ANA Y2 D259

Woke up to a work email (yeah I know I shouldn't check on weekends but this time it was good) that I am finally getting my payout for the work I brought in nearly 4 months ago. It's a decent chunk of change! Like nearly 2k. I fought hard for this and it went back and forth. I finally am getting my due. Thank goodness. 

I finished my white paper yesterday. Did some other random work. Went to the grocery store and got everything I should need for the weekend. I am not leaving the house this weekend. Superb Owl is on and I won't be out there. Poor C has to work today and tomorrow. She is going to get flooded by idiots. The biggest problem is people get her store wrong. It's right on the border of the city we live in and the next city over. People constantly come in thinking that it's the other store. I imagine she is going to have a ton of morons who will scream they placed an order but in reality it's waiting at the other store.

Made spam friend rice and mongolian beef for dinner. Very happy with how they both came out. We watched some TV, then worked on our guitar stuff. We have one completely modded and working perfectly! It was a process for sure. Re-soldering had to happen, plastic bits shaved and trimmed, but in the end we have a fully working modded guitar we can keep or sell. We invested $60 into it plus our time. They go for $150-$175 on the market. Not a bad ROI. 

Today before C leaves for work, we're rearranging the office. It's been the same way too long and I need a change. Nothing drastic, just moving stuff from one wall to another. We're having a new chair delivered for in here and we need to make room. Trying to make it look more adult if you will. Right now it's very stark and we want to do something about that before our game night. Two weeks until game night! We have 11 confirmed. This is going to be a good party!

Okay, time to get moving. I slept in a bit and need to get crackin'!

ANA Y2 D258

Got through my presentation. 150 people at its peak. Apparently I answered 56 questions inline as well. Someone was keeping track of that. Most of my colleagues when they do theirs they wait until the end to answer questions and basically talk AT their audience. I do the opposite. I answer as we go and engage. It's why my webinar Q rating is so much higher. Boo-yah.

Our friend came over after dinner (shrimp pesto pasta) and played a new game with us. Hues and Cues. Very interesting game. We sat and talked until like 10. Nice way to end the day. 

This morning off to grocery store as I am not leaving this house this weekend. It's big foosball weekend. Bleh.

ANA Y2 D257

Yesterday was just a rough day. Couldn't shake the headache for hours. Couldn't focus on anything. Feel like the house is a mess. It's because I haven't gone anywhere in months. I know it. Got my test results back yesterday. My hormone levels are out of whack too. That's not helping. I need to get that resolved by I don't see the doctor until the 19th. Work is driving me crazy. Just nothing going on and it's killing me. Our guitar project after many ups and downs appears to be a success. We went out for BBQ last night and that was really good. Stupidhead had their birthday at the Benihoohoo and usual. The longer we're apart, the more I should have seen these incompatibilities. Oh well. 

BIG webinar today. 300 people. This will be fun.

ANA Y2 D256

I have a fucking headache this morning. I also had really bad dreams and woke up angry as fuck. This isn't starting out to be a good day.

ANA Y2 D255

So I kind of gave myself food poisoning yesterday. Never trust leftovers you're not sure of is the moral of this story. I sat down for some lunch and ate what I thought was till good mac and cheese. It was not. I spent most of the day feeling like I was going to throw up and tried to pretend it wasn't a problem. Not smart. My body is still not happy with me. Oh well. 

Worked on another new document, C worked a night shift, went to bed late. Nothing exciting other than me not feeling well.

ANA Y2 D254

Yesterday was one of those Sundays where I need a 3rd weekend day. Too much to do and too little time to do it to allow me to have any time for myself. I was up with C at 4:30 and went non-stop from there. First thing was getting the car washed. It was way overdue. I managed to do the inside too except for the mats. I still need to yank those out and give them a cleaning. After the car wash went to the grocery store. Then I came home and started in on everything here. Three loads of laundry. Kitchen cleaning. Floor cleaning. Office cleaning. Made dinner. Cleaned the kitchen again. Just felt like a lot yesterday. Now it's Monday and here we go again. Tired of living 60% of my life just for work. Soon. Soon I will be done with all of it. Don't know how, don't know when. But soon.

Another week of pushing paper at that. Sigh.

ANA Y2 D253

I was up way too early yesterday and now today. What's it like to sleep in until like 8 or 9? I have no idea. Too much shit to do and not enough time to do it in.

We did a bunch of stuff yesterday. Had a hair appointment, went looking for a new hamper, went to the grocery store, went to home depot, went to the vape shop, had chinese food. Busy ass day. We were exhausted and got in bed at 9:30. 

More of the same today.

ANA Y2 D252

I am running on about 4.5 hours sleep thanks to that fucking cat. She started screaming at 6:45 for fucking food. I am going to kill her. We didn't get into bed until almost 2:30. Fuck her. Goddamn.

Why did we get home so late? We finally saw Stavros Halkias last night! If you remember, we were supposed to go back in October but he had to reschedule due to COVID. Well it finally happened last night. More on that in a minute.

Got up and paid all the bills yesterday. Got my Jan expense check late last night thankfully. I am using that money to pay for my hair this year. I need that money. But I did get all the other bills paid thankfully. Now that my expense check came through I can pay a couple more too. Knock shit out. I then spent the day working on different things and finally at 3pm gave my long awaited presentation on AI in BI. I was really excited to give this one. It's a fun exciting topic for us and our new CTO was there. Everyone loved it and it was a hit.

After I made us dinner, gnocchi with italian sausage and mushrooms. It came out perfect. C was scarfing it up and it will go into regular rotation. At 7 we started getting ready. Show was scheduled to start at 10 and we figured doors would open at 9. I tried to time everything and did pretty good. We rolled into the parking garage at 8:51. The garage was right next to the theater and we walked up to the doors at 8:54. My therapist would have been proud of me. Of course the first set started late and we still ended up waiting outside for 30 minutes. The best laid plans and all that. But it wasn't too bad. Our seats were row 1. I expected there to be a typical gap between the stage and the seats. Nope. We were literally right on the stage. I could put my drink on it. I didn't but I could have! I will put some pics down the end of this. 

The opening comic was funny. I was surprised at how much I laughed. The guy was 6'7" and from where we were he looked huge. Good material. Then came Stavros. I laughed so hard I was worried about peeing my pants. He locked eyes with us a few times especially since we were the only two women in the front row. This guy is hilarious. He did all new material too. About an hour set and we got out of there around 12 something. We grabbed late night taco bell on the way home because it's what you do. Watched some videos while we ate and finally got to bed.

Today I have a hair appointment at 11, going to Old Navy to find C some jeans, and that's about it. It's the kid's birthday so message her if you have her number. We're doing Chinese because I need a night off of cooking.

And now, Stavvy:

ANA Y2 D251

It's friday. Bills bills bills. Joy. 

Had an okay day. Got some work stuff done, went to the grocery store. We found a new noodle place which turned out to be really good and cheap. Had lamb burgers for dinner. 

Tonight we're off to see Stavros!

ANA Y2 D250

I almost forgot to tell you all something. Stupidhead took a big leap forward this week. They got off my phone plan finally! Cut my phone bill in half. Went from $110 a month to $60. They say they're going to get their own insurance next. We shall see. I will take whatever victories I can.

Had a meeting with work yesterday. Got some things to do while we wait for real work to come in. I also am going to be adding two new certifications to my pile. Even if it doesn't matter now, it will look good in the future that's for sure. Otherwise, just plugging along.

Made deconstructed chicken enchiladas last night. Basically nachos with enchilada sauce. Not bad. I was pretty happy. Tomorrow is Stavros. Just got to make it through one more day.