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Dinner and a Show

Summer went to work at Superfast for a few hours today, so I took her some Arby’s for lunch. They made a sudden switch to Coca-Cola products, which was kind of neat, though I miss the Tropicana fruit punch. We took a few minutes and ate on a bench outside the shop, then I headed home and struggled to stay awake the rest of the day.

We planned to meet up at my parents’ house for dinner, so I made some coffee to wake myself up and headed over there in the evening. She had all three kids with her this time, so my parents got the full experience. We had chow mein and some egg rolls, then afterward my dad performed his magic show that he’s been practicing for the Eureka convention this weekend.

After everyone loaded up and left there, I went to fill up on gas before tomorrow, then played a few blitz rounds of Fortnite with Clint and Jack. It didn’t go well, but I learned some additional mechanics that would have been super nice to learn from a tutorial mission.

Why plan ahead when improvising is so much more exciting?

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Taxing

I spent most of the morning feeling like I was stressed out over nothing. I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been putting some things off, but I decided to do my taxes since it couldn’t hurt. I was thinking I had done something wrong last year, but now I’m not sure it was the same wrong I had been thinking it was.

Mom texted about dinner and Summer dropped the girls off at her mother’s, so we went over there and had leftover smoked turkey and pork. I had them look at my taxes too, and I ultimately decided that if we’re going to keep income taxes as a thing, then we should just audit everyone every year so nobody has to actually file anything. If everything’s done for you the correct way, then nobody has to worry about it. Jobs created. Boom. Economy fixed.

After dinner, Summer and I came back to my house and watched The Hitman’s Bodyguard, which I thought was excellent in spite of its 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. Then it was a couple episodes of The Office before bed.

#unblessed

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The Fountain of Savings

The girls spent today with their father, so Summer and I went to Colton’s for a late lunch. Afterward, we went to Staples so I could spend a promo $10 that I had received from there. I found a Cross fountain pen marked down from $57 to $16.50. I’d been wanting a fountain pen to play with, but never bit the bullet, so this was as good a chance as any.

From there, we came back home and talked to Bác Vân while she was outside digging holes. She made me cut a branch, then Summer and I went back to her place to receive the girls. We played a game of Monopoly where I went from a little dicey to complete and total annihilation of everyone else. The girls went to bed saddened and heartbroken as they should have, and I helped Summer set up a Steam account. She played a game of Worms to get started, and I’ll have to find her something else she might like.

I did not realize how much work owning a pen could be.

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What can I say except, “you’re welcome!”

I slept in again today, but made time to clean the aquarium and living room before going out. The girls went shopping and wanted CiCi’s, so I met them there for that. Afterward we stopped in to Shoe Carnival so I could look for some sandals. I don’t really understand it, but the sandals I wear are at least a size larger than my shoe size.

When we left there, Summer asked what the plan was, and I told her that I was going to go play video games by myself and she could do whatever she wanted. Eaddie said she was with me, so I took her, which I think was a surprise to everyone. It looked like Summer and Autumn went toward their house, and Eaddie and I went to my house, but then made a detour to get half a sandwich out of the office refrigerator. On the way back, we passed a bird sitting in the gutter of the road that didn’t move, so I circled around and we walked over to look at it. I managed to poke it before it wobely flew across the street. We followed it, but I never got to touch it again. I did get a sweet picture of it when it landed just outside arm’s reach in a tree.

Giving up on the bird, we came back to my house and met the others and played some Blokus before settling in to watch Moana. I loved the movie, and the 3D was spot-on.

If the wind in my sail on the sea stays behind me…

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Patty is a Girl’s Name

I slept in a while today and eventually got up and around to take care of some miscellaneous, neglected tasks. I spent a long time ordering some new shoes again because of deals. Eventually I left the house for dinner at my parents’ house. I thought they had leftovers for me to clean up, but instead, Mom cooked a new batch of veggies for chow mein.

After dinner, I went to Summer’s for some Uno before the girls went to bed, then she and I watched a few more episodes of The Office before I came home to crash.

What a wholesome St. Paddy’s day.

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Gimme a break!

It’s the last day of work until spring break, and overall it was a pretty light day. It was supposed to warm up, so I rode the bike in through the cold sprinkles. Ben and Max helped me pick up a couple SMART boards from Oakland, and that was it for group work. We packed everyone up to go to Western Sizzlin for lunch, and the clouds finally let up in the mid afternoon to warm things up.

After work, I came home to do some laundry and finish digitizing my fuel logs. I was super tired and didn’t feel like doing anything else at all. I managed to stay awake long enough to play a few rounds of PUBG with Clint and Keno, then it was off to bed.

Why not? I deserve a break!

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The Existential Review: Year 2

Reviews seemed to be bumped back by a month this year for some reason. I didn’t notice in time to ask about the timing, but I guess it really doesn’t matter.

It was the last day of testing, and everything went alright. Quiznos for lunch. Lots of work orders for after.

I met Josue at Ruby Tuesday for our birthday burgers. I left a little early to get there and took a loop around town to get there on the bike on account of the weather. Then we caught up over beer and cheeseburgers. He came by the house for a while after to see the new TV and what I’ve made of my home theater so far.

I needed to get some laundry done, but I’m exhausted, so it’s sleep instead.

Dinkin’ flicka.

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Be curious.

I didn’t have a single incident during testing today, so I spent the morning getting things done.

Allen and I had lunch at Arby’s and were supposed to help Amanda with another flat panel, but evidently she wouldn’t have been there, so it was postponed. Frustrated with our last install, we hooked up the projector in the graveyard to see its performance for ourselves. It’s not one I would have replaced over some others, so gripes will be made.

After work, I came home for a bit before heading to Summer’s for chili, Clue, and Cosmos. It felt fitting after learning of Stephen Hawking’s passing.

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

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Chow, Man

Testing was mostly uneventful this morning, but it seemed to be a bit of a cluster for those running the show. I played a small part, which is the way it should be.

Dale met me at KFC for lunch. His idea. Allen didn’t even respond, but it went alright anyway. We found enough to chat about that it was a good time.

After lunch, I made my rounds between the buildings before meeting Allen and Amanda at the shop to hang a touch panel at Sequoyah. Jennifer saw us come in and snapped a selfie with me to send to her mom. We accidentally left a box cutter and some panduit in the room, which she thankfully found later and stashed away for us.

I went straight to my parents’ house for dinner where Mom was making her usual batch of chow mein. She said to invite Summer, so she brought the girls over after she got out of her board meeting. Autumn had already eaten, but Eaddie finished a good sized plate, and overall the behavior was choice. I don’t think it could have gone any better.

I guess this is my life now.

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Taskmaster

Today was all about closing work orders. I was a task killing machine. They weren’t hard tasks, but I finished them, and that counts for something.

Dale, Allen, and I went to CiCi’s so I could redeem my birthday buffet. The girl at the register took my phone and immediately backed out of the coupon code I had on display for her. Unfortunately, the app wouldn’t let me view the code again, so she had to take care of it in her own way.

After work, Jesica called to say she was in town, and took me to Taco Villa for dinner. We just ate and ran though, because she had a tattoo appointment. I came home and did a minimal amount of cleaning before playing a couple rounds of PUBG with Clint and then Aaron, and then it was off to bed early.

An “impromptattoo.”