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Had a few text messages from a former coworker. This was a dude who got let go months ago. He also crossed the manager who got rid of the rest of us. He was one of that a-hole’s first victims.
Anyway, the dude was checking up on me, which was nice of him. And we briefly discussed Diablo 4 and the forthcoming expansion pack.
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Oh joy! The wife checked the daughter’s temperature. It had hit 102 degF. So she gave the daughter another flu test. This one came up positive for type A.
So it’s probably only a matter of time before we both catch it as well. Gods, I hate this f#%@ing month.
Also, I say again, “F#%@ you, Universe”.
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CH and I used to have this thing, where he'd post a "What's up?" (or something like that, I forget the exact words), and then I'd respond with one of my now classic "soap opera" posts.
I think that's one of the only things I truly miss about those days. He was a good dude. I see his posts on FB sometimes. Living his best life. Shame I never got to meet him.
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I did meet some of the real FAWTLY folk back in the day. More than 13 years now. At Paizocon 2012. Not sure what happened to some of them. Still see at least one of them posting on FB, and he occasionally gives a "like" to one of the maps I post on my FB Map page. Jess Door? Disappeared. Hugo? Who knows? Monkey? I think he's around, but only in play by posts. I'm sure there are others.
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Oooh...I think I'm finally regretting that sausage we had for dinner last night. Though not as bad as I thought I might. I've really got to cut back on crap like that. Focus more on poultry and no fried foods. Maybe even some more veggies.
I've tried to find a type of frozen mixed veggies at the grocery store. Something that doesn't have stuff I don't like. Such as broccoli. That stuff is nasty.
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Other than the dog bath and Christmas Tree, there are only a few other things on my plate for today. Whether I get to all of them is questionable.
I want to finish up a map I've been working on, which I'll probably do once I'm done here. And, of course, there's the ever present laundry. I might also try to do some cataloging today. No bagging and boarding though. I'm currently waiting on some more bags and boards to be delivered by Amazon. That should happen sometime tomorrow.
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Well, that’s one big goal of the day accomplished. The dog is bathed. I let the boy do most of the work, assigning myself to hose duties and then helping dry her off a bit. Now I’ve sent the boy inside while I remain out on the back patio with the dog. She’s leashed to a column and further drying off in the sun.
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Forgot to mention…..at the grocery store yesterday, I found a bag of mini versions of my favorite type of apple, honeycrisp. It’s the first time I’d ever seen them offered that small. Made me happy, since I wanted to start eating more apples, but didn’t want the larger ones.
With the larger ones, I tended to substitute that for an actual meal. Healthy, but not filling enough. Then I’d end up snacking more. This way, I’m more encouraged to eat regular meals, and can have these as healthier snacks.
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I’m ashamed to say, other than a load of laundry, I haven’t accomplished much since the dog’s bath. I had intended to put up the tree already, but can’t seem to muster the interest.
I blame my apathy in part on being somewhat angry with the month of December in general, and with the Universe’s penchant for visiting Christmas-ruining misery on me in particular.
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Aaaannnddd…..the Christmas Tree is up. Huzzah.
It took less than an hour. Mostly because (a) I avoided getting all the ornaments down, (b) I went with more sparse decorating consisting predominantly of large homemade stuff and plastic balls, and (c) I did most of the work myself, only getting the boy involved, and only to help me hook and hang ornaments.
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I was hoping my daughter would be hungry enough to have a burger, but no such luck. She did at least eat a banana. And her temperature (so far) hasn't climbed higher than 99 degF.
Of course, now the wife is coughing a bit more. It's possibly she's finally caught it. Now I suppose it's just a matter of time before I succumb.
F%$#ing December. F%$#ing winter. A bane on this most vile of seasons, and all the misery it brings.
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At least we're forecasted to have some decent weather for the next week or so. Currently, the weather app is predicting highs in the upper 70s/low 80s and lows in the 60s from now through Saturday.
Then by next Sunday we'll start to get colder and more miserable again. I imagine January will be quite miserable. It usually is.
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At least my wife was smart enough to get out of oil and gas when the last downturn left her briefly unemployed. Then again, she was smart enough to move away from engineering into a more QA/QC role. That stuff never goes out of style.
And now she does that for PPE, which also never goes out of style. Sure, it might not pay as well, but it's steady.