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^Yep... did the pup walk and then hit the gym. Already showered and shaved. Might be time for a smoke and a cold drink.

Just started orientation in an inpatient psychiatric unit. Previous students reported being chased and bit, so wish me luck haha

Drove to Indy, childrens museum was packed, you'd think it was the weekend. Boy liked it.

The drive home was long. I'd finally break free from a cluster of traffic and set the cruise only to have a semi truck doing 59.5 in the right lane and another doing 60 in the left lane for 15 minutes, get ahead for a couple miles wash rinse repeat. One downside of driving the Ridgeline is I can go fast now. The HD trucks I'd set the cruise at 65-68 and park in the right lane and just arrive whenever I get there. Now I can still get 25mpg doing 80, so I want to do 80.

Friend dropped off a half dozen of fresh corn on the cob earlier. She bought a couple dozen from a local farmer's market. Love me some fresh corn on the cob.

Cooked them all (steamed). I slathered my ears in butter and sprinkled with salt. Yummy. Still a couple or ears left that I'll use for my lunches this week.

Good news, my brother's mother in law Anna (she's 93 yrs old) will be going home tomorrow after a few weeks in the hospital and physical rehab for heart conditions. By family relation she's an adopted grandma. Very strong person mentally but her body is giving away. Sister in law, a nurse, flew to MA on within a day or so when her Mom was taken the ER as a result of her issues. SIL spent a few weeks here and at the hospital then the physical rehab sleeping there most nights to ensure her Mom would be back on her feet again and fully set to go home.

My my brother-in-law and his wife moved in a handful of years ago to take care of Anna. They do a great job. Sadly, time only moves in one direction and is not in favor of old people. $hit it's not favorable to young people either. Just gotta make the best of it while we are alive.

We had to do some rearrangements and replacements in their house for accommodations. Toss out her old recliner and get a self lift recliner chair, redo her bed room and other navigation areas in the house for a walker we bought. Anna might not like us tossing our her old recliner for new one buts is better than the old one. She'll like her new one but probably won't admit it right away. It's got a massage vibration thing, heated seat and stuff. I'd probably fall asleep on the thing within 20 minutes.

These past 5 or 6 months or so have been pretty sucky on a personal level with medical issues of people I deeply care about and some of mine. I can't change it. I can only just try to do my best and keep trudging forward in life.

{vent mode off}

Two five NINE!

Mornin' dudes.

Good Tuesday Morning to All! It's an overcast 76° on the way to 86° with rain later today, I hope after range tome.

Morning. Few errands to run, packing to do, then back to the land of corn and basketball

Chik-fila... full and forgiven...

I picked up some boneless and skinless chicken thighs. Grilled 4 of them with salt n pepper and added that to a salad.

The rest I chopped up with chicken liver, beef liver, sweet taters and peas n carrots... put all that in the crockpot for da puppy dog. I'll add rice about an hour before it's done.

Tank eats better, and more nutritiously, than I do.

I've never understood the religious zeal some folks have for Chick fil A...

Never been a big fan of CFA. High prices & long lines here at our 2 locals.

Jesus would eat there everyday if he could... cept for Sunday of course... prolly have a ham on Sundays...

Finally got tired of truck stop 💩 posing a food. Went by a Wally World in BFE North Carolina and bought a crock pot. Of course they didn’t have a fresh meat or produce section. WTF??? So I had to go across the street to a Food Lion. Bought a chuck roast, some taters, carrots, onions and garlic. Threw it all in the crock pot with some beef broth and some Tony Cachere’s. It was yummy. Gonna eat good for a few days.

As to point 1 - He's spoiled. He had a DQ cone today, too. I can spend around $15 to make a full crock pot that'll last a few weeks. I put the food in 3 containers and freeze 2. When one runs low, I defrost one, etc... 1 cup kibble, 1 cup of the good stuff mixed with it, twice a day. He's maintaining his weight better than I am.

As to point 2 - I much prefer CFA to In-n-Out. I never understood the fascination with that particular chain.

I went with option B.

Part of the reason I've not tried steak is it's not cheap and I don't want to screw it up. But I've ventured this far into beef, figured it was time to try it.

I bought a choice 1lb bone in ribeye, sous vide w/ s&p at 129 for 2 hours, seared over very hot charcoal grill (accidentally left the vents WFO after grilling the corn) and 5 minute rest.

Morning, peoples. Rolling back to what's left of the work week

Good Wednesday Morning! It's 75° on the way to just 88° with 80% humidity today. Another day at the range.

HHD Ram n dudes.

Back to work.

I like places you can throw peanut shells on da floor... baseball games, Texas Roadhouse, da zoo...

That's not doing me any good here...

The day you got home from prison..??

Couldn't sleep worth a damn today.

Made some chopped cheesesteaks with leftover brisket, onions, horseradish, and provolone.

Wife n boy made it home from Wisconsin.

Back to work in 30 minutes for a week. Can't wait till this is over, wife n boy agreed to go tent camping with me next week. Boy's slept in tents in the back yard a lot. Wife has never and has always said she never would. But 2 years without a camper seems to have changed her mind. We'll see. There was only one site open at Indiana Dunes, hopefully it's not one of the sites that's always underwater.

You visiting Andrew?

It's 85 here at 7:40... and probably more humid.

I don't think that I can take it…

NEIN NEIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!