Somewhere in Middle America

Thursday, October 9

Workbench for me, workbench for you

Spent several hours last night at Nick's putting together a more fancy (than mine) workbench. After we got through 80% of assembly, we realized it was too wide, so we had to take it all apart, cut some pieces and reassemble. And of course during that we found some other issues to correct, and lo and behold, I got home at like, midnight trying to figure out what the hell happened.

Since I worked on Sunday, I'm going to go ahead and take tomorrow off, which I'm really excited about. Should be able to get a crapload of work done around the house and maybe even get the car registered (finally). It's got a temporary thing now, but they never called me about the plates, so I have to sort that business out.

The weather here in Omaha is pretty nuts. I go to work and it's like, 45. I get home, and it's about 80. I have a sweatervest on now (ha!) but I'm sure I'll be sweating on the way home. Freezin' in this here office, though.

Finally got the mailbox key yesterday, too. The locksmith came and put another one on. We had this hilarious moment when he's like, "eh, do you have like, some papers that show that this is yours?" Sure do! Here are all closing documents, still in a folder, still in the trunk of my car.

Monday, October 6

Weekend activities

1. Epoxy-coated garage floor with Nick. Then went to his house and did his. Turned out fairly well. It's only a problem if you look at the whole thing at once. Then you notice patches. But there will be "stuff" and "cars," so not a big deal.

2. Second coated the study. Asim's room is still left.

3. Watched part of the Nebraska game. Not good times for people here.

4. Susan Komen 5k on Sunday morning! That's right. Like, several thousand people came out, and I actually ran the entire thing, which is kind of a big deal for me (since I'm still fat). I figure I finished in about 33 minutes or so. I thought I signed up for chip timing, but apparently not. Whatever. I can read a clock.

5. Worked for like, 12 hours from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. down in Lincoln. Driving back at that time isn't the best idea in the world. Thank goodness I can turn the music way up in the car and it can shake me awake.

What I've read (most recent on top)

  • Boomsday by Christopher Buckley
  • Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
  • Blindness by Jose Saramago
  • Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill
  • The Nasty Bits by Anthony Bourdain
  • Friday Night Lights by HG Bissinger

Who is this?

It's me, Rehan. Male. 29. Brown, overweight. Mechanical Engineering degree. Pittsburgh sports fan. Married to Maria, father of Asim. Project manager for an engineering consulting firm. Finally to the point where I really enjoy my job. Regular bike rider.

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