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A nice anniversary weekend.

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We headed to Lake Havasu for our anniversary on Saturday after our IP appointment and weigh in.  We both cut most of our Hawaii vacation food fest. 

A couple of hours drive, a nice weekend, a kiss on London Bridge on our 29th anniversary, nice meals.  We will make this a do over for a  short weekend trip going forward. Probably not in the summer though.  116*F is a bit toasty.  Not even hot based on the temps we lived in Qatar and Saudi.  But no doubt toasty.

Fortunatly that was only on Saturday.  Sun and Mon were a dozen degrees cooler.  

O/T - But crooked assed idiots piss me off.

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We sold our home last month.  I informed our Lawn Service that we would no longer engage their Services after EOM June.  I left them a V-mail.

Today, I got a text from them to pay my bill. I checked PayPal...they revised a bill adding $100 for July services to the June bill.  They do not invoice consistently. I had not yet gotten a notification of the invoice.

I am a free agent.... work wise.

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DW and I flew back  after a week of prep to sell our TX home late last night.  Just as I turned out the light after midnight, I got a meeting notification from my employer for this AM.

 So, I started my first, and last day of work, back from a week off, with my daily morning team leadership meeting, delegated my later 09:00 mtg, and, called into the meeting related to the late night meeting notification.

O/T Never in my life... but maybe now.

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I have never quit a job without having another with a Start Date.  I have been RIFd, I have been displaced due to acquistion when my business became redundant, I have been displaced due to my busness being sold to another company. I have never been terminated for cause, nor have I ever resigned just because the situation was no longer tolerable to me.

A Friday from hell.

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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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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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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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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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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.

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