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Apple Fraud

Today started out a bit better for me, but Summer got called in to work early due to having multiple people out sick. I got a message on my drive in that the scanners weren’t working, and it took me far too long to reach the conclusion of restarting the printers. It didn’t make much sense that two separate devices had the same failure complaining about the SMTP server not having enough resources, but surely as I restarted them, they immediately started working again.

At some point I got a text about a possible fraudulent charge from Apple on my Discover card, so I reached out to Eaddie and got a predictable amount of help. I wasn’t terribly worried about it, and figured I would resolve it later. At some other point, I had a quick anxiety attack that spaced me out for just a moment.

Jacob from Tesla Mobile Service showed up somewhere in the middle of all of that and cleaned the inside of my windshield in front of my cameras. The wipers still came on erroneously, but I no longer had warnings about the camera being obstructed.

I had some cheap McDonald’s for lunch, and then the afternoon was dead silent because everyone upstairs was gone. We didn’t see another soul all day, aside from following one car out of the gate. We had a relaxing drive home and then went for a quick run. I found my heated vest, so I was much more comfortable. We visited my parents, I had a little bowl of some turkey soup and scalloped potatoes, and then we continued back to the house.

Julie texted to remind me that she had a loaf of bread for us, so Muad’Dib and I rode across town to get that. We visited very briefly before heading back to the house, and I sat down with Eaddie to review some charges. There were several attempted Apple charges that I contested, and of course now I’ll have to get a new card number. It will be annoying, but was probably necessary after all three of the girls had access to that card number at some point in time.

Can’t write or rewind.

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Iron, I C

I had a really rough start this morning after a few rough days, so I took some iron and hoped for the best. I got to work and immediately felt pretty bad, but I laid back a bit and leveled out. I mostly documented switch connections in NetBox, but after a while I got tied up in trying to install custom plugins.

We went to Ortega’s for lunch again since a taco salad felt a little more healthy than what I usually eat. Then the afternoon dragged on, cold and dry. I guess having warmer water on hand let me drink more, so that may be the key.

The girls talked about going to the Christmas parade, but bailed on that idea before I even made it through the door. I took Muad’Dib on a quick run in the damp cold, and then had some of the chili that Summer made. She had someone out to scrub the carpets, so half of the living room was soaking wet. I could only find one fan, so I put that on and then tried to wrap up for bed.

burnout paradise

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Granularities

It was an easy drive in today with full cloud coverage relieving my car of any glaring light. I jumped right back into NetBox and worked on that all day long. Teisha stopped by my office sometime before lunch to ask if I had seen the McDonald’s Grinch Meal, so that’s where Muad’Dib and I went. The restaurant was an absolute cluster, full of people standing around waiting for corrections. I’ll never understand what gets that place so out of sync. You’d think the computers would do it all for them. I’ll happily take a robot-assembled hamburger with less drama.

Muad’Dib got in trouble for climbing out of the back seat, and I had to tie him up while I ate. Then we took my new Grinch socks back to the office to show Teisha. I lost myself in NetBox in the afternoon, finally grasping some of the minutiae. If anything, we will be over-documented when I’m through with that place.

We left a little late and got home to run Muad’Dib in the dark. We visited my parents and was pleasantly surprised that they seemed hip to go see Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox this weekend in leu of the kids. We quickly finished our run in the dark, and then the girls wanted to go out to eat.

I quickly changed, and the three of us took Muad’Dib to La Huerta to eat alone on the porch with a singular heater. I was surprised that neither of them complained of the cold, because the heater wasn’t doing much for us. I think what helped the most was the fencing that kept the wind out. We had a good meal, then came back to the house where Summer went to bed and I did some cleaning up, shuffling of things, and set some rat traps. Eaddie left to study, and I eventually raced to bed.

Let’s scrub some carpets!

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Todo lo que puedas comer

I ran a little late today, but still arrived on time, and dove into more of my NetBox buildout. The morning wasn’t bad, but the afternoon got tiring. Summer came through on her way home from Little Rock, and we met at Ortega’s for lunch. They had an all-you-can-eat for about the price of one of their lunch specials, so I had that with an assortment of goodies. It was probably the best no-frills Mexican food I’ve had in a long time. They weren’t elevated dishes, but they tasted great, and were all molten hot.

Summer took Muad’Dib home with her because she had been having a rough day and needed some company at home. I finished what I could and made it home to take him on a run as it got dark. My board died again, but I was able to limp it back to the house where I cleaned up a bit and wrote a bunch of reviews before bed.

You look like you know what tastes good.

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Clock Ticks

We got out of the cold, wet house early this morning, so I stopped by Hardee’s for breakfast. Once at work, I tried to pick a task and stay focused, but I still felt a little like I had imposter syndrome. We took our short McDonald’s break and finished out the afternoon with a bunch of reviews.

I grabbed a deal from Taco John’s when we got back home, then stopped at Superfast for some washer fluid while Summer was there for a late team meeting. When we got to the house, I ate my Taco Bravo and then made a ham sandwich while starting some laundry. It wasn’t until after it was nearly done that Dad texted about bánh tôm chiên khoai lang. Summer said she wanted those when she left work, so I started walking with Muad’Dib and she picked us up along the way.

I wasn’t very hungry by then, but I had a couple with Summer and then we headed back to the house to fight about laundry.

Twenty One a Day

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The Gathering

We grabbed Burger King and made it to work this morning through lots of sunshine, but it was still cold out. It was a short day with lunch from Marketplace Grill. I got the cilantro lime shrimp tacos, which were good even after the long drive, but just didn’t fill me up. They cut us loose at 2:30, so we ran home to find Eaddie making chocolate covered strawberries.

I took Muad’Dib for a run early since it felt too cold and tiring to ride the Onewheel to Point Remove later in the evening. He did great, and I got some rice from my parents so I could eat the steak that was left for me in the fridge at home. We got back and I ate, and then cleaned up before picking up Dad to go to the bar.

Tom and Angela were already there and trying to gather chairs, since they were absolutely packed with holiday visitors and trivia night. I saw Toby and Kyle that I knew from the schools, and more and more family trickled in. Muad’Dib and I went outside with Brandan to get Cutie, but she got way overstimulated inside with all the people, noise, and especially food, so he had to take her back out to the car for most of the night. I was really proud of Muad’Dib, and eventually just let him off the leash because he was happy to sit right by me.

We had a good time visiting, but it really was too loud. I hate the bar atmosphere. We parted ways, I dropped Dad off and got the turkey and ham, and then it was a rush to bed so I could start smoking early in the morning.

Good dog.

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Dogtown

Summer and I happened to end up in traffic around the same time, as there had been a wreck and vehicle fire right outside of Morrilton. She continued on to Little Rock and I got to work right around eight. Janice brought a tiny little goblin dog to work, so Muad’Dib had fun running around with her. We were up and down the stairs several times and stayed really busy all day.

PetSmart called early in the morning and wanted to move Muad’Dib’s appointment up an hour, citing that they were really busy leading up to Thanksgiving, and that they wanted to make sure he had plenty of time away from other people and dogs. It didn’t make much sense to me, since I figured an appointment time was just for him, but from the sound of it, they do several dogs at once in batches, and then kennel them between steps. It didn’t make much sense to me, but luckily I remembered that Summer would be passing back through. I had her pick him up and take him home, and then Eaddie delivered him to PetSmart at three.

I grabbed a quick lunch at McDonald’s and then continued David’s quest to learn how to import documents. I got a call about an hour and a half earlier than I expected, telling me that Muad’Dib was about finished, so I headed back home to get him. They said he did well, but I was actually disappointed in how much I paid for such a short service. We probably won’t be doing that again.

Summer said something about going to the store when she got off work, so I thought I’d go with her. When I got home, the kids had eaten two of the three steaks and left me one, and Summer none. I took Muad’Dib on a quick run, and he absolutely flew down the street. When we got back, I learned that at some point, Summer thought to eat the rest of the squash, which left me with a slab of meat and literally nothing else. The kids went with her to the store, so Muad’Dib and I went to Taco Villa.

They had my taco salad made quickly, and I didn’t notice when he followed me in the door, but we got back outside and ate at a picnic table in the cold. It was nice to decompress. Afterward, we went by the old house to look for a few things. Dad had emptied the cabinets, but I was lucky enough to find one of the things I was looking for.

When we got back to the house, Eaddie told me that they weren’t going to see Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox with us because she just learned that they wanted to record for the Tech band album they’re releasing. I tried to talk to her about commitments, but that fell on deaf ears, and nobody around here is willing to put family over anything else.

Well I guess if you want to be alone, be alone

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Wingin’ It

We left in some light rain this morning, but had time to stop at Hardee’s for a burrito. I had a pretty quick anxiety attack in the morning, which put me out of whack for a lot of the day. On top of that, I was a little offput by the constant talk of AI when it was actually easier for me to just follow a well-documented tutorial to perform the import task we were trying to do.

When lunch time came around, we grabbed some fries and a drink from McDonald’s, and then Casey’s had a deal on chicken wings. We got back and stuffed ourselves in the office. Then things were mostly quiet until quitting time.

It was still wet by the time we got home, so we didn’t go on a run. Summer got some broccoli and I started the smoker to cook some steaks I had picked up on clearance. Eaddie finally made it home from her weekend trip, and we had a nice dinner together before cleaning up and dispersing. I stayed up later than I intended writing reviews, but they had to get done.

Snoop C-O-Double-U

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Inside Outside

I got pulled off of my NetBox project today, but then struggled to focus on my new tasks a bit. People started leaving around lunch time, so Muad’Dib and I got a free Snack Wrap from McDonald’s and some sides from Sonic, and then spent the entire afternoon by ourselves upstairs.

We got home fairly quickly after work, and we had a quick run before making it back to the house where Summer was home really early. We ended up going to Pointe Remove in town to see what that would be like. It was surprisingly pretty empty, so we walked on through to the patio with Muad’Dib. I hadn’t noticed him, but Gary saw us and walked over to join us for the evening.

We ordered a couple drinks, a large charcuterie board, and eventually a pizza that were all fairly good. There was a guy playing guitars and harmonicas that were all cranked up a bit too loud for us, but we had a good time catching up.

It was a bit late when we got back, but it took us a little while to wind down for bed. Eaddie was gone for Texas, so this weekend will likely be for chores.

o-u-t

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NetBoxing Day

It rained quite a bit this morning, so the drive to work was mostly manual. We got into Morrilton earlier than I expected though, so I stopped at McDonald’s for a free frappé. I jumped right into NetBox to try and get it going, and basically started over when my GPT guide went off the rails and Linux got a little scary. I wanted to keep things as clean as possible to avoid issues with my lack of understanding later.

I had an anxiety attack sometime in the morning while I was sitting there. We had a late lunch through some sprinkles, and then Janice had cake for Tyler’s birthday when we got back. The afternoon went by fairly quickly, and it sounded like I would be mostly alone next week as the holidays come around and people start using time off.

The drive home was more relaxed than I expected, but it was still raining when we got to the house, so we didn’t run. Summer got home shortly after I did, and we finished up some leftovers. Eaddie was home doing laundry, but eventually left to record something for band. I tried to clean up a little, did some reviews, and finished super early.

But did you document it?