The Warmth is Upon Us. Welcome February.

The weekend was rather nice. The usual chores around the house. I was finally willing to venture outside and take care of some long overdue yard work such as cleaning the patio and trimming plant life back. It had been rather cold throughout most of January and February ushered in some much desired warmer weather. I think we all rather enjoyed the warm sun. Alaya really seemed to like it.

I went to go see a horror movie in the theater solo. It has been a little while since I had done that? Maybe a month, haha. “Companion”. I had high anticipation s of it being a good film. The reviews were in and the score was high. I picked a spot to watch the film and once entering the theater realizes I didn’t like the spot. I found another one and kept my fingers crossed that no one would come claim the seat. I was in luck. The movie began. I was not thrilled. I had seen to many previews and knew to many plot twist. That’s the problem with movie previews. I was not happy with the movie. It was kind of lame. The story could have been good but they failed it. I left thinking I wasted time and money. I wondered how it had such a high score.

That Saturday moon and Venus. What a treat that was. On my way home I also noticed some doors on a campus building wide opened. Two hours later they were still opened. I sure did call the campus police and notify them. I felt it was my duty. How the hell no one noticed or reported before blows my fucking mind. Bad security? I just hope no one snuck into the building. I assume it was negligence on someone a part. Clearly whomever was allowed into the building that day did not double check to make sure the doors were all closed and locked. Oops. Yvette sent some emails to some people she also felt needed to know. It’s all been reported now.

Yvette and I thought we might have an evening to ourselves but we were wrong. Lola and the baby came back and we made a fire and we cooked some s’mores. It was a lot of fun and the weather was perfect. I cooked many of them and ate more than I needed. Alaya was loving the warm e[weather. She liked looking at the fire dance away in the pit. It was a beautiful evening. I like the way this week looks. I want to grill as much as possible.

Sunday I woke up and made a feast. I made ham, mushroom chipotle cheese omelets with some hash brown tots and pigs in a blanket. It was a meal that everyone seemed to enjoy. Even Alaya had a good time with it. Of course, it was Groundhog Day so I had to watch the classic movie with Bill Murray. It was the first of many viewings of the movie that Sunday. BTW, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That means we have 6 more weeks of winter. It sure didn’t feel like that Sunday. It reached 81 degrees and the forecast ahead looked even warmer. That really means nothing here in the great state of Texas.

Noah decided it would be a good day to have a fish fry. He had a LOT of catfish from his fishing venture and brought it all over to Yvette’s parents to fry up. We had fired fish, shrimp, hush puppies, slaw and corn. Oh, some fires for good measure. For some reason Yvette thought that I didn’t like catfish. So the misunderstanding comes from the fact that I will not pay for catfish. Maybe I am a fish snob, but I will not fork over cash for those bottom feeders. This does not mean that I do not like them. Honestly, Yvette probably had never seen me eat catfish. I will also say that knowing where the fish came from makes them taste better. It was a lot of fun. We also decorated some valentine cake. I made a heart for Yvette. I guess this is a valentine tradition that I missed that they do every year. As proof in the below picture, I am a little rusty when it comes to decorating a cake.

That night I was having Noah and Nadia over for some brisket and sliders. I was all prepped for the meal. I have to say that at the time the thought of food was rather repulsive. I was so bloated and had eaten so much during the day. I ran the store and grabbed food for the week and went out to my moms to grab some frozen steak we would need. Came back home and started the food. The brisket had cooked for 8 hours and was fantastic. The sliders turned out fantastic with the Hawaiian rolls. Everything was great. I was o happy they came over for dinner. It was only fair. Noah provided the catfish that we had for lunch. He spent 3 weeks out on the lake catching those bottom feeders. It was a lot of fun an and I determined we need to do this more often. What a heck of a Sunday.

Monday morning and a very warm week ahead. Unseasonable warm weather for the first week of February. I damn, I am not acclimated for this heat. The week prior I was freezing wearing wool socks. Oh well. The weather is a trip. The day was mostly pain free. I started it with a yummy cinnamon roll. I had to deal with the same dumbass in our campus garage ordering parts from vendors that are not in our system for tax exemption. I don’t understand why no one gets onto him for this. No supervision . I was able to get it worked out with our purchasing department and eventually I paid for the item. I was happy to be out of the office driving around with my windows down enjoying the nice weather.

After work we went to the grocery store and started our own little leftover dinners. We had enough stuff to feed everyone but we had to make multiple meals. I made a weird red enchilada dish with some brisket. It was okay but not perfect. Yvette made some junk chicken with leftover rotisserie. That might have been the best dish. Lola had some black beans and sausage. After that I went and had a drink and visited with my friend Art. He wanted to hear about my weird hotdog brunch and talk about paying off his home. I miss this guy. Always has been a good friend. I wish Yvette would come with me for once but she is busy. One day I will drag her along. At home we all joked and watched a little TV. It was a damn good Monday.

It’s crazy we have all been under the same roof for a month. It flies by so fast. I think I transitioned from living alone to sharing a roof with 4 people pretty well. I must admit that I was a little scared but that turned out to be a little unfounded. I’m sure, if anything, I might be the difficult one. I am a bit OCD about the kitchen being clean and I pick up constantly. I can’t help it. I drive myself nuts in that regard. I’m sure that constantly moving stuff might be a little annoying. What can I do? I guess it keeps them on their toes. Where did Jordan out my hoodie this time? How is the kitchen already clean and we haven’t even had our dinner yet? Yes, I clean the kitchen while I am cooking. I don’t like the dishes after I eat. I am weird.

The middle of the week Tee wasn’t feeling so hot so we got him a doctor’s appointment. He doesn’t go tot the doctor so Yvette said he must not be feeling well. Yvette took him after lunch and they did all the test for all the fun things that are going around like crazy. Unfortunately he tested positive for the flu. He even had the vaccine. Bummer. It wasn’t a terrible case but I know he wasn’t feeling well. Poor guy. Lola loaded up the baby to find safer grounds and Yvette and I bunkered down with the boy. I figure at this point what the hell. I have been sharing a roof with him and I have been all over the filthy campus. If he gives me the flu, it happens. Let’s hope we both dodge the bullet.

I am such a routine guy. I hate that but I will admit it. Waking up Thursday to Teegan, Yvette, Lola and the baby getting ready for the day threw me off . I even slept in 20 min past my alarm. It just felt so weird. Funny that a little over a moth ago that was just my everyday routine. Boy how they change and we adapt. I didn’t know what to do with myself. I would normally had made breakfast for Yvette and I but I didn’t feel the need since it was just me. I have frozen food at work I can eat. I think the dogs were even thrown off by the quiet. They were just kind of standing around waiting to see what I was doing like, what is going on here?

I had my doctor call me in some preventative Tamaflu. Hopefully I will not need it. Hopefully no one will need it. The day was another busy one and made kind of boring with the lack of Yvette on campus. Staff senate called me to see if I wanted to join a committee to nominate people for awards. Sounds an awful lot like bullshit and they really couldn’t answer my questions on how much time it would entail but I said I would think about it. Turns out Yvette is on it already so I might just say yes and let them know I can’t guarantee that I can commit my time to it but she can be my eyes and ears and fill me in later. After work it was once again a very quiet house. Teegan was bored. We made some dinner and just relaxed. It was wild how quiet it was.

Friday I woke up 30 min late. What the hell! My alarm was set and didn’t go off and my internal alarm didn’t wake me up. Oh well. I was rushed but I always manage. It does not take me that long to get going if I really want to. I generally just don’t want to. I had no want to.

The day was generally full of bullshit. I had some seriously stupid questions asked of me at some seriously stupid times. I mean, my god does no one think ahead on the campus. Shouldn’t a room on campus be furnished weeks before some foreign exchange students arrive and not a couple hours? Shouldn’t that call be made before 4PM on a Friday? Besides, why is that my problem when it’s not my department?? I was irritated at the end of the my day. I was happy to get home to my wife.

Happy Friday!!

jalapeño

Saturday I tried something very different and maybe rather weird. I made an open faced cheese omelette, bacon wrapped SAM’s hotdog, toasted a bun and drizzled with a little hollandaise sauce. The result was rather fantastic.