Life And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne Shawshank, January 1, 2026 Happy 2026! I hope ya a great year to you and yours, from me and mine. We didn’t make it to midnight. In fact, we were probably unconscious long before midnight. We tried, but Crystal, like Icarus, flew too close to the sun, and was ready for bed. To tell the truth, so was I… Continue Reading
Life And in the evening she’s a singer with the band, yeah Shawshank, January 2, 2026 Podrick was Podrick last night. The mess was cleaned up this morning. I slept pretty well, considering, I went to bed about an hour early, due to dizziness, and the fear of passing out. So I crawled, literally into bed, and went to sleep. Well, tried to. First, too hot. Next, too cold. Finally, I… Continue Reading
Life Well, I’ve been afraid of changing ’cause I built my life around you Shawshank, January 3, 2026 Sleep came quick last night, but I was up and down a lot. Instead of waking Crystal every time I wanted to know what time it was, I just looked at my phone. The first time I woke up it was 12:40, then 3:44, and then the alarm scared the shit out of me. Alarm… Continue Reading
Life Times get harder give me a fire starter, drench myself up in holy water Shawshank, January 4, 2026 We’re up again. It’s a new day. Podrick likes to use the bed as a jungle gym, and bound overtop of me, and probably Crystal as well, but I can only talk about me. After 4 or 5 times of him bounding and climbing over me, I mumbled, asking what time it is. When told,… Continue Reading
Life She moves, she moves between the hours of twilight Shawshank, January 5, 2026 Good morning everyone. It’s the start of another work week today. Podrick, clocked in early today. He’s just a go-getter. What can I say? He really loves his work. He concentrated on Crystal’s side of the bed this morning. He has the super power of making just enough noise that I can hear him over… Continue Reading
Life Well, I’m in my own self-inflicted misery Shawshank, January 6, 2026 It’s morning again. It always comes so quickly. Podrick was pretty good this morning. Only quietly walking across us. Over and over, and over again. Now, he’s testing our patience, and yelling at us, when we prevent him from getting on the top shelf. He’s not too bad right now. Just sitting and watching us.… Continue Reading
Life Pick him up at seven and they’re headin’ to the rodeo Shawshank, January 7, 2026 Morning. Podrick was being Podrick this morning. I don’t know what he was doing, but he landed on the me twice this morning. I ignored the first one, but the second one, I couldn’t. I’m up now. I had a terrible sleep last night. It took forever to fall asleep. I had to restart Sleep… Continue Reading
Life Who will you call up when the plane starts to go down? Shawshank, January 8, 2026 We climbed into bed last night, kisses were exchanged. Snuggles started. I turned on my sleepy time video, and got comfortable. Within, probably just a couple of minutes, I was out. Dead to the world. That hasn’t happened in a long time. I stayed asleep until Podrick started his shenanigans this morning. He was digging… Continue Reading