So my bio-brother won some sort of big award for his semi-truck driving skills.  Award ceremony will be in either Atlanta or Dallas, he's not sure yet.  Some more award-y stuff to follow, but he doesn't want to get the kids worked up until Sysco can guarantee his prize. 

Turns out my work shoes are from 2018. Yeah, maybe thats why my feet hurt. Noticed today that all the lines on the bottom - treads, is that only a tyre term? - anyway all the treads have worn away and the bottom of my shoes are essentially smooth. So ordered new ones. We shall see. Right foot is still acting up, maybe the new shoes will help. How much support is left in a four year old pair of shoes? These have to have hundreds of miles on them from walking the hospital floors. Went back to Sketchers. The extra padding makes a difference now that Im old.

Booked my next trip to a Memphis suburb. Going to see my Aunt and Grandmother, who at 97 or so likely does not have much time left although she is actually in pretty good health, aside from being 97.
I'm 42. My bio-mom died at 47. J died at 51. I might not have much time left either. Sometimes it just hits you harder than others. Today (yesterday) at this point, was the 4 year mark since they found my brain tumor and gave me six months to live.
I can't say I've done a lot of good for the world. Some eyeglasses made and some tours worked, stories lived that will go with me. Carved out my own little world and managed to keep it quiet. Guess that's all one can expect really.
Memphis is too far to run up to Science Hill so that side trip is out. Not sure what's going to happen in Memphis, likely nothing as Grandma isn't mobile. Got some time away from family, booked a stay at a horse farm not far from my Aunt. Love them but can't be around them 24-7. William says he's not going and I'm happy. Need my time.
Google maps says its a ten hour drive. Not bad. If I leave at 4-5 am as I usually do I should be there fairly early. Might just play with the farm pigs and chickens. Miss the rural side of life since I no longer visit the Mominees. I think I'd do ok on a farm now that there's Amazon and Hugheslink. Not that satellite internet is good, but it's something at least. Better than just a phone and that's it.
Need to sleep soon. Have a kidney doctor appointment tomorrow and I'm sure William will want to do something. He is really chilled out on the Delta8 stuff. I like him when he's high. He's not so much of an asshole. Too bad my work doesn't understand that marijuana isn't as bad as alcohol yet. Can have all the alcohol I want, get addicted, trash my liver and ruin my life, but a bit of pot is a fire-able offense. Unfair but I can't change it.
Subrina also gave her two weeks notice. She was the last middle-manager under Kim's leadership. She knew how to do the job and cleaned up all the messes. New manager didn't respect that and lost her as a leader, so work is about to take a real nosedive. New manager will have no one to lean on. I've been there a long time but was never trained or given access to any of the things that need to get done. Looks like shits going to hit the fan soon. Not my problem.
Want to write some, gotten out of the porn and back into a bit of a side detour, but I've had too much to make anything coherent at this point. Maybe tomorrow.

This is great. I just ordered another pair of glasses for $20. As someone who has been moderately myopic for most of my life having a plethora of glasses was never an option. You had one pair and when they broke you were screwed. They were $300, even at the cheap stores. The new ones are knock off Silhouettes - Sorry to Tommy Galla - I love my Silhouettes but I can't buy the real thing at retail. Still beta titanium with the same mounting system. 1.67 aspheric lenses with stock AR? A stock lens sitting in someone's drawer? All day baby. They don't need to be surfaced custom. I sold pairs just like this for years at $400-500. Under $20. Unbelievable.

As of now, the musicians asking Spotify to remove their music because of Joe Rogan have one thing in common the news seems to be missing.

They are polio survivors.

The musicians would have killed for a vaccine when they were two and three and five and have suffered lifelong consequences of a virus that is now easily preventable.

Joni's 'unusual' chords? Her left hand and arm is still partially paralyzed seventy (70!) years later. They watched friends get sick and some died. And you wonder why they're against all the anti-vaxx nonsense.

Finally moving the story out of the little town it had been stuck in. It was a good idea to send them there, but three days of avoiding reality was harder to write than it seemed. Now have to deal with more of the fallout. This week story wise is going to be half the book at this rate. Damn near 300k now.

Made this tonight and it was good. Not eat-it-everyday good but a nice reliable supper option. Would have gone good with some fresh bread but was fine on its own.

CREAMY TORTELLINI SOUP

Udon experiment came out well. They're not super hard to make, most of the recipe was spent explaining how to flatten and fold and flatten and fold, etc. Super simple ingredients that tasted good in a bit of a teriyaki stir fry. Just time consuming letting the gluten relax.



( Udon Noodle Recipe )

Someone is playing a Stones bootleg inside my head and Im not well versed enough on Rolling Stones shows to know which one it is and its annoying as hell! Guessing '83-ish but cant narrow it down much further. 1981? Shit I dont know. Just finish the show up.

Edit - The song is Hang Fire which came out in '81 so it couldn't have been a tour before then.

Have to run down to NASA tomorrow morning. It's going to suck. Hoping to leave by 9am after traffic slows down and be there by 10:30 or so. Might be back by 17:00. Really don't want to hit afternoon traffic on the way back and not sure how long I can stay up. Woke up at about 15:00 so I should be able to do at least 24 hours fairly safely. If I get a van it will be easier, but a box truck is going to be horrid.