Author: Shawshank

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

Five golden toques

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Good morning my friends! It’s another dark morning out there. However, it doesn’t seem that cold out there. the coffee is brewing, and all that happy horseshit. The cats are doing cat things. We think Chaucer just ate a leaf, Pippin of course, is doing Pippin things.

My first closing shot was last night. I definitely prefer the morning shift – there’s way more things to do. More stuff to put away, just more things in general. I think there was a lot more downtime at night as well – less people coming through the doors. But for the most part, we got everything done long before the evening was over.

I left, and decompressed for about a half hour at home. I chose not to shower last night before bed, I’ll do it in a couple of hours, as it’s a week of closing, so I don’t have to be in until 1.

We are getting closer to the weekend. That’s a good thing. But we’re not quite there yet, but we’re making headway. Viva la weekend!

Four calling birds

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Morning all. It’s been a morning already. I was fast asleep, until 6am. Then I was awake. Awake and very tossy turny. I couldn’t get comfortable, and then I was too hot, or too cold. Then I started to get anxious. My mind said, you’ve been doing so well at work, what if it was a fluke, and you really suck ass there. You’re stupid, and sooner or later, they’re gonna figure it out. So here’s some anxiety for you to try and deal with. Have fun, idiot. You deserve this.

So needless to say, yeah. Tough morning so far. But I’m up, dressed, and the coffee has been brewed. I already have Chaucer on my lap. I’m trying to discretely do some deep breathing and just trying to calm down. I mean, it’s not too bad, but it’s been a while since I had a panic attack. I didn’t even have one before I started the new job. Why the hell did it pop up this morning?

Nevermind, it’ll pass. Hopefully quickly. But it’ll pass.

Yesterday was a nice relaxing day. I took care of the chores first thing. I thought I’d have 3 loads of laundry, but I managed to get it into two. Which is nice. The sweaters are hanging over the doors to dry. As the laundry was going, I made brunch. It turned out pretty good, except for the fact that I dropped one of Crystal’s waffles, and it broke in half, but she said that was ok. She’s a trooper for sure.

We went over to Shady Acres for dinner, and that was good. It’s relaxing over there. Mom made some beef stroganoff, and it was very good, minus the mushrooms.

After there, we came back to the Flat, and relaxed some more before heading to bed. It feels warmer out there, which explains why I felt a lot warmer this morning, than yesterday or the day before.

So happy Monday y’all. It should get better as the day goes on. Let’s get the week started!

Three French hens

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Another dark morning. Coffee is brewing, and I’m struggling to shake the cobwebs from my head. It was a pretty good sleep. I’m still tired though. I don’t know if I’ll ever not be tired, but here we are. Good morning my friends, welcome to Sunday!

I’m pretty sure I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. The last thing that I remember is calling for Chaucer, who was singing the song of this people. I think I was still awake when he finally jumped up onto the bed. I don’t think I was awake when he finally got comfortable.

We’ll never know. Chaucer doesn’t speak English.

But here we are. When I’m finished with this post I’ll be getting up and doing laundry. We’ll probably have three loads this morning. I have to wash the sweaters that I wore all last week. Other than that, it’s a typical Sunday, which one difference: I go back to work tomorrow. The days of having three day weekends are over!

That’s ok. A normal schedule is just fine with me. I just gotta get used to it. Once I am, we’ll be right as rain.

Ok, let’s get comfy for a bit. Wake up for a little while, then it’s time for chores. Need a little more coffee in the system first. Plus Chaucer is on my lap.

Happy Sunday friends!

Two turtle-doves

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Good morning my fritends. Good morning from a normal time! It’s the weekend, and I really shouldn’t be getting used to the weekends anymore. Soon, I’ll be in “general population”, and I’ll be scheduled all over the place. But for this weekend, at least, it’s normal.

Later on in the morning, I’ll be slowly finishing my transition to small town living. I’ll be doing my shopping in town today. Yep, I don’t feel like driving 30 minutes to grocery shop in SlightlyBiggerTown, so I’ll do it here. Whatever the little grocery store doesn’t have, I’ll check the gas station/convenience store. Don’t worry my friends, we’ll have enough food.

Yesterday wasn’t too bad. I’m getting used to all the cobbled together computer systems. It’s also be a heck of a long time since I had to be on my feet the whole day. The first three days was really hard on my back, but Thursday and Friday was too bad. Next week I have a week of closing shifts.

But today, it’s some grocery shopping and maybe breakfast for dinner. I don’t know yet. We’ll figure it out.

But before all that can happen, it’s coffee time. We’ll wait for the sun to come up and then we’ll figure out the day.