The alarm went off at 445 this morning. Emily is leaving for Seaside at 530. She got up quick. I tried to go back to sleep. It didn’t work. I find it very difficult to sleep while someone is moving around the house getting themselves ready. She did try to be quiet but it’s quiet in ten minute segments. Then she switches rooms or turns on a light and another off. You get the idea.
I am now out of bed. Put the doggies out. Fed the cats. Fed the dogs. Made coffee and got a disposable cup and lid for Emily. I will wait to pour it when she is leaving, that way it will be hot when she drinks it.
Not much else to do. I did not make her breakfast mostly because I forgot. She really does not like to eat in the morning anyway.
She grabbed her luggage and went out to the curb to wait for her ride, which would be Barb Garlick. Barb is not known to be timely so heading to the curb is optimistic. We said our goodbyes inside and I booted her out.
Now is the time to go back to bed. I did not have any coffee so I thought maybe it would be possible to sleep. It’s 540. Good time for sleep. Right? Well I tried. I would say I failed but it’s possible there was some sleep. I think I dreamed a bit which indicates sleep. But, by 8 am I was tired of trying and just tired. I got up.
I had the coffee now. Had to nuke it since the pot went auto off. No problem. I had my coffee and brekkies.
This morning is Saturday so I went out before the shower to mow the lawn and do my yard work. Lawn looks like hell. As I mentioned, the gal watching our house while we went to Europe let the lawn die. Half is dead. Half is green. I will reseed in the fall. Too hot now for seed. After lawn I showered and dressed. Cleaned up dishes. Put dogs out. Grabbed my crap (I thought) and headed to the tire shop with Emily’s car.
I am working today and figured I could drive to work from the shop. Emily was at the car dealer getting service back in June. They said get new tires. I said Jim will get me a better deal (free) when I return from Europe. Today is that day. And, as I half suspected, Jim said I got 5 to 10k more in my tires. But he said I could use a rotation. So I did.
I was getting ready to head out to Sacramento and I noticed I did not have my glasses with me. Bummer. But I got readers in the office for just this situation. Then I noted my phone was not with me. Farq.
Now I’m on my way back to Vacaville, the opposite direction of travel to Sacramento. Glasses are one thing, but phone I gotta have. So now I will get both. And I can switch to my car which I prefer to the Mercedes.
I got home in about 15 minutes which means my bad memory cost me 30 minutes of work time. I swear, I should never use her car. It just throws off the routine. I did have a pleasant drive to work at least. If you love to drive, you want my life.
I finally arrived at work at about 115. No one else was in the parking lot. I am the only fool around. I loaded up my stuff, and forgot papers I got later, and headed in.
Weekend work is very intense. No one is calling or texting and there are no co workers in the office. So I can intently stay on task and prepare tax returns. Which is what I am trying to do. The corporation and LLC taxes on extension are due by 9/15. That’s next weekend. Good news, everyone is motivated so I can get them done and get paid. I managed to finish 8 returns and bill out a lot of money. I also finished 75% of four others. Not to bad. I also brought several home to work on tonight. Not so good.
Well, after 7 hours in the office, I left for home. Another nice drive and it was still light outside.
The dogs and cats were thrilled to see me, me not so much them. I fed them right away since it’s well past their usual mealtime. I even fed them before I fed myself.
I did plan ahead on dinner. I had taken some pork chops from the freezer this morning for my dinner. They were nicely defrosted. I started up the coals, made a salad, and waited till the BBQ was hot. Seasoned the chops and tossed them on. I finally got to read my morning paper while the meat grilled. It’s a Saturday paper so less than satisfying but the read timed well with the cooking so both were done about the same time.
I decided to cut up a chop and put it in the salad. One dish meal, tastes great, I like it.
Dinner is now done. I have decided to skip work tonite and prep the taxes tomorrow. Don’t matter because I have time. I am going to have a snack now and go to bed. I am tired. And no one will be waking me. I hope.
Ok. So my dumb ass dog “asked” to go out. Why? I noticed he just took a dump inside. Maybe he wanted to get away from the smell. I hate that dog most of the time. But he is Marika’s dog. So I can’t punch him in the face. But I could leave him out all night. Haha