Author: Shawshank

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

Life is demanding without understanding

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Hey guys, I’m home. Well I’ve been home for a while. I turned on the game right away. I got some bad news whilst at work from my mom. They got the results of the testing back from all my dad’s problems. He’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer. It’s started to go into the bone.

Sigh.

I’m not going to get into it now, besides that’s all I know. But it sure put a dampener on the rest of the shift. She’s already asked for help, and I’ve told her that she’ll get it. All she has to do is ask, and we’ll be there.

So yeah, it’s a typical Monday Tuesday morning here in TinyTown.

But yeah, I pretty much came home and turned on No Man’s Sky. I’m playing around with Lil Peeper.

Time for Lil Peeper to spread her wings!

<insert song lyrics here>

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It’s Monday, I think. I climbed into bed last night, and didn’t move until about 6:30. I really don’t think I moved, as I’m a little stiff and sore. It was a great totally do nothing day yesterday. We didn’t get dressed at all, and just lazed about all day.

We played some video games, I read a little, and we ate. That’s about all that we did. Sure, chores were completed, but really that was it. I made us a really good brunch as load #1 was in the dryer. After all the laundry was done, Crystal fired up Disco Elysium and advanced the plot a few pegs on the ladder. After, I played some No Man’s Sky, and totally didn’t advance the plot. I don’t even know how to anymore.

After the shower, I turned on Netflix, and we watched Don’t Worry Darling. Neither of us knew anything about the movie. We went in completely blind. It’s been a long time since we’ve done that. Crystal, about 20 minutes in, asked if this was an A24 movie.

It really felt like an A24 film. It had us guessing all the way to the end of the film I really enjoyed it. After that it was time to wind down from the day. We watched some Antiques Roadshow, and then some TikToks until it was bed time.

And now, here we are. It’s a holiday here today, Family Day. I get to spend family day working. Hopefully, it’ll be like Saturday. That was a pretty good day, and it went quickly, and without issue. Let’s have another day like that, shall we?

You got to take the elevator to the mezzanine

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“GET OFF ME, GAS BOY!”

That was the war cry this morning, when I attempted, by stealth to snuggle as close as possible to Crystal. I was doing everything right. Moving slow, as to not be noticed by her. I had my mission, I accepted it, and was in the movement phase. I knew what I had to do, and was executing that, when the words rang out.

In order to maintain some sort of I don’t hear you. I held position for a couple of seconds. Then I withdrew. Defeated. Internally, devastated. retreated to a safe position. I think at that point, cold, and with no kitty snuggles, I had to generate my own body heat. Thankfully, the alarm went off shortly after.

And now, here we are.

Crystal is in her rich heiress robe. It’s a very pretty light green robe with fur around the arms and the bottom of it. It was her valentines present. It looks really good on her. She likes it, and that’s a good thing. I’ve been doing pretty good on the gift side this year.

Work wasn’t too bad yesterday. It was totally manageable. Not too busy, but not really totally dead either. Time went somewhat quickly. It’s always the last 20 minutes or so, that seems to take forever. But suddenly we were closed, and there were still some people trying to get in. Thankfully, the door was locked at this point, so we just said “closed”, and ignored them.

Nothing much on deck for today. Chores. Brunch. Hanging out. I’ll be back to work on the holiday Monday. Same hours as yesterday. So hopefully it’ll go quickly. Then after tomorrow, it’s back to opening again. So I can sleep in one more day. The older I get, the more I appreciate the sleeps.

Ok, time to shut up, and to drink some coffee. Happy Sunday, my friends.

Hide your diamonds, hide your exes, I’m a little bit Alexis

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Good morning my friends. Yep, I’m posting at a normal time. Not in the afternoon. It was really nice to sleep in this morning. At one point I was dozing, and my mind was saying, I don’t think we reset the alarm clock, didn’t we? Ha ha, I fooled my own brain. I had reset the alarm, and it was going to go off. I successfully ignored my brain. I simply went back to sleep, because I knew that even if the alarm didn’t go off, I’d still have time to get up and ready, as I don’t have to be in until 9:45.

At about 4:30 yesterday I get a text from my mom asking if I was working. I said that I wasn’t. She asked if I could help her in about a half hour to help my dad get in the truck so she could take him to the hospital. I get up there and my dad under his own power is making his way to the truck. I help him get in and settled and I head back to The Flat to pick up Crystal for dinner.

I got another text just after 8, from my mom. They made it back home with a handful of new prescriptions. Hopefully this will help, and I hope that they figure out what the hell is wrong with my dad soon. He’s missed a lot of work.

We came home and did evening things. Crystal took a bath and I played No Man’s Sky. I played that until she got out of the tub. We had hot chocolate, and watched Antiques Roadshow. We each had a piece of cake and went to bed. I don’t know about Crystal, but I think I was out pretty quickly.

And now here we are. Coffee beside me, and Chaucer in front of me, staring. He wants to get in my lap. In a few, I’ll hop up and get in the shower. Then get ready for work. It may be windy, but it doesn’t feel that cold out there.

Happy Saturday y’all!