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[B2fromA2looking4U]

It’s 5 am here and good morning to those awake. I was awake at 1 am but used a brief walk around the house and my mantra and easily sent back to sleep. I did have 7 hours of sleep again.

After a week of getting about 7 hours of sleep, i have data. I found that turning off electronics an hour before sleep, and then nothing to eat or drink two hours before bedtime, is a routine that has helped me get close to seven hours of sleep every night.

 

[Wonderer67]

Wonderer started it..... I decline the penalty....2nd down and 10

The was some penalty …holding… I think it was the tight end… number 69… I think…

(I know they rarely have that number, but hey….)

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Happy Monday!!! On 2nd cuppa. TDK wound up in the laundry basket last night. As long as they don't turn it over onto the floor, I'm good with that. Maybe one day I'll get so I put it away when it comes out of the dryer.


Maybe . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

It’s 5 am here and good morning to those awake. I was awake at 1 am but used a brief walk around the house and my mantra and easily sent back to sleep. I did have 7 hours of sleep again.

After a week of getting about 7 hours of sleep, i have data. I found that turning off electronics an hour before sleep, and then nothing to eat or drink two hours before bedtime, is a routine that has helped me get close to seven hours of sleep every night.

I got the TV out of the bedroom back in the early aughts. Sleep improved. Reading before bedtime - books, not electronics - makes my eyes tired and that helps, too.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Lili told me that "You can convey whatever you wish to the group."


I'm sitting here making up all kinds of awfulness.


You wouldn't believe it. You know she loves us.

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

I got the TV out of the bedroom back in the early aughts. Sleep improved. Reading before bedtime - books, not electronics - makes my eyes tired and that helps, too.

Absolutely reading a book helps especially if I don’t feel tired. I forgot to mention that. Thanks!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Absolutely reading a book helps especially if I don’t feel tired. I forgot to mention that. Thanks!

Yep. Printed matter, not screens. I prefer the interaction with printed stuff anyway.


Essentially, according to the article I read when I was having sleep issues, the bedroom is for sleeping, fornicating and reading/resting. After awhile, one's brain starts to get the message. Apparently, TV is the worst offender.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[AmbrosioMonk]

Morning at 3am.... went to dinner and watched wicked yesterday..... I always thought elphaba was misunderstood....

I'm kind of over the entire trope of "the villain is misunderstood/they actually have a point when you think about it." I prefer my villains evil and villainous.

 

[Mittering]

Good morning. 5 am here and I'm catching up on the thread using only one eye and squinting the other as I've not had my coffee yet.
Going into to Tupelo today to see if I can convince a lawn care company to let me be part of their sales force.

I really don't want to drive a truck again. It was a great experience but it's not for me. I was a water lab tech before COVID hit. Our savings was being depleted quickly when we saw truck drivers still working and making great money. About $2k a week. Called the local community college and was sitting in a classroom the next week and driving for a company out of Wisconsin within 2 months.

I'm still raising an 11 year at this point and those 4 years were more rough on her than I intended. Homeschooled because I wasn't there to help. Home 5 days month. Great money to begin with but it's usefulness to me is over. The pay has dried up. Here at the end I was lucky to have enough miles for $500 paycheck. Don't let them fool you that there is a driver shortage. They love the fact that they can keep new base pay drivers behind the wheel. It saves a lot of money.

Lab license expired, certifications expired, my 60's so close I can taste it. AI has made it so I can't creatively hide my age anymore, my resumes are hitting the circular file before they look away from their screen. So now I'm looking at under payed work and begging to be given a chance to show I can improve their bottom line somehow without costing them insurance.
Hitting the basement after this cup of coffee, then cleaning up in the shower.
Wish me luck and I'll even take thoughts and prayers.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[Wonderer67]

Mornin spooners. Getting ready for a quick work out before work.

I can’t wait till “work” is out.

 

[sicpup72]

Good morning. 5 am here and I'm catching up on the thread using only one eye and squinting the other as I've not had my coffee yet.

Morning!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Mornin spooners. Getting ready for a quick work out before work.

I can’t wait till “work” is out.

I'ma go in and quit this one today, now. Easier on my psyche.

 

[Missk_2022]

You are feeling veeeeery sleeeeepy

You r magic

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

Good morning. 5 am here and I'm catching up on the thread using only one eye and squinting the other as I've not had my coffee yet.
Going into to Tupelo today to see if I can convince a lawn care company to let me be part of their sales force.

I really don't want to drive a truck again. It was a great experience but it's not for me. I was a water lab tech before COVID hit. Our savings was being depleted quickly when we saw truck drivers still working and making great money. About $2k a week. Called the local community college and was sitting in a classroom the next week and driving for a company out of Wisconsin within 2 months.

I'm still raising an 11 year at this point and those 4 years were more rough on her than I intended. Homeschooled because I wasn't there to help. Home 5 days month. Great money to begin with but it's usefulness to me is over. The pay has dried up. Here at the end I was lucky to have enough miles for $500 paycheck. Don't let them fool you that there is a driver shortage. They love the fact that they can keep new base pay drivers behind the wheel. It saves a lot of money.

Lab license expired, certifications expired, my 60's so close I can taste it. AI has made it so I can't creatively hide my age anymore, my resumes are hitting the circular file before they look away from their screen. So now I'm looking at under payed work and begging to be given a chance to show I can improve their bottom line somehow without costing them insurance.
Hitting the basement after this cup of coffee, then cleaning up in the shower.
Wish me luck and I'll even take thoughts and prayers.

With your lab tech expertise, try the local water treatment plants. While I was working in that industry, they desperately needed your expertise.

 

[Tweedledude]

had to download that one. Thanks

 

[Wonderer67]

Good morning. 5 am here and I'm catching up on the thread using only one eye and squinting the other as I've not had my coffee yet.
Going into to Tupelo today to see if I can convince a lawn care company to let me be part of their sales force.

I really don't want to drive a truck again. It was a great experience but it's not for me. I was a water lab tech before COVID hit. Our savings was being depleted quickly when we saw truck drivers still working and making great money. About $2k a week. Called the local community college and was sitting in a classroom the next week and driving for a company out of Wisconsin within 2 months.

I'm still raising an 11 year at this point and those 4 years were more rough on her than I intended. Homeschooled because I wasn't there to help. Home 5 days month. Great money to begin with but it's usefulness to me is over. The pay has dried up. Here at the end I was lucky to have enough miles for $500 paycheck. Don't let them fool you that there is a driver shortage. They love the fact that they can keep new base pay drivers behind the wheel. It saves a lot of money.

Lab license expired, certifications expired, my 60's so close I can taste it. AI has made it so I can't creatively hide my age anymore, my resumes are hitting the circular file before they look away from their screen. So now I'm looking at under payed work and begging to be given a chance to show I can improve their bottom line somehow without costing them insurance.
Hitting the basement after this cup of coffee, then cleaning up in the shower.
Wish me luck and I'll even take thoughts and prayers.

That is rough. Covid fucked a lot of people. (Literally and figuratively)

I’m wishing you positive vibes in your job search. There is a great job for you out there somewhere!

 

[Mittering]

With your lab tech expertise, try the local water treatment plants. While I was working in that industry, they desperately needed your expertise.

While I agree that expertise is needed, a trend in state licensing boards is slowly making it less likely that expertise is used. I saw it happen in Georgia and Florida.

It used to be that every technician had to be licensed and refreshed every couple of years. The new trend is that only one license is needed per site and is usually a manager or the like. Now they don't have to pay for expertise. The mistakes made on weekends and night shift are trying to be fixed on one day shift throwing the whole biome into a tail spin of ups and downs reducing efficiency and limiting effectiveness during high flow events. Think Flint Michigan. That's what happened there.
I've sent an email to a few people here in Mississippi to feel out the armor and politics but that will be a slow process of information.
So, I'll go sell lawn services to people who say they can do it themselves.

Edit:"...feel out the atmosphere..."

 

[Mittering]

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Morning all. Monday is here. Just in case anyone didn’t know. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Longtime friend of the family passed away yesterday morning. We grew up together and our parents were really close. Haven’t seen her in years but sad nonetheless.

In honor of her gentle spirit, the colorful Morning Z…

 

[Wonderer67]

Morning all. Monday is here. Just in case anyone didn’t know. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Longtime friend of the family passed away yesterday morning. We grew up together and our parents were really close. Haven’t seen her in years but sad nonetheless.

In honor of her gentle spirit, the colorful Morning Z…

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I’m so sorry to hear that HDH….

May her soul rest in peace…

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yesterday marked 44 years that my grandfather died. All but dropped dead of a massive heart attack. He wanted to die in bed but agreed that getting hit by a truck would be okay, as in over quickly. I guess he almost got his wish. He was my Man Mentor more than Dad was. I liked spending time with him and liked avoiding Dad. We go down the road this week to bury his (GF's) baby boy.


Nine months ago, I lost a good paying job. Other than the money, losing it was good riddance. Three weeks later, I got hired onto a clusterfuck job and got job-costed out in 4 weeks. Again, other than money, no loss at all. Two and a half months of no work and then 2 months of shit work. Two more months off and then 4 weeks of really shit work. I compromised a lot for money and regretted it, yet I don't really regret it.


Finally talked to a Real Company last week about a Real Position doing what I had been doing, almost exactly. For Real Money, with Real Perks. Face-to-face and telephone interviews facilitated by a hard-working (not a spaghetti tossing) headhunter. Kinda the old-fashioned way. Talked on Wednesday, met on Friday, got the verbal intent-to-hire Friday afternoon. I'm waiting for the paper/digital offer so we can all agree and plan to move forward.


It takes awhile for anything worth having. I've kept it all glued together, somehow. But there have been a great deal of changes in the last several months. I'm obviously not in charge, and sine Change is the only real constant we have in Life, I do my best to surrender to it and embrace it. I also try to help others along the way.

 

[Mittering]

Condolences everyone. Rough weekend for some it seems.