I think every Sunday is a lazy Sunday as I rarely to never get anything done even though there’s stuff to do. I got the kitchen cleaned and I’m about to attack laundry. I need to clean so that I can work on computer geek things during the week. I still need to finish the floor but it may bleed into next weekend.

I did have some rum last night and it just served to remind me that I’m just not a drinker any more. My body just doesn’t metabolize it the way it used to. It’s for the best of course, it’s just plain unhealthy to drink on the level that I used to. Once every couple of months is enough for me I guess.

Off to get more done, make it a great one everybody!!!

It was a busy 15k step day today. We went to the Magnolia art festival. We drove to moms and then biked down to the festival, actually locked the bikes up by the Chat Room which I haven’t been to in years, I think John may have been in the band playing bass which sounds right, I looked around for Meg but didn’t rightly see her. I should have asked because I may be making up the fact that they are even involved in the place since the last time I saw them in 13/14, hope they are well.

Talked to my old friend Doug today, good to catch up. Then Sandy and I watched the Dead Zone. The old 1983 version. It was good and about how I remembered it. Another good day and life is still good.

While I’ve always liked Friday’s, it’s nice to actually have a part time job to take a break from. Both hours of the week were tiring LOL. We’re going to go to art goggle tomorrow and there’s also a music festival going on. We’re planning on taking the bikes and going over to my sisters and then bike down to the festivities. We’ll see how that works out, it’ll be beyond packed I’m sure.

I remember when I bought my first house here in Texas. When doing lawn maintenance I always tried to use the mulching feature to recycle the nutrients back into the soil. That got me a thatched lawn. While mulching may be a thing in some places, you need rain to break down the clippings and we don’t have that down here. So now I bag clippings and leaves and such and off it goes to the landfill. While I’m not happy I’m not recycling it, at least it may be assisting the landfill in composting garbage.

It’s half way through October and we’re finally going to get a break from the heat. The high tomorrow is supposed to be 70 which is 25 or so degrees lower than it was today. It’s always so hot down here that the standard dress is shorts and a t-shirt. I’m not even sure that I have a pair of pants that fit and when I do wear jeans I’m always pissed because there aren’t enough pockets.

It’s hard being a Cowboy’s fan. As fan would be short for fanatic, I’m not one. But I do like them better than any other football team so even though I’m not a Cowboy fanatic, I don’t like to see them lose, and it’s even less fun to watch them get slaughtered like they did in spectacular fashion today. If you’ve ever watched the Harlem Globetrotters play some no name team, that would have been the Cowboy’s today. Detroit just spanked them at every turn. I do think it’s funny that the football gods would do this on Jerry’s birthday, he’s still paying for pulling the trophy out of Jimmy’s hands. Still hard to watch though…

Evidently, crawling around on the floor pounding planks together is a young mans game. I’m a bit sore so I told the home owner that the project would be delayed until I felt like getting back to the job. He didn’t seem to mind at all.

I got back to studying the docker class and am making progress although I’ve got a concentration problem that I need to fix, I mean the subject isn’t super exciting but it’s not bad, I just wonder to other things even though I need to study. It’s just getting back into the groove.

Also got the new hire paperwork knocked out for the seasonal position I’m taking. It wasn’t too bad and I’ve filed the information for reference should it ever come up but I’ll probably just write exports like I’ve been doing for the last 4 or so years.

Sandy’s job is going phenomenal, she’s just doing training but this job is perfect for her. It’s better than I thought that it would be and that’s saying something.

TGIF

I’ve been feeling out of sorts for the past couple of days and it took me that long to put one and one together that the magnesium supplement is trying to kill me. It’s 420Mg is over the 350Mg that’s recommended. I’ve gone ahead and suspended use for now. Probably won’t be taking that one again.

In other news, it was men’s breakfast at church. Nothing too much going on there. Got home and did the lawn, then I started cleaning the garage. Adrian said he may stop over tomorrow to work on the Xterra front shocks with me and Sandy finished up the final painting in the back and so we’re ready for the floor.

My sister had a work conference this weekend and we’re sitting Pippa the pup. I’m a huge fan of animals but the amount of work involved with a dog is pretty big. I’m more of a cat person in part because cats are like furry houseplants with legs. Don’t get me wrong, I aspire to dog ownership but it’ll happen if any when I get some property that they would have room to run on. But even then you don’t get to travel much unless they come with you and I just don’t know if I could do that.

In much sadder news, Keli’s mom Claudia passed last night. I’ve been in tears thinking about what Keli must be going through. The older I get the more omnipresent death appears to be. It scares me because Sandy has yet to lose a parent and I have yet to lose the hard one, mom. You try not to think about it but it’s going to happen, there’s no way of avoiding that. Keli has handled her mom’s passing with such grace, I’m hoping that I can be half as together when I have to go through it.

I just walked Sandy out to her car and kissed her goodbye and for the first time in my adult life, my SO has a real job and I don’t. I’m not sure how I feel about that but it has caused some soul searching and I don’t believe it will take me that long to find a job but I’m still figuring out what I want to do. I feel I’ve lost my spark and direction in computers, don’t get me wrong I still love them and can’t imagine doing anything else but I need a direction. I’m certainly tired of HR and HR related software. Oh well, I’m sure something will turn up when the time comes.

I’m really proud of Sandy, this job represents the pinnacle of her career in both compensation and prestige. Ask anyone who works in skilled nursing facilities who state is and it strikes fear in their hearts because of the power they have to shut down substandard facilities. And they serve a very needed purpose which is to keep these places professional and their patients safe and comfortable.

I’ve got painting to do and then flooring and other home improvement efforts to undertake and some contract work to cleanup the last dying Taleo instances that will keep me entertained until my future because clear.