Author: Shawshank

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

You know that I ain’t bragging, she’s a real pussy wagon

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Good sunny morning. The birds are singing, and both the cats have made their way on to the back door table. They’re in a giant sunbeam, and they are loving every minute of it.

The coffee is flowing, and we’ve both been awake since before the alarm went off. But the bed was so comfortable. We reluctantly got out of bed. Besides, we both needed to use the bathroom.

So yesterday, I was the adult in the building. I opened the store. Just a little hiccup with the opening, but with a quick text to the boss, I got the store open. After the first hour or so, the nerves disappeared, and the day got underway.

The day was actually a little slow, for a Saturday. I gave the two new guys their positions for the day. The Saturday new guy only works Saturdays, so he’d just be outside customer service. Current new guy, who is register trained with me. We ran the store. Well for the most part, I was the register jockey. He did get time on the register, but I was the majority of the register jockey.

By six, it was time to close. I worked on that, and when it came to 6:15, I couldn’t handle them watching me at that point, so I sent them home. I only had another 5-10 minutes of work, which got done.

Home.

Crystal made an AWESOME dinner. Pasta and sauce, garlic bread, and a giant garlic sausage. It was very very tasty, and I was stuffed by the end of it.

After dinner, Crystal wanted to take her dreads out, and needed my help. So of course I’d help her. Earlier in the week, she was listening to her music, and sent me a text saying that we needed to have a rematch of Grease.

So of course I found it on Paramount right away, and we sat down to remove hair, and watch Grease. It was as good as ever, and we throughly enjoyed it.

We gon’ boogie oogie oggi, jiggle, wiggle and dance

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Good morning. We’re awake. I was up a little before the alarm went off, when my mind asked the question – did you set the alarm for 6 or 6:30? Welp, the alarm went off at 6, for the record. I think I slept pretty good. With an extra couple of hours, I feel a little groggy, but not too bad.

If I have to admit, I am a little nervous. I’m putting up a brave front with jokes and all that. But every day is a bit of the unknown. So that’s what’s making me nervous. I know it’ll just be a busy day, and BossLady, assigned a third person today, which will totally help.

It’ll be a good, but busy day. And we’ll get through it.

Right now though, I just wanna get through some coffee. Happy Saturday everyone!

It wastes time and I’d rather be high think I’ll walk me outside and buy a rainbow smile

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Here I am, fresh from a nap. The nap wasn’t that great. It felt like I didn’t sleep at all. But it felt like I was dreaming that I was trying to fall asleep. Does that make any sense?

Last nights sleep was about the same. It didn’t take long to fall asleep, then I think I had to get up and use the bathroom. Or not. But anyways, from the time I got back into bed (or never left, who knows), it was a light sleep. The alarm scared me this morning.

Hopefully tonight’s sleep will be better. I have to try and remember to cover the wandering Jew outside. It’s supposed to get to freezing tonight. And I don’t have another cutting to put outside.

Tomorrow, Crystal is in charge of figuring out what to have, and cook dinner. I’m working a Saturday. And it’s my first time being the adult on shift. Sure, I’ve been the adult on shift before, but for like 2 hours. This is a full shift. I’ve told her I’ll probably be in early, to open, and hopefully we’ll get out on time. My brain will be mush tomorrow.

It’s date night tonight. Dinner out in a couple of hours? Then home. For the Queen, she’ll be having a spa day in the bathtub. For me, I’ll probably be struggling to stay awake while watching Midsomer Murders. I don’t know why I like it so much. The main characters are great, and the mysteries complex. I just like it.

Okay, so you’re a rocket scientist? That don’t impress me much

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A little late, but here’s today’s post that you all been dying to read. But trust me, it’s not gonna be all that great.

I woke up this morning, foot a split second, was confused why. It was 4:05am, according to the clock radio. I wondered why my alarm didn’t go off. So I got up, went to the bathroom, and out into the kitchen, and turned on the coffee pot. Turning to look at the clock on the stove, it finally clicked – I still have 25 minutes to sleep. So back to the bed. I climbed in, and lightly dozed until 4:30.

From there, it was a normal day. Until 8:30. I got to go to a meeting! So me and BossLady climbed into her truck and off we went to SlightlyBiggerTown. We got there early. The meetings were interesting but I’d say, 30-40% didn’t apply to us.

Back in TinyTown, we popped over to the restaurant, and I ordered a quick lunch of a grilled cheese, and some fries, as I hadn’t eaten yet.

After lunch, we popped over to the second hand store. It’s 50% off everything. I didn’t find anything, but Crystal found some more sheets to make more pants. Winning!

Now we’re at home again. We’ll probably both fight an afternoon nap. We were both up wicked early. I have both cats on me. Pippin is really try to sleep on my chest, in a cinnamon roll.