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I spent all day at work getting a bunch of Samsung tablets ready for next year. There’s not a great way to manage the devices without paying for some sort of management software, and at this point it’s not really worth it for us. That makes it that much more difficult to get them into the system, though.

We went to Brick Oven for lunch, and I got the Big Italy pizza, which was awesome. After lunch, I started hurting around what I’m guessing are my back muscles. It feels like I slept wrong, but it didn’t start hurting until after lunch, and it hasn’t gotten any better all night. I’m hoping that sleeping in a bit tomorrow will help.

I feel real loose like a long necked goose.

I spent all morning running cable with Ben at Vo-Tech. Lucky for us it was super hot in the rooms we were in, and sweating is one of my most favorite pastimes. We finished a bit late for lunch with the rest of the crew, so he and I went to Ruby Tuesday on our own. I love their salad bar.

After work, I went by my parents’ house again for some more bánh xèo. It didn’t sound good when she offered it, but I enjoyed it once I started in on it. The fresh ingredients kind of made it for me.

More games until bedtime.

You use an Ethernet! Get it? Guys! Guys…?

It was just about perfect bike weather today. We spent the morning cleaning some equipment at the high school, and it was incredible to see all the additions since I graduated. There are several areas that are completely unrecognizable. The old darkroom was taken out, and there are big science labs with tons of new equipment in its place.

After work, Mom made bánh xèo for dinner. Dad and I uncovered the pool before we ate, and then I left to pick up a laptop for my sister. Once I got home, I stayed up too late playing games before bed.

I’ve gotta get this under control.

Google wants me to reminisce about a NEW company picnic:

Today was more busy-work mixed with hanging some new equipment. We walked to Madame Wu’s for lunch, where I received an ill-appropriate fortune. The afternoons are guiltily slow, but I tried to stay useful and busy.

After work, Bác Vân called me to offer some fresh eggrolls.

Then Jesica called to let me know she got a job offer at Arvest in Fort Smith. I hope she loves it.

I sure could use some of that motivation stuff.

After work, Jesica came over and we started watching the third season of Bloodline. When she left, I finished the second season of Master of None. Life was of little interest beyond that today.

Your relationship probably wasn’t gonna be this magical fantasy that’s in your head. It was probably gonna be a shit show.

Dad asked me to come help them uncover the pool this morning, but the rain beat us to it. I took an afternoon nap after I got back home. Normally naps ruin my sleep pattern for the rest of the evening, but I guess getting progressively less sleep every night last week and into the weekend finally caught up to me and I’m ready for bed again after some laundry and Master of None. Back to work in the morning to see what new projects we can accomplish.

Buona notte.

Last night was probably the worst night of sleep I’ve had all week. I don’t know what’s going on the past several days. I just haven’t been feeling so smurfy.

It was more Minecraft tutoring at work today. There’s a lot going on, but I still often feel like I’m not doing enough in spite of how tired I feel. It was a short week thanks to Memorial Day on Monday, but this weekend is looking to be pretty packed.

After work, my new Polk Audio PSW505 subwoofer came in and I cleaned up enough space to set up my JBL Studio 530 bookshelf speakers on my computer desk. What I didn’t know was that the sub can’t actually power the speakers, because the speaker connections are just pass-through connections and aren’t actually amplified. I wanted to complete a 2.1 setup for the bedroom, but now I’m having to split the signal between my old computer speakers and the sub, which is a nerdy way to say I have relatively low quality audio with some killer bass.

I thought Michael and I were going to Silver Dollar City on Saturday, but he mentioned leaving after I get off work tomorrow and staying the night. I’ve got to get the house straightened up before we go. Then I may take the new kayak out on Sunday, or possibly even go to Magic Springs with Jesica. I guess I can always sleep when I’m dead.

Take me far away, away from here.

Hardly any kids were at school today, even at the elementary level.

I remember always getting perfect attendance growing up. I remember because I got a certificate for a free personal pan pizza from Mazzio’s and some tokens for Shotgun Sam’s arcade, and Dad and I would have a guy’s night out. It was one of the few things we ever did alone together, and I always had so much fun. Both Mazzio’s and the arcade are long gone now. Las Palmas took the place of the restaurant, but I’m not sure what’s in the building where Shotgun Sam’s was. I remember there used to be a seating area on a raised platform in the middle of the restaurant. One of my favorite games at the arcade was a light-gun shooter with little mechanical aliens that would slowly start chomping toward you. As you shot them, they would jump backward, and you got tickets based on how long you lasted before an alien got to you.

Having to do summer projects still hasn’t completely sunk in for me yet. All I’ve really known is just supporting staff, so I hope it really is as fun as I’ve psyched myself up for it to me. I have a few things I know I need to get done for myself, but then I have no idea what takes priority.

After work, I stopped by AT&T and visited with Kevin since I had to get gas from that side of town. From there, a train had stopped across the road home, so I took a detour around town. Allen called with a broken freezer and wanted to store some food, so he and Kristin brought over a couple bags full of deer and other stuff. On the way to meet them, I stopped and rescued a pretty good sized box turtle from the middle of the busy road. I finally got to show off my sound system and home automation a bit, but they had to leave to finish cleaning up the mess at his place.

Brandie called to talk for a while, and I spent most of the night shopping for kayaks, because I don’t have enough hobbies. I may just go get one tomorrow after work.

What’s the point of a makeup snow day if over 80% of the students aren’t even there?

I thought I might go for a ride today, but I never left the house.

I spent some time updating the site for MOOvie night, but then found that Will is leaving town early, so we’re rushing the double feature tonight. I guess it’s just as well to finish the Harry Potter series sooner than later. Then I can go on to screening other movies that I haven’t actually seen already.

At least I still have leftovers.