The Date pointed out to me last night that we had snow in the panhandle, thunderstorms, tornados, and another earthquake that came close to a 5.0 yesterday.
That's really pretty incredible for a single day!
Work was slow last night. Everything was stocked up before I got there so it was a long and boring night. Tonight might be similar, who knows. Two more evenings and I'm off for two days though!
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Monday, November 07, 2011
PC Problems Again
So Saturday morning I got the new PC up and running along. Got the motherboard drivers installed and it worked like a dream!
All weekend long it worked. I get up this morning and it wouldn't fire up. I reset the power strip and it finally did start but it's not kicking on the video card for some reason. I don't know why or what happened but it's not working. It's weird too because I put it to sleep last night before bed so it wasn't running or anything.
I'll have to have a friend look at it and see what he thinks. It was running perfectly too! I'm feeling sick to my stomach about it right now.
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All weekend long it worked. I get up this morning and it wouldn't fire up. I reset the power strip and it finally did start but it's not kicking on the video card for some reason. I don't know why or what happened but it's not working. It's weird too because I put it to sleep last night before bed so it wasn't running or anything.
I'll have to have a friend look at it and see what he thinks. It was running perfectly too! I'm feeling sick to my stomach about it right now.
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Sunday, November 06, 2011
The Day After
Well after the wild ride last night with the earthquake, that was later upgraded from a 5.2 to a 5.6 and the largest in Oklahoma history, we had a bunch of aftershocks. I don't remember feeling any of them though. It was really pretty cool though to just have everything move and shake around you, knowing you don't have any power to stop it or even slow it down.
Then I saw on Facebook about all of the reports from how far away it was felt! OKC, Tulsa, Wichita, and further! I could only imagine what a seven or higher magnitude earthquake would do to the state. A state not really built to withstand earthquakes at all. It would likely devastate a lot of the infrastructure and more in terms of personal property.
A nine would level the state, I'm sure of it.
Hopefully we'll never know and it'll never happen!
Then I saw on Facebook about all of the reports from how far away it was felt! OKC, Tulsa, Wichita, and further! I could only imagine what a seven or higher magnitude earthquake would do to the state. A state not really built to withstand earthquakes at all. It would likely devastate a lot of the infrastructure and more in terms of personal property.
A nine would level the state, I'm sure of it.
Hopefully we'll never know and it'll never happen!
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Earthquake
Yup! We just experienced a 5.2 magnitude earthquake! My very first earthquake!
The house rocked back and forth, not violently but steadily for about a minute! It was quite the exciting experience!
Our state has had tremors and small quakes all day and I guess it finally broke loose with a big one.
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The house rocked back and forth, not violently but steadily for about a minute! It was quite the exciting experience!
Our state has had tremors and small quakes all day and I guess it finally broke loose with a big one.
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Busy Day!
I got up this morning, and had to get to O'Reilly's to get rear brake pads for the Tahoe. They had gone beyond squealing to growling! That's bad! So Fat Plummer and I whipped that out in less than a hour! It was easy as could be!
Next on the agenda was to get the home PC running again! After installing the new motherboard I hadn't had a lot of time to get out going. So I sat down, got the hard drives hooked up, installed the SATA cables, and got it to fire up! While doing that I had lost track of time, I had a half hour to get to work!
So I changed clothes, wet my hair, and sprayed myself with Old Spice Swagger and headed to work!
Tonight we have reservations at Costello's for our anniversary dinner! I'm looking forward to this, their food is so good! I'm starving too!
I haven't had time to even grab a snack today!
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Next on the agenda was to get the home PC running again! After installing the new motherboard I hadn't had a lot of time to get out going. So I sat down, got the hard drives hooked up, installed the SATA cables, and got it to fire up! While doing that I had lost track of time, I had a half hour to get to work!
So I changed clothes, wet my hair, and sprayed myself with Old Spice Swagger and headed to work!
Tonight we have reservations at Costello's for our anniversary dinner! I'm looking forward to this, their food is so good! I'm starving too!
I haven't had time to even grab a snack today!
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Friday, November 04, 2011
It's Friday
I'll be at work by myself today and probably most of next week as it is deer season. My coworker is a hunter and always takes off a lot this time of year.
It's alright though, the shop is in good shape and doesn't require a lot. At Walmart tonight I'll have one of the coworkers I really enjoy having around until eleven. Actually I enjoy them all, even the lazy one as he is just so weird that I chuckle at him.
Five and a half hours just goes by really fast with more than just me there.
It's a bit brisk out this morning, it feels nice to me. It's not ten or a crazy low temperature but it definitely not cool either. I like it, I don't mind the cold weather at all and love snowy weather! It will probably be a while yet before we get to that point of the year though.
Not a lot to report today, work is taking up most of my time right now. And that hasn't been overly interesting at all.
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It's alright though, the shop is in good shape and doesn't require a lot. At Walmart tonight I'll have one of the coworkers I really enjoy having around until eleven. Actually I enjoy them all, even the lazy one as he is just so weird that I chuckle at him.
Five and a half hours just goes by really fast with more than just me there.
It's a bit brisk out this morning, it feels nice to me. It's not ten or a crazy low temperature but it definitely not cool either. I like it, I don't mind the cold weather at all and love snowy weather! It will probably be a while yet before we get to that point of the year though.
Not a lot to report today, work is taking up most of my time right now. And that hasn't been overly interesting at all.
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Thursday, November 03, 2011
Here We Go
Day one of seven. I'm not going to keep a log of all seven days, hopefully I'll think of more to talk about than just my second job and getting out of debt. It's a real struggle though since not a lot happens to me these days apart from my first or second job.
I'm not looking forward to going to work tonight though, working until eleven is getting tough. It really is especially after a full day of work.
No matter, it's temporary. Hopefully me doing this has inspired one or two of you to get your financial house in order and get yourselves out of debt too. I can't wait to enjoy the feeling of living with nothing but utility payments! Knowing my 401k is being fully funded, and enjoying the freedom that goes along with having an emergency fund!
That's why I'm doing this. It's temporary, it's necessary, and it'll be permanent.
Eye on the prize!
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I'm not looking forward to going to work tonight though, working until eleven is getting tough. It really is especially after a full day of work.
No matter, it's temporary. Hopefully me doing this has inspired one or two of you to get your financial house in order and get yourselves out of debt too. I can't wait to enjoy the feeling of living with nothing but utility payments! Knowing my 401k is being fully funded, and enjoying the freedom that goes along with having an emergency fund!
That's why I'm doing this. It's temporary, it's necessary, and it'll be permanent.
Eye on the prize!
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
Last Evening Off
For the next seven straight days I'll be working at Walmart. I'll be rewarded with two straight days off in a row, next Thursday and Friday.
Next Friday is Veteran's Day so it'll be a real day off all around! That will be nice and very needed by then. I'm doing it for the extra money. Everyone knows that by now, it's helping too, I don't have a bill count for you this post but I will soon. Friday is payday and our bills will be due soon. I know the amount is slowly being chipped away.
Its a good thing too, honestly this is starting to wear on me. I also know this time of year is when Walmart will start to give a lot more hours. Hopefully they keep mine the way they are, I'd be worn through if I had more to work. In reality I'd probably have to quit if they gave me more hours at this point.
I'm hitting the sixty seven hour mark on a regular basis now, it was a breeze when I was a kid. Now it's not as easy. We'll benefit from it though and it'll change our lives for the better when we are finished with it!
We'll look back on how tough it was and say something like, "It wasn't so bad." but it'll be over then and I know I'll be relieved. That's just the way I envision that day when it comes.
Eye on the prize!
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Next Friday is Veteran's Day so it'll be a real day off all around! That will be nice and very needed by then. I'm doing it for the extra money. Everyone knows that by now, it's helping too, I don't have a bill count for you this post but I will soon. Friday is payday and our bills will be due soon. I know the amount is slowly being chipped away.
Its a good thing too, honestly this is starting to wear on me. I also know this time of year is when Walmart will start to give a lot more hours. Hopefully they keep mine the way they are, I'd be worn through if I had more to work. In reality I'd probably have to quit if they gave me more hours at this point.
I'm hitting the sixty seven hour mark on a regular basis now, it was a breeze when I was a kid. Now it's not as easy. We'll benefit from it though and it'll change our lives for the better when we are finished with it!
We'll look back on how tough it was and say something like, "It wasn't so bad." but it'll be over then and I know I'll be relieved. That's just the way I envision that day when it comes.
Eye on the prize!
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Ready Player One
I zipped through this book! Only put it down when I had to and still pulled it up on my Kindle app at both jobs in my spare time!
The story takes place in the not so distant future. The population is out of control and resources have dried up. The only respite for the common person is to spend time in the OASIS. A free massive multiplayer online game or life simulator. It's free to access for everyone and depending on your personal wealth how you are able to access it is up to you. From free publicly provided visors and gloves to state of the art immersion pods. In OASIS you can escape the drudgery and very harsh reality around you. You can be anyone you design, you can go to public school in the OASIS, or church. You can basically do or explore a painstakingly realistic simulations of many fantasy universes from Star Wars to Star Trek. From Norrath to Azeroth and more.
Then came the day that changed everything. James Halliday died. The co-creator of OASIS, genius, and multibillionaire had no one to leave his fortune to. So he held a contest and the first one to find a hidden Easter Egg or surprise within the game would inherit everything.
Halliday was a teen during the eighties, like myself, and chose to make hundreds of pop culture facts as his clues and sprinkled them around OASIS.
This lead to full time Egg Hunters or Gunters for short. A sort of professional class of pop culture experts trying to glean every shred of knowledge about the seventies and eighties they could to find the Egg.
That's the premise you'll find in this book and I loved it! Every bit of it! I devoured it from ecover to ecover! I wished it had been twice as long or longer like the Song of Ice and Fire series!
One of the more interesting references was to an Atari game series called Swordquest. The idea was four individual games that held the clues to a hidden jewel encrusted sword. The first game was released and I had it and played it! Before the games could be completed Atari cancelled the contest and the prize. I believe the first prize was found though but I never looked into the winner.
This was an enjoyable trip down pop culture lane:)
Ready Player One was just a good book:)
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The story takes place in the not so distant future. The population is out of control and resources have dried up. The only respite for the common person is to spend time in the OASIS. A free massive multiplayer online game or life simulator. It's free to access for everyone and depending on your personal wealth how you are able to access it is up to you. From free publicly provided visors and gloves to state of the art immersion pods. In OASIS you can escape the drudgery and very harsh reality around you. You can be anyone you design, you can go to public school in the OASIS, or church. You can basically do or explore a painstakingly realistic simulations of many fantasy universes from Star Wars to Star Trek. From Norrath to Azeroth and more.
Then came the day that changed everything. James Halliday died. The co-creator of OASIS, genius, and multibillionaire had no one to leave his fortune to. So he held a contest and the first one to find a hidden Easter Egg or surprise within the game would inherit everything.
Halliday was a teen during the eighties, like myself, and chose to make hundreds of pop culture facts as his clues and sprinkled them around OASIS.
This lead to full time Egg Hunters or Gunters for short. A sort of professional class of pop culture experts trying to glean every shred of knowledge about the seventies and eighties they could to find the Egg.
That's the premise you'll find in this book and I loved it! Every bit of it! I devoured it from ecover to ecover! I wished it had been twice as long or longer like the Song of Ice and Fire series!
One of the more interesting references was to an Atari game series called Swordquest. The idea was four individual games that held the clues to a hidden jewel encrusted sword. The first game was released and I had it and played it! Before the games could be completed Atari cancelled the contest and the prize. I believe the first prize was found though but I never looked into the winner.
This was an enjoyable trip down pop culture lane:)
Ready Player One was just a good book:)
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Monday, October 31, 2011
A RAK
Saturday evening before the teen show and after I had gotten off of work I picked up some supper for The Date and Thing 2. After I had ordered a couple of kids came in behind me.
The youngest of the two ordered something like a dozen tacos but ran out of money somewhere around the sixth taco. From where I was waiting I saw the very young girl running the register pull a few crumpled up bills out of her pocket and complete the transaction for the child. Considering that she kicked in around five to six dollars and she likely makes around seven and a half per hour she basically worked an hour for them to eat.
A fact that was likely lost on the two young children or at the very least something they wouldn't think to consider as they likely don't grasp a lot of concepts in currency.
However I'd love to point out that even when we could calculate the nation's mood via the old scale of the misery index from the Carter years good things still happen and good people still exist. If that doesn't brighten your day just a little bit and inspire you do go and secretly do someone a good turn today than I don't know what will.
You'll get the opportunity to hold open a door for an elderly couple or make up the slight difference in a grocery bill for a single struggling mother. Do it and smile, you won't be able to help yourself once you do!
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The youngest of the two ordered something like a dozen tacos but ran out of money somewhere around the sixth taco. From where I was waiting I saw the very young girl running the register pull a few crumpled up bills out of her pocket and complete the transaction for the child. Considering that she kicked in around five to six dollars and she likely makes around seven and a half per hour she basically worked an hour for them to eat.
A fact that was likely lost on the two young children or at the very least something they wouldn't think to consider as they likely don't grasp a lot of concepts in currency.
However I'd love to point out that even when we could calculate the nation's mood via the old scale of the misery index from the Carter years good things still happen and good people still exist. If that doesn't brighten your day just a little bit and inspire you do go and secretly do someone a good turn today than I don't know what will.
You'll get the opportunity to hold open a door for an elderly couple or make up the slight difference in a grocery bill for a single struggling mother. Do it and smile, you won't be able to help yourself once you do!
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Great Snape Family Reunion!
I got to hang out with all of my relation last night from the house of Snape! Myself as Occulous Snape and my family of Bette LeStrange Snape and Studious Snape made our appearance from whist we came.
We enjoyed the company of many fine Snape relations for several hours of fun and frivolity. It was a spectacular reunion complete with pictures! I even found a You Tube video on how to tie a tie but I still didn't get it quite right.
One of my Snape relations helped me though and his name escapes me so I'll call him Teehee Snape. All of the Snapes enjoyed themselves immensely and had the best of times!
Very grateful to Ludicrous Snape for arranging the reunion and hosting such an extravagant event, he has outdone himself once again!
We enjoyed the company of many fine Snape relations for several hours of fun and frivolity. It was a spectacular reunion complete with pictures! I even found a You Tube video on how to tie a tie but I still didn't get it quite right.
One of my Snape relations helped me though and his name escapes me so I'll call him Teehee Snape. All of the Snapes enjoyed themselves immensely and had the best of times!
Very grateful to Ludicrous Snape for arranging the reunion and hosting such an extravagant event, he has outdone himself once again!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Yawwnnnn
Feels good to sleep in some after working last night!
The alarm is turned off and I wake up naturally, that feels great actually!
I've started reading the best book! It's written by Ernest Cline called Player One Ready. Once I'm done with it I'll post an in depth review here. I'm loving it even though Cline's character is an atheist and his beliefs aren't along with mine it's really a minor point when dealing with this incredible story!
Well it's a great story for those who grew up in the seventies and experienced the eighties as a teen that is, it might fall flat on others of an older or younger generation but that is exactly me. Might be why this story resonates for me and I'm enjoying it so much.
I'm cooking The Date potatoes O'Brien right now and enjoying my free time before heading off to work later on. I only work until six tonight and have the party of the year to go to later at Jamal's house. That should be a great time!
The alarm is turned off and I wake up naturally, that feels great actually!
I've started reading the best book! It's written by Ernest Cline called Player One Ready. Once I'm done with it I'll post an in depth review here. I'm loving it even though Cline's character is an atheist and his beliefs aren't along with mine it's really a minor point when dealing with this incredible story!
Well it's a great story for those who grew up in the seventies and experienced the eighties as a teen that is, it might fall flat on others of an older or younger generation but that is exactly me. Might be why this story resonates for me and I'm enjoying it so much.
I'm cooking The Date potatoes O'Brien right now and enjoying my free time before heading off to work later on. I only work until six tonight and have the party of the year to go to later at Jamal's house. That should be a great time!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Good Show!
I'm proud of the teens. They put on a very good show last night and did a great job of bringing the characters to life! It's especially impressive when you know that few of them had any experience before this show.
Naturally I thought my own Thing 2 as the spinster owned the stage but I think that's what parents are supposed to think. Be that is it may they should all be proud of the jobs they have done and I'm sure audiences will enjoy the show even if they don't have a teen in it!
That was how I spent my night off, tonight I'll be working my second job. A less enjoyable endeavor but a necessary one. My next day off will be Monday I believe.
The snowball is rolling.
Eye on the prize!
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Naturally I thought my own Thing 2 as the spinster owned the stage but I think that's what parents are supposed to think. Be that is it may they should all be proud of the jobs they have done and I'm sure audiences will enjoy the show even if they don't have a teen in it!
That was how I spent my night off, tonight I'll be working my second job. A less enjoyable endeavor but a necessary one. My next day off will be Monday I believe.
The snowball is rolling.
Eye on the prize!
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Night Off
Final dress rehearsal for the teen show, And Then There Were None is tonight. Thing 2 has got a pretty healthy part as the old spinster. The Date tells me the show is looking fantastic and is coming together like they always do in the final week.
Tiger Direct is sending me another motherboard. They had me call Asus, the manufacturer and talk to them. They told me the motherboard wasn't compatible with the CPU. Called Tiger back and they told me it was.
I said I didn't care I just wanted it to plug in with no errors and work and if they had a trouble shooting idea to fix the error then I was listening. They didn't have any ideas so they are sending out a new motherboard from a different manufacturer.
It'll be here in the next day or two and I'll get it all buttoned up and running!
I got paid today from Walmart! This getting paid every week stuff is pretty cool! I'm enjoying it a lot! It is helping too, The Date and I will figure out who we can send money to tonight. I believe we paid off three or four small bills last Friday. I also think we have two or three that are now under two hundred dollars. I'll have to check those for sure to find out. The snowball is rolling along and we've got proof!
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Tiger Direct is sending me another motherboard. They had me call Asus, the manufacturer and talk to them. They told me the motherboard wasn't compatible with the CPU. Called Tiger back and they told me it was.
I said I didn't care I just wanted it to plug in with no errors and work and if they had a trouble shooting idea to fix the error then I was listening. They didn't have any ideas so they are sending out a new motherboard from a different manufacturer.
It'll be here in the next day or two and I'll get it all buttoned up and running!
I got paid today from Walmart! This getting paid every week stuff is pretty cool! I'm enjoying it a lot! It is helping too, The Date and I will figure out who we can send money to tonight. I believe we paid off three or four small bills last Friday. I also think we have two or three that are now under two hundred dollars. I'll have to check those for sure to find out. The snowball is rolling along and we've got proof!
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
New PC Blues
After work I headed out to Walmart to see if they needed me. There was a big inspection manager coming and they wanted extra help so they asked if I would show up. Actually to start they wanted me to come in at five AM, chuckling I said no.
I arrived there and talked with my manager and she said head on home, so thankfully I got to do just that! I arrived home and spent a little bit of time with the family before tech rehearsal at the theatre. Just before they left the UPS truck showed up with the new PC kit I ordered last week! I wasn't expecting it until tomorrow.
Now I had a fun project for the evening! I called my friend Mandingo to come over and help. He does this stuff daily, it's his job at work.
So I started in with unpacking and getting things put together. It went very well. The instructions were clear, I had Mandingo double check my work, we plugged it in and got a two motherboard error lights. After moving the RAM we got it down to one error light.
Not sure why it's on. The CPU is seated well, went in like a dream and the fan heat sink right on top of it. There shouldn't be any errors at all. So we started looking at error codes online.
Similar problems were posted but they all had to do with bent CPU pins. Well we didn't have any. It fit snug into its socket and locked down like it should have.
By that time Mandingo had to head home. So the new PC is still a work in progress this morning. I'll be reading message boards on my iPhone and seeing what I can come up with. I know Mandingo will be doing the same.
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I arrived there and talked with my manager and she said head on home, so thankfully I got to do just that! I arrived home and spent a little bit of time with the family before tech rehearsal at the theatre. Just before they left the UPS truck showed up with the new PC kit I ordered last week! I wasn't expecting it until tomorrow.
Now I had a fun project for the evening! I called my friend Mandingo to come over and help. He does this stuff daily, it's his job at work.
So I started in with unpacking and getting things put together. It went very well. The instructions were clear, I had Mandingo double check my work, we plugged it in and got a two motherboard error lights. After moving the RAM we got it down to one error light.
Not sure why it's on. The CPU is seated well, went in like a dream and the fan heat sink right on top of it. There shouldn't be any errors at all. So we started looking at error codes online.
Similar problems were posted but they all had to do with bent CPU pins. Well we didn't have any. It fit snug into its socket and locked down like it should have.
By that time Mandingo had to head home. So the new PC is still a work in progress this morning. I'll be reading message boards on my iPhone and seeing what I can come up with. I know Mandingo will be doing the same.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Kitten Trouble
Watching our kitten Jet play is an exercise in exhaustion. He runs everywhere, attacks everything, is in the air as much as he is on the ground, chases every single other pet in the house including the dog, and has zero fear for his own safety.
Everything is something to bite, stalk, chase, attack, or rarely sleep on. He has no idea where he is going but he runs there as fast as he can. Even the dog will go to his pet taxi once in a while to get away.
He will use up every single molecule of energy before just laying down, sometimes in mid attack and nap. Very sudden like, he'll just terrorize whatever is there and like flipping a switch it's nap time.
Scotch and Baby Kitty have had very active kitten hoods but neither were as rampaging as Jet, nor as willing to inflict bodily harm on himself or others. Let alone the energy tank Jet has is far bigger than any I've witnessed. He goes on forever!
I'm not sure if Jet will evolve into being a lap kitty or not, he doesn't enjoy being held much at all. Baby Kitty is very lovey and when I'm home will frequently be in a lap. Scotty though has his moments of loving a lap.
Today is Tuesday and the new PC kit will make it here this week! I'll be able to work on it perhaps this coming Saturday if all goes right! It should be up and running this weekend and everything will be restored once again! That will help The Date out with her school work and make my blogging that much easier!
Although it is much easier on this iPhone than it was on the last one!
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Everything is something to bite, stalk, chase, attack, or rarely sleep on. He has no idea where he is going but he runs there as fast as he can. Even the dog will go to his pet taxi once in a while to get away.
He will use up every single molecule of energy before just laying down, sometimes in mid attack and nap. Very sudden like, he'll just terrorize whatever is there and like flipping a switch it's nap time.
Scotch and Baby Kitty have had very active kitten hoods but neither were as rampaging as Jet, nor as willing to inflict bodily harm on himself or others. Let alone the energy tank Jet has is far bigger than any I've witnessed. He goes on forever!
I'm not sure if Jet will evolve into being a lap kitty or not, he doesn't enjoy being held much at all. Baby Kitty is very lovey and when I'm home will frequently be in a lap. Scotty though has his moments of loving a lap.
Today is Tuesday and the new PC kit will make it here this week! I'll be able to work on it perhaps this coming Saturday if all goes right! It should be up and running this weekend and everything will be restored once again! That will help The Date out with her school work and make my blogging that much easier!
Although it is much easier on this iPhone than it was on the last one!
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Monday, October 24, 2011
Going To Work
I just took my last steroid pill. I'm having coffee to wash it down and I'm better, much better. Who was the first person to find a coffee bean? What would possess them to take it, roast it, grind it up, run water through it and drink it?
Who was the first person to take bacon and eggs and say, "You know? Maybe coffee would go good with breakfast."
Some daring culinary pioneer no doubt. Someone who perhaps thought that if you found a plant, dug underneath it and found an ugly looking root like thing you could cut it up, fry it, and serve it with ketchup.
I owe that guy though, I don't think I have a better comfort food than fried potatoes. Well to me that is. It's simple, filling, and tastes good.
To those daring pioneers who took that first bite or first drink, I salute you this morning!
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Who was the first person to take bacon and eggs and say, "You know? Maybe coffee would go good with breakfast."
Some daring culinary pioneer no doubt. Someone who perhaps thought that if you found a plant, dug underneath it and found an ugly looking root like thing you could cut it up, fry it, and serve it with ketchup.
I owe that guy though, I don't think I have a better comfort food than fried potatoes. Well to me that is. It's simple, filling, and tastes good.
To those daring pioneers who took that first bite or first drink, I salute you this morning!
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Much Better
Today was the last day of the antibiotics prescribed to me. I feel a ton better and will continue to improve from here. Yesterday at work was fairly easy. Just some stocking and such, nothing major at all.
The four and a half hours flew by and I was back at home a bit after six. Now I've got one more day like yesterday and then I'll head back to work like normal tomorrow. I guess I just wore my body down enough that I needed that kind of rest. When I look back through history at some of the most rugged men that came and settled this country I wonder if they ever had the same problems.
For example the coal miners who ushered in the industrial age and brought America to the forefront of modernization. They were essentially indentured servants for a long time, paid with coins that were only good at the company store. They were given housing but it was usually very shack like and ramshackle at best. But they were men and they went to work when they couldn't or shouldn't. Yeah they also had a very short lifespan and if a mine accident didn't get them then more than likely black lung disease did.
They were among the designers of this country that went unmentioned for the most part but had a work ethic that would shame many today that enjoy our country as it exists. Even at my best I will never be as tough as those men. Long hours, bad conditions, worse pay.
Today I go in for another four and a half hour shift of moving products from one section of the store to another section. Easy enough, and thank you to those that came before me and helped settle this country into what we now enjoy.
The four and a half hours flew by and I was back at home a bit after six. Now I've got one more day like yesterday and then I'll head back to work like normal tomorrow. I guess I just wore my body down enough that I needed that kind of rest. When I look back through history at some of the most rugged men that came and settled this country I wonder if they ever had the same problems.
For example the coal miners who ushered in the industrial age and brought America to the forefront of modernization. They were essentially indentured servants for a long time, paid with coins that were only good at the company store. They were given housing but it was usually very shack like and ramshackle at best. But they were men and they went to work when they couldn't or shouldn't. Yeah they also had a very short lifespan and if a mine accident didn't get them then more than likely black lung disease did.
They were among the designers of this country that went unmentioned for the most part but had a work ethic that would shame many today that enjoy our country as it exists. Even at my best I will never be as tough as those men. Long hours, bad conditions, worse pay.
Today I go in for another four and a half hour shift of moving products from one section of the store to another section. Easy enough, and thank you to those that came before me and helped settle this country into what we now enjoy.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Another Day Off
I took Friday off from work and went work at Walmart at five. I'm feeling much better after yesterday's rest. I was able to run some errands and I also ordered our new PC kit. It will replace the one that has served faithfully for over four years. I'll have it built and running by next weekend for sure as I have a couple of evenings off this week from Walmart.
I also decided against purchasing the iPhone 4s and went with the iPhone 4 instead. It was readily available, I upgraded The Date to the same phone and played with it. It's really an impressive machine.
It's very fast, easy to work with, has IOS5 already installed, has so many advantages over the iPhone 3G that it's like night and day. For a hundred dollars you can't beat it so it's got a ton of value. I just put the two 3G iPhones on eBay for sale and they'll more than make up the cost of upgrading when sold.
The extra money will be used for car insurance next month when it's due after they sell this week.
I work four and a half hours today and tomorrow, thankfully I'm nearly done with my medications. I feel a lot better and I hope to continue to improve over the next week!
I also decided against purchasing the iPhone 4s and went with the iPhone 4 instead. It was readily available, I upgraded The Date to the same phone and played with it. It's really an impressive machine.
It's very fast, easy to work with, has IOS5 already installed, has so many advantages over the iPhone 3G that it's like night and day. For a hundred dollars you can't beat it so it's got a ton of value. I just put the two 3G iPhones on eBay for sale and they'll more than make up the cost of upgrading when sold.
The extra money will be used for car insurance next month when it's due after they sell this week.
I work four and a half hours today and tomorrow, thankfully I'm nearly done with my medications. I feel a lot better and I hope to continue to improve over the next week!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Feeling Better
After three weeks of a hacking cough, enough congestion to put an elephant down, and numerous aches and pains I decided to take off of work on Wednesday and headed to the doctor. I have a respiratory infection and while it wasn't pneumonia it didn't feel good either.
I got two prescriptions and headed home to get better. I called in to work yesterday and today but I'll have to go to Walmart tonight from five to nine thirty. My cough is still there and is still a hacking cough but it is lessening some. The worst thing about this is that I wanted to build my leave up, I had just passed the ninety hour mark and now with me taking off two and over a half days it'll be back down to the high seventy hour mark.
I'll rebuild it though. It won't take too long to do again. It's ok though because I do need to get better or I won't be able to handle my schedule again. I probably should have gone to the doctor before the other day, I mean three weeks with a bad cough is probably too long but I just didn't take the time to take care of myself. If I had then it probably could have been caught before it got as bad as it did and wouldn't have had to taken off from work to get better.
I'm blessed that I do have a job where they are very understanding about leave and it's very easy to take off with no problems at all. Just a phone call and you are good, it's not like I abuse my leave. I show up and for 99% of the time I take off from work with permission, usually half days or put my leave in well in advance so it can be approved.
For a job as good as mine is to me I can do that for them. They deserve that in the least. Walmart on the other hand is a bit of a different animal. You don't start earning leave until after a year of service. I can see that because of the turnover rate they have but perhaps if they altered that policy then maybe they would retain more people. Take care of your people and the good ones will take care of you and do more than make up for the screwups that game the system.
I am feeling like I have more energy now this morning while the past two days I've felt drug out and trampled on. That's probably an effect of breathing better now and feeling like I have a clear head. I should be back to normal by Monday and I'll definitely be back to work then. Thank you all for your prayers and kind thoughts:) It's helped a lot:)
I got two prescriptions and headed home to get better. I called in to work yesterday and today but I'll have to go to Walmart tonight from five to nine thirty. My cough is still there and is still a hacking cough but it is lessening some. The worst thing about this is that I wanted to build my leave up, I had just passed the ninety hour mark and now with me taking off two and over a half days it'll be back down to the high seventy hour mark.
I'll rebuild it though. It won't take too long to do again. It's ok though because I do need to get better or I won't be able to handle my schedule again. I probably should have gone to the doctor before the other day, I mean three weeks with a bad cough is probably too long but I just didn't take the time to take care of myself. If I had then it probably could have been caught before it got as bad as it did and wouldn't have had to taken off from work to get better.
I'm blessed that I do have a job where they are very understanding about leave and it's very easy to take off with no problems at all. Just a phone call and you are good, it's not like I abuse my leave. I show up and for 99% of the time I take off from work with permission, usually half days or put my leave in well in advance so it can be approved.
For a job as good as mine is to me I can do that for them. They deserve that in the least. Walmart on the other hand is a bit of a different animal. You don't start earning leave until after a year of service. I can see that because of the turnover rate they have but perhaps if they altered that policy then maybe they would retain more people. Take care of your people and the good ones will take care of you and do more than make up for the screwups that game the system.
I am feeling like I have more energy now this morning while the past two days I've felt drug out and trampled on. That's probably an effect of breathing better now and feeling like I have a clear head. I should be back to normal by Monday and I'll definitely be back to work then. Thank you all for your prayers and kind thoughts:) It's helped a lot:)
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