Author: Shawshank

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

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn’t bad so I had one more for dessert

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*yawn*

Good morning my friends. If I said it was a bright and sunny day out there, I’d be lying. It’s gray, but the wind has died down a bit. It’s supposed to be windy and gusty tomorrow.

But we’ll deal with that tomorrow.

Today isn’t the day that we have to worry about. Today is the day that the chores get done. But what about yesterday, Shawshank? What did you do yesterday? You always recap the day before.

Fine, you silly people. Yesterday wasn’t too bad. It was a great relaxing day. But before the relaxing could start, there had to be some work. Around 11 my dad showed up to look at the Hot Mess Express. He determined that the alternator was still good and doing its job, so we removed the battery and drove it down the street and replaced it.

Within 10ish minutes, the Hot Mess lives again! Woohoo! A new tiny little batter is in the engine compartment. I was asked to let it run for a little bit, so I drove to the gas station, filled it up, grabbed a couple of items, and then it was off to the grocery store to get dinner.

With that grabbed, back home!

Crystal was already streaming Skyrim. So I hopped on to moderate (terribly, of course), and laugh at the foot people simply begging for “soles”. They’re so funny. As the young kids say they have no chill. It’s always amusing.

At the tail end of the stream, I was already making dinner, so when that was ready, Crystal shut off the stream and we feasted. We snuggled in the couch and watched The Haunting of Bly Manor on Netflix. It’s pretty good. VERY creepy. I like it so far.

And now, here we are. sunday Sunday SUNDAY. Yeppers, let’s get the day started. Happy chore day y’all 🙂

Oh, the weather outside is frightful but the fire is so delightful

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Ever since it snowed here, all I can think of is Christmas music. It’s weird, I know. But that’s what happened. It’s a windy grayish morning out there. But the sun is rising, and I had to grab a picture for Crystal.

I think I slept like the dead last night. I creaked into bed, and it didn’t take a long time for me to fall asleep. I don’t believe I moved around too much, and the alarm didn’t scare me too much this morning. I still have to fix the volume. Course I say that every morning. One day I’ll fix it.

Not too much on deck today. I think around 11, I’ll call my dad, and he said he’d meet up with me to get a new battery for the Hot Mess Express. Maybe Crystal will have to change the name to The Phoenix. Because the Hot Mess will rise again!

Other than that, nothing is really planned. I mean I don’t have anything planned so we’ll figure it out!

We took my parents out to dinner last night. They had to pick us up. That’s fine. We had our usual table all laid out for us when we got there. I kinda slid into the “drama” of the restaurant, by hiding a fly swatter. There was a ransom note. I showed one of the employees where it’s hidden, and the owner said once I gave her a clue, she spotted it right away. I left a note of my own that will be on their table when they go in this morning. All because of what they wrote in the local “news paper” it’s been hidden in the same place now for two weeks.

Ok, I hate to cut this short, but I need more coffee. Hopefully, it brightens up and maybe if it’s not too much to ask, warm up a little out there? Maybe? Please?!

Seven a.m., waking up in the morning

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TGI motherfucking F. it’s finally the end of the longest week ever. It’s weird, the days went by painfully slow, but the week itself, moved relatively quickly. If that makes sense. I don’t know if it does. But here we are.

Since we’re north of the wall, the snow has started, and snowed again last night. Crystal proclaimed that the sun is no more because it wasn’t up yet. I don’t think that we’ll see too much of it.

We started another creepy Halloween series last night – The Haunting of Boy Manor. We watched the first episode last night. Kids are creepy. British kids are wicked creepy. The two kids they got for the roles are perfect.

I crawled into bed last night and didn’t move, but for once. I woke up briefly to find myself on my back with a kitten between my legs. I knew I couldn’t stay like that, so I heaved myself onto my side.

Then the alarm went off. Or at least it felt like that.

Least it didn’t scare me this morning. That’s a good thing for sure.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful

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Yep, it snowed yesterday, and it stuck. According to one of my weather apps, it’s not supposed to snow today. That’s a good thing, as our sale starts today. We need a good group to come through, to put BossLadys mind at ease.

I slept ok yesterday. While I was up about five minutes before the alarm went off, Crystal on the other hand, has been up for at least 3 hours. That makes me sad, because I can’t fix that. She deserves some awesome sleeps. Instead, she’s up when it’s still dark out.

It was a busy day at work. Just scrambling to finish everything up and prepare for today. I think we’re pretty much ready for whatever is thrown at us. Either way the sale starts today.

I don’t have too much else. Let’s greet the day, and kick it right in the dick hole. Happy Thursday, the weekend is almost here. Let’s hope it comes quickly!

Jesus, I need more coffee.