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Daily things 5️⃣ Five Things Tuesday

1. Got the afternoon off
2. Need to weed the onions
3. Need to harvest wax beans
4. Need to relax too
5. Castles are impressive defensive structures
 
1. Saw Deadpool and Wolverine last night. Fun movie.
2. Demolition beginning today on a hotel that has been shut down since 2020 and a nuisance for far longer than that.
3. Probably watching season 2 episode 7 of HOTD tonight.
4. Went out on the lake for most of Sunday. I think I'm still tired from that.
5. Apparently our daughter's boyfriend is buying us dinner on Thursday and paying for golf on Friday to thank us for taking him to Cancun. I like this guy.
 
1- we've lost our pizza cutter, still have the cover in the drawer, but the cutter is gone (think it was in a box that got tossed)
2- the rain has basically stopped the construction project
3- the rain has made the grass grow very quickly too, I need to mow
4- Mrs. P's last day of work is Friday, but they're talking about extending her for another month
5- the thermostat in our building can be finicky.
 
1. Being a parent is tough.
2. Should be studying but decompressing instead.
3. With a big ol' dog (who thinks he's a lap dog) on my lap.
4. Signed up for a 5k in June 2025. Better start training. 😐🤔🤫🤗🤨
5. I want to watch the Steve Martin biopic.
 
Planit said:
1- we've lost our pizza cutter, still have the cover in the drawer, but the cutter is gone (think it was in a box that got tossed)
2- the rain has basically stopped the construction project
3- the rain has made the grass grow very quickly too, I need to mow
4- Mrs. P's last day of work is Friday, but they're talking about extending her for another month
5- the thermostat in our building can be finicky.
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I cast aside the pizza cutter in favor of kitchen shears.
 
Meeting a friend of mine for lunch today but it proved difficult.

1 - Wild Wok (local asian) closed due to kitchen fire last night
2 - Firehouse Subs closed due to lack of staff (kids he had working went back to school)
3 - Moe's (next door & same franchise owner) closed, same as above
4 - Ku Ru sushi (local) closed a month ago
5 - Kick Back Jacks - we got to eat lunch!
 
1. metal drinking vessels are meh
2. My A-1c was 6.3 but my sugar at the time of the test was 105
3. I still prefer clocks and calculators despite my phone having both functions. Don't know how to easily/quickly find the calculator on my phone
4. Colored construction paper was kind of important when I was a kid. Much less so now
5. Mooo
 
1) Another scorcher outside, freezer in the office.

2) Potential client says they'll sign the contract if we promise to submit to the city tomorrow. Given that they don't have half of the required documents and also balk at providing proof that taxes are paid, kinda think they're not on the up-n-up.

3) Cooked scallops for dinner last night. Yum!

4) Wearing new shoes today. My feet hurt.

5) It's too early to be dealing with the back-to-school morning traffic.
 
1. I have a cold and don't like it.
2. I don't like the fall weather we're having.
3. I like tent camping more than I expected.
4. I like that I'll have another grand baby in Feb.
5. I try to like more things than I dislike.
 
1) Starting to get into the swing of things with the new gig. Oh, and I will need to contact @Suburb Repairman regarding a possible future project...
2) I think I am going to take up fly fishing... or at least regular fishing. We are walking distance to a large park that is stocked and my oldest expressed interest in it.
3) We got an offer on our house... but it was a super low offer... we didn't take it and they didn't take the counter.
4) Wife's new hospital is a :poop: show. (Or at least that is how she describes it). But she was hired to rebuild the program.
5) It is Taco Tuesday! Might go out for a beer and tacos with a co-worker after a meeting tonight.
 
1. Getting a recent invite to join the alumni group of my alma mater was so off putting, the landing page had a pic of a famous graduate from my school. That is not an enticement, feels like FOMO. I certainly would like to see more of my fellow grads that happen to work at in the trenches jobs be the feature of that landing page.

2. Been thinking a lot these days about the limitations of master plans.

3. I had an epiphany with the teenager the other day in which we were discussing how to be a better communicator. I think I accidentally told him the secret sauce for good planning: "When you want to ask your parent to drive you and your friends somewhere out of town, it is helpful to think of the outcome you desire and to anticipate the possible reactions that would follow. When trying to anticipate the possible reactions, think of the many questions the parent might follow-up with. For example, maybe there are six unknowns, four of which you feel like you have a good handle on dealing with, but the other two, at least present to the parent that you have thought of those two questions and that you are aware that you don't have answers to them yet and are willing to find workable compromises to at least do something with those two questions."

4. Saw Alien Romulus the other day. I see the online discourse on it is divided. I am with the camp that calls this movie dumb nostalgia-bait. At the same time, the young actor that portrayed the synthetic did a great job, his role was memorable.

5. As a result of seeing Alien Romulus, I rewatched Prometheus and Alien Covenant with the teenager, and wow, watching them again, they are so much better than I remember. There's something going on with the synthetics in these movies that is operating at a higher level than what they are doing with the aliens, it's almost prescient. Ridley Scott rocks!
 
1. I find we're getting left out of some conversations primarily because we are not in city hall anymore - people assume we know
2. I attended a chamber meeting on housing this morning & it was the same thing we heard a year ago
3. Sat on the deck last evening in very nice weather (after washing the truck) & read until it was too dark to continue
4. It's nice to find a highly rated beer that's rarely seen in this area show up occasionally - Sip of Sunshine is good stuff
5. Mrs. P went down east to visit a friend this week.
 
1. Fall has arrived. Brrr.
2. Met some kittens today.
3. Hubby said ok to 2. Itty Bitty and I want 4.
4. Now we need to come up with names we can all agree on.
5. BIG certification exam on Saturday. Send good vibes.
 
1. This news just in....Francisco Franco is STILL dead
2. SNL still has funny skits, even now. The only question is with what consistency
3. Taking tomorrow off
4. We have carpenter ants in our house. Yay.
5. I dunno.
 
1. Interview next week with a location I previously worked for what will be half my career.
2. Sighted in for the elk hunt next month.
3. Nice when one of the sons mows the lawn.
4. Son picked up a nice 2018 Ford F150 owned by a mechanic that used it for his camper. Parts that needed to be replaced have been upgraded.
5. Mrs. STTG has a full time job - now to pass the NCLEX.
 
1) Busy couple of days. We do meatless and alcohol-free Mondays, so I need to make up for the drinks tonight.

2) Was so cold in the office yesterday I had to go outside to thaw out.

3) Cousin is in town this weekend!

4) Can't concentrate on this report I'm supposed to be editing . . .

5) What's for dinner? Either chicken or tuna. Depends on how I feel when I get to the kitchen.
 
1. Snow up in them thar mountains!
2. Tuesday is my Monday.
3. Parents here next week.
4. Authentic taco locations cannot be beat.
5. One item on tonight's meeting.
 
1. Will summer ever end - temp nearly 90, sunny.
2. We are in a drought here.
3. Went for a good walk this morning.
4. Got an email from the USGS National Map Corps about a jurisdiction question I had raised - see my posting on FB.
5. Don't miss the work but miss the people.
 
1) Leftovers for lunch. Too bad they taste better the night it's cooked.

2) Had a fun weekend with the fam.

3) This morning has been a fire drill type of day. Hopefully this afternoon will be calmer.

4) When will fall get here?

5) Dad's been sick. For a man his age, this isn't good.
 
1- mayor wants to sit in on project progress meeting to instill in contractors that they need to speed up - CM agrees this is not a good idea
2- glad I'm not downeast after the rain they got, we just had a couple good downpours overnight
3- looks like Mrs. P came up with alternate plans for the weekend, but nothing is confirmed
4- I think it's time for new carpet in the living room
5- my EPL team starts their CL run today after a 41-year absence!
 
1. Got some kittens. 😻😻
2. Turned on the heat today. 🥶
3. Went to Luxembourg this past weekend to take a big exam.
4. Now have to wait 12 weeks for results.
5. Is it a full moon tonight?
 
1- landline was killed (finally) as I was able to convince Mrs. P that it was no longer needed & we could save $70 a month
2- downtown association held its festival Saturday as scheduled but it was a low turnout
3- thankful that our close family and friends on the Gulf coast of FL and in the NC mountains are all safe with minimal damage, however...
4- Mrs. P's family hometown is Burnsville which had over 20' of rain & we've seen few reports
5- I hadn't slept well since last Wednesday, especially over the weekend but this morning I overslept by an hour
 
  • Getting into permit review process(es)
  • Bought 24 pounds of bulk mixed world coins...time for a 'treasure hunt'
  • Still love driving my Lincoln
  • My wife is in process of getting/starting a new job
  • My middle son was prompt getting up and getting out the door for his walk to school this morning
 
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1. Leaving a couple hours early
2. ennui
3. I just don't feel like reading very much anymore
4. french bread would be okay
5. kung pao chicken leftovers for dinner. Yay.
 
1) Got a problematic plat recorded!

2) It's over 90 here. While nice, it's too hot for October.

3) Our office team didn't win the build-a-building-out-of-recycled-materials contest. :(

4) Boss let someone go yesterday. Sucky Monday for them.

5) I'm ready for a break. We have one in a couple of weeks, but I'm ready now!
 
1) Turned the furnace on this morning for the season.

2) Beginning the rounds of "final" get-togethers before the move.

3) Thanksgiving weekend upcoming - looks like 2 separate turkey dinners with a 3rd on the following weekend due to out of town family.

4) Had a good trip to the U.K. London is such a fantastic city.

5) Cats know something is up.
 
1- My refugee brother changed plans & is here until Friday
2- Need to think about weekend plans, or maybe we already have some but don't remember
3- Hearing more stories from the mountains & it's just tragic - while at the same time worried again for the Florida west coast
4- The lake is still up & is the color of chocolate milk
5- Last downtown concert on Thursday - y'all come.
 
1. Actually got a compliment from the new boss.
2. 3 weeks down, 9 weeks to go until I get the results of my certification exam. 😐
3. Don't currently have any plans to attend any Christmas markets this year. Gonna have to change that.
4. Got started on some Christmas shopping this past week.
5. Got my overseas ballot!
 
1. It always feels like I'm stuck in second gear
2. When it hasn't been my day, my week, my month, or even my year
3. Time is precious. It's best not to waste it watching dumb tv shows. Watch good ones instead
4. Halloween is in two weeks
5. I need to reconstruct my raised beds but I've still got plants growing in both of them
 
1. Mauritius has entered the vacation chat. 🏖️
2. Seriously beginning to question German efficiency when it comes to transportation construction projects.
3. Giving up chocolate for two weeks.
4. October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month.
5. 1 in 4 pregnancies ends in a loss.
 
1- sitting in a council workshop all day
2- our dept presentation was on downtown parking (again)
3- nice cooler weather is here for now
4- mrs. p & her best friend went to the beach for a couple of days for their b-days which are a couple days apart
5- I need to make sure I keep the house clean.
 
1) Got my closet seasonal switch-out done over the holiday.

2) Spent more $$$ than expected on a Christmas gift for Hubby.

3) Sister arrives in 2 weeks! :D

4) Halloween is fast approaching. Think I'll do my Boo shirt and little ghostie earrings.

5) Very tired today after 2 nights in a row with crappy/not enough sleep.
 
1- I spent a lot of allowance money on model cars and ships at the Hobby Shop when I was young
2- the town is in the news today because someone grabbed political signs and threw them away in the dumpster behind city hall - the guy had trackers on the signs
3- no, it wasn't me or my staff
4- received some good news on a city project that has been in limbo for a bit
5- when mom told us we had to get rid of some of our models, I'd put a firecracker (or more) in the cars and rolled them down the driveway to explode.
 
1. Dealt with a random stomach virus that came on early Sunday morning. No vomiting or nausea, just tired with some stomach and back cramps.
2. Finally feeling better today so my stupid self is meeting up with friends at a brewery tonight.
3. I think today might finally be the last 70 degree day here.
4. I've thoroughly enjoyed the warm fall.
5. Still haven't turned the heat on.
 
1- sometimes I get most accomplished between 5:00 & 6:00 pm than during the day
2- the pumpkins we carved a couple weekends ago are beginning to get shriveled and gross - & even more spooky right now
3- mom is in a battle with Walgreens over deliveries, I told her to just move her prescriptions
4- found some old sim cards which have photos from 2005-2009, some great shots I had forgotten about
5- bang, bang, bang on the door baby
 
1. More 70 degree weather is here for a couple of days. Love it.
2. My wife is currently in Rome.
3. My oldest finished her 2nd year of coaching high school volleyball. She really is a good coach for being only 21.
4. I feel like a patio cigar tonight.
5. I can't hear you.
 
1) Big Wigs from HQ in the office today and tomorrow.

2) Tomorrow is the Company Costume Contest. I will be at least in the spirit - ghostie earrings and a shirt that says BOO.

3) Sister arrives tomorrow!!

4) Dinner out on Thursday!

5) Had a productive meeting with city staff this morning.
 
1. Request for the afternoon off was denied because a coworker called in sick today
2. I haven't had sauerkraut in several weeks
3. It's 80 freakin degrees out! Two days before Halloween :oops:
4. I'm planning to grill when I get home.
5. Too bad I don't get home until almost 6:00 and sunset is like 6:48 :mad:
 
1. Move Part 1 went well and after a 2 day drive we are starting our east coast adventure.
2. Was great to see a good chunk of the country I'd only flown over before.
3. Was not great to wake up to a half inch of ice and snow the second day (thanks New Brunswick!).
4. Move Part 2 is still in progress...our stuff will hopefully be here within a week.
5. Moving companies suck.
 
1) There are so many ideas, concepts, process, procedures, and changes that I want to implement with my new community. But I can't do it all right away due to funding, political, time, staffing, and sanity limitations.
2) Wife and I are planning on a new covered patio with fireplace on the back side of the pool. Wife said to just look into hiring a contractor to do the work instead of spending the time to do it myself.
3) I think that my biggest worry in life is that I won't have enough time to do everything that I want to do. The bucket list is massive and it is surprising how much of it is work related.
4) Today must be the day to get developers worked up. The two biggest in the area wanted the Town to bend the rules to allow them to do what they want to do. Both have burned the Town in the past. One was real quick to threaten a lawsuit. The only thing that I was absolute on was that we would not issue a permit until I found an administrative process to grant them their request.
5) Since it is Taco Tuesday, we are going to a local Mexican restaurant that has a robot servers. The wait staff still takes the orders, but the robot brings the food out to the table and the wait staff just unloads the robots. I hear the robots are going to unionize in fear that the Tesa-Bots are going to take their jobs.
 
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5. Moving companies suck.
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Moving company truism: your move is only going to be as good as the crew that comes to load and unload your stuff. They all have good crews and they all have bad crews and, in most cases, it is a crapshoot which crew you are going to get. Sounds like we know which crew you got - sorry about that.
 
Gedunker said:
Moving company truism: your move is only going to be as good as the crew that comes to load and unload your stuff. They all have good crews and they all have bad crews and, in most cases, it is a crapshoot which crew you are going to get. Sounds like we know which crew you got - sorry about that.
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The crew who did the load out was actually fine (a bit on the surly side, but very efficient). We just got the "oh, now that we have your stuff that will be an extra $2000 and it won't be delivered until about a week after we said it would" line from the office. Partly on us, we went with the "cheaper" quote given the first company wanted twice what my company is giving me for relocation. I think we are still ahead, just hope all of our stuff shows up and intact.
 
This bottle of Coke Zero tastes like Diet Dr. Pepper. Not good.

Next week, I'm staying in a hotel that is President Buchanan's boy hood home.

Today is a slow construction day.

I have to work in Eastern PA tomorrow and Thursday. Ugh

My favorite coworker submitted his resignation. I'm sad about my loss and hope he found a better opportunity.
 
1. First toothache of my life.
2. Dentist was willing to meet at the office Sunday night - said I'd wait until Monday.
3. Hurt like nothing else.
4. Root canal (my first) to be finished up in two weeks.
5. One month of antibiotics - hitting the probiotics in large scale.
 
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