20260113

20260113 - Up early and L to work and Hazel and I headed to the vet to get her checked in to get her lump removed. I left the poor shaking baby there 🙁 Home and the carpet guy showed up and got to work and I got tot he desk. J came home in the middle of the install.

20260112

20260112 - Up in the am and in to the Worthington office for the day. Had lunch with CB and Cory at Old Bag and then back tot he office for a busy but SLOW afternoon. Home and threw the ball to Hazel and bit. L made us dinner and we watched the news. We then got all but one chair out of the living room in prep for the carpet tomorrow. I headed to visit with Doc for a bit and take him a chocolate bar. On to Bible Bangers, Scott S and SDJ were there, good conversations. Home and watched the Steelers game with L.

20260111

20260111 - Up in the am and it is freezing outside, one of those days when you really don't want to do anything... G's buddies came to pick him up and he headed back to school. L&I watched some episodes of Stranger Things. In the afternoon Hazel and I bundled up to take our walk and I noticed all of Hazel's tags were missing... I asked L about it and she said well yesterday when we went our walk Hazel somehow pulled away from the leash (this means the lease was attached to the tiny ring that holds the tags on, not her collar. L tried to explain to me where this happened so I could look for the tags... I convinced her to go to the location where she knew this happened rather than me spending the rest of the day trying to figure it out. She found all 3 of Hazel's tags in just a couple min. Got Hazel tagged back up and got our walk in ***COLD*** L made some dinner and we watched some football and hung out, I got some things done on PC.

20260110

20260110 - Up at 2PM! L had taken Hazel on a walk and had almost the whole day to herself. I got around and before we knew it we headed downtown for the home opener of the Columbus Fury women's pro volleyball game. We stopped at Warios for dinner, which was a great idea because their cheesesteaks are the best in the Midwest, but not such a good idea because they don't have any seating and we had to stand and eat... To the game and it was a good time. Home and not up as late as last night...

20260109

20260109 - Up in the am and to the desk for a day full of calls. In the afternoon I ran to Labcorp to get blood drawn for Dr appointment next week. Home and L made some dinner and we settled in to watch the Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl where Indiana beat the crap out of my Ducks! I was working on invoice validation and just kept going until i was done at 7am.

20260108

20260108 - Up in the am took a work call at home before heading in to the office. headed in to the Worthington office for the day. Had lunch with the team and got a lot done today. Got the trash taken out of the building late in the afternoon, locked myself out, Chaff had to let me back in. Packed up and headed home. L&I watched the Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bow, it was a really good game.

20260107

20260107 - Up in the am and on the phone for 2.5 hours... Got nothing done... Got rolling and then took a break to take hazel to the vet, poor girl shook like a leaf. All good, getting quote to take tumor thing off her back. Home and finished the day. L home and told me her friend Staph's dad died last night... That poor girl can't catch a break. I finished my day and G&I headed to bingo. We had 19 at our table tonight and it was packed full. The Queen of Hearts is up to $25k and when Jason pulled the number he said 'If you have a 12 put your hand up' bunch of people put their hands up. Then he said 'If your initials are MW leave your hands up." The place started going crazy as i left my hand up. Then he said, "If your name is Matt Winger, put your hand down." Everyone lost it laughing, there was a Mike W that won, but he picked number 12 and it was the jack of clubs so next week's pot is $28,590. I stayed a sang a bit. Walked home, not too late.

20250106

20250106 - Up in the am and to the desk, had to lock some folks out this morning. On calls and getting things done. G's friends Trent and Michael here. Hazel and I took a chilly walk. L home and we got ready for a night out. We headed downtown and met Rich and Nicole at the Ringside Cafe, the oldest restaurant in Columbus for some tasty burgers. We then walked across the capital lawn to get to the Ohio Theater to see Back to the Future the musical. Our seats were a bit high, but it was a good show. The special affect they did with the car were amazing! It was a very nice evening.

20250105

20250105 - Up in the am and stopped at the BMV to get paper titles to the cars, but they don't do it at the Gahanna location anymore... In to the Worthington office for the day, had lunch at Old Bag with CB & Cory. Back to the desk for the res of the afternoon. Home and had dinner with LJG, Trent and Michael. L&I hung out and watched the news. I headed to Bible Bangers and stopped to get lotto tickets. Home and L&I packed up Hanks cage and him and ran him home. Home and watched TV until D & DGF13 called from the airport, picked them up and dropped them off. Up late watching TV.

20250104

20250104 - Up late and got old clothes on and headed to the basement to work on the squeaking dryers, L in to her classroom to get it ready for tomorrow. I tore both dryers down and worked on them, had to sand and grease the idler wheels, now they are quiet again. L home and we hung out watching football, J & JGF7 over for dinner and a nice chat. Up late couldn't sleep.

20250103 - Messy

20250103 - Up around 11 and got around. L and I headed out for some errands. Dropped some stuff off at Goodwill and then to Home Depot. After much to and fro L decide what carpet she wanted she wanted for the living room, last time she had to make this choice was 23 years ago… on to Giant Eagle where we got some groceries. Home and unpacked and I spent the next several hours experimenting with deep frying Cod and Shrimp. I will say it took much more effort than anticipated and a much bigger mess… but the shrimp was great, fish was ok. Next time I will do one or the other, not attempting to do both at the same time. Maybe too messy to ever do again… will give it one more try eventually. In and watching football and the dogs make a mess of the living room. Up late, couldn't sleep, too much grease in my system.

20260102

20260102 - Up super late, like 1:30pm... Got some things organized and watched a movie with L. Hazel and I ran to the gas station, mostly to give her a break from Hany-boy. Home and hung out a bit. Worried about Jack today, he didn't go tot work and drove to Lake Erie and then disappeared in Mt Gilead for a couple hours. L out to eat with her girlfriends. J showed up at home. I had leftovers with the dogs watchin football and getting things done.