Low Key Testing

We’re testing at both of my buildings all week long. I’m assigned to Oakland, so I’m having to spend all morning there to support just a few kids per hour. It’s super ridiculous.

I never heard from anyone about lunch, so I just went home and ate some leftovers with a grilled cheese. Then I spent the afternoon taking care of the junior high.

Mom made bánh mì for dinner, then I stopped by to visit with Summer for a minute before heading home. I cleaned out a tiny betta tank so I could take a couple tadpoles to Oakland in the morning, then played some PUBG with Aaron and Jack until bedtime.

I woke up in Chris Brown’s body.

Revengers: Endless Tussle

I woke up pretty early this morning with the sun pouring in. Summer made breakfast, then we scuttled on to Conway for a bit of shopping before the movie. We only really picked anything up at Target before heading to the theater, but I finally got a new beach towel.

Infinity War was an amazing movie, so I don’t know how we’ll make it over a year to the next installment. I guess Ant Man and the Wasp and Captain Marvel will have to do. I’m glad I avoided trailers and went in to mostly surprises. Now I can go back and catch up on all of that stuff after the fact.

Sam’s was closed by the time we got out, so we had to skip that. We headed home, I dropped Noah off at his Dad’s, took the girls to their place, then came home to some laundry. I tried to make some macaroni and cheese, but bugs got into the noodles and I ended up making spaghetti and cheese instead. It went okay. Tomorrow I’m going to try baking the leftovers to see how that adds to the flavor.

Let’s talk about this plan of yours. I think it’s good, except it sucks. So let me do the plan, and that way, it might be really good.

A New Kind of Pregame

I slept in pretty late today and eventually got up for some leftover breakfast from a week ago. Summer was at a quiz bowl event and brought home the junior high Coach of the Month plaque. I started to clean up one of my 55-gallon fish tanks but didn’t get super far before needing some help to move it outside. A project for another day, I suppose.

I went to Summer’s in the evening for dinner, then played some made-up games with the kids before bed. We’ve got Infinity War tomorrow afternoon, and it looks like we’ve got some shopping to do there as well.

This doesn’t make any sense!

Somebody Else’s Problem

I got around a little earlier than usual this morning, so I had an omelette for breakfast before going in to work. Once there, I helped Ryan and Gary run a line on one of Jason’s campuses. Then I helped Zach move a case full of Chromebooks from Oakland to Crawford. That pretty well got us to lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings.

I spent the afternoon by myself between my buildings wrapping up whatever work orders I had gotten through the day. After work I came home and tried to find something to clean or organize, but I didn’t get too much done before Summer came over. Julie stopped in to get a flash drive from me, and then Summer and I watched The Office until bedtime.

Rhymes with Parnold Schporzenegger.

Periscope

I spent all day at the junior high. I never really heard from anyone else either, so I had lunch with the girls in the library. Then in the afternoon I traced back some lines in the ceiling that run down the wall and under the ground to the library shelves so I can replace them later.

After work, I came straight home and troubleshot some network stuff. It seems today it’s my router that wants to cause trouble and slow things down. Dad emailed and said Judy emailed him asking for a letter of recommendation for a grant she’s applying for, so I called and chatted with him for a bit.

Eventually a few rounds of the guys came on and I played some PUBGOverwatch, then some more PUBG before bed.

And I’m talking to myself at night because I can’t forget.

Everyone Wants a Holiday

Today was “Administrative Professionals” day because everyone wants their own holiday. I hate that people can’t just always be appreciative. I also hate celebrating things, so maybe I’m biased. We took Heather to Brangus for lunch and pitched in for a massage gift card, as though that settles things. I guess it’s a nice gesture, but having holidays for it just makes it feel lessened.

After work, I went to pick Eaddie up from chess club so Summer could start on dinner a little earlier. We had grilled chicken thighs, mershed perderder, and salads, then watched an episode of The Office. I made it home early, but spent the evening toying with the new Gmail. I don’t love it. Why do they keep making things bigger?

Over-certified and under-qualified.

Shut In

Today was particularly slow. I was in my office this morning, and someone walked by and closed my door on me, so I accepted that as my life. I didn’t even take a lunch because I felt too sedentary. The afternoon brought mostly more of the same until I went to the shop and helped Ryan order a dbrand for his MacBook.

After work, I met Josh at CiCi’s for dinner, then stopped by AT&T to visit with the guys there for a bit. I hadn’t been in a really long time because I feel like I’m always busy now, so it was really nice to stop and catch up. Apparently Grant quit, and I never really got a chance to catch up with him since he moved back. I assume he’s still kicking around town somewhere, but I don’t really know, and I don’t want to go chasing him down.

When I got home, I saw Bác Vân had accidentally cut her water hose with her new lawnmower, so I used a patch I had bought several years ago to mend it back together.  Her old mower’s engine is still good, but the body needs to be repaired because it’s falling apart, so I thought I’d try to find someone that may be able to weld it back together.

I eventually settled in for some more PUBG before bed. No particularly good games, but it was fun.

A work of art is never finished – only abandoned.

Amazon Challenges

What do you suppose happened here?
What do you suppose happened here?

I’ve been trying to play some app challenges by Amazon. Today it was Toy Party for three bucks. I never did get my $7 credit for Seekers Notes for some reason. I guess I’ll have to contact them to find out why, but there doesn’t seem to be an easy way to do that.

The day went by pretty quickly. I got to spend some time in the EAST Lab’s domain controller so I can rebuild it on a better foundation. That was fun and educational. Lunch was just Dale and me at Taco Bell, so it was light and fast.

I ate some leftovers for dinner when I got home, then waited until the guys got on to play some PUBG until bedtime.

Hear that? Me neither.

Shrimp on the Barbie

Today was a day for cooking. I started out with a huge spread of an omelette station. After the first one, the rest turned out pretty well. We watched some TV until Summer fell asleep on the couch. The girls were stuck on their screens, so Summer and I napped for a few minutes before she took Autumn to color guard practice. Eaddie stuck around and watched TV while I played some PUBG with some of the guys.

I started some laundry and baked some potatoes in the mid afternoon. Then I grilled some pork steaks wrapped in bacon, barbecue chicken legs, shrimp, and some veggies, and made twice-baked potatoes. It was a long and arduous project, but it turned out alright. I had to do dishes twice today, but at least most everything is back in order.

I wrapped up with some Overwatch, and now I need about twice as much sleep as I’ll get.

Slow down, you move too fast.

Runaround Shoe

Summer went to her half marathon this morning, and it was up to me to get up with the kids to meet her before she got to the end. I watched her on Google Maps as she raced past miles 2, 5, and then 10 by the time I made it out of the shower. I got everyone up, and we drove to Hardee’s where I was going to grab some breakfast and wait for her to run by, but we spotted her just as I parked, so we drove closer to the finish and walked up to find her there. She finished in just two hours and 12 minutes, and paid for it the rest of the day.

We got the girls back home, then I left to clean house and prepare for Jesica’s visit and a Suddenlink appointment in the early afternoon. They arrived at the same time, with him being about half an hour early for his two-hour window. He was super cool, and I ended up helping him run a new line from the pole down to the house. In the end, I was left not much better than before. Three of my 32 channels have a sub-optimal SNR, which evidently causes my modem to completely stop responding until I cycle power about once a day. He left me with enough cable and four ends to re-run my inside wiring, since I already have plans to run a bunch of cable in the house anyway.

Jesica had to leave just before he finished up, and then the girls showed up shortly after that. Summer was still suffering quite a bit from the marathon, so Autumn and I went to her parents’ house to feed their clowder of cats. We stopped by 10Box on the way home to pick up some food for the next day, then made it home to pick at leftovers. My parents stopped by with some bánh mì that everyone but Autumn tried and loved, and we settled in for an episode of Cosmos.

The girls went to bed, and I loaded up some PUBG with Clint, Aaron, and Jack to round out the night.

THE END IS NEAR!
    – Guy in a T-Rex Costume