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Shop Along

It felt like we slept forever, but we didn’t sleep in too late. I did wake up with a bit of a stomach ache. Summer got up and made coffee and I got around to finish up some leftover cabbage and sausage. Then she left for the gym and I made myself a cup before doing a cleaning on the machine. She wanted to go grocery shopping to make meatloaf for dinner, so I got cleaned up and ready for the day.

I thought about riding the Onewheel with Muad’Dib and just meeting Summer at the store, but we ended up just driving together. She said she waited for me so I could go shopping too, but as soon as we walked in, she made a beeline for what she needed and I was left to catch up.

We got back to the house to unload, and then I took Muad’Dib for a run while she got things prepped for dinner. He was painfully slow again, and Dad wasn’t home either. I visited with Mom briefly since she had just woken up, and then we made it back to the house.

I cleaned up the dining area a bit for dinner, we ate, and then she sat on the couch and played on her phone while I thumbed through some YouTube and live video from Coachella. Most of that was terrible though. I tried putting on a couple different movies, but nothing stuck. We shared some cake that she made just as I was getting into Limitless, but she said she didn’t like it when she watched it the first time and decided it was time for bed.

The kids came home and wanted to watch a show, but they shut themselves up in Eaddie’s room. I finished my own stuff and went to bed a little early.

Just loafing around.

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All of Pardon

I woke up feeling pretty good this morning, so we went by Hardee’s to try their Frisco Breakfast Burger. It was a substantial meal, and I ended up chewing my last bite as I got parked at work. Things were quiet until I realized I had two calls to attend. The first was some “training” with the guys in the field that devolved a bit, but hopefully we got some actionable things out of it. Then in the early afternoon we had our weekly call with the Aptean folks without much of an agenda.

I forgot to go to lunch before our second call, so I just ended up drinking my Soylent that I didn’t drink for breakfast. The afternoon dragged a bit after that since we never really took a break.

Traffic wasn’t bad, but it was incredibly slow getting home. We planned to take Mom out for her birthday, but as usual, nothing really called to her. After a bit of back and forth, we ended up meeting everyone at Olive Garden. We walked around outside with Muad’Dib until everyone else got there. I had submitted a reservation through Google Maps and there wasn’t a line of people, but for some reason it did take them some time to seat us.

Dinner was good, and our server loaded us up with what appeared to be a career-ending number of dinner mints. I took Muad’Dib for a short run when we got back and had an anxiety attack at the end of our road. Then Summer went to bed while I finished up my stuff for the night.

Hey you! The sky’s on fire!

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Raise the Dead

I didn’t feel like I slept especially poorly last night, but I was in a deep sleep when my alarm went off this morning, and it took me forever to get going. I had a pretty jarring anxiety attack as we walked out the door. We got to work and I felt a little bit better, then had some coffee after a little while. I was super hungry by lunch, and Arby’s seemed like as good of a choice as anything. They had a fish sandwich box, and I got some extra fries to share with Muad’Dib.

We sat on a rock outside and ate in some surprisingly gusty wind. He did pretty great, and then I let him run up the road back to the office. I started to feel a little off in the afternoon, and I couldn’t figure out why. I’ve suspected the quality of my food, but it kind of feels like all I can do is go on a full Soylent diet to really test the theory.

The afternoon carried on, and then I took Muad’Dib for a run when we got home. He was frustratingly slow the whole way to the basin, so I stopped to sit down at a bench while he dove into the creek. Then I let him lead me through the neighborhood to Sequoyah where we turned up to the roundabout and back through the basin again. I let him take a swim in the cleaner, deeper part where we normally stop, and then we made it to see Dad. We waited for Mom to get home to try and confirm birthday plans, and then made it back to the house.

I gave Muad’Dib a really good bath and he did great. I spent a lot of extra time blow drying him instead of using his old, gross, dirty towel that needs laundering. He came out super fluffy, and was a good pup all night. Summer and I ate some different leftovers, and I started feeling a bit off again, so I laid down on the couch for a while. She went to sleep pretty quickly, and I tried to make it to bed a little earlier.

MOVE IT

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Quitcher Bellyachin’

I started first thing this morning with an emotional reaction to some silly account related stuff before I could even get up the stairs. With that mostly resolved, I had a quiet day with Muad’Dib. I’ve got to get over whatever hump I’m on with completing some projects, but at least I feel a little more secure in how I’ll be filing taxes.

Muad’Dib did wonderfully at Taco Bell for lunch. I had a discount on a tiny meal there, so we ended up swinging by Sonic for some chicken strips as well. I just ate them in the car when we got back to the office, and then we finished out the afternoon.

Summer was home a little earlier and cooked the potatoes and onions she prepped a couple days ago while I ran Muad’Dib to go see Dad. He wasn’t running very much, so I thought I’d try something new and improvise a new path. We made it, but I still left him behind for several blocks at a time. I don’t know why he just doesn’t seem to care about running until the very end.

Summer and I ate as soon as we got back, but then she had an emotional reaction to feeling miserable at work, which has been a frustration of my own for several years at this point. We finished eating and retired early, so I ran her a bath and then laid with her briefly before going off to do my own thing for the night.

The screen is just going to ask you a few questions.

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10/12

Today was accomplished with coffee. I wasn’t especially tired or groggy or underslept, but it was a day of mundane tasks. Summer was having a rough time at her meeting, but met me for lunch at Ortega’s. I begrudgingly let her get her $5 shot of cheese dip, which was an insane price to pay in contrast to the all-you-can-eat. Afterward, she took Muad’Dib with her to sit at the house.

I finished up my afternoon with only two months worth of Vine orders to process and felt good about having my taxes done within a day. The drive home was a bit frustrating behind a few groups of slow people though.

Muad’Dib went on a run as soon as I got there, and Eaddie was making chocolate covered strawberries for a classmate’s recital. Summer didn’t cook dinner again, and we just sat on the couch watching YouTube until she was ready for bed.

Oh, brother!

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Much Depreciated

I jumped right into Intune policies this morning without much trouble, but then was pulled away for a couple minor things. We had a training session scheduled for marketing and HubSpot management, but Ciara cancelled that, and I wasn’t really sure I needed to attend in the first place.

I brought the last of the corned beef and a little bit of sausage to fill up the space, so we didn’t go anywhere for lunch. It was beautiful outside though, for the short break we took.

Summer took the day off to do some cleaning, self reflection, and job hunting, and said she could have dinner ready, but I also had one more serving of Long John Silver’s that I wanted to finish before it got too dry.

Other than all of that, my biggest accomplishment was documenting several hundred items and their estimated depreciation, so I can cut down my Vine taxation. I still have hundreds more to go, but I feel good about what I’m doing.

Muad’Dib and I ran to my parents’ house to visit for a bit, and then laid down on the couch with Summer when we got back. She was there all evening, and then we both went to bed pretty early.

63% down!

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Taximus Maximus

I got up today with the primary goal of filing my taxes, and I was mostly successful. I think Summer slept for over 12 hours, but I got up and had some more Long John Silver’s before starting on my project. I got all of my paperwork together and filled out my forms. Summer eventually got up and started watching TV.

My total taxes owed was less than I expected, and I found some other advise that may help me reduce that even more. I had a shower in the afternoon and took Muad’Dib for a ride to the Neighborhood Market to pick up my prescription I had transferred, since they have better hours than Walgreens. Along the way, we met a little pup named Ducky and a nice lady who immediately understood Muad’Dib’s name. She said she had a cat that she always says looks like a sand worm.

We got my prescription and headed back to the house where I found they were a MUCH larger pill, but otherwise the same dose. A little after that, Dad said they had curry, so we left again to go see them and eat. Summer had started laundry, so she stayed home and finished that, and then was in bed by the time we got back at sundown.

I cleaned up a little bit, made lunch, and worked on organizing my list of Vine orders. Once I have a good method to organize that, things should move quite quickly and I can get things filed.

Heated

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To Space Again!

Summer had to go in to interview someone this morning, then came home after the gym. I got up and had some of my Long John Silver’s out of the air fryer, and it was just about perfect. Then I didn’t waste much time getting ready for another movie in the afternoon. I had really been wanting to see Project Hail Mary in IMAX, but it was already off of every large screen thanks to the new Mario movie we saw yesterday. I settled for a recliner in the second row at the UEC, and Summer finally got her overpriced popcorn after we rushed past concessions yesterday.

We left Muad’Dib at home again, but he seemed to do fine. I wasn’t even sure where Eaddie went, but she was gone all day. I’m nearly ready to kick all of her crap out of her room because she can’t keep things off of the floor.

The movie was fantastic, but slightly longer than I could survive without a bathroom break. When we got back to the house, I found a bootleg stream and caught myself up on the couple minutes I lost, and the pacing was slow enough that I really hadn’t missed anything. It was still wonderful in every way though.

Summer wanted me to grill some brats when we got back to the house, so I did that, and warmed up the leftover cabbage and peas she made. Dinner was great, and then of course she was straight to bed. It had been wet all day, so I didn’t take Muad’Dib out for a late run. We all just settled in for the night.

I can’t imagine explaining “sleep” to someone who had never heard of it. Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a while, I go insane and eventually die. No need for concern.

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Side Quests

Summer had to work this morning, so I slept in a while, then got up for some leftover corned beef for brunch. Eaddie left for school and I got cleaned up for a trip to Conway with Summer to pick up some stuff for work. I had gotten tickets to see The Super Mario Galaxy Movie so it wouldn’t be a whole trip just for work. I really wanted to see Project Hail Mary, but the release of Mario knocked it out of every single larger theater.

I lost track of time and we got out the door way later than I planned, but we made it just in time to walk straight back and sit down at the end of the trailers. A family with at least one kid was sat right next to our seats in an otherwise mostly empty auditorium, but I sat down and shared an armrest on principle because I had reserved our seats ahead. It wasn’t completely unbearable.

I thought the movie was fun, but the 3D didn’t really do much for it, which was a surprise. After that, we went to Splash to pick up Summer’s stuff. I asked for the key to the manual wash and was able to give the Model 3 one of the best washes it has ever had. I had forgotten how vibrant the paint was.

By the time I finished, we were both super hungry, so we made our way downtown and ended up at the Rogue Roundabout. Summer didn’t have her ID for some reason, so our server said she would have to call over the manager. I didn’t recognize him, but he learned where we were from and said he was born and raised there, having graduated high school a year after me. I asked his name and learned he was the same Chris I had driven to the emergency room after stepping on broken glass at Cole’s bachelor party camp trip some fifteen years ago. I still had photos, and even had his number saved in my phone.

After that, we had several drinks before our food came out an hour and a half later. Everything tasted great – it was just incredibly, frustratingly slow. We caught Chris outside as we left, and I shared a couple pictures. Then we started toward home. Summer had previously said no to Long John Silver’s when we were thinking of where to eat, which put the bug in my brain that I should pick some up for later.

We went through the drive-through where I ordered a family mean, and was subsequently parked to wait for our food. I ended up going inside and had a great conversation with another customer that came in after me. We chatted intermittently with the guy who took my order, since he was busy running around behind the counter. He gave both of us free drinks for waiting so long, and then I remembered their delicious strawberry lemonade. The restaurant always looks super dated and worn down, but has never been what I would consider dirty. The staff has always been super friendly, and the food has always been fresh. I wish them success, because I miss the one in town.

I eventually got my food and we headed home, snacking on clam strips as it started to pour down rain. We made it home where Muad’Dib had apparently been left alone for several hours. He ran up to me like he thought I had gone forever. I had asked Eaddie about being home, but I guess I wasn’t specific enough because she had been gone to Tech for several hours before we made it back. Everything was intact though, so maybe he’ll be okay to be left alone a little more frequently.

First goes the body, then goes the bones. Then all that’s left is dust.

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PEAS AND CHOPS

I had my last pork chop sandwich on the way in this morning, but also brought a whole bag of sugar snap peas to eat before they went bad. I actually managed to munch through about two thirds or maybe even three quarters of the bag by the end of the day. They were good, and they felt really guilt-free.

I managed to stay relatively focused on Intune stuff in the morning before we went to Wendy’s for a free Baconator with points. I had some chips when we got back to the office, and the afternoon brought some other projects.

Summer got home early and planned to cook the other bag of peas and a whole head of cabbage to eat with the remaining pork chops. That only took a few minutes while I cleaned up, and then we ate.

Flies are coming back around, and I was able to catch four of them to feed to the spider. He ate one right away, but the others were buzzing in his cage all night. I took Muad’Dib for a pretty slow run to see my parents, but then cut him short on the way back because he just wasn’t moving fast enough.

Summer was long in bed by the time we got back. I found that one of my baby catfish had died, but I guess it shouldn’t be a surprise since the tank has been so neglected. After that, I finished the evening working on a bunch of reviews until I couldn’t stay up any longer.

The warden threw a party in the county jail!