slightly sleep-deprived

I woke up at 3:30 this morning, and after tossing and turning for a bit to go back to sleep, decided to go ahead and get up, shower, dress, and so on. The I realized I still had over 2 hours before I had to leave for work, so I baked some chicken and cooked some pasta to take for lunch, which I figured would be better than hot dogs or a sandwich or something. Then, when it finally came time to head to work, I left it all in the refrigerator and forgot all about it. Oh well, at least supper was already ready when I got home.

Conversations… part XLI (from May 06)
Ryan: Hey homeboy! Sorry I haven’t returned your call yet but I’ve been busy and a little down and out. What’s up with you?
Me: Not too much man. It’s all good, it wasn’t nothing important, I was just bored. It’s raining alligators and zebras here right now. Looks like night time outside.
Ryan: Dark over here too but no rain yet. Man I am getting tired of this life over here. Job sucks, women are just a let down in general and…well…that alone is enough to get me down. Man I got to get out your way. Any suggestions?
Me: I thought that your company was supposed to be expanding into this area, and you were just gonna move when it did. Is that not gonna happen now? Beyond that, I don’t have a lot of bright ideas. If I did, I wouldn’t still be here, getting ready to get moved up into Dallas in a few more weeks. I know what you mean, though. I was feeling rather down and out yesterday myself.
Ryan: Yeah the expansion may still happen but I am so down that I’m ready for it to happen now.
Me: Well, I hope it does. It’d probably work out good for you. I’m sorta/kinda looking around at some other jobs. I just really, really do not want to have to drive back and forth to Dallas every day and be in the same building as all the prick upper managers and stuff, but I don’t want to give up all the extras like the free cable and internet and having the extra vacation time from being here so long and all. One of the guys I work with is putting in apps and resumes all over the place. He’s said he’s definitely quitting as soon as he can find something else. I just tend to get comfortable where I am and don’t want to have to go interview and stuff. You get your tax rebate yet? I got mine in my account. I think I’m gonna buy a new recliner with mine. The back on that one I’ve got is completely shot now, so that kinda sucks.
Ryan: Haven’t got my rebate yet but when I do I’m gonna pay off my washer and dryer. Yeah I’m with ya on the whole being comfortable thing but I’m getting fed up. I think.
Me: Yup. Target distribution center in Midlothian is hiring for warehouse workers on a 6p to 6a shift Saturday through Monday at $13.10/hour. I don’t know. I’ll most likely just end up staying where I am. It’s gonna be hard to start out making what I am now somewhere new, and I’m too much of a little b—- to cut back on my expenses and comforts too much.
Ryan: Gotta be honest I don’t think your a little b—- for not starting over but you may find that with gas prices as high as they are that you would be making about the same hourly rate. Therefore having to cut back on your luxuries anyway.
Me: Well yeah, gas prices keep going up. I don’t know, I’ll most likely have to cut back on stuff anyway. Maybe I will just go become a professional poker player.
Ryan: Come on man. Lets keep it real. In order to make money you gotta bet. Not check then fold.
Me: Hey hey now. When you win a game you can talk smack about how I play, foo. I’m gonna go eat lunch. I’ll get back to ya later.
Ryan: Ite. Later homey.
Me: Mmmmmmm hot dogs and oreos. That’s a danged good ole lunch right there.
Ryan: Man people who live well like you piss me off!
Me: Really? It pisses you off? What are you having for lunch today?
Ryan: Can of tuna and an orange.
Me: Hmmm… I’d say our lunches probably cost about the same. I got a couple of cans of tuna at home, oddly enough, so that’s probably what my lunch will be tomorrow. I’m trying to go slow on ship confirming this order, cause once I’m done, I won’t really have anything to do the rest of the day, unless some more orders come in.
Ryan: Telling you my little joke about thanking others for doing the work that you have done will be classic. Then try it at poker by thanking people for betting after they have folded. Awesome!
Me: Yesterday we got this e-mail that went from the CEO to every person in the company about not having extraneous and wasteful e-mails, and not doing things like using the “reply to all” when you really only need to reply to one person. I was so tempted to do a reply to all on that and just say “Okay” and send it to everyone in the company. I figured some uptight corporate person would get mad, though, and probably call our boss.
Ryan: Okay.
Me: All right, then.
Ryan: I did your prank. Awesome! Wonder if anyone will notice. Did you reply to all?
Me: It only does something if the original e-mail was sent to lots of people. Since this is only going back and forth between us, nobody else is gonna get it when you do reply to all.
Ryan: Then your joke sucks!
Me: I suppose it does.

Consequently, I have no gotten that recliner yet. I’ve been meaning to, but I want an off day on a weekday, so I don’t have to deal with the crowds at places, and can hopefully arrange a good delivery day. Since we’re still on “no vacation time allowed for any reason” until after the move is done in a few weeks, it’ll probably be a while.

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