July 6, 2017

 This morning I set my alarm clock for 9:00AM and I ignored it until 10:20AM. That was a mistake on my part but I needed the sleep. The mistake was the fact that I was meeting my friend for lunch at eleven o'clock. I rushed around after getting up and ended up only being a few minutes late. It gave my friend the opportunity to give me crap for being late because I gave him crap last weekend for being late.

Lunch was at a taco place we have gone to before. I got the grilled romaine salad, which I got last time, and it was pretty tasty. My theory is that they cook it on the meat grill. Today they cooked it a little too long so it was a bit soggy, but it was still tasty.

After lunch my friend met me at the library and I gave him a tour before settling into the workday. A good chunk of my day was spent thinking about and working on the conference proposal. I'm still not feeling great about it but it was also kind of dropped in my lap, so I would say it's not bad for a first attempt.

I participated in a phone interview with the PR lady for the magazine interview for the adulting series. That seems like a poorly formed sentence. Anyway, the person writing the article is a guy I know from working at the elementary school, which was nice because that made it much more relaxed. I think the interview went pretty well and he sent us a rough draft of the article an hour or so later. It could use some tweaks but I'm glad I didn't sound like an idiot.

The HTC Vive arrived today instead of tomorrow. That was a surprise and threw off my plans a little bit. The FedEx store would have been closed after work and I didn't want to pick it up before work today because I didn't want it sitting in my hot car all day. So I picked it up on my dinner break and left it at my Mom's house. It would have been nice to just call in sick the rest of the day so I could play with it. Although I doubt my current ability with my desktop and laptop to use it. I'm wondering if I can do basic stuff, like the virtual desktop, things that aren't as intense as a video game. I will find out soon, and if it doesn't work, my new processor should be here by Monday. It'll just be a long weekend.

Tonight at work after calling it good with the proposal, I took a little break and counted prize tickets. Progress was made. In the middle of that a patron had an outburst. We still don't know if it was all in his head or if he had a bluetooth hooked on his ear. He shouted out some curse words in the stacks and then a little while later he started did it again while storming out of the building. It was a bit odd but also short and sweet, which is always appreciated.

After work I went over to my friend's parents' house and watched Bottle Shock with him and his mom. His mom had actually picked it up at the library tonight and had heard the dude make his outbursts. Small world. The movie is not one that I would have ever watched but I liked it. All the drone shots became a little tedious, and I'm not sure why Chris Pine ended up with the girl because that didn't make sense, but Alan Rickman totally made the movie. I'd watch it again just for him.

We talked briefly after the movie but when his parents went into a topic that my friend knew would take forever, he basically pushed me out of the front door so I wouldn't get stuck. Always a good friend.

I passed by my house and went to my Mom's house to grab the Vive off the front porch, where I had her leave it so I wouldn't wake up the dogs. And then I came home.

I ate a snack and now I am watching a livestream while writing this. I opened up the Vive and it looks pretty sweet, but it is one o'clock in the morning and I am freaking tired. I'm going to record my audio journal now so I can go to bed. That sounds very appealing.