One of Those Weeks

Been one of “those weeks” so far kidlings.

First off, work is doing its utmost to kick my ass. We have a guy here that we hired as a consultant to try to find some of the problems we have been having on the portion of our network that I am responsible for now. Since we are paying this guy’s company massive dollars, I have been escorting him around to all of our sites to do testing and evaluation work. When I came to work on Monday, it turned out that one of the things we were going to test was, in fact, partially broken. It worked, but not like it should normally. Since the testing the consultant would be doing wouldn’t be valid unless the crap worked at least the way it normally does, I had to come in at midnight Monday night to make repairs, since we cannot do anything that will limit service during the busy hours of the day. The funny part of this was as I was hands deep in some serious electrical components, my bride called me. She dislikes it when I have to work late at night, and just wanted to say hi and see when I would be home. I explained to her that I was hard at work at that very moment, and would be home as fast as humanly possible. Made the repairs and back home two hours later.

Drove all over Guam on Tuesday, and back at work at 2 AM Wednesday morning for more scheduled testing. Back and forth between our main office and one of our remote sites to do the testing, with me ending up back home at 8 AM. After nearly 30 hours of no sleep, I don’t think my head was on the pillow 10 seconds before I was sleeping. Slept all day yesterday, waking up at 5 PM. Since it was my bride’s birthday (she turned 26 again), we contemplated going out for dinner until laziness got the better of both of us. Ended up eating fruit and snacks in bed, watching Filipino TV until I fell back asleep at 10 PM.

I made mention of “bad Filipino dramas” on one of the social networking sites that I frequent, and wanted to expound on that for a minute. We have two Filipino channels at home, GMA Pinoy and TFC. They both carry what are known as “Telenovellas” during the evening, which are basically soap operas. Most of them are fairly entertaining, but one the wife and I watched the other night was just horrible. I forget the name of it, but it stars Kris Aquino (daughter of the late Cory Aquino, ex-president of the Philippines), and it’s just beyond bad. Very predictable story line, so-so acting. Just rotten. The Gorgeous One absolutely hated it, and in my head I was thinking about what the next plot twist would be, only to watch it happen within minutes of thinking it. Kris Aquino should be ashamed of herself for being associated with this piece of shit.

Another weird thing has been the weather. It’s a given that it rains a lot on Guam, but the last three days have been more than that. Light rain with high winds in the 40-60 MPH range. The guy that is doing the consultation work and I were standing under one of our towers at 5 AM the other day, and he made the mistake of saying “It’s windy, but at least it’s not raining anymore”. The words no sooner left his lips than it started to pour again. The rain has let up, but the winds are still gusting in the 30 MPH range.

A week from today, The Gorgeous One and I get on an airplane headed for the Philippines. She has a doctors’ appointment in Manila on February 1, and since the insurance is paying for the hospital, we are going to have them check a couple of other things while we are there. Wifeus Maximus wants to get a PAP smear and a mammogram, and I’m all for getting both done. We also believe that the docs will schedule her for surgery shortly after we arrive there, which is why the wife will be staying there for another month or so after I come back to Guam. The surgery itself is not one of those “cut you wide open” surgeries, but only a step up from outpatient surgery. The Gorgeous One wants to stay there after the surgery, because she feels that she can recover better there where she is surrounded by family. I totally support this plan.

I know she is looking forward to spending some time with her family and getting a couple of things straightened out on the home-front after her recovery. I myself am planning a couple of talks with various members of her family, because some of the things they have been doing lately upsets my wife. Wife upset, me upset. What I will be saying to them will be upsetting to the individuals in question, but at this point, my “give a shit” meter is broken and beyond repair.

While we are there, I’m also going to see if I can’t lay my hands on one of those mouthpieces that is supposed to reduce snoring, figuring I can get it cheaper there than anywhere else.

I hate to admit it, but I’m kind of looking forward to having the apartment to myself for a couple of weeks while the wife is gone. Nothing evil or immoral planned; just peace and quiet, and not having to worry about some of my personal habits that drive the wife insane. Plus I can indulge myself in eating foods that the wife frowns upon, like eating half a pound of bacon in one sitting.

Some guys would be planning illicit sex - I’m planning porky goodness.