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.

I took my first half-day off at work today. I wish it were under better circumstances.

Allen lost his son earlier this week. He was my age, but had been in poor health for quite some time. I’d never met him, but I wanted to be there for Allen, as did most of the rest of our crew. After lunch, I drove Dale, Ryan, and Heather to Perryville for the funeral. Several of Seth’s friends came up with stories to share, which was really nice.

We didn’t stay long after the service since we didn’t really know anyone else there. I’m hoping I can get Allen to come out for some asphalt therapy this weekend, but we’ll see.

JNCO Jeans are coming back, right?

I’ve been playing catchup lately because of the sporadic schedules at the schools. It’s the home stretch, and everyone knows it. I’ve had a ton of trouble getting Minecraft: Education Edition working, and I’ve decided that it’s terrible. Just terrible. They charge us $5 per student per year, and there seems to be very little official documentation, and not much more community help. So far the official support form seems relatively fast during business hours, but otherwise I wouldn’t recommend it as something you would actually pay money for.

After work, I came home and found a surprise in my mailbox in the form of a game I had preordered/supported almost three years ago. I was so happy to see it finally released in physical form, and because of the delays in getting it published, the “team seniors,” which I assume are the original developers and creators of the game. Unfortunately the game never picked up a lot of steam, and it seems to be dead. Like everything else I love. C’est la vie.
  
Nothing. Nothing is keeping me from ordering cat food online.
It’ll be here Friday. And I can get more just by asking my house.
Because this is the future.

I ran into my old friend David at lunch today. I hadn’t seen him in probably a couple years, so it was awesome to get to catch up. I always loved riding with him, but he hasn’t had a bike since his big wreck a few years ago. The only solution is twin Slingshots.

After school, I met up with a couple of the summer school teachers to play around in Minecraft. I take for granted the gamer’s intuition I’ve had for years. The kids had to teach them how to climb stairs by jumping.

When I got home, I played some Overwatch with Clint for celebratory anniversary loot boxes. Totes pwned some n00bs. I think I spent most of the night on fire. I guess the break from Overwatch did some good for me.

I’m not sure what’s keeping me from ordering cat food on Amazon.

I got to meet with our security software vendors today, and got a bit of an overview of how things work. They took us out to Fat Daddy’s for lunch, which was nice. It didn’t seem like they left a tip though, so I dropped some cash on my way out. After lunch, a bunch of the guys that actually use the security software came down for a reason I don’t fully comprehend. I guess it was sort of a Q&A, but most of it seemed to be stuff we could have answered. It seemed like maybe we were trying to reassure them that this was the best solution that fit all of our needs without cheaping out.

After work, Jesica came over to have some leftovers from the weekend, and watched Pretty Little Liars. I like to think the show is about some liars that are pretty little. Like maybe they’re much shorter than average. I was not entertained. I’m also pretty sure the villain in this episode wouldn’t have had a clue how to do some of the things she was doing. I may be judging a book by its cover, but this seemed like some next-level hackery.

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