Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[bReTt]

The plan was to start my work week today.  My stomach started gurgling around 10pm last night and while that wasn't a overwhelming issue I did not get to sleep until after 3 am.  Tossed and turned while dozing in and out.  Very restless night.  Kept waking up even after falling asleep.  Alarm is set for 0430 but o woke up before it and reset to 0600.  I could have gotten up and went into work even being late but I felt like I had a brick on me and I wasn't in any mental condition to make the commute to be dragging all day.  I called out and went back to bed for more restless sleep until 0745 when I decided that I'd be better vertical vs. horizontal.  I'm up and feel just fine now however I feel that a late morning or early afternoon nap will be necessary.  Now that I'm up I'm already thinking of what I can get done around here today.  I think I just need a play day.  Been busy at work and home.  I'm starting to get grumpy....

[Privateer]

Gonna run the Dewalt grinder over the base patch I did yesterday.
That will level the edges for the final smoothing coats of patch.
I'll mix a heaver batch of patch and apply. Once dry? Probably a thin coat or 2 of finish patch will be needed.
Then a final grind before I re-install the last row of LVT.

[avator]

The plan was to start my work week today.  My stomach started gurgling around 10pm last night and while that wasn't a overwhelming issue I did not get to sleep until after 3 am.  Tossed and turned while dozing in and out.  Very restless night.  Kept waking up even after falling asleep.  Alarm is set for 0430 but o woke up before it and reset to 0600.  I could have gotten up and went into work even being late but I felt like I had a brick on me and I wasn't in any mental condition to make the commute to be dragging all day.  I called out and went back to bed for more restless sleep until 0745 when I decided that I'd be better vertical vs. horizontal.  I'm up and feel just fine now however I feel that a late morning or early afternoon nap will be necessary.  Now that I'm up I'm already thinking of what I can get done around here today.  I think I just need a play day.  Been busy at work and home.  I'm starting to get grumpy....

Brett, I used to get that almost every night. Then I retired....   

[Privateer]

I'm almost sorry I retired!
Now I do the dishes, the laundry, all the mowing, vaccuming, feed the fur babies, clean the litter boxes, and on and on!
SWMBO decided since She still works? She no longer has to do that stuff!
 

But I did say ALMOST sorry. Actually like it most days as the stress level is WAY DOWN!
 

[avator]

I'm almost sorry I retired!
Now I do the dishes, the laundry, all the mowing, vaccuming, feed the fur babies, clean the litter boxes, and on and on!
SWMBO decided since She still works? She no longer has to do that stuff!
 

But I did say ALMOST sorry. Actually like it most days as the stress level is WAY DOWN!
 

I'm not permitted to do that stuff around here because "I don't do it right".  Funny, I did it right when I was single for many, many years... I never heard one single complaint... 

[Privateer]

Here you Go Paul.
Dewalt hooked to the shop vac for grinding.
It has the 'door' opened to get close to the wall and will smooth the edge before I do final patch work.

[Privateer]

 "I don't do it right". 

You mean taking the dishes outside and spraying them off with the hose is wrong?
I be in trouble if Nancy finds out!
 

[maraudinglizard]

I'm almost sorry I retired!
Now I do the dishes, the laundry, all the mowing, vaccuming, feed the fur babies, clean the litter boxes, and on and on!
SWMBO decided since She still works? She no longer has to do that stuff!
 

But I did say ALMOST sorry. Actually like it most days as the stress level is WAY DOWN!
 

Jeff, I have no regrets bailing out of work, I am in way better health now than when I was working. As for the domestic activities, it's same, the only thing that is not in the equation is going to work. I have more time to take care of the little meaningful things now and not be stressed out of my sanity. 

[Privateer]

My blood pressure is WAY down from pre-retirement!
I'm so low now I don't need meds! Now I was high but refused meds and never took any for BP!

[avator]

 "I don't do it right". 

You mean taking the dishes outside and spraying them off with the hose is wrong?
I be in trouble if Nancy finds out!
 

No worries... but evidently letting Boss and Rambo lick them clean is not going to work out. I thought they were doing a great job.

[avator]

My blood pressure is WAY down from pre-retirement!
I'm so low now I don't need meds! Now I was high but refused meds and never took any for BP!

Ok, I'll share a secret... I've stopped all meds... BP is normal, A1C is good to go providing I eat accordingly... no soda, no sugar, whole wheat breads and pastas and so on.

[Privateer]

No worries... but evidently letting Boss and Rambo lick them clean is not going to work out. I thought they were doing a great job.

So... letting the Cats lick the plates clean is not gonna fly.
Dang!

[Sqrl Klr]

Unless you want to prank someone with a plate that smells of cat bung as they do lick their tail holes clean. Makes me thrilled to not be a cat.

[Sqrl Klr]

I almost always check with Project Farm before buying anything lawn and garden or farm related. If he does not have the item you are wanted tested make a request and within 2 weeks you will see a test on your item, I did this for a hose clamp test.

Confirms I've been making the best decision for years. Just bought another set right before watching this vid thanks for posting it.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday! I slept in until 0530 and I just realized I missed my 0600 Wednesday morning meeting. With everything going on, my morning routine has been way off for awhile. I do have work for today, and that’s all I was focused on, I guess. I’m going to finish my coffee, pour my travel cup and get going.

I know very well what you meant, Bill, about being careful what I wish for. It’s always been this way, either crazy busy or silly slow. For years it was busy summers and slow winters. I thought this past year it was going to even out, my winter was fairly steady. I guess the bottom fell out this spring. This company has grown ridiculously huge the past 3 years. It’s gotten hard to track from an individual perspective how it’s going to be.

[avator]

Morning...
Me and Rambo got up at 5am. He ate and I made coffee. When he was done eating I grabbed a cup and we went outside. I sat on the front porch sipping hot coffee while he went on a walk about.
We came back in a and he went back to bed.
I'm 'bout to get dressed and head out to the Red Shed for some puttering. I'll fire up the lead pot and pull apart my 250 - 27 - RF mold for a good cleaning. I'll heat a pan of water on my mold hot plate and steal some of Betty Lou's Dawn. I have a couple old tooth brushes in the tool box I'll use to scrub it real good.
Nothing else on the agenda for today. Just take it as it comes... storms expected to blow through later.

[avator]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday! I slept in until 0530 and I just realized I missed my 0600 Wednesday morning meeting. With everything going on, my morning routine has been way off for awhile. I do have work for today, and that’s all I was focused on, I guess. I’m going to finish my coffee, pour my travel cup and get going.

I know very well what you meant, Bill, about being careful what I wish for. It’s always been this way, either crazy busy or silly slow. For years it was busy summers and slow winters. I thought this past year it was going to even out, my winter was fairly steady. I guess the bottom fell out this spring. This company has grown ridiculously huge the past 3 years. It’s gotten hard to track from an individual perspective how it’s going to be.

For the last 10 years before I retired getting blindsided at work became the norm. Trying to control inventory from around the world for the 'just in time' production in the auto manufacturing industry was never dull and uneventful.

[Bicycleman]

One thing that would have made the "auto manufacturing industry" more eventful would have been a bunch of high school kids with their raging hormones.
(It sure kept the life of a high school teacher event filled.) 

[Privateer]

I was a really good kid in high school.

[avator]

One of our biggest issues was language and cultural barriers. Another was shipping and restrictions. COVID was a game changer.