How the hell have I been up for 25 minutes and not done anything yet? Seriously, what have I done in the last 25 minutes?? Whatever. Once again I was having a great dream and lost it. Nope. Gone.
Taught yesterday. My favorite class and the timing was pretty good. Three people, all of whom are pretty sharp. One guy is a little slower than the other two, but he's not a complete idiot and was able to keep up. We finished up around 45 minutes early which is about what I expected.
After class I took a little nap and then we went to the grocery store for some dinner supplies. Had fishsticks and tater tots for dinner. A nice classic. After dinner we dealt with the kittens. They had messed up their world a little bit and with other cats coming by to eat it was all disturbed. B got them some kitten food so we had to make sure it was all arranged in a way that the big cats wouldn't go for it.
We watched iZombie together then B took a relaxing bath after that and I played some Lego Batman. After, went to bed. I did grab some new stuff yesterday. I was watching Warehouse 13 in the morning and saw one of the actors from Arrow. I looked him up and realized he was from Dresden Files as well. I decided to grab that, all five seasons of Bill Nye (why not?), Movie 43, and the Class of Nuke Em High (just because). Adding to the collection. Now that summer is here, I will focus on my backlist as I won't have current stuff taking up bandwidth. I still have at least 120 on my "To DL" list. Mostly tv shows from when I was a kid, but still.
And now I have been up for 31 minutes, but at least I can say I did something.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Y6 D358
Some good news finally for someone in my family. My sister won her lawsuit she has been dealing with for five years. She will be able to start receiving disability for her medical issues. About damn time. This will make a huge difference in their lives and I am happy for her.
I started a new curriculum yesterday. Got into a real groove and managed to get about 1/4 of it done. That's not bad at all for the size that this thing is going to need to be. It's a two day class and I will need 200+ slides worth of materials and demos. I had a rough start in the morning since is a brand new class that no one else is doing. This by the way is how we stay ahead of everyone else when it comes to training. This is why we bring in so much each year on training dammit. Because we are ahead of the curve. I got to a good stopping point around 3.
B needed to go mail something yesterday. Fucking UPS is so expensive. I wish we had gone to the actual post office. It cost more to send the gift we were sending than the cost of the gift itself. Got back home and ordered pizza for dinner.
We had a bit of drama yesterday with the kittens. B is extremely over protective of them, especially since she already lost one. Some teenagers were trying to pick them up and then being smart mouths to B when she asked them to stop. We ended up getting the kittens on our porch and blocking them off so they can't get away. Between the neighbors who wouldn't stop getting too close and the teenage boys, this should make life easier.
On top of that drama, B's mother found out her dad got remarried last weekend. Oh boy. More drama. Phone calls and texts.
Then to top it off, B decides she doesn't want to move to an apartment but instead a house when we move. Fine but we can't look too early as houses don't always come up until 30-45 days out. She gets this but then proceeds to send me a bunch of links anyway. Dammit woman. This stressed me out and I started packing what I could with what little boxes we have. That situation will be remedied on Thursday as I ordered 90 boxes and supplies from U-Haul yesterday. Small, book, medium, you name it. Boxes are on their way. This weekend I want to have at least 30 boxes packed.
Speaking of the weekend, we are supposed to participate in a garage sale this weekend but I haven't heard back from the people whose house it''s supposed to be at if I can start bringing stuff over now. I need to make some damn room.
Three day class with three students starts today. It's my favorite class so I am not stressing. Yet.
I started a new curriculum yesterday. Got into a real groove and managed to get about 1/4 of it done. That's not bad at all for the size that this thing is going to need to be. It's a two day class and I will need 200+ slides worth of materials and demos. I had a rough start in the morning since is a brand new class that no one else is doing. This by the way is how we stay ahead of everyone else when it comes to training. This is why we bring in so much each year on training dammit. Because we are ahead of the curve. I got to a good stopping point around 3.
B needed to go mail something yesterday. Fucking UPS is so expensive. I wish we had gone to the actual post office. It cost more to send the gift we were sending than the cost of the gift itself. Got back home and ordered pizza for dinner.
We had a bit of drama yesterday with the kittens. B is extremely over protective of them, especially since she already lost one. Some teenagers were trying to pick them up and then being smart mouths to B when she asked them to stop. We ended up getting the kittens on our porch and blocking them off so they can't get away. Between the neighbors who wouldn't stop getting too close and the teenage boys, this should make life easier.
On top of that drama, B's mother found out her dad got remarried last weekend. Oh boy. More drama. Phone calls and texts.
Then to top it off, B decides she doesn't want to move to an apartment but instead a house when we move. Fine but we can't look too early as houses don't always come up until 30-45 days out. She gets this but then proceeds to send me a bunch of links anyway. Dammit woman. This stressed me out and I started packing what I could with what little boxes we have. That situation will be remedied on Thursday as I ordered 90 boxes and supplies from U-Haul yesterday. Small, book, medium, you name it. Boxes are on their way. This weekend I want to have at least 30 boxes packed.
Speaking of the weekend, we are supposed to participate in a garage sale this weekend but I haven't heard back from the people whose house it''s supposed to be at if I can start bringing stuff over now. I need to make some damn room.
Three day class with three students starts today. It's my favorite class so I am not stressing. Yet.
Monday, May 18, 2015
Y6 D357
I should have been up 2 hours ago but this is one of the few non-teaching days I have this week so I said fuck it and slept in. Sue me.
Had a mellow day yesterday, nothing too exciting. Only went out once because B bought the wrong kind of fusing for the project she is working on. Otherwise we stayed in and played some games, relaxed, cleaned the house, made super nachos. She made a purse. Came out pretty good too. That's our exciting Sunday.
We need to start packing. I think today we will take a ride and find some place that sells moving supplies in town. I want to at least start doing books and stuff to feel like I have accomplished something. On Saturday we are doing a garage sale with some friends and that will help too.
That's all I have to talk about today. Sorry.
Had a mellow day yesterday, nothing too exciting. Only went out once because B bought the wrong kind of fusing for the project she is working on. Otherwise we stayed in and played some games, relaxed, cleaned the house, made super nachos. She made a purse. Came out pretty good too. That's our exciting Sunday.
We need to start packing. I think today we will take a ride and find some place that sells moving supplies in town. I want to at least start doing books and stuff to feel like I have accomplished something. On Saturday we are doing a garage sale with some friends and that will help too.
That's all I have to talk about today. Sorry.
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Y6 D356
I slept for a whopping 4.5 hours. Didn't go to bed until after 3am. We didn't get home until almost 2:30.
Yesterday was an up and down kind of day. I had no issues early in the morning. Matter of fact, I did something cool; I found the Totally Not a Cow Level cow level in Diablo 3. Plus I managed to open a portal to Greed's Lair. THAT made me excited.
No, it wasn't until B woke up and decided at 11am she needed to go to the Crapmart for some things that the troubles began. Ugh. Really? At 11am on a Saturday? It was as bad as I thought it would be, if not worse. I cannot wait until we are out of this town. The people here are so low class. And in a bad way. I will break B of her dependency on the Crapmart too. Even though it was a mad house, things were going okay until we got home. The little cat who had kittens recently (amazing since she's not much bigger than them) unfortunately lost one. Right in front of our patio. Sigh. That triggered B into a huge sadness funk. She desperately wants to save all the kittens and cats on this property but it's just not realistic. I took care of the kitten body and laid down for a nap.
I woke up around 3:30 and she was getting ready to go. By the time we left it was 4:30. 6 freeways and 90 minutes later, we finally arrive at the party. I was in such a shit mood thanks to the drive. Around 7:30 I finally started relaxing. The party was fun, everyone had a good time, we left around 1:45.
Today I do nothing. Yeah right. That never works out for me.
Yesterday was an up and down kind of day. I had no issues early in the morning. Matter of fact, I did something cool; I found the Totally Not a Cow Level cow level in Diablo 3. Plus I managed to open a portal to Greed's Lair. THAT made me excited.
No, it wasn't until B woke up and decided at 11am she needed to go to the Crapmart for some things that the troubles began. Ugh. Really? At 11am on a Saturday? It was as bad as I thought it would be, if not worse. I cannot wait until we are out of this town. The people here are so low class. And in a bad way. I will break B of her dependency on the Crapmart too. Even though it was a mad house, things were going okay until we got home. The little cat who had kittens recently (amazing since she's not much bigger than them) unfortunately lost one. Right in front of our patio. Sigh. That triggered B into a huge sadness funk. She desperately wants to save all the kittens and cats on this property but it's just not realistic. I took care of the kitten body and laid down for a nap.
I woke up around 3:30 and she was getting ready to go. By the time we left it was 4:30. 6 freeways and 90 minutes later, we finally arrive at the party. I was in such a shit mood thanks to the drive. Around 7:30 I finally started relaxing. The party was fun, everyone had a good time, we left around 1:45.
Today I do nothing. Yeah right. That never works out for me.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
Y6 D355
10 more days.
I don't know why I still have a facebook account. It's the most useless site in the world. Actually that's not true - I have it because I have been playing one game for 8 years. Fish Wrangler. One stupid ass game that I adore. If something happened to Fish Wrangler, there'd be no reason for me to keep my FB account.
No issues yesterday. Had a pretty good day. Got through class, took a little nap, and then B wanted to go to the fabric store. For easter I got her this pattern kit she wanted to make these hobo bags. She needs about 5 yards of fabric to do one and there isn't a fabric store in town. The nearest one is 20-30 miles away.
We schlepped on down after class. We were both hungry and had Chili's for dinner. When did Chili's become more about 'chili' the pepper and less about 'chili' the hearty dish? Seriously. All of the dishes had the words "spicy" or "zesty" or "chilies" in the description. Annoying. I miss 'I want my baby baby baby back ribs', which is what I ended up having. They were pretty good.
After dinner we went to JoAnn's for the next 2 hours of my life. For reals. Two hours in that store. I did find something cool for me in there though. Candy melt wafers and candy molds that use an Oreo. You take the candy, melt it, pour it into the mold, then push the Oreo on top. You end up with a coated cookie with a design on it. I got one mold and two bags of melts. One bag was peanut butter and one bag was birthday cake. On the way home we stopped and got Oreos. I got birthday cake to go with birthday cake and double chocolate creme to go with the peanut butter. These are all coming with us tonight to the birthday party.
We got home and made the cookies, watched the season finale of Blacklist (well done), played some video games, then watched an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. It's an Australian show I found set in the 1920s. Kind of an Australian Agatha Christie. I got it for B and she liked it which is good. I want her to have enough to watch in case I go on the road while it's summer and all her other shows are on hiatus. Best husband ever, I know.
Eventually I got tired and headed off to bed around midnight. Today I am going to go wash my car if the place isn't too crowded, and the bum around until 4pm when we have to head out for the party.
I don't know why I still have a facebook account. It's the most useless site in the world. Actually that's not true - I have it because I have been playing one game for 8 years. Fish Wrangler. One stupid ass game that I adore. If something happened to Fish Wrangler, there'd be no reason for me to keep my FB account.
No issues yesterday. Had a pretty good day. Got through class, took a little nap, and then B wanted to go to the fabric store. For easter I got her this pattern kit she wanted to make these hobo bags. She needs about 5 yards of fabric to do one and there isn't a fabric store in town. The nearest one is 20-30 miles away.
We schlepped on down after class. We were both hungry and had Chili's for dinner. When did Chili's become more about 'chili' the pepper and less about 'chili' the hearty dish? Seriously. All of the dishes had the words "spicy" or "zesty" or "chilies" in the description. Annoying. I miss 'I want my baby baby baby back ribs', which is what I ended up having. They were pretty good.
After dinner we went to JoAnn's for the next 2 hours of my life. For reals. Two hours in that store. I did find something cool for me in there though. Candy melt wafers and candy molds that use an Oreo. You take the candy, melt it, pour it into the mold, then push the Oreo on top. You end up with a coated cookie with a design on it. I got one mold and two bags of melts. One bag was peanut butter and one bag was birthday cake. On the way home we stopped and got Oreos. I got birthday cake to go with birthday cake and double chocolate creme to go with the peanut butter. These are all coming with us tonight to the birthday party.
We got home and made the cookies, watched the season finale of Blacklist (well done), played some video games, then watched an episode of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. It's an Australian show I found set in the 1920s. Kind of an Australian Agatha Christie. I got it for B and she liked it which is good. I want her to have enough to watch in case I go on the road while it's summer and all her other shows are on hiatus. Best husband ever, I know.
Eventually I got tired and headed off to bed around midnight. Today I am going to go wash my car if the place isn't too crowded, and the bum around until 4pm when we have to head out for the party.
Friday, May 15, 2015
Y6 D354
I wish there was an easy way to remember dreams. Why do they slip from our consciousness so quick? I am pretty sure I was enjoying the dream I was having right before I woke up but unfortunately it is gone. So annoying.
Had a decent day yesterday. My class has three persons, one of whom has been in class before and new the drill, one who is pretty sharp, and then one who is a little special. But we all got through day one with minimal issues. After class I played some Lego Batman while B took a nap.
For dinner I made shrimp scampi. We then relaxed together and then I went to bed around 10. Wow. That's pretty boring isn't it? Oh well.
Once we move we have decided we are going to sign up for meetup or something similar. The same way I did when I first moved. It really helped me get some friends and get out of the house. It helped a lot when I did it the first time and I think it will help this time too. We started looking at the site for some groups in the new area and there were a couple that peaked our interest. I think we can find something that will work for us.
We've hit $900 on the surgery donations. Pretty awesome. I want to see about getting it to $1500 so I can use it to pay the $1681 MRI bill. From there I will see about putting the surgery itself on the calendar. I figure September is a good time.
One more day teaching and then I get a break for a few days. We have a birthday party on Saturday but otherwise, a quiet weekend planned.
Had a decent day yesterday. My class has three persons, one of whom has been in class before and new the drill, one who is pretty sharp, and then one who is a little special. But we all got through day one with minimal issues. After class I played some Lego Batman while B took a nap.
For dinner I made shrimp scampi. We then relaxed together and then I went to bed around 10. Wow. That's pretty boring isn't it? Oh well.
Once we move we have decided we are going to sign up for meetup or something similar. The same way I did when I first moved. It really helped me get some friends and get out of the house. It helped a lot when I did it the first time and I think it will help this time too. We started looking at the site for some groups in the new area and there were a couple that peaked our interest. I think we can find something that will work for us.
We've hit $900 on the surgery donations. Pretty awesome. I want to see about getting it to $1500 so I can use it to pay the $1681 MRI bill. From there I will see about putting the surgery itself on the calendar. I figure September is a good time.
One more day teaching and then I get a break for a few days. We have a birthday party on Saturday but otherwise, a quiet weekend planned.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Y6 D353
Major points of the day:
- New gofundme total? $800!!!
- Good thing as the first bill came through - $1681!!
- FINALLY had sex last night
Yes, the stars all came into alignment yesterday. We managed to get a little more money in the coffers, just in time, and we both got to enjoy ourselves last night. Yay us. I taught a one on one class yesterday which was an okay experience. The person on the class had her shit together and it wasn't so bad. We finished about an hour early which worked out for both of us. After class we decided we wanted mexican for dinner. Came back, watched some TV, had the sex, then I went to bed around 10:30.
Nice boring day.
- New gofundme total? $800!!!
- Good thing as the first bill came through - $1681!!
- FINALLY had sex last night
Yes, the stars all came into alignment yesterday. We managed to get a little more money in the coffers, just in time, and we both got to enjoy ourselves last night. Yay us. I taught a one on one class yesterday which was an okay experience. The person on the class had her shit together and it wasn't so bad. We finished about an hour early which worked out for both of us. After class we decided we wanted mexican for dinner. Came back, watched some TV, had the sex, then I went to bed around 10:30.
Nice boring day.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Y6 D352
Sometimes the universe surprises you. I went from 0 dollars raised to $300 in just a few hours. The difference is B posted a long article on her blog then posted that on Facebook. I guess she just hit the right chord with everyone. Three people each have given $100. If 47 more can do the same we're done. I also posted a link on twitter and tumblr last night. Why not, right? Screw it. Go for broke.
As for my day yesterday, I did some work on an upcoming training class. We are planning a new class for August and I needed to do some pre-work before I can write it. Setup servers, get the right software loaded, etc. I also finished my desk configuration. The new monitor I ordered arrived and finished things off. Here it is in all its glory:
Not too shabby eh? I am pretty fucking happy here in my little wood and circuit board cocoon. Finished up around 5:30 and B and I went out for Italian. We have the sweetest friend who's the manager at the place we go. She charged us $24 for two entrees, app, and dessert. I left her a $20 tip in return. She is one of the few people we will miss when we move.
Got back home around 7:30 or so and watched some TV. Speaking of TV, added a couple new shows for B: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Bitten, and 3 seasons of Ace of Cakes. I am still missing a shit load of that show if anyone has it. I need seasons 1, and then 5-10. I have only managed to find 2, 3, and 4. I went off to bed around 10:30.
A nice day. I am still glad to be back home for sure. And I have renewed faith in people as of this morning. That's amazing in of itself.
As for my day yesterday, I did some work on an upcoming training class. We are planning a new class for August and I needed to do some pre-work before I can write it. Setup servers, get the right software loaded, etc. I also finished my desk configuration. The new monitor I ordered arrived and finished things off. Here it is in all its glory:
Not too shabby eh? I am pretty fucking happy here in my little wood and circuit board cocoon. Finished up around 5:30 and B and I went out for Italian. We have the sweetest friend who's the manager at the place we go. She charged us $24 for two entrees, app, and dessert. I left her a $20 tip in return. She is one of the few people we will miss when we move.
Got back home around 7:30 or so and watched some TV. Speaking of TV, added a couple new shows for B: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Bitten, and 3 seasons of Ace of Cakes. I am still missing a shit load of that show if anyone has it. I need seasons 1, and then 5-10. I have only managed to find 2, 3, and 4. I went off to bed around 10:30.
A nice day. I am still glad to be back home for sure. And I have renewed faith in people as of this morning. That's amazing in of itself.
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Y6 D351
I am very happy with my new desk setup. I promised a picture and I will take one later today and include it in tomorrow's post. The last time I included a picture of anything was a couple years back when a certain person left scratch marks all on my back. Ah those were the days. Sex, single, depression on a constant basis. Yeah, why wouldn't I miss them?
Yesterday was pretty good. Got up, meandered on here, found a couple new shows for B to watch, waited for her to wake up. Once she was up we went out around 11 to go see Avengers. The movie was at 1 but we needed to grab a couple of things at the mall before hand. Got into the theater at 12:30 and it was wonderfully empty. By the time the movie started there were maybe 5 other people in the theater with us. This is why you go to an early afternoon movie on a Monday.
As for the movie itself? I enjoyed it. I do not understand everyone's complaints about Hulk and Black Widow. I think they are reading more into than they should. Overall I felt it was similar to Two Towers. Let me explain. Fellowship sets up the story, Return of the King is the triumphant huge bring it all together end, Two Towers is the one that gets the story arc where it needs to be. Doesn't stand alone well but without it you can't have the other two. That's how I feel about Ultron. It is a movie that has to exist because they have to setup all the other characters (Falcon, Vision, Scarlet Witch), get one more Infinity Stone out there, and preface the feud that's about to come between Cap and Tony. SO without Ultron there are no other movies but by itself it's a little disjointed. It doesn't really feel whole. It's a good movie but I felt it was serving to tell a bigger story the whole time (which it is).
What I COULD have done without is the 40 minutes of fucking commercials before the movie. It used to be you had movie trivia and behind the scenes stuff. Now they don't even pretend, it's blatant fucking commercials for Target and Toyota and so much other crap it pisses me off.
Between previews, commercials, and other bullshit, a 1 pm movie let us out at 4. Got home, made a roast for dinner, relaxed together watching some TV and I ended up falling asleep on the couch around 10. B woke me up and sent my ass to bed.
I'm old. Shoot me now.
Yesterday was pretty good. Got up, meandered on here, found a couple new shows for B to watch, waited for her to wake up. Once she was up we went out around 11 to go see Avengers. The movie was at 1 but we needed to grab a couple of things at the mall before hand. Got into the theater at 12:30 and it was wonderfully empty. By the time the movie started there were maybe 5 other people in the theater with us. This is why you go to an early afternoon movie on a Monday.
As for the movie itself? I enjoyed it. I do not understand everyone's complaints about Hulk and Black Widow. I think they are reading more into than they should. Overall I felt it was similar to Two Towers. Let me explain. Fellowship sets up the story, Return of the King is the triumphant huge bring it all together end, Two Towers is the one that gets the story arc where it needs to be. Doesn't stand alone well but without it you can't have the other two. That's how I feel about Ultron. It is a movie that has to exist because they have to setup all the other characters (Falcon, Vision, Scarlet Witch), get one more Infinity Stone out there, and preface the feud that's about to come between Cap and Tony. SO without Ultron there are no other movies but by itself it's a little disjointed. It doesn't really feel whole. It's a good movie but I felt it was serving to tell a bigger story the whole time (which it is).
What I COULD have done without is the 40 minutes of fucking commercials before the movie. It used to be you had movie trivia and behind the scenes stuff. Now they don't even pretend, it's blatant fucking commercials for Target and Toyota and so much other crap it pisses me off.
Between previews, commercials, and other bullshit, a 1 pm movie let us out at 4. Got home, made a roast for dinner, relaxed together watching some TV and I ended up falling asleep on the couch around 10. B woke me up and sent my ass to bed.
I'm old. Shoot me now.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Y6 D350
You know how nice it is to pay bills and not be completely stressed out? Took me six fucking years to get to this point. I seriously need to go back and look and see what I wrote about how long it was going to take me. I am pretty sure I was supposed to be slightly better by 2015, but hey, making it to a goal is still making it to a goal, right? Sorry if I am dwelling on this, but you don't know how good it feels to finally be making some GOOD decisions about my life. I have made a lifetime of not always the best decisions and for once, I am being smart. You know why? Because I have someone else to care about that I actually do care about.
On a less mental note, I am writing this from my new desk setup. I should take a picture of it. I have been hating my desk for a while as it was really two small table shoved together in an "L" formation and not really a true desk. We remedied that yesterday. We had to drive to the middle of nowhere as the Office Max we originally wanted to go to no longer exists. That's what I fucking hate around here - one day things exist the next they are out of business. But we found the open one that has desks and made the drive. I had looked online first and was set on a particular one not so much because I liked it, but because the price and size were okay for my needs. B pushed me to sit in every one. I brought a measuring tape with me to make sure I laid out how big three monitors was going to be (yes, I ordered a monitor for the laptop for when I am at home. I am essentially making a docking station for it.) I finally decided on a U shaped one. It's pretty sweet. Just one small set of drawers on the far right side to put things into. Otherwise, three completely open desktops for me to work on. So much ROOM! When we finally got back after also going to a Goodwill next door (B found a great purse for $5), going to Best Buy for a keyboard (for the above mentioned docking station setup. Side note, I had some rebates on my account and got a real mac full size keyboard for $16 thanks to all the gift cards on my Best Buy RewardZone account) and having some lunch, we then started the long process of building this beast. It did take a while and finally finished up around 8pm. Exhausted, I sat down with B to relax and watch some TV. I then putzed around on the internet and went to bed around 11:30.
Other things I took care of yesterday included all my timesheets, expense reports, bills, dying my hair, and putting laundry away. For a Sunday, I did a lot. More than most, that's for sure. I only have classes Weds - Friday this week and I wanted to make sure I had today to myself. I was supposed to have a class on Tuesday but unfortunately no one registered for it. It's okay, I have been working hard the last two weeks and can use the time for sure. I did really good on my Austin expenses. Impressed even myself. I was there from Friday to Saturday. 8 full days of meals, hotel, car, etc. We had a hard cap at $2000 for all expenses. My boss knew this would be a challenge and he asked me to keep air, hotel, and car as close to that as possible, and then try not to exceed $60 per day for meals. HA! For the entire trip, I managed to get the total expenses to $2098. That's for EVERYTHING. I am really proud of that. We knew we would have to each a portion of expenses and he was prepared for $500 and I did for $98. Damn I am good. Tulsa came in around $1400. So for two weeks on the road with 14 days of car rental, hotel, six flights, and food, I did it for $3500. Not too fucking bad. We will get back all but $98 of that. That's the sign of a pro traveler.
So everything is done, new desk is built, clothes are all settled, which means I can relax today. I didn't relax yesterday so today it is. More importantly, today is Avengers day! We are off to as early a movie as possible. I am looking forward to it.
On a less mental note, I am writing this from my new desk setup. I should take a picture of it. I have been hating my desk for a while as it was really two small table shoved together in an "L" formation and not really a true desk. We remedied that yesterday. We had to drive to the middle of nowhere as the Office Max we originally wanted to go to no longer exists. That's what I fucking hate around here - one day things exist the next they are out of business. But we found the open one that has desks and made the drive. I had looked online first and was set on a particular one not so much because I liked it, but because the price and size were okay for my needs. B pushed me to sit in every one. I brought a measuring tape with me to make sure I laid out how big three monitors was going to be (yes, I ordered a monitor for the laptop for when I am at home. I am essentially making a docking station for it.) I finally decided on a U shaped one. It's pretty sweet. Just one small set of drawers on the far right side to put things into. Otherwise, three completely open desktops for me to work on. So much ROOM! When we finally got back after also going to a Goodwill next door (B found a great purse for $5), going to Best Buy for a keyboard (for the above mentioned docking station setup. Side note, I had some rebates on my account and got a real mac full size keyboard for $16 thanks to all the gift cards on my Best Buy RewardZone account) and having some lunch, we then started the long process of building this beast. It did take a while and finally finished up around 8pm. Exhausted, I sat down with B to relax and watch some TV. I then putzed around on the internet and went to bed around 11:30.
Other things I took care of yesterday included all my timesheets, expense reports, bills, dying my hair, and putting laundry away. For a Sunday, I did a lot. More than most, that's for sure. I only have classes Weds - Friday this week and I wanted to make sure I had today to myself. I was supposed to have a class on Tuesday but unfortunately no one registered for it. It's okay, I have been working hard the last two weeks and can use the time for sure. I did really good on my Austin expenses. Impressed even myself. I was there from Friday to Saturday. 8 full days of meals, hotel, car, etc. We had a hard cap at $2000 for all expenses. My boss knew this would be a challenge and he asked me to keep air, hotel, and car as close to that as possible, and then try not to exceed $60 per day for meals. HA! For the entire trip, I managed to get the total expenses to $2098. That's for EVERYTHING. I am really proud of that. We knew we would have to each a portion of expenses and he was prepared for $500 and I did for $98. Damn I am good. Tulsa came in around $1400. So for two weeks on the road with 14 days of car rental, hotel, six flights, and food, I did it for $3500. Not too fucking bad. We will get back all but $98 of that. That's the sign of a pro traveler.
So everything is done, new desk is built, clothes are all settled, which means I can relax today. I didn't relax yesterday so today it is. More importantly, today is Avengers day! We are off to as early a movie as possible. I am looking forward to it.
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