Ooh, mamacita, now you’re ringin’ the bell

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One day I’ll sleep all the way through the night. Only had to get up once, but every time I rolled over, I woke up. It was a tossy turny night. And I was totally stuffed up. It’s spring time on the prairies. I could feel the tiny bull bounce all over the bed in the night, and this morning. He’s a morning person. but we got up and I made coffee, and said good morning to the Pippin. I discovered that I forgot to close the back door last night, which explains why it’s a little chilly in the apartment. But Pippin is looking out the back window. And the tiny one, Podrick is purring on my lap. He’s a loud purrer. He’ll be out for maybe a few minutes, and then he’ll be the middle in the house. I don’t know what time he finally crashed.

Work wasn’t too bad last night. We’re training a new part time high schooler. With that, the pumps went down for about a half hour. I learned some things about the emergency shut off, and I think we handled it pretty professionally. Within about a half hour the general manager was there and helped me through everything. I thanked him, and he was off to wherever general managers go when they’re not needed. The rest of the evening went as per normal.

He’s off my lap, so I can press post on this, and go and get some more coffee. Happy Thursday!

Just own the night like the 4th of July

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It’s bright and sunny out there, so I guess that means it’s a new day. I’m awake, but I wish I was still asleep. I fell asleep quickly, but it felt like it was a light sleep for most of the night, for most of the days this week. Maybe tonight I’ll sleep all the way through the night, without having to get up.

Work wasn’t too bad yesterday. A little busy, but we made it through. One coworker quit yesterday, and a new coworker started yesterday. It was nice to have three people yesterday, as we had three trucks, with the last one coming really late in the evening. But they came, and we put them all away. So we did feel a little accomplished with the work that we did.

Pippin and Podrick are starting to really get along with each other. They play chasing games, and stalking games. Pippin is really starting to come around to the little orange bull in a China shop. Pippin actually got up on my lap for the first time in almost a week, and climb up to snuggle on my shoulder as well. They’ll be fast friends by the end of the week.

His new thing is to bury his face in Crystal’s hair, and purr really really loud. He’s almost nursing her neck, but he’s happy, and sleep well for a half hour last night. His personality is slowly starting to come out. He’s actually managed to surprise Pippin a couple of times by army crawling under a flap of a cardboard box to slowly reach out and simply touch her foot. It’s very cute.

My give-a-fucks are on vacation

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I’m awake really I am. Podrick was really good this morning, and wasn’t too crazy before I woke up this morning. He was just teleporting around the bed. I was just so comfy – just my neck and my back is all stiff and sore. The neck is from how I sleep, and my back is from standing for 8 hours; and probably how I sleep.

I watched the election results live last night. The liberals got reelected. However, it’s a minority government. We’ll probably be heading back to the polls within a couple of years. But it’s incredible that they called the election 45 minutes after the polls closed in my province. NDP tanked nationwide, and lost their “official party status”.

Pippin is slowly coming around to the bull in the china shop. They were playing the chasey chasey game last night. And at one point Crystal sent me a text, and they were both on the bed. I’m told it was only for a minute or two. Things are slowly getting back to normal. Pippin is hanging out closer to his level more and more. There’s lots of progress, and I won’t be too worried that they’ll be left alone for a few hours on Saturday, when we go to SlightlyBiggerTown for supplies.

We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die

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Well, Crystal slept in the bed last night. When we brought Podrick home, she didn’t want him to get hurt or stuck or anything like that. So she slept on the couch for a couple of nights. Yesterday, she hopped back into bed, bringing the tiny middle with her.

Most of the night was pretty good. He’s a little trouble maker if you ask me. He tried to get under the covers with me. I shut that down quickly. He attacked my fingers and face, but eventually, he settled down and fell asleep. Randomly, he’d bounce over us, but for most of the night, he was a good boy.

He made sure that we were up this morning. Today was the first day that he had to wait for both of us to wake up, before getting fed. I’m sure he wasn’t too impressed.

Gotta go and vote today. I’ll head over to the voting place after our shower. Hopefully, it won’t take too long. I forgot about the advance voting until the last day, right before dinner. So I’ll go and cast my vote this morning.

But first:

A saxophone was blowing on a Rock and Roll show

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I don’t know how, but Podrick has figure out how to get on the bed. Some time in the night, he was trying to play with me. And once I rolled over, I felt almost a pin prick of heat. I had to look, and he was cinnamon rolled in Pippin’s bed!

I’m pretty sure Pippin slept onto of Crystal’s wigs in the bathroom. So I carried her out, and asked her to hop up on her table. Crystal made her a breakfast plate, and I opened the back door for her. Hopefully, today is the day that she pushed her pride aside, and doesn’t run from him.

Podrick in a bucket hat

Work wasn’t too bad last night. It was really steady when we go there until about 6, and then it slowed down a little. Enough for us to start to get stuff done. Slowly but surely, the minutes ticked away, and before we knew it, it was time to get the hell out of dodge.

Today is a regular Sunday. So there’s chores to be done, and bacon that is needed to be consumed. I’ll start the laundry in a little while. Since I’m up earlier than normal, I’ll take my time. I’ve told my parents, since we have the Tiny Terror, we wouldn’t be going over to Shady Acres for dinner.

But dinner is taken care of. I found some stuff at work yesterday. But I will be heading over there to drop mail off, and to ask to borrow their vacuum.

I need another cup of coffee. Happy Sunday, y’all!