Author: Shawshank

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

He waited his whole damn life to take that flight

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It’s about that time again. Time to make the post. Welcome back my friends to the show the show that never ends. We’re all awake here, apparently, the cats and Crystal have been up for a while. Crystal tells me that Pippin was right on top of us. I didn’t feel her, but I can totes believe it.

Yesterday wasn’t too bad of a day. Worked the Boxing Day shift. It wasn’t too bad at all. Totally manageable. It was a good shift for sure. Nothing totally overwhelming. The shift moved pretty quickly. We were out of there on time. After work, I flew home, and made some amazing sandwiches – leftover turkey sandwiches. I made some homemade noodles as well, I was a hungry hippo.

We don’t have anything to do today, save shipping out the in-laws package. We’ve never been good at shipping stuff out on time, so to uphold that tradition, it’ll be packed up and shipped out today. Hopefully, at the same time there should be some packages at the PO as well. If so, I’ll be wrapping when I get home. We’ll play it by ear.

But before all that happens, coffee. And kitten snuggles. Chaucer was just patiently waiting to come up, but noticed Pippin eating out of his dish. He pushed her out of it, and is eating. Again.

Welcome to Wednesday!

Er hatte Schulden, denn er trank doch ihn liebten alle Frauen

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Guten morgen everyone. Welcome to Boxing Day. I have to work this morning, so mentally I’m already preparing for the day. It’s dark, as per normal for this time of the year.

It was a really good day yesterday. We got up at the normal time, and I bought White Christmas, so that’s what we watched whilst having our morning coffee. It’s a long movie, so we finished up watching as Crystal put on her makeup.

From there, we popped over to Grammas, where we opened some presents, and chit-chatted for a while. Then we went into the activity room, and had a gorgeous scrumptious lunch. So technically I had Christmas dinner twice yesterday. The cook at the home is really good. Everything was from scratch.

I wasn’t to fond of the Watergate salad, and the Christmas pudding, but everything else was really good. After lunch, we walked my gramma back to her room, grabbed all of our jackets and hats and stuff, and my gramma led the way to the entrance. We all gave her hugs and kisses and we went home, and my parents – back to Shady Acres.

Crystal bought me Cult of the Lamb on the switch, so that’s what I tried out for a few hours before we had to be at Shady Acres. It’s a really fun and neat game. I have 5 followers in my cult.

We went over around three, mom put on Eddie Murphy’s Amazon Christmas movie – Candy Cane Lane. It was a cute movie, mostly predicable, but not too bad. I went into the kitchen and helped my mom with dinner, where I got a kick ass burn on my right index finger. I was transferring a cast iron frying pan from the oven to the counter, and the pot holder I had wasn’t a good one, and the heat jumped through very quickly. I managed to get it to the counter without screaming or swearing! It was a Christmas miracle.

It was a really really good day. We went to bed sleepy, those damn sugarplums dancing in our heads. I was up around 6, but managed to mostly fall asleep again until the alarm went off. And now here we are. I think it’s Tuesday.

It’s Boxing Day. So make sure you give gifts to your downstairs staff, they appreciate it.

I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes, Christmas is all around me and so the feeling grows

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Good morning my friends. It’s Christmas Day here, and what Christmas presents have arrived, have been opened. I got a kick ass pair of gloves for work, my digits will totes be warm! I got Crystal something that she said she liked in passing, and she loved it, I think.

This morning I tried to buy White Christmas on Amazon, but I don’t think it worked it’s been a while since I’ve bought something online, it’s supposed to be instant right? I ended up purchasing it on YouTube. Instant. We’re watching it now. And of course, I’m (and I’m sure Crystal is a little) emotional. For Crystal, it’s big sweeping visuals and beautiful music, for me – Christmas. I always get emotional when it’s just me and Crystal.

Today will be an action packed day. First stop is at the Lodge to have lunch with Gramma, and to place a FaceTime call to my aunt and uncle in Florida. That should be fun. Then back to the Flat for a little bit, then to Shady Acres for Christmas dinner. I have to wonder if my dad will put on National Lampoons Christmas Vacation when we get there. We’ll exchange some presents. The bulk of the presents will arrive a couple of days. It was just timing, and my pay check. I’ll do better.