It’s another early morning. Podrick was being Podrick. It’s all fun and games when you’re chasing your tail, or climbing the tapestry. I’m not doing too bad. My allergies are pretty bad this morning. But that’s pretty much normal every day. He’s had his breakfast, and a “good boy” treat for not chasing Pippin. However, he did not get “good boy” treats for sleeping calmly in the bed, and not chasing his tail, or climbing the tapestry. But he’s a baby, and has an over abundance of energy.

Lemme tell you, Pippin perked up when I turned on the motorized laser yesterday. She started to chase it, just like with the last one that we had. And she played with it this morning as well. She was playing with it this morning while Podrick ignored the world and ate his breakfast. soon, Pippin should be hungry enough to want breakfast, and we’ll put Podrick into the bedroom so she can eat in peace.

Work was busy last night. They just kept coming and coming. And usually when it’s busy the time seems to go faster. Not last night. It felt like we were slammed for an hour – it was 15 minutes. Time rolled on pretty quickly though. It’s been a weird summer so far – like not warm at all. I’m still wearing a sweatshirt to work, and leaving it on all shift. Once the AC kicks on at work, it’s frigid.

Crystal got me a new shirt, and I want to wear it, but it’s way too cool to just wear under a sweatshirt. Hopefully it’ll warm up soon. According to the weather app, it’s supposed to be a high of 73° and mostly sunny. So fingers crossed that it’s warmer when we get out of the shower, and are getting dressed.

Back to work tonight. Same as last night. Let’s kick some more ass. Or whatever. But first, coffee!

It’s been an evening, night and morning. Last night I was just high enough that I could hear every sound and object that Podrick was playing with. He got onto the Warhammer shelf, but only knocked down and was playing with just one figure. From there he just played with a couple of his own toys. In the morning, he was adjacent to me, chasing his tail. He’s tiny, but it feels like he’s shaking the whole bed.

But, he’s starting to get better. The mornings, he’s wired for a couple of hours but even that’s not lasting as long. Sometimes in the morning he’ll eat his breakfast right away. Sometimes like today, he’ll have a bite or two and then run like a crazy cat. He’s currently eating. I think that Pippin is on the table. She’s starting to get a little better too. She’s starting the chasey chasey game more, and is not really putting up with his shit. She’ll tackle him, jump to a higher elevation, and then when he’s looking for her, she’ll pounce again.

Work wasn’t too bad last night. It was steady for a while. It was a cooler evening, so I didn’t take off my sweatshirt. Of course, the AC had to be running the whole night. If there’s no snow on the ground, the AC must be on. Maybe it’s because I’ve never really had AC, but opening the windows would’ve been much nicer. But I just dressed for warmth, and the day went pretty good, until about 7ish.

Around 7, it got quiet. So we did part of our closing stuff. That last two hours were just slow. We sat outside, because, the slurpee machine was squeaking something awful. when it was time to start the actual closing, that’s when people started to arrive. At 8:58, we had two guys come in and say “boy are we glad we made it, we just got back into town”. We, the workers, were not impressed. But they mostly grabbed their stuff quickly. We finished closing, and were out of there.