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Doge You Forget About Me

Zach called me this morning and asked me to run by Crawford to look at a lunch line. That was an easy fix, but evidently the middle school was hit much harder by the storms, so I was the only one in the office for most of the day. They lost quite a bit of equipment over there due to a lightning strike that made its way to the switch from an ethernet port. Gary was replacing switches, and Zach and Josh were working on doors, cameras, and intercoms. The morning went by super quickly while I did what work I could, and watched my Dogecoin make some pretty wild swings.

Gary came back with some food for teacher appreciation week, but then Zach and Josh showed up and the four of us went to CJ’s for lunch. I got sidetracked for most of the afternoon digging through contract info, and discovered some pretty nasty stuff. Then Kyle came down to the shop and asked for some help pulling an HDMI cable through the ceiling at Oakland.

When we finished, I ended up staying super late talking to Mike about cryptocurrencies and Doge. I told him not to be crazy like me. The bubble just keeps on growing, and the fear of missing out on getting rich quickly is driving everyone crazy.

I ran home to change, but had to go by Crawford to replace the CMOS battery in the lunch line computer. Then I took the girls home from karate and finished up some leftovers there while we waited for Summer to get home. We chatted and I hung out for a little bit, but then came home to sleep while Doge picked up some more steam.

Doge stop…believing!

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Classified Woe Is Me Committee

It was a little rainy this morning, but it cleared up and got a little hot by the afternoon. All I could do was try and wrap up a couple projects in my office this morning before my performance review, upon which nothing is based. When lunch time came around, a group of us went to Zaxby’s since the dining room was open. Then I got kicked out of my office for the rest of the day while other reviews happened.

Kyle asked me to take care of something at Sequoyah while he had his turn with Ben, so I ran across town and updated iOS on an iPad while James, The Too Busy For eSchool, Yet Overpaid for a Teacher’s Aid, was running around unable to help. I got back to the shop just in time for our CPPC meeting, so I walked across the street and listened to an old man drone on about simplifying some policies, which I actually agreed with for the most part.

By the end of the meeting, we were all pretty tired of hearing him talk, but we had a mission to condense job titles or roles, and add job descriptions to every role that we have. I’ll be taking that and running with it to try and completely restructure our department, which very possibly might not work, but at least I’ll have tried.

When I finally left work, I had to run by Walgreens to drop off a FedEx package for Josh and pick up some medication that the nurse assured me would stop being filled by the pharmacy since I’ve been off the medication for months. Then I went home for a while before going to Summer’s for dinner.

I wasn’t hungry, but Summer grilled steaks and made some asparagus that sounded really good, and I hadn’t gotten to see any of them today anyway. We ate and chatted for a little bit, and then I headed home to miss the rain and thunderstorms.

Double or nothing.

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Review Letters

It was nice out again, so I took the Shadow to work. I made it just on time for a non-meeting this morning, and then worked in my office until lunch. I convinced everybody to go to Ridgewood Brothers again, and we waited in line until Zach told us we were too late to eat outside. Instead, everyone brought food back to the shop and we ate in the back.

I went with Zach and Gary to swap a projector for a touch panel at Crawford a bit after lunch, then stayed after they left to help demo the new equipment. When I got back to the shop, they were unloading a truckload of new touch panels.

Once back inside, Zach convinced Ben to let us go home at 3:30. Ben had to start reviews, so he kicked me out of my office for the rest of the day and I went to the back and chatted with some of the guys until it was time to go.

Autumn went with a friend after school, but I still had to get Eaddie, so I ran home for a helmet and picked her up. Then she wanted to go see Summer at the shop for a bit before going back to the house to ride her bike. I finally got my letter from Sheri, and as predicted, she had the most to say by a whole lot.

I tinkered around the house picking up random things until Eaddie got back and wanted to watch some House. Summer came over after the gym with a frozen skillet meal, so I cooked that and we watched TV while we ate. Autumn eventually got home after going to the school play, and everyone slowly trickled off to bed.

When things just aren’t going your way, buy Doge.

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Ex Officio

It was still a bit rainy today after some storms last night. I never woke up or heard anything big, so I guess it wasn’t as bad as it looked on the radar. Work was pretty uneventful again until the afternoon. A bunch of us went to Linh’s and actually had good, fast service. Then I went to the junior high to help Brody with some stuff.

School was nearly out, so I waited for Eaddie to get out before heading back to my office. We loaded up some more stuff to bring back home, and then finished the day there before picking up Autumn at the high school.

We went by the shop to see Summer, and she was forced to work down in the pit after someone called in. She had a pretty bad day, so we waited and then all went out to eat at La Huerta for dinner. After we stuffed ourselves, I took the girls home and laid down with Summer for some TV before heading back home to bed.

Not Baader, Meinhof.

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Off the Hook

We had a meeting first thing this morning where Gary basically griped at everyone for showing up at the shop after he literally told everyone to be scarce while the administorm (administratornado?) passes. Evidently Alan came down from upstairs after having some testing issues, and made a comment about seven of us just hanging around the shop. Nevermind that everyone had business there. We’re just the jerkoffs that sit around on computers all day.

I kept super busy all day, but made some time to learn some stuff too, which felt pretty good. I spent a pretty significant part of the day on my phone, because as Ben joked, Brody is an old soul that likes to just pick up the phone and call rather than text or email. I wasn’t terifficaly successful in my own endeavors, but at least I got to a point that I could admit failure.

Ben joined us for lunch at Quiznos after having to bail yesterday. I went with a 4-inch sandwich and cup of soup this time, which actually turned out pretty good. It was still far too expensive, but the food was good and I was plenty filled. Their strawberry lemonade is fantastic too.

At the end of the day, I packed up my speakers to avoid any negative impressions from outside the department. Fantasies of ruling come and go, though even then I could never resist poking the bear. Change requires belligerence.

Summer picked up the girls so they wouldn’t have to wait in the rain, and I went by the shop to visit after work. Eaddie made me play some Tetris while Autumn hid upstairs. When they left for home, I stopped by Taco John’s for a cheap dinner. The evening went by quickly, as they have been. I’ve had a much harder time getting motivated to clean on account of how tired I’ve been. I’m not sure how to remedy that, but maybe some sleep will help.

These go to eleven!

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So You’re PMSing Pretty Bad, Huh?

It was nice enough this morning that I got the R1 out, but I didn’t get much time on it. I started super tired and got a slow start, which landed me at work pretty late, but I stayed even later to make up for it. I felt like it was a pretty productive day of mostly helping others, but I also felt like I was the only one that saw it that way. I’ve been feeling more or less like a superficial cog in the wheel, taking on menial tasks without any real, tangible usefulness.

Lunch at Fat Daddy’s didn’t make it any better. Gary and I got the Tuesday special, which was a “brisket sandwich” that looked like an overcooked philly cheesesteak sandwich without the grilled onions or peppers. It was more like a French dip than anything, and it was pretty awful. I left hungry and dissatisfied, both because of the food and the amount of time it took to get to us. I don’t know how a barbecue place that has to smoke meats hours ahead can take so long to slice and assemble a plate.

The afternoon was successful in that I got rid of the Mac that has been sitting downstairs for the past couple weeks. I was also promised some recommendations for Ben’s position, though I’m not super hopeful about that. I’m cautiously, if not unjustifiably optimistic. Ben told me to take my speakers home, which sort of inadvertently crushed what little bit of happiness I’ve had at work lately.

I stopped by to see Summer on the way home and we chatted a little bit before she went home. Still hungry from a disappointing lunch, I stopped by McDonald’s for a sad bacon double quarter pounder, then Wendy’s for a sad order of fries. I ate, finished up a bottle of apple pie, and watched a couple more episodes of Superman & Lois before crashing for the night.

I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you here today.

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And They Act Like They Forgot About Drapes

I rode the Shadow to work today, and it paid off with a beautiful afternoon. I had to go by Dwight first thing to babysit testing, but of course nothing happened that required anything of me. Karen was right behind me in the office, and had to run to a meeting. When she got back, she said we were having a Classified Personnel Policy Committee meeting next Monday about the salary schedules.

I got back to the shop just in time for lunch, and I met Gary, Zach, Josh, and Brody at Taco Villa. They were busy inside, but we got a perfect table outside for everyone. It actually ended up being a way faster lunch than we usually take, so I stopped by the shop to see Summer before going back to work.

I spent the afternoon helping Josh a bit, and then we went poking around the other dungeon/basement area with Gary, Greg, and Kyle. At the end of the day, I sat in with Ben for a while and chatted. He confirmed the beaded curtain was still in the closet where he originally hid it, so I went back in there and almost immediately found it. I knew it had to be in the box of ceiling tiles, but it just didn’t feel heavy enough and the curtain had fallen down to the bottom of the box. I didn’t notice until I flipped the whole thing upside down and saw a couple beads poking out the bottom.

When I got home, I fixed a webcam for Summer so she could take it to work. Then I went into denial about how hungry I was and dawdled around until I finally broke down and warmed up a can of soup and made some popcorn. It didn’t really satisfy me, but it made me not hungry. In fact, I probably got too full from it all by the time I finished everything.

To wrap up the evening, I finished some laundry while watching the first episode of Superman & Lois. I really just wanted to see how good it was, and it landed about where I expected, if not a little cheesier. It might be a fun watch though, since this was just the pilot.

Just a bunch of gibberish.

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COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE BUSINESS PRACTICES

We had an educational meeting this morning, and covered GoGuardian, our prospective replacement for Impero. We were never really satisfied with Impero, though we hardly broke the surface of what it could do. GoGuardian will allow us to give the parents some control over web filtering though, which is something people want in a time when we’re handing foreign technology to children and basically not educating adults enough to manage that responsibility on their own.

After the meeting, we had to unload a pallet of water bottles, which I still don’t drink because we have a filter on the faucet. Then I spent the whole day in my office working on a workaround to run a piece of software for a high school science course.

Mike ended up taking over half a day off when he left early for an eye appointment before lunch. The more I’m around that guy, the shadier the vibes I get. The rest of us went to Mulan’s for lunch together. Greg complained, presumably because they serve vegetables there, and picked up some Sonic on the way back to work.

The afternoon went by slower than the morning, and several of us took a break to dig around for the hidden bead curtain some more. I called Melinda to check in, and she wouldn’t spill the beads.

When we left, I stopped by to see Summer at the shop for a while, then came on home to start some laundry and clean up a bit. The girls all came over eventually, and three of us watched another episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier. We’re way behind, but maybe tomorrow we’ll get a chance to catch up if it’s rainy all morning.

Pay no attention to the man behind the beaded curtain.

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It’s Curtains for You!

I went in to the office for a little while today, then got a call from Brody to help with something at the junior high. We only sort of fixed that for Matt, then piddled around with some print issues in the library until lunch.

We decided to try Whatta Burger after having possibly not been at all since I started working there. They had changed the decorations again, replacing the generic pictures of hamburgers with some squidly kites. The menu boards and POS systems were all new and lacking any character at all. The burger was fine, but the fries were pretty lame. For a $10 lunch deal, it hardly felt like a deal at all.

After lunch, I spent a good amount of time hunting for my bead curtain. Ben hid it somewhere, and I couldn’t tell whether he played some camera trickery on me. There definitely didn’t seem to be any place for it to hide in that storage room where he originally hid it. I was able to recover my pirate flag, but no curtain.

I was supposed to go by Mark’s after work but forgot in the process of getting the girls ready for karate. Fortunately he called to say he had to leave work, so we’d have to schedule another time anyway. I dropped the girls off, then went to the Neighborhood Market for some extras to dress up one of the school pizzas that Brody brought back for us.

Once I got to Summer’s, I started cooking some bacon and putting the dryer back together. The part went in super easily, and I managed to get all the screws back in the right place. I did put the drum in backwards, but it was symmetrical anyway. The pizza turned out pretty great, and was completely unrecognizable with everything I added.

The girls trickled off to showers and bed, and I headed home for the evening hoping not to lose any more Doge. It definitely hit a low where I was losing, but popped right back up within minutes. It just made me wish I was better prepared to begin with, but now that the money is in the account, trades can happen without any fear of missing out.

Rollercoaster…. of Doooooge.

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I’ve Been Framed

I went to high school first thing this morning and helped Mike finish up his printer swaps. Summer was feeling a little down, so I took her to Brown’s for a late lunch. While we were there, a lady next to us spotted my work shirt and asked why the school board fired our superintendent. Then she laughed at my “politically correct” answer. We continued talking for just a little bit, and she said I looked familiar. I don’t recall meeting them before, but they knew Dad and Julie from the plant.

After lunch, I stopped in to chat with Ben for a little bit about the weird day of disabling your boss’s accounts and building access. Then I went on to the junior high to spend some time with Brody. He didn’t really end up needing much from me, but I did have to fix some print issues in the library.

I got the girls from the high school and took them home so Eaddie could go ride her bike. Autumn did her homework and then came out into the garage with me while I poked around. Eventually I came back inside and started reframing posters to put up on the wall.

Just after Summer picked them up to go home, I realized that I couldn’t find the centerpiece poster of A Journey to the Center of the Earth. I could swear I actually framed that picture at some point in the past, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I also discovered they had shipped me the wrong Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland poster. After three years, I’m not sure I’ll get any resolution, especially after they closed their shop of physical posters. They just posted on Twitter that they’re coming back as ETFs, of course, but they appear to be limiting the availability to only four different posters, with a price of 0.05 Ethereum, which is currently around $120 USD. I don’t intend to pay that much for digital artwork, so hopefully if they won’t send me the missing/correct posters, they’ll at least offer a digital copy I can print myself.

Always check the package.