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I caught up on sleep last night, and managed to wake up before noon today. I spent most of it playing Oxygen Not Included, but did manage to get a load of laundry done in the evening. I started Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, but didn’t have time to finish it before bed after I spent forever trying to get PowerDVD to output proper 3D to my television. I with one of my existing media players would recognize the content properly so I wouldn’t have to use PowerDVD at all.

I’m too old for this shit.

I had a bit of trouble falling asleep last night, so I got up when Jennifer wanted to come hang out for a while. She made me watch Salt while she mostly fell asleep on the couch. I finally got back to bed around sunrise and managed a few hours of sleep.

When I awoke again, I had a tremendous knot in my neck and back that I carried all day long. Clint texted me when he and his friend got to town, and the came by to visit for a bit. Afterward I played some Oxygen Not Included that I picked up yesterday on Steam. I had just started to get the hang of it when Bâc Ván called with a craving for Ci-Ci’s.

After I ate too much there, I came back home and continued my game for a while until the sleeplessness and back ache got to me.

I’d heard about nervous breakdowns due to flan depressurization, but the fact that Houston would lump me in the same categories as those intergalactic amateurs was both hurtful and suspicious.

We only had to work a half day today, and I actually got to finish up a couple projects at the junior high, so I felt good about it. At one point, I got the lift stuck without any battery charge way outside on the sidewalk. We let it rest then moved it bit by bit until we could reach a length of several extension cords, then charged it enough to put it away. Once we got back to the shop, Ben and I went upstairs through the Gardner building to reset phones. I wished I had brought some chains to rattle around while I was there in the dark.

From there, I came home and relaxed for a while before putting out the hammocks for a fire. Jesica came over and we went to Morello’s for dinner. When I got back home, Bâc Ván called and had me pick up a container of egg rolls from next door. Eventually, Becky and Jennifer came by for the fire. I was pretty happy with what I had built. It put off some serious heat, which was great for how cold it was.

After a while, Becky went home, and I introduced Jennifer to Bo Burnham on Netflix. After that, we flipped through a few movies before settling on Maleficent. I dozed off a few times, not even sure what made me so tired. After the movie, I ran her home, then came back home for bed myself.

What?

Today was bad projector swaps for old, questionably good projectors. On the way back from lunch, I was cut off by a cop who immediately stopped in front of me to block traffic for a funeral. I couldn’t have been too upset if he had his lights on, but he cut me off in the middle of traffic with no lights on, then turned them on after he parked just as he got out of his vehicle. A braver version of me would have slammed into him instead of slamming on the breaks, because there is no way he had enough room to safely pull out in front of me.

After lunch, we encountered one room that had a perfectly good projector but the PC had a bad VGA port, so that was a little upsetting too. The afternoon wasn’t looking good. We got to leave an hour early again, so that helped a little. The dumpster from the roof job was removed from my driveway first thing this morning, so I could actually park at my house when I got home.

Jennifer wanted to hang out in the evening, but it was late and I was tired by the time she was ready to do anything, so Bradley and I went to her place for a while for Netflix and pecan pie.

Why, do you need to cool off some pies?

School is out for Thanksgiving all week, so today was a relatively loose start on some projects. We tried the newly remodeled Big Red for lunch, and though the burger was pretty good, the portion of fries was small, and it took just over an hour to get our food. The place was busy, but that didn’t seem to have an effect on the kitchen. Watching the rate at which food was produced from behind the window, I can only assume they were cooking everything on a single George Foreman Grill. The menu is pretty tiny, so the mind reels at what could have taken so long. We witnessed at least one 2-top walk out, presumably because they were already seated when we got there, and our 4-top got our food first. I felt like our server did a fair job though. It truly felt like it was 100% on the kitchen being slow, and I don’t understand how it could have taken so long to smash a couple burger patties onto a grill.

After lunch, Ryan and I hung some new WAPs at the junior high, and then they let us out an hour early. I came home to the roofers on my house and a giant dumpster in my driveway, so I had to park next door. I’m not stoked to get into a cold car in the morning, but c’est la vie. Once I got inside, I spent the rest of the evening fighting Cinavia on my HTPC so I could enjoy The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Tryhard

I forced myself out of bed before noon this morning so I wouldn’t be completely unable to sleep tonight. I then wasted the entire day in front of the TV, watching nothing of any substance, or anything even longer than about five minutes. I mostly measured time with food. I did wash my socks, so at least I’ll be prepared for work tomorrow.

It helps if you remember to press “Publish” before you go to sleep…

We had a Thanksgiving lunch for students and their parents today. The junior high invited all of us to theirs, and I’ve noticed they’re the only school that really ever does.

After work, Zach came over and we went to Conway for Justice League. We stopped at Logan’s Roadhouse for some New York strips first, then went to the opening show in 3D XD. I was satisfied, but only just. It was entertaining. Aquaman and The Flash really stole the show. I feel like killing Superman in the last movie really just kind of ruined the chance of correcting a mistake that was made in the comics so long ago. Overall I liked it, though.

I’m upset because they didn’t have any of the posters they promised me for opening night.

Answer: A Plot Device!

I snuck out halfway through testing this morning so I could not sign up for insurance. It started raining out of seemingly nowhere, and it felt good somehow. From there, I stayed at the shop until lunch at Popeye’s with Zach, Ryan, and Dale, who met us there. Part of the way back, we followed GR8TOES, who either has a foot fetish, operates a pedicure shop, or both.

I’ve struggled to accomplish things for the past week or so, but I’ve had a few good opportunities to really learn something useful. I think I’m just finding the struggle in my ability to keep myself organized and on task when self-managed.

After work, I had dinner with the parents, then came home and did basically nothing for hours somehow. Even browsing Reddit would have been more of an accomplishment, so I’m not really sure what happened. I just spaced.

I wish it was as easy as pouring till it overflows.