Got a full night's sleep last night. Was in bed by 10pm. Have to teach the next two days and needed to be up early. Then on Saturday I have to be up for a hair appointment. It's going to be a busy couple of days.
Happy halloween btw. We shall see if we get any kids tonight. We might get 10 or 20 like last year. I don't expect more than that. There's a truck outside right now making horrible beep beep sounds and I want to shoot it.
Got to go get ready.
We watched Late Night with the Devil last night. I enjoyed. C not as much. To me it felt like the movies of the 70s and 80s. For her it moved too slow. I get that. We're trying to make up for lost October time. Probably do two movies tonight but I teach tomorrow so we have to start early.
Prepped for trainings, took dog for walk, made tacos for dinner. The weather has warmed back up. Our "Indian Summer" phase I feel. Supposed to be mid-70s today as well. Make up your mind weather.
Overslept big time. But was up until 1am. Not by choice. By the tume we got the dog calmed down it was midnight and then I laid there trying to calm myself down until 1am. Just so tired lately.
Had a pretty good day yesterday. Got the stove cleaned. Got some sleep. Made steaks for dinner. Watched TWO movies, Sinister and Annihilation. Have to teach Thurs and Fri this week and have a bunch of mainetenance stuff to do today. C works from 8-4 which is okay as it's basically my hours.
Finally got a FULL night's sleep. My body needed it. We had a busy day yesterday and by the time we went to bed, I collapsed.
We did a lot yesterday. C finally had a Saturday off. I got yard work done. We went to the store, went to the dispensary, did laundry, started cleaning the oven (finishing today), and just overall took care of shit. We roasted pumpkin seeds. We went on a 4 mile walk. It was a good day.
Hoping for the same today.
Managed to get about six hours sleep last night. Best I have had in days. It was a crazy day yesterday. I finished teaching at 4:45am, had to get in the shower because therapy at 7:30. Took a shower, paid all the bills, had therapy, then we had to take dog to the groomers. While she was at the groomers, we went grocery shopping. Got back home around 11am. C wasn't feeling well and she went back to bed. She had been throwing up since 6. Don't eat taco bell after midnight kids. I ended up putting away the groceries, dealing with the roof leaves, changing out the shower curtain liner, watching the dog (who looks great now by the way), cleaning the house, and a million other little things. Next thing you know it's, 4pm and I am still awake. Joy. Our friend came over for pumpkin carving and scary movie. We watched The Substance. REALLY good. We got our pumpkins done too. Came out great. By the time he left it was 2am. Made it 42 hours on no sleep. I could use a few more hours, but life says no. Time to do shit.
Still teaching. On final break. This has been a rough day. I didn't get enough sleep. I fell asleep from 5-8 but that was it until 4pm when I managed to get another 45 minutes. So in the last 36 or so hours, less than 4 hours sleep. I can't sleep when I am done either. I have therapy, dog groomer, bills, grocery store. MAYBE I will sleep in the afternoon. Maybe.
Still have 90 minutes left in this class. On a break. Doing my regular morning stuff to keep my flow going. Group is good, no issues. They are novices but talkative, following along, and understanding the material. All I can ask for.
Yesterday was weird. I managed to sleep for a few hours during the day, but I had a stupid meeting that broke everything up. I slept from 2 until 4:30. Not enough. I am going to try and sleep from 10-4 today. Le'ts see how that works out for me. Probably shitty.
But I am scoring points for all this and making myself useful. All that matters.
I start my overnight classes today. 9pm to 5am. This is going to be interesting to say the least. The harder part is going to be the cultural and language issues. I have to be careful about my jokes and the like. Keep it very generic.
I did two insight sessions with this same client yesterday. One at 8 and one at 2pm. In total a couple hundred people showed up between the two. Went well I feel. Feedback I've heard has been positive. In between those I did litmos bullshit and prepped for all of my upcoming classes. Starting this week I enter busy season. I am booked at least 3 days a week every week until mid-december.
Went to B's house last night to get a check signed. I got my insurance refudn I was hoping, but not expecting, to arrive. Of course it was in both names so I have to get her signature. But it's okay. It was $1600 making it worth the drive. I put $1000 of it way immediately for Xmas. No credit cards this year. Cash and only cash. This gives me money for Xmas and C's birthday.
The dog has her first grooming appointment Friday. Just booked that. This is going to be fun, not for her though. She needs it and we can't get her to sit for brushing. Good luck to them.
I will take a good nap today to make sure I am functional for my classes. Wish me luck.
Have a presentation in 3 hours then a repeat of it at 2pm. Then starts my weird shift of overnight classes. This week is going to be off. Only way to describe it.
Got prepped for today and the rest of the week yesterday. I was exhausted all goddamn day. Could barely keep my eyes open. I went to bed pretty much the minute C got home from work. Had leftovers for dinner. Didn't do much of anything else.
Took the kid to the airport at 5:30, stopped by B's house at 6:30, home at 7, filed paperwork spent the remainder of my day cleaning the house and dealing with dog.
Today she goes home. We're off to the airport in two hours. It's been super nice having her here. Yesterday we went to a maker faire, made dinner together, made apple butter, went to a cider mill, had a fire outside, C's mom and sister came over. It was a busy but nice day. I am very tired as it is 3:30 in the morning and have had 4 hours of sleep.
Tired this morning. I have to be up early again tomorrow too, but I swear, when I get back from the airport tomorrow, I am going back to bed for hours.
Had a really fun and long day yesterday. Drove to GR around 9am, got there at 11:30. Parked in the garage and that was it for the car until we left at 7. We went to the museum, had good food, went vintage clothes shopping, talked a lot. It was a really fun day for both of us.
Today we have local stuff planned and dinner at hiome. I will miss her when she leaves tomorrow.
What a busy day we had yesterday! C had to get up early for a doctor's appointment. Once again they tried giving her shit about paying out of pocket. The joke though? The visit was $70. Like what kind of poors are going to your office that you give someone shit about $70? Get a life.
I had my court appearance after that. Got online at 10:45, fifteen minutes before. There was one in progress in the courtroom which for some reason they let us see and hear. Wow. The wife was claiming abuse, improper evicition, alimony, etc. He was sitting there looking like such an ass too. He had a lawyer, the wife didn't. She was scrambling every time the lawyer objected. In the end the judge made them take a recess so we could go. We did great. You could visibly see the judge's relief when not only did we know how to use zoom, but had no issues. In the end, we have two documents left to file in the next two weeks, and then on Nov 18th, we will be divorced. I am stopping by B's house on Sunday with the documents, getting them signed, and we're done.
After that, we all headed down to Ferndale with the doglet. We took her to the dog butcher, we walked, then we had lunch at a balkan place. Kid treated. Was really good. I then got us cookies at the human bakery. We got back, rested, then went to K-Pot for dinner. After dinner, kid and I drove to the haunted house. We had a scary fun time. Got home around 10:15. Went to bed at 11.
Today is grand rapids day! Leaving here around 9 after traffic.
The kid has arrived!! It is so good to see her! I have missed her so much. I had amoment at the airport where I was like oh my, who is this adult in front of me. It hit me that she is 31 years old now. Think about this people. She was like 17 when I started writing this blog. I was just a little older than she is now. I am so proud of her and who she has become. But she is still my little goofball no matter how old she gets.
Spent the day in anticipation mode, headed out to get her around 3:30. We got home from the aiport around 6, had pizza, did a fire in the backyard, drank wine, and just had a nice night. We all went to bed around 11.
Today is DIVORCE DAY! Man this is a crazy week.
Another good night of sleeping. More deep sleep with deep dreaming. Very happy about that. Went to bed at 11 and slept until 6.
Got some cleaning done around the house because in less than 12 hours the kid will be here!! WOO! So excited to see her. A little nervous. Things have changed in the last 18 months that's for sure. But overall more excited than nervous. Made a nice meatloaf for dinner last night. Went on a three mile walk. I swear with all the walking we've been doing I should be skinnier. My body just likes fat. Especially in the winter. Oh well.
Just got to make it through the next 8 hours and I am out of here to the airport!
I finally got some sleep! Good sleep too. Went to bed around 10:30, got up at 6am. I needed it. I had some deep dreams including one where I was in a blimp chase with a helicopter. Yeah, not sure about that one but it was cool in my head. Had other dreams too. Pretty vivid. I needed some deep REM sleep clearly.
Did a variety of things yesterday. Mostly paperwork. C had to work, gee what a shock. Didn't feel like making diiner so I threw together a quick mushroom quesadilla. I did bake yesterday, Made popovers. Made coconut clusters. It's the weather. Makes me want to bake. And make soup. Mushroom soup is on the horizon soon.
Two more days and I get to see the kid! Technically less, let's see... 35 hours!! Holy moley!! Very excited to see her!!
Yesterday kind of sucked. Not like in a major bad way, but more in a I miss C kind of way. She worked from 6-2 so we were up early. But then she was so tired when she got home, she passed out on the couch at 7. I barely spent 5 hours with her and on top of that, I had to take care of dog the whole day. Which was rough because of rain. We did manage to go on one walk in the morning at least. Otherwise, trapped in the house alone. I made burgers for dinner, we watched a little tv, then she was out and I was up until midnight alone. Suck.
Only three days this week and then the kid comes, my divorce is finalized, and fun times abound!
Sunday morning and up at 5am. Joy. Dog has energy because C had to go to work and there was action in the house. I do not have said energy. I did get a lot done yesterday though. I did a ton of yardwork which was good because it started raining around 8pm and is still going. I got ALL the laundry done. Like everything. I made ribs for dinner. I cleaned. It was a good day mentally for me. Of course I am exhausted and it is what it is. Only have to make it through three days next week and then the kid is here! Woo!
Woke up to an email sent at 6pm on a Friday from our dumb salesperson. She wants a meeting about something that I have no knowledge of nor anything to contribute to said meeting. Whatever. I will go and be polite I guess?
Had a decent day yesterday. We went on two walks again. We tried the new spongebob meal at Wendy's. We went to the grocery store. Started doing some house cleaning. Cleaned more leaves out of the gutter. Going to work on bagging up leaves today. Paid all the bills. Ordered stuff for the kid when she is here. Specifically a french press since she is a coffee drinker. We needed to have one any way so not the end of the world.
C works again today from 10-4. Not happy about that but it is what it is.
It's payday. Bills to pay. Money come, money go. Yay.
Nothing exciting. Prepping for an exam. Made jambalaya for dinner. Sausage and shrimp. Took dog on two walks to try and wear her out. Just making it through the days until the kid is here.
Had bad dreams. People yelling at me. People mad at me. Don't like.
Nothing to report. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Literally the same as yesterday. Only difference is I took dog on 2 mile walk by myself. Otherwise, rinse and repeat. One week the kid will be here. Get to do some fun stuff.
Another day where I am up late because I was up late. Didn't get to sleep until 1am. Need to get back to my old schedule. Need this dog to be a dog and not a puppy.
Worked on random stuff. Had meetings. Ate leftovers. Watched TV.
Ten days. That's when my divorce will be final. Nine days the kid will be here. October is rocking. Talked to the kid yesterday and made some plans. One of the days she is here we're going to Grand Rapids. She looked it up and there's an Alexander McQueen exhibit happening right now. Seeing as that was something her and I bonded over way back when on a trip to LA, it's only fitting we go to it now. She is really excited as am I. We're going to do some other stuff too, but now that we have one day solid, it makes it more tangible.
C is going into work today and discussing full time. She brought home the benefits package she will have access to if she does. I went over everything with her and it's very good. Mostly identical to what I get, better in some minor places, worse in other. But in general, very similar. The big difference is hers is half what mine is per month. She is going to be set on that at least. She will be bringing in double wha she is right now as well. This is good.
I spent the day dealing with doglet. Made steaks for dinner. Watched some tv. Played some games. Went to bed.
I'm a redhead! Whee! My hair looks great and I am happy. We were there from roughly 10am until 2 so that was the bulk of our day. We took a nap, had happy's for dinner, went on a walk, C went to bed around 10, I came in at midnight, someone was awake and in a mood so ya know. I feel bad because she didn't get enough sleep but not that bad. Heh. She's at work right now. I am doing my thing with doglet. Nothing major planned for the day.
It's new hair day!! WOO! All I care about today. Everything else is irrelevant.
Made salmon for dinner. Did work. Went on walk.
Ah nothing like having a dog in the house who suddenly bolts upright, barking on high alert, then the cat screaming, and everyone leaping out of bed only to find a confused Blaze sitting at the back door. Good times. Great way to start the morning.
Long day yesterday. I spent the day modifying the class I just taught. Cleaned up some demos, fixed some typo issues, updated screenshots. The rough part was inbetween all that I was playing tech support for someone who bought one of our $149 CBT classes. We literally spent more in me helping him than he did on the class. He was all confused saying these classes aren't for beginners! Well I looked up what he bought and NO because he bought "New Features for EXPERIENCED Authors". You're right bud, not for beginners. He bought it because it was cheap and he thought he could do it. BUZZ! The class YOU need is $499. Sorry.
Made a mid afternoon snack of corn dogs. Like from scratch. They weren't bad. We need new oil in the fryer though. Made both of us a bit queasy later in the day. For dinner I made chili spaghettit with leftovers. Watched some TV. C fell asleep in the chair in the office while I played games. We all went off to bed around midnight.
Nothing earth shattering on the agenda today. One more day for new hair!!
Two days until my hair appointment. I can't wait!! So excited!
Yesterday was rough. Dog was being crazy C was in a mood. My class was long and raining. Students were fine, it's just a long class with a lot of material. Finished right at 5:30. Made italian sausage hoagies for dinner. By the time dinner was done and everything was put away it was literally bed time it felt like. So other than teaching and dog, not much else going on. Get a bit of a break today. Have to make changes to the class based on this week. I have to teach it again soon so I need to make the changes today.
I slept wonderfully last night. Had so many different dream sequences. I remember the last one barely. Being at some charity event thing. But I had so many other smaller sequences because I was deep sleeping last night. I actually feel refreshed for once. About damn time.
Did many things yesterday. Made tacos. Watched some tv. Dealt with work stuff. Finished 2025 open enrollment. We have a new benefit this year which I opted into. For $15 a month I now have access to a lawyer. Documents, advice, help with filing forms. All at my fingertips. I think I will use them to have a will written up this year.Maybe use them to help C change her name. Also she was able to reapply for her insurance. Let's see what comes of that. We made a fire last night. Hung out in the backyard. It finally felt like fall. 2 weeks and the kid will be here! How awesome is that?
Teaching today. Looking forward to it actually. Then in three days, new hair for fall!!
I massively overslept. I had an alarm go off at 5:30 and nope. I stayed in bed until 7:30. Clearly I need sleep.
Taught yesterday and it felt good. No lie. I was back in the groove, I was doing well. Taught until 5:30 and had friends come over around six to meet the doglet. I made chili in the morning and it was all ready when they arrived. We played with dog, caught up, and they left around 8. C got home at 9:40, we watched some tv, went to bed at midnight.
Playing catch up right now. Need to handle open enrollment today. Fun.
