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A Friday from hell.

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Submitted by Rags on Fri, 06/16/2023 - 8:54pm

My direct boss is on vacation defending his Master's thesis.  My customer boss has jumped in hip deep on a report presentation that I have been back and forth clarifying with the Ops director's designee for two weeks. 

First, he blew a gasket on the format of the report.  He was not happy when he got angry about the format only to find out... he had provided the format in a presentation he made.... on Tuesday.

Biggrin

Missed it by ..... half a point.

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Submitted by Rags on Sat, 06/10/2023 - 6:15pm

His mom and I caught up with SS-30 recently.  We are coordinating an upcoming vacation to Kauai.  Next month he will be going with us for a week.  We are all excited about it. We have not had a family vacation together in a number of years.

The USAF E-7 line number promotion list just came out.... SS was not on it.  This is his first cut at E-7.  He missed a line number.... by half a point.

O/T He's ba-ack!

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Submitted by Rags on Wed, 06/07/2023 - 1:01am

But better.  A bit of humility, more cognizant of people.  

He has had a learning journey since he transferred 6mos ago.  He got his ass kicked out of the facility he was leading, about lost his job, and it was by the skin of his teeth that he got me and my customer to take him back. I told him one twitch of inappropriate and he was done.

A milestone weekend for our family and a great time.

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Submitted by Rags on Sun, 06/04/2023 - 6:23pm

Though the week was challenging, DW and did take PTO on Friday and enjoyed a nice weekend with my brother and my SIL.

Friday was our parent's 61st anniversary.  We had a nice telephone visit with mom and dad and congratulated them on their anniversary.

My brother and my SIL arrived late Thursday night.  On Friday we had lunch at  Gordon Ramsey's Hells Kitchen.  We enjoyed our day and our later lunch was amazing.  

On Saturday we had some outdoor and off road adventure at the Desert While Life Refuge before heading home and preparing for dinner at Giada.  

14yrs & 12mos - Guess I have been STalking for 15yrs now.

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Submitted by Rags on Sun, 05/21/2023 - 11:49pm

Just saw my account flip from 14yrs 11mos to 14yrs 12mos. That sounds like 15yrs to me.

It is hard to believe it h as been more than half my SS-30's life that I have been STalking.

Still no regrets. SS is a good man, his mom is my amazing bride, and I am a truly blessed man, husband, and father.

Live well STalkers.  It is the best way to live, and the best revenge against a toxic blended family opposition.

O/T Great Day!!!

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Submitted by Rags on Sat, 05/20/2023 - 10:34pm

Headed to our Sat AM IP weigh in. DW lost 4lbs in wks.  It shows.  I put on a lb.  Grrr.

Then... we had breakfast at our favorate breakfast place and headed out to see 7 Magic Mountains. A desert art installation. After we scoped it out, it was our usual get lost and see new stuff day.

Test Blog.

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Submitted by Rags on Thu, 05/18/2023 - 5:07pm

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the propositon that all men are created equal.

Now we ar engaged in a great civil war, testing whehter tha tnation, or any nation so conceived, and deidcated, can long endure. We are met hereon a great battlefield of tha twar. We have come to ddication a peortion of it, as a final resing place for those who gave their lives that the nation might live. It is altoghether fitting and proper that we should do this.

O/T. Getting close to the end of my rope... and DW is nailing it at her new firm.

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Submitted by Rags on Thu, 05/11/2023 - 1:40am

Work has gone ballistic.  Idiot decisions at very Sr. levels. Panic in every direction.

I very well be done at EOM May.  

Hopefully I am hit in a RIF and can leverage unemployement and my Vacation pay out for a break and to fund my next job search.

We are selling our home. It has been fully furnished with all utilities on, alarm system active, etc.... with no one living in it other than occassional check-in trips by DW and/or myself.

Failure to thrive? Hmmmmm?

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Submitted by Rags on Sun, 04/16/2023 - 10:37am

My BIL2's daugther is about to be 6yo. She wears 4T size clothing and weighs about 30lbs.

They keep her in front of her Pediatrician regularly. They changed Pedies a year ago when the former Doc commented that it may be a case of failure to thrive which apparently requires a mandatory report to CPS.

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