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Otto Pilot

I had some of the best, coziest sleep I’ve had in a long time, and subsequently made it to work a bit early today. I took a Soylent, but ended up just snacking instead. I spent the entire day continuing to plan and read up on best practices, and I’m hoping I can finally implement some changes this week, because it’s been too long in planning.

Summer still wasn’t feeling well, so she didn’t go to Little Rock or come have lunch with me. I had Ortega’s by myself again, with another new server I hadn’t seen before. He did great though, and the food came out fast and fresh.

The morning dragged on forever, but the afternoon went by a bit faster. I accidentally stayed a little late just because I was deep in thought. We finally left, but had some sudden trouble along the way.

We were cruising down the Interstate when suddenly my car slammed on the brakes and alerted me to take over. I couldn’t re-engage FSD, so I pulled over at Blackwell to try and reset it. I took the opportunity to grab some beer, then got back into the car and had the same problem. Almost none of the smart features worked. I couldn’t auto-shift or engage full self driving. After some messing around, I finally discovered my left-side repeater had no video. It was just a black screen after I rebooted the car. I ended up driving home manually, which was especially hard because my muscle memory had me checking my display instead of my mirrors when I was making lane changes or turns.

We made it home quite uncomfortably. Summer was in bed, so I took Muad’Dib for a run. He did well, and we stopped at my parents’ house for some eggplant soup. It was long after dark by the time we headed home. I cleaned up briefly, got ready for work, and went to bed.

They steer them with their meat!

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The Lonely Quiet

I slept terribly last night, and didn’t have a great start to the morning. I ended up taking some Pepto before I left, which helped after a day of eating spectacularly poorly. Things at work were super quiet, all because Janice was out. The other guys weren’t there much, so it was just the sleepy dog and me. I tinkered with a few things, but struggled to feel like I really made a difference anywhere today.

We took a short lunch to Taco Bell to eat cheaply, and then tried to be a little more impactful in the afternoon. Summer wasn’t feeling well either, and went home to make chicken salad. It wasn’t until much later that I realized how frustrating her vocabulary could be.

It looked really dark when we got home, so I took Muad’Dib on a run as we caught just a couple sprinkles. It was cool out, but he wasn’t very fast. I didn’t charge the Pint last night, so I took it slow hoping not to run out of juice before we made it home. I cut a couple blocks out of the trip so we could see my parents, and then made it home after walking up a couple of the steepest hills. We made it back with 1%.

Today, Summer’s “chicken salad” meant pan fried chicken over a green salad. I was expecting a rotisserie chicken mixed with fruit, nuts, yogurt, and whatever the hell else goes in a chicken salad. I even told her to use up the leftover celery from the fridge. Fortunately we could still use it, but she said the green leaf lettuce we had all went bad. She failed to get out the leftover spinach from when the kids cooked, though. I mostly ate that, since it was starting to turn. The food was good, but the jarring difference between expectations and reality have always been a high frustration point with her, even if things turn out better in the end.

Of course she still didn’t feel well, and was acting particularly pitiful, so I sent her to bed. I cleaned up, did a bunch of reviews, and got ready for bed a little bit early.

Winter is coming.

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Mostly Chicken

We had enough time to stop for chicken biscuits this morning. It was a little bit cooler in the morning, but it got much colder with the wind by lunch. It seemed really quiet all day, but I did have a fairly long call with Greg in the morning.

I still had a reward to use for Brown’s, so I checked with Summer early in the day to see if she might want to go for dinner. She sounded excited about it, so we had a really light lunch at Taco Bell. It was so light that the wind nearly blew it all away. It cut through my clothes and made me really cold, too.

When we made it back, Joel had Dexter outside, so I let Muad’Dib out to run around with him. Muad’Dib tore off in circles around him, looking like he was showing out more than anything. He was running so much faster that he could spin in circles while still chasing Dexter around, and then tackle him to the ground.

After that, we went upstairs to finish out the day. It seemed like a lot of people left early. I built a little plant stand I brought in, so I could bring a plant for it later. Then we left and headed home to change. Summer had to stay a little later than she expected, but eventually we met at Brown’s.

Dinner was great, and I had lots more chicken that was fresh out of the fryer. Al was there visiting with people, and stopped by our table to say, “hi.” I couldn’t eat a cinnamon roll, so I took a big ice cream cone when we left, then shared it with Muad’Dib when we got home. Summer took a bath while I ran Muad’Dib in the dark.

We stopped to see my parents, then watched a cut of the Roadster demo on their TV. Afterward, there was a press video from another channel that had much more up-close detail that was neat to see after the demo at a distance.

It was pretty late when we made it home. Summer was getting into bed, and I dawdled for a bit before crashing.

Sleep debt!

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Sip and Stretch and Fall and Roll

We had a pretty short staff meeting this morning. They always stress me out, and afterward I always feel like it was for nothing, because everything went fine. Tammy brought up an issue with Rhonda’s Traverse, so I went to check on her afterward. That turned into a whole ordeal, but I tried to help. Afterward I was a bit scattered between projects. The morning went by quickly from being so busy.

We went to Sonic for a big lunch, and a lady driving a semi chatted with us while she waited for her food. We bounced around a little more when we got back, so the afternoon didn’t seem to drag on as much either. At the end of the day, I finally called the Lieblong Eye Clinic to schedule an appointment for my vision that seems to have degraded quickly over the past year. They were expectedly booked through the middle of January, so hopefully I don’t go blind before then.

We made it home and Summer was resting before her Sip + Stretch. Muad’Dib and I cleaned up and then were going to take the Onewheel downtown to meet her. I knew jumping onto the street going the other direction was going to be difficult, but the lack of torque on the Pint X always surprises me in the worst way. I tumbled and scuffed up my left knee, but it wasn’t terrible. We rode on.

Muad’Dib was awesome the whole way. It was a rare path for us, so he ran practically the entire two miles. We rolled through the Ridgewood parking lot, but they were super busy. Summer was a little late coming out of the class, so we just sat and waited for her. Point Remove was busy too, but we had a table away from the other dogs that were there. They had the roll-up doors closed when we got there for some reason, but opened them shortly after we got seated.

Once Summer got out, we drove to my parents’ house for some spring rolls. Summer only ate one, so we just shared the one set of dishes. Dad joined us to eat, and gave Muad’Dib plenty of spaghetti noodles. We got home a bit late, so Summer went to bed. I cleaned up a bit from the day’s worth of stuff, and then got to bed later than I wanted.

Y’all got any more of them deals?

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There and Gone

I actually meant to grab a Soylent but forgot this morning, so I was super hungry by the time we got to work. I considered stopping, but didn’t really want to take the time, so I snacked and had coffee instead. It helped to get up from the desk a bit, so I started the morning by talking with Elizabeth about what she needed from UPS. Then a little while later, I went down to talk to Rhonda since she was eavesdropping on my earlier conversation. I was glad but not surprised to hear that she didn’t actually have any trouble with SpeedShip.

After that, I showed Marivic my maps in PRTG and then went back upstairs to tinker with them some more until lunch. It was free nugget Wednesday at Wendy’s, so I got to eat fairly cheap. Then the afternoon dragged a little bit. I ended up switching gears a bit to revisit onboarding, since Shane needed an account made.

I left on time and considered stopping by the liquor store, but didn’t. Eaddie was home when we got there, but then I left to run Muad’Dib. He trotted a bit slowly and it started to sprinkle on us a bit, but we got to my parents’ house without issue. Mom was already eating something else, but Dad warmed up the chicken Alfredo for us and was making salads. We ate pretty early for them, and then headed home in the dark.

I visited with Summer for a bit and then did my prep for work while a Vine drop was happening. Earlier in the morning while I was downstairs, a 10-inch network rack dropped and I missed out on that. Then while I was getting things ready in the evening, I missed out on an Ember Mug 3. Those were two very specific things I’ve been wanting to buy, so it was a bummer to miss out on free ones.

Holding out for something freer.

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It’s Mostly Corn

I avoided breakfast today and made it to work a little early. Coffee got me through to lunch. I spent all day tinkering with the PLCs again, and got the data translated on the controller before sending it to PRTG. It might have been faster, but they kept shutting the line off, making all of my numbers read zero while I was testing it.

Summer had a long meeting in Little Rock, and after all the talk, Amanda said she didn’t want to go to Ortega’s with me, so I went by myself as usual. I had a relatively new-to-me server, but she was great. In fact, I think she formally checked in on me more than anyone else ever has. The food was great, as usual.

The afternoon didn’t drag as much as I thought it might after taking lunch just a few minutes early. Things were quiet, and I had accomplished a year-long task that I just knew was possible.

Suzanne was finally coming over to get some stuff, so I hurried home right at quitting time. It was lucky too, because she arrived before I had even changed clothes. I loaded her up with a bunch of lights, the bottles I was mis-shipped, and the two extra glass rinsers I opted not to use. We visited a little as the kids came through, and Summer made it back from her run. Then she was off and I took Muad’Dib for a run.

We had a decent run, but not the fastest in the humidity. Just before we made it to the basin, we ran across a lady jogging with a stray dog following behind. She didn’t really want to stop and chat, but I learned they were her neighbor’s loose dogs, so Muad’Dib and I tried to return them. It took a couple tries, but Muad’Dib had an awesome time running at full speed with them, and eventually we got them inside the fence of their yard.

We made it to my parents’ house, and they were just coming in for chicken Alfredo. We initially planned to come eat, but I was still full from lunch, and Summer had just started a bath and was full from her lunch-and-learn. We visited for a bit and then made it home after dark. It was a short night after that.

Spooky!

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UPS and Outs

I was pretty hungry this morning, so I made the split second decision to drop off the Interstate and swing through the Wendy’s in the Pilot for breakfast. That put me a little behind because I accidentally went to the Flying J first, but we made it to work on time. I thought I had a plan, but I immediately started getting otehr plans handed to me.

I was pleased to hear from Heaven when she had a question about SpeedShip. She went ahead and moved off of UPS WorldShip on her own, so I had to work out a couple details for her. I’ll have to make sure accounting has what they need tomorrow.

We got tacos for lunch, and Muad’Dib was extra good, so he got most of my cinnamon twists. I tinkered a bit with the new Red Lion controller in the afternoon, and then was stumped by a browser issue that Charles had, which ended up being due to the user profile from their old Google accounts.

I misread Suzanne’s message and thought she was coming by this evening instead of tomorrow, so we headed home quickly to get our run before she came over. Muad’Dib did pretty well, but wasn’t his fastest. We had a good time though, and got to visit my parents and get home well before dark. We were just a couple blocks away when I texted her and realized what I had done.

Summer got home just after we did, and was barely a husk of a woman after a long day at work. I was super hungry again, but she provided zero input when I inquired about food. She pulled out some leftover noodles that the kids made and ate some of those, then left the rest for me. I dressed them up with seasoning, cheese, and some frozen chicken strips that we’d had in the freezer for a while.

Eaddie breezed through at some point, but addressed only the dog before leaving again. I wanted to play a game or something, but there was no time for recreation. At least my new tire is here for my Onewheel, so I can try installing that sometime this week.

Sweet devil!

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Catching Up in Slow Motion

I woke up pretty tired again today. I started with a Soylent and skipped the coffee. That probably didn’t help much, because the entire day just crept by. Several people were out, so things were quiet. Scott said he was up all night, and Charles was out. There just wasn’t much of anything going on. I kept digging into PLC stuff, but never actually took any action on anything.

We went to Sonic for lunch and came back plenty full. Even fewer people were there in the afternoon. Nearing the end of the day, Teisha called to say she was the last one downstairs, and that she was walking out and locking up early. After staying late yesterday, and not wanting to be locked in, we opted to leave a few minutes early too.

Traffic was annoyingly slow for several miles, but we eventually broke free. Summer was supposed to be home around the same time, but she was late. She didn’t feel well, either. I took Muad’Dib for a shortened run by his choice, and it was a good thing. I didn’t realize how low the battery on the Pint was, so we just barely made it to my parents’ house. I brought along the charger and got some juice while we ate.

Julie and Kevin had come over early to help close the pool and prep for dinner. Dad smoked a pork loin for spring rolls, so we had a good dinner. Summer never felt good enough to come over, so we rode back in the dark. We laid on the couch watching YouTube for a bit before she went to bed. Eaddie came home a little early and went to bed. I stayed up for a little while, but hit a wall and had to crash.

Shovel time!

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Stop; Reset

I brought bananas and cheese for breakfast this morning, because Summer brought home a whole bunch of ripe bananas a few days ago and hasn’t been eating them quickly enough. All the cheddar was gone, so I finished the Swiss, which wasn’t great. I liked it on the chicken pesto sandwiches though.

I tinkered with UPS and SpeedShip some more, and got Rhonda to accept some more of that pending migration. Much of the day kind of blended together, but I did some more reading on my line monitoring project.

We had some cheap Taco Bell for lunch, and then grabbed some McDonald’s fries for a Monopoly piece on the way back to work. Charles had Matt over to look at our line PLCs, so I went out with him to chat for a moment. I asked him some more about the numbers they were pulling out of the PLCs, and I still just didn’t get a warm and fuzzy feeling about his knowledge of the components they had sold us.

After that, we went to look at the network in the maintenance shop, and without the ability to cycle a breaker to get things going, I decided to go on up in a lift to try and reset things once and for all. That ended up being a two hour project, going up in the shop and again in the plant to get both sides of the wireless shot reset. It was crazy to me that absolutely none of that was documented, but now it is.

We left work about an hour late, so I was hungry by the time we got home. Summer was cleaned up from work, so we went to La Huerta to sit on the patio with Muad’Dib. We both tried something new, but then she clammed up when I made a comment about not wanting to pay for drinks. That lasted until we finally hashed it out later in the evening.

I took Muad’Dib for a run to my parents’ house as soon as we got home, and then we chatted briefly as Summer went to bed. I finished up my stuff and got ready for work, but had an anxiety attack when i sat down at the computer.

Don’t distill me like that!

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Gary’s Fixing That, Right?

I slept better last night, and took a Soylent to work this morning, but I ended up making a single cup of fresh coffee in my office instead. Charles had a guy named Gary from Victory come by my office to chat about the PLCs, and that was less helpful than I was hoping, but somehow not as unhelpful as I was expecting. I dug into it a bit more myself, but eventually fell back on UPS again.

I had a cheap lunch at Wendy’s, and got a new tire ordered for my Onewheel GT S-Series. Then in the afternoon, I finally pressured Rhonda into trying out an alternative to UPS WorldShip. I’m thinking it will work, and by the time we left, I think she was more open minded about it, though still resistant to change.

We made it home to clean up, then went on an early run. Summer had to close, so I ate some scalloped potatoes at my parents’ house. It wasn’t completely dark by the time we made it home, and we stopped around the block to chat with one of the neighbors I see outside all the time.

Summer went to bed pretty quickly, and I tried not to linger too far behind.

Ohhh, right! That was… garbo….