Author: Shawshank

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

You see that shampoo bottle

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There was a cat rave somewhere in the bedroom around 6:30 or so this morning. I flew out of bed, but with the light and lack of my glasses, I couldn’t find anything. Crystal, sleepily asked me to turn the coffee on. I declined, and snuggled back into bed, hoping to fall back asleep for a little bit.

I think I did, albeit, just a light sleep.

The coffee has finished brewing, and as an apology, I have the big man himself curled up on my legs. He’s a good guy. Pippin is on the table at the back door, pretty much doing her neighbourhood watch impression.

It’s somewhat gray, but also a little bright outside. It was supposed to be fully cloudy all day yesterday, but it was mostly sunny. So hopefully we’ll keep getting the sun. The leaves are changing rapidly. And Saturday is the first day of autumn. Winter is coming.

Welp, I need to refill my coffee mug. We’re getting closer to the weekend. I can’t wait!

Now the Leafs call me up to drive the Zamboni

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Hey.

So yeah, both of us didn’t really have a good sleep. I was up early to go to the bathroom and to get something to drink. As I was walking back into the bedroom, I ended up closing the living room curtains, and going back to get another drink of water. Then I was up about a half hour or so before the alarm went off.

You see I slept. I just couldn’t get comfortable, and to be able to breathe at the same time. I finally got comfortable, and then the alarm went off, and here we are now. The coffee is brewing its final 6 cups, and the news is on the TV.

We had a pretty nice day out of the house. We went to SlightlyBiggerTown to check out the second hand store. I found a Stephen King book, and Crystal grabbed a few things that really jumped out at her. After that second hand store, we came back to TinyTown and hit up our little second hand store. I found another book, a mug that I shouldn’t have bought, and two shirts.

Go over to Crystal’s site to read about what she got. Let’s just say there’s an indecent proposal type photograph out there of her major purchase.

Back to full days work today. Yay. I’m gonna have to drink coffee to wake up. But on the bonus side, it’s bright and sunny today with an expected high of 69. However according to the weather app, it’s supposed to cloud over pretty much for the rest of the week. Hopefully that’ll change.

I’m gonna take two weeks, gonna have a vacation

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Good morning. I’m wicked groggy this morning. I woke up at some point in the night. I get up and do my business in the bathroom. I could hear kids or someone yelling outside. It sounded like they were looking for a pet or something. After a couple of yells they faded off into the night. I don’t know what time it was. I didn’t look at a clock. I climbed back into bed, and snuggled in. The next time I woke up, the clock said 6:44.

I thought it was Monday.

It is not Monday.

Back to work this morning.

Yesterday was a really nice day. I cooked brunch, as usual. It was a good meal. And for the first time in a while, I got the amount of hash browns right, and I was full until a later than normal dinner. We didn’t do a whole bunch of anything. We did head over to the post office to send out another pair of pants someone bought. Then we popped over to the grocery store and bought some milk and soda.

We just relaxed and played video games all day. Oh, and we took out and washed the tye-dye. It came out really well. My socks look like a virus, but they’re still wearable.

And now, here we are. Tuesday morning. I think I need a refill of coffee. I should go get some.

So I settled for a burger and a grape snow cone

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I’m awake.

The sun is slowly rising. It’s a little gray out there. But according to the weather app, it’s supposed to be, after a little rain, which I’ll doubt we’ll have, sunny and 80° out there today. It’s a perfect day for brunch later on this morning.

I went to bed, and pretty much passed out. I got up sometimes in the night, just to quickly slide back into bed. I have no idea what time it was. It was dark out, I can tell you that much. It was a quick in-and-out. I didn’t even feel Crystal get out of bed. Or her getting in after the fact as well. I was out like a light.

On Friday, Crystal sold another pair of pants! So this morning we’ll be heading up to the post office to ship them out. It’s an international package today, which is pretty cool. Crystal’s designs don’t recognize borders. We’ll get them shipped out this afternoon

Also, after Bruch, we’ll be unveiling some new tye-dye designs. That’s right, we did more yesterday. Crystal had a couple more pants to do, and I found a pair of brand new never worn socks, so for some fun, I did those as she worked on her pants.

We have Chaucer sitting in between us this morning. No kittens snuggled with us this morning. That’s ok, sometimes they have other ideas. it’s all good. We have coffee.

So let’s get the day started! Get your IV of coffee and greet the day with a hearty HELLO!