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It’s time for Christmas Day (Go Jenna) buy a small tree like Hoda Kotb for the holiday

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It’s Sunday morning, and it feels warmer today, than it was yesterday. That means that the wind has finally died down. It was crazy yesterday. It was supposed to go away in the early afternoon, and it slowed, but it never actually went away.

Work was pretty good yesterday. It was somewhat busy, right after we opened, but died off to a trickle, then picked back up again. It was a good day. I learned how to dip. That was exciting.

I got home and made a few slices of bacon, and then tots, and finally cheeseburgers. It was a glorious meal to be had. We had it, and we were totes full. It was so good. I can fry up a really good burger.

Today is supposed to be chore day, but I have a staff Christmas party to go to today. I’m kind of annoyed that Crystal can’t come, but it’s an unsanctioned party after hours at the shop. So I can understand. I’m not going to stick around too long. But since it’s the Christmas party, and a secret Santa thing, I have to go and get my santee their present, and get a box of cake mix and frosting to bring tonight.

Also Subway.

So yeah, all chores will be taken care of tomorrow, that includes brunch. I’ll also be stripping the bed, and washing that as well.

Next weeks schedule should fly by – 3 opening shifts, a mid shift, and a Sunday shift. This week will be going by quickly I hope.

But for right now – coffee and contemplation. Happy Sunday, you bunch of glorious assholes!

Ten lords a-leaping

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“It’s Sunday, it’s brunch day. Are you ready for a piece of bacon?” – Crystal to Chaucer. Just minutes ago.

The coffee has finished brewing, and Chaucer is in between us, and snuggly and purry. It’s Sunday. And all the light in the world is gone only blackness. Blackness and snow. That is an our life now. Winter is here.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. We got up and did our morning thing, like you do. Coffee, and Dateline. I got up and cleaned off the Hot Mess Express, since I didn’t drive it to work on Friday. I wanted to clean it off before date night. From there, we hopped into my mom’s truck and headed off in an easterly direction to SlightlyBiggerTown.

Shopping went very well. We got what was on the list, and a couple of items that I forgot to put on the list. It was busy. A little busier than normal. When we were finished, we roll up to a check out. No one is there, but the light is on. This is normal. The cashier is usually a couple lanes down, normally bagging. So we get all the product on the belt and someone comes over and tells us that the cashier was there but forgot to shut off her light, and that she would be over when she got her line down.

No problems. Were patient.

After a couple of minutes, I think the manager came over to check us out. We got everything bagged, and headed on our merry way. We hit up the dollar store, and then the pharmacy. After those to places, we popped over to the weed superstore and grabbed a little something something.

We came home and I dropped off mom’s truck and walked back for a very quick lunch. After lunch I got a turn on the switch. Well not a turn, I asked if I could play and an enthusiastic yes from Crystal. I’ve been all work and no play during the week so it was nice to settle down and play.

I played before and after dinner. No Man’s Sky is great, but is very slow. Usually after about an hour and a half of playing, that’s when actual stuff starts to happen. And true to that, I slowly started to move the main story line forward. Then you notice that it’s 9pm. So I logged off and made some hot chocolate for the both of us.

Holy cow, I’m talkative today. Happy Sunday, let’s kick some chores in the balls and claim the day!

Three French hens

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Another dark morning. Coffee is brewing, and I’m struggling to shake the cobwebs from my head. It was a pretty good sleep. I’m still tired though. I don’t know if I’ll ever not be tired, but here we are. Good morning my friends, welcome to Sunday!

I’m pretty sure I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. The last thing that I remember is calling for Chaucer, who was singing the song of this people. I think I was still awake when he finally jumped up onto the bed. I don’t think I was awake when he finally got comfortable.

We’ll never know. Chaucer doesn’t speak English.

But here we are. When I’m finished with this post I’ll be getting up and doing laundry. We’ll probably have three loads this morning. I have to wash the sweaters that I wore all last week. Other than that, it’s a typical Sunday, which one difference: I go back to work tomorrow. The days of having three day weekends are over!

That’s ok. A normal schedule is just fine with me. I just gotta get used to it. Once I am, we’ll be right as rain.

Ok, let’s get comfy for a bit. Wake up for a little while, then it’s time for chores. Need a little more coffee in the system first. Plus Chaucer is on my lap.

Happy Sunday friends!

Midnight, and I’m a-waitin’ on the twelve-oh-five

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Yep, it’s another day, just starting. Good morning everyone. It’s Sunday, and of course, it’s freakin dark out. The wind is blowing, and I don’t know if it snowed a little more, or if the wind just moved the snow around in the night. Perhaps a combination of both. We’ll never know.

Again, I was awake a little early this morning. I looked, out of curiosity. It was early. Thankfully, I was able to just close my eyes and go back to sleep. That’s a good thing.

But yeah, it’s freakin dark out there. I don’t think the sun rises now until 8 or 8:30. Only 4 or 5 months before the sun will be up before we wake up.

Tomorrow is the day. First day of a new job. I filled out the paperwork yesterday to bring in tomorrow. I only have questions about the Canadian tax stuff. Everything else is filled out. I think subconsciously I’m freaking out. There is nervousness, but I don’t feel it. I do when I think about it. I have to be up wicked early. I think that I won’t post until I get home after shift. I think it’ll be easier that way, I have a little bit to do. I haven’t made lunch for myself in the morning for years. I’ll be making that. So yeah not enough time. But this week is a training week so we’ll figure it out. Just not tomorrow.

But it’s Sunday, and that means chore day! Yay chores! But before the chores, let’s get some more coffee into me. Let’s get the day started!

In five minutes.

If you’re a man at all oh, I will figure this one out on my own

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It’s dark. It was dark when we went to bed, and it’s dark when we wake up. Winter is coming. This is just the herald of winter. First they take away our warmth, then they take our light. They’ve already taken the ground. Winter is coming.

Yesterday was whirl wind. We got up at the normal time, and while I drank my go-go juice, Crystal put on her makeup. Then, after the truck warmed up a little, we were off to MostlyBiggerTown to do some shopping. We got into town around 11, and jumped right into the local Walmart. You never really forget the sounds of Walmart. They’re universal. Screaming child, just the regular din of low level noise. Check.

We started in aisle 1 in the food department, and pretty quickly went through them all, filling the cart with food. We had to backtrack once or twice, then we moved on the clothing. We split up, and I went to men’s wear, because I’m a man. I looked around and threw some socks in the cart. I walked back and looked for Crystal. My first pass didn’t reveal her, so I wandered back into men’s wear to see if there were any racks with clearance. I did find a warm jacket that I liked. It was just a little expensive. But it was on sale for 30% off. I stuffed it into the shopping cart and went off to find Crystal.

We reunited and I showed her. She agreed with me that I needed a warm jacked and said it was a good deal. There were only a couple of more items that we needed, so we went off in search of them. After we found them, and paid for everything, we drove across the plaza, and stopped at the dispensary, and then went off to McDonald’s for lunch on the road. We made good time coming back.

When we got back, I helped put stuff away, then went to fuel up the truck, and drop it off at my parents place. I walked back to the flat. It was a gorgeous afternoon. When I arrived, we went back out to the Hot Mess, and drove to Town Hall and experienced the towns winter craft fair. Mostly MLM tables and canned goods. We spent the most time over at the libraries tables, looking at the books. Nothing of substance jumped out at us, so we went home.

After dinner, we both struggled to stay awake, so after the movie (Pitch Perfect), we watched some TikTok and went to bed a little early.

I woke up around 4 I think, and successfully navigated from the bed to the bathroom, and back again with my eyes completely closed. I climbed back into bed, and snuggled into Crystal.

And now here we are! Sunday Sunday SUNDAY. Chore day. We’ll start that a little later. But for right now, coffee and dateline. What a nice way to wake up.