Dog Days

yes, it’s been HOT…like 106 in the shed

Well, let’s see now. I haven’t posted forever and I’m starting to get shit for it, so here we go. I’m gonna backup to last Thursday and go from there.

We had our company swimming party at the MF aquatic Center. M and I showed up a little after 8pm and ate the food, swam the pool and played the games. I went down the slide a half a dozen times and ended up with a new rollie case that I really needed for the trip to Vegas nest month. Thanx Scott! (we traded prizes) Stopped by Kelly’s on the way back for a drink and then headed back to the house. Good times.

I worked my usual Friday, that included the lunch meeting and a power nap with Wooj immediately thereafter. God, I love Fridays! Stayed late and worked on some sales training material for the new hires and then took M to the P&E for cocktails and to watch Feedback play. We ate some egg rolls and listed to the band for a couple sets. They broke out War Pigs at some point, serious. Gotta love it! We left around midnight, hit Taco Hell and then went home as I had to work in the morning. And morning certainly came, oh too soon. Back to the salt mines I went after dropping M off at Gma’s.

Woke up a little hazy and headed on in. Had a busy day and ended up with 8 sales for the day. w00t. (I’ve been kickin’ some ass it the Sales Dept lately.) Headed over to M’s to pick her up for a gig in Waitsburg with the Coyote Kings. They were playing a wedding reception for some locals. It was held in the Waitsburg Town Hall that had NO A/C. It was 90+ inside and about 100 outside. The band got everything setup and we headed over to a local tavern around the corner for a pre-gig cocktail. Well, maybe a couple. Then back to the Town Hall as the gig was about to start. Plenty of food, booze and people. Hard liquor and 2 kegs, as well as an entire crock pot full of plasticheez on the buffet that M was very pleased to meet. First song played was Shotgun Wedding, that was totally appropriate for the venue at hand. While M worked, I proceeded to consume my fair share of the keg beer. Feeling pretty good by this time. By the 2nd set of the night, there were drunk people dancing, including the groom who was strutting around like a cross between Mick Jagger and Napoleon Dynamite. Cracked me up. I was gonna cut myself off at that point, when a kind lady came by with a nice cold pitcher of beer. Unable to resist the cold delicious beverage, I accepted and thought to myself, “srcew it, it’s a wedding. right?” Off I went. Next thing you know, I was tapping the 2nd keg with the groom and was on my way to a serious buzz.

The band wrapped up around 12pm. I helped schlep some gear before leaving, caught up with M out front and hit the road. I took the back roads into town and M wanted to have a cocktail as she had been working and didn’t get a chance to indulge herself, so we headed to the Stone Hut for a nite cap. OMG. That turned into 3 more cran/vodka’s and a shot of some kind of cherry/vodka concoction that really wasn’t necessary at all. Closed the place down and headed back to my house to pass out. The next morning was hell!

I awoke to one of the worst hangovers I think I’ve ever had. OMFG! I was in bad shape. I can’t remember the last time I’ve felt like that. I managed to get vertical after a handful of ibuprofen and we decided to head down to Clarette’s for some much needed food. M’s bro is in town, so we gave him a call, picked him up and took him with us. Consumed food, coffee and water, which I certainly needed and then went on a long Sunday drive up Mill Creek. The drive lasted what seemed like 2 hours and then back to the house to rest my bones. Took a nap, had some killer nookie and then ordered a pizza for dinner. Lounged around for the rest of the evening watching the Food Network and took M home around 11pm. Awesome weekend!

Today, I felt much better. Got up around 9am, took a shower and had some coffee. Greg came by and I managed to get his PC up and running and transferred a bunch of data he needed onto an external HD. Sat around talking until 1:30 and Carol’s son Andrew came by to play guitar with me for a while. Jammed ’til 3:30 and then took Momsie to the store. Dropped off the goods and then headed downtown to buy a new pair of shoes. w00t! I ate the leftover pizza, had a cocktail and decided to sit down and post this.

So, there you have it.

All for now.

KJ

Potluck

in which there was hella food…

The first Friday of every month we have a potluck during our weekly staff meeting. We all bring in various food, some made, some purchased but there is always plenty of it and this week was no different.

Matt brought bbq’d little smokey’s. Mike brought a 7 layer dip that was three layers short. Jon brought a big pot of chili. Vic brought some hardshell taco’s. Mush brought a salad. I brought a pan of cornbread. Rochelle brought enchiladas. Carol brought the chips and a pie. Ruben brought shredded cheese for topping. Uh, and I think that was about it. As always, I ate way too much and had to go home for a quick nap after the meeting as my lunch hour starts as soon as the meeting stops. Very convenient. HA!

In other news, I’m getting all of my music back to my home PC after being without it for way too long. I recently imported about 13gigs of media and I’m currently transferring 55gigs of mp3’s to an external HD to take home this weekend. w00t! I’m sooooo glad to get my tunes back. I think 60+gigs should do for now.

KJ