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I Know Subnetting

Summer took my car to work today so she could try and find some tires for me, and so I wouldn’t be on the highway with bad tires. That meant I did more driving than usual, but we made it to work without too much trouble. I definitely missed my Model 3. I was still feeling pretty behind all day, so I did my best to catch up. I brought a Soylent and worked right through lunch.

Johnny called a couple times, and I had to juggle him with being a little busy myself. I ended up on the phone with him for about an hour, trying to explain subnetting of all things. He’s going to have some trouble in a school that large, but if he sticks around, he’ll have a tremendous opportunity to learn and leave.

My day dragged on a bit, but then it was over before I knew it. I got some of my stuff accomplished, but there will be more tomorrow. There always is. I ended up leaving late, and then put the whole back seat cover in so Muad’Dib would have more room for the drive home. We’ll be in the Model Y for at least another day or two, so I didn’t want him to feel cramped in the tiny, single seat.

We made it home and found Summer in the tub. I finished up the pork chop and most of the veggies, and put up a few Vine things before taking Muad’Dib for a run. I tried on some bone conducting headphones that I had just gotten, and they came with a little rubber strap to help hold them on a little tighter. We weren’t even half a mile down the road when I felt a snap, and the little strap had flown off far enough that I couldn’t find it, no matter how hard I tried. It had to be in the grass somewhere, far off of the road. I really tried to find it, but it was just gone.

It wasn’t miserably hot, but it felt more oppressively humid as the evening went on. We made it to my parents’ house where Mom was cleaning up while Dad was out to dinner with friends. I developed an ocular migraine, so we waited around for Dad to get home, then made it home in the sticky dark. Summer was in bed, so I did my best to wrap up quickly and hit the sack.

Well, well, well… How the turntables.

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HAHANO

We got to work today, hoping to leave early to pick up my car. I was fairly busy all morning trying to catch up, but I skipped lunch and got permission to leave at three. Summer picked up the Buick from my parents’ house and I met her at the wash in Maumelle so they could do an outside wash and quick detail for us. Then we continued to Sam’s Club where we left Muad’Dib in the Model 3 loaner until we could return the Buick and finish up with my car.

It was spotty and dirty from sitting outside all week, but the concern spots from before looked to be resolved. We definitely just accepted it as-is out of exhaustion over the situation, though. While we were checking it out, Summer noticed my front wheels were showing cord on the inside, which was likely caused by the bumpiness I had been experiencing. We settled up, then went back to move Muad’Dib over to my car. I had an anxiety attack in the middle of that, which made my fourth in four days. Summer called Discount Tire to try and find replacements, but the computers were down in Russellville after the quick and powerful storm that blew through earlier, and they couldn’t see whether they had any.

When we got to Tesla, I asked them about squeezing me in. They had the tires, but not the manpower, and couldn’t do anything for me. We decided to continue home carefully, and I’d just have to get tires and an alignment back home. We continued on to KPOT at Summer’s request and had hot soup for dinner. I was sweating profusely, and probably didn’t enjoy the food as much as I could have, but it was still good.

Anneka at Gwatney forgot to charge me up some more, but we managed to make it to Conway for a Supercharge. Then I took it easy all the way home. Summer left her car at my parents’ house, so Muad’Dib and I ran over there on the Onewheel to get it. Then it was a quick cleanup to get to bed on time. Eaddie came by and ran through the house, but was hardly here for more than a minute.

I’m two tired for this.

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Wackadoodle

I woke up fairly early today and waited for Summer to get around. She slept quite a while longer, but didn’t get around to doing a whole lot aside from going to the gym. I spent all day milling back and forth cleaning up a bit, mostly in the kitchen. I cleaned up a whole bunch of leftovers, but we’ve still got more to go. It just doesn’t seem to go very fast. Eaddie came home briefly and then left. Otherwise, Summer and I were just at the house all day long.

When dinner time came around, I grilled the brats we bought last weekend. We ate, and then somewhere along the way I had a pretty bad anxiety attack just walking down the hallway. After a little while, we settled down to watch Arthur the King, which I thought was pretty good. Summer couldn’t handle the suspense, but I think she liked it. It was nearly dark when we finished, but Muad’Dib told me he really needed a run, so I took him out for a really good, short one in the dark. Then it was pretty much straight to bed after that.

No one else is gonna do it for you.

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No, I Don’t Want Insurance!

I had a lighter day today, with a bit more focus and less being dragged between projects. Muad’Dib threw up a little bit in the car, but I didn’t find out until we got there. It was easy to clean up though. I started off with a Soylent, which probably helped me feel a bit better. Janice came upstairs saying something about a lizard in a coffee cup on the breakroom table, so I made sure to stop by later to check that out.

The morning went by fairly quickly, and we went to Sonic for a light lunch of corn dogs and chili cheese fries. It was super hot coming back though. The sun has been brutal in the afternoons. I stopped by the breakroom and took the little lizard upstairs, and Google identified it as a mediterranean house gecko at just barely an inch long without his tail, which he presumably lost when he was captured. Evidently there is a breeding population here, but they haven’t been found to be damaging to the environment. I figure best to keep him out of the wild, so I took him home.

The afternoon was fairly busy as I focused on trying to get the gate doorbell to talk to the RingCentral system. I think it came down to subnetting again, or at leasts, network configuration. I’ll have more decisions to make tomorrow. We left it unfinished for the day, and headed home to unbox a few things before Summer got home.

Eaddie got there just after I did, but was in and out pretty quick. Summer just barely missed her, but seemed to come home in a reasonably good mood. I had to pin her down for a long conversation though, since she’s been constantly moody blue. I think it helped, but we just can’t keep any momentum when she’s always worn out from work.

We eventually headed over to my parents’ house for a quick swim and some shrimp soup. We also took a plastic cart over to assemble, because I thought they’d like it for storage or rolling around gardening stuff in the spring and fall. Muad’Dib ran over, then got some more zoomies around the pool for a bit. Summer went in to help Mom while Dad watered plants and I assembled the cart. Then we ate and ran, to get home for a late bedtime. I got the gecko into a tiny aquarium I got from Vine a while back, and left him with a caterpillar from the pantry.

Watch out, he’s sticky!

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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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Gimme Chimi

I had a much better start today, but still felt tired. David emailed before I even woke up to say he was having monitor issues, so I had to check that out first thing. It ended up being a bad cable and a bad adapter, but I got him sorted. Later on I got a call from Shane about some HubSpot stuff. As I expected, they did not have a way to do what we wanted natively, without custom code.

I met Summer at Ortega’s as she was on her way back from Little Rock, and we got our usual server. He was so excited to see us that he shook my hand, and then made me a custom plate with a chili relleno, tamale with extra beef on top, tostada, chicken quesadilla, and then an extra chicken chimichanga on the side. He just patted me on the shoulder and left me to it, so I wasn’t worth much the rest of the day.

The afternoon was long after an early lunch, but we persevered. Summer finished work at home, so we found her in front of the TV. I wanted to go swim, but she was in the middle of her show, so I spent some time vacuuming up moths and caterpillars that had overrun our pantry. Once she was done with her show, we went to my parents’ house. Muad’Dib did a great job running over and then got really playful around the pool. I spent most of my time going around scrubbing algae, but had plenty of time to play with Muad’Dib too.

Muad’Dib was pretty wet by the time we got home, so I gave him a nice, long, overdue bath. That got me a bit behind in cleaning up, so it was late to bed.

Creepy caterpillars!

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Scratch That

I didn’t feel like I slept poorly, but I could barely drag myself out of bed this morning. I managed to get out of the house, but it just never got any better. I grabbed Burger King on the way out of town, and it was good, but it didn’t help. Nothing was able to perk me up.

We went to Sonic, but had a change of order. I had really been wanting to try their Tropical Heat Smasher, and they had cheap slushes, so I just built my own combo with some free onion rings. It cost more than usual, and I got less food, but it was good. While we were there a lady pulled out of the drive-through to park, and asked if she could give Muad’Dib some chicken. She gave him her entire order of chicken bites, then opened a bottle of water for him. I think she was the same lady that had done it before, because she again threw it all down at once and just let him have at it, and it was too hot and too fast for him to take, so I had to pull it away from him for a while.

The afternoon dragged on as well, even with taking a walk out to the shipping office. It’s still empty out there, so I don’t know what we’re waiting on. They never did reassemble the desk correctly. We made it to the end of the day, and arrived home to find a pile of stuff outside the garage. I had to go unbox all of that before I could even park.

Summer got home just after we got inside, and then assaulted me with loud conversation when I just wanted to crash. I eventually got some quiet, and then we ate some leftovers before I took Muad’Dib on a short run. When we got back, Summer got Muad’Dib all riled up in bed while I was laying under the covers, and he reared back and gave me a nasty gash right in the middle of my glasses, so I guess I really need to go schedule an appointment to get a new prescription anyway.

You eediot!

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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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Taking Requests

Starbucks had a deal, so I stopped in to grab a wrap on the way out of town. They were out of sriracha, which made the fact that nobody greeted me either time I walked into the store feel that much worse. We got to work and I jumped into my Dell SSO project briefly, but then switched gears to figure out the Admin By Request deployment. Evidently it just let people do whatever they want by default, but I figured out how to require authorization pretty quickly.

Casey’s had a surprise deal on wings, so I grabbed an order of boneless and bone-in, which were both heavily breaded, but still reasonably good. We ate that in my office, and continued tinkering with a desktop candidate for Heaven until it was time to leave.

The afternoon had been really quiet, so it was a pretty relaxing ride home. Summer went home early with a multi-day headache. I asked if she wanted to assemble a side table that had just been delivered, with the intention of putting it by the garage door for all the dog stuff, batteries, vallet, and other miscellany. She did eventually start that while I went to take Dad to the other house.

I had gotten an alert early in the day that there was a leak at the old house. Dad went over to investigate, and had eventually found the shutoff valve right by the house. Luckily, the water meter wrench I took him the other day included a petcock key that fit the handleless valve by the house. From the sound of it, though, we figure it’s in the yard somewhere. We left the water on at the curb to check for leaks later, and I dropped him back off at his house.

Summer was still working on the side table, so after it cooled down a bit, I took Muad’Dib for a run to my parents’ house. I started warming up the fish soup, we made it the long way around the block, and got back just in time to eat. We got home well after dark, took out the trash, broke down the recycling, and crashed.

Take it to the limit!