Author: Shawshank

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

It’s time for Christmas Day (Go Jenna) buy a small tree like Hoda Kotb for the holiday

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It’s Sunday morning, and it feels warmer today, than it was yesterday. That means that the wind has finally died down. It was crazy yesterday. It was supposed to go away in the early afternoon, and it slowed, but it never actually went away.

Work was pretty good yesterday. It was somewhat busy, right after we opened, but died off to a trickle, then picked back up again. It was a good day. I learned how to dip. That was exciting.

I got home and made a few slices of bacon, and then tots, and finally cheeseburgers. It was a glorious meal to be had. We had it, and we were totes full. It was so good. I can fry up a really good burger.

Today is supposed to be chore day, but I have a staff Christmas party to go to today. I’m kind of annoyed that Crystal can’t come, but it’s an unsanctioned party after hours at the shop. So I can understand. I’m not going to stick around too long. But since it’s the Christmas party, and a secret Santa thing, I have to go and get my santee their present, and get a box of cake mix and frosting to bring tonight.

Also Subway.

So yeah, all chores will be taken care of tomorrow, that includes brunch. I’ll also be stripping the bed, and washing that as well.

Next weeks schedule should fly by – 3 opening shifts, a mid shift, and a Sunday shift. This week will be going by quickly I hope.

But for right now – coffee and contemplation. Happy Sunday, you bunch of glorious assholes!

Later we’ll have some pumpkin pie and we’ll do some caroling

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*yawn* here we are again. Early freakin morning, on a Saturday. I’ll be working in a few hours. I think it took a minute for me to fall asleep, but when I did, I only woke up one or two times. The first time was either 12:22, or 2:22. I was warm. Glistening, in fact. I slid both my legs out from under the cover embraced the cold for a second or two, and fell back asleep, feeling cooler. The second time was even shorter. I think it was either 5, or 6 am. Again, just for a second, before I fell back asleep until the alarm went off.

The coffee has been brewed, and we’re enjoying the first couple of sips, as we both start to write our daily posts. Crystal gave the cats some catnip this morning, and they have both partaken of it. Partook? I’m not an English major to figure that out. It’s still early, maybe I’ll figure it out sometime today.

Yep I have to work today. My first weekend shift. If yesterday is an indicator, it should be pretty busy today. For about an hour and a half to two hours last night. For me it was busy. Car after car, and a steady stream of customers coming in. We got through it, and after the “rush” it became manageable when the swing shift left, leaving me and the closing (for lack of a better word) manager. Closing didn’t have any problems, and we got out of there right when we were supposed to. I don’t think that I forgot to do anything, and the shop looked pretty good when we left.

And now, here we are. Chaucer is gonna be annoyed after I hit publish, as I’ll be having to get up to go to the bathroom. But that’s ok, he’ll get over it. Let’s go Saturday! Hopefully the shift will go without a hitch, and time flies. But first, let’s have some coffee!

Hey Griswold, where do you think you’re gonna put a tree that big?

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Welp, here we are again. Good morning my friends. I once asked a guy I worked with long ago, that if you have to work on Saturday, is Friday still an important milestone for the week. He said of course it is, it’s still the end of the week, and that’s fuckin important! Don’t shit on Fridays.

I consider that pretty sage advice.

Happy Friday everyone! We’ve made it! It’s been a long week of closing the shop, then opening it, and here we are, closing the shop tonight. Tomorrow will be my first weekend shift. I’m told it’s busy.

I got my first pay check today. woohoo!

Yesterday wasn’t too bad. The day went pretty quickly, until about noon, then time seemed to slow for a little while. Then all of a sudden, it was time to go. I flew out and drove home, ready to relax for a bit.

I gave Crystal the choice of going out for dinner or just ordering a pizza. She chose pizza, and it was pizza day, so we got two free appetizers. I believe she enjoyed the mozzarella sticks over the mushroom bites.

It was yummy, but a dense pizza. I could only get three pieces in me. I was stuffed.

But today is a new day. Let’s see what happens today!

I really can’t stay but baby it’s cold outside

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Hey hey, bitches. It’s ya boy. It’s very bright outside which was the complete opposite of this morning when it was very dark out. But surprisingly warmish out.

I got up, and shut off the alarm, and stumbled into the bathroom to do my thing, and get dressed. Coffee on, cats fed. I watched a little bit of the news this morning. More on for not noise, but something.

I made my lunch, ate breakfast, and started the Hot Mess. I pull into work and mentally prepare myself to start the day. I much prefer the morning shift – not the waking up at the ass crack of dawn? But because the opening shift has stuff to do, unless second shift got a lot done.

They got a lot done.

So I do my usual morning routine, and then… pretty much both me and the BossLady just didn’t do too much of anything. I mean we did stuff, but since there wasn’t too much to do, we didn’t do anything too quickly. If you know what I mean.

Since there was only two of us, and the boss was putting in her order, I was left to myself to do most of the stuff I was trained for. I got through it without any problems, which is awesome! I can still learn new things! It just takes a little longer for it to sink in.

We’re getting pizza for dinner tonight, since I’ll be working our usual date night. It’s pizza day at the restaurant close to the Flat, and we’ll be getting some free appetizers, yum!

Which is good, because I’m a little peckish.