It’s a Monday night in rural Douglas County, the rain is coming down, and the thunder and lightning are giving all with an open window a show to close out the night.

I’ve been busy, booking travel, taking paper work. I need to spend some time on my reports tomorrow, as well take some additional steps to plan some travel later this month.

I made dinner tonight, and it seemed to go over well. I prepped a variation on the Chicken Cordon Bleu, but went with apple and smoked Gouda cheese instead for the fill. Throw in a side dish of steamed asparagus and sweet peppers.

I still find myself thinking about words and time, and pledges, too, I guess. I have done a pretty good job keeping my pledge to write two hundred words per day. Some days I write more.

I know I owe another two hundred words somewhere down the line, and I also know it will happen. I’ll catch some wild hair and just start to jam. Tonight isn’t going to be that night, however. I need to get some sleep here soon. I’m weary.

I wish you all the best. I hope you don’t think less of me for pondering another day about how I will achieve my literary goals.

Peace y’all.

Almost put the wrong day-in-the-life-of date there… I’m not ready to be ten thousand days older. Hell, I’ll be happy if and when I make it that far.

This is a makeup entry. I didn’t really feel like writing last night when the time came to kick my blog out. I was tired, and ready to call it a night. I don’t do that very often, but every now and then I’m going to give in and just do what I want to do. It’s a mental health thing… I want to control certain aspects of my life, and create good habits, but part of that desire for control also means turning the switch off and recharging.

So, that’s what I did.

I’m going to have a busy day… meetings running straight through from ten o’clock until two o’clock this afternoon. After that, I’ve got more than a couple of items on my todo list to keep me occupied.

I need to get another storage box for the erroneous crap sitting on my desk that I neither want to get rid of nor have a place for.

Might also be about time to get a wall mount for my monitor, and reclaim a little bit of my desktop.

Enough for now. More later.

Peace y’all.

It’s the end of a long and interesting day here in rural Douglas County. Dane and I ran into Kansas City to take care of his phone situation, so he’s the happy owner of a new Samsung Galaxy S10e. He seemed so pleased with it that Lisa decided to get one for herself – she’s been overdue for a new phone for some time.

I’m getting tired. The length of the day, maybe, or more like I’ve been living the life of a perpetual motion machine. I’ve got plenty to keep me busy over the next week, with some emails to return and demos to assess.

Tomorrow Dane and I are going to get out in the afternoon to see the new Avengers movie. I’m sure we’ll have a good time. We’ve both been looking forward to seeing this one. We took the time to watch Infinity War again just to reacquaint ourselves with the various story lines.

Monday is going to be interesting. I’ve got a task list that’s growing, and international travel to book. Got my next trip lined out, a day trip to Atlanta. The next one after that, though, is going to have a few more twists in the ol’ agenda.

About time to hit the sack. I still owe myself a four-hundred page entry at some point.

I’ll get on that.

Peace y’all.

So, I’m sitting here pondering life, the universe, and everything, and I’m snacking on these tasty tangerine snacks, and what do you know… one of my crowns pops off and I’m thinking about getting into the dentist sooner rather than later.

That’s ok… we need to talk anyway.

Over the last couple of years, I opted to get a couple of molars pulled rather than getting a bridge or implants to replace the missing teeth, and I’ve decided I’d rather get implants. I didn’t know how my life might be affected by the removal of those two teeth, and I have to admit, it would be a significant improvement to have those molars or replacements somewhere in my head.

It’s that I’m not happy… but having a full set of pearlies would make certain parts of my life better. I could enjoy certain entrees a little bit more. Yes, that includes steak.

So. I tossed a crown, I need to see the dentist, and we’ll make some decisions from there. Those decisions got a lot easier now that I have better dental.

OK, these tangerine meringue treats are pretty good. I may finish the container off tonight.

That’s about all for tonight.

Peace y’all.

Alrighty. I skipped a day. Not intentional, but I was concerned about a class I was teaching today, and I just got distracted by the big plate of stuff that was sitting in front of me.

Lots of things to deal with, lots of issues that need to be addressed. My back feels so tight, like a bunch of rubber bands that a pulled a little too tight. I’m kicking back with a glass of wine or four being a little self-critical, but that’s kind of what I do. I reflect. I think about the things I could’ve done better. And now I”m thinking I ought to get out to my Azure account and delete the resource groups I forgot to remove earlier today so I don’t use up the entirety of my monthly allowance on stuff just sitting there burning time.

I’ll get it done. And I’ll think. I’m trying to be the best instructor I can be, and that means staying on top of stuff. Checklists. To-do lists.

Another candidate declares for the 2020 Presidential election. At this point, just get someone up on the ticket that can beat Trump.

Time is spinning away, and I’ve got a few more things to get done… like getting ready to head home.

Peace y’all.

OK, time to crank this sucker out. It’s been a good day for the Bobster. We finished up our two day class, told a bunch of people about our product, and then sent them back into the wilderness with a map and a couple of spears. We’re good.

But seriously, it was a good day. I have been very anxious about teaching my first class as a lead, but things went pretty darn good. I did a good time tag teaming with Caleb, the second instructor on the delivery, and Shane did a great job managing the minutiae that can sometimes slow a delivery down to a crawl.

Tonight, I had a Poke bowl from a local restaurant, and it was fantastic. Some guys go all over the country to find the perfect chicken-fried steak, others go looking for key lime pie. I Might have to start a search for the ultimate poke bowl, but that might require substantial time in Hawaii, the home of poke.

I don’t think my wife would mind…. because you know damn well I’m not going to Hawaii without her.

Tomorrow I head out on another adventure, followed by a recap. Two hundred words at a time, right?

Peace y’all.

Hi gang. I’m a little late, forgot to write my blog last night. I was getting caught up (and “caught up”) with the final season of “Game of Thrones”, and I must confess, I was very happy with the what I watched in that particular episode. It’s a great series, and you should check the annals of great tv to see if you can find it out there somewhere… when you are old enough.

I woke to interesting news this morning. The House has subpoenaed Donald Trump’s financial records from Deutsche Bank. The Donald is now suing to keep the bank from releasing those records. Why would an innocent man do such a thing? Inquiring minds want to know.

Dane has his last concert of his senior year tonight. I hope he has some fun. Being in the band has been a great experience for him, and he can do something I never learned how to do… read music. He can also play the trumpet, and I can’t do that either. Come to think of it there are any number of things that he can do that I no longer can. I suppose I could start with running, right?

Peace y’all.

Oh, boy! It’s been a long day in rural Douglas County, and I’m going to be sleeping well tonight.

OK, an little extra Hibiki on the rocks might help out with that particular plan.

Everything’s cool, though. Got the last of my problems resolved with a work situation, and for that I am grateful. It’s kind of funny where all of the little notes are. I need to dig a little deeper next time.

We’ve had a busy day around here. Gracie has a friend who is pregnant and getting married, and the gender reveal party is going to be here at the house tomorrow. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that I am out of the house when that happens.

Dane was a great help today. We threw away four loads of unwanteds from the house. Some old furniture, some other old chunks of this and that cluttering up the house. He did the heavy lifting, and I am grateful that I have a son capable of doing the heavy lifting.

That’s about enough for tonight. I’ve got some laundry issues to resolve, and some packing to do, but that won’t take too long. Just need to get out of my recliner and just do this thing.

Yeah,exciting times in rural Douglas County.

Peace y’all.

Oh, man! It’s Friday night in rural Douglas County, and the dogs are barkin’. Colby is being Colby, and the girls, Lucy and Freya, are having no part of his nonsense. Nope. Ain’t happening. They had enough before he showed up.

So it can get a little loud here at the house. I have to double-check to make sure my mic is muted on every conference call, because (God forbid!) a delivery truck shows up just as an important call kicks in.

Ugh. Yeah, I know. Life with dogs. Life with a home-based career. It’s cool.

But still… I wish the Col-Beast was a little more mellow. A dog with a cat’s personality. Like a pug maybe.

I’ve got a lot to do tomorrow. Much upon much to do around here. And other stuff, too. I have a feeling I will sleep well tomorrow night.

Not much more to say. I need to get off to bed here and get a good night’s sleep.

Everything is going to be fine.

Gotta believe it. See it, believe it, make it happen.

It’s important to keep positive thoughts running through the old mainframe. Keep that stuff multi-threaded through every part of your life.

Peace y’all.

It’s a quiet Thursday night in rural Douglas County, and my red shirt is covered in dog fur, thank you Colby.

I really don’t feel like writing tonight. It’s not that it hasn’t been an interesting day, it has been, but I don’t know that I want my personal blog entry to be a recap of my professional agenda day in and day out. I get posting a little bit about my career and my love of what I do, but at the same time, I am not my career. I aspire to be a little bit more. Don’t get me wrong – being a Microsoft Certified Trainer and being on the Azure Training Team is a big part of my professional identity.

But I’m a dad, and a son, and a brother, oooh, and sometimes I get to be a husband, too, if I’ve been really good. (Love you, Lisa, just having a little bit of fun).

Tomorrow I’m going to have a full slate, getting a few things rounded out prior to getting on board with some new projects.

I ought to get to bed and get a good nights sleep.

Preferably without so much dog fur.

Peace y’all.