Author: Shawshank

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

And the gravedigger puts on the forceps*

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By the time I had chosen the featured picture and started the upload, I noticed that I had already used the picture. I uploaded it anyways. So here we are. I nudged the heat up just a little bit. Just enough to turn it on. Just to take the edge off.

Winter is coming.

The bed was snuggly and we were a mess of legs. Every day when the alarm goes off, it scares me, and I just a little. Every day. And every day I think to myself, I need to turn the volume down. I always forget.

Maybe tonight will be different.

We’ll see.

I was having strange dreams. We were either hiding from something, or preparing to run or attack something. It was weird.m, as the dream I think, was playing out through flashbacks. I haven’t seen the whole dream, so I don’t really know what was going on.

So yesterday, I ended up jumping the truck, and we headed into SlightlyBiggerTown for some groceries. It wasn’t too busy in the store, as we got there just literally minutes after they opened. So everything was nice and stocked. I don’t think we were in there too long. Before we could spit, we were on our way back to TinyTown.

We made it back and settled into a fun afternoon. Crystal was a paid monkey on TikTok. I had fun moderating the chat. By moderating, I mean I read stuff out to her, after she had already replied to the crowd. But I was having fun.

I was told I could be a voice actor.

I believe that I was being lied to.

But I ready from the book of Twilight, and all was good. It was a fun afternoon.

I don’t plan on doing a whole bunch of anything today. It’s the calm before the storm. BossLady is back today, and her first full day in the shop is tomorrow. yay.

But first, more coffee.

* how do you put on forceps? Also, why would a gravedigger have forceps?

He lives on my block and he drives an IROC

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It’s a gray morning this morning. I slept ok. I was today turny. Pippin at one point wanted to snuggle, but couldn’t commit to actually coming over to snuggle, so she walked away. I think it was around six, when I heard a weird sound coming from the bathroom. She was behind the door, playing with the lid from one of Crystal’s razors. I grabbed that and tossed it in the trash. Did my business, and crawled back into bed.

I just couldn’t get comfortable. I was too warm, then too chilly. I finally fell back to sleep, only to have the alarm go off, what felt like 30 seconds later. We’re both up now. When I got up, my mom had texted me fifteen minutes earlier, cancelling dinner for tonight, as she had in her words, a wicked migraine. I wished her well, and now my mind is trying to figure out something for dinner.

Thankfully, we’ll be headed out in a few hours for groceries over in SlightlyBiggerTown. I just checked the hours, and we’ll be heading out to arrive when they open at 11. That’ll give me sometime to write up a list for us.

But for right now, I have a snuggly Chaucer, Pippin is snacking. It’s going to be a nice day. Viva la Sunday!

Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody

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This is going to be a quick post, as I’ll be heading into work a little early this morning, in about a half hour or so. Since we’re still technically closed in preparation for the big sale, there’s just a couple of things that I want to take care of before we open again next week.

I didn’t sleep all that great last night. Pippin really wanted to snuggle this morning around 3. I tried to make a space for her. She cuddled up, but then she suddenly didn’t want to be there, so she got up, and ran some place else. She tried that once or twice.

It looks like it’s supposed to be somewhat nice out there. Highs in the 50s, and all that. Hopefully it won’t be windy like it was yesterday. That’s a good thing because one thing that I have to do is to clean out a bit of the warehouse.

But everything will be ready for next week. We’ve done pretty much all that we can. It was a total group effort. Just the final push now

Four hours between me and the weekend. I think I can make it! Coffee!

A saxophone was blowing on a Rock ‘n’ Roll show

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It’s morning now, I was up 3 minutes before the alarm. Before the alarm went off, I felt a cat snuggle up. You can always rely on Chaucer to snuggle in. In fact, he’s already on my lap. He’s stretched out on my legs. I pretty much closed my eyes and then the alarm went off.

Yesterday at work, we’re repricing for a very large sale. We had to call in all hands on deck. I had probably 90-95% of the store priced, but there was still a pile of tags, and we needed help. It took 3 people all day to get the sales floor up to snuff. But it’s done. We’re almost ready for the sale to begin.

But more importantly, it’s Friyay! Oh god it’s been a long week, but the days have gone quickly. If you can understand that. I just want to make it through the day as quickly as possible.

But before all that, I need fuel. Coffee. Black gold. I’m working on that right now. You should too. Enjoy your Friyay. The weekend is almost here.