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And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne

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Happy 2026! I hope ya a great year to you and yours, from me and mine.

We didn’t make it to midnight. In fact, we were probably unconscious long before midnight. We tried, but Crystal, like Icarus, flew too close to the sun, and was ready for bed. To tell the truth, so was I mostly. So we packed up our shit, and climbed into bed.

We slept for the remainder of the year.

And now, sleeping in for me is until 7:30 at the latest. That’s it. By the time 7 – 7:30 comes around, Podrick is hungry, and lonely. So he continues to walk across us, until I mumble,

Wha Tim is ittt?

And then, I roll out of bed, much to the happiness of a little orange ball of energy.

Happy 2026 everyone. Maybe this is the year. You know for something really good will happen down in the states.

Can we manifest that?

A couple of pretty flowers is what I brought to you

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Good morning everyone, it’s another dark morning out there. It’s almost the end of 2025. Australia is already there. Someone should do something about the international dateline. And time zones. Just think how smooth the international business community if everything was on Washington, DC time. Amirite?

Someone should tell him…

I’m off for the next two days. I would really just like to relax, and gain some spoons to be able to function like a normal human. Last night, I think I was tossy turny, as my masks came off twice in the night. I either woke up in the night, noticed that it was off, and found it, an put it on, or I fell asleep without putting it on, then woke up later, an had to find it again.

Maybe my masks need more straps?

Work wasn’t too bad, in the grand scheme of things. Neither me, nor my co-worker had any patience for people yesterday. We both want someone to win the Lottomax. Watching all these people almost desperate to win the 80 million jackpot. The customers think that they’re funny when they come in and as for the winning ticket. Or if one person buys a ticket after their friend, the friend will say, you just wasted your money, my ticket is the winning one.

But I digress.

I have to return the vacuum cleaner to my parents sometime today. That’ll be the only time I leave the house until Friday morning. I just want to exist and try and relax.

As a bonus, we’re going to try to make it to midnight tonight. I’m almost 100% sure we might make it to maybe 11:30, if we just don’t go to bed at our normal time. We’ll see. We haven’t made it to midnight in years.

Come on 2026, let’s goooooo!

And tonight we’re gonna make it all come true

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Podrick was quiet this morning, choosing to walk across me a couple of times. He’s not as much this morning. I slept in an hour longer than yesterday.

Yesterday, after getting up, and cleaning up the nights mess, we didn’t do too much. I made brunch, and did the chores. I did a couple loads of laundry, and cleaned the bathroom. After brunch we prepped the bedroom. Crystal put up the command strips, and then I hung the lights. We had supervision. Now they’re up, and looking good.

I got a text from my dad saying that my package had arrived. So I preheated the truck, and got dressed. I did a little running around town, and picked up my package, and Crystal’s. We wrapped, and then we opened. I got a kick ass Waffle House hoodie, a ramen bowl, reflective toque, and a pretty kick ass hood for when it’s really cold out, and a t-shirt. Awesome presents if you ask me!

I could’ve swore in the night, a loud bang, like something loud fell. I told a sleeping Crystal, that I didn’t care what it was. And fell asleep. For the last two nights, my video has ended. Last night I looped it, and it still shut off. Weird. I’ll figure it out. I had to turn it back on at 4:22 this morning, after I had to find both masks.

Back to work today. 8 hour shift, then off for another two days. Weird scheduling during the “lost week”. But it is what it is, and we’ll kill it today. If it’s warmer out, I’ll fill some propane. I’ll ask one of the morning guys, if he could stay just for like 15 minutes so if it’s busy, we’ll have a third for a few extra minutes.

Coffee first. let’s get ready to greet the sunrise!

Get your booty on the floor tonight

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Morning everyone.

Podrick was being Podrick this morning, and going where he’s not supposed to be going. I’m not even mad anymore. It’s simply a way of life now.

So we’re up, and everything is picked up. I’ll pack away the clock once I start getting the laundry ready. It’ll go in the closet next to the box of Warhammer figures.

Work was surprisingly light yesterday. There was never a point during the day that we were overwhelmed. We got a lot of product onto the floor, we did some cleaning, and took care of the customers as they came in. It was possibly the easiest Sunday that I’ve worked in a very long time.

Still no tracking update on the Christmas package. It’s supposed to be delivered today, but who knows. Hopefully, it’ll get delivered so I can give Crystal her presents.

Laundry day today. Work tomorrow. Let’s just concentrate on today.

Birds and snakes, and aeroplanes and Lenny Bruce is not afraid

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It’s been a morning here. At least in my mind. I had a bit of a panic attack this morning. Podrick was playing with something, and I couldn’t figure out what it was. Then my mind started to imagine that it was something unsafe, and that he could hurt himself. And he has to play right in the door way off the bed. Wha if he got the knife off the counter?

He’s been pretty good. But he has his good days and bad days. I have good sleeps and bad sleeps. just not this weekend.

Yesterday was a hella slow shift at work. But we made it through. It’s the 5 days in between Christmas and new years, so I think most people are off, and are enjoying their days off. It took a few hours for the town to wake up, but slowly they did, and they eventually made it to the store. Before we knew it, we were preheating our cars.

Back to work this morning. It’s the all day shift. Hopefully it won’t feel too overwhelming. coffee should help. Happy Sunday y’all 🙂