Share your day June 2013

:eek:nthego:That Guy: I am depressed! It's the end of my nice long yearly vacation and will be returning to the insanity Monday. Please join me in prayer; "I can do this. I can do this. I can do this . . . "

I'll be thinking about you. You mentioned in another post that you plan on retiring soon so keep that in mind as you go back to work on Monday. Pick a "last day of work" and mark it on the calendar so you have something to look forward to. Doesn't mean that day will be final, but it will get you thinking of the many things you can do when work doesn't get in the way!!

I'm going to finish the flooring today. Need to pick up different transition pieces as I bought the wrong ones and put the trim back on. Cutting the angles will be fun I'm sure - trial and error and I suspect there will be many errors!

Have a good day everyone!!:eek:nthego:
 

Thanks, TICA. Yeah, the knowledge that I'm on the way out helps dealing with the "game". Don't know when I'll pull the pin but just having that in the future is comforting...

So, with working tomorrow on the agenda will try to get some laundry done today and just sit in a stupor staring into space for the remainder of free time away from megacorp insanity...

Up early this morning. Called KPIG radio to thank them for a great selection of music to start the day. Made coffee. Checked on gopher invasion. Invited Hello Kitty to join inspection tour but she just wanted to watch from the window. I'm fearing there may be some kind of alliance forming out there that is proving counterproductive to my plans of gopher eradication. Refilled bird feeders and birdbaths and am hearing various cheeps and chirps of grateful thanks.
 
That Guy said:
Took advantage of nice, cool morning to clean out yellow jacket trap and put up another. In one hour the new one had almost a dozen buggers arrested. Hooray!

I am depressed! It's the end of my nice long yearly vacation and will be returning to the insanity Monday. Please join me in prayer; "I can do this. I can do this. I can do this . . . "
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What do you use in your traps TG? I've had no luck with the bait that's sold with them. I've tried different fruits, and even meat, but with no luck. They'd rather nest in my gutters, siding, chimney, storage shed, etc.

Hang in there until retirement, I don't like the W word at all, started that at 16, and was glad to take early retirement when I did.
 

SeaBreeze said:
What do you use in your traps TG? I've had no luck with the bait that's sold with them. I've tried different fruits, and even meat, but with no luck. They'd rather nest in my gutters, siding, chimney, storage shed, etc.

Hang in there until retirement, I don't like the W word at all, started that at 16, and was glad to take early retirement when I did.
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I use the Rescue traps and the bait they provide. Don't know why your bugs are being so difficult to lure into their fatal destruction. I remember as a small boy when we would visit my grandparents, they just put a hunk of ground beef in a bowl of vegetable oil and that worked. Wondering what type of wasp you are dealing with and the specific bait they might find irresistible.

As for the W word . . . I'm really not at all ready to stop working. Started at the age 12. I'm just way done with what I've been doing and for whom I've been groveling. For awhile, it was somewhat doable as a means to a steady paycheck. But the company has literally gone backward and taken an archaic and Dickensian approach in the treatment of employees. It's extremely insulting, demeaning and counterproductive. Now, one might call me a malcontent. Go right ahead. This I know: Every single person I deal with on a daily basis feels exactly the same. Oh well, as I've said . . . I'm old and in the way and see some light at the end of the tunnel so I try to be . . . amused...
 
Just plain old yellow jackets as far as I know, but they have no interest in the Rescue trap bait. I have to say though, that this year there really seems to be a lot less of them around. Yeah, toward the end of my employment, I just kept the big picture in mind, and didn't care too much about the games being played by mgm't.
 
That Guy..Hope your first day back after vacation goes smoothly. I know when I was working, after the first hour back it felt like I had never been gone. Sunday nights were usually sleepless for me anticipating Monday morning. Sooo glad to be retired! Like I always tell myself...keep your eye on the prize!

Today holds for me more weeding and mulching..thankfully the weather is mild with a nice breeze or I would not be able to do this. I've almost finished the biggest bed that is in full sun, so I'll be able to work in a shadier spot today.

Last night on the Gangstas last run before bed, Ohno managed to catch a baby raccoon. I was shining the spotlight along the fence line and saw two pair of eyeballs watching us on the other side of the fence.

Next thing I knew the Gangstas were barking and carrying on, and when I shined the light on them I could see Ohno running with something in his mouth shaking the hell out of it. I yelled at him to drop it, which he did. When I caught up with him there was a small baby coon, frozen in fright, but none the worse for wear. I stood over him for a few minutes until he gained enough composure to slowly make his way back through the fence and attempt to climb a tree. All the while he was crying, with mamma down on the creek bank frantically calling him.

Good thing I was there with the light or mamma would have probably would have kicked ass and taken the Gangstas names, as she appeared to be very large. Back to setting my traps tonight.

Ohno was very proud of himself for catching a coon. In his mind he has elevated his status from an Arkansas Porch Hound to a White Bearded Arkansas Baby Coon Hound.
 
Today I'm going to try (again :( ) to "integrate" my revamped martial arts website with Facebook.

So get this: there are little programs called "plug-ins" that you can put in your website that perform certain functions. One plug-in may change the way your text looks; another may list your articles in alphabetical order.

The plug-in I tried yesterday was supposed to automatically take any article I placed on my site and publish it on my Facebook page. Now, the creator of the plug-in went to great lengths in his advertising to ensure that it's a 1-2-3 process, a no-brainer, easy-peasy and all that rot.

It wasn't.

In fact, after playing with it for 3 hours last night I finally called it quits at 2am. It's the Plug-In from Hell.

It asks for my code. Okay, got that. It asks for my "secret" code (what is this, Cracker Jacks?) - got it. It asks for verification that I am who I claim to be. Well, I've got several pages on Facebook, have been a member for years, they already have my VISA card number on file along with my blood type and next of kin, but that doesn't seem to be enough for them.

They send me into an endless loop of entering data that is promptly ignored, then ask once again for that data. They request my App code. I have to go to ANOTHER part of Facebook to figure that one out, then go back and enter the 32-digit number into the application form.

They ask for verification.

"Verify THIS!" I scream as I grab at a certain portion of my anatomy, scaring Tigger and SnagglePuss in the process and causing the neighbors 3 doors down to call 9-1-1.

Not a good night ...

Today I have my student again, I had him yesterday for 3 hours of joint-locks, palm-heel strikes and elbow smashes. We're going to do the same thing today, just target different parts of his body so the parts from yesterday can heal uninterrupted.

If he doesn't go on his vacation soon we're going to run out of parts.
 
Had wild and crazy dreams about work last night. When I awoke was glad they were just dreams but then the realization that today is the beginning of the end dawned on me... Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to work we go . . .

Had a nice long telephone conversation with my son. Hello Kitty took her time heading outdoors this morning. I need her on gopher patrol. Lots of quail running around with youngsters. Haven't seen the turkeys in awhile but they'll be back.
 
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