Author: Shawshank

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

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.

She got tricks in the stash, stacking up the cash

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The baby kitty was nice enough to let me sleep in a little bit. So thank you, little guy. Now he’ll terrorize for the next couple of hours, and then crash again.

I think my dryer is slowly dying. I’ll have to text the landlord later. I finished using the dryer last night, and just one pair of underwear is still damp. No biggie, I’ll just toss them in the dryer. They tumbled in there for about a half hour, and they were still damp when they came out again.

With the laundry down yesterday, I’ll just be giving The Flat a good once over. I have to clean up all Podrick’s toys. He loves to get them all out then use his ADHD to his advantage, and plays with all the toys. he plays hard, and then he crashes hard.

Later on, we’ll be getting into the kitchen, and creating. On the menu tonight – Scoobi Do pasta, homemade spaghetti sauce, and meatballs w/ raisins. I found a pie for desert, and we have a two foot long garlic bread loaf. Weee gonna eat like kings and queens tonight. With my dad in the hospital, mom will be coming over for dinner.

But before all that. Coffee. Lots of coffee. Oh, and the lord. Today is the lords day.

The meat carved was drawn from succulent juices

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Good afternoon! I’ve been up since 5 this morning, when my alarm scared the shit out of me. I managed to shut it off, but accidentally turned on the second alarm, which went off around 6. At that point, Podrick had already been in the bedroom terrorizing Crystal while she tried to sleep. So she was up and getting dressed when I went in to shut the alarm off.

I worked this morning, and struggled to remember how to open the store while at the same time trying to instruct a new hire on how to open. But we managed to get the store open, and I managed to get the extra Saturday stuff completed before we opened. We opened on time, and a regular came in as soon as we opened – needing change. He had 3 $100 bills. I told him he’s my first customer, we literally just opened, there’s no way I can give you change without totally depleting my entire drawer.

Pippin and Podrick are slowly starting to get along. They still play the chase game, taking turns on who’s chasing who. But she’s holding her ground, and yesterday we watched Pippin get him in a headlock, and turned letting him go from the mid point on the cat tree. It was hilarious the expression on her face – pure boredom.

With my dad in the hospital getting a hip replacement my mom is alone, and she wanted to know what we wanted for dinner on Sunday. Crystal, using advance calculus and logic determined it’s easier for us to cook for an extra person than it would be for my mom to cook for two extra people. So we invited her over for dinner. We’ll be making homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs. I picked up a pie from work for desert.

So I’m doing laundry today, so I can do some cleaning for tomorrow. We’re not feral, the house is say 80-89% clean. I just need to do a few more things, as I was lazy last week and didn’t really do anything other than laundry.

Fun times huh?