Author: Shawshank

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

Throw the snacks in the bag (and I’m a ghost like swayze)

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Good rainy morning everyone. It’s gonna be a lot cooler today, than the last couple of days. It’s gray, and looks a little moist out there today.

Podrick was mostly good last night. I woke up around 4, and I think he was chasing his tail in between both of us. I woke up and picked him up and put him on the floor. I did that 2, or 3 more times. He hissed at me a couple of times. I put him on the floor the last time, and whispered, “please go to sleep, little guy.” And that’s then I was out again. And I was out. I don’t think I moved until the Beautiful One nudged me, and whispered time to get up.

Now we’re up.

Podrick is off doing Podrick things, and Pippin is very content to sit in the front window and watch all the birds in the front yard. Crystal just tried to show Podrick the birds out the window, but he’s all about the toys, and just running around.

Back to work again today. Hopefully the day will go quickly. But either day, we’ll all have good days today.

Have a super sparkly Wednesday!

There’s a party downtown near 5th Street

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The Orange Baby strikes again. He was fully active around 4 this morning. For a brief second, he snuggled with me and sucked on my finger. Then he realized that I wasn’t Crystal, and left. He was a wild boy this morning. So much so, Crystal got out of bed around 6:30, so that I could sleep.

She’s a queen.

Yesterday at work wasn’t too bad. Yeah, it was crazy busy at some moments, but we managed to get through the evening. It’s been hot the last couple of days, and it topped out at about 85° or so yesterday. Hot enough to feel really good, but not too hot that you’re sweating balls. But where I live, people aren’t ready for the stank yet. They’re used to being eased into this weather. For 8 hours, I got to listen to my coworker complain that it’s too hot out, and how he hates the heat.

And of course, every customer had to comment as they came in:

• it’s nice and cool in here.

• it’s so hot out there.

• where’s your cases of water?

I think the people of TinyTown are more excited about the rain that’s supposed to be coming in the next couple of days.

Day off today. Nothing planned, other than hitting up the second hand store. I’m looking for some comfortable shorts. Maybe I’ll make some jorts today. Jorts are still cool right?

The amount of pills I’m taking counteracts the booze I’m drinking

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Finally I get Jetpack to actually upload an image without throwing error messages at me. Jetpack is nice, until it stops working, and then it’s a little bitch. I remember a time before Jetpack, when WordPress was actually good.

Bastards.

Once again the weekend is over. We went over to Shady Acres for dinner, and old family friends were there. They actually came the night before, and should be here for a couple of days. It was nice to see them again, I haven’t seen them since I was in high school. Since it was Mother’s Day, we brought over a cake for mom as well as a card, and a couple of chocolate edibles for mom to have before bed, so she can relax, and sleep well.

Podrick is slowly breaking down all the walls and hiding spots for Pippin. Yesterday the orange tornado managed to gain the skill of getting in, and then getting out of the bathtub. Pippin only has a few more hiding spots that only she can get to. Soon, the bull in the china shop will be able to get to anywhere Pippin can get to.

Back to work this afternoon. But first, coffee. I was woken up earlyish from an alien sound that I thought was coming from inside. It was a yahoo outside.

Good times. Happy Monday!

But I walk these streets, a loaded six-string on my back

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Here we are, another Sunday. Another group of chores to do this morning. My mind, was firing on all cylinders yesterday, and I actually remembered to pull the bacon out of the freezer. So it’s already defrosted. Fuck yeah!

Yesterday? It was a sloth day for sure. We didn’t do a lot of anything. I figured out that I emptied my vape, so I ran to get another one. I picked up supplies for a cake for my mom for today. Oh yeah, just a heads up in case you didn’t know, it’s Mother’s Day today. I have a card and some snacky snacks for her for her day.

Old family friends that my mom was expecting in a few weeks called and said they were at the gas station just outside of town last night, so I scrambled to jump the Hot Mess Express so there was some room in the drive way. From there, I came home and made a wonderful Poutine dinner for us.

After we or really I watched wrestling. I dunno it’s just fun mindless TV. I think I figured it out; the person that comes out first will usually lose. Crystal mentioned that she never say the fabled Hell in a Cell match with the Undertaker, and Mankind, so I found that, and she got to see a great match, that didn’t have a lot of wrestling.

Time to start the day. Pippin and Podrick are slowly starting to get along. It’s an uneasy truce. But Pippin stands her ground a lot of the time. Happy Sunday!