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Listen

Summer got up and made us pineapple upside-down pancakes for breakfast. Eaddie was up late, so she didn’t get up until she had to start getting ready for band camp. I did some reviews and cleaned a while, eventually getting a shower so we could go to a matinee in town. I hadn’t heard anything leading up to the release of Disclosure Day, but it looked interesting.

We dropped Muad’Dib off with Dad and then made it to the theater just in time. I was pretty annoyed by the number of stuck pixels that were clearly visible in the middle of the film, but otherwise it was a good movie. Summer was clenched for a lot of the suspense, and the topic of aliens didn’t freak me out like it would have as a child.

Afterward, I dropped Summer off at home and then took the Onewheel to get Muad’Dib. She was making a sandwich when we got back, so I sat down to have one with her. I did a bit more cleaning up and then we watched a couple episodes of Funny AF and a little YouTube before she went to bed surprisingly late. I was up later doing a bit more, but I tried not to be up too late past midnight.

Swell!

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Import-ant

We had a little bit of rain this morning, but nothing more than a sprinkle. We got there early and went straight upstairs where I thought I was going to easily have an import ready into the sandbox. Boy, was I wrong. I got Tammy to come upstairs to talk to me about it for a while, and I think I finally understood enough to continue on with my test. Muad’Dib didn’t like her there, or anyone else for that matter. He jumped and snipped at her, so he was in trouble for the rest of the day.

We went to Sonic for a small, cheap lunch, but then grabbed some curly fries from Arby’s on the way back. I fought with Traverse, Excel, and everything else the rest of the afternoon. I ended up leaving a little later and walked out with everyone else, but that meant traffic was a little better somehow. For some reason, my car didn’t have a data connection for navigation, even though streaming music and everything else was still working.

We made it home where Eaddie had Eli and Ceci over. Summer was in a bath, but eventually came out to have dinner with me. I was frustrated with Eaddie for still not having my earplugs, and she kept giving both of us attitude when we asked about them. We have a concert next weekend, and there’s no reason I shouldn’t have what’s mine.

I eventually drained the basement again while I took Muad’Dib out for a late run, finishing up in the dark. Then I did some more cleanup and reviews until a late bedtime as my legs continued to swell from being out of my hydrochlorothiazide.

And now we’re out of lisinopril, too.

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Mowtown

I chatted with Teisha for a while this morning because she had brought a bushel of bananas and grapes from a tipped truck. Then I tried to assemble a collection of documentation to funnel into NotebookLM for Traverse magic. It was otherwise a really quiet day, though I did spend a little time downstairs.

We picked up some wings from Casey’s for lunch, and they were pretty good. It was a good thing I decided to finish them, because I didn’t eat again for the day. Eaddie had gone to the other house to mow with Dad in the morning, and Julie called in the evening wanting to go finish the back yard over there, and then tackle my parents’ house after work.

When I got home, Summer had just finished mowing our yard, so I let her stay home while I went over with the trimmer. Muad’Dib ran along the way, and Eaddie met us there from Clarksville. She mowed while Kevin and I trimmed. Julie vacuumed the pool, and we knocked everything out. It was miserably humid, but the real heat has yet to come.

I finally made it back to the house and did what I could there before bedtime. Eli came over and Eaddie wanted to watch The Greatest Showman, so we found somewhere to stream that and then I went to sleep.

stupid and unmotivated

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Long Day Under Water

I woke up last night with an intense pain in my right foot, which I’m guessing was from the weight of the covers, as light as they were. My feet have been hurting from the Onewheel, and I guess it was just sensitive to the pressure while I was asleep on my back for a while. We managed to get out with another burrito, but this time it was actually a little juicy somehow. It dripped through my fingers and I got a drop on my shirt, but it wasn’t too bad. We made it in for another day on the struggle bus, but I did get assessment mode working on a test machine.

We went to Sonic for lunch, but I didn’t feel great. It was super windy and hot, and I was already tired. It had been kind of a long morning, but the afternoon dragged on even worse. It felt like I was there for three days. Near the end of it, Joel came in to ask me to think about a way to automate some manual data entry stuff that they’re doing, so I went downstairs to talk to Rhonda about it. The whole process was awful, and worse, I had no idea where to start to make it better. I’ve just got to get up and spend some time downstairs with these people to see what they’re doing.

We got home a little late, but Summer had chicken ready for me to throw on the grill, so I got that started. We had a quick barbecue chicken dinner with some potatoes and Brussels sprouts, and then did a quick cleanup. Afterward, I drained the basement and took Muad’Dib on a short, modified run. We briefly stopped to see my parents, but tried to get back home early.

Eaddie was gone helping Autumn move all evening, but had to come by for a bunch of boxes. She was upset that after all of the behavior issues and nonsense everyone has had to deal with, Autumn continues to just get whatever she wants all of the time. She’s got a nice house that everyone keeps filling with things she wants instead of making her tough it out with some cheaper starter stuff. She said she wasn’t going to have nearly as much stuff when she finally moved out, and I told her she would, because she would also have the respect of everyone around her for doing it on her own.

I cleaned up a bunch more, and finally ran to bed, fretful that it would only be Thursday.

Come on, brain. Do the thing!

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You Can’t Hear an Enzyme

I managed to air fry a burrito and get out the door in a decent amount of time this morning, along with a bunch of other food for the day, which meant I wasn’t leaving the office. First thing, Teisha reminded me that I had my open enrollment meeting, so I sat in for that before even going upstairs. Then I tinkered with my VMs some more.

Around lunch time, I ended up outside with Joel while Dexer and Muad’Dib ran around together. Then I went upstairs to eat and finish up the afternoon. I barely left in time to make it to therapy, but I still managed to beat Summer there. It was a fairly stressful session for me because she was up in her hormones, but we survived and made it home.

I pulled out a little side table for her to assemble, then started the sump and took Muad’Dib on a run. He did okay for most of it. He got to stop at the hispanic house on the corner of the new neighborhood and get a bunch of pets before we made it to my parents’ house. Then I cleaned up and got ready for bed.

Action Items

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Reviews R Us

We managed to get out a couple minutes early today, so it would have been a good day to pick up breakfast, but I brought a frozen grilled cheese and banana instead. Eventually I’ll run out of sandwiches, but until then, I’m still living off of Two Rivers.

I had a couple phone calls, but nothing too pressing. I just kept tinkering with my new test VMs and Intune, with a Wendy’s break in the middle.

Summer was home a little before us, and she and Eaddie had gone through a bunch of stuff Eaddie “shopped” from Autumn’s hoard before she moves into some place she’s paying her father to rent for her(???). Summer and I ate our leftover Pasta Grill, and then we sat down to do a ton of reviews on the clothes and things I’ve gotten her on Vine.

As it started to get a little darker, I took Muad’Dib on a run. I ran the hose out from the basement but completely forgot to turn on the sump, so after we visited my parents and made it back home, I had to kick it off. I did at least figure out the garage door remote situation, so that was a win. I stayed up a little late cleaning up and finishing the basement, and then it was off to bed.

Make something up if you have to.

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They-Merch

Summer got up to make pancakes this morning, but realized that she had almost none of the ingredients she needed. Evidently she planned to have Eaddie go fetch what was missing when she left to go pick up her car that she didn’t bring home for some reason, and Eaddie didn’t get the memo that we were waiting on her to be able to cook said breakfast. I pushed Summer to call her back, and of course she didn’t answer her phone. By then it was nearly time to get ready to leave for our matinee of Masters of the Universe, but she insisted that she wanted to go pick up the ingredients herself and at least make eggs, sausage, and toast.

We had breakfast, I got cleaned up, and we left for Conway. We arrived with time to get snacks, upgrade Summer to a collectible cup, and catch the few previews that played between a bunch of other commercials.

I kind of wanted to see the movie, but I wasn’t nearly as excited as Summer. I still couldn’t believe she grew up completely unaware of the original movie, and I knew nothing of the cartoon. She only knew the cartoon. It was a fun movie that didn’t take itself seriously at all, though not to the extent that Barbie didn’t. It was entertaining, and the best role I’ve personally seen Jared Leto play.

After the movie, we headed to Sam’s Club to see what they had, and then we landed at Chuy’s for dinner. Summer loved how fabulous our server was, and we both had food to take home. Muad’Dib was incredibly excited to see us, so I let him run alongside me as I took the baby robot mower to my parents’ house. Then I took him on a short ride around the block on the Onewheel.

Summer had long been in bed, but I managed to get things cleaned up, fight with the garage door remote programming, and get ready for work in the morning in record time, and then headed to bed myself.

Life is a series of absurdities leading to infinite nothingness.

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Bloody Meat

I was pretty sure I had an anxiety attack in my sleep last night, but it may have been a dream. I felt like I had a mild headache when I woke up from it. Summer had to work for a bit today, so she left and I got up to write some reviews. I finished all of the stuff we had for salad for an early lunch, and then she asked if I wanted to take her out to a late lunch when she got off of work. I wasn’t sure how hungry I’d be, but by the time I got ready and Summer got home and took a bath, Eaddie said she wanted to join us. Eli had just come over but his mother was cooking dinner later, so we let him babysit Muad’Dib while we ate.

Summer wanted Pasta Grill, and we got there just a little bit before they were actually open, though there were a couple other parties already waiting inside to be seated. We got a table and I decided to try the prime rib cooked medium instead of medium rare. I think that helped with some of the toughness I’ve not enjoyed before. We all had leftovers to take home, and then Eaddie left with Eli.

Summer spent the rest of the night on the couch while I tried to do some more reviews and cleaned up a little bit. I eventually started draining the basement again and took Muad’Dib out for a run. We encountered another lady walking a couple of dogs, but one was off of his leash. I stopped to see if it was just a loose dog following her, but it was hers. We chatted for a surprising little while as we passed her the second time, and then we continued around, skipping the basin due to flooding again.

We visited my parents, but it was so humid out that I started not feeling well. I sat down there for a minute to get my heartrate down, and then we made a straight shot home. I had to cool down a bit again, but I eventually joined Summer on the couch for one more episode of Funny AF. I’ve gotten a few chuckles out of it, but overall I wouldn’t say I’ve really loved it.

As soon as Summer turned off the TV, Muad’Dib got up and kept leading us uto bed. I stayed up to do some more reviews, but finally had to get to bed around midnight.

What a pain in the ass.

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Kolache

Shipley’s has a free glazed donut with purchase every Friday this month, so I got us out of the house early enough to swing through for that and a kolache.

I spent all day playing in Intune and Hyper-V.

We took a late lunch to Taco Bell for a pretty sad meal, so we went next door to Arby’s for BOGO snacks to take back to the office. I only ate half of those.

It sprinkled just a little bit on the way home, but didn’t do much more than that. Summer got there shortly after we did, but we didn’t seee a whole lot of her.

I took Muad’Dib for a run and we encountered some E-bike/scooter kids at the basin, and a couple wanted to try the board. Then we continued to my parents’ house and helped Dad replace a bad light switch.

Back at home, Summer was still on the couch in front of the TV and playing on her phone. I went to my room until bed.

Best part of my day.

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The Ugg

I slept a bit more than usual last night and felt pretty good for it. When we got to work, we were greeted by another introduction email from our newest Dell rep – our sixth since I started 11 months ago. I kindly asked her to stop contacting us because I prefer to work with Howard, and she later called to get my rep’s information “to ensure we got our discounts.” I assumed that meant deal registration was a thing outside of the school world, and carried on.

We tinkered with Intune all day, aside from lunch at Sonic. One of the girls offered a pup cup, and then never returned with it. I don’t know if she was told not to, or if she just never had time since they were fairly busy running food in and out. We ate, then went back too continue tinkering with policies.

The drive home was irregularly fast when a couple large SUVs blew past me at nearly 100. I tagged along a ways behind, slowing down as I passed other cars, so as not to be a complete tool. Summer picked up some chicken to cook for salads and we had a great, healthy dinner before I started the sump pump again and took Muad’Dib out for his run.

We weren’t very far along when we spied Grant’s sister blow by us and start blaring her horn in their driveway. Concerned, we ran up to see if everything was okay. I did not expect her to get out of the car and come at me yelling. She made a comment about how many times she hadn’t hit us in the road, as though not committing vehicular manslaughter made her some kind of a saint. When their mom finally came out, I waved at her and let them be, but after we rounded the next corner, we saw her fly through the next intersection in a huff.

We finally made it to my parents’ house, and I pulled the pool robot out for a cleaning. We weren’t there long before it started to rain, so we left in a hurry. Of course the rain just came in harder and we arrived at home completely soaked. I sent Muad’Dib in for Summer to give him a bath while I went out to clean up the sump line. She was nearly done by the time I got back in, and then I took over drying him.

Eaddie was in and out, to see her grandparents. I rushed too get to bed, hoping for a repeat of a good night’s sleep.

And I thought they were ugly… on the outside!