Both kids are here. It’s awesome.
Game Night
Category: Generic
Yeah, Right
Retire? That is hilarious.
My career is going to end, and thus my retirement begin, when I keel over and die. That’s a fact, friends. I am going to spend my retirement in a casket. It’s that simple.
If we look at this question from the point of view of pure fantasy, which it literally is, then I guess Jen and I could move to San Diego in a nice little place on the water somewhere. I’d have a little music room setup where I could play my guitar and write and record crappy songs, just like I do now. Maybe I could have season tickets to the Padres. I hear those are pretty cheap. The closest NHL team would be Anaheim? Probably too far away too consider season tickets.
Mostly, Jen and I would just spend our days in the sunshine enjoying our quiet life together and digging the fact that we don’t have to go to work every day. I could handle a life like that. Hopefully our health will hold up in this fantasy land and we could do some traveling and live a good life.
It’s not happening though. I am never going to be able to retire. It’s just not an option in the real world. I’ve come to terms with it.
Back Yard
The patio umbrella is open for the first time in two years. The weather today is perfect.
Also, the mangled bird feeder pole has been replaced. I’d say upgraded, but it feels a little flimsy.
Let’s see if the birds start visiting while I cook lunch on the grill for the first time this year!
Nothing?
I can’t think of anything. Seriously. Something I use every day? It has to be my house, I guess. There’s nothing terribly old that I use regularly enough to list. My wedding ring is 15 years old and I wear it around the clock. That’s a good candidate. I don’t know how old my house is, but it’s older than that and I do “use” it every day.
I would like to say it’s my 1978 Gibson Les Paul Custom but I fail to play daily so that’s out.
I guess the answer we’re going with is my wedding ring. Not because it’s older than my house, but because it’s super high on the list of my favorite things.
Rock on, brothers and sisters.
The Calm Before the Storm
I took this just a few minutes before the cats started trying to beat the shit out of each other.
Such violence. Feline warfare bums me out.
Easy Answer
There is one favorite moment that stands above all other favorite moments. Obviously there are a lot of favorites over the course of over 50 years, but there is one that is the clear favorite of favorites.
May 30, 2009. I stood at the alter and waited patiently, with the biggest smile ever, as my bride to be walked down the aisle toward me. We then stood together in front of family and friends and expressed our love for each other and vowed to share the rest of our days together.
As favorite moments go, that is the tipity top of the mountain, let me tell you.
Well… That Doesn’t Work
Suddenly my usual daily writing prompt workflow seems inadequate. It is 6:35am. The only thing that is notable that happened today is that I woke up and did my morning exercise without issue. There was one moment while I was still in bed where the cat jumped on me and missed landing on the family jewels by about an inch. That would have been notable for all the wrong reasons, right?
I guess I can extend the daily question to include the entirety of the last 24 hours. It’s my blog after all so I can do pretty much whatever I want… right? I guess.
Last night my step son came home. At the start of the day yesterday we weren’t expecting to see him this weekend. Toward the end of the work day we were expecting him to come later tonight. By the time I finished dinner he was on his way. That is notable for all the right reasons. I’m so happy he’s here. I just wish I wasn’t working in the office today, but it’s time to pack up and get ready for the morning commute.
Welcome home, Harry!
Temporary Housing
The plant population has to be rehoused, temporarily. It will get afternoon sun instead of morning sun.
Flop
She just flopped down between us. There was about three inches of space and she took it all.
In the Office
The rules for our hybrid working environment are simple. We have to be in the office for 40% of the work days each month. That works out to approximately two days each week. Usually. Some months require an extra day to hit 40%. This month is not one of those months. This month just needs two days each week.
Last week I messed up my routine. I was feeling under the weather. Not bad enough to miss work, but bad enough to not want to go into the office and risk getting anyone else sick. I worked from home all five days last week. No office visits for me.
Because of that minor illness and my desire in the post Covid world to go out of my way to not get anyone else sick, I have two days to make up in order to get back onto the two days in the office pace.
I had two ideas for that. Idea number one was to work three days in the office this week, and three days next week. Not bad. Not good. Doable. Idea number two was to just bite the bullet and work four days in the office this week. Suck Suckity Suck Suck Suck for one week, then back to normal for the rest of the month.
I went into the office on Monday (traffic was mild). I went into the office on Tuesday (traffic was horrible). I am in the office today, Wednesday (traffic was bad but not as bad as Tuesday). Tomorrow I will have to make a tough decision. If I work from home tomorrow, I will need to come in three days next week (because I am sure as hell not coming into the office on Friday). If I work from the office tomorrow I will be back on track and not have to worry about any of this for the rest of June… but it will suck suck suckity suck to be in the office four days in a row (again, no way in hell I am coming in on Friday this week).
So what am I going to do?
I feel a little sick even thinking this… but I think I am going to work in the office. Four days in and one day at home… that was how our schedule worked pre-pandemic. The thought of that just blows chunks. It blows great big chunky chunks.
I think I am going to do it though. Oh help me please, I think I am going to do it.
Inside the Red Head's Head 