While I wish I had a couple more hours sleep, and while it is later than I would like, today is starting off okay given that I was up until 3 am. I am not hungover despite drinking. I am not freaking out that I spent too much money given that I went out to dinner. Nor am I worried that I said or did anything out of line. Proof that I can enjoy myself without making an ass out of myself. I did wake up next to a pretty woman, but that's a different story. No not SG. Since Wednesday she has been incommunicado. Unknown as to why. Not a bad thing either perhaps.
Yesterday during the day I worked as did the kid. She got a last minute call in while she was sleeping which started her day off in a bit of a rush, but not too much that she was stressed out. She got home around 2:30. I worked until about 5ish. Got a few things done for the client as well as planned out next week. Only three days next week which is nice.
I also got word that an Amex gift card is on its way to me for next week's trip. I don't know how much will be on it, but I do know it will cover gas on the way down and that's all that counts.
The kid and I watched two X-files episodes and FINALLY FINISHED SEASON 8!! ONE MORE TO GO. It has taken us a YEAR to get through 8 seasons. I so don't miss DirecTV. I have so many more shows and seasons of things. I don't care if I am current on some things. It's not that big of a deal. I keep getting mail from them too - come back, we will charge you a dollar for the first month! Please, take our unborn children! Nope. Sorry. Happy without you in my life.
Around 7 we went and picked up a friend to go meet another friend for dinner. The four of us had a nice night out and dinner for 4 with a bottle of wine was only $60. Not too shabby in my book. The kid had ahi, I had some burratta cheese thing, my other friend had a steak sandwich, and my other friend had mac and cheese. I looked pretty awesome last night, one guy and three hot women around him. I am sure it looked interesting through other people's eyes. After dinner one friend and the kid came back to the house and we stayed up watching South Park, listening to music, being goofy, and drinking lightly. Not crazy drinking. Just relaxed cocktail sipping. The kid got floopy at one point but she didn't crash. She did seem kind of perturbed at me when I said we were going to bed. She was like 'in one bed?'. That comment kind of bugged me. Yes in one bed. It's possible for two people to share a bed and not bang you know. I am going to ask her today what bugged her about that. I mean seriously, I didn't think twice about it. Plus we laid there in the dark talking for about an hour anyway. It's not like I was going to make a move on this woman. She is too much of a friend and I don't see her that way. End of story. She is just in an interesting place right now and needs friends. Which is why Sunday I am taking her on a picnic. AS A FRIEND. I am not always a douche, thank you very much.
Other news, my dad emailed me. His birthday was Wednesday and I called and left a message. I am pretty done with him right now because of his recent actions. Between the birthday present that wasn't a birthday present, his crap postings on Facebook, and his homophobic closed mind attitude, I really don't want anything to do with him. But he sends this email 'oh where is my traveling boy' kind of thing and I just deleted it. No interest. Sorry. Grow up first.
Today I need to drive my friend home, do some work, and get laundry done. No big Friday night plans as I have a pretty full weekend ahead of me.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Y4 D76
Slept through all my alarms this morning which really sucks ass because I have a meeting in a little while and I was supposed to be prepped for it. I mostly am but I was going to try one more thing before the meeting and it doesn't look like I will have time to do it. Yesterday was a combination of frustrating work followed by some happiness. Work is just annoying me right now because the requirements being asked for by the end user are not technically possible without some major hoop jumping and the timeline I have been given doesn't work. I might be able to kludge it which is what I wanted to test this morning but again, no time. Oh well. I will push forward and see what happens.
On the personal front - the kid and I took a break yesterday to get some groceries. We now have food in the house. I have found that shopping at one particular store is helping our food budget these days. Their prices are considerably lower if you suck up and let them send you emails. I saved almost $42 on my bill over the regular prices. That's a tank of gas. That's worth a few random emails a week.
After groceries we met my director at the tattoo shop. He introduced me to his artist and we discussed my next piece. We also picked up supplies for Saturday's show. I had to go back later in the night to put down the deposit and get on her books. I am now scheduled for 8/29 at 12:30pm to get a new piece done on my left forearm. AND it's paid in full basically. If it comes a little more then I will cover in cash. But worst case we are talking like and extra $40 out of pocket. I can handle that.
I did get a little frustrated with the kid yesterday and she apologized later for it. She is currently having her period and is irritable and emotional. She wanted to come on the picnic with me Sunday and I was like huh? why? Why would you want to hang out with me and X on a picnic? This isn't some group thing. Later on she realized she was silly in asking and backed down. I think she is having a "I have no friends" time of it right now. She starts school in less than a week and hopefully will make new friends. She is such a great kid but has such a hard time being social. And right now she sees me going out with people that are closer to her age and she gets pissy about it. Sorry, they were my friends first? I mean I don't know how to respond. Then on top of it, I am going to Disneyland in a week without her. She is upset about that too. Again, sorry? I am sorry I have more of a life? As pathetic as it may be?
I so want her to get the internship to Disneyland in the fall. I know it won't start until January but it will do her a world of good.
Came home around 9 and watch some south park. Something light to end the day. Needed a good laugh.
Work work work today and then dinner with friends around 8:30.
On the personal front - the kid and I took a break yesterday to get some groceries. We now have food in the house. I have found that shopping at one particular store is helping our food budget these days. Their prices are considerably lower if you suck up and let them send you emails. I saved almost $42 on my bill over the regular prices. That's a tank of gas. That's worth a few random emails a week.
After groceries we met my director at the tattoo shop. He introduced me to his artist and we discussed my next piece. We also picked up supplies for Saturday's show. I had to go back later in the night to put down the deposit and get on her books. I am now scheduled for 8/29 at 12:30pm to get a new piece done on my left forearm. AND it's paid in full basically. If it comes a little more then I will cover in cash. But worst case we are talking like and extra $40 out of pocket. I can handle that.
I did get a little frustrated with the kid yesterday and she apologized later for it. She is currently having her period and is irritable and emotional. She wanted to come on the picnic with me Sunday and I was like huh? why? Why would you want to hang out with me and X on a picnic? This isn't some group thing. Later on she realized she was silly in asking and backed down. I think she is having a "I have no friends" time of it right now. She starts school in less than a week and hopefully will make new friends. She is such a great kid but has such a hard time being social. And right now she sees me going out with people that are closer to her age and she gets pissy about it. Sorry, they were my friends first? I mean I don't know how to respond. Then on top of it, I am going to Disneyland in a week without her. She is upset about that too. Again, sorry? I am sorry I have more of a life? As pathetic as it may be?
I so want her to get the internship to Disneyland in the fall. I know it won't start until January but it will do her a world of good.
Came home around 9 and watch some south park. Something light to end the day. Needed a good laugh.
Work work work today and then dinner with friends around 8:30.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Y4 D75
It's such a catch-22 being on the road and then being home. When I am out there, I want to be here, when I am here I want to be out there. I also think the feelings are in relation to the length of time at home versus the length of time on the road. Regardless, worked yesterday and may have overcome a big technical challenge that is facing us on some reports for a client. But at the same time we have to present this morning because they are not going to like how the end result looks. It's a case where they want something but from a technical perspective it creates undesired results. I met the requirement but the way to meet it may not make them happy. We have to present in less than an hour and I am not looking forward to it. Maybe that's what it is about being on the road - when I am on the road it's usually for training and that is something where there's less surprises and issues. I am going off material that is already done, demos that work, etc. Less gotchas tend to appear on the road versus at home. Less random shit rearing its ugly head.
After work, the kid and I took a ride to IKEA. I have been feeling like the house is cluttered lately and I had a brainstorm yesterday. I ended up buying three shelves each almost 4 feet in length. I mounted them on a wall and moved all my Disney stuff to them. I now have a Disney corner. It made such a difference in how I feel about the room. It cleared up some of the clutter going on which felt good. I also like the way everything looks. Consolidates all my stuff and I look less crazy. Hey if I can look less crazy on the outside...
Talked to SG a little yesterday. Called her out once again on something. She was making some comments about coming over and I said "the thought of fucking me actually has more allure to you than actually fucking me, doesn't it". She didn't have a good answer. I am a virtual thing for her. I am something to occupy her mind and time. I am masturbation material. They say "always remember, you're someone's reason to masturbate". In this case it's true. Good?
Talked to D too. Just casual, nothing heavy. I need to figure out when I can see her again. May be a while. Wildcard and I are on the outs I think because of schedules. Time to find another one to add to my stable of women who frustrate the hell out of me. Why did XTGF have to leave? Best damn thing that has happened to me in a while, that's for sure.
Went to bed around 10 only to be woken up by a phone call from my director. One of our friends broke down near our house and he was calling to see if I could go jump him. Unfortunately, one I was in bed, but two the kid had my car and was at work. I don't know what time she even got home to be honest. Played some Diablo before bed. I think this may be the week I kill him finally.
Today I am going to interview a new tattoo artist at 2. This should be fun. I may have new ink this time tomorrow.
After work, the kid and I took a ride to IKEA. I have been feeling like the house is cluttered lately and I had a brainstorm yesterday. I ended up buying three shelves each almost 4 feet in length. I mounted them on a wall and moved all my Disney stuff to them. I now have a Disney corner. It made such a difference in how I feel about the room. It cleared up some of the clutter going on which felt good. I also like the way everything looks. Consolidates all my stuff and I look less crazy. Hey if I can look less crazy on the outside...
Talked to SG a little yesterday. Called her out once again on something. She was making some comments about coming over and I said "the thought of fucking me actually has more allure to you than actually fucking me, doesn't it". She didn't have a good answer. I am a virtual thing for her. I am something to occupy her mind and time. I am masturbation material. They say "always remember, you're someone's reason to masturbate". In this case it's true. Good?
Talked to D too. Just casual, nothing heavy. I need to figure out when I can see her again. May be a while. Wildcard and I are on the outs I think because of schedules. Time to find another one to add to my stable of women who frustrate the hell out of me. Why did XTGF have to leave? Best damn thing that has happened to me in a while, that's for sure.
Went to bed around 10 only to be woken up by a phone call from my director. One of our friends broke down near our house and he was calling to see if I could go jump him. Unfortunately, one I was in bed, but two the kid had my car and was at work. I don't know what time she even got home to be honest. Played some Diablo before bed. I think this may be the week I kill him finally.
Today I am going to interview a new tattoo artist at 2. This should be fun. I may have new ink this time tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Y4 D74
I was totally just in a funk most of yesterday morning and afternoon. I really couldn't figure out why but then it dawned on me. Post training come down. I had just spent the last week on the road, in front of an audience all day, being the center of attention. That was the majority of my week last week. For 50 hours I was the star of the room, talking all day, smiling, and being in the light. Then Saturday I had a show which kept me in the light or at least in the center of action. Then here comes Monday. All alone at my little desk in the house. No one to talk to, no one talking to me. Let down vibes. Makes sense. It's one extreme to another basically. So I was a little bit depressed. The good thing is I used my skills from my depression class to figure out what was bugging me, examine it, and try to fix it. I mostly did by middle of the afternoon. I do feel bad for my sister though. She pinged me with some good news right when I was in the middle of the funk and I didn't show the exuberance she deserved. Therefore, Sis? YAY!! I am really happy for you guys. After all you have been through this is great news and I am glad things are going on course.
I worked all day yesterday on some stuff that was sitting on the back burner for a week for one client. They are pushing hard because I was gone for a week and I ended up working 10 plus hours for them on the issues. They knew I was going to be gone, but that still didn't stop them from wanting everything yesterday. Fine. Whatever. I fixed two of the issues yesterday and saved the big two for today. These are going to take me at least two days to fix. Upside is they know I am heads down which means no phone calls or emails until I reach out to them.
Around 5 I made the kid get dressed and finally put on clothes myself and went out to the mall. I just needed to get out of the house. The kid and I went and walked around the mall for a little while then had ramen downtown. Nothing fancy but we were both in the mood for noodles. And if you have never had real ramen, there's a huge difference between what americans think is ramen and the stuff they serve in Japan. We are lucky enough to live in an area where they have real asian food thank goodness. I had ground beef and the kid had BBQ pork. We had a nice time talking and catching up since we really haven't seen each other in a week.
Picked up some desserts at the grocery store on the way back, watched an X-Files while eating dessert, played on the internet for a while and then was in bed by 10. One of my cast mates called at like 11 but I ignored it. There was no voicemail or email so I saw no reason to follow up. My rule is if it isn't an emergency, then don't be calling me after 10pm during the week.
I did make some plans for Sunday too. I am having a picnic with a friend of mine. She is going through a real rough spot and needs some TLC. I told her I would take her on a picnic Sunday. She thought that was the best idea ever. Yeah, I know, I am awesome that way. So for the rest of this week - meeting new tattoo artist Wednesday, dinner with friends Thursday, show Saturday, and a picnic on Sunday. Not too shabby. I am trying to look at things like this to stop me from getting in a funk of "I have no life". When I look ahead it gives me something to motivate me through days like today where I really won't be doing anything exciting except working.
Which it's time to start doing...
I worked all day yesterday on some stuff that was sitting on the back burner for a week for one client. They are pushing hard because I was gone for a week and I ended up working 10 plus hours for them on the issues. They knew I was going to be gone, but that still didn't stop them from wanting everything yesterday. Fine. Whatever. I fixed two of the issues yesterday and saved the big two for today. These are going to take me at least two days to fix. Upside is they know I am heads down which means no phone calls or emails until I reach out to them.
Around 5 I made the kid get dressed and finally put on clothes myself and went out to the mall. I just needed to get out of the house. The kid and I went and walked around the mall for a little while then had ramen downtown. Nothing fancy but we were both in the mood for noodles. And if you have never had real ramen, there's a huge difference between what americans think is ramen and the stuff they serve in Japan. We are lucky enough to live in an area where they have real asian food thank goodness. I had ground beef and the kid had BBQ pork. We had a nice time talking and catching up since we really haven't seen each other in a week.
Picked up some desserts at the grocery store on the way back, watched an X-Files while eating dessert, played on the internet for a while and then was in bed by 10. One of my cast mates called at like 11 but I ignored it. There was no voicemail or email so I saw no reason to follow up. My rule is if it isn't an emergency, then don't be calling me after 10pm during the week.
I did make some plans for Sunday too. I am having a picnic with a friend of mine. She is going through a real rough spot and needs some TLC. I told her I would take her on a picnic Sunday. She thought that was the best idea ever. Yeah, I know, I am awesome that way. So for the rest of this week - meeting new tattoo artist Wednesday, dinner with friends Thursday, show Saturday, and a picnic on Sunday. Not too shabby. I am trying to look at things like this to stop me from getting in a funk of "I have no life". When I look ahead it gives me something to motivate me through days like today where I really won't be doing anything exciting except working.
Which it's time to start doing...
Monday, August 6, 2012
Y4 D73
I am awake. Not really functional, but awake. I am not quite where I need to be yet this morning. Trying to clear my head of sleepy. I was able to catch up quite a bit on sleep last night. Went to bed around 9:30 and got up a little while ago but am still a little fuzzy.
Had a quiet day yesterday. Hung around the house not doing much of anything. The kid and I went out around 3 just to get out of the house. She got home around noon from XBF's house. We didn't do much of anything. Got some ice cream and stopped at a new sandwich place to grab some stuff for dinner. We watched a couple of X-Files episodes. Almost done. 5 more in season 8 and then season 9. We realized it had taken us a year to watch 8 years of TV. One of the best decisions I have ever made was canceling DirecTV. Useless it turns out for me. She crashed out on the couch around 7. I played Diablo for an hour or so and that was my day.
Nothing truly exciting happened. Texted with SG and some friends, but nothing worth mentioning, no drama, etc. A truly relaxing Sunday.
Now the new week begins. I am home until the 15th so I have about 10 days of no travel and no bullshit. This should be nice. I have a couple of things planned for the week already including a dinner with friends and a possible meeting with SG. I have learned not to count on those until I am actually naked and fucking. Otherwise the week should be rather relaxed as well. A lot of work stuff today and tomorrow.
Had a quiet day yesterday. Hung around the house not doing much of anything. The kid and I went out around 3 just to get out of the house. She got home around noon from XBF's house. We didn't do much of anything. Got some ice cream and stopped at a new sandwich place to grab some stuff for dinner. We watched a couple of X-Files episodes. Almost done. 5 more in season 8 and then season 9. We realized it had taken us a year to watch 8 years of TV. One of the best decisions I have ever made was canceling DirecTV. Useless it turns out for me. She crashed out on the couch around 7. I played Diablo for an hour or so and that was my day.
Nothing truly exciting happened. Texted with SG and some friends, but nothing worth mentioning, no drama, etc. A truly relaxing Sunday.
Now the new week begins. I am home until the 15th so I have about 10 days of no travel and no bullshit. This should be nice. I have a couple of things planned for the week already including a dinner with friends and a possible meeting with SG. I have learned not to count on those until I am actually naked and fucking. Otherwise the week should be rather relaxed as well. A lot of work stuff today and tomorrow.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Y4 D72
While I have not sufficient sleep to truly be caught up, I am feeling pretty good this morning. I did have a full 24 hours, that's for sure. I left the hotel at 1am CDT and it was pouring rain. I had only one friend who I had her check on me every 20 minutes or so to make sure I was doing okay. It was a 2 hour drive back to the airport in a lightning storm, on a one lane road, with no street lights most of the way. It was a pretty scary drive. I did drive cautiously and she did keep checking on me. Made it to the airport right around 3. By the time I got up to the security line it was about 3:20. Security there opens at 3:30. Funny thing I noticed yesterday was while the airport was definitely not 'dead', it was more regular flyers than my normal business flyers. I was the only one standing in the priority lane for security, the only one who was in the priority line for boarding from MN to Chicago. I had a good seat on that flight. Didn't sleep unfortunately.
Got to Chicago around 7 and did a little shopping for SG. Brought her back some drinking chocolate from Vosges. The kid still has some in the freezer from my last trip so I didn't see any need to get her anything. The chocolate isn't that much and it makes a nice gift. Hung out in the lounge for about an hour or so before heading to the gate. Same thing as in MN - lots of people, but mostly families versus priority. I was again the only one who got to board when priority access was called. I had the large exit aisle seat and I could tell what kind of people were on the plane when the couple next to me finally boarded and the guy was all confused about where the tray table was. I gently said 'it's in the arm' and he was like a caveman with fire. "LOOK DEAR! It's in the arm! Well how about that!". I am not exaggerating. It was kind of cute. Uneventful flight. Landed at home around 11:20, almost 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
My friend picked me up a little after noon and I was home by 12:30. The kid and I caught up on everything and just hung out. I ripped some movies, unpacked, and generally took it easy. She was so excited by my Big Book of Princesses. Didn't really do much in the afternoon time. Made a cheesecake for cast, slept for about an hour, ordered a pizza, and watched X-Files. Oh the kid and I had a mini-mortal kombat battle. I won 6-3. Oh yeah.
We headed off to the show around 10. Great show. Everyone had high energy, nobody was upset about anything, nobody was drunk, and everyone hit their cues/marks/songs/etc. Overall we had fun and the audience did too. I did music last night and I had a couple of fails on the songs as far as dancing, but can't win them all.
On the woman front, things were 'interesting' last night. I realized at one point I had 4 different woman there all of whom who could have called me out on my playboy manners. SG was there WITH HER HUSBAND. Although he didn't stay long. He was there briefly. I said hi to him and was polite. She unfortunately had a migraine and was not doing well. Then D was there late and her and I had the most fun. It's hard because I know it's a challenge for us to date because of schedules and distance, but whenever I am around her and do get to spend time with her, I really like her and enjoy her company. Add to that, the one I am going to marry was there, and then there was the one I have just started noticing. It was like dammit. Kid in a candy store who doesn't want the candy attacking each other or more importantly ME. Luckily Marrying Girl and I are just really good friends, SG was in too much pain to pay attention, and the other hasn't noticed me back yet. So I got to spend time with D and that worked out.
I really was a good boy last night. I didn't do anything dumb, make an ass out of myself, or step on my own dick. One of my friends did make a funny comment. She's like "you know how most people you say they have their tongue hanging out of their mouth? You have your balls hanging out of your mouth. Go get laid or something." Truth. And dammit, I am trying.
Went to pie after and got home around 4:30. Time to clean house, expenses, and relax.
Got to Chicago around 7 and did a little shopping for SG. Brought her back some drinking chocolate from Vosges. The kid still has some in the freezer from my last trip so I didn't see any need to get her anything. The chocolate isn't that much and it makes a nice gift. Hung out in the lounge for about an hour or so before heading to the gate. Same thing as in MN - lots of people, but mostly families versus priority. I was again the only one who got to board when priority access was called. I had the large exit aisle seat and I could tell what kind of people were on the plane when the couple next to me finally boarded and the guy was all confused about where the tray table was. I gently said 'it's in the arm' and he was like a caveman with fire. "LOOK DEAR! It's in the arm! Well how about that!". I am not exaggerating. It was kind of cute. Uneventful flight. Landed at home around 11:20, almost 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
My friend picked me up a little after noon and I was home by 12:30. The kid and I caught up on everything and just hung out. I ripped some movies, unpacked, and generally took it easy. She was so excited by my Big Book of Princesses. Didn't really do much in the afternoon time. Made a cheesecake for cast, slept for about an hour, ordered a pizza, and watched X-Files. Oh the kid and I had a mini-mortal kombat battle. I won 6-3. Oh yeah.
We headed off to the show around 10. Great show. Everyone had high energy, nobody was upset about anything, nobody was drunk, and everyone hit their cues/marks/songs/etc. Overall we had fun and the audience did too. I did music last night and I had a couple of fails on the songs as far as dancing, but can't win them all.
On the woman front, things were 'interesting' last night. I realized at one point I had 4 different woman there all of whom who could have called me out on my playboy manners. SG was there WITH HER HUSBAND. Although he didn't stay long. He was there briefly. I said hi to him and was polite. She unfortunately had a migraine and was not doing well. Then D was there late and her and I had the most fun. It's hard because I know it's a challenge for us to date because of schedules and distance, but whenever I am around her and do get to spend time with her, I really like her and enjoy her company. Add to that, the one I am going to marry was there, and then there was the one I have just started noticing. It was like dammit. Kid in a candy store who doesn't want the candy attacking each other or more importantly ME. Luckily Marrying Girl and I are just really good friends, SG was in too much pain to pay attention, and the other hasn't noticed me back yet. So I got to spend time with D and that worked out.
I really was a good boy last night. I didn't do anything dumb, make an ass out of myself, or step on my own dick. One of my friends did make a funny comment. She's like "you know how most people you say they have their tongue hanging out of their mouth? You have your balls hanging out of your mouth. Go get laid or something." Truth. And dammit, I am trying.
Went to pie after and got home around 4:30. Time to clean house, expenses, and relax.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Y4 D71
It's after midnight here so I can post for the day. Why up so early, well as i just typed to a friend:
it's 90 miles to the airport from here in GOOD conditions. i have to board at 5:30, meaning i need to be there at 4;30 meaning i need to drop the car off at 4 meaning i need to get gas first. hence i need to be in the MSP area by 3:45 add to that a two hour drive...
Hence, I am leaving here in a 1/2 hour. I had a GREAT day. I figured out why my class was ahead. We have been doing long days. I shared that with them and they felt relieved because it had been so much material over the course of the week. I was able to give them some lighter training and even let them go an hour early. Everyone was happy. Happy enough that they gave me a gift for training - a product they make, the Disney Big Book of Princesses. Awesome shit. Got back to the hotel around 5 and went down to the restaurant in the hotel for a quick dinner. And that's where the random happened...
Sitting at the bar and these guys come in. I can immediately tell they are not midwesterns as they can with me. They sit down next to me and small talk occurs. Turns out? They were with Smash Mouth. At least one guy was. He is their current drummer. The other two guys were with the opening act. They are here in town for some festival. That's my random ass life. Dinner at a Hilton in Mankato MN with Smash Mouth. What. Ever.
SG and I chatted all day. Somewhere along the lines, the conversation got semi-serious. Interesting. More to develop on that.
Headed up to the room around 7 and crashed until 11. I have had four hours of sleep. Let's hope I don't die. There is a huge lightning storm going on outside right now. Wish me luck and hope I get home safe....
it's 90 miles to the airport from here in GOOD conditions. i have to board at 5:30, meaning i need to be there at 4;30 meaning i need to drop the car off at 4 meaning i need to get gas first. hence i need to be in the MSP area by 3:45 add to that a two hour drive...
Hence, I am leaving here in a 1/2 hour. I had a GREAT day. I figured out why my class was ahead. We have been doing long days. I shared that with them and they felt relieved because it had been so much material over the course of the week. I was able to give them some lighter training and even let them go an hour early. Everyone was happy. Happy enough that they gave me a gift for training - a product they make, the Disney Big Book of Princesses. Awesome shit. Got back to the hotel around 5 and went down to the restaurant in the hotel for a quick dinner. And that's where the random happened...
Sitting at the bar and these guys come in. I can immediately tell they are not midwesterns as they can with me. They sit down next to me and small talk occurs. Turns out? They were with Smash Mouth. At least one guy was. He is their current drummer. The other two guys were with the opening act. They are here in town for some festival. That's my random ass life. Dinner at a Hilton in Mankato MN with Smash Mouth. What. Ever.
SG and I chatted all day. Somewhere along the lines, the conversation got semi-serious. Interesting. More to develop on that.
Headed up to the room around 7 and crashed until 11. I have had four hours of sleep. Let's hope I don't die. There is a huge lightning storm going on outside right now. Wish me luck and hope I get home safe....
Friday, August 3, 2012
Y4 D70
I am not as refreshed this morning as I have been the last two. That has more to do with my co-workers than the bed though. I won't pick on that bed. At all. No, it's more when annoying fucking people decide to have conversations between 1 and 3 in the morning your time and your phone and computer are binging like crazy. No, I can't turn them off either because I am in a fucking hotel room and no matter where I put things I would still hear it. Ugh.
Trained again all day. We are about three hours ahead of schedule and I have been straining my brain to figure out why when it dawned on me. Normally we do these things from 9-5/8-4/8:30-4:30 with an hour for lunch. An 8 hour day, with a 1 hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks. That makes for 6.5 hours of actual training a day. These guys however have been going from 8-5, not taking a full lunch and taking 5-10 minute breaks. More like 7.5 hours of training each day. This is of concern to me because I will probably let them out early today and don't want anyone feeling like they didn't get their money's worth, or I skipped material, etc. I have had that happen in the past and don't want any bad juju. I sent out a bunch of emails just now kind of saying this in a polite way. Hopefully that won't bite me in the ass.
After class, I decided to drive around a bit. Tried to find 'the mall' and that was a fail. The supposed mall was just a bunch of stores that were either closed or moved. Ended up just finding some place for dinner, bringing it back to the room, and hanging out here.
Talked with my sister about our dad. He's a fucking idiot. I called him out on his facebook page about his views. I slammed all of his posts about gay marriage and gay rights. I don't get how a guy who used to be hard core like him can be such a close minded asshole these days. I may be a lot of things, but a hypocrite I am not. Seriously it's annoying all the shit he posts about this. How Obama is ruining health care, how the gays are taking over, blah blah fucking blah. Douchebag. I want nothing to do with people like that ever.
Talked to SG a LOT again. She made some comment at one point and I responded in a way that made her say 'really? you'd do that?'. I told her yes, but only if we were in a real relationship and there was a future for us. While I know she got the meaning behind my words, she switched it to - 'if we were in a real relationship I would let you collar me'. Oh damn damn damn. Fine. I looked up custom colors and made a very nice pink leather with suede lining, baby blue jewels, and studs spelling OWNED. Play with me baby, play with me.
Got into a fun hijack thread on FB where we took a simple post and turned it into a 200 message thread of nothingness. Love when that happens. Okay time to check in for my flight. Hope for upgrade, hope for upgrade. I did get my status back FINALLY on American so my chances are good...
Trained again all day. We are about three hours ahead of schedule and I have been straining my brain to figure out why when it dawned on me. Normally we do these things from 9-5/8-4/8:30-4:30 with an hour for lunch. An 8 hour day, with a 1 hour lunch and two 15 minute breaks. That makes for 6.5 hours of actual training a day. These guys however have been going from 8-5, not taking a full lunch and taking 5-10 minute breaks. More like 7.5 hours of training each day. This is of concern to me because I will probably let them out early today and don't want anyone feeling like they didn't get their money's worth, or I skipped material, etc. I have had that happen in the past and don't want any bad juju. I sent out a bunch of emails just now kind of saying this in a polite way. Hopefully that won't bite me in the ass.
After class, I decided to drive around a bit. Tried to find 'the mall' and that was a fail. The supposed mall was just a bunch of stores that were either closed or moved. Ended up just finding some place for dinner, bringing it back to the room, and hanging out here.
Talked with my sister about our dad. He's a fucking idiot. I called him out on his facebook page about his views. I slammed all of his posts about gay marriage and gay rights. I don't get how a guy who used to be hard core like him can be such a close minded asshole these days. I may be a lot of things, but a hypocrite I am not. Seriously it's annoying all the shit he posts about this. How Obama is ruining health care, how the gays are taking over, blah blah fucking blah. Douchebag. I want nothing to do with people like that ever.
Talked to SG a LOT again. She made some comment at one point and I responded in a way that made her say 'really? you'd do that?'. I told her yes, but only if we were in a real relationship and there was a future for us. While I know she got the meaning behind my words, she switched it to - 'if we were in a real relationship I would let you collar me'. Oh damn damn damn. Fine. I looked up custom colors and made a very nice pink leather with suede lining, baby blue jewels, and studs spelling OWNED. Play with me baby, play with me.
Got into a fun hijack thread on FB where we took a simple post and turned it into a 200 message thread of nothingness. Love when that happens. Okay time to check in for my flight. Hope for upgrade, hope for upgrade. I did get my status back FINALLY on American so my chances are good...
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Y4 D69
I want to marry this bed and live with it forever. Seriously. It makes me want to go home and burn my mattress.
Yesterday was a tough day for my class. We started the second topic (this is a two subject matter class and we made it through the first one Mon and Tues). I warned them that starting Wednesday the material would be getting more challenging and they found that out by the lunch break. When we finished up at 5, they were beat up. I could see it in their faces. I know this is tough stuff. These are two of the most challenging pieces of software to learn. But they got through the day. Let's see how much they retained.
After class even I was pretty beat and just needed to sit and relax. I went around the corner to the same place as Tuesday night, had a sandwich for dinner and a couple of drinks. Didn't stay out too late. Went out to dinner around 6:30 and was back in the hotel by 9. Just sat staring at the olympics while eating. Didn't get into any trouble.
I did get into 'trouble' with that other client. This time though they are taking part of the blame. It seems something I did a while back broke in production yesterday. Um, not my fault? You signed off on it during development. You should have tested this one scenario. Sorry you missed a use case and signed off? I will get to it when I get to it.
However. In the virtual world? I was all sorts of damaging. First off - to my buddy and he knows who he is - dude seriously? Man I cannot even comprehend that and don't know how I would be feeling if I were in your position. To my other friend - come on, past is the past.
Okay, that out of the way... SG and I talked A LOT yesterday. And by talk I mean virtual fucking. At one point she tells me "I am masturbating to the thought of you fucking me because you are not here fucking me right now". Gah. That just gives you the tone of how are conversations went. That was the tame part of it too. I have never really sexted before because well, just because. Last night took the cake. It was just dirty comment after dirty comment. The best was "I am sitting in my car right now waiting for my friends to come out. Is it evil if I tell you I have a vibrator with me and can use it without being seen?". Nope. Not evil at all. Go for it.
On top of talking to her, Wildcard and I talked. She is more reserved. Not totally, but there's a difference. Her age makes her more subtle about things. It was still text flirting with an overtone of sexual innuendo, but look at the difference just in my description. One wants to fuck insanely, the other wants to say the same things, but has learned restraint as an adult.
OH! I did get some good news. My new batch of pins arrived while I was gone. This should give me at least 100-150 for my next trip in two weeks. Hey, I will be back in the park in two weeks. YAY!
What else... I did phone shots with a friend. It sounds really stupid, but it makes me feel connected to folks back home. I think that's why I am not spiraling as hard on this trip as I did on the last one. I feel like there are people at home thinking about me. Maybe it's the attention from SG and Wildcard. Maybe it's the phone shots with friends. Regardless, I am not feeling as isolated as I did in ... where the fuck was I? Oh yeah, Memphis. I felt very disconnected there. Here it's not as bad. Maybe too because I have been to this part of the world before and am more comfortable. Regardless, I am not in the same fucked up head space. I am still depressed. I think I will always be depressed, but a good bed, friends, and virtual sex can help keep it at bay. Keep the dog on the porch if you will. Plus knowing Disneyland is right around the corner and the hotel is paid for helps. I also have my per diem while I am there. That helps too. I am going to use it to take the kid to a princess breakfast. I need to make that reservation today.
Off to the office. Another solid day ahead of us.
Yesterday was a tough day for my class. We started the second topic (this is a two subject matter class and we made it through the first one Mon and Tues). I warned them that starting Wednesday the material would be getting more challenging and they found that out by the lunch break. When we finished up at 5, they were beat up. I could see it in their faces. I know this is tough stuff. These are two of the most challenging pieces of software to learn. But they got through the day. Let's see how much they retained.
After class even I was pretty beat and just needed to sit and relax. I went around the corner to the same place as Tuesday night, had a sandwich for dinner and a couple of drinks. Didn't stay out too late. Went out to dinner around 6:30 and was back in the hotel by 9. Just sat staring at the olympics while eating. Didn't get into any trouble.
I did get into 'trouble' with that other client. This time though they are taking part of the blame. It seems something I did a while back broke in production yesterday. Um, not my fault? You signed off on it during development. You should have tested this one scenario. Sorry you missed a use case and signed off? I will get to it when I get to it.
However. In the virtual world? I was all sorts of damaging. First off - to my buddy and he knows who he is - dude seriously? Man I cannot even comprehend that and don't know how I would be feeling if I were in your position. To my other friend - come on, past is the past.
Okay, that out of the way... SG and I talked A LOT yesterday. And by talk I mean virtual fucking. At one point she tells me "I am masturbating to the thought of you fucking me because you are not here fucking me right now". Gah. That just gives you the tone of how are conversations went. That was the tame part of it too. I have never really sexted before because well, just because. Last night took the cake. It was just dirty comment after dirty comment. The best was "I am sitting in my car right now waiting for my friends to come out. Is it evil if I tell you I have a vibrator with me and can use it without being seen?". Nope. Not evil at all. Go for it.
On top of talking to her, Wildcard and I talked. She is more reserved. Not totally, but there's a difference. Her age makes her more subtle about things. It was still text flirting with an overtone of sexual innuendo, but look at the difference just in my description. One wants to fuck insanely, the other wants to say the same things, but has learned restraint as an adult.
OH! I did get some good news. My new batch of pins arrived while I was gone. This should give me at least 100-150 for my next trip in two weeks. Hey, I will be back in the park in two weeks. YAY!
What else... I did phone shots with a friend. It sounds really stupid, but it makes me feel connected to folks back home. I think that's why I am not spiraling as hard on this trip as I did on the last one. I feel like there are people at home thinking about me. Maybe it's the attention from SG and Wildcard. Maybe it's the phone shots with friends. Regardless, I am not feeling as isolated as I did in ... where the fuck was I? Oh yeah, Memphis. I felt very disconnected there. Here it's not as bad. Maybe too because I have been to this part of the world before and am more comfortable. Regardless, I am not in the same fucked up head space. I am still depressed. I think I will always be depressed, but a good bed, friends, and virtual sex can help keep it at bay. Keep the dog on the porch if you will. Plus knowing Disneyland is right around the corner and the hotel is paid for helps. I also have my per diem while I am there. That helps too. I am going to use it to take the kid to a princess breakfast. I need to make that reservation today.
Off to the office. Another solid day ahead of us.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Y4 D68
Slept like the dead again. I need a new mattress. Yeah I know I bought one recently but it was a cheap ass one which while better than what I had, it's still a cheap ass mattress. The one here is AWESOME. I hit the pillow and I am out and I am sleeping through the night. Had a great dinner last night too. I found a decent restaurant around the corner that serves some pretty darn good stuff. The fish tacos were fantastic. It was dead, then busy, then dead again. I got there about 6:30 and left at like 9:30. I was pretty much the only person at the bar for a large majority of the night. The bartender and I got to talking and we ended up having fun talking. At the end of the night I met one of the chefs and we sat having a drink. She was pretty darn cute too.
Stuff happened during the day, but it honestly isn't that exciting. I taught from 8 right up until 5. I did get a phone call from one of my co-workers about another project. They thought I was working on something and I was told to wait until we had a green light in writing. They claimed they gave me a verbal green light. Sorry, not good enough. If I went ahead and did the work without a confirmed green light and then they chose not to pay? Nope. I need an in writing solid yes you can work on this. So now when I get home I am going to find myself scrambling to get things done by like Wednesday. Whatever. Same shit different week.
Class went well. It's a hard topic and the students were able to keep up. I know it was a bit stressful for some of them, but they hung in there and got through the material. 3 more days of this. This is going to be a long week, isn't it?
That's about it. Nothing else really went down. Got a text from the Wildcard. That's my new name for her by the way, Wildcard. She's the one I met on drunk Friday and thought I had blown my chances of seeing again. Nope, she wants to see me when I get home. Okay. I am down with that. Totally random too. I was sitting enjoying a drink talking to SG and another friend when bam, I get this text. Cool.
Oh, I did have a long conversation with another friend about the meaning of love. That was interesting. Forced me to think about what that word really means to me if anything. In the end we came away agreeing there are different facets and shades of love and it doesn't always mean the same thing to everyone involved.
Off to day three...
Stuff happened during the day, but it honestly isn't that exciting. I taught from 8 right up until 5. I did get a phone call from one of my co-workers about another project. They thought I was working on something and I was told to wait until we had a green light in writing. They claimed they gave me a verbal green light. Sorry, not good enough. If I went ahead and did the work without a confirmed green light and then they chose not to pay? Nope. I need an in writing solid yes you can work on this. So now when I get home I am going to find myself scrambling to get things done by like Wednesday. Whatever. Same shit different week.
Class went well. It's a hard topic and the students were able to keep up. I know it was a bit stressful for some of them, but they hung in there and got through the material. 3 more days of this. This is going to be a long week, isn't it?
That's about it. Nothing else really went down. Got a text from the Wildcard. That's my new name for her by the way, Wildcard. She's the one I met on drunk Friday and thought I had blown my chances of seeing again. Nope, she wants to see me when I get home. Okay. I am down with that. Totally random too. I was sitting enjoying a drink talking to SG and another friend when bam, I get this text. Cool.
Oh, I did have a long conversation with another friend about the meaning of love. That was interesting. Forced me to think about what that word really means to me if anything. In the end we came away agreeing there are different facets and shades of love and it doesn't always mean the same thing to everyone involved.
Off to day three...
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