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This morning started off pretty nice looking, but the wind picked up and didn’t hold back all day long. I rode the motorcycle to work thinking it would be less chilly in the afternoon, but the wind never let it warm up.

Gary, Heather, Sara, and I went to Brick Oven for lunch, making it two days in a row worth of pizza for me, and now I have leftovers. Then Gary came with me to the junior high to help take a look at a few things. It was a pretty laid back day overall, but I got some good things cleaned up and felt like I learned a bit in the process.

After work, I went to my parents’ house to help clean up the last of the soup, then rode home in the cold, windy darkness. I finally completed my three EueQue tests using the vision tracker I purchased several months ago. The results seemed to be pretty accurate, but I discovered the company has moved to a subscription model that means my hardware expires after one year without a renewed subscription. Evidently, if I had registered a little over a month ago, I would have been grandfathered into a lifetime subscription. I guess my only recourse is a scathing review if customer service doesn’t help me out here.

‘Cause the north wind blew south.

Our only group project today was to hang an 80+ inch touch panel in the training room at the high school. For some reason, it seemed fitting to have something larger and more extravagant there than what the actual classrooms have for normal daily use. It’s easy to feel bitter and compare who gets what around there. Most struggle while others roll around in needlessly wasted funds.

After work, I came home and cleaned up house before Summer came over. We binge watched The Office until bedtime, because we’re adults that do what we want.

Christopher Robin, what exactly is doing Nothing?

I’ve been getting a steady flow of work orders lately, but it’s all been miniscule stuff. It’s just enough to keep me from getting any serious projects worked.

I was talked into Chick-fil-A for lunch and had the chicken tortilla soup. It had a good flavor and spice, but the texture was super gritty. Plus I paid nearly nine bucks for it. Seriously, I could have gone to Brangus and had a beef spud. I should just not go, like every single time. Why do I make poor decisions just for a small social hour?

After work, Summer and I went to Ruby Tuesday for BoGo entrees. They weren’t super busy, but it was kind of early for dinner. The food was pretty decent, but I can’t ever help but feel let down with anything but the salad bar.

Afterward, I came home and killed some time online before heading to bed early. I’m sick of being sick.

Yeah, that was a set up for a punchline on duct tape.

I had an awful sinus attack last night that kept me from sleeping, so when I woke up for work in the morning, I just couldn’t do it. I emailed for a half sick day and went back to bed. I actually started feeling a bit better not long after I laid back down, but I definitely needed the rest, and I didn’t really have anything pressing to work on anyway.

After work, I came home for just a bit before heading to Summer’s for dinner. Then we started watching the first episode of Cosmos before everyone went to bed. When I went back to my car, I found that I must have sat on my key fob long enough to roll the front windows down part way. The insides of the doors, seats, and my backpack were all soaked in rain water. Fortunately it hadn’t rained super hard, but it was still a lot of water that will hopefully dry out before tomorrow morning.

You, me, everyone: we are made of star stuff.

I made the mistake of wearing my new brown shoes today. I thought they were too big when I tried them on, and I was right. I should have checked that they had half sizes. Hopefully I can exchange them.

Lunch landed a group of us at Popeye’s for a typically subpar experience. At least it wasn’t my strips that were too strippy and small. With the variance they have, it should really be sold by weight. Mine were a little on the small side, but Zach might as well have gotten nuggets. Mine just took forever to cook, because why would you have spicy tenders available during lunch hour?

After work, I went by my parents’ for more bún bò Huế, then made it home in the rain.

Take those pills.

I had trouble falling asleep last night after sleeping all weekend, so I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning. I decided to power through it though, and made it through the day without too much trouble. I made it home for some Taco Villa for lunch and swapped to the bike for the afternoon with a high in the 60s. It was still cool out though, so after work I came straight home.

Mom made bún bò Huế for dinner, so I went there for that before going to Summer’s to visit for a bit. I let her wash out my weepy right ear with peroxide, which burned and tickled all at once. I guess we’ll see if it sticks.

Are Q-Tips a qualified FSA purchase?

Friday started out okay, but the evening spiraled into a whole weekend of flu-like symptoms that left me weak and achy. Nobody else that went to Ci-Ci’s for lunch got sick, so I guess I can’t blame that. I don’t really know where it came from, but it wasn’t fun. I ended up going to bed around 6 or 7 o’clock, and was in and out of sleep for the next 40 hours. I got up for a little while on Saturday and started Firefly to have some background entertainment, then slept through most of the series. By the time the episodes finished, it was time to go to sleep on Saturday night. Now I’m finally up on Sunday, and I’m still achy, but the 103º fever seems to have gone and I’m left with a sinus infection and a back ache.

Well, we’re still flyin’.

I don’t think it ever stopped drizzling rain today. Not fast enough to flood, but constant enough to drop temperatures again. I finally got my damaged Pixel and modem out in the mail today. Then Sara and I went to Sumo for lunch, and the food was actually brought out pretty quick. There wasn’t really anything else going on at work. Ben got flooded out of his office, so he moved his stuff across the room to Sara’s old office space.

After work, I went to Summer’s for dinner and hung out until I was too sleepy to stay. We finally cleaned up the last major portion of the cheesy potatoes, which was nice. They really were way better after baking them again.

Drain the canals!