Author: Shawshank

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

And said, “Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?”

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It’s bright and sunny, I promised Pippin yesterday that I’d open the back door for her as soon as I got up. So I tapped on the table this morning, and took a very happy table ride, and is currently very happy, sitting on the back table taking in the back door neighbourhood.

Podrick on the other hand, is simply vibrating with excitement. He’s all over the place, jumping from piece of furniture to furniture. He’s been up for a while, and actually drove The Beautiful One out of bed this morning, so I could sleep about 40 minutes or so.

Work wasn’t too bad last night, even with a third person there with us last night. It rained on and off. But we managed to survive the night, and we headed home after a very long 8 hour shift. Not too much going on today. We’ll hit up the second hand store this afternoon. And for dinner, poutine. Aww yiss.

Chicken wing, chicken wing hot dog and baloney

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Good morning everyone. It’s still gray here. It looks like it rained in the night. Ok, I think the farmers got the rain they needed. Now they (and me, and probably Crystal) need hot weather and sun please.

Work last night, was slowish. I worked with GenAlpha – yes I know I need to update the cast page with the newbies. I’ll do that later. I did snap at him just once. He kept asking me what time it was, and I finally just said, dude there three clocks around here. All you need to do is take a step back and two steps to your right, and look. I can’t tell you what time it is every 5 minutes. He checked the time all by himself for the rest of the evening.

Back to work again this afternoon. But I have a few hours to wake up, and hopefully relax my back a little before going back. It’s very prickly this morning. It’ll relax in a while. It’s just being persnickity.

Crystal was up early and got out of the bed when the orange himbo started to wake up. I felt him run across the bed and chase his tail, and then it was quiet and still. Crystal did her best pied piper and drew him into the living room, and he totally forgot to come back into the bedroom whilst I slept. She’s a goddess I tell you.

Ain’t got no picture postcards, ain’t got no souvenirs

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Good morning, my friends. Once again, it looks chilly, and gray out there this morning. Breezy too. Podrick been awake for a few hours, and has been bouncy around, chasing his tail on the bed for a while. I lost my mask in the night, and one of his claws made contact on my forehead. That’s when I got up, and started the coffee. He’s finally recovered from his busy Sunday, and is totes ready to be a kitten again. I have a feeling since he slept all Monday, we’ll be wired for the day. Hopefully he doesn’t go too crazy all day.

It’s been a really nice weekend off. Well two and a half days off to be closer to the truth. We really didn’t do a lot in the grand scheme of things. Sure, we went for groceries, and other supplies, but really we didn’t leave the house too much, and I’m ok with that. we ate amazing food all weekend, and we helped my mom out a lot.

I got a text from my mom yesterday afternoon – my dad is back in SlightlyBiggerTown from CapitalCity. His hip replacement surgery in the last couple of days, and is back, and will spend a couple of days where he is to get used to the physiotherapy, then he’ll be released and from there, we’re not too sure, but we’ll figure it out.

Back to work this afternoon. But before I kiss The Beautiful One goodbye, we have a couple of hours together. Coffee!

Kissy face, kissy face sent to your phone, but I’m tryna kiss your lips for real

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It’s another gray day here. It’s been gray and rainy for about a week now. Chilly, windy, gray, and rainy. I think it’ll be the same today. Looking at the weather app, it’s supposed to be gray for the foreseeable future.

Podrick woke me up this morning by chasing his tail on me. Round and round he goes. But the funny thing is, he catches his tail more than not. He’s a machine when it comes to his tail.

He was a busy busy boy yesterday. Since I did the laundry the day before it was just my usual chores. I swept (Podrick helped by attacking the broom), I did the dishes, and cleaned the bathroom. While I was going that, Crystal was starting to make the spaghetti sauce, by starting with the meatballs. Podrick didn’t know what to do. He watched and helped. He was all over the place.

Then he crashed.

He crashed hard. He fell asleep about an hour and a half before my mom came over. He was out. He slept on the couch beside me as Crystal was getting everything put together. He managed to wake up and play while my mom was here. She loves the little firecracker. He played with her and jumped at her, and even let her hold him briefly. After she left, he was out again.

So I’d say the day was a success. He crashed with us, snuggling Crystal. He’s recharged his batteries in the night, and was up early to make sure he got his tail. But for the most part, it’s not a bad way to wake up. He wasn’t diving at my face. He was just running in circles. He’s a good boy.