Rome wasn't burned in a day.
Rome wasn't burned in a day.
We ran to Walmart for a couple things. I had to pick up some poster board for my owl replacement project. Afterward, I dropped her off at home and went by my parents’ house to try some bò bía my mom made. I didn’t love it.
Once home, I played another couple rounds of PUBG before finishing the owls and writing my apology letter. I think it turned out okay. The delivery’s been made, so at least I can sleep again at night.
Some apowlogy letter…
I played some solo PUBG for a while and made it up to second place, then had dinner and waited for the rest of the guys to get on. Josh, Keno, Clint, and I played several games, but I ended the evening by carrying the corpses of my teammates to victory in my very first ever last-man-standing chicken dinner. I guess the solo games are paying off.
I never actually left for lunch after that. I got a sundae after the trail mix, so I guess there wasn’t much need for anything else. After work, I went to Summer’s for dinner, then came back home for some PUBG before bed. I’m having a hard time getting into bed at an appropriate time, but I guess it’s not affecting me negatively yet.
Valentine’s day is just a corporate invention, but we don’t have to fall for it. We don’t have to ever enjoy anything.
Kids were out of school today, so we had a group day of hanging touch panels. Midway through, we received an email from our assistant superintendent basically scolding everyone for having perfect timesheets that didn’t vary by a minute or two every day. We’ll be riding that scandall for a while, I figure.
While we were at our last room, I accidentally broke an owl kitchen timer on a teacher’s desk, and I felt absolutely dreadful about it. I tried to fix it, but just ended up making it worse. I knew I’d have to find a replacement somehow. Lunch was Taco Bell with Zach and Sara, and Summer met us there. Then it was back to the shop for the rest of the day. We got to leave an hour early, and it was off to find my owl.
I found the timer on Walmart.com, so I tried their brick-and-mortar first. I couldn’t find a single timer shaped like anything other than a timer, so it was off to Kmart. Then T.J. Maxx. Then finally back to the internet. I ultimately decided to go back to the manufacturer and ordered three, since I couldn’t choose a color. Hopefully I’ll get an assortment and not like three of the same color. My idea right now is to stage a crime scene, but time will tell.
When Summer got off work, we went to Denny’s for some burgers, then came home and watched Deadpool before bed. One more day, then it’s back to normal.
“Sorry I broke your owl” -Definitely Allen
After lunch, he told me he had gotten stuck in there a couple times and had to call someone to let him out. Unbeknownst to me, the door between our offices had a key on his side of the door, and hadn’t been re-keyed to match any of our master keys, so he couldn’t get back out of his office except by moving some of the computers out of the way. I made quick work getting them back to my office, but it was fun while it lasted.
After work, I went to my parents’ for some fish soup, then had to go back to work to finish up on a computer that had been giving me trouble. By the time I left, I was ready to head home. I played a few rounds of PUBG with the boys, then it was off to bed.
“He wasn’t even mad! All of this was just for a prank!”
Today was kind of a weirdly relaxed day, mostly due to a pep rally at the junior high. I did make some decent progress on some things I had been working on though, so overall it was a successful day.
People have been so impressed with my Pixel 2 XL that both Sarah and Ronda ordered smaller ones for themselves. I played with Sarah’s for a bit, and really liked the size. The top and bottom bezels didn’t feel as bad as they looked in pictures. I still feel like mine is way too big to comfortably use, but I like the smaller bezels.
After work, I had to run to Walmart to pick up the stuff for a broccoli, rice, and cheese casserole for Ben’s Christmas dinner at his place. He smoked a pork shoulder, and we had all the fixings for a nice barbecue meal. Gary and I traded high scores in Seaquest on the Atari, at one point taking turns doubling each other’s previous scores. It was a really great time with everyone.
Centuries worth of technological advances, and this is what we do with it?
It was a pretty mellow group day, and almost all of us went to Cracker Barrel for lunch. I had the rainbow trout, which was really good. After lunch, I got to visit my buildings to wrap up whatever I could. I ended up staying late to help Summer set up some rooms for quiz bowl.
When we left, I came home and sat in pain from my upper back. I’ve started to think it’s from coughing, but when I’m at home and sat quietly, I don’t cough that much. I’m running out of ideas to fix it, and sleep only seems to make it worse.
Chiropractic is sustained by pseudoscientific ideas such as subluxation and “innate intelligence” that are not based on sound science.
It’s a little weird changing my phone charging routine. I hope it makes a difference in battery life over the lifespan of the new phone. I got a promo email this morning offering $100 credit to purchase a Pixel 2 and activate it on Fi, so I have an email in to customer service to see if I can get the credit.
I spent the rest of the afternoon there playing catchup and blasting mad bass tunes after setting up a scrapped subwoofer in my office. After work, I stopped by my parents’ house and munched on some leftovers, but left because I needed to get a replacement car battery. By the time I got home, I didn’t feel too smurfy, so I settled in and watched the rest of Valerian and just put my car on the charger. Tomorrow should be nice anyway, if I hate to take the bike.
Ay, you getting too skinny, you gotta to eat. Ay, mangia, mangia!
Today was a pretty chill day at work. We cleaned out the graveyard first thing in the morning, then mostly mingled around the shop until near time for our potluck lunch. Ben smoked some awesome turkey, and everyone’s sides came out really awesome. I met Allen at Kroger and picked up some deli mashed potatoes and gravy, a pan of rolls, and a couple jars of turkey gravy.
After lunch, I visited my buildings to take care of a couple things, but mostly to visit with a few people before they left for break. It’ll be work as usual for me until Thanksgiving day.
On the way home, Dad texted and said they had Lexi put down yesterday after her flesh wounds refused to heal. I was glad to hear they had the mercy to keep her from getting worse. I still have a difficult time with pets myself. I feel like I really am over it.
I settled into the evening with In Time, a movie I’d been wanting to see for quite a long time but just never made the time to watch. I liked it alright, but it sort of felt like a communistic propaganda film.
You can do a lot in a day. I just never do.
That bed was AMAZING! I’ve never had such a comfortable bed in a hotel in my life. The mattress, the sheets, the blankets, the pillows… Everything was just exactly how I like it. I was really blown away.
I was mostly on my own for classes today. I went to a 3D printing session, and then a couple of sessions on phishing and security with a guy from Palo Alto that I had talked to at the bar the night before. The phishing session ran a bit long into the break, so after a while I got up for a few minutes and then returned with Allen for the second session. When we got there, the guy was leaving for lunch. We checked the schedule with him to confirm that he was supposed to be there, and then the three of us sat down for a really loose conversation for a few minutes before breaking for lunch.
After we ate, we started to pack up and headed back home. I ended up hanging out at the shop for a while until Ben let everyone go home. We chatted for a while, and eventually I made my way home to unpack. It was a good couple of days, but I’m exhausted, and now I miss the hotel bed.
Stupid, stupid, stupid. Let’s do something stupid instead.
