Debating The Trip

 A few days ago, a good friend of sent me a text picture. It was a simple picture of a paper bag, from a local eatery, that I really like: White Castle. Seems he, or his girlfriend had made the trek 'across town' to the only one in the Phoenix area I know of, and brought it home for him. I also add, he was not a true friend, and offer some to me. Instead he selfishly ate it all (as I would have done as well). This morning's internal debate, is if I shall travel over yonder, and maybe pick up a couple cases (should last a couple days) for dinner tonight. I shall ponder it throughout the workday.

Speaking of it being a work day, allegedly, the Project was to end yesterday. However, on Tuesday, they moved me up to being a QC'er, to check on the work everyone was doing. Which is nice - a little more money per hour, plus, this level lasts on the Project longer. So I may be one this one for a possible additional week or more - at the higher pay level. It's nice they finally got me back in to doing the QC work.Though it is barelyam this morning, I may be logging in at 5am, just to get  the work day done, though, I feel I won't. I'll end up doing my social media, emails and whatnot and wait until 6 to start.

Flatulence. The Wife complains about mine frequently. I don't know if it happens to be necessarily because of the aromatic content, or the frequency, or the decibels of sound. I know that if I do make it to the East side, and pick up those wonderful, little sliders, she will be complaining. Our last trip to Indiana had me having some for breakfast (yummy!) and we were traveling north about 3 hours. She was not a happy camper. But then again, she doesn't work at home lik eI do, and would not be here to "enjoy" the next days results. Decisions, decisions.

PeacE 

Weekly Update

 Welcome to 2:50am and another post that just leaves you wondering why you even bother coming here to read my drivel. Well, except for RM. I know she comes here to find out what is going on in my life, since I'm the bad sona nd don't call  or visit as much as I should. Speaking of, I may try to get out there this week. I picked up something I thought RM might like, but then she may not like as well. Will have to wait and see. Now I know you will be waiting in anticipation for a visit from me, RM.

Not much going on this weekend here around the house. Last week we had had a good windstorm preceding some rain, and it blew off one of the attic vent turbines on the roof. Middle son came over yesterday and climbed up there to see if he could fix it. Nope. So at some point here soon I will need to go to Lowe's or Home Depot to find an updated version of the vent. I say updated, as a video I saw shoed this newer type, that can easily replace the type I have up there now, without actually pulling shingles and the whole assembly out to replace. He said as of now, it sits on the vent, but won't spin. At least it will keep birds/cats/rain out of the venting to the attic for now.

Last week was a pretty good week for me getting some ARCs fo books I have been wanting to read. I got through a couple last week, and have a couple to get to this week. I love getting the books ahead before they reach the market. I may not be good about writing a review for it, but it is what it is. You know I don't try to "puff up" anything, even if I like it. The next three months show about at least 3-4 books each month I am looking for to be out. So I might be able to swing in a few others I have had sitting in my library for awhile. I think it was a couple weeks ago, I went through my ebook library and deleted many I had have there for some time. I read many plot descriptions, and at times wondered why I even held on to that book/series. So there was a "bit" of them that got deleted out.

Work will continue on Monday. I might have mentioned that they estimate this project going until Wednesday. Which means I expect it to dry up on Tuesday, after maybe a half day of work. Not sure how fast they will be able to move me into another project. That may give me the time to swing out to RM's. I read she has something for me as well, though, she may want to hold onto it until Christmas. Saves a bit more on shopping. Hmmm, maybe I should do the same. I dunno. Sometimes I just don't like to wait.

Welp, I guess I will close this off and ramble off to do something else. 

PeacE

Not Much To Say

 Work is still going. Life is still going on as well. Nothing much exciting is happening.

I'm up early today to start work early. I want to get down a little earlier than ususal to get some reading time. Recieved two new ARCs to get read.

PeacE

Idle No Longer ...

 Received an email Saturday from the Company (admin works on Saturdays?) and asking if I wanted in a project starting today. Of course I said I wanted in. This one is slated for 1-1 1/2 weeks so will see how long it actually goes. When I got the follow-up email from the team manager, I discovered that I will be working with some people I have done previos projects with, and enjoy their company. Most of them are in other states, so I have not personally met them, or even seen a picture, but from our brief conversations seem nice. So back to work here in just over a couple hours.

I am up early today. With a mandatory start time (for the meeting to acquaint us to the project) being at 8am my time. I went to bed a little after 9pm, and was awake several times in the early morning hours. I managed to cat-nap until about 5am then decided I might as well get out of bed. A morning craving for a soda and some 'rollers' (today's selection was Johnsonville firecracker sausages) I ran up to the Qwik Trip. I took up my 52-oz refillable and got some Mountain Dew. I probably shouldn't have it due to the sugar, but oh well. Life is no fun unless you live it to teh fullest every now and then. As I got back home, I hear the shower running... at 5:30am? The Wife was still in bed, so it must be the Youngest up early getting it in before school. Middle Son is supposed to be by this morning at some point before he heads to Tucson for a couple days.

The Wife was taking out a small bag of trash, and while over at teh side of the house where we store the trash cans, she found one of the attic vent turbines. Evidently during the pre-storm winds, it had been blown off the assembly. From the front of the house, I saw another one up against the heat pump, looking like it had been blown off as well. I think I will ask Middle Son to hop up there and slide them both back on for now. The one Wife found was pretty dented and maybe out of alignment, but it will have to do (at least cover the vent) until I can get a newer one. Saw something online that looked like a better deal, and won't blow off in high winds.

Before getting any of my sugary concaction this morning, I did my regular BP and Glucose checks. Both were a little high (typical for me the past month or so). Doctor's office called me on Friday, and re-scheduled my appointment to a few days after it was originally scheduled, but it is still just over a month away. I am sure, even with it being a new doctor, that they will bump up the doages on my meds a little to get me into the range they want. Probably another 5 mg on the BP, and another 250 mg on the Metformin. That size dosage last time the insurance would not cover, but maybe showing that after a 3-month intake, that it really does need to be higher, perhaps they will cover it now. Find out then....

RM& PT celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary yesterday. Today they are leaving town to head 'up north' to a place they rented for a few days. PT likes to do it every year as it gives him a change of location. RM seems just happy to be off work, and had commented that they will probably do the same things they do at home, but at least she won't have to worry about work. The Wife and I celebrated 31 years earlier this year. Time sure is going by....

Guess I should close this off so I can get some of regular computer stuff done before having to start work.

PeacE

Sitting Idle

 Tuesday, the Project I was working on ended. From my perspective, it should have gone through Thursday at least, but I think they broughtt opn many more people I was not expecting. So since then, I have been sitting idlely by, waiting for them to re-assign me to another project. I had mentioned before about a 'List" I had signed up for, that also notifies about these type of projects. I have had about three contacts for jobs in the Phoenix area, but unfortunately, have aall been for JDs, which I am not one.

The Youngest has started school, and our crazy parenting taxi serviuce has begun. With the early hour practices throughout the year (Zero Hour) we again have to get him there prior to the time the bus would. Most days the Wife will take him, as it is near the time she needs to be heading to work. I will take him on Wednesdays, which has a little later start, but still earlier than the bus drop-off. At least mine is only through Marching Season, which would end by mid-November, even if they went to Super State in competition.

Welp, with nothing going on for me, Iguess I ain';t got much more to write about today.

PeacE

4am Rambles

 I was supposed to have a family dinner (Wife, myself, and Youngest, with the bday boy) but it didn't happen. Middle Son texted about 20 minutes prior to our scheduled time to meet up, stating he was not feeling well, and was calling out. I understand. Stuff Happens. I went around the house, found the Wife and informed her of my received text. She said he had said something similar to her. I went back to watching the episodes I was watching.... for 20 minutes.

The Wife comes in, says that since Middle son cancelled, she had no plans about fixing dinner, since we were going to go out. I knew this was going to happen, so I said, well, we can still go out, though somehwere cheaper, or at least cheaper than where we planned the bday dinner. We ended up at Chili's. Not a bad place, but everywhere is suffereing the Covid results, and people not wanting to work, so staffing shortages... and this place has had it going on for awhile. We eat here maybe once every 4 months, give or take. This was the worst time. I waited longer to get 2 to-go boxes, and the tab, than the 20-30 minute wait to get seated. Yeah.... but the food was still good, except, it tasted like it had been sitting under the heat lamp for 20 minutes... all three of our meals - and mine was a salad. Limp lettuce....yuck!

Since none of my kids read this blog, yet I know RM does, I decided tonight, for Christmas, I want to try to put together a family genealogy for each of mine. I reached out to an uncle on my Dad's side. I will be reaching to one on RM's side (and I know he has been doiung this so he will have info). And tomorrow I will ask the Wife if someone in her family has also done this, or at least through her aunts'uncles and we fiull in the rest. I foresee much work to input info in my future. I am not good at Excel, and I have no idea if some genealogy site has a workable 'spreadsheet' to add info, etc. Guess I am going to lear a bit.

I think I will be leaning quite a bit on my Uncle M on RM's side. He has been doing this genealogy thing for awhile, and has amassed quite a bit of info about past relatives on that side of the family. Though it is great to have as much info as possible, I am happy with the more simplistic part, going thru parents, grandparents, etc, not necessarily the extended of siblings, etc in each branch. Will see how it goes. It might be a bigger bite than I bargained for.

And yes, I am up at this bright hour, only because I could not sleep at all this night. Not looking forward to having to work an 8-hour day, but I can start early, and maybe take a 2 hour nap break midday...? Will see what happens.

PeacE

Am I Really *That* Bad?

 Around about a week ago, while going through social media (meaning Facebook) I came across a posting made by a friend that graduated high school a year after I. She had been part of the 'clique' I ran around with, and according to FB had a great family and career after HS. Shad had gotten married, had two boys, yadda, yadda, yadda. She was, according to appearances, a great mom, taking pictures of first day of school, events the boys were in, pics of vacations. a'Cleaver'family if I ever would describe them. So back to this post .... it was a "family update sharing" and basically announcing that the oldest (son) is trans and non-binary. She included three info boxes of info like what pronoun(s) to use when addressing this person. They/their, her/she - what the .... She also recently posted the annual 'First Day of School' pics, and the older sibling (I still say boy) now has shoulder-length hair, held out of his face with a cloth hair band like the Wife uses. But still looks male to me. I also note, I went back through her pictures (no I was not stalking) and noticed she had removed any picture that would have had this child shown as a male, and maybe had his name in it, since the "gender reveal" they also gave they/their/she/her a female-sounding name. Freakin' weird, am I right?

I just don't get it. In high school, there were a very few number of people that I thought were homosexual (guys and girls) and after HS found out that the were (one is still good friends with me). That doesn't bother me much. What bothers me is this trans-gender, multi-pronoun, don't know which bathroom to use, or change sex so I can dominate at a sport of the weaker sex. Sigh, even cross dressers I don't get. I am not even getting started on the guy in charge of the Nation's mental health care... I'm starting to feel sick to my stomach.

Where is all this crap coming from? I could understand if it was only teens - lashing out to the parents or school, or society for what they feel is being wronged to them, or something... maybe understand that. I just am not accepting of it.

Though I have apologetic feelings that my friend has to deal with this, in her seemingly perfect family, I have respect for her. Respect that they are dealing as best they can, and hopefully are not letting it destroy they're family dynamic. I am sure it takes a lot to be this accepting of somthing (especially since I don't think it is real - just wanting attention).

Ok, rant over, and I feel very little better. I am sure most that read here will probably agree with how I feel above. There may be a few of you that strongly disagree. Don't come back.

On the good side, I became a great uncle late last week. The Brother's Middle Child and his girlfriend had their baby, a boy. For Reverend Mother, I think it is her first great grandson (having at least 2 great granddaughters already). The Brother's Youngest is due within the next month I believe. In fact, I guess she was having some kind of severe pain last night and they took her in to the hospital. Later I receiuved a text "Not yet" assuming he meant she wasn't having the baby. I don't know why he is texting me, as he knows I am upset with him right now.

It is good to say that it is back to work tomorrow. Friday, the work flow looked as if it might stretch through all this week, but I am not 100% sure. So I think I will rest up today, and just chill at home.

Oh, and today is the birthday of the Second Son (Middle Son, Third Oldest, Second Youngest) and he turns 20 today. We will be going out to Texas Roadhouse for dinner tonight with him.

PeacE

TGIF fer Sure

 Usually, a Friday doesn't make me feel so elated as this one does. It has been a bit of a week for me, dealing with idiots in my life, and re-adjusting to a work schedule after not working for a few weeks. But it is Friday, and I am looking forward to a couple days of at least not working on the Company project. This one is a bit draining with the amount of information....

No big plans for today, or this weekend. I know I have three book reviews I need to get done at some point. Sunday is the Middle Son';s birthday, so he took the day (night) off work. We are planning to go to dinner at Texas Roadhouse (his pick). I know we haven't really picked up any gifts for him, as we have no clue what he would need/want, and when we ask, he never knows either. Maybe a couple restaurant gift cards, so I kow he won't go hungry.....

Welp, I need to get back to work.

PeacE

A Little Good News ....

 

I wasn't really implying that today's post title was strictly about a video.... As I was typing it, I thought, wasn't that a song as well? So I had to look it up, and sure enough. Then I had to watch/listen to it. As soon as it got into the second line, I realized the song, and that I had heard it quite a bit growing up. Anne Murray had a few other songs I liked as well ...that story maybe for another day.

Some good news: Got an amail from the Company and have a project starting today. The original email said it was slated to last three weeks, but a later email says two. Either way it is work. I'm just waiting on the meeting we are to have this morning.

Yesterday also brought some mail from 'The City'. It was a basic threat letter that our lawn has been reported/cited for being over 6 inches in heigth. It has a couple spots that are near that high, but really? We do not have an HOA in our neighborhood, because, well, I think they are nothing but a bunch of do-gooders that do nothing but go around reporting their neighbors. I undestand the purpose to keep the area looking nice, so property values stay higher, but still.... I know we still have some people around the neighborhood that go out of their way to report people. Sad part is, we get this notice, when there are multiple other properties that look way worse than ours...even from within sight distance of my front yard. Either way, I meant to get up extra early this morning to mow, but even at 7:30am it was too hot. So I decided to put it off to this evening after I run Youngest to his band practice around 6pm. Hopefully by then it will be under 100.

So, today has a little good and little bad news. 

PeacE