Every year, I wake up first. And I worry. “Did I buy enough stuff?” “Did someone get me something who I did’t get something for?” I remember when I was a kid, and the toys were opened, and breakfast was finished, and I wanted to go to my friends house, I couldn’t, because “They want to spend time with their famlies. I would think “If I want to go see my friends, why wouldn’t my friends want to see me?”

Christmas isn’t a religious holiday for me, it’s a custom. For me it’s nicer to give than receive, on the other hand, when someone receives a lot, they might feel bad too. I remember one year my wife cried because I got her more stuff than she got me. I felt bad that she felt bad, but I also know how bad I would have felt if the roles were reversed.

It’s nice, but for me, Christmas is a no-win situation. I wake up, first usually, (like every day) and I feel stress, either I bought too much or not enough. When the gift opening is done, and everyone seems happy, I feel relieved.

I know this isn’t how it’s supposed to be, but that’s now it is for me.

Have a great new year!

Today is the first day of my vacation. Maybe I’ll stay home and do nothing, maybe I’ll go diving, or to the beach. Maybe I’ll pressure wash and paint.

I got up earlier than normal today, went for a longer than usual run. Now I’m pretty much on the same schedule as a workday.

In other good news, Today is December 22. The days are getting longer in the northern hemisphere!

I read a cool article this morning, Australian submarine found 103 years after it sank.

Read the article HERE.

Have a great day!

Last working day before vacation! All I gotta do, is make it in there, wait a while, get out of there, and I’m free! (for eleven days)

I am so ready!

I don’t know if I’ll work on the house or goof off.

8 hours and 12 minutes till vacation starts!

Last night we went to the carnival. I determined that I’m too old for that.

I went on a ride called Skyfall, two pendulums swing back and forth. Upside down and all around. I still feel like crap from it, almost 12 hours later.

Might have been the tacos or nachos that I ate beforehand.

Today and tomorrow at work till vacation!

I got a message from Google, saying my storage was full and I won’t be getting any more emails. My question is, “How do you get to 23gigs on a 15 gig plan and never receive a notification before this?

When I got my Gogle account, you couldn’t just sign up, you had to be invited. When I got invited, the slogan was “Never lose a message again! Free unlimited storage!”

Notice in the picture above my “current plan” is 15GB. I’ve probably been over 15 GB for at least 10 years, and I assure you, I never signed up for a 15 GB plan. I was invited to, and accepted, the free unlimited plan.

Now, apparently, Google is withholding my emails, trying to get me to pay a monthly fee. That, my friends is extortion.

Is Google getting ready to head down the Yahoo path of suicide?

That surely is a unique title for a blog post. Certainly those two words have never been uttered together in human history.

Four days til I’m off for 11 days!!!

It was an ok weekend. Went to the work Christmas party. Got an award for 5 years service and a bonus cheque for $25. I also won a $50 gift certificate for Lobster Pot Restaurant. I went there once in the year 2000.

After the party, we went to the grocery store where I got ripped off on grapefruit juice, and lost my temper.

Sunday, I didn’t do anything. Laid around the house. I thought, breifly, about continuing my ongoing pressurewashing of the sun deck, but I successfully squashed the thought.

This morning, running was tough. The swim was nice. Cold water. Probably 82 degrees F.

I had a dream last night about a new scooter. No mirrors. The handlebar was nice and clean. I liked it!

Have a great week!

One week from today, I’m takin’ a few days off. Four vacation days, four weekend days, and three holidays for a total of eleven days off work.

I am ready to take off NOW!

Tomorrow (Saturday) is the work Christmas party. The wife has a girls party tonight and I can’t keep track of all the partying goin’ on.

Yesterday I posted about meteors. Today I saw none. I woke up at 2:30 and went and checked.

Have a great day and weekend!

Last night I woke up from a weird dream, it was 12:30 AM. I got up and went outside. I saw a shooting star. Then another, practically in the same place, then one way to my right, then one way to my left. Then two more where the original two were. I woke up the wife and told her to start counting down seconds from a minute and she couldn’t make it to zero without seeing a meteor.

All the times I got up for a meteor shower, Last night was the best ever.

I didn’t even know about this one.

Have a great day!

Prevents me from posting today.

Although the predictive text on the virtual keyboard is quite interesting.

Have a great day!

It’s so cold in Cayman….

How cold is it?

It’s so cold our coconut oil is frozen and I can’t get my daily shot out of the bottle.

It’s cold and windy. Very cloudy, Lugubrious. We have the AC off and the windows closed. I wore a jacket to work yesterday and will again today.

It will get better soon. Looks clearer this morning.

Have a wonderful day!