I have to go to the Meat Packer today and I am dreading it. Just not in the mood to go outside with the cold. I don't think I have much to do there. Though I need to figure out how to configure a guest wireless network, which has been on the plate for two weeks now. I am just not motivated yet to do it. And the Slate people have been annoying with ( Read more... )

It's going to be one of those days, or years ( Read more... )

I'm no scientist, or "scientist", but I feel like I have enough evidence to at least make the hypothesis that sciatica can sometimes be caused by a vitamin deficiency. Which is not a theory I made up, but one I heard from a doctor online. Yesterday I was sitting here and just happened to realize I was feeling no sciatic pain, or even pressure. ( Read more... )

Crazy to think three years ago today we were wandering the streets of the French Quarter looking for ridiculous hats, beads and masks to wear to our marriage ceremony at the Court of Two Sisters. So weird to have been down in New Orleans during the useless, liberal-advocated lockdowns. To be there with people I worked with and the Sparrow's family ( Read more... )

I always feel guilty wasting a vacation day doing nothing ( Read more... )

The Sparrow called the vet yesterday to see if we could get some of the deworming meds they had freely given us last time for all the cats. Whoever was on the phone first wanted to only give meds for tapeworm alone. We had done research before calling on this medication that treats all three main kinds of worms, which seemed to be for sale over the ( Read more... )

It feels like Thursday. I don't know why, seeing as I've not really altered my usual "slow week" schedule. I did not end up going to the Meat Packer yesterday because the owner is ghosting me. You'd think he'd have the courtesy to respond to my text, but I am nothing to him but a Borg in an alcove that he is only required to interact with when he ( Read more... )

I have to go to the Meat Packer today. It's not going to be difficult work (I don't think) but I should already be on the road so I can get in there and get this one chick's new computer in place before she arrives around lunchtime. It all sounds very easy, which means something will likely go wrong ( Read more... )

First day back to work since last Thursday. Though I still feel like the holiday mentality is going to carry through to Friday, with next week being like the "official" start of work in 2024. I should have done my time last week, but I am an idiot. Now I need to focus on that this morning. I had originally told the Meat Packer I'd be there today, ( Read more... )

I realized as I was going through the sparse writings of 2015 that I never wrote in detail about my 40th birthday trip to New Orleans (that I've come across yet). It makes me sad because my commentary on the trip would have been so much more interesting had I recapped it at the time. I remember most of the events, but truly something in the details ( Read more... )