TGIF!!

Slept okay last night.

43 degrees in the Fort this morning.

Dodged the severe weather yesterday.

Peddle something today.

Ready for 4:30 p.m.

No plans for the weekend.

Have a wonderful day!

• Breakfast with The Wife's cousins
• We'll see what Wilmington Mexican food is like
• Seafood tonight
• Rent a car came with less than a quarter tank of gas

Day trip to Houston for work.
Up late last as I got word from a client the deadline for our project was, how you say, today. Since I'm on the road today, I had to spend a few hours after 5:00 to get it done.
Rain is in the forecast, I hope we get a nice deluge. We need it. Fortunately, the temperatures drop and I can switch on the heat versus the AC.
Chill this evening before hitting the road early for San Antonio.

Rain is on tap for west Georgia/east Alabama for the next two days, then cooler weather sets in with more winter-like 50-something degree highs during the day and mid 30s at night. Not planning anything but a huge sigh of relief that all the holidays are over. Except that I believe Christmas is just finishing up for Ethiopian and Armenian Orthodox traditions. I remember being in Jerusalem at this time three years ago and they still had Christmas decorations up for one of the oriental Orthodox denominations.

A good day starts with good coffee.

Make it a good one in spite of what the rest of humankind is up to.

Back at work today. ZzzZz

First Friday I've had to work in a month.
At least it's from home today.

Just like last night's dinner, this too shall pass.

B-1 83 said:

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• Breakfast with The Wife's cousins
• We'll see what Wilmington Mexican food is like
• Seafood tonight
• Rent a car came with less than a quarter tank of gas

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You live on the south Texas gulf coast. Why would you try Mexican food in the Carolinas?

Worked late yesterday

Came in at the late hour of 7:30am today

Wrap up some lingering action items today. Already got two easy ones off the plate

Hungry. Much more than usual. We ate dinner at 6pm so I guess I should be hungry

Not sure what's on tap for the weekend besides pizza tonight

Claude! said:

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Just like last night's dinner, this too shall pass.

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My BIL has a saying, "it'll make a turd." Gross.

713nervy said:

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Claude! said:

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Just like last night's dinner, this too shall pass.

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My BIL has a saying, "it'll make a turd." Gross.

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Your brother in law is a wise man.

maroon barchetta said:

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B-1 83 said:

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• Breakfast with The Wife's cousins
• We'll see what Wilmington Mexican food is like
• Seafood tonight
• Rent a car came with less than a quarter tank of gas

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You live on the south Texas gulf coast. Why would you try Mexican food in the Carolinas?

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Plenty of Hispanics in the Carolinas. In Charlotte, there's definitely some not-great Mexican food, but there's also some really outstanding places. One of my favorite restaurants in Charlotte is a Mexican spot.


Plus, it could also be like going to McDonald's in Korea. It's sometimes interesting to see how other regions do "your" food.

In today's edition of "Damn I'm old," Van Halen's 1984 was released on this date in 1984. That's 42 years ago.

I was 12 years old, in the 6th grade, and bought the cassette at Sound Castle after school on Friday. Last great Van Halen album.

You're back in Iowa with the new wagon? How was the drive? What is Gus up to?

Uncle Mark still in Nevada?

dabo man said:

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You're back in Iowa with the new wagon? How was the drive? What is Gus up to?

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- Back in Iowa with the new wagon!
- Drive was great until I was leaving Omaha and it started rain snowing at night, making visibility poor. But new AWD vehicle, so an appropriate welcome home I suppose.
- I'm about to go see Gus right now!!!!
- Lots to do today!

Claude! said:

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maroon barchetta said:

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B-1 83 said:

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• Breakfast with The Wife's cousins
• We'll see what Wilmington Mexican food is like
• Seafood tonight
• Rent a car came with less than a quarter tank of gas

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You live on the south Texas gulf coast. Why would you try Mexican food in the Carolinas?

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Plenty of Hispanics in the Carolinas. In Charlotte, there's definitely some not-great Mexican food, but there's also some really outstanding places. One of my favorite restaurants in Charlotte is a Mexican spot.


Plus, it could also be like going to McDonald's in Korea. It's sometimes interesting to see how other regions do "your" food.

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Good Mexican food is a sign that western civilization is advancing.

Green2Maroon said:

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Uncle Mark still in Nevada?

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Yep! He will be there until the end of March, he says. He's having ACL surgery in a couple weeks! He thought he pulled a muscle when he was here last; turns out he had torn his ACL. He barely complained. What a tough old man.

Gus wasn't at the flower shop that his human mom owns (Her husband owns the coffee shop next door to her flower shop, ha!) I guess I'll have to wait until he comes to visit me.

Rule 1 on the new shaggin wagon please

maroon barchetta said:

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B-1 83 said:

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• Breakfast with The Wife's cousins
• We'll see what Wilmington Mexican food is like
• Seafood tonight
• Rent a car came with less than a quarter tank of gas

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You live on the south Texas gulf coast. Why would you try Mexican food in the Carolinas?

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The Wife's cousins wanted to meet there for breakfast, so I was caught in southern hospitality. The chilaquiles were pretty darn good.

We need a pic of Gus!!! He has missed his special friend Nervy and needs extra pets and scritches!!!

I texted him a photo of his jury duty summons. He called me and asked if I'd go for him. I laughed because I thought he was joking. I said, uh, no thanks, I think they'd know something was up when I said my name was Mark _____. He said he would call a lawyer and ask how to go about that if I was willing.

I don't think he knows how jury duty works.

713nervy said:

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I texted him a photo of his jury duty summons. He called me and asked if I'd go for him. I laughed because I thought he was joking. I said, uh, no thanks, I think they'd know something was up when I said my name was Mark _____. He said he would call a lawyer and ask how to go about that if I was willing.

I don't think he knows how jury duty works.

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I once asked to not be struck from a grand jury because my number was too high, and the DA empaneled me.

He's a good kitty.

UTExan said:

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713nervy said:

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Green2Maroon said:

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Uncle Mark still in Nevada?

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Yep! He will be there until the end of March, he says. He's having ACL surgery in a couple weeks! He thought he pulled a muscle when he was here last; turns out he had torn his ACL. He barely complained. What a tough old man.

Gus wasn't at the flower shop that his human mom owns (Her husband owns the coffee shop next door to her flower shop, ha!) I guess I'll have to wait until he comes to visit me.

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We love the Uncle Mark updates. Because we all have Uncle Marks in our families.

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Shoot, a lot of us ARE Uncle Mark...

• What.a.week.
• Slept decent, so thats good.
• Busy day (week) at work. Helped two of my teams work tickets they were so busy. Will be working this weekend too.
• This morning I went and got a boudin kolache at Karma. Then drove down the road to Starbucks for a much needed big coffee. I saw a man that was at both Karma and Starbucks. So he had the same idea.
• Travel work right now.
• Dinner at Hopdoddys with the mom and kiddo. It will be my first drink and sit down meal eating out since NYE. I've been cutting back.
• Watch football and travel work (and probably other work too) when I get home
• Rinse and repeat over the weekend.

Kind of late for me to tell you to "Do the Day"

Looks good! Better than I was expecting lol

Nice ride, nervy. Well done.

I like it. You should have years of happy ownership.

That's an Outback?