{"id":8177,"date":"2024-10-28T21:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T02:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/?p=8177"},"modified":"2025-04-23T00:44:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T05:44:29","slug":"lets-carve-a-smile-on-that-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallopingcow.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/28\/lets-carve-a-smile-on-that-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Carve a Smile on that Face"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a quiet, slow drive in today. I had a little note from Randy in my chair, thanking me for being a part of the team. I figure he was required to write it, but it was nice all the same, and the words felt genuine because they mirrored the comments he&#8217;s made to me ever since I started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guys came and went, but mostly went, leaving me alone for lunch. I went to Rally&#8217;s and had a pretty disappointing burger because they were out of bacon without any recourse for my prepaid online order. I ate it at my desk and waited for others to come around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Randy texted and asked me to take care of a printer issue upstairs, so I rebuilt that from scratch. The HP printer has an incredibly annoying requirement to read a PIN from a hidden label inside the machine in order to get to the remote settings. It was clear that the initial deployment wasn&#8217;t done correctly, or at least not completely. She shouldn&#8217;t have any more issues now though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The afternoon went by pretty quickly as we tackled various puzzles. I left a little bit late, and traffic was relatively light but unnecessarily slow. I got stuck under the speed limit for a few miles, and then got behind a gravel truck that was spewing pebbles through Conway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eaddie and Eli were practicing their instruments when I got home. I immediately took the dogs out for their run, ran through my parents&#8217; yard, around the basin, and back home. They did pretty well and got their hot dogs afterward. Then I jumped right into making burritos for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got pretty heated at Summer and the kids after I called to them several times. Evidently it&#8217;s my fault for not explaining to them that I won&#8217;t call them unless I want them to come to me. Nobody offered to help; nobody said they were on the way; nobody said thanks; nobody told me to pound sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ate and excused myself to try and wrap up the rest of my evening. Dad eventually showed up to eat, and then we got to carving pumpkins. The mallet and &#8220;cookie cutters&#8221; I got from Amazon Vine were ridiculed at first, but ended up being a &#8220;hit&#8221; once they started using them. They were difficult to extract, but with some care, they worked really well. We got everyone cleaned up and shuffled off, and I made a speed run for bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/pw\/AP1GczNYl01AMzPC1aUfuwKH9tTZjFzNhcNJwEqiqsGa0iqL4o1F9VbMc-HBcgNRKJafyXSA5cWui5wtHWs63x6xYxRpFP99fxasXwTz_MM2quHn0dbhnkwkkgQCxFqCdx6FqZnLhnytQa5LWuAi1EERnHwaCQ=w1638-h1233-s-no-gm?authuser=0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Burrito Stuff<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a quiet, slow drive in today. 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