Ah Monday. It is rapidly approaching an end, but it was one heck of a day. Started with me getting to work, and getting things together to goto one of the admin’s house to work on a laptop/desktop/dock/etc. however once I got there I got calls galore. As I was getting ready to pack things up and check in, I see the admin person I was going to go see walk past my office, so she was here not there - so that didn’t happen today.
But I did get my “List” from the President of the company as to the tasks he wanted me to accomplish, most I already knew existed and plans were in place, but thankfully Grant was back today and had the phase 1 quote for me, we stayed and chatted till 5:30, which put me leaving around 6:00 - there is a lot of other “bleh” things from the day, but I am choosing not to dwell on those - but 6pm meant off to Dan’s house! It was game night!
By the time I got there it was about 6:30, traffic was odd, and there is no easy / clean way to 178 during that hour so I got there, and viola - I arrived, feeling a tad tired from the day, I chatted a bit, but sadly my time there was short, my mom had ordered groceries from Vons, thus as she was stuck @ the doctor’s office with Dad finishing up, she was afraid she’d miss them as the window for delivery was 7->9 so after a slice, some casual discussion on Diablo 3, GPU’s etc. I headed home for what I imagine a quick in and out.
Sadly that didn’t work out - I never made it back 
I instead waited, and then I think the long day of back and forth from hot->cold->hot->cold caught up with me and I passed out on the couch while waiting for the guy from Vons to come - finally I woke up to my mom letting the guy unload the order onto the kitchen table and when I looked at the clock, it was nearly 9 which meant game night was wrapping up - then Scott called and said hello.
But what a day, and I still feel tired, it’s still bloody hot in my room (83F outside) but since I have no screen I can’t open my window as I’ll get bugs, and if I put in the AC in the window, I have to wake up early to remove it as it’s not secured in the window yet. So I’ll probably be crashing on the couch I am guessing.
Anywhoo that’s my run down of the day, need to call tomorrow and see what’s up with my car insurance, never got the renewal sheet to pay this month, so need to find out whats going on, and I guess maybe run in a check to the office locally as this is just odd. Californianites remember tomorrow headsets are required for talking on your cell while driving, be careful! Night!
So I am back home now, I didn’t come and zone out on the net, had a pile of things to do, so I had to get them done (still a few more to do) but I stopped and un-winded a bit with Dan and his fam - was enjoyable indeed!
My dad is home now, got him home around 5ish they said he was indeed dehydrated again, but they noted his kidney function is lower than it should be so Monday they meet with a specialist - but he is doing good, came home, made him some eggs, he took a nap with my extremely tired mom, and now they are onto nap 2.0 
Many thanks for the prayers! Much appreicated! More on other things probably tomorrow! Night!
Please keep my dad in your prayers, he was just taken to the ER, little sister is going there now, I will probably follow soon. They think he is dehydrated and possibly fighting some sort of infection, should know more soon - probably going to try and back out of work and head towards him soon! Prayers are appreciated!
I really don’t know how I got to the a-typical boring guy level of things 
I have lived a pretty wild bit now and again - I mean how many people have been investigated by the FBI twice, and the Canadian mounties? (Okay it wasn’t the mounties, but it sounds cooler than the Canadian version of the FBI)
A lot lately people keep telling me that I am far too nice - when did becoming nice almost become a put down? LoL I love the folks who tell me these things, tonight it was my little sister, she said it in reference to something that happened to me a while back, and I jokingly said I was going to hire her to come do collections for me! She’d have me tons of owed money ASAP.
Honestly I do see it sometimes that I let things go that I should be upset about, but I suppose it is true that nice guy’s finish last - and sometimes as of late aside from heat stroke, flu, and bordum @ work, I do feel like I am finishing last. My vision of where I would be by now is a lot different than how it turned out - I am not a chef cooking for people, I don’t have 2 kids and a beautiful wife, no 3 bedroom house, but instead - I have a lot of things folks don’t have - and more and more I see that even in my every day interaction with folks at work.
My office has some folks that look at life a lot different than I do, they see the negative and hang on to it, “being nice” isn’t something they practice on a regular basis - I mean the fact that I keep a stash of goodies that I hand out for free still to this day boggles the minds of folks there - both young and old. I mean who would go out, buy some candy bars, and some snack cakes and hand them out for free? I mean come on what’s the catch?
I dunno, this past 2 years a lot of learning has gone down for me, and adding this 9-to-5 style job is a big change for me, no more running out on a Friday to Kosmos with Matt for 2-3 hours to chat, no more snagging lunch for Rosie and running it over to her at B&N, no helping friends decipher taxes and applications for loans, granted I still get to help folks at work, even got to help a old friend today, and she offered to take me to lunch as a thanks - I dunno, things like today where I should be billing $75 just for doing something, I am going to let it fall by the wayside.
Grace. As Google defines it:
“a disposition to kindness and compassion”
I have always been a big supporter that if grace is given to you, if that kindness and compassion is shared - you should share it in return, because grace is something you don’t deserve - it’s a gift. A gift which I have received in my life time and time again - so who am I not to extend it to others?
I mean if I have no other role in life than to spread a little bit of grace, compassion, and kindness - that seems like a noble enough of a life - may not be the vision you come up with a kid of being a fireman, of being the president of the USA, but I think for this day in age - it is something needed.
My life is going to be taking some changes soon, probably a new place to live, changes in how I eat, exercise, interact, etc. and thru it all I pray I don’t loose that sense of grace - as even when folks are short with me, or fall short of what I expected from them, grace can still be given, that gift that costs nothing but issues such a rich reward to another - the best gift one can give and the same for someone who receives it.
Anywhoo - that’s my bit for now - going to run the budget numbers again, and pray about ditching work tomorrow to rest up for Friday’s big inventory day - but knowing me I’ll probably just end up going and be grumpy on Friday from lack of sleep and even more fun heatstroke Keep me in your thoughts and prayers - hopefully going into July some things things will be underway. Night folks.
So the niece came back today, 3 wild fun filled days with my rents @ Disneyland so they came back from hot, to hotter as it was reported 105F in some areas of town, yowza!
I am still not back to full internet status, I dunno, being a tad unpluged helps - lot on my mind as of late, things like finances, apartments, relationships, etc. etc. etc. - just been a crazy 2 weeks with really bad sleep, hoping tonight to get some sleep in, but I am also thinking about calling in at work in the AM and let them know I’ll be in around 10, or not at all, but knowing me I’ll probably just give in and goto work and drag thru the day - I miss Foto Fridays.
Anywhoo - that’s all I have this evening, going to crash out now - hope everyone has a wonderful Friday!
I need a night away from the machine, it has been a long day with computers, and while I would love to continue looking at apartments online, the bottom line is, I need air tonight. I have 2 movies from Netflix, and a pizza on the way, so I am going to unwind in the living room and think happy thoughts (or mildly happy thoughts).
I leave you with the following YouTube Flick:
Happy Fake Friday!
Well tonight I sat down and started my traffic school online, same thing I did previously, and this time instead of 2 days, it was 1 night, well for the quizes and such - now the fun part, the test - taking it to a notary and then faxing it in! Thankfully the receptionist at work is a notary, so hopefully she’ll hook me up with a deal
Today was alright, busy, got some headway on the upcoming end of fiscal year, still 1 thing to find, and a bug to work out (only prints 2 pages of what should be around 150 or so) but all in all it was good, even had good pastrami aside from the last bit that got cold due to someone coming and bugging me - but she’s a nice ol lady we’ll call “Pam” - but she put up some stuff on craig’s list with my magical help.
The bedroom is my pet project while I have the house to myself, mainly because I can flood the hall/living room with junk if needs be! and I am trying to sort out what to do with my couch, I like it, it’s comfy, spent many an afternoon at the old office downtown napping on it, as did some of my friends - memories (*tear*) but the time has come I suppose to maybe donate it to goodwill.
Still back and forth on the bigger project - aka the apartment, I have all the requirements now, 10 pay stubs, 1 which shows my raise, etc. etc. but I am trying to see what happens, as I “might” get this house, but at the same time I am kind of leaning towards the apartment simply because it’ll have things like AC, better cell coverage, a pool you know the little things, but I am going to run the numbers again on my budget, I want to be 100% sure, may need to wait 1 more month to build a bigger pad, but if things keep up as they are with folks giving me money and paying their bills, heck I may have me a steady line of cashflow and then some! God is Good!
Anywhoo - its nearly 12:30 - I am still awake after a LONG day, getting woke up when the squid and rents left, so I should be getting myself to bed, of course it’s covered with laundry, so I may hit the couch and double/triple remind myself to set an alarm out there! Have a Wonderful Fake Friday folks, the real one will be here before you know it!
