Author: Shawshank

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

When I settle down got to get me a trailer park

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Nothing too much to type about today. We didn’t do too much of anything yesterday. Well nothing of note. We did the laundry, and the Sunday chores yesterday. Then after all the chores were done, I was flipping though YouTube, looking for something to watch.

I found Dogma. We haven’t watched that in years. And it was the full movie. It was great jumping into it again. The writing in it is so tight. Oh, and don’t even get me started on the dialogue. I think Dogma is Kevin Smiths best work.

Anyways, after that, we turned on a new game that Crystal downloaded the night before. I think it’s called, Divinity 2 Original Sin. It’s really a neat game. I find myself liking it.

I don’t think we have anything planned for today, except for brunch. I’ll get that going in a few hours. So, for us, it’s just a lazy Monday.

Lazy with a side of coffee.

Happy Monday, my friends

If you’re a man at all oh, I will figure this one out on my own

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It’s dark. It was dark when we went to bed, and it’s dark when we wake up. Winter is coming. This is just the herald of winter. First they take away our warmth, then they take our light. They’ve already taken the ground. Winter is coming.

Yesterday was whirl wind. We got up at the normal time, and while I drank my go-go juice, Crystal put on her makeup. Then, after the truck warmed up a little, we were off to MostlyBiggerTown to do some shopping. We got into town around 11, and jumped right into the local Walmart. You never really forget the sounds of Walmart. They’re universal. Screaming child, just the regular din of low level noise. Check.

We started in aisle 1 in the food department, and pretty quickly went through them all, filling the cart with food. We had to backtrack once or twice, then we moved on the clothing. We split up, and I went to men’s wear, because I’m a man. I looked around and threw some socks in the cart. I walked back and looked for Crystal. My first pass didn’t reveal her, so I wandered back into men’s wear to see if there were any racks with clearance. I did find a warm jacket that I liked. It was just a little expensive. But it was on sale for 30% off. I stuffed it into the shopping cart and went off to find Crystal.

We reunited and I showed her. She agreed with me that I needed a warm jacked and said it was a good deal. There were only a couple of more items that we needed, so we went off in search of them. After we found them, and paid for everything, we drove across the plaza, and stopped at the dispensary, and then went off to McDonald’s for lunch on the road. We made good time coming back.

When we got back, I helped put stuff away, then went to fuel up the truck, and drop it off at my parents place. I walked back to the flat. It was a gorgeous afternoon. When I arrived, we went back out to the Hot Mess, and drove to Town Hall and experienced the towns winter craft fair. Mostly MLM tables and canned goods. We spent the most time over at the libraries tables, looking at the books. Nothing of substance jumped out at us, so we went home.

After dinner, we both struggled to stay awake, so after the movie (Pitch Perfect), we watched some TikTok and went to bed a little early.

I woke up around 4 I think, and successfully navigated from the bed to the bathroom, and back again with my eyes completely closed. I climbed back into bed, and snuggled into Crystal.

And now here we are! Sunday Sunday SUNDAY. Chore day. We’ll start that a little later. But for right now, coffee and dateline. What a nice way to wake up.

I’ve become a mental case yeah, this is the job that ate my brain

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Good morning, fiends! It’s dark, but doesn’t feel that cold out. I haven’t looked at the weather yet, but when I did yesterday, it should be a nice day out there. We’ll see what the oracle has to say when I look a little later.

So the last hour, hour and a half was the longest stretch of time in a while. I’m proud of myself, I work right up to a minute before I left. I got my jacket on and grabbed the mail. I said good bye to the lady that is helping us, and said goodbye to BossLady. She of course, wanted an update to what I was doing, and said she wanted to “talk”. I told her I’d be around, and then I got the fuck out of dodge. As soon I walked through the door, it did feel like a weight has been lifted. I hope the sale goes well, no that I’m gone, however, if it doesn’t, I don’t really care.

Today, we’re travelling to MostlyBiggerTown. You see it has a Walmart. We’re getting fancy today. We have a list, and I think it’ll be a nice day. Just hanging out and looking at the sights. Oh, and McDonald’s. Yum.

But before all that, I’ll be consuming some coffee, and Crystal has to put on some makeup. It’ll be a nice morning.

So yeah, let’s git er done. Happy Saturday!

A gin & tonic sounds mighty mighty good to me

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Good morning. I’ve been up a couple of times this morning, starting at around 2:30 and then again, probably around 6:30ish perhaps. I didn’t look at the clock the second time, so it’s only a guess. But now, here we are, on the couch. I have Chaucer on my lap. The second time I woke up, I could hear Chaucer getting sick. Somewhere in the apt. Since I didn’t step on it when I got out of bed, I’m willing to guess that he probably popped under the bed. Him waiting for me to come to the couch is his way of saying I’m sorry.

Anyways, here we are in the couch. Crystal has been up for a while. If I wake up in the night, I always slowly open my eyes to see if Crystal’s screen is on. At 2:39, thankfully it wasn’t on, but I think when I woke up the second time, it was on. I can only hope that she recently got up. But she’s probably been up since around 5. But that’s just a guess.

So yeah, it’s Friyay. My last day of work at the furniture store. I’m racing to get as much stuff on the web as I possibly can. Yesterday was a pretty good day. I got a lot of stuff up yesterday. My helper tried, but Shannon just kept putting more and more stuff in her desk, so slowly, she just stopped to get other stuff done. I can only get done what I can get done. So that’s my mantra going into work today. Just do what I can do.

Tonight is date night as well! Woohoo! I have no idea what I’m going to order, but we’ll figure out that later today. But I need a refill of my coffee. So let’s get this motherfucking day started! Team kick ass!