Mason got accepted into the Nation Junior Honor Society! Amazing!I’m a very proud dad. =)

Back to the slog. Fortunately I got the first round of unemployment pay, so that’s fantastic. I spent a few dollars. Yes, on video game shit. I got a video card, a RasPi 4, and any day now I should get the RetroMimi handheld. Yeah boi! Guess I’m getting back into gaming now.

And just like that, it’s all over. 2 weeks in and back to regular schedules at work. Haven’t seen a penny in unemployment either. I stand by my original statement that the company is run by morons. Was kind of excited to get out Sunday at noon for Memorial day, even without a cookout to go to. But, alas, it’s not meant to be. I will, however, get 4 days off this week. Maybe my power cable for my new video card will finally come! ...

Today I was given the backup team lead spot at work. Woot! Small pay bump, perhaps one American dollar per hour?! Nice. I went from knowing nothing, hired as a floor resurfacing tech, to this new role in 3 years. To quote Adam Sandler, “Not too shabby”. EDIT: Two American dollars per hour!

So, quite a few things happening recently and I haven’t been updating much. Oops, sorry ): First and foremost, Susie is now moved out and waiting on her security deposit. Woot! The apartment/house search continues. Also, the folks in charge of WBIG are morons. First day of the new schedule and it was a cluster fuck of epic proportions. Meh. Which means, it’s Monday, and it’s my weekend. Weird. And the best news of the past week; I got my car back today, and also finally got my stimulus check. $1,450 baby! And the first 1K goes to Susie for my car. FUCK. (Also, where the hell is my tax refund???) ...

A new schedule is just over the horizon, and today it was finalized. We shall be working four 6-hour days. Friday, Saturday and Sunday 6 to 12 ish. Also, each of us will take a day during the week, which will fall on our regularly scheduled days. I gave Tim the choice of day and he deferred back to me, so mine day is Monday, 7 to 1 ish.

Finally! Cardinal is going to do something right for it’s employees The plan is to bring all the employees back, for all 3 shifts and run what they can (not really much business) and shut down early every week so everyone can collect unemployment and get the extra $600 per week in COVID benefits. So basically, we’re going to work less, collect partial unemployment and get the $2400 per month from the government. Fuck yeah! “Hazard pay” ...

Got that appraisal today. Close to what I thought. $2300. not terrible but… Ya know. Unnecessary. Oh well.

I’m not usually one to use derogatory terms for any group. Period. But this isn’t an ordinary situation. So, Susie’s landlady rented out the apartment upstairs. She’s young, goth, pierced, and socially awkward. Great. Last Thursday, during our nightly call, the new tenant started blasting music. And not for the first time. Susie asked me what to do, and I told her to knock on the neighbor’s door and ask her to turn the “music” down. Before she could do that the girl upstairs yelled down through the floor “Shut the fuck up!”. And then things just got weird. ...

We don’t need no education. And that’s why schools are closed for the remainder of the school year. Now… What will they do about next year? Repeat the grade for all students? All students except seniors? Push everyone through? Time will tell. Until then, a few teachers are holding weekly virtual classrooms to keep the kids involved, and handing out packets for the kids to complete. Also some are giving silly, non-mandatory assignments to keep them connected and attentive. ...