It crept above the freezing mark today. It was Friday but I didn’t feel like doing anything, I need to get hours in for last month and I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I can’t seem to get anything done. Hopefully, this too shall pass.

Sandy had a fun day seeing what Cali was into last night on the cameras, evidently, our little piggy came for food several times throughout the night. I’m glad I gave her a login and showed her how to use the system, it makes me feel good to know she’s using it too and it’s not just for me.

Sammy and Rocky have been sleeping all day but that’s what they do, love those little critters. I tried making meatloaf by temperature, I cooked it to 165 by probe but it still didn’t feel like it was cooked, I ate my portion but we had to cook it for another 30 minutes before it was good for Sandy. Guess we’ll cook it by time again next time.

Not too much of it but any seems a bit too much. But at least they know to shut everything down instead of making the idiots get on the road. So it’s been a nice isolation period. We were worried about Cali but last night I peeked out to make sure the heating pad was still on and sure enough, a single line of paw prints led from the shed to the repurposed refrigerator. It seems little Cali figured out where the food was. She was safe and I felt better because of that.

Well we were in shorts for Christmas but nature would appear to be back with a bit of a complaint, not really a vengeance. We’re getting a lot of rain but it’s now beginning to freeze and we’ll be under 32 for a couple of days and as low as 15 so they’re saying. We should be fine, it’s always kind of fun as long as you’re ready, we have 50 gallons of gas in the truck bed tank for the generator, 80 lbs of propane to heat the RV, 6 cases of bottled water and food for days.

My only worry is Cali but we made her a heated feeding hut so hopefully she’ll use it.

Well not much going on with work but there’s a pretty brutal storm heading this way. Nothing like we saw a year ago when it was -2, it’s only supposed to be 14 or so for this one. But we’re set. I went this morning to get $100 of gas so we’re all set to power the generator if needed. We’ve got at least 70 pounds of propane to heat the garage and the RV in case we need to move in there. We have 6 cases of bottled water and enough food to last a couple of weeks at least. I’m not a prepper but I am prepared! I even tore up the only dorm fridge to try to give Cali a warm place to eat. Bring it on!!!

Well maybe not in love but I’m super happy that it’s Friday. I got a start in pulling the CAT-5 cable for the new POE security cameras. Got 3 of 11 pulled which is good but they were the easiest to do. Sandy said she’d give me a hand tomorrow so hopefully, we’ll get the line finished up tomorrow. It’ll still be a bit before it’s all connected but once the wires are run the hard part is done.

Got a chance to catch up with General today too and that’s always fun. Sandy is going out to see a band play but I don’t feel like going out, I have studying to do. One day I won’t have to study anymore and I’ll be happy and have a smile on my face all day long.

Just got off the treadmill after 2.5 miles, that felt good! A little hot but it’s only 42 degrees outside so I just stepped into the garage and got some paperwork done and now I’m nicely cooled down. So I’m 50, I’ve got more posts to backfill, for some reason my Ipad WordPress app won’t publish properly. Not sure what that’s about but nothing to lose sleep over.

Haven’t been feeling up to par the last couple of days, probably just the travel and age, just been super tired. Started back up on my medications, we’ll see if that does anything.

I guess I woke up grumpy. Actually, it came to be when I sat down at my desk I heard the truck, couldn’t tell from the camera if it was recycle or trash as they both come today, went to the bedroom to look out those windows and they were dusty and with the sunlight shining on them I couldn’t see a damn thing, so now I’m pissed, camera’s can’t see, windows don’t work and something wasn’t getting picked up because they were here and it wasn’t out. Sandy walks in and asks ‘what you looking at?’ innocently enough and I bit her head off because the trucks were here, the windows weren’t working, the camera couldn’t see and something wasn’t getting picked up. It was completely my fault in how I reacted to an innocent question. I so need to fix that character flaw, not be so quick to anger. I’m looking for an audiobook that may fill the 11-hour drive to CO with some knowledge.

It was Shelly’s last day here too, that’s kind of sad because she’s such a character. She will be missed but hopefully fewer distractions so I can study, I say this as we make ever-expanding plans to head to CO.

It’s Monday and it happens to be MLK day too, I appreciate the man and the idea, not sure how I can be of assistance to the dream but I’m here if called upon.

Been trying to study and I made it through one of the more trying chapters I needed to and now it’s on to the next troublesome one, only 3 or four more to go but I need to step it up. I thought there was a light at the end of the tunnel but I’m not sure it’s not a train. Shelly, Sandy, and I walked over to Brookside Cafe for lunch, they had steak fingers for a special and they were awfully tasty. Shelly had the burger and Sandy the pot roast.

I got irked again with NextDoor this time, I can’t take how many idiots there are in this world, even in my neck of the woods. Oh well, I need to learn to control my angst. One day I hope to be far away from all the idiots and in nature. One day hopefully. We’ll talk more about that shortly.

So the girls took off for Turner Falls and I did my best to study, that didn’t work out as well as I would have liked it to but still moving forward. It was a pretty but chilly day. Tomorrow is MLK day so it’s not a real Monday in the aspect that a lot of our clients are off so I don’t have any meetings except internal. When the girls got back we had meatloaf with green beans and mashed potatoes. The potatoes were premade garlic mashed and Shelly doesn’t like garlic, poor girl…

So yesterday I had said that dad never got hold of me. As I’m walking into the kitchen today I look down and see this something or other, I reach down to pick it up and it’s a paper towel that dad had formed into a monkey face, I’m guessing the cats found it and were playing with it, or were they? Happy birthday weekend dad! Thanks for saying hi!

It’s sunny and 73 today, this is the plus about living in Texas, I’m in shorts and a t-shirt and doing yard work. Happy to say my physical fitness goals are still going well, I’ve only got 2.5k steps today but I can knock that out in short order. Still have more yard work to do.

I need to hit the books, I only have three more chapters to knock out to take this test and I’m looking at it and stopping. I’ll start forcing myself soon, maybe when the weather takes a turn tomorrow.

Also still have the upgrade to the house that we’re looking to do. First and foremost is the ground redo for access to the other bay of the garage. Just been so busy with work and such. Oh well, I’ll keep making progress for as long as the good Lord sees fit to keep letting me wake up.