Computer blew up

Okay so it didn't blow up. But, I started it one day and I saw sparks fly out of the back and it smelled like burning computer guts in here. SO, I have been computer-less til my brother moved in. We should get ours back this week, turns out power supply fried. Not the first time, but it was the first time I saw sparks.


In good news, I got a table finally, so now I can host the home game I've been wanting to host. Which is good for my blog too, since I never talk poker anymore. I'll have some to talk about again! Other than that though, I've just been enjoying the newfound freedom having money in my pocket has given us. We get to go grocery shopping when they have bargains now and shop for value instead of the cheapest thing. We can spend 100$ without worrying about the bills not being paid. It's pretty sweat. We still haven't gotten the big check yet, but my wife's monthly checks have been a real help. She seems happier about being able to do these things as well. It'll be nice if it lasts for awhile. I'm sure at some point our bills will increase, especially if we ever have a baby.

Speaking of babies, I guess I never mentioned that I finally got "tested". Turns out a bigger than usual percentage of my sperm are deformed. Basically, everyone has a percent of sperm that are misshaped, headless, etc, and they aren't able to reproduce, but mine for some reason are an even higher percentage. The DR said my volume is good and the other ones are able to produce, its just that some are not moving forward when they need to. I dunno. My sperm is half special bus I guess. My wife was also tested and found that she was not producing an egg each month. More like every other month. So she has been put on meds to help that happen. Basically, both of us were only doing about half our job. My wife is really stressing out about all of this. I'm okay with it. I mean it's nothing I did to myself it's just the way it is. I mean it could be due to being overweight, and not having enough testosterone, but again, it's whatever... I'm not one of those guys that is all uptight and embarassed when they find stuff like this out. We'll get things going, I think.

At work things have been busy. This is our busy time of the year. I've been pretty fortunate though, because I haven't had to work on my days off in a long time, well I guess that's not true. I worked a double last week, cuz closing mgr couldn't come in. But other than that, my new 2nd in charge has been awesome. I also don't know if I mentioned it or not, but I got a 4 star on my OER audit. This is the audit that Domino's Pizza does 2 times a year and my first one was 9 days after I became a GM. We got a 1 star, but I got to blame that on the former gm, because it was his fault and i had only been there less than 2 weeks. But this one, was all me and I was staring to stress about it. It ranks you on service, image, operations, and just overall the way they want you to be running your store. Most of the points we lost was due to stuff out of my control and a few service points. The highest score we could've gotten with the things we knew we couldn't fix soon enough was a 91 out of 100. We ended up getting an 83, which is really good. A few months ago I wanted a 5 star, but I knew that probably wasn't going to happen when round 2 started. My boss was stoked and everyone else will be happy too. Next time though it's 5 star or bust in my book. I feel a little rededicated to my job lately.

I went through a rough stretch where upper management was getting me down. All the rules all the restrictions and then just the plain ignorance they seemed to show sometimes. But, lately, I've just come to the conclusion that I can't care more than they do. It just isn't going to work. So, if they are not allowing me to have amazing service, all I can do is my best and try to figure out the best I can do without their help. Also, I really want to get my bonuses. I feel like I work too hard for what my salary is. Last month I got my first labor bonus and it excited me. I hadn't even come close before. So, now I am pushing for that full bonus. It would be nice. It's a few extra hundred dollars as well, so that doesn't hurt either. Hopefully, I can maintain my zeal for my job. I can't believe it's been 18 months at Dominos. Time really flies.