RAVE: Due to so many blended families, we did Thanksgiving yesterday and got to see the grandson. RANT: Got a "No Front Lic Plate" ticket. $121
RANT: The retailer I ordered ski goggles from fucked up the shipping and instead of fixing it, just canceled my order. But only after all the Black Friday discounts from every other retailer ended. RAVE: I stayed on UPS's ass for three days straight and got the packaged delivered anyway, despite the seller already processing a refund. Free Oakley's, bitches.
Rant: Root planing. Rave(?): The shit that came out of my mouth today was disgusting, but hopefully this will finally alleviate all of the issues I've been having recently?
Rave: Clean bill of health from the heart doc and we only have to go every six months now. A year of bi-weekly appointments was annoying.
Rant: Had to move house again due to the owner's son moving back. Rant: The tenant of my place in Brisbane just went to jail and his sons aren't paying the rent on time, if at all. Rave: All of the above made me decide to sell and hopefully get a place where I'm living, only a few days on the market, and an offer at the high end for it already.
RAVE: Used some double sided tape to hold the lic plate bracket on the car, snapped a pic, emailed it in and it was reduced to a $10 fix it ticket
Rant: Gas price spike during the holidays, all the streaming fees are increasing too much, some grocery commodities are crazy pricier, fast food price increase, and now Prime Video is going to start showing ads. Boooooo inflation, booooo.
RANT: Woke up this morning to lights and sirens out my bedroom window. Fire truck and ambulance next door. They were there for a while, then took the neighbour away on a stretcher and sirens. She’s diabetic and an alcoholic. Not a good combo. Last time this happened she was hospitalized for almost a week and a half. Hope she recovers soon… shitty time of the year for this to happen, especially with her grandkids visiting.
RAVE: Canadian juniors are kicking some ass this year. A win over Finland and then hammering Latvia 10-0.
Rave: The ice cream maker kit for the kitchenaid stand mixer is awesome. Rave: I, apparently, make an amazing frozen custard. Kinda knew I would. Rant: I can actually feel myself getting fatter.
Preface: I am convinced no one should work in the time between Christmas and New Years Day. It's a weird liminal space and I want to hibernate. But instead my coworker got covid so I get to work extra for the next week or so. So instead of having the day off and playing with a giant bin of hand me down brio trains with my toddler... Rant: The crazy guy I complained about a month or so ago has started calling the office again and acting like he had never spoken with us before, which felt in line with the gaslighty vibes of our previous conversations. Rave: I handled it way better than last time, I didn't have a massive panic response, and managed to deescalate him enough to actually give him some info on local resources for un/underinsured people in the area. I hung up the phone feeling like he might still shoot up a medical office but it probably won't be ours! ???: There was a woman having an epically loud speaker phone conversation in the waiting room for real life 20 minutes, which felt like an eternity. It turns out she's a MINDFULNESS COACH. What is the world even.
Rant: welp, guess I just became "old". Got a pain in my back that could either be a future kidney stone, or sciatica. I am not accustomed to my body denying me permission to do things, and now I'm thinking of going home early. Every necessary movement brings on a sharp stab. This job is too physical to "rest".
Definitely go to your general practitioner but chiropractors or naprapathy could help. Rave: I've been to a couple naprapathy appointments and it's reduced my back pain by about half. Turns out that my lower spine was misaligned and the vertebrae were in different directions. Semi-Rant: It's kind of expensive and no one that does naprapathy in the Austin area takes insurance. That said, it's worth it to me.
Rant - I stopped off at the club for a cold one last Friday, anticipating the usual ball-busting and conversation with some of the guys. There were more cars in the lot than usual, but hey, the more the merrier. I went in, ordered a beer, and saw a beer sitting on the bar, on a napkin, with one of the regular's name on it. ( For the sake of the story we'll call him "Joe." ) I figured there was some joke in progress and he'd be out of the bathroom or whatever in a minute. Guy next to me says, "Did you hear the news?" Now, another friend of mine just lost his wife Wed night/ Thurs morning, so I assumed he meant that, so I mentioned something about her not being well, etc. Then he says, "No, 'Joe' passed last night. Had a major heart attack." It was like a punch in the gut and fucking stunned me. Then it made sense: Everyone was there to kinda be together to comfort each other. The beer on the bar was a tribute to him ( they kept it fresh the whole time I was there ). And here I was, thinking he'd sidle up next to me at the bar any minute to shoot the shit like always. He was only 52 years old.
Much more petty rant - The couple who live next door to us got a puppy. Now, she's always been kinda lazy and I'd hoped that when she got married her new husband might pick up some slack. No, he seems about as useless. (What kind of man sits in the house while her step-dad drives the riding mower 2.5 miles to mow the lawn??? ) The first couple days her and the kids would be out walking the dog, all smiles and happy. I told my wife the novelty would wear off fast. And it did. And now their method of house training the poor thing seems to be put it outside on a leash and only bring it in after it's been barking for a solid 20 minutes or so. 5:30 in the morning or 8:00 at night. It's not a major annoyance now, though I feel bad for the poor thing out in the cold, but come warmer weather if I have to listen to that shit we're gonna have a conversation. Although when I told her I highly recommend an invisible fence system like we have, she said, "Oh, mom told me they don't work." Meanwhile, my dog wouldn't budge past the boundary he knows is there. So sadly there's a chance the dog won't be around long anyway.