Author: Shawshank

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

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

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Hello world.

Good morning, greetings and salutations. It’s a dark Sunday morning here in TinyTown. The coffee is brewing, and we’re awake, but not liking it this morning. After almost a week of setting the alarm for 4:30, it sure is nice to sleep in until 7. I had gotten up around 5, I think to go to the bathroom. I thought to myself, it’s gonna suck to reset the alarm for 4:30 tonight. And I was sad about it, until my mind told me, fool! You have Monday off! Rejoice! Rejoice! I did, and went back to sleep.

In an effort to just be “in the moment” with Crystal, I didn’t play any video games yesterday. I tried to watch an interesting documentary on an abandoned town in Massachusetts. I didn’t make it all the way, and went into the bedroom for a lay down. Even with that hour and a half nap, I passed right out at the normal bed time.

Weird.

I guess I needed the sleep.

Today will be a little bit the same. Except it’s chore day, which I’ll start in a little while. But it’ll be a lazy day here. Then this afternoon, we’ll be off to Shady Acres for dinner. Nothing major. But that’s later on this afternoon, so currently, it’s not even on the radar yet.

What is on the radar – coffee.

So I hope y’all have a great Sunday. It shouldn’t be too chilly out there. A little windy this afternoon, and possibly some sun peeking out before sunset.

Just chillin’ on the weekend, weekend sippin’ something on the cheap end, cheap end

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Awake, and waiting for the coffee to finish brewing. On the weekend. It was glorious to sleep in today. Even though, I was up early to hop over to the bathroom. I came back to bed, and fell right asleep again.

It’s dark out, but doesn’t but doesn’t feel like it’s too cold or windy out there. I’ll check the weather app a little later. I don’t think it’s supposed to snow or anything like that today. I was at work before the snow started, and the next day after it had snowed. All the old people in the town that come to the store, aren’t really complaining about the snow they’re just ready for spring.

I am too.

But, this winter isn’t done with us yet. I don’t remember if I wrote out my theory here. I think we have at least one or two more cold snaps that we’ll have to deal with, along with one, possibly 2 more snow storms.

Mother Nature isn’t done with us yet.

Not too much on deck for us today. In a little while, I’ll make the shopping list, and we’ll head out to SlightlyBiggerTown and do it. I’ll have to wake up a little more. It’ll be a nice drive I think today.

I ride on that thing like the cops is behind me (yuh, ah)

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Why doesn’t it feel like a Friday?

It feels more like a Wednesday.

I’m back from work, and I don’t have to go in until Tuesday. That’s a good thing. It’s been a hella long ass week. But I got cheap gas today which is really nice.

Nothing much is too different here. I’m tracking Crystal’s birthday gift, and it won’t sadly get here until the day after her birthday. Goddamn it, I just can’t win! Thankfully, her original gifts arrived back in January, so I just have to get some wrapping paper when we go out tomorrow morning.

I don’t have anything else to say. I’m tired, slightly annoyed, but that’ll pass. So yeah, it’s fucking Friday. We have to go to the mediocre restaurant this evening, because the good one closed for the week. Annoying? Yep, but it’s understandable.

Happy Friday everyone.

Here’s your ticket pack your bag time for jumpin’ overboard

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So it snowed here last night. When u went out this morning to look around and have a smoke, I looked over to the Hot Mess Express, and it looked like there was like a foot of snow on top. So I figured when I went out to start it, I’d just stay out and clean it off, and then head to work a little early. So I did that, and headed off to work.

Well, I was a little early. So I get out, and just started to shovel. I’m sure it was appreciated. It’s a nice day out, the wind is hardly blowing, so it wasn’t too bad out. And it needed to be done.

I shovelled about 4 or 5 times before the shift was over. It’s nice exercise, and it’s mindless. So that’s that I did. Plus, it’s really nice when you come in, to grab a hot chocolate.

I was wondering what some of the highway cams looked like whilst the snow fell down, so I took a look. It didn’t look pretty out there.

I wonder what’s for dinner tonight? Crystal hasn’t said anything yet. We’ll figure it out.