Boredom...

Ha ha ha! Not really. Someone requested I post more often so they have something to read. So here's today's post. See you again soon! *SMILE*

End of November...

Already! Wow this year has gone fast. Been thinking about what I may have missed. Can't seem to come up with much of anything. Sex with other women? Nah. Can barely take care of the one I have, never mind disappointing others. Job opportunities? Nope. Have a chance to prove that I am ready for the "next level" at work. While not the most comfortable, doing well enough. Thankfully, I have great co-workers as a support system, and 2 bosses who are more than willing to help me out and answer any stupid questions I have. Travelling? Well, I did skip my planned trip to New York, but looks like I may be locked in for late spring/early summer 2011. Promised to take Anthony fishing off a party boat if he passes all of his classes. He still remembers the one time we did go fishing when we lived in New York, and I want him to experience it with me on a boat at least once. Also, it will just be the two of us. Not taking the wife. Men's week out. Now I just hope he passes everything. So far so good!

This past week was rather uneventful. I worked 3 days, then worked a little on Thursday, monitored email Friday, had the day (and the work laptop) off on Saturday, and today is a normal Sunday. I retrieve whatever reports I can, then do nothing. Well, except I have a conference call at 1pm CST, but I planned for that. I have End Of Month coverage this month. Actually chose it, knowing I would be home for Thanksgiving so there are no issues with me getting online. Plus, today I do the laundry, and not watch much NFL (games have not excited me this year, don't know why).

Tomorrow it's back to a normal schedule. Also have to find a railroad track to put around the base of my Christmas tree. It's my reason to even put up a tree. Yes, I'm a grinch! Have been for 14 years now. I have my reasons, but always try to make the best of it for the rest of the family. One day I may tell you about it. But, be prepared. It's a really long story! Until then...

Someone once said...

Last night, I found someone I haven't seen in quite awhile. It should have felt good; it should have broken my heart. It did neither. He confronted me and said I lied. I got mad and told him that's what I do. I lie to keep feelings from getting hurt worse than they would if I didn't lie. I lie to keep the peace with others in some cases, so they do not hate me for my thoughts and/or actions. I lie because that's what I was taught to do; and I learned from one of the best I guess. I also told him I turned into him, and I hate him for that. I followed in his footsteps and did things I never thought I would do.

After all of this, I woke up and the migraine I suffered from for 3 days was gone. Today, I feel better than I have in days.

Thank you Dad! I miss you, and I love you!!

What a week...

Have not felt good most of the week. Caught a migraine on Monday at work, mostly in my left eye. In case you wonder, I suffer from exotropia (I think that's how you spell it). Basically, the muscles in my eyes are bad, and I only "look" out of one eye at a time. The other tends to travel outward, making me look somewhat crosseyed. Well, my right eye is dominant, so I use that one most of the time. I had a Live Meeting on Monday afternoon, and when the screen popped up, it was brighter than normal. The light went into my left eyeball (the eye was to the left), and went right to my head. The pain was severe, meaning instant migraine. Finally, my head is starting to feel better, but I still have nausea in my stomach. Eating doesn't help; not eating doesn't help. Sleep doesn't seem to make a difference. I left work early yesterday, came home and slept half the day. Still felt like crap. Today I planned to work from home, then saw a mandatory meeting, so I went into the office. After the meeting is our annual Thanksgiving lunch. I didn't stay. Don't feel up to eating, talking, etc. So I came home and will work from home the rest of today. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

Despite how I felt yesterday, I took Anthony to school last night for CAP Conferences. Basically it is to pick his classes for next year. It's a good thing I went, because we discovered there are 2 classes he has to make up from 9th grade. He can take care of those in summer school. This year he is doing well. He is passing every class, so as long as everything stays good, he will be fully caught up for his 11th grade classes.

A good week

I can honestly say nothing crazy happened this week. There was my normal work. I had an ice cream promo to write, which went much better than I expected. There is a frozen promo that I passed off to a coworker (I was told to, and actually listened). My holiday schedule for Thanksgiving has been planned and sent out to be executed. Wow!

Gave up "date night" tonight. Yep, Walmart is on her own tonight. Not going grocery shopping like planned. Will go tomorrow morning instead, which is normal. Actually got a nap earlier.

Played some Call of Duty: Black Ops today. Sent wife and son to Sam's Club and I "borrowed" the disc from my son *SMILE*. Good game. Haven't played multiplayer yet. Also, been playing a lot of backgammon on X-Box this week. Boy have I missed playing that.

No go...

I don't remember if I mentioned that I was thinking of going to a casino to bet on the Breeders Cup horse races over the weekend. Well, I didn't go. Just didn't "feel it" so decided to stay home and watch it on TV, picking the non-winners on my couch and saving a helluva lot of money. After the races were over, watched some of the Arkansas/South Carolina football game and the New York Islanders hockey game. Arkansas won (yay!) and the Islanders lost (again! that's 7 in a row now!!). After the hockey game, I decided to take Ann out for "date night". We went to Walmart to do our weekly grocery shopping. The list was real small, but I did get to watch about 20 minutes of Toy Story 3 in their electronics department. It was actually really nice. Just us, walking around, looking at everything. And this morning I didn't have to worry about rushing around. Normally, my Sunday is go shopping at 8:30am, get home and turn on my work laptop to get some reports that come back early (this is good!), then I play a little X-Box before starting the laundry. While the laundry is on, I either play some more X-Box or watch football. Today, I could relax. Didn't play much X-Box and got laundry started earlier. Then we sat and watched a DVD on the career of Chris Jericho (one of my all time favorite wrestlers). Amazing first DVD, can't wait to watch the other 2 in the set.

Tomorrow it's back to work. Honestly, I can't wait. I am no good when I have a week to do nothing. My next vacation is the week between Christmas and New Year's, but that won't be as bad because Anthony will be off from school. We will find things to do, like play with the games we get for Christmas, and maybe take a drive to Walmart to find after holiday sales stuff.

Ann is laying down, and I was supposed to wake her up 10 minutes ago. I guess I should go get her. TTFN!

All good things...

...well, good things never really took place this week. I did work on Monday. I knew I would, and I didn't mind. I had absolutely no other plans for that day. Tuesday and Wednesday I played poker. Lost both tournaments. Went to Bordertown yesterday to see the OTB that they have. It's decent. Did nothing today. Played alot of XBox and now watching the Breeders Cup on ESPN2.

I love watching horse racing. The horses are so beautiful to watch. Today, however, I saw something I have never seen in 41 years of watching racing. Two jockeys got into a fistfight after a race. Now, let's keep in mind that I am taller than most jockeys. I also outweigh them by about 40 lbs or so. I do respect jockeys, as they keep their body fat very low and are extremely strong. I do not. What I never expected was to watch a jockey have to be put in a full nelson and be held by THREE men (none of them jockeys) so he wouldn't go after another jockey, and they had a helluva time holding him!! He was MOVING them backward. I am still in shock over it.

Not sure if I am going to take the ride to Bordertown tomorrow to bet on the races. Will see how I'm feeling, how the family is, etc. I will probably change my mind 7 or 8 times before coming to a decision not long before I would have to leave.

One other note...as I mentioned above, I played poker 2 days this week. Both tournaments were at Cherokee. I was shocked to see the tables out on the casino floor. They built a poker room about a year ago to keep the players separate from the slots. It was great. Many TV's around, no smoke (yes, I smoke, but playing keeps me from smoking). Well, apparently that room is going to get slots, and the new room is not ready yet. So the geniuses in charge decided to move the tables out early rather than respect the players and leave them there until the new room was ready. STUPID! However, I did find out that they are putting in an OTB at Cherokee. WHEEEEEEEE!!! Much easier travel, and personally, not crazy about Bordertown as a casino. Too bad it wasn't ready by today though. LOL!