Not in the Mood to Work

 Today is just one of those days where I just wanna lay in bed and do absolutely nothing. I don't know if it is because the storm that came through in the early hours today, or what. I have been "at work" the past three hours, and am just not feeling the regular "let's get it done" that I usually do. I'm dragging. In fact, I am jumping back and forth in writing this and working.

Been pretty mellow since I got back from ND. The Wife took off and headed to Tucson for a get-away yesterday, leaving me and the Youngest at home. I finally was able to get my temporary card for the VFW Aux. printed, and there was a meeting last night, so I went. Besides, beer is cheaper at the canteen there then the regular bar. It was ... different than I expected. Though, I do feel in the next few months I will be getting more involved with this group. I like some of the things they are doing. Even though I have a Lifetime membership, I am not required to do anything, or even attend meetings. But I think I will.

Afterwards, I met up with my buddy and we talked a bit. While we were in ND, a micro-burst had hit his house. Tore the roof completely off the two-car carport he has, and threw it diagonally across his yard and into a neighbor diagonally behind his house. Also ripped two a/c units from the roof, though not off it. Collapsed a brick pillar at the carport, that somehow managed to not hit his car. He was hoping the rain we got wouldn't hit, as he still has one a/c not replaced, and there is a tarp covering the hole in the roof. I'll be seeing him and another bud tonight to watch the NBA game, and will find out.

Looks like Saturday I will be attending a Celebration of Life for a friend of a friend. This guy, Hollis, I had spoken with a few times on the phone, but we had not had the chance to meet in person, passed away about three weeks ago. his funeral was in Texas, but his wife wanted to do a CoL here as well. Last night, I had heard she had been in Vegas for three days, and while gone, the house was burgled. Ain't that shit on top of losing her husband?! Guess jewelry and electronics were taken, though I am not sure of how much. Some of the jewelry was sentimental valued versus just being expensive. I feel bad about that, but there isn't anything I can do.

Guess that's all I got to ramble about for now.

PeacE

The Recap ... of Nothing

 Not much to say abot anything that happened this weekend. We didn't make it out to look at fence panels. Friday evening, I had the Wife give me a ride up to the pub, and on the way we discussed it. The neighbor's house on that side has been empty for a couple years. She, or her daughter come by every few months and "check on" the property, but mostly it just sits vacant. There have been a couple times we have seen homeless trying to set up in the backyard. She has asked us to call the police if it happened again, but to my recollection it hasn't. Anyways, I guess she had been by earlier in the week, but after the storm. She had lost a tree in the backyard, and noticed that we had very temporarily gotten that part of the fence back up. She spoke to the Wife about block fencing. The Wife shared with me, and I am all for it. This fence is quite aged and weathered, and who knows when the next storm will come through and knock the rest of it down. I don't have the physical ability to get out there and set fence posts and panels.... and financially, we could afford to split the cost of aa block fence along that property side. The Wife will be talking to the neighbor I am sure sometime this week.

The oldest Son came by yesterday! Of course, it was to do his laundry, but still he came by! The laundry facilities at their apartment complex are expensive, as I am sure they are pretty much everywhere nowadays. The middle Son, that shares the apartment, hasn't been by to do laundry in a long time, so would not be surprised to see him be over some day soon as well. But it was good to visit with the older Son. He has plans to meet up with his girlfriend and maybe do a pic-a-nic lunch, then be by here again to pick up the last load of laundry he had left.

Spent part of yesterday watching "Bloodshot", with Vin Diesel. I wasn't impressed. It was one of those comic-book type movies. Then I spent some time playing Warcraft. Later in the evening I ended up on FB and watching videos, which led to YouTube and more time wasted. And I spent all day sneezing and wiping my watering eyes. For some reason, my allergies were just terrible, and I already feel them starting up again today. Which means I won't be trying to go to church. I am sure no one wants to hear someone sneezing and blowing their nose, and wearing a mask while dealing with it? I don't think so.

The title company reached out to me and finally asked for the payoff and an Identity statement for the sale of the old house. I wondered what had taken so long, but glad it is here finally. I'll print those off today, and scan/send them back. Sis said something the other day in a text that the "rehab" that is going on there is almost done. In theory, the contract reads until the end of this month basically, but I do hope we can sell this before then and close. I just want to be disconnected from it.

PeacE

Let's Get This Done

 I am ready for this week to be over. With Monday's storm results, and just trying to make up the missed work time, this week has just felt like it has fragged on and on. Today I will finish up making up the missed time from work, but still means an extra hour today.

Tomorrow the Wife and I will be heading to Lowe's/Home Depot to see about getting some fence panels and posts (plus hardware) to get the fencing fixed. It will have to be delivered as we have no vehicle to transport the 6'x8' panels. Last time we ordered, it took several weeks to get delivered due to the incompetence and miscommunications within the store. Hopefully, those issues won't happen this time.

Sometimes I don't understand some businesses. A few days back, the Wife (who has been working on going through her Mom's things still) had heard of a place that would take in blankets and coats/jackets to be distributed to the homeless. She worked at getting many of the spare coats/jackets stored and also blankets from closets in order to get them to this place. I never realized we had so many blankets. I told her I had no problem with giving them away, as long as it was not any of the quilts that had been made or passed through the family to us. Either way, yesterday she had gotten these items all together (about 2-3 large garbage bags) and loaded them up to take in. She was gone a couple hours. I was on the verge of texting her, thinking she had problems, when she came back home, disgruntled. Obviously, I asked what happened. Seems this company does not deal with public donations. They do hand out those items to homeless, but evidently only when it comes from blah-blah-blah. Yeah. I had quit listening already. In short, they wouldn't take the donation. Try to do something good, and this crap. So looks like the stuff will end up going to Savers/Goodwill.

I admit I have been doing that quite a bit lately. The thing where I am listening, until I am not. It seems my brain takes in the information until it says 'okay not interested anymore' and just tunes it all out. Truthfully, it happens more with my Wife than anyone else. Of course, she has a tendency (in my opinion) to prattle on about things that have nothing to do with the 'story' or explanation - like yesterday's trip. It's like hearing a story from somebody with ADD, that has to explore every tangent and offshoot, while they tell the tale. Sigh. The things I have to work on.....

I guess that is about all I got to talk about right now.

PeacE