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Passersby

We stopped at Shipley’s for a kolache and free donut this morning. It was a quiet day at work, and I just kept repeatedly testing Intune policies all day. We took a break for some Sonic, and then we did a quick run up the road on the Onewheel since I just transferred it from Summer’s trunk to my own earlier in the morning. The afternoon dragged a bit, and somehow everyone snuck out and locked me in at the end of the day.

Along the way home, we ran into some heavy traffic right at Blackwell, so we exited and took the highway home. We stopped at the old house to check out the lawn, then made it home where Eaddie had stopped in earlier in the day. She never said a word to me, so I tried to quietly mouth to Summer about my earplugs, and that lead to a fight later on.

I cleaned up, took care of a bunch of Vine stuff, and threw out a bunch of food from the refrigerator that had gone bad. Then I took what was left, made some fresh rice, and had everyone gather for a little bit of dinner. Eaddie left, and I took Muad’Dib on a short run because he wasn’t super motivated to move. We visited my parents and then helped a kid re-chain his e-bike because he had no clue how it was supposed to be attached. Summer was in bed for a race early in the morning, so I stayed up late tinkering with my new Anbernic RG Rotate. I assumed it was something that would be ready to go out of the box, but it absolutely was not.

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The Dog is Bored

We somehow got out even earlier this morning. I poked Intune all day, trying to figure out something I thought I already knew. We went to Arby’s late for a really disappointing cheesesteak, which made the afternoon not drag on quite so long. Summer left for Sip and Stretch shortly after we got home, and then I dug around the house looking for more high fidelity ear plugs. I did find more, but not either of the ones I wanted. We eventually had to take off on the Onewheel so we could meet Summer and her old workmate at Point Remove. It thundered in the distance, and we caught a few sprinkles, but we made it before any serious rain. The girls sat and complained about work forever, so Muad’Dib and I just sat back in a chair. Next time I’ll leave it for the girls.

Fetching is hit or miss.

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Under the Wire

I had a bit of a rough morning, but we managed to get to work a little early for our staff meeting first thing. That took up a good portion of the morning, so the rest of the day kind of flew by. I had enough coffee in me to propel me through my normal lunch hour, but we went to Taco Bell a little later and Muad’Dib was so well behaved. For some reason he’s always much better there than at Sonic. That may be due to the number of carhops walking by constantly.

The rest of the afternoon flew by as I tried to fix a couple quirks, not really getting deep into any projects. Traffic was dumb when we first hit the Interstate, but we got ahead of the mess pretty quickly and made it home. Summer was already there after starting work super early. She was having a bath, so I got back to reviewing, trying to get over 90% before the end of the day.

A little later, Dad said they had spaghetti. Summer wasn’t hungry, so Muad’Dib and I rode over there to eat, and then headed home just before dark. He wasn’t running very much and wanted to skip several blocks. I didn’t argue since I still had more reviews to do, but I finally hit 91% before bed.

★★★★☆
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We Have Data!

Muad’Dib has been leaving a couple times over the night to sleep in Eaddie’s bed, and I’ve loved having some space back, but I still miss him. I’m glad he comes back when he hears me wake up in the middle of the night. We got to work just as Joel and Dexter got in, so he had to run up and see them. We walked in and had to jump right to work, because Tyler had been waiting on me to get into his computer after something killed his Hello PIN.

After that, I spent all day tinkering with my Traverse Global import, and I was happy to finally get some traction on that. There’s still more translation to do before it can be properly imported, but at least now I won’t have to go to the staff meeting empty handed.

We went to Ortega’s for a late lunch, then ended up staying just a few minutes late to finish up. On the way home, Summer said that Julie invited us over for a swim and burgers, so we headed over pretty soon after I got home.

I brought along a grill table I got for them on Vine, and I spent most of my time assembling it. Everyone else had already been swimming, but Summer did a couple laps while I worked on the cart. We ate, I took a little dip, and then we finished the cart and headed home for the night.

Summer kept showing me videos of Check-H burning down, and I hated to see such an icon of Russellville go down like that. They were always pretty good when we went, so hopefully they can rebuild better.

What are you schemaing about?

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Runabout Rock

I had my wellness appointment this morning, and I really wanted to push the anxiety issue I’ve been having. I spent way more time talking to Irene, the nurse, than Crystal, who just came in for a couple minutes and basically asked how I was from across the room. She said she could refer me to a neurologist and run some extra labs, so I gave a little bit more blood and then left.

Summer, Muad’Dib, and I loaded up and headed to Little Rock after that. We went straight to Southern Tail for some lunch since we could take Muad’Dib out on the patio. They were pretty quiet and it was pretty hot outside, but they had sunshades up, and we got to sit on an outdoor couch to eat.

From there, we went up to my old office to see if we could catch Randy or any of the other guys. Anita had been moved to Transportation, and everyone I wanted to see was at HSTI, but I went back and saw Charles, Jimmy, and Gary all sitting on their computers scrolling social media.

We got to Gwatney Collision about half an hour early, but I filled out my paperwork and they got out pretty quickly to take pictures. I didn’t hear about my estimate again, but hopefully I’ll get an email soon. We left and went by the new Tesla service center to see what it was like. The showroom was surprisingly barren, but I talked to a guy named Vaughn(?) for a while before going back to the service department where I met Phillip.

I went back up front and got Vaughn to sign me up for a test drive of a Cybertruck. He had to take me first, but then he dropped me off and I took Summer for a spin. She was surprised at how well it drove and handled, so I guess that was a win.

We stopped once more for Muad’Dib and then headed to Conway for a charge. Summer said “ice cream” while I was thinking it, so we stopped at Kassi’s Cookies for a couple scoops and then made it home. Dad need to go to Walgreens, so I dropped Summer off and then picked him up. We got his prescriptions, then went to the Neighborhood Market to get my own before dropping him back off.

I did some cleanup back home when I got a call with lab results. They said I was a little low on iron, but not as bad as last year. I was also low on vitamin D3, so I’m adding both of those to my regimen. Then I took Muad’Dib for an evening run when it actually felt really nice out. We stopped to see my parents and I had some mango soup, and then we ran home in the twilight and raced to bed.

I asked you what I owed, so don’t send me a bill later!

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Listen

Summer got up and made us pineapple upside-down pancakes for breakfast. Eaddie was up late, so she didn’t get up until she had to start getting ready for band camp. I did some reviews and cleaned a while, eventually getting a shower so we could go to a matinee in town. I hadn’t heard anything leading up to the release of Disclosure Day, but it looked interesting.

We dropped Muad’Dib off with Dad and then made it to the theater just in time. I was pretty annoyed by the number of stuck pixels that were clearly visible in the middle of the film, but otherwise it was a good movie. Summer was clenched for a lot of the suspense, and the topic of aliens didn’t freak me out like it would have as a child.

Afterward, I dropped Summer off at home and then took the Onewheel to get Muad’Dib. She was making a sandwich when we got back, so I sat down to have one with her. I did a bit more cleaning up and then we watched a couple episodes of Funny AF and a little YouTube before she went to bed surprisingly late. I was up later doing a bit more, but I tried not to be up too late past midnight.

Swell!

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Long Day Under Water

I woke up last night with an intense pain in my right foot, which I’m guessing was from the weight of the covers, as light as they were. My feet have been hurting from the Onewheel, and I guess it was just sensitive to the pressure while I was asleep on my back for a while. We managed to get out with another burrito, but this time it was actually a little juicy somehow. It dripped through my fingers and I got a drop on my shirt, but it wasn’t too bad. We made it in for another day on the struggle bus, but I did get assessment mode working on a test machine.

We went to Sonic for lunch, but I didn’t feel great. It was super windy and hot, and I was already tired. It had been kind of a long morning, but the afternoon dragged on even worse. It felt like I was there for three days. Near the end of it, Joel came in to ask me to think about a way to automate some manual data entry stuff that they’re doing, so I went downstairs to talk to Rhonda about it. The whole process was awful, and worse, I had no idea where to start to make it better. I’ve just got to get up and spend some time downstairs with these people to see what they’re doing.

We got home a little late, but Summer had chicken ready for me to throw on the grill, so I got that started. We had a quick barbecue chicken dinner with some potatoes and Brussels sprouts, and then did a quick cleanup. Afterward, I drained the basement and took Muad’Dib on a short, modified run. We briefly stopped to see my parents, but tried to get back home early.

Eaddie was gone helping Autumn move all evening, but had to come by for a bunch of boxes. She was upset that after all of the behavior issues and nonsense everyone has had to deal with, Autumn continues to just get whatever she wants all of the time. She’s got a nice house that everyone keeps filling with things she wants instead of making her tough it out with some cheaper starter stuff. She said she wasn’t going to have nearly as much stuff when she finally moved out, and I told her she would, because she would also have the respect of everyone around her for doing it on her own.

I cleaned up a bunch more, and finally ran to bed, fretful that it would only be Thursday.

Come on, brain. Do the thing!

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You Can’t Hear an Enzyme

I managed to air fry a burrito and get out the door in a decent amount of time this morning, along with a bunch of other food for the day, which meant I wasn’t leaving the office. First thing, Teisha reminded me that I had my open enrollment meeting, so I sat in for that before even going upstairs. Then I tinkered with my VMs some more.

Around lunch time, I ended up outside with Joel while Dexer and Muad’Dib ran around together. Then I went upstairs to eat and finish up the afternoon. I barely left in time to make it to therapy, but I still managed to beat Summer there. It was a fairly stressful session for me because she was up in her hormones, but we survived and made it home.

I pulled out a little side table for her to assemble, then started the sump and took Muad’Dib on a run. He did okay for most of it. He got to stop at the hispanic house on the corner of the new neighborhood and get a bunch of pets before we made it to my parents’ house. Then I cleaned up and got ready for bed.

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They-Merch

Summer got up to make pancakes this morning, but realized that she had almost none of the ingredients she needed. Evidently she planned to have Eaddie go fetch what was missing when she left to go pick up her car that she didn’t bring home for some reason, and Eaddie didn’t get the memo that we were waiting on her to be able to cook said breakfast. I pushed Summer to call her back, and of course she didn’t answer her phone. By then it was nearly time to get ready to leave for our matinee of Masters of the Universe, but she insisted that she wanted to go pick up the ingredients herself and at least make eggs, sausage, and toast.

We had breakfast, I got cleaned up, and we left for Conway. We arrived with time to get snacks, upgrade Summer to a collectible cup, and catch the few previews that played between a bunch of other commercials.

I kind of wanted to see the movie, but I wasn’t nearly as excited as Summer. I still couldn’t believe she grew up completely unaware of the original movie, and I knew nothing of the cartoon. She only knew the cartoon. It was a fun movie that didn’t take itself seriously at all, though not to the extent that Barbie didn’t. It was entertaining, and the best role I’ve personally seen Jared Leto play.

After the movie, we headed to Sam’s Club to see what they had, and then we landed at Chuy’s for dinner. Summer loved how fabulous our server was, and we both had food to take home. Muad’Dib was incredibly excited to see us, so I let him run alongside me as I took the baby robot mower to my parents’ house. Then I took him on a short ride around the block on the Onewheel.

Summer had long been in bed, but I managed to get things cleaned up, fight with the garage door remote programming, and get ready for work in the morning in record time, and then headed to bed myself.

Life is a series of absurdities leading to infinite nothingness.

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Bloody Meat

I was pretty sure I had an anxiety attack in my sleep last night, but it may have been a dream. I felt like I had a mild headache when I woke up from it. Summer had to work for a bit today, so she left and I got up to write some reviews. I finished all of the stuff we had for salad for an early lunch, and then she asked if I wanted to take her out to a late lunch when she got off of work. I wasn’t sure how hungry I’d be, but by the time I got ready and Summer got home and took a bath, Eaddie said she wanted to join us. Eli had just come over but his mother was cooking dinner later, so we let him babysit Muad’Dib while we ate.

Summer wanted Pasta Grill, and we got there just a little bit before they were actually open, though there were a couple other parties already waiting inside to be seated. We got a table and I decided to try the prime rib cooked medium instead of medium rare. I think that helped with some of the toughness I’ve not enjoyed before. We all had leftovers to take home, and then Eaddie left with Eli.

Summer spent the rest of the night on the couch while I tried to do some more reviews and cleaned up a little bit. I eventually started draining the basement again and took Muad’Dib out for a run. We encountered another lady walking a couple of dogs, but one was off of his leash. I stopped to see if it was just a loose dog following her, but it was hers. We chatted for a surprising little while as we passed her the second time, and then we continued around, skipping the basin due to flooding again.

We visited my parents, but it was so humid out that I started not feeling well. I sat down there for a minute to get my heartrate down, and then we made a straight shot home. I had to cool down a bit again, but I eventually joined Summer on the couch for one more episode of Funny AF. I’ve gotten a few chuckles out of it, but overall I wouldn’t say I’ve really loved it.

As soon as Summer turned off the TV, Muad’Dib got up and kept leading us uto bed. I stayed up to do some more reviews, but finally had to get to bed around midnight.

What a pain in the ass.