Author: Shawshank

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

I come from downtown, born ready for you

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I think it’s going to be one of those days today. I was a little stoned last night, and went through my going to bed checklist. I didn’t even notice that I didn’t put the dishes away, or make the coffee. So I had to make the coffee this morning in a Fuck it, I’ll do it live moment.

Good morning, happy Thanksgiving! We’ll, in the USA, up north of the wall, it’s simply Thursday. It’s still dark outside, but feels warmish. We’ll as warm as it can feel outside. It looks like it might be a nice day out there, once the sun comes up.

I slept like the dead last night. Right up until around 6:30, where I transition to the lightest sleep possible, while still calling it sleep. The last half hour is so nice, Crystal snuggles up close and we wake up in each others arms. It’s very romantic.

Then she farts adjacent to Pippin as she’s playing the footsie game. It’s cute to watch Pippin fix jump on her toes. It’s starting to be a wake up tradition.

The coffee is hot and tasty. So let’s get the day started! Happy Thursday! It is Thursday, right? Happy Thursday!

If you want to destroy my sweater (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)

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Good morning everyone. It’s a dark Wednesday morning here. Dark, but it’s not too cold out. I’m sure more melting will happen today. We’re currently in a warm spell. By this time next week, it’ll be below freezing again.

I slept ok last night. I think I only woke up once or twice. I know at one point I woke up and looked at the clock around 5, then I was out again until around 6:45ish. It wasn’t a bad sleep, just waking up in the night sucks.

The kittens have been fed, and Chaucer is waiting patiently to get on the couch. He’s currently loafed on the pirate chest. I also think he’s looking to where Pippin is. She’s just wandering around doing Pippin things.

I made a really good pot of coffee this morning. I mean, really good. It’s hot, and yummy. Only a couple of more days I til the weekend, and I cannot wait!

Let’s go weekend!

But I’m gonna be where the lights are shinin’ on me

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Another morning. Greetings, friends. It’s time to wake up and greet another Tuesday morning. I’ve been up since about 6:30, opening my eyes every couple of minutes to look at the alarm clock. I didn’t want to get out of bed this morning.

I didn’t want to get dressed this morning. But here we are, fully dressed.

Yesterday was a good day. We didn’t do anything whatsoever. We didn’t even get dressed. It was glorious. I watched the Mighty Nein Special, and was so impressed on how easily they fell back into character. I sat there with a smile on my face. I have about an hour to finish up. I may watch it this evening when I get home.

Last night, I was outside and I noticed a little cat in the back yard. He was crying so I asked Crystal to bring me a bowl and some food. He wolfed down that bowl of food, while we made an impromptu shelter.

We put it outside with some more food, which was empty this morning. The last time I went out, I think he was in it all curled up. And it was getting slightly warmer out. That made me happy. I filled the bowl this morning. I hope he had a good night.

Food and shelter

Ok, time to suck back some coffee and get into work mode. Happy Tuesday!

And they rise from the flames for the battles ahead

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*yawn* Good morning my friends. And welcome to another week. It’s still dark outside. But it doesn’t feel too cold out there. Just still, and quiet out there.

Yep, the weather is cool, but thankfully the coffee is hot, and tasty. Chaucer is staring at me. I think he’ll try and get on my lap in a minute or two.

Sunday was good. I got all the chores completed, as per usual. It was a nice day of doing pretty much nothing. We went to my parents for dinner, because it was Sunday. We had a nice dinner of a roast pork. I had texted a link to an Amazon page for a ceramic Christmas tree. Mom said why don’t you look downstairs, I know I have one. So Crystal and I went downstairs and stared at the wall of boxes.

I decided to look in the closet where mom keeps all her Christmas decorations, and randomly grabbed a box. I commented to Crystal, that it would be funny if the first box I opened hat the tree in it. As luck would have it, I was right. We found it in record time!

Isn’t it cute?!

So we now have a tree! We can’t have a regular tree, because 1. There’s no room for a tree. Even a small one. And 2. There’s a tiny kitten named Pippin. She would probably destroy a tree.

We have nothing planned for today, except around two when Critical Role drops. This time it’s part one of The Mighty Nein! I am so freaking excited for this and the next episode. You see Campaign 2 is the only one that I’ve seen all the way through.

I. Cannot. Wait.

And though you’re dead and gone, believe me your memory will carry on

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Good Sunday morning everyone. Yep, it’s oh dark thirty, but from what Crystal says, the sun rise looks pretty neat this morning. I’d get up and look, but I have a very snuggly kitten on my lap. She jumped up first thing.

I slept like the dead last night. I snuggled and was snuggled. Then I was a little warm, and started to spin a little. Finally I found a little bit of comfort. Then the alarm went off. I must have been laying on my right arm, because it was tingly when I was doing my morning routine in the bathroom.

Work was slow yesterday, but that’s to be expected lately. That’s ok. I got some stuff done at work. I also played some solitaire. After work though, I walked back to the Flat, and watched Crystal play some Subnautica, then we bundled up and went to the town sponsored flea market.

Nothing really jumped out at me, but Crystal got a mason jar of goodness, but she didn’t see anything that she really needed to have, so we popped over to the little grocery store, grabbed some stuff and we headed back to the flat.

Crystal made an amazing dinner – Japanese curry with rice. We settled down and watched some great Netflix.

The coffee is really good this morning. It’s chore day today, which will be started shortly. I needs more coffee. Happy Sunday!