6/30/13

Spent some more time spackling the kitchen. I have 2 more seams of beading to finish, then the first coat will be complete. I've also finished the second coat for most of the screws. If the humidity ever drops below 90%, things may dry out enough for me start the second coat of spackle.

Did a little bit of work on my gaming thing. Then realized the idea I had wasn't going to work right. So I'll need to cut that bit and start over. But no big deal.

Spent some much needed time with the wife.

6/29/13

Just got back from a good session of Dresden Files. I had a lot of fun with the game tonight. I think everyone else did too.

I worked a little on the kitchen today. I got the last of beading up. I still have more spackling to do. Hopefully tomorrow I can finish up the first layer. It's a lot of work.

Spent some time with my wife this morning. I was a fairly relaxing morning.

6/28/13

Had the day off of work so I could work on the kitchen. My brothers came over and got me started. Then I spent the majority of the day spackling and taping. I'm beat.

My wife and I went out to breakfast this morning after my brothers left. It was nice. We don't do that very often.

Hit Home Depot for some ancillaries. Got the last of the lights for the kitchen, some gardening tools, some flowers, and some more spackle.

6/27/13

Pretty good day today.

1. The company picnic was today. That means free lunch. 
2. It also means we had the dunk tank setup again, and I was able to sink my old boss a few times.
3. Talked to one of the guys at work for a while. It's nice to be able to chat and not be focused on work all the time.
4. Submitted my update for the week and had several things to put on it. 
5. Completed my latest task on deadline.
6. Went out to dinner with my wife tonight. We splurged on the Olive Garden, with 2 appetizers.
7. Sent some money to someone getting rid of some GURPS supplements. I should have them in a few weeks. 
8. Responded to an email about a friends' game/kickstarter. It only took me 2 weeks. But I think it was a pretty good bunch of advise. 

6/26/13

Got the big stuff out of the way for this latest report. Now I'm just wrestling with some display text. This should be the easiest part, but for some reason SSRS is arguing with me.

Requested Friday off to work on the kitchen. My wife has off as well. Hopefully we can get pretty darn close to finishing it up.

Got some brainstorming done for this gaming thing. I don't know if I have my groove back or not, but at least I'm making a little more progress again.

6/25/13

Worked from home today so I could sign for the new sink. They delivered it, so now we just have to finish the kitchen.

I got a fair amount done for work today. Not as much as I'd hoped, but still not bad.

No gaming tonight because of lack of players. But we played Zombie Flux instead. And watched some YouTube videos.

6/24/13

Got the majority of 1 report done today. I probably need all of tomorrow to get the rest done (and a second). But the logic seems solid.

The wife made dinner. I finished the whole thing, so it was good. I probably ate more than I should have, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it.

Got some good reading done online today.

6/23/13

My brother came over and finished the drywall in the kitchen. It's all up now, so we have to tape, spackle, sand, and paint. The end is in sight!

Also, our new sink should be here tomorrow. Apparently it should have been delivered last week, but no one was here to sign for it (and they didn't' leave any notes, but a phone message).

Watched Immortals tonight. I was curious. It was ok. Not what I expected. And a rough around the edges. Some parts didn't make sense to me (how many titans were there?) And it wasn't a feel good movie. So there's that.

6/21/13

I missed Friday night? That sucks.

Gaming in the evening. It was fun. Played Rifts.

Prepped my new note book by coping all of the interesting tidbits from the previous notebook into it. It takes some time, but it allows me to weed the wheat from the chaff and boil down my best ideas. It also sparks new ideas and trains of thought from the old ideas.

Hit Fridays for a late night snack, even though it wasn't a normal Friday's night.

6/22/13

Gaming tonight. The game was a little lack luster, but we still had some fun. We also BSed a good deal more than normal. So the socializing was a plus.

Went to a birthday party for a friend's husband. It was good to see them, even if it was only for a little while.

Got a new toolbox for my dice. I got a little organizer a few weeks ago, but it was too small to hold all the dice. Hopefully this one will work better.

6/20/13

I was able to mark several things off the project plan at work this week. That's nice.

I replaced 2 outlets after work. One was only half an outlet, since the other half apparently fell out before we bought the house. The other one must have a short in the wiring, since I got shocked even with the breaker off. It was low voltage, so it just tingled.

Watched some TV with the wife. It was nice to just relax for a little bit.

6/19/13

Took the day off to work on the kitchen. My brother fell asleep, so he didn't make it over. But I was still able to work from home some. My boss called me around 7:30 pm to go over a few things. I found out yesterday that he'll be out for the rest of the month visiting family. So I at least looked good fielding calls well after work hours.

I also made some more progress on the gaming thing.

Tonight I watched Iron Sky. It's not a horrible movie. A little heavy handed and campy. I may watch it again, if I don't have to pay for it.

6/18/13

My brother texted me this morning to say he was available to work on the kitchen. So both brothers came over around 11:30. About 2/3 of the drywall is up. The kitchen almost looks like a real room now!

Gaming was tonight. I was late and tired, but we still got a little bit done. I think we may finish up the adventure in the next week or two.

Apparently the Phillies won last night, because my wife got a 50% promo code for Papa John's Pizza. So I was able to feed my brothers in the cheap.

I also saw my niece today. It's always nice to see her.

6/17/13

Saw the neurologist today and got a clean bill of health. That's good, but doesn't leave me any where to go for a reason for my sleep issues.

Saw the therapist today. She told me what I already knew - there are no studies linking CBT to benefits when used by people with long term, chronic sleep disorders.

In the plus side, the extended release Ritalin seems to be helping. I almost feel like a real person. If put me at 75%, which is better than I've been in a long time.

Since the therapist thing probably doesn't count as a good thing, I'll add that I did some brain working for this gaming thing and I should have a few more days of work planned out.

6/16/13

Father's day breakfast with my family. Web, Harley, Mom, Dad, and Jill. It was nice.

Hit the grocery store afterwards for some essentials. Spent less than $100, which doesn't happen often.

Mowed the lawn.

Brainstormed for the gaming thing, though I didn't make any progress. Just spun my wheels.

Watched "Jeff, who lives at home" with the wife. Ok movie. She liked it though. And we spent some time together.

Broke 4,000 points on Words with Friends this week. I'm #1 among my friends, but way, way down there in public. I think anyone with 70,000 points must play it full time.

6/15/13

Got primer on all but 1 cabinet today. Tomorrow hopefully I'll get the last cabinet and all of the doors and drawers. 

Hit the "Too Many Games" convention today. I bought 3 adventures. 

Went to the after party and saw my 2 friends get engaged. It was nice. I also saw several friends I haven't seen in a while. 

6/14/13

Finished up the arcane spells for this gaming thing. I started working on divine spells but ran into some road blocks. So I started brainstorming monsters instead.

Got breakfast at Wawa this morning. I don't do it very often, so it's a treat.

Today was payday. That's always nice.

6/13/13

Finished up that report for work today. The next few tasks seem like they'll be quick and easy. So yay for that.

We had a storm this morning and I arrived to work in a downpour. Since it wasn't raining when I left home, I didn't wear a coat. I did have an umbrella, but the water just ran off if an onto my back. I was soaked when I got in. Luckily, I have a spare change of clothes at work, so I was able to change into something dry, though not professional. I started keeping a change of clothed at work (and another in the truck) when I started going on sleep meds in case I had any strange/automatic behavior. I've never needed it until now.

I'm about halfway through the arcane spell descriptions for this gaming thing. Not bad work today. Hopefully I can finish them up tomorrow and move on to either divine spells or monsters.

6/12/13

Finished up the report I was working on. That's something I can put on my status update tomorrow.

Got to work some more on the gaming thing. Just finished the planning phase for arcane spells. Next step is to write them up.

Got trash and recyclables collected this morning. And I was relatively on time to work to boot.

6/11/13

Good gaming session tonight. Finished the latest "adventure". Next week they'll need to fight off an invasion of deep ones.

Started the ball rolling on some stuff at work. Hopefully it all gets done and my boss will be happy.

Dropped off my sister's computer. I fixed it over the weekend. I also gave her some pointers on how to use her Kindle (and she used my phone as a hot spot to register it - after having it for 2 years).

Oh, and bonus - I went to the dentist today and didn't have any cavities. That's the first time in....Probably ever that that's happened.

6/10/13

Got some work done on the gaming thing. Changed how I build feats. Hopefully it all works out.

Did a little bit of cleaning tonight. I vacuumed up the dog hair and found my credit card. I noticed it was missing this morning.

I soldered the head lamp I picked up at 5below. It didn't work when I bought it. I found it had a broken solder joint. So I fixed that. Now it turns on, but won't turn off. The button is toast (as are more of the screw mounts). So I'm not spending any more time on it. I'll reclaim the LEDs eventually. Maybe make something cool out of it.

Also, I stopped at HomeDepot on the way home and bought 2 plastic cases. 1 to organize my dice and 1 to make a small toolbox out of.

6/9/13

Met my nephews today. They're 9 months old now. They're cute kids. Noisy, but cute.

Saw Moo for the first time in about 2 years. It was good. I don't expect to see her for awhile again.

Fixed Jill's computer today. It wasn't tough. Though I do want to try to get it online so I can run some updates and more troubleshooting. I'll have to try to find my wifi dongle.

6/8/13

Kick ass gaming session tonight. We didn't get to or do anything that I expected, but it was fun none-the-less. I think everyone had fun.

Celebrated my FiL's 70th birthday today. It was nice to spend some time with the in-laws.

Even though I was late picking up food for the celebration and was late to the party, I wasn't as late as I expected. Which was nice. And I think the major reason I was late was because I had to turn around and get something I forgot at home.

6/7/13

Started the extended release Ritalin today. The highs weren't quite so high, but the lows weren't so low either. I only took 1. It seems like it lasted about 14 hours. I don't know if I'll follow the doctor's advise and take 3 per day. That's a lot.

Got some more work done on the gaming thing. Good stuff.

Fridays tonight. Had some good food. Saw some friends.

6/6/13

Finally got a call from the sleep doc office. They were able to push the new prescription through the insurance company. I'll start it tomorrow, since it should be basically the same stuff I'm currently on. We'll see if it helps.

I got some good work done on this game thing today. I'm almost done the feats. Then I can start on a small selection of spells. Then the "fluff" and instructional stuff.

Switching out my music tonight. It'll be a nice change.

6/5/13

My brother came over today and we kicked some ass on the kitchen. We got all of the batting up, so it's now completely insulated. Drywall is next up, and hopefully we can get that done in a day. We'll see...

Got a call from the cardiologist today. My hearts perfectly fine. So that's one more thing we can check off the list of things that might be causing my fatigue.

Made a little bit of progress on work today. I may actually have something to report as completed for the weekly update tomorrow. We'll see.

6/4/13

Gaming was a lot of fun. Things are coming together and the players and their characters are starting to see the bigger picture of the adventure. Really good stuff. And everyone seems to like the adventure.

Went to the cardiologist today for a stress test. Turns out I'm healthy on that end too. I guess it's just one more thing to check off of the possible causes that aren't. Eventually we'll find the issue with me.

Got some good work done on this gaming thing I'm working on. I'm wondering if I need to take things a little further and move from a choose 2 to a choose 3 schema for building powers. But maybe not. I'll have to see how it plays first. Hopefully in a few weeks I'll have something in a play-test-able form.

6/3/13

Got a little work done on this gaming thing. Still wrestling with how to approach certain things. But making some progress.

Went to the therapist today. Apparently there was some kind of a scheduling snafu. They thought it was at 5:30, I thought it was at 6. So we talked for a little bit, but it won't count as an appointment.

Made some phone calls to get the ball rolling on some things.We'll see if it pans out.

6/2/13

Polyurethaned the beams in the kitchen.
Caulked the windows.
Planted more grass and watered the lawn.
Brushed the dog.
Gave the dog a bath.
Grilled dinner.
Cleaned the bathrooms.

Not a bad day's work...

6/1/13

Went to a funeral for an old friend today. It was nice to see how many lives he touched.

My mom's retirement party was tonight. She retired yesterday. It was good to see people, even if there was drama.

My brother came over this morning and we spray foamed the kitchen. That's a huge step. Dry walling is next.  Regardless of whether we get that done tomorrow, the end is in sight.