Have I lost my touch?

I pride myself in being a decent cook. Not gourmet or anything, just decent home cooking. I'm pretty good at taking raw ingredients and making up dinner with them, and I'm decent with baking too. Although, I think I might be losing my touch...

For Joe's birthday we had people over on Friday. We grilled out, and usually I'm really good at grilling, my burgers juicy and whatnot, but must have been the sheer quantity of burgers I had going, or the dozen other tasks I was tending to at the time, but most of them were too well done. The poor hotdogs were charred to a crisp. Joe also has this dessert request. A 'cherry dessert' his grandmother always makes at family events. I get the recipe and give it a whirl the night before. A graham cracker crust, cheesecake-like center, nuts, and homemade whipped cream topping with cherry pie filling to top everything off. My crust was too crumbly, and altogether it just wasn't the same as his grandmothers. Disappointing.

Last night I made Fideo (mexican spaghetti). The last time I made it Joe had seconds and thirds. He doesn't usually eat this well, cause I try to make healthy dinners when I cook. Salads and grilled chicken and stuff. He eats what I put in front of him, but complains he's hungry an hour or two later and end up eating some Ramen noodles or something before bed. Last night the Fideo didn't go over as well.

I'm starting to get worried my cooking talent has left me.
Screw you Cherry Dessert.
I will conquer you.

I got it bad...

...poor English and all.

You know those days where no matter how many people come into your office to chat or say hello, and although you are surrounded by people most of the day you just feel really lonely?

I've had that the past few days.

Joe's been kinda distant, his birthday was Monday, and once you hit a certain age you stop getting excited when your birthday rolls around. He's depressed, hasn't talked much. Jen's been training a guy on sheet metal for the past few days, and hasn't been at her desk. She's had to work through lunches and late every night to actually do the sheet metal work, since not much gets accomplished during training. We usually email back and forth almost like instant messaging. It makes the work day more pleasant, but she can't this week. So I just sit here and work. I've been listening to a book on tape while I type. But it almost makes things even more lonely. Like you are a bystander in someone else's life.

I miss Jen, she keeps me sane.
Keeps me truckin, cause being an adult and working 8 hours a day really gets monotonous.
Monotony is the number one killer of people my age. (I just made that up)

I've got it bad.

Job

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do. - My man Bobby Dylan

I don't want to be at work.
Jen and I could probably go on and on complaining about work.
But I'll summarize.

The Definition of irony:
The fact that I work for an HVAC company and our A/C isn't working.
Its going to be 115° today. Not funny.

The Definition of insanity:
Doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.
When someone puts in notice here they do not quickly rehire and train someone new, they wait until the day the person is leaving and throws their duties on someone else, making everyone's life more difficult.

You know its a bad day when your occasional bad day afternoon treat is consumed by 9:15.


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UFOs

Unidentified flying objects in Rogers/Mayes County!



So I'm headed home from Owasso, and all of a sudden, "Bam!"
I hear this loud cracking noise.
Its scares me. I quickly look around at my surroundings and am stumped.
The car seems to be acting fine.
Then I notice this new crack in the windshield.
WHAT?!
There is literally nothing around me.
As you can see there are no houses, and the nearest cars are at least 50 yards away.
There is nothing.
How could a rock just come out of nowhere?
A freak piece of hail maybe?

I am pissed.
I guess that is what you get having a car with a windshield that is nearly straight up and down.

Damn UFOs.

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KHAL DROGO

Khal Drogo (Game of Thrones)
-A dirty limerick for you.
He’s on the list of fictional characters I would be allowed to sleep with if he were alive/available. I think I was pretty clever with the GOT throwbacks. The nerds are the only ones that will get them… Ahem…Jen.

Oh Khal,
you are my all.
I’ll be the moon of your life.
I would make you an excellent wife.
I can ride a horse,
Or you of course.
I don’t need the throne,
Just throw me a bone.
Please just give me a chance,
To get into those leather pants.
Oh Khal.

Company Party

Jen and I have this tonight.
Looking forward to it.

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Someone Like You- lyrics by Adele

I heard, that you settled down.
That you, found a girl and you're married now.
I heard that your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you.

Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited.
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best, for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead, yeah.

You'd know, how the time flies.
Only yesterday, was the time of our lives.
We were born and raised in a summer haze.
Bound by the surprise of our glory days.

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited,
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I'd hoped you'd see my face & that you'd be reminded,
That for me, it isn't over.

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead", yea.

Nothing compares, no worries or cares.
Regret's and mistakes they're memories made.
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"

Nevermind, I'll find someone like you.
I wish nothing but the best for you too.
Don't forget me, I beg, I remember you said:-
"Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love but sometimes it hurts instead.