march 31st, 2017: close all tabs

starting the day with a not so solid breakfast. a bagel i didnt want. some cheese and egg thing. corn flakes. i guess its at least healthy.

off to the outlets. theyre a lot closer than i thought and i found some white pants. whoop whoop.

i took the extra scenic route back, but ultimately it didnt matter. its not like i had anything else going on. though i do dislike how they put up signs for things that arent there. thats kind of a problem. they make it seem like theres a publix and then its not.

back to the room to watch raw. i dozed off a bit and missed chunks of it. i was going to take a full on nap, but then i was awake. so no luck with that. instead its off to the amway for the hall of fame.

i was all set to take the long route but the driver told me to take a different, shorter one so i did that instead. it added more free time to the day which im not sure how i feel about. id planned for less time and it was already a stretch to fill that. oh well

hamburger marys for lunch. black bean burger with macaroni and cheese on it? ok. walking the city for a bit. making a few calls. then to the amway. after emptying my bag so i could put it in my pocket. people and their rules...

id put in three raffles for those royal 1s. well, 3 stores for a total of 8 raffles. interestingly it was the footlocker that came through. so i guess ill be heading up there in the morning

the hall of fame was interesting. i think the best overall may have been teddy longs. ddp's was pretty inspirational. beth phoenix's was heartfelt. the others were just there. i did like seeing rick rude go in though.

walking the city a lot before getting in a possibly high guy's uber car. that wasnt great, but its what happened so what can you do 

march 30th, 2017: exact change or ez pass. period.

i woke up very abrubtly at 6:30. not sure why. thats not even when i wake up on an average day. back to sleep for a while.

eventually its time to make the day happen. on the agenda was buying pants and in-store check ins. the old navys were mostly a let down. i guess things are just expensive...who knew? but the check ins worked out well. i was a little surprised to see that the champs here had such a selection of uncaged and nmds. nice.

moes for lunch. on the way i found myself on the wrong part of the road and had to run through a toll. so that sucks.

a nap while i wait on the kids to get home. 

britneys going on about her day and that spills into a rant about her life. doing another round of music things with the jed man. we've got a pretty good thing going considering how often we see each other. britney interrupted briefly to play clips of shows from england. apparently we did a shawty wanna be a thug cover. had i not seen it, i wouldnt have believed it. and i lived it.

after dropping me off, we stopped for dinner. it was pretty good conversation about a lot of things. mainly music, but different aspects. i miss being able to have that. i just miss my life. what should be my life that is.

adult swim.

march 29th, 2017: just like old times

morning came early. so, so early. going to bed around 1:30 and waking up at 5:30 just isnt a good idea. and naturally my workout was just as bad.

stopping in to see my special little girl before going into work mode. old man mcnees was there too so i talked to him for a bit. itll be my last time seeing him which is always an odd feeling. 

taking care of work stuff so i could leave without any loose ends. the biggest being the little triangle of things between brandon and friends. hopefully it works out, but the one thing it all hinges on is the ice queen. so we'll see how that goes...

leaving to pack and head out. before heading out its back to the post office to pick up new shoes. id much rather wear those than the oreo flyknits. and theres a slight delay so that works out in my favor.

making the long drive to el paso. its significantly longer than usual on account of the sleep thing. on the way in i get the news of aother delay. and now its a problem. maybe. they offer to change my flight, but it would be the next day. no. no to that.

finally i get to orlando. right? the phone says alexandria and wants me to believe im at the regan airport. its like that dallas / austin thing all over again.

eventually im at jeds house and kicking out the jams. its good. really good actually. just like old times. but eventually im just too tired and its time to put the day behind me. 

march 28th, 2017: word of the day...decimation

morning didnt come as early as yesterday so im feeling pretty refreshed.

theres a lot of work stuff to do. its all small, but it kinda adds up. ashley came by and broke things up so we could ride around a little bit. it was entertaining so thats neat. then back to my running around to talk to different people about different things.

not-so-tiny rick came by to do inspection things. that guy is not happy. and i totally get it. somewhere in conversation i referred to expectations here as being decimated. it was very apt.

the gym thing didnt happen on account of work stuff. but thats fine i guess. 

the plan at home was to work on bass lines for thursday. that didnt happen. a nap did though. 

waking up around 8:30 and finding the motivation somewhere to get up and make things happen. this time around i recorded and wrote down the lines. so that should be good. ill likely spend most of thursday day going over them. and maybe learning some new stuff. it was a good one and a half, two hour session. not too bad.

earlier today google photos reminded me that 7 years ago i was at my first wrestlemania. who knew that 7 years later id be getting ready for my 4th one. third consecutive which is even crazier. and familys gonna be there...life's weird.

kind of packing. getting into bed around 12:45.

march 27th, 2017: wait! i have something...

for the first time since maybe 2005, i had to speak at a gym session. last time was maybe cfc or the assistance fund. i forget which is which.

i only had so much time to do stuff for the day because today is an el paso trip for an appointment. 

first up was a hair cut. its always a mixed feeling type of thing because basically i never feel good about getting a haircut here. never have, never will. sitting. waiting. for what seemed like forever.

stopping at krispy kreme before my appointment. im in a part of el paso ive never really seen so i figured id take advantage. seems like a decent area. 

i made it to the back place on time. but it didnt matter. i waited an hour at least before i was really even acknowledged. then waited in a room for close to forever before going into another room to wait equally long. in the end i was in there for about 3.5 hours to have a 10-15 minute conversation. i really dislike being here. and things like this dont make it easier.

so it looks like my option is an l1 s5 fusion. or l5 s1? i forget. im gonna have to look into it and then maybe do it somewhere else.

stopping at chilis for dinner because dinner at home isnt an option.

and now im just tired. ive been tired all day. 

i get home and my computer crashes. thats expected i guess.