Author: Shawshank

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

All I want for Christmas is you

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Oh geez, I almost totally forgot to post today. I don’t have a lot of time in the mornings when I have to be up for first shift, so I figured that I would post as soon as I got home. Well, I was tired, so I went onto the bed for a quick hour nap. Pippin chose to come to bed with me, and snuggled right up under my chin, where she stayed for the hour that I was there.

Lawd, 4:30 cones wicked early – especially when I only lightly slept until about 12:30 or so this morning. I was either too hot, or way too cold. I did manage to fall into a nice deep sleep until Crystal’s alarm went off, which I quickly shut off, then 2 minutes later, mine went off. I shut the second alarm off pretty quickly, and started my day.

Feed the cats.

Turn on the coffee.

Eat a quick breakfast of a bowl of cereal.

Start the car, to let it warm up.

Make lunch.

From there I drove to work, and started the day. Turning on the lights, making coffee, verifying last nights counts. You know, all the fun stuff.

It was very slow this morning. Before I left, the delivery came, so for the last half hour, I put as much product out before I left.

So when I got home, I was a little tired, so like I said I put myself down for a nap. It was nice, and when I got up, I was freezing. I’ve slowly warmed up over the course of a couple of hours.

I fed the kitties.

And then I started dinner. Crystal gave me the choice of hamburgers or poutine. I chose poutine, and I am a fat man right now. Crystal just finished the dishes m, and Pippin has taken over the cube. I’m sure Chaucer just decided it wasn’t worth the effort, so I believed that he just went up onto the bed.

Another early day tomorrow. I’m working my first weekend day on Saturday. Then it’ll be the staff Christmas party on Sunday. Oh happy day!

12 drummers drumming

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Here we are again, o dark thirty. I’m a broken record, but I slept like the dead. It only took mere minutes for me to drift off to sleep. I think I was up, and out to the bathroom around 2 or 3. Or I just woke up and look at the clock. I really can’t remember. The next time I woke up, it was 6:58. Come on! Why couldn’t I just wake up when the alarm went off?!

But here we are.

Awake.

It wasn’t a bad day at work last night. Kinda slow. But we got it done, and made more money than first shift. The night crew kids are very nice, and so much patience for an old dude like me. So far, I get a long pretty well with everyone. I’m on my third week this week, and things are starting to click. Slowly. But they’re clicking.

Today is the last day off until Sunday I believe. Two opening shifts then a closing shift, and then Saturday shift – 9-6. Should be too bad. And I should be getting my first pay check on Friday.

Nothing major planned for today – heading over to the second hand store, and the post office. We gotta pack up the package for the in-laws today. Other than that, nothing is planned. Which is nice.

I’m gonna end this today, I need to get more coffee, and do some other things. But I have a snuggly Chaucer. He’ll be mad that he needs to move, but he’ll get over it. Happy Tuesday y’all 🙂

11 pipers piping

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Good morning. I was up mere minutes before the alarm went off. I think, that I actually fell asleep with one minute left – so the alarm was a little frightening when it went off. But here we are now.

The kittens have been fed, and their litter cleaned. Chaucer is wandering around. I need to get some more paper towel out just in case he pops. I really should get up and get another roll out.

It was a chilly day when we actually went out into the world. Inside, nice and warm. I took over the Switch yesterday. I think I beat No Man’s Sky. I’m not too sure though. My character woke up and again my ship was missing and damaged somewhere on the planet. I just called another ship and left the planet.

I needed up selling my class S ship, and I started rebuilding on a class B ship. It looks cooler, and it actually is functional with the solar sail. The solar sail is nice because it recharges some of your systems. So it’s cheaper in the long run.

Long story short, I’m back to square one. I have once again, no idea what I’m doing. I’ll keep going for a little bit longer just to see what’s happening in the game. I’m enjoying it.

After that, we headed over to Shady Acres. Mom handed us three small food totes of cookies. She says she’s just about finished baking.

We have cookies!

When we got home, Crystal fired up the Switch and played some Divinity 2 until it was time for hot cocoa. We fell into bed, and I was out in record time.

Ten lords a-leaping

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“It’s Sunday, it’s brunch day. Are you ready for a piece of bacon?” – Crystal to Chaucer. Just minutes ago.

The coffee has finished brewing, and Chaucer is in between us, and snuggly and purry. It’s Sunday. And all the light in the world is gone only blackness. Blackness and snow. That is an our life now. Winter is here.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. We got up and did our morning thing, like you do. Coffee, and Dateline. I got up and cleaned off the Hot Mess Express, since I didn’t drive it to work on Friday. I wanted to clean it off before date night. From there, we hopped into my mom’s truck and headed off in an easterly direction to SlightlyBiggerTown.

Shopping went very well. We got what was on the list, and a couple of items that I forgot to put on the list. It was busy. A little busier than normal. When we were finished, we roll up to a check out. No one is there, but the light is on. This is normal. The cashier is usually a couple lanes down, normally bagging. So we get all the product on the belt and someone comes over and tells us that the cashier was there but forgot to shut off her light, and that she would be over when she got her line down.

No problems. Were patient.

After a couple of minutes, I think the manager came over to check us out. We got everything bagged, and headed on our merry way. We hit up the dollar store, and then the pharmacy. After those to places, we popped over to the weed superstore and grabbed a little something something.

We came home and I dropped off mom’s truck and walked back for a very quick lunch. After lunch I got a turn on the switch. Well not a turn, I asked if I could play and an enthusiastic yes from Crystal. I’ve been all work and no play during the week so it was nice to settle down and play.

I played before and after dinner. No Man’s Sky is great, but is very slow. Usually after about an hour and a half of playing, that’s when actual stuff starts to happen. And true to that, I slowly started to move the main story line forward. Then you notice that it’s 9pm. So I logged off and made some hot chocolate for the both of us.

Holy cow, I’m talkative today. Happy Sunday, let’s kick some chores in the balls and claim the day!