29 February, Monday Diary

As nuts a night as I expected. That I had an associate working next to me through the night helped SO much.
There were slack periods followed by busy periods...but all the same, I had drivers calling 'clear' at 4:00, 5:00, 5:30.   
I was SO ready to get out...
I called Merry at 0530, She arrived..
6:14  out
6:17 in car with Sunshine driving.
  I asked her to avoid conversation with me, so I could lean back and close my eyes...
I woke up when we were exiting the 405 at Wardlow...way past our usual offramp.
She said, she fell asleep on the freeway, through our offramp and then some, so this is where we got off.
So she backtracked....
7:16 home.
I fed animals..
She started on MDM, by opening a can of beef stew and popping some gluten free bread in the toaster....
I added chips, and after she warmed up a couple large pretzels, we went to BR1 and  watched "The Circus"
She fell asleep, almost immediately thereafter... 
I started watching a movie that was in progress, "The Paper" from 1994.
It was 30 minutes in , and had 90 minutes to go...
I was intrigued... just because I've become so interested in these things that feature the behind-the-scenes doings of newpapers or tv shows since watching so much of "The Newsroom"
  but I saw, I could start it up 'on demand' anytime and watch the whole thing....
So enough of that, and to sleep  8:45.

Awake 13:30 pee, snack.
She was awake, told me, She might have to pick up #2, and take him to CoH.   
Back to bed..awake 16:00...asleep
17:30 alarm,  1745 up.
She wasn't home.
Stitch told me,  She had gone to "take #2 to the doctor and would be back  by 18:15."
That sounded strange.....
I busied myself changing the large bags that I tote to work.
She walked in with #2, around 18:00.
So Stitch got it wrong, again.
I finished that,  showered  and dressed...
Four of us in car 18:24
Work 19:16  IN 19:19.
The three of them went on to take #2 to CoH.
Then two of them went back to the house to pick up a blank check...that she might have picked up, when she was home earlier....but did not..
Then to HB to pick up #4, and bring him home.

Meanwhile at work..
Nuthin.  
The night ...tagged out. 
The morning... a flurry of add ons.  
One for 07:30 in Santa Barbara. I called an affiliate to get it covered, and took the guy off a ride he was doing...then I covered that ride.
Then res agent called, to cancel the ride in SBA, because it was a dupe of an existing ride we had, that had been assigned to a local affiliate there.
And my associate, KW  had LOOKED at the existing ride, 2 hours earlier, and might have noticed that the new ride was a duplicate.
But no.
Fucking idiot.
So I had to call the affiliate and cancel, leaving him with nothing, since I had already reassigned the job that he had.  

I hate this job, and having to depend on information I get from a bunch of morons.

23:30 Merry called, after a long evening/night of driving around, from home to south LB (pickup #2), home (pick up Stitch and me), my work,  CoH,  home, HB to pick up #4, then local pharmacy, and home.....   
    She started by saying that ... the door was left open, so DonnaDawg had been in our room...  making a major mess.
 I asked, rather sarcastically, if She wanted me to come home and 'take care of it'.
Well, no, she said. 
And I went on,  "Why tell me about it, or anything that I can't do a fucking damn thing about?  Wait until the morning, when we're on the way home, if you really want to tell me about it, I just don't want to hear about it right now."
With that, She said, "Good night," as did I.

Yes, I was ... cold, mean, things like that. I don't know why.   
I'm just ...generally unhappy.   

Five full days, no boot.

Okay, this settles it.  Never again.

28 February, Sunday Diary

03:00 up: pee, and snack...M&Ms.
awake and asleep...
Anxiety over work, tonight.
10:00 Up, pee and alka seltzer
13:15 up ...toilet...alka seltzer  coffee...
  Laundry, away
Showered...dressed...
Contact lenses IN (out since Thursday night)

14:48 in car with Merry and Stitch
15:48 Finally at work....

15:50 clocked in

1600 to 1930 struggling to get our morning work covered because all but 3 of my morning chauffeurs were put on 'the show'.
19:30 One dispatcher off work, I moved from the small room to the big one...
THree of us sat around from 1930 to 2130....
Then it blew up.
 My prime associate got locked into an idiotic reservations call from 22:15 to  23:00 or so.... for rides not occurring until Tuesday and later....  
 .....

I really do get this.

27 FEbruary, Saturday, Diary (no boot)

00:05  up to pee, and snack
03:00  up to pee
06:00 awake ?
07:45 awake...
 and  well  sexual intercourse.
  I stopped when it appeared she had a couple of good ones.
She almost immediately put on her mask, to go to sleep.
UP...
fed 'em all, heated up old coffee
changed to outside clothes.
Stitch was getting ready also.
We both went outside...him to start cleaning up the mess I made yesterday, me to start on a new mess.
I finished whipping the outer yard.
I started trimming down the Sticky bushes...not roses....  red blooms ..very thorny...name starts with a B? ...total of  three bushes, two of them small, one BIG ..whose thorny branches grow over the sidewalk....
She came out.. and started directing how she wanted the remnants of the white picket fence during that last slamming wind storm ...put away.
So Stitch and I did that.
She went in.
I finished bush trimming.
Stitch helped me with the clean up.
I helped him move some sections of fence to the particular side of the house that Merry wanted it.
11:00 I went in and collapsed in a chair.
12:30 finally was able to get up and shower and dress.
   Began starting and restarting my up to now long unused laptop...
Eventually we went into the bedroom.
She was very unhappy about something that happened a couple weeks ago... when I spoke badly to her ...and something happened to remind her of it....so she was so upset she couldn't talk about it, so she sent me texts about it.
I offered her 'something to help her feel better, but I couldn't say it directly myself'
She figured it out, and sat on the bed, upright, legs extended, holding the pink studdy paddle, and 'invited me over her lap.
I went...she took down the grey tight tights I wore, and she applied a number of good strokes to each cheek.

We watched "Suits" ... "Criminal Minds"
Got up and dressed and went out, to the 99C store, then the Dollar Tree...returned home...
Watched "Code Black"  and "The Big Bang Theory"...
She went to start dinner.
I watched  "Scorpion"
then went out to the living room..to test my laptop..
Found it so ....COOPERATIVE, than THIS makes FOUR days worth of Diaries that I've input in very little time. 
Wow. ..............(in reference to this laptop...)

Back into BR1
Watched "Comic Book Men"
Dinner:  beef stew and chips.
Watched the finale of "The X Files."
Merry joined me, watched "Life in Pieces".
23:20 A-sleeping.

A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away:

26 February Friday Diary (no boot)

00:00 up, a touch of diarrhea
04:00 up to pee
7:30 UP
  Fed all...toilet... coffee...n chair...   
then prepping... changed to outdoor clothes....
Whipped the entire inner yard.... 
Then about 1/3 of the outer yard....
In 11:45
With Sunshine...   discussing bill pay and banking...

Up showered and dressed...
Suggestively went, naked, to BR2...and laid face down prone on the bed...
Sunshine came in and applied small hairbrush, paddle, cane, paddle, and tawse to my bottom...
Then took a few pictures.
I moved to BR1 and lay down..still naked... trying to convince Dick to come to attention. If so I would have told Sunshine, who was at the computer desk to 'have Merry' come into the bedroom.
No go.
So, we got dressed, and went to the car.
First, 'my bank' to withdraw my paycheck money.
Then the Von's center, with a WF inside, where she deposited it, while I got an iced coffee...then next door to a BR ..she wanted ice cream.
THen a 7-11 for e-cig filters.   I'm not 'out' but I don't think it'll be long. Better now than on the way to work Sunday.
15:00 home.
Then fun with the dryer,  as Sunshine went out, and suddenly decided to take apart the lint trap.   I brought to her a flashlight, and a Phillips...and after she took it apart, I put it back together.
Inside..
 Watched  "CSI Cyber",  "Major Crimes"  "Rizzoli and Isles"...
took a nap
Dinner...chicken and rice.
Watched "The Muppets...
2145 sleeping..


Yeah, I can see this happening at my house.

25 February Thursday Diary (Day 0 no boot)

00:00 up pee   ..snack, peanut butter n potato chips
03:00 awake
05:00 awake
7:50 up fed cats and dogs...unlocked back gate for pool guy...started a pot of coffee.... put a crate of water bottles out...brought newspaper in.
Sat for a bit.
Merry ...up.
We talked.... sorted out bills to pay.
Showered and dressed.
IN car 10:30.
  Dr B  1045 to 1115
Library, looking for tax forms....arrived 1135, but not open til 12
To the Dollar Tree...
Back to the Library...and home,  1230
At table...  with notebook...   
Calling WF about an ATM card
Doing Stitch's taxes...
A snack..
TV Guide
\Newspaper
Stitch home..
   Fed cats...
Had Stitch sign his forms.
Merry and Stitch to HB to Ksr pharmacy for Babyman's med.
I stayed home...watched the Rep Debate
They arrived home 20:00 unsuccessful. Babyman's Ksr coverage was ..expired.
Watched  TRMS  then  SVU
Dinner  Pork ...rice...chips...
Watched Lucifer...
 Sunshine added Teriyaki to the pork, and I used a lot of sauce on my rice...and it went right through me, coming out in liquid form...
I ran to the toilet, Sunshine stripped the sheet and mattress cover and took 'em out to the washer.
.....  We put some quilt on the bed to sleep on,  and
2315  sleep.


This speaks to my personal hatred for mac and cheese.

I think this is what Merry likes about me:

24 February, Wednesday Diary, (122)

Even with my helper, this was a nasty night.
 Odd reservations calls... 
NY dispatch was non-op, due to lack of internet...
 Our morning, generally fucked up because of this account we have with Edison....
 ...just,  grr. 
Managed to watch "The Newsroom"  1:10, and 2:1, and really didn't watch much of either.
Called Merry 0700ish...  
She got up to her ass in alligators in traffic.
Out 8:59
Merry arrived and in car 9:19
Home 10:08
Fed cats...scooped...
MDM  Chickn n cheese a dillas...and chips.
Watched TRMS (Tues).
We had  ...intercourse.
I came.  Later, she told me, she did not . Very unusual.
Sleep   11:30 to 14:00
She left to take Babyman to an appointment at CoH.
Awake to pee
Sleep 14:30 to 18:00
She brought Babyman back to house, then left to pick up HLB, take him to a Munch in Pasadena...take him back home, then return home
I watched TRMS...
 Fumbled around for half an hour.
Went back to sleep   19;30.







I spent a year in London.  I couldn't find this t-shirt.

I'll add this here, ONLY because Merry is familiar with the artist:

22 February Monday Diary (120)

at work:
 Ate two bags of popcorn
Watched TNR 1: 3, 4, 5
 Napped at my desk  03:45 to 04:15, give or take
 Called Merry at 05:30
 06:30 Clocked out... She pulled in to the garage as I stepped out of the office.
6:31 in car
7:26  at home
Fed the animals...
MDM    stir fry, prepared just for me, last night... with rice....and potato chips and buttered/warmed tortillas
In BR1, watched "The Circus.." from Sunday night.
Ate too many potato chips.
0830 sleep
1330 up to pee, and feeling really nauseated.
  Alka seltzer...back to sleep
1530 awake ...more alka seltzer... listened to Merry on Another phone call....
Dozing....
17:00, decided...maybe 17:30
17:30 decided, maybe  18:00
17:50 up 
Alka seltzer..
Started dumping whatever kind of drain cleaner Merry bought the previous night,into the bathroom sink.
Showered...dressed.... prepped....
Gave Stitch instructions to continue adding the 'drano' to the sink, each time the level disappeared down the pipe.
18:25 Three of us in car.
19:13 At work
19:16 'in'
 Finished Monday with 101.
 Starting Tuesday with 97.
 Minimal stress.



Happens to me all the time at work.

...a wistful sigh.....I know it's a female bottom, but I do fantasize Quite Often about being OTK.....

23 February Tuesday Diary (121)

at work:
Watched TNR 1:6,7,8,9.
Called Merry at 5:31.
She caught hellacious traffic...
I clocked out 6:31 and waited for Her.
Car 6:53
Home 7:52
Fed the animals..
Scooped the litter box.
MDM   Chicken, from last night...rice.... t.chips.
Watched TRMS from Monday.
9:30  sleeping....
13:00? awake...
15:30 awake...
17:55 up..feet on the floor.
Showered...dressed....
Three of us in car,  18:29
at office 19:24
IN 19:26.
Ugly night, sorting out what's left of the night work,  fixing the next day...checking all notes for Thursday.
Rez agents out at 22:00 as usual
Hell broke loose at 22:30.  
My associate has to deal with changes in Columbus and Toronto.
I get a newbie booker on the phone, who can't get his booking done on line, so I have to walk him through booking it over the phone....
ERRRGHH....


Kinda wish I'd seen this,  but I don't watch Fox News

I can't begin to explain how much I really miss this, but ... don't know how to ask for it.

http://spankingorbust.tumblr.com/post/139814304676/klaarover-couplespank-she-went-a-bit-mad

21 February, Sunday, Diary (119)

0300 up to pee
  snack: ice cream
05:00 up, toilet
08:30 awake, talking....
 Sunday paper with hot chocolate
 Watched 'Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy' (animated series)
followed by the movie, which was just started on some cable channel.
Toilet...alka seltzer....
1210-1310 nap.
Up  toilet.....
Showered....dressed...packed.... made iced coffee to go...
14:02, three of us in car.
 7-11 stop for ecig filters.
1456 At work.
 93 rides in for Sunday
 92 for Monday   
 Set up none too challenging..
 Done by  1830, and started catching up on Diary entries.

The challenge was... staying awake.   


Their facial expressions......

20 February, Saturday Diary (118)

Awake 0300, 0600
08:00 up ...alka seltzer....
watched Suits (supposed to be recorded Wednesday, but didn't, so I recorded it earlier this morning)...
watched "the Big Bang Theory", "Life in Pieces" "Elementary" all from Thursday...
Then "Shameless" from previous Sunday
Then the movie, "The Prestige"
then Election coverage in  Nevada (D) and S.Carolina (R).
Dinner...chili and chips.

Merry got on the phone with PBS.... I turned the volume down on the tv, and 
20:00 or so, sleep

22:30 up to pee.
  Merry offered 'ice cream?' and I accepted.
Back to sleep.



Funny.

19 February Friday Diary

03:30 up ...pee
   snack, potato chips.
0800 up.
Fed all...   
 Merry and I went to the living room
She needed to compose letters on the desk top; I had a table full of mail to sort through.
 Finished, I cleaned the table.
 Emptied the dishwasher, then filled it.
 I sat in LR chair, reading magazines from Sunday papers.
  Brought my laundry in...
Scooped the litter box.
In the bedroom, watched "The X-files" 10:02, 10:03, 10:04, 10:05.
 Then we watched the 2nd ep of 'Rizzoli and Isles' from Tuesday.
Toilet...alka seltzer...
18:00 watched TRMS
Dinner  taquitos, refried beans, rice.
 Merry and Stitch took Babyman home.
I watched  'Code Black' (Wednesday).
2100 to sleep.



A masochist's idea of 'fun'.

18 February Thursday diary (116)

03:45 up to pee and snack:  peanut butter and p.chips.

Raining like hell, so Merry took Stitch to work.

08:00 kinda awake.  Fed the cats, scooped....

Watched CBS News from Tue night, featuring a report on Waze.
Watched  'CSI Cyber' (Sunday);
Watched  'Comic Book Men' (Sunday);
Watched 'Major Crimes' (Monday);
Watched 'Rizzoli and Isles' (Tuesday);
Merry went to get Stitch.
Watched 'Law and Order SVU' (Wednesday);
Watched 'The Muppets' (Tuesday);
17:00  Watched Rachel Maddow's interview with Biden;
1800-2000 watched the Democratic Town Halls in LV while reading the LA Times from Sunday;
Dinner:  chili and chips
20-21  watched Rachel's overview of the town hall, etc.
21:00 sleep

23:00 up to pee...
    snack... (peanut butter)
back to sleep.



Funny:  

17 February Wednesday diary (115)

at work
Watched 'The News Room'  2:9,  3:1, 2, 3, 6
Called Merry to come n get me.
Traffic was horrible for Her.
Accidents everywhere.
I clocked out 9:01.
She arrived a moment thereafter.
9:08 in car.
She had to stop at Ksr-H for paperwork for Babyman...
10:26, home

She fed the dogs before She left.
So, fed the cats...
Scooped thebox.... undressed, gathered laundry.
MDM   Peanut butter tortillas and chips.../
Watched TRMS from Tuesday, while reading a WSJ from last Sunday.
1200  sleep.
1700 awake...
Watched TRMS for today  while reading a NYT from Sunday.
Dinner:  beefstew and  chips.
Watched 'the Grammies' on DVR.  Not all of it, just fast forwarding through it to catch the performances.
2130 sleep.


Amusing, but certainly not how it is in our household:

16 February Tuesday Diary (114)

at work:
Rather calm and quiet considered the Grammy's just finished.
First major event/show I've worked the overnight shift on one of the following did NOT happen:
 1. SOme client at some party could not find their driver, or the driver wouldn't answer his phone ...
  2.  Some driver lost his client, had not contact with 'em for hours, did not know what to do.
SO
  watched The NewsRoom  2: 1,2, 7, 8.
Called Merry, 5:20 or so
Morning hell was breaking loose. We had to farm multiple rides, and every farm job generates more phone calls and multiplies the ways for things to go wrong.
So I was not altogether ready to go when She arrived for me.
6:23 out.
6:28 in car,   7:12 home.
Fed the animals....
MDM:  3 pieces o' chicken: thighs; 4 warmed and buttered tortillas, chips.
We watched TRMS from Monday...  as She dozed off.
It ended, I tried to sleep also.  
I acquired one of those spontaneous erections,  the kind that occur without physical or mental stimulation on my part.
She happened to reach over with Her left hand...and 'found' it.
So, we got busy.  
After removal of unnecessary clothing,  She got on me, female superior. I lay still, the way She prefers me to in this position,  and She humped herself.  In a few minutes,  I took Her left breast in my mouth, while squeezing her right breast in my left hand.
She moaned in numerous climaxes, then rolled over for me to get on top.
And pulled down a towel to put under Her buttocks to keep the bed from getting TOO wet.
We got busy.
We, um, both 'got off'.

I tried to go to sleep.
She got up, got herself ready, got Babyman to get up, as he had an 11:00 apptment at H-Kaiser.
They left....
I closed my eyes but my monkey mind would not shut up.
I think I was drifting, when I heard a text on my phone,  one which Merry had sent me, and later said, She did not 'mean' to press 'send'.
...Got up to pee.
I think I got to sleep, just before noon.

Alarm 17:30.
I thought about stalling to 18:00, and then thought, "what's the point."   84 degrees in the bedroom.
I went to the other bedroom, found Her stretched out.  
"Um, whatcha doing?"
"Too hot in the other bedroom," She said.
    Valid point.
Showered, dressed.....
Just two of us went to the car...
  After dropping me, She was going to a Munch to meet up with HLB, among others, and give HLB a ride home at the end of it.
18:10 in car
19:13 at work
19:17 'in'.

Working, mostly, through the night.  
Babysitting the late rides. 
Not much to do for tomorrow, only 79 rides.



Here's today's  "WORD!"

15 February, Monday, Diary (113)

at work:
Watched "The News Room"  1:  6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Called Merry around 05:15.
And..she fell back asleep...and woke up, and was on the way to me, 0545.
And here in good time, 6:13.
6:14 out
6:16 Car
6:45 Home.
  Love the holiday un-traffic.

Even though Stitch was off for the holiday, he was still asleep, so I fed 'em all.
Then MDM ...  chili n meatloaf n rice n onions n bbq sauce, plus chips, plus a peanut-butter-a-dilla.
In BR1, watched  "The Circus"
And out... 7:45
UP to pee, 13:15....  temperature in room, 82.  Damn.
Asleep, and awake...15:30, 16:00, 17:00 alarm..snooze to 17:30
UP and moving 17:40.
Showered and dressed....
18:21 in car with Merry and Babyman
19:03 at work..
19:06 IN.
   Grammy's night.
   Busy, but not fucking-stupid-crazy busy.
   My associate KW is becoming ... useless...  like, out of the room at least as much as he is, inside it with me.
  Count for Monday  127,  65 farmed out.
  Tuesday start  129,  39 farmed already.
  And HERE we go.....

Meanwhile:


Just ... funny.

Below:
Fantasy provoking:
 What if:
  I had married young...  a bit of a submissive.... I knew I liked the idea of being spanked by a woman, such as my wife... but I had never talked about it... but she knew, anyway...  and alone on our wedding night, she bestows upon me a gift...

14 February, Sunday Diary (112)

01:30 up to pee, get some chocolate squares...
04:45 awake, trying to go back to sleep, not doing it very well.
I was snuggling up to Merry.  She was topless, with red stretch panties. 
I pulled her left hand back to my crotch to let her know what was happening there.
She turned over, and uh, went down on it briefly, then lay back flat, and I got up and took hers down, and licked briefly between her legs...that's all she allowed, before pulling me up, in a hurry.
I pulled my briefs down, off one leg and mounted her.
The ol in out in out lasted...  10 minutes?  15...?
And I heard her moans of ...pleasure and climax, then had my own.
I got off her, and she jumped up to go sit on the porto potty.

Sleep was still not happening, so we got coffee.
And watched "The Newsroom  1:3, 4, 5."
Took some alka seltzer.
She made french toast for the other two, cinnamon gluten-free toast for me.
I tried to go back to sleep 1145.
Got up 1215,  to throw up and poop.
Stomach kinda settled, kinda dozed until 13:45.
And up...   toilet a few more times...showered, dressed... made coffee to go...

Car with Merry and Babyman,  1:30
At work 15:30,  'in' 15:36.

Not muchuva Sunday,  88 rides,  but 15 of them on the PM side devoted to Clive Davis' annual Grammy party.
117 Rides for Monday, some 20 going to the Grammy's.

It's so hard to get good help.
Concierge at the one major hotel we do work for called, at 1845, asking,"Can we get a car and driver at  2045?'
'Sure,' and I connected her to a res agent.
The order appeared on my screen for 20:00.
Surprised, I called her back.  "8 o'clock?"
"No,' she said, "8:45".
"Okay," I said, and fixed it, cursing at the idiot under my breath.

Ooh. Found this on Tumblr.  

13 February, Saturday, ( 111 )

01:00 awake, watched 'The Muppets'
  followed by female comedians, Amy .. then Whitney.
04:00 back to sleep
11:00 up for coffee; fed the cats... emptied the chamber pot, scooped the litter box...  looked at email...
13:00 showered n dressed.
13:52 in car with Merry to run errands.
  Started at 'my' bank.  Could not find my ATM card.  Wrote a check so that Sunshine could go in, get cash.  
She quickly came back out to ask if an $8 service charge would be okay. Well, what the fuck, yes.
She went back in, was gone long enough, that I finally decided to go in after her. ..as she/Merry was coming out, and said,  "3 forms of ID, bank manager, go to the vault...etc etc..."  jeez.
Then to Von's, with an inside WellsFargo to deposit it.
I wanted to go in, also, to use the Starbucks card in my wallet.  
She went running off way ahead of me, which is a HUGE button for me, and I said something in an angry tone to Her about it, then went to stand in the Starbucks line.  
3 women working the kiosk, two people ahead of me, and still took way too long.
Finally, off to 'their' bank to make our house payment.
Which was closed.  Somebody forgot that their bank closes at 14:00 on Saturdays.
We knew we needed gas.... and the Arco on South street was definitely cheap enough, and we pulled in.
Then to the 99C store.  I wanted cards for my Dads's, and my ex-g/f's.. birthday.... etc.
AND a 7-11, for E-cig filters. I've been out since  late Tuesday night.
And home...long enough for me to use the toilet.. and get Stitch and Babyman in the car, and off we went to Far Golden Corral.
Far GC is about 27 miles, Near GC is about 5.  We only go to the Far one because they have a white chocolate fountain.
We arrived...and got in the line ..at 16:39, and were inside at 17:30.
The white chocolate fountain was non-operational for the night.
Out 1834, and headed home.
We were listening to the Rep. debate on the radio..
And my Dad called.  So we turned off the radio, while I talked to him for about 20 minutes.
Radio back on,  home about 19:20.
ANd we watched the last of the Debate...  til about 20:00.
Surfed for somethin' else.
Saw that 'Guardians of the Galaxy' was just starting, so we watched that for the ... 9th? time.
Then saw that 'The Bone Collector' was just starting, which I'd seen twice, and Merry not at all, so we watched that...
00:00 sleep

12 February, Friday, (110)

02:00 up to pee, and get some ice cream
05:00 up to pee, get some alka seltzer
12:00 kinda awake off on on

18:00 watched TRMS
  Dinner   taquitos n refried beans n rice...

sleep.....

11 February THursday, Diary (109)

02:00 up  for some ice cream and chocolate squares.
  Back to sleep.
6:30 or so Merry was awake, and had turned on the tv, started watching "The Theory of Everything".  It caught my attention enough to watch it with her.
Followed by Monday's 'Lucifer'.
And last night's "Criminal Minds".
Then she had to get up and going.
Get herself ready; make sure Babyman, whom she'd gone to pick up from HB the previous night was ready, and out they went, for all-day appointments at the CoH.
I continued watching tv:
Wednesday's "Law n Order SUV"p 
Monday's 'Scorpion'
Wednesday's 'Code Black'
Wednesday's 'Suits'
"The X-Files" from a few weeks ago...
 which was followed by, and I watched, 'Lucifer' episode 1.
THen a nap.

Woke up about when Merry and Babyman arrived home..
Sort of in time to watch the Democratic Debate...
Followed by TRMS ... while I read some newspapers and went through the new tv guide.
AND We watched, new, The Big Bang Theory, and Life in Pieces...
   I opened a can of chili for dinner, with some chips....
We watched Elementary....
2315 to sleep.

10 February Wednesday Diary (108...)

at work
With my associate A here getting the res calls...   not 'that many' but Fox making a few, as they do the 'afterwards' news  after the NH primary....
I watched "Shameless"  6:4, 6:5
And "The Newsroom"  2:8 and 2:9
I called Merry around 07:15,  looking for her to arrive around 8;30, but traffic was fouled up, and she arrived a hair before 9.
OUT 8:57
Car 8:58
Home 10:02.
Fed the cats.... 
Fixed MDM,   leftover chicken and meatloaf..and rice..
Watched TRMS from Tuesday night...
11:15  sleep.

17:30 awake...
Watched TRMS as broadcast at 18:00.
Not interested in dinner.
19:00 back to sleep ...for the night. 

09 Feb Tuesday Diary (107 days)

at work....
  Not much...
  A little conversation with my new work mate, a res-agent-dispatcher hybrid, 'A' 
 plus internet surfing  ..heh....
Called Merry  0530
0630 Out
632 in car
722  home
Fed animals...  
MDM  meatloaf n chips
Watched  "TRMS" from Monday night....
0900 Sleep ...
...
Awake a few times on n off, what with DonnaDawg jumping on and off the bed, and the mini-heatwave we're experiencing...

Alarm 1700
Up 17:40

Showered dressed... woke up Merry ...  
18:34 Car
1925  Work
...1930 in.
When I turned in my computer, I found 23 windows updates waiting...
 Those took  45 minutes...before I could log in.
Not much going on, fortunately..
  All night..not much goin' on.

08 Feb., Monday: Diary (106...)

at work
New guy...'hybrid  res-agent/dispatch' started at 01:00.  
Hardly said a work, went about the business of work ...cleaning up reservations, checking email....  answered phones, when we started getting bombed with nonsense, around 04:00.

Called Merry ... 0515 or so.
DB/supervisor was morning dispatcher, as regular guy had a long SuperBowl weekend off...
We got a chance to discuss the possibility that the other overnight guy who was out all last week, might be out again.
Would I cover some...?  Sure.

6:20 out
6:24  in car
7:09 home

Fed the animals.
Took the accumulated newspapers out to the recycling bin that was on the curb.
Scooped the litter box, in BR1.
While Merry started on MDM.
Changed clothes.
Finally prep on MDM, leftover beef stew, and a bag of veggy chips that somebody had left in the office.
IN BR1, watched "The Circus..."
08:10 sleep
09:30 up, to pee
13:00 up again, Merry was asleep.
17:00 alarm,  17:30 up.
Showered, dressed, ready....
Car 18:15 ...
Stop for gas.
19:14 at work, 1920 in.
 Slow night, last scheduled job was like 2200.  
Not much of a morning, only three jobs farmed out.  
92  for the day, much of which is for American Idol, which means a lot of asap changes and stupidity forthcoming.

A conversation with Merry, who called in around midnight  (shortly after, but I wanted to get it on THIS entry).
She read my diary from yesterday... and said, "I hope to get some sleep, and I'll be able to ...discipline you in the morning, if you're interested."
I said, "We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Quite frankly, I've become more than just a little bit hesitant to talk about 'it'.  

Sunday Feb. 7th, Diary, 105 days

03:00 awake.... watched Oz 6: 5, 6, 7, 8.  Done with Oz.
08:30 sleep.
15:20 awake, to watch the Super Bowl.
18:15 up to shower and dress and make coffee and get ready.
18:55 in car, listening to the last minutes of the game on the radio, with Merry and Stitch.
Stopped for e-cig filters.
19:31 at work,  19:38 'in'.

My usual Sunday side kick, KW, had called out due to family issues.  I had to snort. On Super Bowl Sunday?  Hmm.
So JL came in to cover, until I got here, and FT, who is usually off at 19:30, stayed until 21:00.
The day guy, SW, had only done next day's set up through about 10:00 (at my instructions given to him the previous Thursday) so I had a lot to do, finishing the morning, and setting up the p.m.  
Not a lot of work to deal with (99 on Sunday,  116 for Monday) but ... a lot to do.
Not ALL that much to do, as evidenced by me, having the time to input four days worth of diaries between 2300 and 2330.
It would be 'nice' to have someone here so I can get to the toilet
BUT our new hybrid guy, whom I'll call 'A' because I don't yet know his last name ... starts tonight,  at 01:00, working from then to 06:00.  I gather, that will be his schedule Monday -- Friday.
I expect there's very little of that time, that I will be saying, "Gosh I'm glad you're here..."
Except starting around 04:45 and on to 5:30 or so, during the period our regular morning res-agent is SUPPOSED to be here, but never manages to get to work on time.
We shall see.

Ya know:

I am positive that Merry would agree.

Feb 6, Saturday, Diary 104 days

Watched OZ 5:8
02:00 to 08:00 sleep.
Once awake, watched
Code Black, Muppets, Suits, The Big Bang Theory, Life in Pieces, Elementary, 
 Oz 6:1, 2, 3, 4.
1800 Nap
to 21:00
Dinner:  stir fry pork, n rice.
Watched Republican Debate to  23:00
Nap ..... 

Feb 5, Friday, Diary (103 days)

01:45 awake, deciding if I wanted to stay awake.
02:15 decided against, back to sleep
04:00 awake...
  Watched OZ  4:15 and 16, then 5: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 
13:00 Nap
16:00 Awake. 
Laundry in dryer.
Fixed, again, the broken drawers in dresser in BR1.
Watched Oz 5:7, then TRMS
1900-2300 sleep.
Watched Law & Order SVU
Snacked on peanut butter n chips....

Feb 4, Thursday Diary 102 days

at work
Watched OZ 4: 12, 13, 14 
Called Merry, to come n get me
6:15 Out
6:20 in car
7:06 Home
Fed critters
Undressed and gathered my laundry  
She went back to bed
Fixed MDM   peanut butter on warmed tortillas, and chips
watched TRMS from Wednesday night
Unlocked the back gate
Yelled at Bailey for barking so much...
16:30 awake..
Put laundry in washer
Started on Newspapers...last Sunday's LA Times, along with a NY Times, a WSJ from Tuesday, and today's LA Times..
18:00 watched the Democratic debate.
Dinner:  Chicken (not baked  this time) and rice.
20:30 nap
22:15 up to pee, get some ice cream
22:45 back to sleep.

February 3rd, Wednesday, Diary (101 days)

at work
Watched OZ 4:10, 11
Called Merry for a wakeup.
She fell back asleep, and did not get rolling from the house til 5:55.
OUT 6:41.
Car 6:47
I'd dropped at least one hint recently that I was about ready to get back into 'play'
She suggested doing 'something' once we got home... if I was in the mood, and not angry about her being so late.
I said, I'll decide when we get home.
7:34 home.
..Fed the dogs and cats.
She put together MDM (chicken n rice) in a bowl in the microwave, ready to heat up.
She asked, "Can I go back to bed now?"
I said, "I'm thinking, I'll change clothes, and ...meet you in the other bedroom?" ... wanting a bedroom less occupied by, well, cats.
"Sure," she said.
I changed to long sleep top,  briefs, pajama bottom, and went to the other bedroom.
She was ready...wearing her winter coat over her long sleeve footy jammies...   damn, it's been cold in our house this winter.
She pointed at the bed...with the long bath brush in her hand, and said, "FDAU."
I took down, and off, my bottoms and briefs, and got on the bed, face down and ass up.
She stood behind me, and said, "Count."
One swat landed on my left cheek and I moaned, "One..." then another swat on my right cheeks, and I moaned, "Two." 
"No, that's ONE," she corrected.
So, as matching swats landing on each cheek, I counted off, TWO..THREE...FOUR...
  as I winced and grunted in some pain.
She stopped at twenty, and fetched a baby wipe, and wiped down my cheeks, as she likes the color that it brings out on my buttocks.
Then she said, "Count," and applied another fifteen swats to each cheeks.
"Done for now," she said, putting away the brush.
I stretched out, flat, prone face down on the bed, gasping and resting.
She picked up the leather tawse, and applied two strokes to my bottom.
"I didn't want you to forget the taste of leather," she said, chuckling, and put the tawse away.  "Can I go back to bed now?"
"Um, sure,"  I said, getting up to dress, on very weak legs.
She steadied me and grinned. "Got a little subspace going there?"
"A little," I said, smiling.
Once I stabilized myself, and dressed, she went into our bedroom to get under the covers, and I went to the kitchen, to put together MDM.
Then I went to BR1, grabbed the remote, and we watched "TRMS" from Tuesday night.
She fell asleep during.
0900, sleep for me.
10:30 awake, to pee, get some candy.
13:00 awakened by barking dogs, as Merry had been outside, dealing with a car-windshield-replacer.  
  ...So, pee, and warmed up a couple tortillas.
Back to sleep.
17:15 up and moving, while Merry was sound asleep.
I sent a text to DB, to check on my coming schedule.
 He replied that I was working tonight.... and  Sunday night.
Showered...dressed....
Merry got up and dressed....
1815 three of us in car.
1917 At work.
Very quiet night...all the work 'out'.
Some morning add ons that just came in, but easy enough to quickly outsource.
So, I spent most of the evening posting tumblr blogs,  mostly of screen caps taken from our numerous video clips.
And, I read a blog entry that Merry had posted, earlier in the afternoon.
  She wrote, in so many words, that she did not enjoy the morning session, so much as she just wanted to go back to sleep.
 Well....

February 2nd, Tuesday Diary (100 day)

at work
Watched Oz, 4: 7, 8, 9
Called Merry to come n get me
Out 6:33
Car 6:40
Took a different route home, following the suggest of Waze.
Southbound 110...and Merry missed the interchange to the 91 East.
Had to get off at 190th and drive around.
But managed to find cheap gas, right next to the on ramp we were going to use. Found out that Arco, or THIS Arco, sells the e-cig refills I use, also.
Home, 7:47   with Sunshine.
Fed dogs n cats.
Prepped MDM,  leftover chicken from last night, last of the cheesy potatoes.
In BR1, watched  "Lucifer", while Sunshine fell asleep.
0900, sleep...

1100 awake...

1700 alarm
 1702  Text from my supervisor:  the guy that works the GY shifts that I don't, had called out sick for all of this week (for him Wed--Sat)and wouldn't be able to cover the Sunday that I was supposed to have off as floating holiday.  
  So... I'll be working tomorrow (Wednesday) + one other overnight shift  (I told DB, any of them, just let me know) AND SuperBowl Sunday  ...that I was supposed to be off.
   Mixed emotions.  Really need the money.  Really don't want to work all that much/hard to get it.  Oh well.
1730 UP... to hear Merry said that #1 was at the house...had stacked up the broken down fences and put 'em up against the porch.
She spoke with him long enough to collect a whopping $25.
We got all of $50 from him during December, nothing in January, and now $25.
  This is aggravating the SHIT out of me ....  his non-payment of any rent, AND he's had the free use of my car for 3 months.
Merry made up a new agreement between us and him, and took it to him...and he didn't have time, he said, to look at it.
Three of us in car 18:22
Work 19:13.
Wrapping up an "American Idol" filming, going on, downtown, so ...busy enough.  
  One new-ish driver dropped his car at base at 18:30, and said, he would not start as early as 7 a.m., nothing earlier than 9.  Fucking whiner.
 Another one...first job was today 13:30. Finished a second job at LAX at 20:00. Said he was 'too tired' to due an arrival at 21:00. I mean, what the fuck..;..
 Another driver was assigned to a morning pickup for a well known actress, JLC,  but this actress strongly requests our chauffeur  LP.  
 Day dispatch prolly shoulda made that assignment, but did not...
 LP got involved with the driver manager...so I had to change the fuckin assignment.  
  The driver that WAS assigned did not check the email for his changes, so he came to base thinking he had a job at 06:45, but instead has one at 08:10.     Well, I tell the drivers, time and again, CALL ME in the morning before coming to base, and ask if there are any changes in assignments.    Wasting my breath.

February 1, Monday, Diary (99 days)

at work  
watched  ep 3 of "The Circus..."
then  OZ 4: 5 & 6
Out  6:08
Car with Merry  6:11
Home 6:47.
Went inside to drop my bags, went outside, to attempt to lift the picket fence off the ground and stand it up.
Done, went inside, started on MDM
 ...  leftover pork chops n cheesy potatoes.
In BR1, watched "CSI Cyber" from Sunday night.
08:30 sleep.
The wind was kicking up again.
Merry heard the fence fall over...
And went outside, to pick it up so it didn't cover the sidewalk, and dropped it into our yard.

Up 14:00 pee, snack, and yelled at Bailey to stop the crazy barking she was doing in the back yard.
Kind of awake, listening to Merry on the phone ... arranging for windshield repair, and seeing if our insurance would cover the fence.

17:00 alarm
  snooze
17:40 up.
 Alka seltzer, shower, dress... packed....
18:28 in car
19:16 at work.

Dealing with fall out because "American Idol" is in production is in LA...
 Reservations ignored the email the co-ordinator sent, many car requests for Tuesday.  When he called about 'em, the agents were gone, so I had the pleasure of putting them all in.

............. 

January 31 Sunday Diary (98 days)

00:30  up, pee   snack
03:00 up, pee...Merry offered me ice cream, I accepted.
05:15 awake..as She was.
  We watched "Elementary" from Thursday.
  She decided, time to go to sleep.
I watched Oz  4: 3, 4
8:15  trying to go to sleep with a crank stomach, and listening to rain starting to fall.

Asleep and awake... rain falling, wind blowing hard...

13:00 up for alka seltzer
14:00 up again for alka seltzer.  Supposed to be up NOW to get ready for work, but couldn't do it
15:30 UP
  Showered, dressed, packed, ready...
Out to the car,  Noticed that two sections of picket fence on the South side of our property had blown down, so Stitch and I picked them up.
Car 16:21
At work  17:00
IN 17:05

My usual co-worker, KW was off on his 2nd floating holiday from December so, I had my supervisor DB in his place.
A good thing.... and he had was already well into doing morning work set up  due to my late arrival.
A somewhat dead Sunday night...with 97 for the day.
A much busier tomorrow, with 116 to start, and he was well into the morning portion of the set up.


Just chillin' through the rest of the evening.