Well, I guess he forgot about the Smoky Mountain rain

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Good morning everyone. It was a bit of a morning. I would’ve been able to sleep a little better, if my nose was unstuffed. Oh, and answer me this: why does everything feel so much hotter when you’re in bed, and then you get out of bed, and you’re bundled up, because it’s so freakin cold in the house?

But I digress.

Podrick was up at his normal time this morning. I ended up taking a soda cap away from him. I don’t care if he plays with one in the morning, but why does he have to play with one 6-8 feet from by ear holes? I snatched that shit away from him quick-fast. Then he just found something else to play with.

I’m trying to navigate Podrick playing with something, and a Sleep Daddy, that was starting to annoy me, I tried a couple different ones, and finally just said fuck it, and just landed on one, and hoped that I could sleep, even just for 20 minutes. I dozed on and off, all while trying to find a comfortable position that I could still breathe in, AND that wasn’t holy fuck it’s hot, vs. why is it so cold? I would just find the perfect spot, then a blanket would fall over my face, or my nose would plug, etc, etc.

Back to work this afternoon. I’m working through the weekend again as we’re a little short handed. But either way, the weekend is gonna be a good one. There’s snow in the forecast today; 5-6 inches or so. But wait, after it snows, it’s supposed to get windy. So what was the point of it snowing.

I need more coffee.

Well, the road was hot and flat as a ruler good hundred miles between me and Missoula

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It snowed again, in the night.

I’ll let that sink in. I believe all of us have, once again, been fooled by false spring. There’s usually 2-3 false springs. So yeah. Fucking false spring.

A little bit of bad news yesterday. My gramma has passed away. Early yesterday morning my mom said. She simply just stopped breathing. I believe she would’ve been 96 (?) next month. I spent the majority of yesterday at work thinking of all the things we used to do when I was a little kid.

One of my favorite memories was, and this is stupid. I don’t remember who got it, I think it was my grampa. It was a 5 or 6 foot rubber snake to put in the strawberry garden to keep other animals out, I guess. I remember chasing my gramma’s around their house with it, laughing like a maniac. I still remember their phone number as well.

Nothing too much planned for today. We’ll be heading into SlightlyBiggerTown for some supplies, because I worked last Saturday, and I’m working this weekend, so my day off is the only time we’ll have the time to go. So we’ll pop over and grab some Subway sandwiches for a late lunch/massively early dinner.

I just want it to stop snowing.

I want spring.

I don’t need second winter.

I do need more coffee.

I always know there’s treasure buried somewhere in the junk

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It’s been a bit of a morning. Podrick was enjoying 4x4ing across my body this morning. He hurts as he lumbers anywhere. What got me out of bed this morning. I finally got somewhat comfortable, surprisingly flat on my back. I could breathe, I wasn’t over heating. Then, Podrick. I swear that he weighs more than 18 pounds, bolted across my chest.

Ok, ok, I’m awake.

It’s our boys 1st birthday today. He’s managed to make it around the sun for the first time. Now if we can get him to not bound across the bed in the morning, go up in Crystal’s end table, or try to get on the plant shelf, we’d be worlds ahead. so we’ll keep trying, because he’s cute.

He’s just. Podrick. I can’t explain him more than that. He is who he is, and he’s the cutest orange guy I’ve ever come across.

But boy can that boy eat.

Back to work this afternoon. Then a day off tomorrow. Then a run of four days. Yep, I’m working the weekend. TemuJensenAckles is in school for a new career, and is in BiggerTown taking classes and being at student, so we’ve been picking up his shifts.

I need more coffee, and some Advil. That must mean it’s Tuesday. Good morning world.

The thing about a small town, word’s gonna get around

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Back to life, back to reality.

Yep. Back to work this afternoon.

Good morning everyone. With Podrick was really good, after I woke up quickly at 5, or I fell into a deep sleep after rolling over again. I mean, I heard him fighting with Pippin. But honestly I don’t care. I refer sleep over anything he was or wasn’t doing. I was nice and warm, and comfortable. I could’ve stayed in bed for another hour or so. But I had to pee.

I did wake up at one point and thought to myself, that rain was coming down hard enough that I could hear in the bedroom over Sleep Daddy. It took me a while to figure out that it wasn’t actually raining outside. It was Sleep Daddy. After I figured that out, I fell back asleep again.

Yesterday was pretty nice. I almost fully relaxed, and could’ve fallen asleep about 4 or 5 times throughout the afternoon. Usually when that happened, I would get up and do something. The main time that could’ve fallen asleep, I got up and grabbed the Switch controller, and played Burnout for a while. I won some easy races, and got a couple of cars. Then my attention span started to falter.

Story of my life.

Chores were handled quickly, and the clothes were folded, and put away, while Pippin snuggled on Crystal’s small pile. Dinner was really good. We made Ghetto Chicken Sandwiches made to order just how we like them.

Who wants some coffee? I do! Happy Monday my friends.

Say what you will I done made the devil a deal

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Good morning, party people. I don’t know if I was sleeping deeper, or if Podrick has found some humility, and didn’t become an asshole until a little later just before 7. It’s what I appreciates about him, sometimes just letting me sleep a little. the sun is starting to rise earlier and earlier, and set later at night. Spring is slowly clawing its way back out into the open. But, winter is coming. The north remembers.

Last night was me introducing the 16 year old I was working with to some 90s hip hop. After about an hour and a half, it branched out to 2000 hip hop as well. We were bumping to Wu Tang Clan, Naughty by Nature, and even a little bit of Snow, and Heartbreaker by Mariah Carey. It was a pretty good night music wise, and customer wise. It was steady, but not in the way that it was overwhelming.

Every time we looked at the clock, time had actually passed pretty quickly, which was tip top to us. Like I said I was working with a teenager, with a new drivers licence, and a new girlfriend, so of course it’s my job to get us out of work as quickly as possible. No one wants to stay longer than you have to on a Friday night.

Which brings us to today. I have chores to do in a little while, and of course brunch. We have to go grocery shopping, but we’ll do that on my next day off – Wednesday. Today, like I said, chores. Then after brunch, I’ll head over to Shady Acres, and clean the pellet stove, and fill some buckets. That shouldn’t take too long, the I’ll be back at The Flat.

So let’s get this day started, with a coffee refill, and a happy pill. Then once we’re feeling human, that’s when the day can start. The lords day. Happy Sunday y’all!