Author: Shawshank

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

Everything is bleak it’s the middle of the night

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Good morning. It’s a mid shift for me today, so I’ll be going in, in a couple of hours. But right now, it’s coffee and contemplation. I’m trying to wake up, and Chaucer just wanted to get into my lap.

He’s settling now.

The last thought that I had right before I fell asleep- did we go to sleep at 10 tonight, or 11. I’m almost 99.9% sure that we went to bed at 10. I fought the urge to look at the clock, and quickly passed into the sleep realm.

I was awake just slightly before the alarm. And now here we are. It’s bright and somewhat sunny out there. With just a slight breeze.

I may change the shirt that I’m wearing for a hoodie. We’ll see how I feel the next time I go outside. There’s a good chance that I’ll change.

But for now, I need another cup of coffee. Happy Tuesday everyone! May the coffee flow for you.

He said, I can make you scared, it’s kind of what I do

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Hey all. It’s a mostly bright, and just slightly breezy out there. Sadly though, this’ll be the best of the best weather wise. It’s supposed to rain for the rest of the week.

“I hear we’re getting rain for the rest of the week.”

I reply, “yep. I’m not too impressed about it.”

“But the farmers need the rain.”

“Do I look like a farmer to you? I wouldn’t be sad if it was dry all summer!”

That’s when most people walk away from me 🤣

But yeah, it was a pretty good day at work. Busier than normal, which is a nice change of pace. We got the best bys done, and some cleaning. We’re now ready for the May cleaning list to be put up.

Now I’m home, and I’m gonna try my hardest to not fall asleep. I might play a video game, or I might demand to watch some TikTok’s. We’ll see. Happy Monday, bitches.

All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world

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Good morning. The household is awake. I opened the back door, and put the table at it. Pippin was already on the table, so she got her table ride over to the door.

Work was long yesterday. For the most part it wasn’t too bad. Unrelenting at some points, but not too bad. Until the end. With 3 minutes to go, we had a couple of customers, that ended up adding another 10 minutes on to our times.

But we got out relatively on time, and man did we run to get out of the store. Ha! I got home and had a wonderful poutine dinner. After dinner, we didn’t do too much of anything.

Today will be some flurry of activity. Chores, and brunch. We won’t be going over to Shady Acres, as my dad got home from the hospital on Friday, and we just want him to rest. If possible, we’ll head over there next Sunday.

So it’s just a relaxing day, before heading back to work tomorrow. There might even be a nap, but I won’t promise that.

But first, coffee. Happy Sunday everyone!

Da tranken sie dann gemeinsam an der Bar noch ‘n Bier

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A rare weekend shift has appeared. Yep, that’s right. In a couple of hours, I’ll be heading into work for the day. It’ll be a long day, I think. But I’ll make it through. Always moving forward. It’s supposed to be sunny, and breezy all day. That’s ok. Nice and sunny? I’ll deal with the wind for sun all day.

I slept like the dead last night. Up just a couple of times. Nothing major, I didn’t even get out of bed. Just a quick time check, and I was back in sleepy-time.

I had an idea for dinner, and it pretty much turned out like I had imagined in. Last night we had nachos. And they were good. Meat, taco chips, lots of cheese. Man, it was good. We ate it all like feral raccoons.

Happy Saturday everyone! I hope the weekend is good to y’all. Catch you on the flip side!