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The Dilemma

Feyd-Rautha laid on the porch by the back door all night long, and I could not have felt worse about the possibility of him going back to those people. He had finally started wagging his tail when he saw us come out, though he still hadn’t eaten anything but a couple treats. Summer left for Little Rock and I headed to work with the plan to deal with him later, though I texted Eaddie later and asked her to play with him some when she came back home from class.

I stayed pretty busy, but took time to email Animal Control again. They said they would send someone to do another welfare check, so I called to clarify that I still had the dog in custody. Tammie didn’t seem too concerned with what I had to say or what I wanted to do, so we just agreed to bring him in ourselves in the evening. I guess I wasn’t surprised, because it just comes with the job for them.

I met Summer for lunch at Ortega’s, and I was a little frustrated by the lack of service. They brought us a brand new bottle of salsa and then no chips, and didn’t get all of my order right. At least the food was good, but I could have gone for some more.

The afternoon was short just due to how late we ate, and then I asked to leave early so I could help Summer take Feyd to Animal Control. I raced home through slow traffic, and we wouldn’t have even made it on time if they hadn’t been waiting for Dreya to show up with another found dog. She talked to Summer briefly, and I took Feyd-Rautha into the loud, smelly, anxiety-inducing prison for the night. Tammie was of course unaffected, but did say the guy called looking for him. She did me the favor of not telling him that I had him, but said she would at least make him fill out the return paperwork tomorrow.

Summer and I headed back to the house and I started grilling steaks while she baked potatoes. I wanted to use charcoal this time, and it turned out pretty good. I even managed to use a small amount of charcoal without having a ton left over. At some point, we made it to the bedroom where I dug around and found my S21 Ultra, so I’ll be able to use it for the company picnic. We ate, and then I took Muad’Dib for a late run to see my parents. It was dark by the time we made it back, and we rushed to bed.

Oh, yes. I remember Gammu when it was Giedi Prime – the oil-soaked, blood-soaked hell hole of the Imperium!

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Saddest Pup

I forgot my Soylent this morning, so we stopped at McDonald’s for breakfast. Then I spent all day trying to come up with a good collection of music for the company picnic this weekend. Things were pretty quiet, so it was a good day to just hunch over with my headphones on. I couldn’t decide on lunch, and ended up going to Wendy’s, which turned out to be a great choice.

The afternoon was still quiet and a bit boring until we headed home. I stopped by the old house to see if maybe my old phone was there, but it wasn’t. When we got home, Muad’Dib took off after something as soon as he got out of the car. I walked to the end of the driveway, and then I saw our old neighborhood friend, who I had aptly named Feyd-Rautha.

I got both dogs into the backyard and called everyone out to see them. Feyd looked better, but still had a ton of hair that needed to be pulled. He wasn’t as boney, but was still really skinny, and his nails had grown out like he hadn’t been able to grind them down on anything. I took them both for a short run to my parents’ house, avoiding the creepy house at the end of the street. Dad didn’t want to keep him, but Summer wanted to take him to animal control rather than return him to the people that had him.

He didn’t eat any of the food or treats I tried to give him outside, and he just immediately laid down on the porch when I’d leave. He had been jumpy and skittish any time there was a loud sound or abrupt activity. I held the leash up a few times and it seemed like maybe he had been beat by one before, but I could have been reading into it. I just hope we don’t start a feud with the creeps at the end of the road.

Muad’Dib was clearly jealous of the attention he wasn’t getting, but they seemed to enjoy playing with one another. Summer says she’ll take care of him tomorrow, so we’ll see what happens then.

Cousin? Is that right?

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21 and Lost

I went to bed super late last night and had trouble feeling some sort of anxiety or nervousness or dread that I didn’t understand. I eventually fell asleep, but didn’t stay in bed very late. I got up and warmed breakfast for Summer and myself, and Eaddie left for church. We didn’t see her again.

I got into cleaning and reviews some more, but never had any luck with much of anything. My S21 Ultra was lost, and I felt a bit lost myself. I should have known exactly where it was, and the fact that I haven’t been able to find it at all has been nerve-wracking.

Summer went to the gym and I went to KFC to get a pot pie for $4.20, because apparently those are the kinds of jokes they’re making now. That was a surreal experience, because I walked into a seemingly abandoned restaurant that had a few people in the corner that didn’t look like they were there to eat. It took a while to get noticed, but the staff was otherwise friendly. I thought my glasses were smudged, but the air was just hazy. It didn’t smell like anything though. The cash register flashed garbled text, and it felt a little bit like I was in the Matrix. I got my food and headed back to the house to eat, and luckily the pot pie was amazing.

Summer got home and mowed the lawn while I continued working inside. We had set out steaks to defrost for dinner, but they were still frozen solid. Dad texted that Mom made eggplant soup, so Summer said I could go eat over there and then come back to grill her some brats. I ran over with Muad’Dib, we ate, and then I went to the Neighborhood Market to get her food.

By the time I got things cooking, she reminded me that she had to go to work for a meeting, so she didn’t even get to eat first. Luckily she didn’t mind eating late when she got back, and then I cleaned up a bit before bed.

Oh, to be.

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Down to Glass

I woke up with a stomach ache this morning, but luckily it was nothing long lasting. Summer kept saying she didn’t feel well though, and wasn’t sure if she was getting sick. Eaddie left the house super early, but neither of us knew what she had going on. Summer was going to make breakfast, but I stepped in for her to make sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits since she didn’t feel well.

After breakfast, Summer went to the gym and I jumped right into cleaning up and looking for my old S21 Ultra. I’ve been wanting to use it to play music at our company picnic, but I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. I dug down on my desk to the point that I could see through glass, and I even found my old Pixel 2 XL, but the Samsung is nowhere to be found.

I continued cleaning, stopping for a late lunch, and then to run Muad’Dib to see my parents as it got dark. Summer went to bed super early, still not feeling well. Eaddie was in and out and back in again, so we didn’t see much of her. I had an anxiety attack later in the evening, wrote some reviews, and then took a shower before winding down for bed. My feet and legs have been swelling up again, so I’ve been trying to keep an eye on my vitals. That just means more spreadsheets.

Dig dug!

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Doggy Daycare

I considered breakfast this morning, but couldn’t come up with a worthy deal in time and just showed up at work early instead. Amanda needed help downstairs, so I spent a while working down there. Teddy came out of Rhonda’s office and ran around with Muad’Dib for a while, but then she made him go back before we left. The morning went by pretty quickly, but luckily we left for lunch when we did, because I forgot about the call I had in the afternoon.

We ended up at Taco Bell, then made it back just in time to hop on with the Aptean guys again. There was really no point to the call other than for us to be prompted to fill out a survey. I didn’t leave great remarks. The afternoon really dragged on after that.

Chick-fil-A sent me a free fry, so we stopped by on the way to get those on the way home. I saw Kevin and Hope at AT&T, so we stopped there to see them while we ate. Kevin was on his way out, but I caught up with Hope a bit before we left. Just as we were pulling out, I met the new store manager and we chatted briefly, and he suggested I should come back and work a part-time position they had because he “liked my vibe.”

I was pretty hungry when we made it back to the house, so I ate some leftover mush with Summer and then we sat on the couch and watched some YouTube for a while. She suggested popcorn and a movie, but I guess she changed her mind after I took Muad’Dib on a late run in the cooler air.

We visited my parents, and then I basically had to drag him back home. I ate some other leftovers and Summer went to bed.

Woah, again.

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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!