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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.”

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A Wrinkle

We all got up this morning to some poachies, sausage links, and strawberries before trekking to Conway. We caught the early afternoon showing of A Wrinkle in Time before doing a bit of shopping. The movie was okay, but I wonder how it compares to the book. At a glance, it looks like something I may actually be able to digest someday.

We wandered through Dollar Tree for a bit before heading to Sam’s to load up on some essentials for them and a 50-pound bag of popcorn kernels for me, because it’s the only way I could afford to feed this many mouths.  From there, we managed to find a compromise on a pizza at Old Chicago before failing to make it to Shoe Carnival before closing.

Cranky and tired, we made it all the way back home without any casualties. Except the popcorn. Somewhere between the store and the car, it suffered a stab wound.

Don’t go to war for me.

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Need More Data

I spent all day entering fuel records for my R1. It wasn’t particularly fun, but it was nice to get it out of the way. I’m still somehow missing about a year worth of records somehow, but hopefully I can find them in a lost file somewhere.

Summer got back from her quiz bowl trip early, but I still didn’t make it back to her place until later in the evening. She made an awesome stuffed chicken breast thing for dinner, then we played Phase 10 until the girls went to bed and finished season 2 of The Office before bed ourselves.

I’m gonna chow down my vegetables!

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Raze the Roof

I spent all day at work on a ladder in the ceiling. First it was a line for a panic button at Oakland, then setting up a three-room overhead speaker system at the junior high. We took a break at Brangus for lunch, but then it was right back to the junior high to finish running the speaker lines.

After work I felt so tired and gross that I took an evening shower to rest, then went to Summer’s for the evening. Fish sticks and The Office until bed.

Love,
Bob Vance
Vance Refrigeration

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Socks on Socks in Box

This morning went by pretty quickly. I met several of the guys at Morelos for lunch, then kept at my own projects until after school when we had to hang a touch panel for Amanda. When we got there, it really looked like it just needed to be cleaned because it hadn’t in over a year. We hung it anyway.

After work, I headed home and washed nearly every sock in the house. I was a little worried about the mix of colors, but it turned out better than expected. Afterward, I had to take Summer’s jacket to her because she forgot it when she stopped by before karate. We watched more of The Office before I came home for bed.

Just spit something out and slap it up.

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The procrastination stops tomorrow.

I got a response from EyeQue customer service denying my request to grandfather my lifetime membership and functionality of the device I purchased, so I suppose after a year it’ll be worthless. I suppose I can spend more time begging, or I can just leave my scathing, semi-retaliatory review everywhere I’m able. If nothing else, it serves as a reminder to do the things now rather than later.

Summer was shadowing a kid at the middle school, which somehow meant she also got an hour for lunch, so we met at Hardee’s across town. I failed to realize she probably suggested it because there was a location right between us, but I unwittingly opted for the other location because my service has always been better there.

After work, I took the bike out to get some gas, then took my oversized shoes back to Shoe Carnival for an exchange. The new shoes fit like gloves if feet were hands. I swung by AT&T on the way out because I thought Kevin was there, but the managers were all out of town for something. Fortunately, Summer had just finished at the gym, and I got to her place right as she did. We had dinner and watched a few episodes of The Office before I came home for bed.

Go the f**k to sleep!

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Sailorcycle

This morning started off pretty nice looking, but the wind picked up and didn’t hold back all day long. I rode the motorcycle to work thinking it would be less chilly in the afternoon, but the wind never let it warm up.

Gary, Heather, Sara, and I went to Brick Oven for lunch, making it two days in a row worth of pizza for me, and now I have leftovers. Then Gary came with me to the junior high to help take a look at a few things. It was a pretty laid back day overall, but I got some good things cleaned up and felt like I learned a bit in the process.

After work, I went to my parents’ house to help clean up the last of the soup, then rode home in the cold, windy darkness. I finally completed my three EueQue tests using the vision tracker I purchased several months ago. The results seemed to be pretty accurate, but I discovered the company has moved to a subscription model that means my hardware expires after one year without a renewed subscription. Evidently, if I had registered a little over a month ago, I would have been grandfathered into a lifetime subscription. I guess my only recourse is a scathing review if customer service doesn’t help me out here.

‘Cause the north wind blew south.

Traditions

What are Traditions: 0x23

I got up a bit earlier than usual this morning so I could get my Birthday Slam at Denny’s. I was worried for a moment about not having the coupon printed out, but thankfully they just took my ID. Last year I got bamboozled, so I would have felt rightly stupid for messing up again.

I spent all morning running around until I inadvertently convinced Jason and Allen to go to Ci-Ci’s for BOGO all-you-can-eat pizza for $5.99. That’s a hard one to argue, but the food wasn’t as good as our last visit, except for the whole weekend-long fever thing that happened last time.

After lunch, Jason helped me run down an intercom issue at Oakland, then I spent most of the remainder of the afternoon helping set up some more stuff for Sara.

Once off of work, I headed home to set up my newly RMA’d cable modem before heading to Summer’s for dinner. She made chili in a slow cooker, then we all played Phase 8 because bedtime is a very real thing in that household.

When I got home, I stopped by Bác Vân’s to pick up some strawberries she got me for my birthday. I guess overall it went about as well as it could have.

Nobody likes you when you’re 23.