I was worried about taking on the responsibility of cats back in 2018, and they are a bit of work but I wouldn’t change it for the world, this must be what it’s like to have kids:)

I know it’s cheesy but it’s May the 4th. So Sandy gets back into town today and I head to the airport to pick her up with an 8th of a tank of gas and as soon as I get to the airport the damn gas light comes on. UGH, that’s the second time I’ve gone to pick her up and almost run out of gas. Oh well.

The new headlights for the Xterra came in today. I’m really pissed that the ones I bought last year don’t work and am pretty sure I won’t be using NewEgg.com for anything anymore. That’s where I got the last headlights. Spec-D Tuning for 2002-2012 Nissan Xterra Chrome Led Projector Headlights were the name on them so I remember not to even look at them again. It’ll be good to have Sandy home, although she’s taking off for PA on Thursday.

So Sandy and I share prime but my sister has her own, got her to order a couple more monitors for me so I got my 4 $180 monitors for $119, I’m happy.

I’ve finished up the documentation on a project that has been in overtime for about 2 quarters now, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

I had a Charlie horse last night that had me screaming:( That was not fun. I’m not sure what that was all about but I move a butt load of pavers yesterday, I guess I’m getting too old for manual labor… Here’s what’s being accomplished.

I actually got an Amazon order that contained only books today, it’s hard to believe that they actually started as an online book store. Right now I’m a little miffed at Jeff and his crew, I need four monitors for my Linux box and they have the ones I wanted but will only sell me two at $119. I guess I can see why because that’s got to be a loss for them but still, it’s quite annoying. As for the books, three are investment books so hopefully that will become a revenue stream instead of a constant source of worry. And they other one for my attitude. It’s called ‘The subtle are of not giving a f*ck”. Hum, it was recommended to me and we’ll see…

Got my second Moderna shot today! There is a huge sense of relief getting this, the freedom that everyone is bitching about comes from this shot. Now I don’t have to worry about catching this ridiculous virus and I can’t wait for life to get back to somewhat normal.

I’ve dealt with cold before doing time in Erie, Pa but this is a bit ridiculous. Fortunately the power is still on and we’re staying warm. So far so good, nothing major had been destroyed.

Every January 15th, I pause to think of my dad, it’s been seven years since he left us and I still miss him. I’m sad that he didn’t get to see some of the toys I bought and what my life is like now. I’m guessing if he could see it he’d be proud at least I like to think so. The regret I have is that I only got to the place in my life where I could start to include him, maybe that’s just hind sight. In any case, miss you dad, I hope our spirits cross again one day.

Monday’s are never easy and the first one back that not after a 4 day weekend is especially cruel. Oh well, it’s not like I had anything that needed to get done. I’m actually a bit worried that work has dried or is drying up. It doesn’t have anything to do with the virus, unless you can call Oracle a virus, and the way they destroy software they acquire that may not be too far off. MySQL, Java, Star Office are just a few that come to mind. Oh well, after a year and a half of primarily helping clients archive the data to move off of Taleo, it looks like there are some changes in the wind. Whatever is next on the journey I’ll do my best to embrace and make the best of the changes that are coming.

3 football games yesterday and three today, although the Cowboys were watching the games from the couch like I was, it was still nice to have football on for 18 hours over the weekend. Not sure why, it just felt normal despite no one was in the stands and even the head coach of one of the teams was out for the Covid protocol.

I did get a chance to talk to General, it’s always good to talk to him, he thinks that the end of the virus shutdown is in sight, it would normally abate as spring and summer come to be and with the vaccination push on it should be mostly under control by the end of the summer. I’m hoping things are back to normal sooner than later but I’ll keep improving myself and my surroundings during the down time.

In other notes, I’ve started the procurement project for the materials for the shed, it’s looking to set me back about $3500 for materials alone. I guess that’s not too bad, I spent probably $1000 on tools to build it and I think to get it built would have been about $5500 so I guess I saved myself $1000 in trade to do it myself and got the tools for free, at least that’s how I’m looking at it.

So Sandy is on her way to visit her friend in Colorado Springs and got the best deal on Southwest, I’ve never flown them personally and have nothing against them but they are based out of Love Field in Dallas, which isn’t really that far away but it’s twice as far as DFW. As I type this I realize how trivial it is but I’m not good on 4 and a half hours of sleep I got to get there on time. There’s part of me saying I’ll have energy one day when I can get out and do stuff. I’m wondering if that day will ever come if I don’t force it to… Oh well, the weekend is here and I’m going to make the best of it.