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Strange Alfred

Summer left early for a race in Danville, but I didn’t sleep in very late. She actually got home earlier than I expected, which happened to be right as I woke up, so we got cleaned up and ready to go to Little Rock. We left a little later than I wanted, but we didn’t have a real timeline to stick to until the concert started at eight. I forgot to grab a pair of earplugs for Summer, so we stopped at Walmart in Conway for an overpriced pair of silicone ones.

We made it to Little Rock and stopped at the Bark Bar & Grille. They had an app I had to download to sign up for a membership, but then I had trouble actually purchasing a day pass. There were only two people working, and they didn’t seem super worried about making sure we were registered/paid/vaccinated. They had a “Shortie Smalls” menu and took our food order, and let Muad’Dib run around and make friends. He actually did really well with the other dogs, and wandered around away from us for a while until food showed up.

We ate and left since I felt a little guilty not being able to pay for a day pass. It was about time to check into the hotel, which wasn’t very far away. We got in and discovered that parking was an extra fee. Both chargers were occupied, and also appeared to require payment. We made it up to the room and then went down to swim in the indoor pool for a bit.

Afterward, Summer took a nap until it was time to go to the lounge for a pre-show dinner. I took Muad’Dib out for a break before we left, and met an old couple that were going to the show because he said he had a cousin in the show, though I never learned who that was. Once I put Muad’Dib back in the room, I ordered a pretty cheap Lyft to drive us the mile over the river, and we arrived early enough to be near the front of the line for the Legends Lounge. It was downstairs in a new room we hadn’t seen before, and it was actually a small dinner buffet instead of just finger foods like we had seen before. They had shrimp, polenta, and a fancy salad, plus other veggies and a couple desserts. They even had free wine and beer, but Summer only had a couple of those before we finished up and went back upstairs.

As we were in the merch line, I spotted Jen and Mike walking in, and waved them down. We already had shirts from the Bigger & Weirder tour, so Summer got a keychain and I got a pack of trading cards. Then we found our seats that just happened to be two rows immediately in front of Jen and Mike. We were a little late for Piddles after seeing him at the amphitheater, but I actually liked him quite a lot more at this venue. It was a good, long show, and I was surprised at how many empty seats were still open in front of us. Nobody was checking, so we could have easily gone down to sit closer, but we didn’t.

Getting out was easy with such a relatively small crowd. We decided to just walk the mile back, but I didn’t realize we would have to climb a bunch of stairs to cross the bridge. We eventually made it back after walking through the teardown of the weekend Juneteenth celebration downtown. It stank everywhere, but we got out alive. I got to move my car to one of the chargers, so we’ll be set by the morning. I ran into the old couple again while I was out with Muad’Dib, and they only seemed mildly entertained, remarking that the show was super long and could have been cut down to about 45 minutes.

Summer didn’t take long to pass out. I showered the sweat off, and dawdled a bit too long before making it to bed.

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Passersby

We stopped at Shipley’s for a kolache and free donut this morning. It was a quiet day at work, and I just kept repeatedly testing Intune policies all day. We took a break for some Sonic, and then we did a quick run up the road on the Onewheel since I just transferred it from Summer’s trunk to my own earlier in the morning. The afternoon dragged a bit, and somehow everyone snuck out and locked me in at the end of the day.

Along the way home, we ran into some heavy traffic right at Blackwell, so we exited and took the highway home. We stopped at the old house to check out the lawn, then made it home where Eaddie had stopped in earlier in the day. She never said a word to me, so I tried to quietly mouth to Summer about my earplugs, and that lead to a fight later on.

I cleaned up, took care of a bunch of Vine stuff, and threw out a bunch of food from the refrigerator that had gone bad. Then I took what was left, made some fresh rice, and had everyone gather for a little bit of dinner. Eaddie left, and I took Muad’Dib on a short run because he wasn’t super motivated to move. We visited my parents and then helped a kid re-chain his e-bike because he had no clue how it was supposed to be attached. Summer was in bed for a race early in the morning, so I stayed up late tinkering with my new Anbernic RG Rotate. I assumed it was something that would be ready to go out of the box, but it absolutely was not.

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The Dog is Bored

We somehow got out even earlier this morning. I poked Intune all day, trying to figure out something I thought I already knew. We went to Arby’s late for a really disappointing cheesesteak, which made the afternoon not drag on quite so long. Summer left for Sip and Stretch shortly after we got home, and then I dug around the house looking for more high fidelity ear plugs. I did find more, but not either of the ones I wanted. We eventually had to take off on the Onewheel so we could meet Summer and her old workmate at Point Remove. It thundered in the distance, and we caught a few sprinkles, but we made it before any serious rain. The girls sat and complained about work forever, so Muad’Dib and I just sat back in a chair. Next time I’ll leave it for the girls.

Fetching is hit or miss.

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Under the Wire

I had a bit of a rough morning, but we managed to get to work a little early for our staff meeting first thing. That took up a good portion of the morning, so the rest of the day kind of flew by. I had enough coffee in me to propel me through my normal lunch hour, but we went to Taco Bell a little later and Muad’Dib was so well behaved. For some reason he’s always much better there than at Sonic. That may be due to the number of carhops walking by constantly.

The rest of the afternoon flew by as I tried to fix a couple quirks, not really getting deep into any projects. Traffic was dumb when we first hit the Interstate, but we got ahead of the mess pretty quickly and made it home. Summer was already there after starting work super early. She was having a bath, so I got back to reviewing, trying to get over 90% before the end of the day.

A little later, Dad said they had spaghetti. Summer wasn’t hungry, so Muad’Dib and I rode over there to eat, and then headed home just before dark. He wasn’t running very much and wanted to skip several blocks. I didn’t argue since I still had more reviews to do, but I finally hit 91% before bed.

★★★★☆
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We Have Data!

Muad’Dib has been leaving a couple times over the night to sleep in Eaddie’s bed, and I’ve loved having some space back, but I still miss him. I’m glad he comes back when he hears me wake up in the middle of the night. We got to work just as Joel and Dexter got in, so he had to run up and see them. We walked in and had to jump right to work, because Tyler had been waiting on me to get into his computer after something killed his Hello PIN.

After that, I spent all day tinkering with my Traverse Global import, and I was happy to finally get some traction on that. There’s still more translation to do before it can be properly imported, but at least now I won’t have to go to the staff meeting empty handed.

We went to Ortega’s for a late lunch, then ended up staying just a few minutes late to finish up. On the way home, Summer said that Julie invited us over for a swim and burgers, so we headed over pretty soon after I got home.

I brought along a grill table I got for them on Vine, and I spent most of my time assembling it. Everyone else had already been swimming, but Summer did a couple laps while I worked on the cart. We ate, I took a little dip, and then we finished the cart and headed home for the night.

Summer kept showing me videos of Check-H burning down, and I hated to see such an icon of Russellville go down like that. They were always pretty good when we went, so hopefully they can rebuild better.

What are you schemaing about?

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Runabout Rock

I had my wellness appointment this morning, and I really wanted to push the anxiety issue I’ve been having. I spent way more time talking to Irene, the nurse, than Crystal, who just came in for a couple minutes and basically asked how I was from across the room. She said she could refer me to a neurologist and run some extra labs, so I gave a little bit more blood and then left.

Summer, Muad’Dib, and I loaded up and headed to Little Rock after that. We went straight to Southern Tail for some lunch since we could take Muad’Dib out on the patio. They were pretty quiet and it was pretty hot outside, but they had sunshades up, and we got to sit on an outdoor couch to eat.

From there, we went up to my old office to see if we could catch Randy or any of the other guys. Anita had been moved to Transportation, and everyone I wanted to see was at HSTI, but I went back and saw Charles, Jimmy, and Gary all sitting on their computers scrolling social media.

We got to Gwatney Collision about half an hour early, but I filled out my paperwork and they got out pretty quickly to take pictures. I didn’t hear about my estimate again, but hopefully I’ll get an email soon. We left and went by the new Tesla service center to see what it was like. The showroom was surprisingly barren, but I talked to a guy named Vaughn(?) for a while before going back to the service department where I met Phillip.

I went back up front and got Vaughn to sign me up for a test drive of a Cybertruck. He had to take me first, but then he dropped me off and I took Summer for a spin. She was surprised at how well it drove and handled, so I guess that was a win.

We stopped once more for Muad’Dib and then headed to Conway for a charge. Summer said “ice cream” while I was thinking it, so we stopped at Kassi’s Cookies for a couple scoops and then made it home. Dad need to go to Walgreens, so I dropped Summer off and then picked him up. We got his prescriptions, then went to the Neighborhood Market to get my own before dropping him back off.

I did some cleanup back home when I got a call with lab results. They said I was a little low on iron, but not as bad as last year. I was also low on vitamin D3, so I’m adding both of those to my regimen. Then I took Muad’Dib for an evening run when it actually felt really nice out. We stopped to see my parents and I had some mango soup, and then we ran home in the twilight and raced to bed.

I asked you what I owed, so don’t send me a bill later!

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Lakey Sunday

Summer had plans to rent a boat for her work crew today, so she left pretty early. I got up for some breakfast and then got to work cleaning and sorting and reviewing. I had a decent groove going for the most part, but then Summer texted that she lost her Pixel Watch in the lake. I knew there was no sense trying to convince her to retrieve it, but luckily I had insurance on it. A quick chat with Nicole from Asurion and about $70 later, I had a replacement ordered for her.

I never made it to the shower before I wanted to go meet her at the marina, so Muad’Dib and I loaded up thee Onewheel and headed out to see them as they were coming back to shore. A park ranger asked me to physically leash him, so we had to ride back to the car to get that, but he behaved perfectly the whole time. We couldn’t find Summer until they had already returned the boat, but we talked to her as she left.

We made it back to the car and then went to my parents’ house to swap out a couple things. I brought the tiny robot mower home and left Dad’s new weather station. We got home and I continued my projects while Summer got cleaned up. We ate some leftovers for dinner, and eventually we settled down for another episode of Funny AF before bed.

Sunk Cost

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Listen

Summer got up and made us pineapple upside-down pancakes for breakfast. Eaddie was up late, so she didn’t get up until she had to start getting ready for band camp. I did some reviews and cleaned a while, eventually getting a shower so we could go to a matinee in town. I hadn’t heard anything leading up to the release of Disclosure Day, but it looked interesting.

We dropped Muad’Dib off with Dad and then made it to the theater just in time. I was pretty annoyed by the number of stuck pixels that were clearly visible in the middle of the film, but otherwise it was a good movie. Summer was clenched for a lot of the suspense, and the topic of aliens didn’t freak me out like it would have as a child.

Afterward, I dropped Summer off at home and then took the Onewheel to get Muad’Dib. She was making a sandwich when we got back, so I sat down to have one with her. I did a bit more cleaning up and then we watched a couple episodes of Funny AF and a little YouTube before she went to bed surprisingly late. I was up later doing a bit more, but I tried not to be up too late past midnight.

Swell!

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Import-ant

We had a little bit of rain this morning, but nothing more than a sprinkle. We got there early and went straight upstairs where I thought I was going to easily have an import ready into the sandbox. Boy, was I wrong. I got Tammy to come upstairs to talk to me about it for a while, and I think I finally understood enough to continue on with my test. Muad’Dib didn’t like her there, or anyone else for that matter. He jumped and snipped at her, so he was in trouble for the rest of the day.

We went to Sonic for a small, cheap lunch, but then grabbed some curly fries from Arby’s on the way back. I fought with Traverse, Excel, and everything else the rest of the afternoon. I ended up leaving a little later and walked out with everyone else, but that meant traffic was a little better somehow. For some reason, my car didn’t have a data connection for navigation, even though streaming music and everything else was still working.

We made it home where Eaddie had Eli and Ceci over. Summer was in a bath, but eventually came out to have dinner with me. I was frustrated with Eaddie for still not having my earplugs, and she kept giving both of us attitude when we asked about them. We have a concert next weekend, and there’s no reason I shouldn’t have what’s mine.

I eventually drained the basement again while I took Muad’Dib out for a late run, finishing up in the dark. Then I did some more cleanup and reviews until a late bedtime as my legs continued to swell from being out of my hydrochlorothiazide.

And now we’re out of lisinopril, too.

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Mowtown

I chatted with Teisha for a while this morning because she had brought a bushel of bananas and grapes from a tipped truck. Then I tried to assemble a collection of documentation to funnel into NotebookLM for Traverse magic. It was otherwise a really quiet day, though I did spend a little time downstairs.

We picked up some wings from Casey’s for lunch, and they were pretty good. It was a good thing I decided to finish them, because I didn’t eat again for the day. Eaddie had gone to the other house to mow with Dad in the morning, and Julie called in the evening wanting to go finish the back yard over there, and then tackle my parents’ house after work.

When I got home, Summer had just finished mowing our yard, so I let her stay home while I went over with the trimmer. Muad’Dib ran along the way, and Eaddie met us there from Clarksville. She mowed while Kevin and I trimmed. Julie vacuumed the pool, and we knocked everything out. It was miserably humid, but the real heat has yet to come.

I finally made it back to the house and did what I could there before bedtime. Eli came over and Eaddie wanted to watch The Greatest Showman, so we found somewhere to stream that and then I went to sleep.

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