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It’s Mostly Corn

I avoided breakfast today and made it to work a little early. Coffee got me through to lunch. I spent all day tinkering with the PLCs again, and got the data translated on the controller before sending it to PRTG. It might have been faster, but they kept shutting the line off, making all of my numbers read zero while I was testing it.

Summer had a long meeting in Little Rock, and after all the talk, Amanda said she didn’t want to go to Ortega’s with me, so I went by myself as usual. I had a relatively new-to-me server, but she was great. In fact, I think she formally checked in on me more than anyone else ever has. The food was great, as usual.

The afternoon didn’t drag as much as I thought it might after taking lunch just a few minutes early. Things were quiet, and I had accomplished a year-long task that I just knew was possible.

Suzanne was finally coming over to get some stuff, so I hurried home right at quitting time. It was lucky too, because she arrived before I had even changed clothes. I loaded her up with a bunch of lights, the bottles I was mis-shipped, and the two extra glass rinsers I opted not to use. We visited a little as the kids came through, and Summer made it back from her run. Then she was off and I took Muad’Dib for a run.

We had a decent run, but not the fastest in the humidity. Just before we made it to the basin, we ran across a lady jogging with a stray dog following behind. She didn’t really want to stop and chat, but I learned they were her neighbor’s loose dogs, so Muad’Dib and I tried to return them. It took a couple tries, but Muad’Dib had an awesome time running at full speed with them, and eventually we got them inside the fence of their yard.

We made it to my parents’ house, and they were just coming in for chicken Alfredo. We initially planned to come eat, but I was still full from lunch, and Summer had just started a bath and was full from her lunch-and-learn. We visited for a bit and then made it home after dark. It was a short night after that.

Spooky!

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Sun Uppers and Sun Downers

I woke up surprisingly early after staying up so late. I tried to take Muad’Dib out, and he got out of bed, but then immediately looked back at Summer, refusing to walk out the door. It’s their routine on the weekends, and apparently it was non-negotiable. She got up and put on her robe, and he took off down the hall.

I got up and made a couple coffees to get things moving. We expected Suzanne to come around sometime to pick up some stuff, so we lounged all morning. I put on Donnie Darko, since I’d seen it once around the time that it came out. Some of the acting was unbelievably bad, and it didn’t make much sense, because so many of them were established actors. After that, I put on the old David Lynch Dune for a few minutes before giving up on that.

I had to get around to come cleaning, but I also got a few more packages. Summer had to do some work and Eaddie left, so I was on my own for most of the day. Suzanne never came around, so after cleaning up a bit, Summer and I went to my parents’ house to eat spring rolls. Mom ended up not going to Fort Smith with Dad, so she was there cooking the whole time. We ate, cleaned up, and headed right back home.

I cleaned the kitchen and eventually took Muad’Dib for a run. He mostly trotted along the whole way, which was especially annoying because there were a ton of people out walking around. I always feel especially lazy when he’s not running fast enough for me to really need the Onewheel. We made it to my parents’ house to see Dad, grabbed the Maggi and dried squid he picked up for us, and made it home just after dark.

Summer headed to bed and I got ready for work. The shorter daylight hours makes it feel like we have less time, but the truth is I always feel like my days are short, even in the summertime. I’d be much happier with 30-hour days, and it really makes me wonder if I could ever have made polyphasic sleep work. I had a bit of the Fireball Torch’d Vanilla to help put me down quickly, and made it to bed.

So much night time!

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Milk Duds

We all slept pretty hard last night after such a big day, but we didn’t sleep in terribly late. Summer wanted to go to the gym, but wasn’t in a big rush. I wanted to make breakfast, but that slowly slipped into brunch, then lunch, then a late lunch. I got Summer to try Half-Life: Alyx in VR with some success, but we still need room to play properly. She ended up wanting to take a nap before going to the gym while I cleaned the kitchen.

Eaddie left with Eli for the day. I had Summer pick up some milk on the way home, and I got out some old cube steak she had in the freezer. I’d never made country fried steak before, but I figured it would be a good way to get the meat out of the freezer. The breading and frying turned out pretty good, and I warmed up some canned corn at her request. We had some instant mashed potatoes, and I made gravy from what was left of everything, so there was zero waste for the entire meal. I think some of it came out a bit more dense than it should have, but overall it wasn’t bad for my first try. Unfortunately, I think all the milk in that, plus the latte that I had earlier, gave me some intense stomach cramps for the rest of the day.

I laid around a bit trying to feel better, but eventually needed to take Muad’Dib out for a run. We skipped a couple blocks on the way to my parents’ house, and then headed home pretty quickly as it got dark. On our last block, we ran into the old mechanic from around the corner again, and he wanted to come up and shake my hand and chat for a minute. He was excited to have walked off some weight and gotten his heart condition under control, and wanted to share that some lady offered him $2k less than the $10k he was asking for an old Nissan Titan he fixed up.

After another handshake into a shoulder pat, we made it home and got cleaned up for bed. I took a late shower, took care of my plants, and crashed a little early.

Dyshidrotic?

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All That for a Line Graph?

I had a terrible time getting to sleep last night. Maybe it was how late I slept in, but I laid in bed, wide-eyed, for at least two hours. Luckily the morning wasn’t too rough, and we got out in time for a Hardee’s burrito and still made it to work a little early. I talked to Charles about pushing a config to the controller, and his response was to just send it, so I did. That was the most excitement I had all day, after the burrito.

I spent a good part of the day tinkering with PRTG, trying to get it to show my data after that. I did finally get some graphs going, but it wasn’t easy or intuitive. We took a late lunch to Taco Bell and ate relatively light, then got back to work to try and clean up some HubSpot data.

Near the end of the day, I got a message out of the blue from Jack. We chatted for a bit, and it sounded like he needed a motorcycle ride. I went back and forth with him for a little bit, but had to pack up to head home. Traffic was rough and unpredictable, so that had my attention for a slow drive home.

I cleaned up a bit before Summer got home, and then I warmed up some pizza for her before taking Muad’Dib to my parents’ house for dinner. I warmed up some leftover bún bò Huế and Mom came in to fix me a bowl. I had a really bad anxiety attack while I had my head in the fridge looking for veggies, and that knocked me out for a bit. I got super lightheaded and woozy for a bit, and just had to sit back in a chair for a while.

After I ate, Muad’Dib and I continued on his run in the dark. The air felt great, and he had a good time before jumping up into bed with Summer for the night. I cleaned up a bit more and prepped for work quickly so I could get some better sleep.

Sun’s gettin’ real low.

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Clean and Plumb

Summer had to work today, and Eaddie had to practice before a ballgame in the evening, so Muad’Dib and I had the house to ourselves. I got up with Summer and started cleaning for a bit. I stopped to make myself a chicken pesto sandwich kind of early just in case she wanted me to take her some lunch later, but she ended up not. I continued cleaning and then wrote reviews between sessions, partially since what I was cleaning up was crap that needed to be processed.

I got an email that it was my turn to order a Steam Frame, so I got that done. I was glad to have made it higher on the list than Johnny so I could order it on my own account. It should come in within a week or so, and I also ordered all of the first party accessories and a color passthrough camera from Arcturus.

Later in the afternoon, one of my projects was to install a cup rinser in place of our old soap pump in the kitchen sink. Summer got home from work just as I was getting started, but she took a shower and then immediately left for Eaddie’s game. I managed to get the rinser installed with no leaks all by myself, and I was pretty happy with it. My only concern is the hammering it does if you don’t press down hard enough. The water pressure is so high that it wants to pop up and shut off, or else it fills the cup entirely with water super quickly. I really do need to call a plumber, but I still want high water pressure for our showers.

Time flew by as I continued cleaning. It was already starting to get dark, but I took a shower then ran Muad’Dib to my parents’ house. We encountered a couple larger dogs on the loose along the way, and Muad’Dib wanted to chase, but I wouldn’t let him. We made it to my parents’ house, and Mom was meal prepping for the week. They had the deep fryer out, so I helped fry some more shrimp chips. Mom had spaghetti cooking, but also tried making some Bánh Tiêu. She decided to fry those inside while I fried the shrimp chips, and then Dad fried some chicken strips after that.

We ate the chicken, and then I headed home. Summer had gotten back from the football game a little earlier, and was getting ready for bed. I did a few more reviews, and then crashed after a long Saturday on my feet.

Still in jail. These requirements have gone way up.

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But Did You Document It?

I took my little baby bottle full of creamer to work today, and after we got there and I shook it up, it leaked all over the place. When I tried tightening it down, the threads snapped off of the top part of the lid, so then I was stuck with a full, broken bottle all day.

I contemplated wiping my phone again, but I think I finally got most of my text messages transferred through. I hate that Google Fi doesn’t keep all of that in the cloud any more, and that was a big part of why I switched to them in the first place. Now with RCS encryption, backing up and restoring is a lot more iffy.

Eaddie called me pretty early in the day, trying to get tickets to see Harry Styles. If she had told me they had an Amex presale, I could have found my card and gotten her tickets easily, but instead she missed out because my card wasn’t in the stack on my desk where she could find it.

After that, I was fairly focused on a couple of projects. I keep bouncing between different things that all ultimately rely on big network changes, so I think now is the time to start building out new subnets and VLANs. I broke out NetBox yesterday, and continued documenting things there today. Hopefully with that, along with my “little friends” as leadership like to call them, I can get things migrated smoothly.

We had Sonic for lunch, but I forgot to redeem my extra snack, so I gave Muad’Dib some of my ice cream. The carhop actually offered a pup cup, but then didn’t return with one. Then when I unwrapped my burger, it had no tomatoes or pickles instead of extra, so a different carhop brought me a cup full of them. That actually made the burger way better, so no complaints there.

The afternoon was more focus, and then we got home a little late. I installed a different phone mount in my car, then warmed up some leftovers for dinner. I also made some fresh rice, so the girls could eat when they came home. I was glad that they finished up the rest of the stuff Summer made a week or more ago. I cleaned up the kitchen, then took Muad’Dib for a run. It got dark fast, so we only popped in to see my parents for a moment.

When we got home, I cleaned up some more and took out the trash. Then I gave Muad’Dib a long-overdue bath while the girls lounged. Summer went to bed, and I was up late catching up on a few reviews and then prepping my stuff for work the next day.

Believe it or not, jail!

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Oh Brew Hoo

I got up to a banh bao this morning, made a cup of coffee, and then nearly immediately knocked the full mug over, spilling hot, black coffee all over my desk in the worst place possible. My stack of old phones, flash drives, card readers, the front of my computer, a stack of paper receipts got the first wave. Then the coffee flowed down between the glass and the frame of my desk, getting all over my home theater receiver, both of my laptops, tablets, my subwoofer, and eventually the carpet.

I still wanted to grill chicken to eat with croissants and pesto, so I mopped up what I could all morning. Then Summer and I went to the Neighborhood Market for some chicken breasts, thighs, and a cart full of chips. I started grilling when we got back, but I went too lean on charcoal. Summer took Muad’Dib for a walk at Bona Dea while I added more charcoal and got the chicken cooked.

My parents came over with some more basil, garlic, and limes to make more pesto. Eaddie left to hang out with friends, and then Summer and I ate when she got back. The sandwiches were incredible, and felt so light and fresh. I wanted more, but I just got back to cleaning up instead.

I eventually got my computer put back together, and my receiver seemed to be unaffected. I tried to shift things around a little bit, but the most important parts made it back to their usual places. Eaddie eventually came back home with dyed hair, so I made her a sandwich and then cleaned up the kitchen. The whole day was burned, but at least the dishes were done.

That’s one way to clean a desk.

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Infinite War

Summer went all-in on wanting the kids to come watch a movie with her today, so that meant we had a bunch of cleaning to do. I cleaned up the kitchen while she went to the gym. Eaddie went to play flute at somebody’s church, and then we got the living room cleaned up before going to the Neighborhood Market.

Summer really wanted to make a charcuterie board, but I just wanted to get the stuff I needed to make pesto before Mom’s basil went bad. With no plans for an actual meal, I got hungry and irritated, so I grabbed some sushi that was marked down and we made it back home. Summer started on her board while I took Muad’Dib on a run to my parents’ house to trade some croissants for a lime and garlic.

When we got back, I just stayed out of the way rather than risk further irritation. Summer got pigs in blankets, and eventually the kids came out to watch Infinity War. It was a good time, but the evening went quickly and I never got any real food. As everyone else settled down for bed, I made the pesto without knowing what to expect.

I knew I’d had pesto on things before, but never really paid much attention to it specifically. The recipe and prep was incredibly simple though, and I’d always wanted to try it. Mom already cut the basil up, so I just had to throw it into a blender with some other goodies. Since I didn’t really have an expectation, I brought Eaddie in to help tune the flavor, and we ended up with something pretty good. I figured sitting overnight would help everything meld as well.

Always outnumbered.

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One for Many

Summer woke up wanting donuts, so I got up with her and we went to Shipley’s for a pretty large order. Unfortunately, it wasn’t one of my better experiences. The filled donuts barely had anything in them, and they gave me a sausage croissant instead of bacon like I asked. Eaddie never even got out of bed until mid-afternoon, so her stuff sat out untouched. Summer was cycling and had gone fully bird-brained, and then got upset about it. I tried to help by cleaning the kitchen, which upset her further, so she left for the gym.

I got a lot reorganized and did the dishes while she stayed gone a while. Her phone case came in, so I got that put together. When she got back, I stopped her for a talk before she had a shower. Then she worked on her laptop the rest of the afternoon. I ate the KFC she brought me the other day and then took a shower, but started to feel pretty sick to the stomach again. Eaddie left for a while, then came back briefly before leaving again. I ate some more rice and shredded pork, hoping it would settle my stomach a bit for the evening.

Muad’Dib was feeling pretty cooped up all day, so I took him for a walk up the cul-de-sac and back. Of course he wanted more, but I was already looking toward bed. Somehow Summer still made it there before me, but I went down a couple hours early.

Children!

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Get Up; Clean Up

Summer left early this morning for her run up Mt. Nebo. We were excited to go to the chicken fry afterward, but I was still feeling pretty crummy, and unpredictable at best. My fever did go down pretty quickly though, and slowly started to spend more time out of bed. By the time Summer made it home, I was up more than I was down, but still cautious.

Dad messaged that they had spaghetti, which I thought would be for lunch, so we cleaned up enough to go out. When I learned that they had planned on dinner, I relaxed a bit before getting back into some cleaning. Eaddie was actually home all day, so she came out and we got season passes for Magic Springs next year. She had been talking about wanting to go for Halloween, and the passes included the remainder of this year as well.

Eventually, Summer and I made it to my parents’ house to eat. We sat in the living room briefly afterward when Julie and Kevin showed up. She wanted to program her new car to open the garage door, so we spent a while trying to figure that out before she gave up, and then we could go home.

I continued cleaning for a while, but felt myself slowing down pretty quickly. As the evening got later, I sat down to watch some movie trailers with Summer. Eli brought Eaddie some food, so they disappeared to her room the rest of the night. After Summer went to bed, I saw the gecko climbing the side of his aquarium. That made me really happy, because I hadn’t seen him out of hiding since I brought him home. I think he’s been eating the moths I’ve been feeding him, so I just need to come up with a better container for him that I can take back out to work.

Lipstick on a pig!