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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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A Lot for a Little Run

I got up early so I could go to Fort Smith with Summer for her run this morning. I had an anxiety attack as I was getting ready, but it didn’t seem to affect me long. I was still pretty exhausted as we left, but it was a smooth ride. We made it to Ben Geren park only to discover a disappointing number of runners, running anything from a 5k to a marathon, depending on how many times they looped back around the track. It didn’t really seem like many people knew each other, but it was a seriously tiny group of maybe 20 people. One of them was Hot Springs native, multi-title world champion, professional arm wrestler, “Monster” Michael Todd, who arrived in a giant motorhome wrapped with giant pictures of his face. There appeared to be no fanfare. We arrived early, because Summer anticipated it would take her some time to get her packet, but we spent all that extra time wandering around in the hot sun.

I had forgotten to load my Onewheel, so when the race finally started, Muad’Dib and I walked over to a pavilion with some picnic tables and sat in the shade. We had a surprisingly strong breeze over there, which I hadn’t felt at all when we were walking around. It felt really great over there as we waited, expecting to see Summer come around the bend. I took a picture of a couple cheering on their son, then shared it with them. Summer never showed up though. Evidently her run took her on another path, and we found her back at the finish after less than half the time it took us to drive to the race in the first place.

We didn’t stick around, and instead drove to a place called Digs in The Bakery District. I guess it was a little grouping of places in one spot. We found parking across the street and walked up to the patio where they were doing yoga. A server greeted us, had us pick a seat, and then the food service was quite quick. Muad’Dib did well with some passers-by, and we had a really tasty, elevated, expensive brunch. We had a couple cocktails and shared a bagel board with a couple fancy cream cheeses and peanut butter. Then Summer had a sandwich, and I had a burrito. Everything was really tasty, but definitely priced as an upscale establishment in a rich part of town.

Lastly, we swung by Truong Son on the way home to browse for some Asian foods. We didn’t get much, but I picked up a smallish can of Café du Monde coffee and chicory blend to add to my collection. I made a cup when we finally made it home, but found it mostly bitter. Summer and I lounged around the house the rest of the day, both exhausted from the morning adventure. I eventually had some leftover chicken salad for an early dinner, and cleaned a bunch of moth-filled boxes of cereal out of the pantry. We played a Netflix miniature golf game on the TV, and then Summer watched the worst of the Ghostbusters movies.

I did a bit of cleaning, but it was overall a very quiet evening until bed.

It’s a vibe.

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Tuna Train

I got out a little bit late this morning and didn’t have time for breakfast, and I don’t think I had a Soylent ready in the fridge. Luckily there were some gross looking donuts left over in the breakroom from earlier in the week, so I had a couple of those, rolled around in their melty chocolate sauce. I was up and around quite a bit for a while, which was nice. At one point, I took Heaven out to her new office and got a monitor set up for her, but I’ll take her computer out later. They decided to keep the printer in the other room, so I’ll be running what I came to know as a “Dave-O extender” on the outside of the shipping container until it eventually fails and I have to run a new line from the switch.

I really wanted something different for lunch, so I went to Chopsticks, then made it back in time for our afternoon meeting with Aptean. I think I know enough now to feel pretty confident in what they’re doing, but who knows. I felt busy all afternoon as well, but I didn’t feel like I had much to show for it. I still felt so far behind.

Traffic was slow and terrible when we left, but we eventually made it home. Summer had a long, and pretty bad day at work, but that was no surprise. She got home shortly after we did, and then we had to go to the train depot to watch the Tech band play part of their new marching set. Summer wanted to sit right in the middle of it, but I knew Muad’Dib wouldn’t be able to handle it. The sun was unbearably hot anyway, so we stood over by the conductor statue. He was just about as perfect as we could have expected, and got lots of smiles and pets. He was hot, though. A train came by, perfectly timed and blowing its horn, almost as if it was in response to the band’s tuning note.

We got to see Eaddie afterward, but then headed home shortly after that. It was too hot and miserable to do anything else. After cooling down a bit, I watched the first half of A Dog’s Purpose, which didn’t seem great. I had kind of gotten the feeling that it wouldn’t be for me when I tried watching it before, but I got a little bit into it in spite of its cheesiness. I thought Summer would come back out to watch it with me, but she only sat down briefly before going to bed. I had to do the same though, since she has a run in Fort Smith in the morning.

It’s such a good vibration!

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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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Porky and Friends

I woke up super early this morning when the power flickered and killed my CPAP again, and decided to just get out of bed. That left me pretty tired the rest of the day, but the hope was that I would be able to sleep at night. Summer got up and we mostly lounged around. We watched a bunch of Wolves of Glendale videos on Youtube, and she eventually left for the gym while I cleaned up and showered. I didn’t feel great after that, but the only thing we really wanted to do was grill something for dinner.

It was pretty hot outside. I got my Anbernic RG DS from Vine and tinkered with it for a bit. We eventually made it to the Neighborhood Market to see what was on sale. We ended up getting some bone-in pork chops, potatoes, and a few more veggies to go with the zucchini and squash that had been on the counter for quite a while. As we were finishing up, Johnny called to say he was in town and wanted to know if I wanted to go out to eat. We had him over to join us for dinner at the house instead.

Summer prepped the veggies and made mashed potatoes while I got the grill started, and everything came together surprisingly well. Everything turned out super good, and the chops were some of the most tender I’d ever made. I had her slice up a fresh pineapple that I grilled on top of each one, so that may have helped them stay moist. It was a great dinner.

We didn’t visit for very long after that since Johnny had to run. I waited until it cooled down a bit more, then took Muad’Dib on a run to my parents’ house. It was gross outside and my Onewheel was slightly low on battery, so we took a short trip home, then got to bed quickly.

Don’t look down.

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A Different Sonic Blast

I received some docking stations this morning that we ordered from Amazon, and I was tickled to see the prior shipping labels were to Woot.com. I spent much longer swapping David’s docking station than I expected, but at least he was out. Back in my office, I had run out of space, so I decided to clean up and sort through all the laptops that had found their way to my desk. I was also notified that we had someone coming to do some data entry, but that turned out being less of an employee situation that would just be temporary. That got me tinkering with onboarding processes again though, since I haven’t had a secure way to onboard new users onto an Intune device without just handing over a temporary password. I really wanted to figure out how to use the Temporary Access Pass instead.

We had an Aptean call in the early afternoon, so we took an earlier lunch to go to Sonic. I don’t know what it was, but it upset both of our stomachs. Muad’Dib threw up everything he had eaten before we left the office, as well as what he had with me at lunch. I didn’t throw up, but I felt indigestion for the next several hours.

Near the end of the day, I got a call from one of the guys at Roy’s saying he loaded up the air conditioner at the old house with nitrogen to test for leaks, so hopefully we’ll see where that is and get it going again soon. By the time I was ready to leave, we had gotten locked in the office, so we left out the back. It was a quiet ride home, and I cleaned up a little bit while I waited for Summer to get home. She ate some leftovers, and then I took Muad’Dib out for a run while she bathed.

The weather outside felt great for the first part of our run. We made it to my parents’ house and I warmed up some fish soup for dinner. Then we didn’t get back home until after dark. I laid on the couch with Summer until she went to bed. Then I accidentally hopped into a Discord channel with some of the guys.

Johnny had called yesterday to say he was interviewing for the Pottsville IT Director position, and this morning he said they offered it to him about half an hour after he left. With school starting next week, his last day at Nabholz would be Monday. I typed at the guys while they chatted and played Rocket League. Then I tinkered with remote play on my Steam Machine, and I think it may be a viable option until I have room to set up a docking station for my old Steam Deck.

I was up super late toying with that, long after the guys had all left. I’m just super excited to have some options after so long without.

steamdeck

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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!