We’re sitting on a dog this week, and next week too. Pippa is doing well and the cats are adjusting to sequestration.

We’re done with the closet fixing so it’ll be time to paint tomorrow. Then we can steam mop the floors and put the wiring back together and we’ll have a class A gym room for all our weight lifting and cardio needs. It’ll be equipped with a treadmill, inversion table, weight bench and sit up bench. A large screen TV to take attention away from the screaming pain of working out.

Hopefully that will help with the weight loss, I’m getting a little tired of hanging around 190 and would like to get down to under 170 so I can gain it back again. I’ve decided my treat if going to be the chocolate peanut butter rice crispy treats. I’ve decided it’s just a matter of using more calories than you’re consuming and with that back room put together, I plan on a lot of calorie burn.

Outside it’s heating up, the eastern part of the nation is sweltering, it’s just standard heat down here. Humid as all get out though. Took my walk at 7ish and it was already too humid to be comfortable.

Work is winding down, I’ve got a small reporting warehouse to put together which should take a couple of months. It’s almost time to start planning the next gig. I never did hear anything about my security clearance but Sandy says that’s just the way it is. That may play into my favor in a job search.

Got the trash taken out so the day is officially over. I do like taking out the trash, it’s the best deal going. I pay $70ish a month and can throw out as much as I want, get all the water I need and everything I can get down the sewer.

Tomorrow Monday will be in the rear view and we’re on our way to another weekend!

Still don’t care for Sunday’s. I care even less for Monday and that’s tomorrow. Oh well, we got a lot done this weekend. Laundry, the aforementioned yard work, and today helped my sister prep moms house for the trip. I also sprayed down the front and back yard with sandburr preventer. We’re at that time of the season that you can spot the sandburr because it’s the only thing in the yard that is green and it’s purple center is a dead give away. We’re getting Pippa on Wednesday and I don’t want her stepping on any stickers.

I’m happy today, I feel things are moving forward and the future is bright. Another full week ahead and I’ll make the best of it. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!!!

Got some tree and shrub trimming done today, it turned out to be a lot more than I was thinking it would be, by the time it was all said and done with I think I had six bundles of limbs, a contractor bag stuffed and a regular yard bag filled too. Then I got the closet sanded and mudded with a larger knife. It’s looking good and I think I should be able to sand and paint tomorrow. It could use another coat of mud but it’s looking good and it’s the stinking closet.

But the east side of the property is cleaned up and should be good for the rest of the summer.

I also got into the RV and started cleaning it up and out. I took out all the food that was still in there and threw it out, there’s nothing there that can’t be replaced and I don’t trust what’s in there. The premise of the RV is that it could be on the road with minimal notice in order to get us to where we needed to be and give us shelter when we get there. That’s primarily in case something should go south with Sandy’s parents. We could be there in 21/30 hours respectively but I need to make sure the RV is road worthy. It’s been sitting since we got back from out central plains trip last labor day. We’ll get there.

I’m not sure how it happened, but it’s been over a week since I last blogged. I guess I just needed a break from trying to think of things to write about. Things are going well enough. I’ve started with the AI prompt class. I’m kind of amazed at how bad my attention man is. I find my mind wandering as I read through a paragraph to the point where I have to start over when I get to the end of it because I started thinking about something else halfway through. Hopefully that is something I can work on and get back because I have a few other study points that I need to attack after I finish this AI class.

I had today off, not my choice, but it was a federal holiday. Wow I really enjoy having the time off, I’d rather be working since I actually have things to do. Oh well, I started getting ready to mow the lawn just before 8 AM. I finished up just after 9 AM. I was pouring sweat even at that early hour, but I got the front yard and backyard. Mowed trimmed and edged. I was also kind of excited today since it was the first day that I’ve had two days in a row weighing in at under 190 pounds. I’m excited since that’s 10 pounds and I’ve only got 20 to go.

The dog days of summer appeared to be with us now. While the temperature itself hasn’t spent a whole bunch of time over 100°, it’s been very humid. Meaning the feels like temperature has been into the hundreds. But it is June and for all intents and purposes, it’s summer in Texas so you would hardly expect anything else. 

The week is 80 percent complete. I’m excited that the week is coming to a conclusion. I’ve been dealing with documentation and I’m never happy doing that. There’s a reporting warehouse that needs to put together and I’m hoping I can find some examples in my old work.

I’ll get some work done on the back room this weekend, we should be able to knock it out, well mostly, this weekend. I’ll work on that tomorrow evening when the ball game is on. I need to pick up some stuff from Lowe’s or HD. I think there’s a flooring caulk that can fill the gaps that I have in the closet, it’s not my best work but then again, it’s in the closet.

So mom and Ron took off for Erie today. Evidently it was kind of unexpected and mom called sister crying. I’m not sure why as they were planning on leaving this weekend anyway so a couple of days early shouldn’t have caused major issues.

It’s fathers day this Sunday. No plans for the day, my dad is dead, my friends are going to be busy, I’m going to enjoy my day off. Well off to bed and on to the weekend!!!

I blew $55 on the sales at Tom Thumb. Got 5.5 pounds of ground beef, 2 racks of St. Louis style ribs, a couple of packages of Nathan’s hot dogs, 24 count of 20oz Gatorade, some BBQ sauce and a couple cans of baked beans. Oh and honey and corn on the cob. I was impressed on the savings and I’m guessing I got $30 off the order for making it online. I’m happy, it all got into the freezer and is properly labeled with dates so there’s no more mystery meats in the freezer.

I also made 1800 miles on the eBike today. I don’t think that Sandy cares much for riding anymore. I think that she’s just bored of riding around here, when we can get back on the road and camped out she’ll be back into it. I do need to get a camper shell, that’s in the future but wow they’re expensive.

Well tomorrow is Friday eve and I’ve got a good glide path into the weekend. It’s been rainy, I mean I’m loving it but it’s the middle of June and I was actually chilly on my bike ride. I loved it but it’s odd at this time of year. Oh well, they’re going to turn on the oven sometime. LOL, just looked and it starts Friday…

Good day today, got some things done and am almost done with the documentation that I love so much. I closed out all positions except for the 100 Pintrest shares. I’m going to take a break and learn a little more, I need to be able to create a stop loss and stop profit actions and then do some research. I’m still going to jump Joby on its next down slide.

I’m happy today, life is good.

At work today, they were going through the first day of go live. I missed 55 messages related to the go live over the weekend. None of them were for me so it’s not like I really missed them. And I didn’t hear anything about anything I built so I’m guessing that no news is good news. I’ve been doing this long enough that I know what I’m doing. Although I’m getting older and sometimes I wonder.

As I was cutting the drywall for fixing the closet, I drew a little diagram and measured and put my measurements in and cut the drywall. I somehow wrote 13.5 when it should have been 18, I have no idea how that happened. I’ll have to cut one more small piece but still, could have done it the first time.

I’m sleepy today, I couldn’t sleep very well last night. I guess I was half excited for the storm. I’ve also been a little anxious I guess, I’m not sure where things are going or how they are going to get there. And I started paying attention to my investing account, that’s nothing but nerve wracking to be sure.

Oh, I also figured out how to use the big screen TV in the office as an extra monitor to watch tutorials and such that’s being streamed. The Linux box has a wireless mouse and keyboard so I can sit on the couch and learn. We’ll see how that goes.
I also started the class for AI prompt training. We’ll see if I can knock a class out and learn something about AI even though I’m not super thrilled about it. I guess I’m getting older and I’ve been learning about technology for so long, it’s just kind of boring. Oh well, it’s not much of a cross to bear.

Life is good folks, keep looking to the future and living in the moment!

Well, I didn’t have the momentum that I did yesterday, I still made some good progress today. It started off by cleaning up the back room closet and the wires in networking components that live there. It’s not like I have a routed switch or anything like that, and I only have four network lines going out. I couldn’t even tell you where they’re going to, but I’m assuming they’re necessary. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have plugged them in. That took about 45 minutes all told. In that time, AT&T managed to text me to tell me that my internet router was offline. That was kind of nice of them, even though completely unnecessary in this particular situation. It’s all kind of hanging by a chain in the components that are actually sitting on a ladder. That gives me ample room to get to the north side of that closet to do what I need to do.

We went over to Mom’s today to wish them a safe trip as they’re taking off for Erie next weekend. We showed up a little late as they were already in full swing on working on outdoor stuff. So we only hung around for about 15-20 minutes. Then, I did a little bit of retail therapy at Harbor Freight. I got new blades for the saber saw, two new Sanders that go with the Harbor Freight batteries as well as an oscillating tool. I also got Snap Ring Pliers, so I should have everything to replace the ball joints on the Xterra. I still don’t know if I want to farm that job out or not.

When we got home I put the oscillating tool to work squaring up the hole in the closet. It was very rough when I started but now I have square dimensions as well as 2x4s to to screw into. I need to do a couple more of those but all told I’m happy with the progress. Next steps are to get the drywall from the garage and cut it to fit and then mount it. I’ll have to Mud it all in too, but I’m hoping by the end of next weekend to have a completed.