20211224 - Different Christmas Eve

20211224 - Up in the am and was dizzy to the left...  I mean I was leaning to the left along the wall and then the dresser until I got my bearings and made it to the bathroom. I got myself together and then LJG&I headed to the Cole's for a late lunch. Not the usual crowd as Gma&paB aren't feeling well and stayed home. the usual aunts and uncles didn't come either. So it was a smaller crowd but very nice. D showed up and we had a very nice meal and then played a game, it was fun. I still wasn't 100%. Home, D came with us, and we hung out and watched some football. J headed to JGF? for a bit. D&I headed to the basement to watch a movie. L carried all the presents up and watched a bit of the movie. After the movie D headed upstairs to play on the xbox with G&J. 

20211223 - Retirement Party

20211223 - Up in the am and had a busy day trying to close things off to finish off the week. That kept me in the office until dark. The folks at Tastee apple had a surprise retirement party for Steve today. Out of the office and had some dinner. Hazel and I went on a night hike to look at some of the lights in the neighborhood. Home and L&G decorated some cookies. I worked on processing the last years photos. 

20211222 - Hazel Crash

20211222 - Up in the am and to the desk. Got a bunch of things moved forward this morning. Hazel and I took a cold walk and back tot he desk. D stopped over to get the HSA card to go get his finger looked at. I finished the day and we had some dinner. Hazel got the scare of her life... while 'helping clean the dishes' (licking the plates as L puts them in the dishwasher), her dog tags got stuck in the dishwashers lower rack and as she backed away the rack followed her and plates flew out clanging loudly on the tile and she broke free and ran to the basement to hide. We got everything cleaned up and got hazel calmed down and called it a night.

20211221 - Strange Sleep

20211221 - Up in the am, had a strange sleeping night' dead asleep by midnight, awake at 1 to ask about J coming home, dead asleep until 5 when woke up out of dream then wide awake unit about 7, up at 8 and had to work, what a mess... Got around and to the desk. L and Hazel up bugging me, J at Larson's and G still asleep. Got some things done and had my weekly call. Had a pretty productive day. Headed out to throw the ball to Hazel and D&DGF13 came over for dinner. We had a nice meal and then G headed back up to the Xbox and the rest of us watched football for a bit. D&DGF13 headed out. L&I watched some more TV while I processed last years photos. L to bed, I headed in to the office to get some more emails caught up and sell off some losing stocks and crypto. Up way too late.

20211220 - Errands

20211220 - Up in the am and everyone home for winter break. I got around and too the desk and dove in to work. It was a focused day of getting things done and making progress. At the end of the day L&I headed out. We went to the Post office to get more stamps and then the Home Depot in Westerville to pick up some drain supplies they didn't have at our store. We then headed to Reynoldsburg for me to pick up some Booster envelopes to ship baseball discount cards in. Home and we had some leftovers and watched one of our new favorites, Homestead Rescue.

20211219 - WATER WATER WATER!!!

20211220 - Up in late in the am and at the desk getting a couple things done before Hazel and I head out to pick up auction items and stop at the dog park, and L screamed WATER WATER WATER!!! I ran upstair and she wasn't there... Yelled for her and she was in the basement, so ran down there. We had water all over the utility room floor. We got the washer off and turned off J's shower midstream so the source stopped and then I took drain covers off and snaked and tried to figure out what was happening while L moved things and moped. At a loss and not messing with this I called CPR Drains and they could come out today. The guys showed up and the water was down, we ran every water source in the house trying to get it to backup again. We couldn't get it to slow down at all... L ran G to baseball practice. They did snake part of it for me and we buttoned things back up. L home and we put the basement back together and took Hazel to pick up G. We got G and some Burger King on the way home. Home and ate and then spent some time on the PC looking for drain supplies to seal the drains. J home eventually and up to late.

20211218 + Wrap it Up

20211218 + Up in the am and G&I out: first stop gas station, McD's for some bfast, Baseball place to get fitted for his uniform. We then headed across town through thick fog to a Buckeye store to look for some Christmas present. We got some stuff there and went to Target for more stuff before heading to the Varsity Club for a good lunch. We went to the Buckeye store next to it and found a couple more gifts. All the way across town to our Meijer and we finished up our shopping. Home and I went in the office and opened all the amazon boxes and sorted everything in to piles to be wrapped and L started wrapping and wrapping. We watched some shows and wrapped. Hazel and I ran out and picked up Taco Bell for dinner.

20211217 - Welcome to the Metaverse

20211217 - Up in the am and glad it is a Friday. L home, yesterday was her last day before Winter break and J&G only had partial days today. I worked a full day. G got picked up and went to the basketball game. L found the game on TV for us and we watched the game while I did stuff on the laptop and bought my first property with an NFT building on it.

20211216 - More Phishing

20211216 - Up in the am and LJG and Gma&paB all to school. I got up and jumped on a pretty frustrating morning call. Locked to the PC fighting a phishing attack until about 2 when Hazel and I took a walk. Back to the desk to finish out the day. D and DGF13 stopped over, they were Christmas shopping at Easton. We ordered pizzas and they went to pick them up for us. We had dinner together and watched some TV and the kids took off. L&I watched TV the rest of the night.

20211215 - Here Comes Santa Claus

20211215 - Up in the am and LJG and Gma&paB at school. I got up and around and on some calls and blew threw my HUGE backlog of email while fighting the phishing attack we're having. On and off calls all day. Took a short walk with Hazel and then at the desk until after 5. Went out and threw the ball to Hazel a bit while L made dinner. LG Gma&paB and I all had dinner together and they talked about the kids seeing Santa and they went shopping afterwards and G told about some things that happened at school. After dinner J and JGF? stopped over with the puppy and so she could meet Gma&paB. Hazel and the puppy played in the backyard and made us all laugh. After a bit I headed in to the office and GpaB joined a little later for an OHCrypto.club online meeting. We had a handful of guys and it was a good meeting. After the meeting I headed out and chatted a bit before everyone headed to bed. 

20211214 - New Pose

20211214 - Up in the am and LG&J at school. I got to he desk and had a day full of calls and fighting more IT issues. Headed out and threw the ball to Hazel until dark. In to eat and then Gma&paB showed up and are spending the next couple of nights so they can go in to L's school. Up late watching TV.

20211213 - Swab and 50th Bday

20211213 - Up in the am and in to the office a bit before heading to the school to get G and take him to his orthodontist appointment. It was a quick visit and we had some discussion with the Dr about getting braces off, but G needs to actually wear his rubber bands so things get where they are supposed to go... Dropped G back off at school and headed home, phone was blowing up the whole time I was on the road, still having massive connection issues at work... Back to the desk for a bit, overwhelmed with the things that have to get fixed/done. Took Hazel on a walk and was on the phone the whole time. Back to the desk, J home, L home and we got notifications from the school that J was in close proximity to someone that has tested positive for COVID so L ran all over town to find him a test. L home with the test but our home internet was down... I got that working and J got online with a nurse and took his test, it was negative. L&I packed some stuff up and headed to Sunbury for her friend Steph's 50th bday dinner. It was a good time and a nice distraction. After we ate L drove us to the office in Worthington so I could set my laptop up so they could access it and and use it for testing tomorrow. Home and L&G took out the trash and J is home tonight playing on the Xbox with G. L did a late night bathroom cleaning and relaxed a bit.