Saturday I got up and made some breakfast. It was a lazy morning. I cleaned the floors and played some Zelda. It wasn’t until after noon that I finally ventured out. I went to Sam’s for some gas and some chicken. I made a brutal trip to HEB. The place was packed. Later I rant o Pinkies to get some vodka for a pasta sauce I was making on Sunday and I grabbed a little tequila for Yvette and I. It was a nice of TV and the couch to ourselves. Nothing special but just a fun night together. We started and finished the first season of The Righteous Gemstones. Great show on HBO.
Sunday I woke up and made some breakfast. Later my mom took us all out to eat. It was cold again and I honestly didn’t want to do anything but play my game. I have come a long way in combat. I had taken out 2 of the 4 King Gleeoks. Big troublesome bastards that I was initially terrified to attack. A regular Gleeok was hard enough, but these kings had each of the elemental attacks of the three lesser Gleeoks These enemies have been popping up in the Zelda games since the early 1980’s. Real terror. I remember running from these beast when I first encountered one way back in July. It was an ice Gleeok and I was able to creep by unnoticed. That was my strategy for most the game. Eventually I found the nerve to face on that happened to be blacking a bridge that I needed to pass. The battle was epic and I died many times. Eventually I found a strategy and upon defeating my foe I realized my weapons stash was depleted. I knew I needed a better plan for the future. At this point in the game I am about as powerful as I can be and the kings hold the key to an item that I need otherwise I’d give them a hard pass. It’s not a game requirement but rather a goal. Fuck them!
I do not understand how the hours after lunch flew by as quickly as they did. I guess we finished up at 3:30 so not much time was left in the day before dark fell upon us. We did some shopping, I did my Sunday mother son visit. I watched some football. Before I knew it the weekend was over.
With a new week upon us and me probably out of the office most of the time, I was ready to go. My coworkers were having a Monday but I wasn’t having any of that. The morning wasn’t very busy but the after noon flew right on by. I asked an important question to my fellow staff senate Friday and we had a meeting Monday where I wished it had been addressed but it was not. I was unable to attend the meeting. Apparently the officers think they can make changed behind closed doors without the approval or votes of the other members. They decided to do away with online meeting and make it all physical attendance. I think this is total BS because not all of us are able to just pack up and attend what is generally a pointless meeting. How did they up and make that decision without anyone else’s say?
Tuesday some assface dumped 20 cats on the campus. In carriers. Out in the cold. The were conveniently in a location without cameras, which also brings a little questions. I drove by and saw the carriers and it had to be at least $300 worth. Crazy stuff. The week was kind of weird. Weird things like that.
I was touched this week that Teegan confided in me about a dance he was going to over the weekend, Saturday. I said something to Yvette about him not being with us Saturday night and she had no idea. He only told me. I was excited for him and asked if he needed his suit to go to the dry cleaner. It was last worn at his mother’s and my wedding. It was a pretty cool thing that he told me before anyone e else. Love the kid.
Good lord the campus was a cesspool of sickness. The employees are dropping like flies. Students are unable to attend classes. Empty desk and closed offices. It’s the flue, COVID & strep. A bad trio. I saw the lines at the pharmacies and the empty grocery stores. They even went as far as opening up the drive through tastings again, which were only last open during the pandemic. I hate so many people sick. Myself and the family have seemed to dodge the bullet. I am still getting over the gunk that I have had for a bout a month now so you bet I have been getting nasty looks from people when I have a runny nose and I cough. I can only assure them that the antibiotics did the job so many times. It takes me forever to kick the symptoms. Oh well.
Friday was sort of nice. It warmed up nicely. I had time to go stomping through my old grounds on campus. I saw an old friend, Moose. He was a young lad when I started working 13 yeas ago and now he is 17. The kids were cleaning out his tank when I stopped by to saw hello. The turtle was a little happy with that. I found my favorite section of the campus library and somehow located on of my favorite books on the subject of geological catastrophe. It was a mellow Friday. The week went by in a blur. It’s amazing how quick a busy week ends up being. We had a good week. Lots of crazy work and good times.
That night we watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. What a hell of a movie. I had seen it years ago and forgot how good it was. Great acting, story and setting. What a movie by one of my favorite directors, David Fincher. I love Danial Craig . I can’t believe the movie is 14 years old now. Christ. It came out in December 2011. The year I started working on campus. I feel so old. That was only yesterday. Boy has my life changed a lot in those years.
Happy Friday!!
Jalapeño
Chorizo potato hash with a sunny side egg.
BBG pork country ribs, jalapeño sausage, spicy slaw and baked beans.
Grilled sausage, hash browns and scrambled chest eggs.
Orzo alla vodka w/chicken. A vodka sauce I made with some basil and spinach. It was a fun experiment. I’ve never made my own vodka sauce and I really wasn’t sure how it should taste. Good start. Everyone seemed to like it. The pasta was sure different.
Chicken Alfredo lasagna rolls w/ green beans and a spinach salad.
Yvette made some BBQ pulled pork stuffed potato’s and I made a jalapeño cream corn. Yummy meal.
Pizza and wing night. I made a supreme and a Hawaiian pizza and baked some wings. All good.
Okinawa taco rice. A dish that shows two cultures can come together and create great things.
Chicken thigh bulgolgi noodles w/ kimchi & pot stickers.
En Fuego 