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Today was another busy morning. Up early as usual. Played. Little D4. Then showered.
First up was getting the boy a haircut. Then it was a trip to Walmart to get various school supplies, some new school clothes, new backpacks, etc.
Now I’m back home with the girl for lunch (and to get started on more clothes washing). The wife ran over to Kroger and CVS.
At some point today, I’ve got to do some scout related stuff.
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Two more days and the kidlets are back in school. I love our schools (so far).
The elementary school (where the girl still is) has always been pretty top notch, and both kids have done well there.
The boy’s middle school is….decent. There are some problems with little a-hole kids starting fights or causing other trouble, but nothing too serious so far. And academically the boy’s been doing great. And there’s plenty of extracurricular activities.
I’m just glad they’re going to school here in Texas. I can only imagine the nightmare it might have been if we’d stayed in Philly. Or gone back to Louisiana.
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Doctor: I’m going to write you a prescription for medicine X. Even if it doesn’t fix you, it should help.
Insurance Company: We’re rejecting this prescription for medicine X because you haven’t tried medicine Y.
Doctor: Okay. I’ll write you a prescription for medicine Y.
Insurance Company: We’re rejecting this prescription for medicine Y.
Damned healthcare system. It just keeps going downhill. Has been for the last dozen years or so. I think the descent has accelerated over the last 3 to 4 years, though.
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Saturday we took the boy to get a cell phone. The young lady asked the wife and I if we needed new phones. I said no because mine was still working well for me. I did try to get a new case, since the old one did its job too well. However, they didn’t have any that would fit my phone.
And so, of course, yesterday I drop the phone and put a big old crack right across the screen.
Ah, Fate. You cruel and fickle b$&@h.
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I’m the advancement chair for the boy’s scout troop. Last night we had a committee meeting where we narrowly avoided voting a scout out. He’s the ringleader for most of the trouble that occurs, and at summer camp this year he and his cronies almost set a tent on fire.
I think he’s got one more chance, then he’s gone. As much as I see scouting as a way to help kids like him, I wouldn’t mind seeing him gone. I get the impression even if someone were seriously hurt by his antics, he wouldn’t show much remorse.
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Went to my dentist appointment yesterday. Got one cavity taken care of, and the temp crown put on. He didn’t want to do the other one, however, because my blood pressure read lower than usual, and he was worried about giving me too much sedation.
So he’ll save that one for when I go back to get my permanent crown put on.
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Long day. I was at work about an hour longer than I should have been.
We had a drawing package going out, and there was a typo on the material description for small bore valves. They all said “NPT” instead of “NPS” for the size.
I missed it at first because the Bill of Materials we pull from the same drawings had all the correct material descriptions. My supervisor asked me to do one last sanity check and I noticed it then.
It was easily fixed, but since we were down one designer, and had other (civil) stuff to fix at the last minute, it took awhile.