Tag: life

No speed limit… this is the fast lane

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What a wonderful afternoon! Quiet. No noise other than a fan going. My mom had to pick up some parts for my dad in the SlightlyBiggerTowns and asked if I wanted to come for a drive. I declined. All. Alone.

It’s nice to just be alone. I ate lunch, and then, because I can, took a shower. I didn’t have to ask if anyone needed to use the bathroom, nothing. I walked, naked, from my room to the bathroom. Then when I was finished, naked from the bathroom to my bedroom.

Glorious.

I didn’t have to say where I was going, when I went to the second hand store. Just popped my headphones in, cranked some tunes, and went for a walk.

Now, I have some water, and I’m going to read ‘Ship of Theseus’ for a while, until my mom and gramma get back. What a wonderful afternoon!

I tried to find them, but they disappeared

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I have no idea what’s going on. And I like it.

So far from what I can gather, there’s a pretty neat story in here. It’s about a guy with no memory of who he is, gets kidnapped, and awakens on a ship. That’s as far as I got on the main story – Ship of Theseus

Then, there’s the story in the margin. Jen and Eric. BRING ON ALL THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES!

I did start to read this outside while Shady Acres has their afternoon nap. I think I was out there for maybe (at the most) 20 minutes. Then the neighbours came outside with screeching children and bubbles. Nuf said. So I want in, and read on my bed.

It’s actually not hard to read at all. Only once, I found myself reading the main story, so I had to go back and read the margins.

There’s no pain and there’s no doubt

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Awake! Oh, it was nice and cool again last night. Still, I slept mostly on top the blankets. Coffee is the name of the game right now, and let me tell you, this coffee is good. But it’s nice and sunny, and looks like it’ll be a nice day here today.

I managed to mow the lawn yesterday. I did all the edging then ran the ride on back and forth over the yard twice, to make it look nice and uniform. So it should be good for a couple of weeks now.

Other than that, I have some German lessons, and definitely will be going outside to finally start the book. It’s been calling to me!

The contest is still going on for the music lyrics. Just leave a comment on the post with your answer. May the odds ever be in your favour!

Also, head over to chicky.blog and click the coffee cup. Tell em Shawshank sent ya!

The creaking of the boards on the weathered bow

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Tiny town is a weird place. At noon every day, an air raid siren goes off. It’s to tell everyone to close up shop for either a half or a full hour to take lunch. I’ve now learned when I go to the post office after lunch, I’m picking up the mail from yesterday. So when I went down today, hoping for my book, it wasn’t there.

I wasn’t mad, just disappointed, that I’d have to wait until Monday for my book. Canada Post doesn’t deliver on the weekends (something I still have to get used too). Don’t even get me started on PO boxes!


So once we figured that out, a way I went again to the post office, and found the package slip. I brought that to the counter and got my book. I raced home and ripped open the box. I had to smile at the faces my mom and Gramma had when they what looks like an old library book! My god, it even smells like an old book!

Now, broke my rule a little an read a little bit, but my attention kept getting pulled away by the TV. So I’ll wait until Shady Acres goes to sleep to really jump into it for a half hour or so. It’s really going to test my ability to juggle 2 stories at once with all the words and different fonts on the page.

Shatter with words impossible to follow

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Good morning, happy Friday. If you’re reading this, y’all made it. It’s almost the weekend. Quiet start to the day here at Shady Acres. Bread is being made. Another couple of hours, and we’ll be heading into SlightlyBiggerTown to get my mom’s meds.

And since it’s Friday, I should have some mail. A book that I asked myom to order for me. Like I told Crystal, it’s the first thing I asked my mom for. Originally, my mom and dad were supposed to go to CapitalCity to get some parts for a combine. My mom didn’t exactly know where they’d be in the city, opted to order it instead. And it should be here today. I’ll go out after lunch to see if it’s at the post office.

I remembered yesterday that Crystal was learning German on Duolingo, so I jumped up and got the app, and started learning yesterday. I spent about 45 minutes yesterday stumbling through the lessons. I achieved level 2 by pure luck. This morning, I logged in, and with skill and perfection, made it to level 3 in just a few lessons. Ich bin ein mann.

It was so hot iny bedroom (hot hot was it?!), I had a terrible time falling and staying asleep. I was so very stuffed up. Mix that with weird Mad Max: Fury Road dreams (remind me to stop watching car shows before bed), it was a long night. But, tonight I know I’ll sleep better.