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Drink and Bend

I woke up before my alarm this morning, but didn’t want to get up. We managed to get to work in a decent amount of time though, and I was glad to have Muad’Dib along to bring me down from any incidents of road rage, both to and from work. It was a super busy day right off the bat, with a call from our guy down in Conway for an issue that ended up being on a local computer. I was up and down the stairs a bit helping Amanda as well.

I had an anxiety attack sometime in the middle of the day, but I keep failing to write it down. I just space out and then completely forget while I recover. The day went by quickly though, and we just had to slip out for a trip to Sonic for lunch. When we got back, I tried to let Muad’Dib run the block, and he tried running the opposite direction. I don’t know what caught his attention, but I had to beep him a couple times to get him to follow me to the office.

The afternoon was relatively short and busy as well with another call, and then we left a little late and had to race home to catch Summer at Sip + Stretch. I caught Eaddie just as she was getting ready to leave, and then I ran Muad’Dib downtown to Point Remove. We got lots of smiles as we rode right through to the back, and sat at a picnic table to wait for Summer.

We were there for a while because she had the wrong time on the calendar, but she eventually joined us for some wings and cocktails. Muad’Dib got lots of pets from a family next to us, and we had a good time catching up while the place continued to get busier.

We drove back home and I took Muad’Dib for a run to see my parents while Summer got ready for bed. We visited briefly, then made it home in the dark and got ready for bed ourselves.

Ped dat dwag!

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Grating Warmth

Muad’Dib seemed to feel a little sick this morning, because he jumped right out of the car and ate some grass, then sat down and threw it right back up. He didn’t act particularly puny otherwise, but something made him sick. We made it upstairs and got to work for a pretty busy day after that.

I couldn’t decide on lunch, but I thought I wanted to sit outside with him for a bit. That was until we got outside and he kept wandering around instead of coming back to me to get in the car. That irritated me to the point that I decided to leave him in the car while I went in for some Wendy’s.

The afternoon was busy as well, and we ended up leaving a little late. Traffic was a bit annoying, but at least Summer promised chicken and dumplings for dinner. She was breaking down a rotisserie chicken when we got to the house, so I took Muad’Dib for a medium-speed run. We visited Dad, and then I basically had to drag him the rest of the way home.

Dinner was okay. The lemon pepper chicken and canned biscuits made it too sweet with another slightly odd flavor, but it wasn’t bad. I tried to emphasize my appreciation. She went to be shortly after that, and I cleaned up and ate some leftover cake, but the kids got into it and destroyed a large part of it for some reason. I don’t know what they were trying to do, but it frustrated me. Frustrations compounded for a while until I finally got everything done for bed.

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Whine and Dine

I got out late this morning but somehow made up the time. I got to work just as Amanda pulled up, and she said she didn’t even know I worked there. We caught up briefly before she started her new hire paperwork. I went upstairs and tinkered some more with Intune stuff, and kept pretty busy all day.

We came downstairs to help with something else, then left for lunch at Ortega’s. Summer didn’t travel today, so I just ate by myself, and I thought briefly my server might be cutting me off, but I guess he just got a little out of order. I had a great meal though, and then stayed busy the rest of the afternoon.

I’ve got more to test, but policies seem to be slow when changing group configurations. We left just a few minutes early to make it to therapy on time, and Summer lost her book. She seemed to be in a little bit of a mood, and therapy didn’t feel like it went well, but we had a good evening. She had to help figure something out at the lube after we finished, so I went home to change before meeting her at Buffalo Wild Wings.

We sat outside with Muad’Dib and had a good meal, though I was still pretty stuffed. We actually had decent service, and all of the food tasted pretty good, though my boneless wings were pretty pitiful and mostly bread. When we got back to the house, I made her walk up the cul-de-sac with me before coming back inside.

The kids had stuff going on while we went to eat, but made it back to see us a little later. Summer went to bed, and I rushed to wrap things up for bed.

Are you following me???

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Iron it Out

I had a really rough start this morning after a painful night of sleeping around a bum knee. I ended up popping an iron pill with my shower orange, and then grabbed some Burger King on the way out of town. I actually felt pretty okay all day, which was a little surprising after yesterday. I had a couple calls and got to practice some rare account creation tasks, so it was more fun than usual.

We ended up going to Sonic for lunch, but I was super disappointed in my serving of onion rings and chicken strips. They only half-filled my bag of onion rings, and one of the strips was smaller than my thumb. Everything tasted great too, which made it all the more disappointing. We ended up going to Harp’s afterward where I picked up some beer and a couple taquitos from the deli.

Most of the afternoon dragged on until the last little bit that went by quickly. We got home and the girls were chatting on the couch. I was going to sit down with Summer for some leftovers, but had developed a stomach ache that took me away from that. I ended up eating the rest of my pot pie, which I think made me feel a little bad in the evening. My blood pressure was high, but I think I was also a bit dehydrated.

My knee felt much better, but I still didn’t feel well enough to take Muad’Dib for a ride, so I just wound down an hour earlier in the hopes that better sleep would help the overall wellness.

balance

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Down and Dizzy

Summer made us some sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits for breakfast this morning, and I sat down to finalize my taxes. With passionate people on either side of the aisle, I went with an itemized deduction that felt fair in the spirit of the law and ended up paying a couple thousand more than what I had already started to withhold from my day job.

Eaddie was gone all day for “church” and then just living her life. Summer sat on the couch the entire day feeling pretty sorry for herself. I tried to get her to go out and walk Muad’Dib with me, but she just refused. We did warm up a chicken pot pie we picked up yesterday and ate that for a late lunch, and then I watered my plants and finally split and repotted the pink quill before taking a shower.

It looked a bit dark and stormy outside, so I took Muad’Dib for his best run all week. He must have really enjoyed the cool air. We visited my parents, and then just a block from home, I swerved back to make sure Muad’Dib didn’t run out into traffic, and the board got away from me. It wasn’t a terrible fall, but I messed up my knee and it felt progressively worse all night.

I made Summer get out of bed and watch me eat some meatloaf for a late dinner, and then wrapped up pretty quickly for bed. I had an anxiety attack in the afternoon while I was doing my taxes, and also felt waves of generalized anxiety for much of the day and beyond, so hopefully finishing my taxes and getting plenty of sleep will help get me out of that funk.

My meats are failing!

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Shop Along

It felt like we slept forever, but we didn’t sleep in too late. I did wake up with a bit of a stomach ache. Summer got up and made coffee and I got around to finish up some leftover cabbage and sausage. Then she left for the gym and I made myself a cup before doing a cleaning on the machine. She wanted to go grocery shopping to make meatloaf for dinner, so I got cleaned up and ready for the day.

I thought about riding the Onewheel with Muad’Dib and just meeting Summer at the store, but we ended up just driving together. She said she waited for me so I could go shopping too, but as soon as we walked in, she made a beeline for what she needed and I was left to catch up.

We got back to the house to unload, and then I took Muad’Dib for a run while she got things prepped for dinner. He was painfully slow again, and Dad wasn’t home either. I visited with Mom briefly since she had just woken up, and then we made it back to the house.

I cleaned up the dining area a bit for dinner, we ate, and then she sat on the couch and played on her phone while I thumbed through some YouTube and live video from Coachella. Most of that was terrible though. I tried putting on a couple different movies, but nothing stuck. We shared some cake that she made just as I was getting into Limitless, but she said she didn’t like it when she watched it the first time and decided it was time for bed.

The kids came home and wanted to watch a show, but they shut themselves up in Eaddie’s room. I finished my own stuff and went to bed a little early.

Just loafing around.

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All of Pardon

I woke up feeling pretty good this morning, so we went by Hardee’s to try their Frisco Breakfast Burger. It was a substantial meal, and I ended up chewing my last bite as I got parked at work. Things were quiet until I realized I had two calls to attend. The first was some “training” with the guys in the field that devolved a bit, but hopefully we got some actionable things out of it. Then in the early afternoon we had our weekly call with the Aptean folks without much of an agenda.

I forgot to go to lunch before our second call, so I just ended up drinking my Soylent that I didn’t drink for breakfast. The afternoon dragged a bit after that since we never really took a break.

Traffic wasn’t bad, but it was incredibly slow getting home. We planned to take Mom out for her birthday, but as usual, nothing really called to her. After a bit of back and forth, we ended up meeting everyone at Olive Garden. We walked around outside with Muad’Dib until everyone else got there. I had submitted a reservation through Google Maps and there wasn’t a line of people, but for some reason it did take them some time to seat us.

Dinner was good, and our server loaded us up with what appeared to be a career-ending number of dinner mints. I took Muad’Dib for a short run when we got back and had an anxiety attack at the end of our road. Then Summer went to bed while I finished up my stuff for the night.

Hey you! The sky’s on fire!

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Raise the Dead

I didn’t feel like I slept especially poorly last night, but I was in a deep sleep when my alarm went off this morning, and it took me forever to get going. I had a pretty jarring anxiety attack as we walked out the door. We got to work and I felt a little bit better, then had some coffee after a little while. I was super hungry by lunch, and Arby’s seemed like as good of a choice as anything. They had a fish sandwich box, and I got some extra fries to share with Muad’Dib.

We sat on a rock outside and ate in some surprisingly gusty wind. He did pretty great, and then I let him run up the road back to the office. I started to feel a little off in the afternoon, and I couldn’t figure out why. I’ve suspected the quality of my food, but it kind of feels like all I can do is go on a full Soylent diet to really test the theory.

The afternoon carried on, and then I took Muad’Dib for a run when we got home. He was frustratingly slow the whole way to the basin, so I stopped to sit down at a bench while he dove into the creek. Then I let him lead me through the neighborhood to Sequoyah where we turned up to the roundabout and back through the basin again. I let him take a swim in the cleaner, deeper part where we normally stop, and then we made it to see Dad. We waited for Mom to get home to try and confirm birthday plans, and then made it back to the house.

I gave Muad’Dib a really good bath and he did great. I spent a lot of extra time blow drying him instead of using his old, gross, dirty towel that needs laundering. He came out super fluffy, and was a good pup all night. Summer and I ate some different leftovers, and I started feeling a bit off again, so I laid down on the couch for a while. She went to sleep pretty quickly, and I tried to make it to bed a little earlier.

MOVE IT

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Quitcher Bellyachin’

I started first thing this morning with an emotional reaction to some silly account related stuff before I could even get up the stairs. With that mostly resolved, I had a quiet day with Muad’Dib. I’ve got to get over whatever hump I’m on with completing some projects, but at least I feel a little more secure in how I’ll be filing taxes.

Muad’Dib did wonderfully at Taco Bell for lunch. I had a discount on a tiny meal there, so we ended up swinging by Sonic for some chicken strips as well. I just ate them in the car when we got back to the office, and then we finished out the afternoon.

Summer was home a little earlier and cooked the potatoes and onions she prepped a couple days ago while I ran Muad’Dib to go see Dad. He wasn’t running very much, so I thought I’d try something new and improvise a new path. We made it, but I still left him behind for several blocks at a time. I don’t know why he just doesn’t seem to care about running until the very end.

Summer and I ate as soon as we got back, but then she had an emotional reaction to feeling miserable at work, which has been a frustration of my own for several years at this point. We finished eating and retired early, so I ran her a bath and then laid with her briefly before going off to do my own thing for the night.

The screen is just going to ask you a few questions.

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10/12

Today was accomplished with coffee. I wasn’t especially tired or groggy or underslept, but it was a day of mundane tasks. Summer was having a rough time at her meeting, but met me for lunch at Ortega’s. I begrudgingly let her get her $5 shot of cheese dip, which was an insane price to pay in contrast to the all-you-can-eat. Afterward, she took Muad’Dib with her to sit at the house.

I finished up my afternoon with only two months worth of Vine orders to process and felt good about having my taxes done within a day. The drive home was a bit frustrating behind a few groups of slow people though.

Muad’Dib went on a run as soon as I got there, and Eaddie was making chocolate covered strawberries for a classmate’s recital. Summer didn’t cook dinner again, and we just sat on the couch watching YouTube until she was ready for bed.

Oh, brother!