clean the house with them in it which I dislike. But I managed to make it happen. I didn't get the whole house clean, maybe 45% but it's in a better shape than it was. I did floors, baseboards, etc. That kind of cleaning. I also did laundry, made chicken salad for the week, and paid more bills. Gee, what a great way to spend my one day off. Not resting or doing things for me. Gosh. It's the American fucking Dream baby.

We ordered a new tank stand last night. It will finally give me back my game table. That makes me happy. It will be here later in the week.

Snowed overnight. Not a lot but enough to cover things. I don't know if it's supposed to keep going though. I am teaching Australia folks this week (starting tonight at 7pm) and it's their spring. This will be fun. B's sisters are coming over tonight too. Finally doing Xmas so I can take that damn tree down. Get my living room back.

What can I say, I take victories where I can find them.

Okay, time to see who died last night.

Y13 D241

Betty White, Bob Saget. That's how we started the year. Then yesterday I get a double whammy - first I wake up to Meat Loaf dead and later in the afternoon, Louie Anderson. Seriously? I talked about this with my therapist yesterday. The older you get, the more this news is harder to take.

Went grocery shopping, had therapy, four hours of meetings. Called it a week around 4pm. We ordered in Indian for dinner. It was meh. One thing the Bay Area has over lots of other places is good indian. Ironically though as you know, the best Indian food I have ever had has been in Australia and Amsterdam. Go figure.

Helped B with a blanket they're working on. Played some video games. Went to bed.

Today B is taking a drive with a friend. They are driving around "the thumb" of MI. I asked what is the destination. None. Where are you stopping? Don't know. Huh?? It's a midwest thing. They seeing driving as an enjoyable task where as us West Coast people see driving as a means to an end and not in anyway a pleasant one. I confirmed this by asking 2 mid-westerners and two west coasters. The mid-westerners all said oh yeah, we would just get in the car and drive with no place in mind. The west coasters both said WTF? WHY WOULD YOU DRIVE IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO?? Guess which camp I fall into. I don't mind though. I am going to use the time to clean the house which is something I've been wanting to do. And I mean like CLEAN. Floors, baseboards, walls kind of clean. Sad, but I am looking forward to it. I'm old. Yep.

Y13 D240

Friday. Grocery day. Bill day. Up too early day. 

Taught. Finished around 5. Had leftovers for dinner. Helped B with axies. Sat around. Went to bed. Seriously, that's it. Nothing of any excitement happened. Go me.

Y13 D239

Thursday. I know this because I finally teach today. Ironically though I am not looking forward to a couple of the students that will be in this class because they have already proven to be more frustrating than they're worth. Reschedules, complaints about start time, wanting changes to the material, etc. I also have a feeling their technical skills will be less than desirable. So, I teach, but doubt it will be enjoyable.

Yesterday was okay. I gave an internal presentation. Went to a few meetings. Blah blah blah. We had tacos for dinner. Watched some TV. Helped B create a Steam account and then left them to add shit to their wishlist. 

Not much else going on. Couple of weeks until we leave on our road trip. That I am looking forward to doing. Going to see many states and many things. Should be fun. Better be fun.

Y13 D238

Things and stuff. That's what I did yesterday. Meetings. Documents. Emails. Office job type stuff. Numbers numbers numbers. Business business business. Bleh. Nothing of any merit to discuss.

Made shredded BBQ chicken sandwiches for dinner. Watched Encanto. Finished Archive 81. Went to bed.

Y13 D237

Had seriously fucked up dreams last night. End of the world kind of dreams. Tidal waves and tsunami kind of dreams. I was locked in a building and there was a huge tidal wave coming and we could see the ocean pulling back out the window. Then the second part of the dream was like an aftermath dream. Weird shit man. 

Maybe it's because I watched a creepy ass show last night. 5 out of 8 episodes. I started watching Archive 81. I know some people aren't happy at the changes that were made from the podcast version to the TV version, but seeing as I had no reference or experience with the latter, I am finding the show enjoyable. Fucked up and freaked out, but enjoyable. I am hoping to finish the remaining three episodes today. I can't say much about it without giving away spoilers, but if you're looking for something eerie to watch, check it out. 

That was my big excitement for yesterday. Bunch of emails, document reading, sitting around waiting for replies to emails. Had leftover Hungarian food for dinner. Twas tasty even reheated. I would eat from this place again without question. I booked the final leg of B's birthday adventure. On March 5th we're driving back to OH to go to "The Wilds", an adventure safari park type thing where we will be doing a semi-private (8 people max) backstage tour of the giraffe and rhino barn. We were trying to add it to our road trip but it would have taken us 4 hours out of the way and made for a really long drive at one point. Instead we chose to move it to March and make a separate weekend. I do feel pretty good about B's birthday now as all events are confirmed and paid for in advance. All we have to do is drive. I can handle that. Plus I am able to spread out the cost of this trip by pre-paying for the activities. Less of a single hit that week.

Not much else going on. More of the same today followed by meeting. I think I have one today from 12-1. Whee.

Y13 D236

I had a rough time waking up this morning. Had one of those "why did I set an alarm, it's sunday, no wait, it's not sunday, it's monday, dammit, I do need to get up" moments. I had a rough time sleeping too which didn't help. Kept waking up for some reason. So today is off to a pretty tricky start. Lovely way to start a new week. Good job me.

Okay, first things first. The following contains spoilers. If you haven't seen Eternals, skip ahead. As you might have guessed from the previous sentence, I watched Eternals yesterday. I was not impressed. First off, it dragged. A lot. Second, wow Marvel, you're digging pretty deep into the C-list comics at this point aren't you? Shang Chi, Eternals. THE BLACK KNIGHT? EROS?? I mean come on. Outside nerds like me, who has heard of these people? But that's not even my biggest issue. The story was convoluted, there were two many characters to keep track of, it kept jumping timelines, where was everyone else in the universe, and so on. I just was meh the whole movie. Which is a shame as there were some good actors and there were moments, but overall, not an exciting movie. 

In addition to giving up 2 hours of my life to that movie, I also swept the basement, vacuumed the basement and my office, cleaned the cat room, and did some laundry. We did rehome a second axie yesterday. About 35 minutes each way to the meeting point. We are down to five and last night's feeds were so much faster. We have also been able to consolidate tanks and now only have a 75 and a 50 running. That makes me happy. 

Made a roast for dinner which turned out great. Had it with little red potatoes and broccoli. Dinner was good and generated an appropriate amount of leftovers. After dinner we gave one of the cats a bath because she was a little stinky poopy head. 

Overall a busy but productive Sunday. Now let's see how this week goes. I have one day of teaching on Thursday but multiple meetings strewn throughout the week. Today there is nothing pressing and I have to figure out what to do to occupy my time. I hate that. But it is what it is.

Y13 D235

Who got new hair? I GOT NEW HAIR! I can already tell a difference in the quality. We started with a brunette base this time instead of a triple bleached white base. What a difference that makes. The hair feels softer, silkier, and healthier. No straw feeling. Much less porous. It is very weird having a normal color though after so long of being blue, pink, purple, etc. I keep startling myself when I pass a mirror. I am pleased so far. Let's see how I feel in two weeks. Two weeks seems to be when I start having trouble. We shall see.

That was a good chunk of my day yesterday. Got up, bleached my hair out, took care of cats, started a roast for dinner tonight, went to my hair appointment, then we wen to our friend's place to install the door knob we got them for Xmas. Our friend lives in a moderately sketchy area. Not horrible, but enough that we worry. So for Xmas we bought them a boop boop beep keypad door lock we have. As part of the gift we agreed to do installation. We ordered Hungarian food for dinner and had a nice time. We were there until about 9. It was nice being somewhere else for a while.

It was a good day yesterday. Today my goal is to vacuum up every purple hair in this house. I also have to clean the cat room floors, and then at 2pm we are bringing one of the axies to a new home. I'm really excited for that part. 

That's about it. Not much else going on.

Y13 D234

It's new hair day!! WOO! I have to go bleach my hair to get ready. I also have to start a roast and do some laundry. Then tonight we have to go install a door handle for a friend. This is going to be a busy ass Saturday. Busier than most of my week was. 

I watched the first three (all available) episodes of Peacemaker last night. It's brash, childish, ridiculous, and obnoxious and I LOVED every minute of it. I can't wait for more episodes. The soundtrack is spot on too. I added at least 3 artists to my Spotify play list as a result. I highly recommend this show.

Oh and I worked yesterday. Finished my presentation for Feb. That took most of my day but it's done and now I can breathe a little bit. We were lazy last night and had taco bell. B managed to rehome one of the axies and a second one is going tomorrow. We will be down to 5. Thank goodness.

Okay let's start this busy day!

Y13 D233

Yesterday was okay. Mostly uneventful. I worked on demos for my upcoming webinar pretty much all day. Had multiple meetings as well. Finished up around 4pm. Long day as a result but I got quite a bit accomplished which should make today a little more relaxing. Made chicken crepes for dinner. Something I haven't made in a while. Quite tasty. Honestly not much else going on. Our friend's cat was returned. He finally got his inspection complete and was time to return kitty to her normal space. They were both excited to be back together. The way he feels about his cat is how I used to feel about Beep. More than an animal or pet. Companion and friend are better descriptors. 

Therapy remotely today. Let's see how that goes. Not too keen on the idea but we shall see. Hair day tomorrow. Much excite over that. No more purple hair all over the house. Now it will be brown hair all over the house. Victory?

This weekend we will be re-homing two of the axies finally. They have grown large enough that they can be put into new homes. This will take us down to 5. A manageable number. We can also shut down a tank and clean up a large space. Much happiness on that. Now to convince B to never do this again. Yeah, right.

Y13 D232

My therapist got COVID. So now I can't see her in person. I have to do a stupid remote session tomorrow. I really don't know how much I will get out of that. I have to keep my voice down, I worry about B hearing things, etc. Now I am just a ball of bleh. Fuck this country, fuck COVID, fuck stupid people. Going to move to Norway. Live in a nice ice cave and live off herring and pine needles. 

Speaking of Norway, finished season 1 of that show last night. Really good. Now to start season 2.

Finished recording a class. I made 53 recordings yesterday. Finished around 4pm. Had spaghetti for dinner. Watched TV, went to bed.

Two more days until hair. Can't come quick enough.

Y13 D231

Yesterday went as expected. Recorded, had meeting, worked on webinar demos. That was the majority of the day. Nothing exciting.

You know how if I *really* like a show I will power watch? Apparently I like Norwegian shows. The last show I power watched was that one about Thor and Loki. Last night while eating dinner I found a new one. It's called Beforeigners. It's really interesting in the premised. One day people from the Cro-Magnon period, Norse Vikings, and regular folk from the late 1800s, all start appearing in a flash in the ocean. This keeps going for an undetermined period of time. Based on other events in the show I say anywhere from 5-10 years if not more. The show has the first group arrive and then flashes "Several years later". Think District 9 kind of situation. I won't spoil anything but it's quite good. I watched 5 out 6 episodes in season 1 last night. 

Today is basically a repeat of yesterday. Nothing exciting expected.

Y13 D230

Yesterday turned into a very long day. It started at 4am because I got up early for my eye exam. I was at the eye doctor at 7:30, inside at 7:50. Of course I didn't get seen by the doctor until 8:20, but you know, doctors. Everything looks good with my eyes. Slight change in cornea shape making for an adjustment to my astigmatism numbers, but they are healthy and otherwise look good. No pun intended. Was out of the doctor by 9, and back home by 9:10. Settled in to do some work. 

Got some work done on my next webinar. Outlined the presentation, and set up a meeting with my coworker for today to go over the demos. We also finished decorating for our friend's birthday. He came over around 12:30 to drop his cat with us for a couple of days while his apartment is being inspected. He was very touched by all the decorations. The plan was for him to come back later in the evening for dinner, cake, and movie.

While we waited for him to come back, I decided to work on finalizing B's birthday trip. Our first stop is the Cincinnati Zoo and I wanted to do a private giraffe feeding session. Unfortunately they don't start that until April. So I worked with the manager of the Behind the Scenes group to find an alternative event. We will now be painting with goats. Yep. Goats will paint us a one of a kind piece of artwork. Very cool. With that done, I decided to buy our Dollywood tickets. And that's where it all fell apart. Thanks to COVID, they've closed Dollywood for Jan and Feb. Motherfucker. We ended up completely restructuring the trip. We're now going to the zoo, then heading straight to TN, going to the aquarium, then on the way home stopping through Lexington KY and having a BBQ dinner on a ranch (private dinner) with, you guessed it, more goats. We shaved one day off the trip, are now going to OH, TN, and KY, but everything is confirmed, reservations adjusted, and most of it paid for in advance. Less for me to worry about. 

While dealing with all that, our friend came back over and for his birthday dinner he explicitly wanted grilled cheese and tomato soup. I can handle that. We took care of that and then brought out the cake:

B did a killer job with the cake. Such a natural talent. We had cake, watched a movie, went to bed. Long day with a lot going on. But at the end of the day everyone was happy and our friend really appreciated everything we did for him for his birthday. 

Today is recording and demo work. Shouldn't be too stressful. Four days until new hair. I can't wait.

Y13 D229

Eye doctor appointment this morning. Hence being up super early for what would appear no reason. My appointment is at 8 right when they open and I have to be there the minute they open those doors otherwise technically I am late. I enjoy eye exams to be honest.

In other news, I am totally done with this timeline. Before going to bed I get hit with the news that Bob Saget is dead. Seriously? Bob Saget? Betty White wasn't enough? Oh no, here ya go, one week later let's kill off another beloved person. Fuck this timeline.

We went to the party store yesterday and decorated for our friend's birthday. B made a cake. I will post a pic of the fancy cake if I get a chance. I haven't seen the final creation yet. It was still being prepped when I went to bed. We also went to the Hallmark store for card and supplies. These were our big sunday adventures.

Last night I finalized parts of our trip in Feb. I booked all hotels. We will do two nights in Cincinnati, two nights at Dollywood, one night in Chattanooga, and one night in Nashville. I couldn't buy any tickets for venues because it's too soon. I will revisit that on the 15th. At the very least we have roofs over our head on this journey. I'm looking forward to Nashville actually. We will be right downtown near everything. One city I have never been to in my travels.

Today is presentation day. Have to build a webinar. Fun.

Y13 D228

Had an alright day yesterday. B got a wild hair up their butt at around 5pm though and decided to repaint the master bath. I was impressed at how little they managed to drag me into this project this time. Usually when "they" start a project, "we" end up doing it. Not this time. Minimal help was needed. I am okay with that. We've moved from throwing ourselves out of cars to painting bathrooms. Take the win. It looks really good too. Not everything is back up on the walls, but they finished painting around 10pm so well done!

I cooked yesterday to use up leftovers in the fridge. Made curry chicken salad and deviled ham. Now I have stuff for lunches this week. Plus I enjoyed being in the kitchen cooking. We had to go to the store for some stuff, but it was okay. Our friend's birthday is tomorrow and B is going to make a fancy cake. She was missing a couple of ingredients for the frosting. We also got her sisters some Xmas gifts. We still haven't been able to see her sisters. Originally it looked like we would see them around Xmas and because they didn't give us a present list until like the 20th, we had planned on giving them cash. Now because of the state of the world, we aren't sure when we will see them, we decided to get them actual gifts. For the older one, some headphones, for the younger, some random Amazon things. 

All in all a non-eventful Saturday. Let's hope for a repeat today. Some times I miss the drama of my Saturday nights, but then I think about how much of it was just drama and am grateful for quiet. Okay, maybe a little drama would be nice. But just a little! 

Y13 D227

Slept in this morning. No obligation Saturday. I can't believe that last week is over already and we are 8 days in to a new year. At the same time I keep thinking it's later in the month than it is. Yesterday I was paying bills and was thinking I was late or close on some things and had to catch myself. Not good. 

Went to therapy yesterday, had a meeting, developed a matrix document, and did a bunch of little stuff like that. Called it a day around 3pm. Made grilled cheese and soup for dinner. Dealt with B and the never ending emotional roller coaster of her dealing with her friend. Luckily that all got worked out. It was teary and yelling for a while but in the end all is good. Hopefully we can put that experience behind us.

Truly don't have anything to do today. Not complaining.

Y13 D226

Ah Friday. Bill pay. Here's some money, now give it to all these people, and now you have no money. Ha ha. Thanks! But bills are all paid for the month at least. Roof over our head, food in our belly, gas in our vehicles, vehicles paid for another month, okay. I am good with this. Not really but you know what I mean.

Had to deal with an electrical issue last night. The switch for my office burned out and almost had a small fire. Fun times. It's my heater. I have bitched about it before but this heater just pulls so much energy it overwhelms the circuit in this room. I need to upgrade the fuse panel and add more wiring in this room for sure. I might work on that this weekend.

Spent the day in document hell. Same thing today. I don't know. I shouldn't complain. It's something to do and is different than the normal stuff I do. 

No group last night. We're restarting on the 20th of Jan. Okay. Sucks but okay. I do have therapy this morning and will express my displeasure then. But it is what it is. One week until I get new hair. I am looking forward to that. Brand new color people. I will post a pic.

Made carnitas tacos for dinner last night. Enjoyed that. Watched some TV with B and hung out. Did axie stuff, dealt with electrical, went to bed. No big weekend plans thankfully.

Y13 D225

I hate when people send shit hours before something is supposed to happen. In this case it was to say something wasn't happening. Apparently my group isn't restarting until 1/20. Gee, you think you could have sent that a little bit fucking sooner? Maybe not in the middle of the night so I get the day of group? Now I have to change my dinner plans and evening. Son of a bitch.

Taught yesterday. Felt good to teach. Good group. We went until 5pm.

Had leftovers for dinner. Still eating curry. Never fucking ending curry. Right up there with the never ending fucking ham. Goddamn it I am annoyed because of this email and group change. I was looking forward to it and now feel all off. This sucks. 

Not much else happening.

Y13 D224

Recorded another class yesterday. Also finally got feedback from one of the people we needed to hear from on whether it looked good or not. Only took two days. That was the bulk of my day. Answered a bunch of emails, waited around for replies. Thankfully I have a regular class today. Don't have to think, just do. Works for me.

Watched some tv, played game, did axie stuff with B, went to bed. Not much else to report. 

Y13 D223

Tuesday. I think. 4 days into a new year. Some days it feels like I am writing these entries in some post-apocalyptic world as the only entries of the human race. Oh wait...

Had a boring restart to work. Spent the day recording and doing tests of resolution with B. Of course no one got back to us on any of the shit we did despite everyone saying how high a priority this was the minute we were back. Gee thanks.

Did some laundry. Watched some TV. Made dinner. Played video games. Went to bed. Back in the saddle again. Woo. I did watch the second part of Post Covid. I had totally forgotten about it. That I enjoyed. The snark was right on point. That was the highlight of the day. Took out the garbage. Tromp tromp tromp through the snow. Not that it's very deep. An inch or two at most. My friend in NJ got hit with like 10 inches in a few hours yesterday. They're unsure how to get to work today since they have an "essential" job. Which in this case it kind of does. Grocery store operations is pretty essential. My other friend in Canada is home for an extra week as they work in the school system and the Canadian schools decided to keep everything closed for one more week. Hmm. Slight difference in approach? No update on B's step-mom. But I would hope that no update is a good update at this point. My friend in SoCal got off a ventilator and had a trach put in. Progress? Dunno. You tell me. 

More recording today. Then a real class tomorrow.

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Like a bajillion other people, today I go back to work. I start the week out with recordings which isn't horrible. I have at least three classes I need to re-record due to resolution issues. But none of them are complex or long and should only take me a few hours. The hard part is getting B up and motivated to work on this shit. I need their help to modify the output files but god knows it's going to be like pulling teeth to wake them up early. 

Didn't do anything of any excitement yesterday. A little self care, but otherwise just enjoyed my last day off with no responsibilities. Did a little laundry, dishes, and general cleaning. The tree is still up. I know, I know. I was able to get a compromise and put away all of the other parts of Xmas in exchange for the tree. It's driving me nuts but whatever. I will ask again next weekend. Give it a week. See how B is doing mentally. 

Let the capitalism begin.

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As forecasted, we got some decent snow yesterday. Not as much as they said would come, but it's snow for sure. Maybe 2 inches. The doomsayers were predicting 5+ inches. Got 2. It was supposed to start at noon, didn't start until 4. But it snowed. I like it when I don't have to go out in it. It makes everything very quiet. I like that.

Didn't do much yesterday. Played some games, watched some TV. Did laundry. Had soup for dinner. Today is my last day of peace before back to work. I only have one official class this week but have a plate full of work to do. Lots of recording and document preparation. Loads of fun. Need to make sure I enjoy today.

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I have determined there is no god. Because if there was, Betty White wouldn't have died on NYE, 18 days from her 100th birthday. I mean seriously of all the people to take?? This is the worst possible timeline. Period.

I made my curry. Stayed up until 12:30. Didn't do much of anything else.

This is how this new year is starting. It already sucks.