Author: Shawshank

I’m just a 40-something bearded guy trying to get a fresh start.

Hoping it’ll take me just a little farther down the line

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Back to work this morning. Mid shift today. So of course I’m up early because, I had an alarm set. My body loves to wake up hours before the alarm goes off, to fucking make sure I’m awake. Always hours before the alarm. This time, it started at 4am. Then I woke up at 5:40.

Fuck it. Time to get up.

I’m gonna write this post, and then get up, shower, and get dressed. Hopefully the 8-4 shift will go somewhat quickly.

Fingers crossed.

The New England Patriots are in the Superb Owl for the first time since, I believe they said, 2019. So yeah, it’s been a while. It’s been a heck of a rebuilding decade. It’ll be the patriots vs. The Seahawks. It should be a good game.

Coffee is brewing, but I already have a cup. Once I shower, I’ll see if Crystal would like to get up. Then, I’ll spend the last minutes of warmth on the couch before heading to work.

Happy Monday everyone!

‘Cause they’ll never stay home and they’re always alone

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Here I am. Woke. Up by Podrick lumbering over me multiple times. I swear I’m gonna have bruises all over my legs and hip. He is a heavy little bastard.

We didn’t do a whole lot of too much yesterday. We headed out to SlightlyBiggerTown town right after I procured some more fuel. The drive there was nice. Not a lot of traffic, but there never is. We went to all the shops that we wanted to, and we grabbed some extra joints to set us up for Crystal’s Birthday that’s coming up in a couple of weeks.

After we returned, we put the groceries away, and ate our Subway sandwiches. We watched on the news about the ICE agent shooting an American citizen in Minnesota. Shits going down, and I don’t think it’s good.

After a bit, I turned on Red Dead Redemption, and played for a couple of hours. I passed the controller to The Beautiful One so she could play Saints Row 3, while I made the cats dinner. Around 6:30 dinner was made and we sat down to watch Saturday Nights Main Event.

Of course Sami won.

She’s the only one who really understands what gets me, she thinks my tractor’s sexy

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I came to, and it was dark. Sleep daddy’s lo-fi music was still playing in my ears. Podrick was raising hell, as he does on Crystal’s side of the bed, and when he didn’t get what he wanted over there, he’d stomp across my legs. He’d sit on top of the dresser which doubles as my nightstand, then walk back over me to terrorize Crystal again.

I have no idea how long The beautiful One has been awake for. Probably since at least 5 or 5:30. I feel bad. I hate it when you just wake up. It’s happened to me before.

So today, we’ll be bundling up, and heading to SlightlyBiggerTown for some supplies. It’s not too bad out there. The wind has died down and we’ve just settled into cold. It’s -27° out there this morning. Compared to the last couple of days, and practically t-shirt and shorts weather.

And it’ll warm up a little more, when the sun actually rises.

Coffee will be the substitute until then.

It’s Saturday, y’all!

That old diesel engine made an eerie sound

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We’ve been in a cold snap in the area. I checked my weather app last night, and it told me it was -45° with the wind. Well, the wind has died down a little this morning, but it’s still freakin cold out there. like I told the kid I was working with last night, “it’s not that bad out. I don’t mind the cold.” He minded the cold, and told me that he hasn’t been able to find his long underwear for a “couple of weeks”. So he ran the register.

It’ll be just as cold this afternoon. I’ll be in just as many layers as yesterday. I’m the adult this evening. It shouldn’t be too bad in fact, I think it’s going to be a good day. All that stands between me and the weekend, is an 8 hour shift. I got this!

I had a pretty good sleep. I woke up a couple of times in the night. I think some time in the night, for the first time in a long time, my knee locked up. Weird. I straightened it out and passed back out. Sleep daddy was doing his job. Then I don’t know when, I began to sleep on my neck wrong. Yep, stiff neck today. Woo!

It’s cold, it’s dark, it’s January, north of the wall.

Started out as just a little bit of southern buzz

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Good morning my friends. Podrick let me sleep until 7 this morning just as he was really starting to become Podrick. So I rolled out of bed, and the day has begun. Let’s go.

Work wasn’t bad yesterday. As I was pulling in, the coke truck was driving up. So at least that arrived, and wouldn’t be a surprise in the next few hours. The other vendor arrived yesterday. So that’s not too bad. We got a new flavour of Pepsi in yesterday. I tried it. It’s not bad. So I bought one for The Beautiful One a bottle as well. Maple syrup flavoured Pepsi. Interesting.

Other than that? It was a quiet day. Not too busy. I’m sorry this is so short this morning. I just don’t have a lot of words this morning. I need more coffee. I need the stuffiness to drain out of my nose. Maybe tomorrow’s post will be a lot better. Have a great Thursday everyone!