Cousin got married Sunday…

My cousin got married on Sunday. My brother and myself were invited. Neither of us could attend (myself being because I had to burn all my remaining vacation time when I had to call out from work for the Christmas day snowstorms). But there were registered at Spamazon so I got the wedding presents taken care of. And I did privately congratulate her. Especially since she got married on what would’ve been Mother’s 75th birthday.

May Barbara Bryant spend all eternity frolicking in The Beer Volcano and Stripper Factory. Ramen.

Replacing it after only 3 weeks…

If you remember, I recently went from my Motorola Razr 2020 back to my Samsung Galaxy Note 9. As of this writing, it is still supported (as in still getting updates). It is also still for sale (currently listed on various and sundry websites for about $400 and change). T-Mobile currently is having a promo wherein you can get about $800 off your next Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. So trade in my old phone (currently retailing for $400) for $800 off my new phone.  Some of these decisions just make themselves. So I’ve pre-ordered a Galaxy S22 Ultra, and I will be trading in my Galaxy Note 9.

This is why I always invest in a case for my phone. Cracked screens just kill resale/trade-in value…

Tax Refund Arrived Tonight…

Tax refund arrived tonight. And it’s already gone. It’s the day before payday, and I had bills that were already budgeted to be paid out of it. I just got an early start on it….

Second day of my weekend here. Stayed home all day. Got up for 4 hours. And then took a 4 hour nap. Hopefully I won’t oversleep for work tonight…

Had to buy a new watch….

So Saturday night, I was getting ready for work, and I put my watch on. And the strap broke. I had another one, but it was a cheap Wally World model that I didn’t even remember how to reset. I needed something simple. Just something to look down at when I’m at work to see if it’s time for lunch and/or breaks (state law requires them, and current employer is very fastidious about us taking them). So I have to buy a new watch. Due to the f*cked up bus schedules, I only use the bus for wither work or to go to the Spanaway Wally World. And I just spent over $200 at that Wal-Mart yesterday to have my grocery order delivered. Well I may have to bite the bullet and go shopping. I was thinking of where I could go, and I realized that Dad gave me a Spamazon gift card for Christmas this year, and that’s where I could order it. So, I’m saved a trip that I don’t really want to take. And considering where I could’ve gone, I can avoid relapsing on certain obsessions that are best given a wide berth…

BTW, my tax refund has been approved. I should arrive this week…

About tonight….

If you remember that one night when I had a hypoglycemic episode right when I woke up for work…. Well:

Last night/during today (remember I sleep during the day), I was getting up to pee every two hours. Normally that’s a clear as day sign that my blood sugar was way too high. So, I took an insulin shot to correct it and went back to bed. About 10 minutes before my alarm was to go off, I woke up sweating profusely and confused (like I couldn’t clear the notifications on my phone confused). Normally that’s a hallmark of my sugar levels being too low (most likely I overshot my insulin dose). However I couldn’t put 2 and 2 together owing to the aforementioned confusion. 10 minutes later, my alarm went off. So I snoozed it, turned over and went back to sleep (normally I snooze it for a half hour, something I factor in when I set my alarm). Three hours later, I woke up. I had already missed my bus, and I was about 10 minutes out from missing the last bus of the night, and I wasn’t going to be able to cycle from deep asleep to out the door in that time. Uber is out of the question (too expensive), so I called out for tonight.

Normally when I call out from work, I keep radio silence online, but I thought I’d post this tonight. Sorry, coworkers….

New phone at work…

So I was issued a new cell phone at work. It will be replacing all of our hand-held terminals, our walkie-talkies, and our time clocks. Most of what I need to do on it I can already do on my existing Galaxy Note 9 via the app that I’ve downloaded from Google Play. But they said that this new phone is now part of our work uniforms, so I will have to keep it on me.

In case you’re wondering its a Samsung Galaxy Pro Xcover. It actually hasn’t been activated with regular service yet (it only works on wi-fi). We are allowed to install our own apps on it, and if we want to, we can also activate our own service on it. I had it on my home w-fi Sunday morning to update some apps on it and I wasn’t too thrilled with some of the location tracking settings on it. Needless to say, as soon as I clock out, it gets turned off, and it’ll be turn on when I clock in the next day…

This is the way…

Just saw the finale of The Book Of Boba Fett. Spoilers follow:

• Who knew that the real villain was William Shatner?
• Epic, gratuitous full frontal nudity!
• When Jesse Pinkman and Walter White show up, rig a bomb, and it blows off half of Moff Gideon’s face.
• The sing-a-longs. Let It Go is best sung in Tusken.

Of course I’m not really going to spoil it. Just watch it. Then again, I will tell you how it ends:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Credits Roll…

Render Unto Ceaser, 2022 Edition

Did my taxes just now. Filed online. Did it for free with Cash App (used to do it through Credit Karma, but they sold their online tax filing business). IRS has already accepted it. Hooray…

3 hours or so ago….

Weekend is underway here. When I got up, I went to the grocery store. Awfully expensive just for a couple of items (just a couple of grab-and-go plates from the Chinese counter, a pack of sandwiches from the deli, diet beverages, and Full Throttle) came to $30. No late nite TV tonight. Tonight Showis preempted by the Olympics (which given China’s human rights record, I will not be watching), and The Late Show is on vacation. So, I decided to be productive tonight. Laundry needs to be done. Wento the kitchen to get the Tide and the Downy. Saw all the dirty dishes. Washed them. Needed a cup coffee (notwithstanding the Full Throttle from earlier). Brewed and drank said cup of coffee. Then I realized that the pants I was wearing needed to be washed, too. And I needed a shower. And I was hungry again. One thing led to another. And finally 20 minutes ago, I started the wash cycle.

It’s my day off. You can tell since it took three hours to finally start something I decided to do…. Later on will be a trip to Wally World to finish my grocery shopping and another vial of insulin. Further bulletins as events warrant….

A step back, but forward….

Last fall I dropped my phone at work. It still worked, but it took a divot out of the display. It wasn’t really noticeable, but it was still there. And finally last night, I decided to do something about it. I finally dug through the Drawer and pulled out my Samsung Galaxy Note 9. Went online to T-Mobile and activated it. Well, the phone was activated on my account, but if you remember when I got it, it was a Sprint phone. And since I originally got the phone, there was a merger, and Sprint’s network finally got canned. But a 20 minute walk to the T-Mobile store and a SIM card swap later, I was good to go.

Now this is a 3 year old phone, so it’s not the latest and greatest, especially when it comes to battery life. But I’ve got two power banks, and this phone supports wireless charging (and I never threw out my wireless chargers). And this phone supports iris scanning instead of facial scanning, which means I can still wear a mask while authenticating (and also while wearing gloves).

It’s a step back. But it’s also a step forward…. At least until I pay off the Razr. And I might stick with this phone for a while after that. After all, it does have a separate headphone jack….