All the Way

I tried my best not to sleep in all day. Tomorrow morning will still be a challenge, but it should be worth it.

I spent a little time catching up on bills and chores until the girls stopped by to visit. They didn’t stay long though, so I met Josh at Waffle House for a steak and eggs. I finally got those hash browns all the way.

Back home it was time for a bit of PUBG before bed.

Chili and gravy? Of course!

Mounted

I caught up on some sleep today. I didn’t wake up until just after noon. Not long after I got up, my phone mount arrived, so I went and installed it in my car. I think it looks pretty slick. I wish my phone was natively magnetic so I didn’t have to have a metal plate stuck to the back of it, but even that doesn’t look too bad. We’ll see how well it holds up in the summer heat, but so far I’m really happy with it.

Nobody was around to do anything, so I burned most of the day. Clint got on in the late afternoon and we played a couple rounds of PUBG, but that’s all we did before I left for Summer’s. She baked some breaded pork chops, grilled some corn, and boiled some mashed potatoes. I was impressed until I looked up a list of cooking techniques, and now I feel like she could have tried a little harder.

We watched Toy Story 3 thinking it was the newest one, but I forgot how many there were. I think the fourth one is the one that made everyone bawl their eyes out.

I want Waffle House so bad I can’t see straight.

Dragging Fridays

I didn’t get nearly enough sleep last night, which worsened how the workday dragged on. We spent all morning cleaning up the shop. It seemed like lunchtime came so late, even when we left early to eat. I ordered the ghost pepper wings from Popeye’s, and they tasted like the tiniest, regularest wings I’ve ever had. The blackened ranch had more spice than the wings. They were also short by two wings, which they offered to replace with two strips rather than make me wait an additional eight minutes to cook two more wings while the first ones got cold.

We got to leave an hour and a half early, so I came home to rest for a while before heading to Conway. Summer and Autumn came by for a little while until Josh showed up, then he and I headed to Chipotle, Game Point, and finally to see Jumanji. I got to see the whole thing this time without being stuck in the lobby waiting for refills. It definitely rounded out my impression of the movie. Now I’ve just got one more weekend before school’s back to normal.

The fact that I’m not Instagramming this right now is insane!

The Prank

It was just three of us there today. Still no group projects in the morning, and the afternoon was helping close work orders for Allen. I stayed late after work and finished stacking computers behind Kevin’s door. I even went as far as to hook most of them up so they would be blowing warm air at him as he opens the door. To top it all off, I set up a working computer with monitor, keyboard, and mouse on top. As I left, I leaned the keyboard and mouse against the door so they would fall out as soon as he opens the door.

Mom texted earlier and said she thought something blew up in her home theater system, so I stopped by there to check things out. I couldn’t tell that anything was wrong with the speakers I gave her, so I left there and headed home for the evening. Summer came by and read a book for work while I played some PUBG with the guys.

I’m ready for a vacation now that everyone else’s is almost over.

The Setup

I woke up feeling awful this morning, and ended up snoozing an extra half hour. Ben was back, but still nobody had anything for me to do, so I spent all day by myself. We all went to Old South for lunch, and I had their breaded and fried pork chop. I’ve still never had a bad meal there, but the service was quite a bit slower than usual. They were packed though, so we weren’t horribly surprised.

I stayed late and started arranging computers behind Kevin’s door as payback for when he hid in my office and scared me. I wanted to go for a scare, but the opportunity to wall off his office with old computers won’t come around again for a while. It won’t be quite as solid as I had originally hoped, but I think it’ll still look pretty good.

From there, I went to get some gas, then stopped by Summer’s for a while before heading to my parents’ for dinner. Mother has ridiculous food problems whereby she makes too much and throws it all away.

When I got home, I played a few rounds of PUBG with the boys until bedtime.

Don’t get too comfortable.

Spogooter

Perhaps surprisingly, nobody was in the mood to accomplish much today. Half of them were just there waiting to hear if we would get to leave for a half day. Even Dale wasn’t in much of a rush to get anything done.

I spent all morning running cable and cleaning up the existing wiring in a classroom. We met at Morelos for lunch, where I had some killer lunch fajitas.

The afternoon was spent getting intimate with my junior high yearbook lab. I didn’t even finish, but at least I have a decent idea of how I want to arrange the new computers. Assuming everyone else is in the same mood tomorrow, I ought to be able to finish it then.

After work, I went to Summer’s to visit for a while. She made spaghetti, and Autumn had a friend over for the night, so we played a game of Bingo. I’ve never felt so old and domesticated. It went okay.

Once I got home, I played a game of PUBG with Josh and Clint. I did okay.

Tastes like Heaven; Burns like Hell

The Gangover

The cats woke everyone up this morning. It was a lazy day of cold pizza, The Jackbox Party Pack, and Life of Pi. It really is an incredible movie.

I took everyone home after dark and hung out there for a little while before heading back home so I could get back to the slow grind at work in the morning.

My life is all games.

Dinner and a Movie

I slept in a bit today, then got up to get ready for another trip to Conway with Summer. We wanted to catch the new Jumanji movie in the afternoon before a little shopping and a couple of steaks.

The movie was pretty great. It definitely had a different feel to it, but I liked how it pulled straight from the old movie and made it something new. I didn’t realize it, but Summer said it was her first 3D movie. She seemed to really enjoy it. I made the mistake of getting up near the end of the movie to refill the popcorn and my drink, and ended up missing the climax, but I imagine I’ll get the movie for home in 3D once it’s available.

After the movie, we went to the new shopping center on Dave Ward to see what was there. We stopped in the PetCo there, and it seemed like all the animals were in relatively poor health, which was surprising considering the neighborhood. After leaving there, we stopped by Old Navy and grabbed a few things. I returned a defective pair of jeans and grabbed a new sport coat, and by that time we were ready for dinner at Logan’s.

Once we finished eating, we headed straight back toward home, stopping at Blackwell to restock before New Year’s Eve tomorrow. Then when we got back home, we watched Kevin Hart’s What Now on Netflix. He was better in the movie.

She understands the intent.

First and Last

This morning was productive for me. Gary babysat me while I played around in some of our network switches, and I think most of what I was doing stuck with me. At least I should have log files if I get lost in the future.

After work, I went to my parents’ house for lunch. Dad had taken Mom some food for her lunch break and got back home just after I finished my taco salad. I got my Walkera Runner 250 spinning, but it was too cold to be outside flying. I managed to call a cat from across the yard while I was inside the dining room, impressive to the point that I felt like maybe I’ve missed a personal calling somewhere. Nowhere useful, but a calling nonetheless.

From there, I went to Summer’s and crushed them in a flip-floppy game of Monopoly. We picked up some Whatta-Burger for dinner, then I finished the evening dead last in a game of Sorry. Bác Vân called and offered eggrolls, so I took some to share with Becky, then came home for some PUBG with Josh, Clint, and Aaron. I even contributed.

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Don’t Be a Chicken Dinner

I picked up some jalapeño kolaches for the four of us at work this morning. It went over pretty well, but nobody wanted to do anything together. Instead, I went to the junior high and completed the projector inventory.

I left at lunchtime and played some Overwatch until Summer finished up at the gym, and then picked up some Zaxby’s before heading back home to meet up with Josh. We watched Bo Burnham’s Make Happy, then I ran Summer home before coming back and Chromecast and Chilling with Josh.

Eventually Josh went home so we could play some PUBG with Clint and Aaron. I made second place once, but before that I spent some time on the phone with Sprint to try and help Josh unlock an Essential Phone he picked up from someone else, but they were aggravatingly difficult to communicate with. I wasn’t even calling for anything difficult, and I was aggravated to the point of wanting to drop their service. Everything is awful.

I could get used to not working…