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None of Some

I discovered someone had brought donuts and kolaches this morning on one of my trips downstairs, so breakfast was solid again instead of the Soylent I brought. I didn’t feel the best all day, but I think that was mostly my clothing choice. It helped to be up and moving around. Anneka from Gwatney called to say my car was done, but Summer insisted she wouldn’t be able to take off of work, which frustrated me.

I’ve been getting a little lost in all of my projects, and it has only helped to go back to my notes for our next staff meeting. There’s just too much to do, and it feels like everything needs focus. I’d get halfway into one thing, and then get pulled away for something else of middling importance. Nothing has been urgent, but all have been necessary.

We went to Taco Bell for a pretty light lunch, then had cake for Tammy’s birthday. Muad’Dib ran around outside with Dexter for a bit after that, and then Dexter let me pet him as long as I had some beef jerky in my hands for him.

The afternoon was quiet, and I tried to focus, but again got pulled away to other concerns. At least they were tangentially related to something else already on my plate.

We left late and got stuck in heavy traffic, especially getting back into town. Summer had a small roast in the slow cooker, so we ate while watching the Made by Google event. We were about half an hour behind, and it wasn’t as exciting as I had hoped it would be, but it was probably better than last year. I just felt old for not knowing a single one of the “celebrity” guests.

I tried to wait until it cooled down to take Muad’Dib on a run, but it still felt gross. We almost did our full run, but he just wasn’t moving. He had been feeling sick all day anyway, so I think it’s time to cut back on the treats. Eaddie stopped in briefly, late in the evening, and it made me happy that she at least made a point to say hi to me before she left again. I came out and we talked for just a moment as she left, and then I went to bed.

All of none.

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Nowanna

We woke up abruptly this morning when Muad’Dib launched out of bed to meet Eaddie at the door. From what I could tell, she stopped in briefly to poop, and then left again. I was deep in the middle of a dream, and stumbled out of bed with a weird, lingering inner ear thing. I wasn’t really dizzy, but it was like my balance was hard set just a little bit off, so I kept wanting to lean to the right. It eventually went away, but it was really weird.

We didn’t really have anything planned, but Summer decided she really wanted to go see the live action Moana movie. I firmly did not, because I felt the original was too perfect to rake through a cheap, money-grab remake. I made myself a sandwich for lunch and then Summer went to the gym while I got cleaned up for the day. Then we eventually got loaded up for a late afternoon showing.

Muad’Dib ran to my parents’ house where Dad was passed out on the couch, and Summer and I made it to her movie. It was in auditorium four, so the screen appeared about as large as our bathroom TV from where we were sitting. There were a couple families with a boatload of kids, but I already wasn’t really invested in the show. It was expectedly bad, and then Summer had the gall to ask what I thought of it as we drove home. That eventually resulted in an outburst that needed to happen, but it’s exhausting living with someone that refuses to try and figure out her own feelings. We talked for a little while, and then I rode over to my parents’ house to get Muad’Dib.

It was getting late, but I wanted to get something resembling real food before we settled down for bed. I ultimately landed on Taco Villa so we could share an order of nachos outside with Muad’Dib. While I was waiting for our food inside, Jennifer walked in with a boyfriend. She took a selfie with me to send to Becky, and we talked for a bit until I took our food outside.

We ate, then headed home where Summer went to bed. I was up for a while longer doing a little bit of cleaning in my office, but tried not to stay up very late.

Shot entirely in a one bedroom apartment.

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Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring Ring

We made it to work quite a bit earlier today, and it was super quiet again. I was actually super focused for the entire day because I was able to get up and move around a lot. I spent a bit of time in the upstairs conference room getting a laptop ready for Teisha to use for interviews. While I was up there, I cleaned up a bunch of the black dust that was getting in from the plant on the other side of the wall. I didn’t realize until later that it was continually blowing in quite quickly. Muad’Dib had laid on the floor and gotten it on him, and then it got onto my light colored pants when he laid his head in my lap.

I had my breakfast super late, so I ended up skipping lunch. I went downstairs to do some work, and Amanda had me look at an issue with her phone. That was my project for the rest of the day. While I was downstairs, I checked in on Rhonda and took Teddy out for a walk. Then I was upstairs the rest of the day learning all about RingCentral. There’s still my number consolidation to do, but I learned a lot of other stuff today.

I had to get Summer over to the old house earlier in the morning because the water leak was growing. Dad eventually got over in the afternoon with a plumber, and they found the leak. I made it home and Summer had just cleaned up and was agreeable to having dinner. She wanted Venezia’s though, which didn’t excite me.

We dropped Muad’Dib off with my parents, along with the Buick in case Dad needed a vehicle sometime in the near future, then went to eat. She enjoyed her seafood special, but my ribeye tasted microwaved and my angel hair was mushy. When we got home, I took the Onewheel to get Muad’Dib.

He got the zoomies and ran to the end of the road to meet me, then ran in circles around the yard when we got back to my parents’ house. We had a short ride back home, but I took a modified route to give him a little extra time. We encountered a couple of older guys talking over some lawn mowers, and I got one of them to try the Onewheel. Summer was in bed when we got home, and I cleaned up a bit before getting there myself.

Banana phone!

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One Flat

It was another super quiet day without much to say. I kind of spun my wheels on a couple different things, but hopefully got a step closer to improving my processes. Summer was having a slow morning and met me for lunch early. We had a new server at Ortega’s that I don’t remember seeing before, but Summer said she had seen him there. He was easily a contender for the best service we’ve had though.

The afternoon was long, but didn’t feel quite as long as the morning since I was moving around a lot more. When we finally left, I got stuck behind two out-of-state vehicles that were varying their speeds while parked in the left lane, and I couldn’t burst ahead of them in the loaner Model 3 due to the speed limiter. I pressed on, and found Summer laid out on the couch, not feeling well.

I got right to work building a chair I got for Eaddie’s bathroom. I’m not sure it fits as well as I wanted it to, and she may not like it, but Dad could take it. I continued to try and clean up a bit, and found Summer’s sunroof shade in the closet. I got that installed before it got a little cooler out, and then I took Muad’Dib on a run. We went straight to my parents’ house, and as soon as I rolled into the garage, my Onewheel went completely flat. I didn’t see a puncture anywhere, so I got the air compressor going and filled it back up. There was a huge difference, so I guess it had been super flat for a really long time. I could see some air bubbling out around the rim, so I don’t know if the seal there is bad, or if maybe it was just too hot on the pavement.

We ran a short bit more after we left there, and the board handled completely differently. I’ll have to check the air pressure more frequently. We got home just as it started to get dark, and Summer went to bed. I got some Triscuits out for chicken salad, and discovered where our moths had been coming from. I had only seen a couple, but the pantry was absolutely full of them, and a bunch of larvae were all wrapped up around the Triscuits. Luckily we had an unopened package that was untainted, so I had my snack before bed.

Can’t keep me down!

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ANOTHER ONE

I had an anxiety attack in bed just after midnight when I got up to go to the restroom, but went right back to sleep. I got to sleep in a very little bit since we were headed to Little Rock for my car. She went to her bank to get some money for me, and I went to Arvest to close my account, since they wanted to start charging for basic checking accounts. I took Muad’Dib in and we saw Aaron first. Then I was maybe a little too surprised that there was zero effort to try and talk me into some other kind of bank account, or keep me as a customer. I told the young teller that I wanted to close my account, she took my ID, and then handed me a cashier’s check for my balance after just a few seconds. She then had to cash that for me, which felt silly, but then it was done. My first bank account, which I’d had since childhood, and which only held birthday money for years before my first job, was closed.

We hit the road after that. Summer had to get back to work, so we dropped her car off at the Love’s in Morrilton, then continued to Gwatney in the loaner to get my car. I also queued up Randy and Ben for lunch before we headed home. My car was right out front, and I guess I should have looked it over first. They didn’t really even walk me around it. I just took a moment while Anneka was gathering paperwork, and walked around it quickly. I immediately spotted a blemish just under the left taillight. Then Summer looked closer and found flaws on the edge of the hood. Anneka took it back to see if they could buff any of it out, but then came back and said we would have to schedule another visit.

They had a Buick Envista that they had just gotten in for a loaner, so rather than come back next week, we took the loaner and also kept the loaner Model 3 from Tesla. That created a predicament later. We left there and dropped the Buick off at the high school before meeting Randy, Jim, Jae, and Ben at Cotham’s. I sent Summer in to find a table, and luckily Ben was already there. I waited outside with Muad’Dib until everyone else got there, and then we had lunch. I wasn’t impressed with any of the food this time, which was rare. The hubcap burgers have always been excellent. We had a good time visiting, but Summer needed to be back at work in a hurry, so we left.

I dropped Summer off at her loaner, then went to Conway to Supercharge in order to make it home. It wouldn’t have been a problem, except I didn’t expect to have to drive it back home. She went straight to work, so I ended up going to Love’s to swap out her car just to get it out of the public parking lot. I went to work for a couple hours, and then Teisha gave me a ride to Love’s so I could leave Summer’s car at work overnight inside the gate.

I got home and had a ton of stuff from Vine, but it all processed super quickly. It was actually mostly clothes for the girls, but I did get a bike service stand that needed some assembly. Eaddie and Eli chatted in the kitchen over some food he brought while I assembled it, and then they both left. She went to spend the night with Autumn because she had created some new health drama and needed to draw more attention to herself.

Summer eventually made it home from her work meeting, and we went to swim at my parents’ house. I thought they’d check out the Buick, but they were busy watering plants. Muad’Dib ran both ways, but had to stop and poop on the way back. It looked like it was all loose, so something he ate didn’t sit well with him. I ended up walking about a third of the way back home with him while Summer drove home.

They went to bed and I prepared for work, but it was a pretty quick night to bed.

You didn’t have anyone quality check it???

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Come Here, Rood Boy

As I went to bed last night, I saw a notification that the air conditioner at the old house wasn’t working correctly. It wasn’t cooling for the past day, so I alerted Dad and went to sleep. He went over this morning to check it out, and called Rood only to get the same advice that I expected. They wanted to blame the thermostat or the scheduling on freezing up the unit, and then said they couldn’t get anyone out until Thursday or Friday. He called Roy’s, and someone was out the same day to add some refrigerant.

Back in my world, I got back into my Traverse import, and finally got the data points that I needed. Of course now it’s up to David’s AI-built OCR to translate that into something I can actually import. I met Summer for lunch a little bit early, and later got a call that my car was finished and ready for pickup. Anneka tried telling me I owed more than twice what I expected for the hood job, so I had to go home and send her the old quote I had as a comparison.

Summer mentioned something about a phone interview, but had literally no information about it or where it came from. The minute she said “sales” I knew it was going to be an unreliable lead, but that upset her. She’s verbalized her dislike of sales in the past anyway, so I think she’s finally just at the point in her current career that any kind of hope at all gets her excited.

I had to get my loaner to the wash for a good vacuuming before I could return it. I asked her to help, which also seemed to annoy her. Luckily it cleaned up much easier than either of us expected. We got home and I took Muad’Dib for a run. He led most of the way, and cut the run a little bit short. Then Mom hosed him down a bit because he was hot, so I had to brush him out when we got back to the house. Eaddie and Eli were holed up for most of the night. Summer went to bed, and I got there just as quickly as I could.

GTFO

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Return to Disarray

I slept a little bit later today, then got up to a big turkey sandwich to finish off that bit of lunch meat. It hasn’t killed me yet, so I guess I need to go get some more bread to finish off the salami and pepperoni. From there, I continued my quest to break down packed boxes of stuff. I got into the laundry room and cleared out the opposite corner, and finished up a couple more boxes in my office. The girls got home a few minutes earlier than I expected, and B-lined for the dog, who suddenly had all of the energy and no desire to sit in bed all day.

I continued sparingly, but was already feeling pretty worn out from being up and around for the entirety of two days. The girls were predictably worn out as well. I did want to make it over to my parents’ house to see if they wanted to go out for dinner for their anniversary. Dad was processing elderberries, and Mom was asleep on the couch. She had spaghetti on the stove, though, so Summer ended up coming over there to eat instead.

I had run Muad’Dib over, so I took the Onewheel back with him when we realized they didn’t have any cheese. We ate, then ran back home to try and bring the house back to a livable state for the rest of the week. I took a shower, Summer went to sleep, and Eaddie left with Eli, so I guess it’s back to normal.

THE Oakenfold???

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Put Away

I thought I’d have a little more room in the bed last night, but Muad’Dib still mostly slept right in the middle. I got up reasonably early and started picking around the house. My main goal was to clean up my office so I could actually use my own area for my projects instead of having to spill out all over the rest of the place. That also meant I finally got to unpack my boxes of stuff from when I left the Russellville School District. I’d been so focused on my new jobs every year since then, that I never got settled. Of course there’s still stuff to move from the old house as well, and even more stuff that’s already here and still hasn’t been unpacked, but this was what was immediately in my way.

I picked at some leftovers for breakfast and lunch. Summer called at one point, so I caught up a little bit with her between their adventures. I got a ton of stuff put away in the right place, but that also meant it was a slow process, so there’s not much to show for it anywhere else. Hopefully I can at least get my office done before the girls get home tomorrow, but I kind of doubt it.

Dad texted to say Mom had some phở that would be ready soon, so I took the chance to get Muad’Dib out of the house. He had been in bed for nearly the entire day, possibly feeling some depression without the girls. I let him lead nearly the entire way, but then Dad said food was ready and I had to hurry him along. We got there, ate, and then headed back to continue my project.

I finally took a shower after moving around in my own funk all day, and felt much better by bedtime. Muad’Dib was still in the middle of the bed, but at least there was enough room for him to stay with me all night.

One more for the road!

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Back Doorman

Internet at home was still out until late in the morning, without much news from TCW. I was excited to get to experiment with some scheduling instead of just beating my head against the wall over intercom programming today. Nobody else seemed to show any feelings about it, but I assumed they were just glad I finally fixed something. Of course now I also have a backup, and can replicate my success in a few minutes rather than weeks. Programming was relatively straightforward, but the holiday scheduling had me stumped for a while. The guides I found all had them added to schedules, but that wasn’t the case. Just adding the holiday dates defaulted the lock schedules to a locked state.

We took a really late lunch and picked up some free McNuggets, then had chili cheese fries and onion rings at Sonic. It was cheap and light, and the weather was great for it. When we got back, I stopped by the back gate to test the closing, and it worked perfectly. I had its schedule fixed, but now that the plant is running around the clock, the gate isn’t really even necessary.

The last piece of the puzzle for now was to get cameras integrated with the security system, but everything I tried seemed incompatible between systems. I had an anxiety attack late in the afternoon, but it cleared up well. We left a little late after verifying the gate shut properly. Then we made it home to find Eaddie back from her band conference, and Summer in the bath.

Once Summer got out, I took them to Brangus for dinner. I had a pretty awful steak, which was both overcooked and somehow cold to the touch. The girls enjoyed it, so I didn’t press. I just don’t think they’re any good for a dinner on a slow day.

I tried to take them out for dessert when we left, but they didn’t want to go. Instead, Summer and I had a beer on the back porch before I took Muad’Dib out for a run. We took a big plastic bag from Eaddie’s vacuum-sealed couch, and then came back home. As we got back, I heard the familiar frustrated cries of a man trying to recall a stubborn dog. I was proud to be able to call Muad’Dib back out of the house to run and fetch him, and then deliver him back across the street.

Not bad for a Thursday.

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Gatekeeping

My shower wasn’t great this morning, and I almost wished I had just left the old, broken head in place. When I finished, I bent over to dry off and then pinched a nerve in the middle of my back as I tried to stand back up. I was hunched for the rest of the day from that, and I could barely move without tweaking it.

I realized after we left the house that I forgot my breakfast, so I survived the morning on coffee alone. At least I remembered to bring my leftovers for lunch. The first thing I fought was actually the broken maintenance network again. This time I tried changing some STP priorities to see if it would prevent the far point-to-point from tripping the port.

The rest of the day was spent digging through and documenting the security cameras and gate system. Heaven mentioned Charles doing something on her phone that caused the front and rear gate cameras to become inverted, and I could never figure out how or where that might be set. I spent all day tinkering with settings, but never heard anything back from Fleming about what the old password might have been. I had finally given up on trying to recover anything from the non-wiped equipment, but then I couldn’t seem to write new configurations over them, so tomorrow I’ll still be stuck working on that.

I left work late again after messing around with the relay portion of the gate controls, then made it home through heavy traffic. I quickly fixed the leaky shower head and bruised the bottom of my foot in the process. Summer got home moments later and took a shower. I made her a sandwich and had some more Long John Silvers myself. A bunch of the lunch meat went bad, and I don’t know why I thought it would be a good idea to buy so much in the first place. We ate, and then cleaned up a bit. Eaddie was already gone to work the conference, so Summer had to finish her laundry for her.

Summer was dead tired from working in the heat, and I could still barely move. Leonard’s was closed, so I couldn’t go get the air filter we’d been needing for a few weeks. Muad’Dib hadn’t been run in a couple days either, so I decided to take him to the Neighborhood Market to get rid of some recycling. One of our neighbors had a car in the driveway with a trunk that was open the entire time we were gone, so we stopped by on the way home to knock on the door. Someone turned on some lights, but we never got a response, so I considered that the extent of my neighborly responsibility.

We hobbled home and went to bed.

Meet prep!