Author: gallopingcow

I spent all day by myself at the junior high, trying desperately to get software deployments ready. I met up with Jason and Allen for lunch at Ruby Tuesday, where we all three had endless salads. I love the variety there, and I should probably do that more often.

After work, I picked the duck some fresh greens, then lost track of the rest of my night over some Battlegrounds.

Hummus. I need hummus.

We took down more SMART board speakers at the middle school today. Too many cooks.

A big group of us went to Stoby’s for lunch, where I had the waitress surprise me with something off-menu. She got me a pita taco, which was tasty and cheap, which was awesome. I love it when they get excited to choose something for me.

After work, I just came home and picked a few things for the duck before settling in for some Battlegrounds and then a bit of Overwatch.

Somewhere along the way, I found the mango nectar close to expiration, and imbibed so much mango whiskey.

I missed a call from Kristin at some point, and later found a message that she wanted to explain her side of the story, but I’ve had enough drama in my life that I don’t need to involve myself in other peoples’ affairs.

I’m just trying to do it right, man.

I ran all around town today, wiping lab computers to sell before we get new ones in. I know nobody else thinks of it as a contest, but I can totally accomplish the work of two others in the same amount of time. I guess if nothing else, I can take pride in that tiny bit of work ethic.

After work, Mom wanted to try something new for dinner, so we went to Old South. They got steaks, and I got a blackened chicken with surprise-me sides. Fried okra and some bangin fried potatoes. Overall, everyone was super pleased. Then we came back to my house, and we went outside to pick some fresh kale, mint, and spinach for the duck. I think I may have overdone it, as the duck seems to pick at the gamebird crumbles the most. At least I can feel good that the purchase wasn’t in vain.

I played a round of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds with the guys, then wasted the rest of my night on Reddit somehow. I almost got up and did something, I swear.

Put it on my bill.

I spent all day by myself, imaging a lab and fighting with touchscreen drivers. This is my life now.

After lunch, I ran in to John in the hallway after seeing him at Apex on Saturday. He asked if I had a woman. Then said his wife had someone she wanted to set up with me. This is terrifying, because she knows less about me than John, and John knows absolutely nothing about me. Jesica was much more optimistic.

After work, I picked some fresh mint for the duck, and washed some socks. This is also my life now.

Death, when it comes, will have no sheep.

Busywork wore me out at work today. I got started on imaging another lab, and then Amanda and I went around the whole building removing SMART board speakers from the walls. Unmounting and remounting projectors and the accompanying cables was a pain, and mostly pointless.

For lunch, Allen, Jason, and I went to Taco Villa. I don’t understand the popularity of that place even a little bit. That’s not to say that I don’t like the food. I do. I just don’t know why. It’s served lukewarm with cheap ingredients, but somehow it just hits a special spot. I also hate their tiny dining area, but we ate there and consumed an entire bottle of their hot sauce.

After work, I picked up PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds to try with Johnny and Clint. I hated it. I knew I would hate it. Those types of games create a kind of anxiety in me that I just don’t need. I can’t even get a refund for it because I bought it from Green Man Gaming instead of directly through Steam.

What’s the Chinese version of Cinco de Mayo?
I’m Vietnamese.
Chinko de Mayo.
Now you’re on MY list.

I did nothing today. I’m not proud of it. It was awful. I hate weekends like this.

10119 Days, 13 Hours, 49 Minutes, 48 Seconds…

I woke up around noontime when Kevin called and asked me out to lunch. I met him at New China and ate too much, because I can’t resist a large variety of foods. I have to have all of the different things I like. I can’t just choose a few.

On the way home, I stopped by Apex to visit with Jesica for a bit, and to discover that she no longer wanted to go to Magic Springs with me to see Rick Springfield. By the time I actually made it home, I was tired and lethargic from sleeping too late and eating too much, so I never did make it out of the house again. I played some Heroes of the Storm, and watched some How I Met Your Mother, and now it’s off to bed I go.

Stacy’s mom, on the other hand…

Last night, I dug out my Google Glass so I could bring it to work to share with everyone. Nobody seemed to really care. Everyone was just really lethargic all day. I continued to work on my labs with Allen, but he along with everyone else just wanted to go home early. Jason sold several of us a $5 BBQ pork sandwich lunch that his church was offering, which tasted alright but was about half of what I expected. In the afternoon, Jason had everyone leave about an hour and a half early, but I stuck around for a bit after that finishing up my own project.

After work and getting some gas, I stopped by AT&T to visit with anyone there that would take the time to talk to me. I would have awkwardly stayed longer, but Ben called and asked me to go back by the central office at work after someone called him saying that the doors hadn’t locked at their scheduled time. It had started raining pretty hard, and by the time I got there, everyone was gone and the doors were locked.

I stopped by Arby’s on my way back home to get a couple French Dip & Swiss sandwiches, but the girl misheard me and had them make a couple Chicken, Bacon, and Swiss sandwiches instead. I told her not to worry about correcting it in an attempt to be nice/accommodating, but when I got home I discovered the sandwiches were mostly cold, and the chicken had been cooked too long and was nearly burned.

I played some Overwatch for a while, and was left sour after a match with a particularly toxic 4-man group that couldn’t work together to save their lives. We came to the agreement that everything was my fault. Later in the evening, I played Heroes of the Storm with a random to complete a quest for some loot, and that went much better.

It really just never pays.

I finally got to have my day of accomplishment at work, and completed multiple lab images. There were really too many of us doing it, but that seems to be how everyone rolls. I’m just glad I made some progress and was able to keep mostly busy all day.

There were Junebugs all over the front door of our office downstairs, so I collected a few after work to bring them home to the duck to see if the old saying has any merit. We’ve gone from just a few small bits of random greens to large mounds of greens, so the little duckie should be a big duckie in short order.

Finally, I caught a couple episodes of How I Met Your Mother before bed.

Daddy’s water burns.

I keep hearing about how this summer is abnormal for us at work, but I think more work is coming pretty soon. It’s pretty easy to tell who gets the lion’s share of the work around there. I try my best to stay useful. Some of the more outspoken there can get pretty aggravating, but they’re so deep in their echo chambers that it’d be nearly impossible to change their mindsets. It wouldn’t bother me so much if it wasn’t just so much negativity all of the time.

After work, I went to my parents’ house to return Dad’s live mouse trap so he could attempt to catch a rat that’s come around. I rummaged for some more greens for the duck, and had a bit of dinner, then came back home to upgraded the webcam and the streaming system I had set up for the duck. Now I’m able to keep a better eye on it, as well as share its adventures in its eight square foot duck condo.

Not much else to report, sadly. I wish the duck liked me more, but maybe not liking me will give it a better chance in the wild later on.

Magic Springs this weekend. Probably.