I’d like to walk you through a field of wildflowers and I’d like to check you for ticks

I shouldn’t be awake right. A combination of a stuffed up face, making it difficult to breathe, the bed way to fricken hot, volume either too high or, can only dogs hear it at this point. To the stomach ache that hit me probably around midnight. I was waking up a lot in the night.

And of course there’s the Podrick factor.

There’s always the Podrick factor to consider.

I feel just as bad for Crystal, who’s probably been up since 4. I just want a cool bed. A cat that doesn’t chew wires, and my beautiful wife to sleep more than 4.5 hours a night. Everything else will take care of itself after that.

It’s gonna be a busy day once the sun comes up. We’ll be heading to SlightlyBiggerTown for an oil change. Then we’ll do our weekend shopping. We’ll do the tour of the town, and then come back to The Flat.

But right now, I need copious amounts of coffee.

It’s Friday. It’s almost the weekend. SMACKDOWN! tonight.

I’m hell on heels, baby, I’m comin’ for you

Podrick woke me up early. But he was all to blame for that. I was warm, then cold, then warm again. Plus I couldn’t breathe through my nose. Podrick is just being Podrick. But, yeah, it’s fucking annoying to consistently either wake up, or be woken up by the orange starting off by lumbering over me. Back and forth, back and forth.

So I’m up. Crystal more than likely has been up since around 4:30 or 5 this morning. I feel terrible that every morning is the same. Get up. Look at your simple drooling husband. Fend off the orange menace from waking said drooling husband. Keep the kitten away from wires. Over and over. It’s got to be very frustrating for Crystal.

Work was different. I’m not sure I’m enjoying the 8-4 shifts. But it’s what it is. I walked into the store, and in an effort to look busy, I tackled the weekly cleaning list. In an hour and 45 minutes, I did a weeks worth of cleaning. But you can only clean a pig up so much.

We were told groceries were going to be late, because a vehicle has broken down. That was technically wrong. But anyways, the groceries finally showed up about 15 minutes before 1st shift was set to leave. They helped to bring it in, then left. Over the course of the next hour, me and another co-worker managed to get everything out. For the next two hours, we helped customers, and kept the store going.

On the way home I stopped at the post office to pick up The Beautiful One’s Temu package. Crystal stopped playing her game and went through the treasures that were contained in it. I inflated an inflatable.

Dinner was an amazing taco night for two. Crystal cooked the succulent meat perfectly. I microwaved the tortillas and we sat down to eat. It was like a feeding frenzy. So very very good. I was food entertained. Crystal also did the dishes – bless her.

Coffee now. Happy pill swallowed. Ta Thursday, I don’t have underwear on. Let’s goo!

When I’m drinking doubles, I’m nothing but trouble

I woke to Hans Zimmer. That’s not sleep daddy. I tried to change the music back to sleep daddy. Then my alarm went off. So I roll out of bed, and start my day.

Podrick is already doing Podrick things. Also Podrick has a touch of diarrhea. I heard him in the bathroom. Then the little butt scoots. No more soft food for him for a while.

I’m working the 8-4 shift today. Not bad. Not my favourite shift, but I’ve always said I’ll work the shifts I’m given. I worked until nine last night. Up wicked early this morning. Closing tomorrow.

Good times.

Watched NXT last night. Joe Hendry won the championship in a ladder match. We believe!!

Well, I guess he forgot about the Smoky Mountain rain

I really feel bad for Crystal, having to deal with the orange meatwad. He’s a morning cat for sure. Crystal did her best, and barred him from the bedroom. I have no idea what time that was, but minutes after she shut him out of the bedroom, my bladder said no no no. You have ta pee. Get up and go. So I got up and went. I was very lucky that Podrick didn’t make it back into the bedroom. I did what I needed to do, and went back to bed, closing the door on my way through.

EDIT: I was not lucky, Podrick got back into the bedroom. I had contained him in the bedroom. Crystal must have kicked him out again, because later, I woke up to Podrick playing his favourite instrument: the door handle.

So I apologize to Crystal for all the trouble I had inadvertently caused this morning. I didn’t mean to. I couldn’t see.

Good morning, my friends. It’s a cold, and dark Monday morning. Another weekend over, and a new months just begun. Welcome to February everyone. Time marches on.

One of the best spots at the Royal Rumble

We didn’t do too much of anything yesterday. I made brunch, and thought really hard about doing the chores. But I’m a lazy asshole, so I didn’t do anything. I played a little bit of Red Dead Redemption, and then before we knew it, I had the truck pre-heating.

We had a good afternoon over at Shady Acres. One of my dad’s friends came over for a visit, and to just see how my dad is doing. I put on the PBR live from Sacramento California. I love the names of the bulls. They’re like the racehorses names before they got boring. My favourite was named NoSlaw ExtraSauce.

Hoping it’ll take me just a little farther down the line

Back to work this morning. Mid shift today. So of course I’m up early because, I had an alarm set. My body loves to wake up hours before the alarm goes off, to fucking make sure I’m awake. Always hours before the alarm. This time, it started at 4am. Then I woke up at 5:40.

Fuck it. Time to get up.

I’m gonna write this post, and then get up, shower, and get dressed. Hopefully the 8-4 shift will go somewhat quickly.

Fingers crossed.

The New England Patriots are in the Superb Owl for the first time since, I believe they said, 2019. So yeah, it’s been a while. It’s been a heck of a rebuilding decade. It’ll be the patriots vs. The Seahawks. It should be a good game.

Coffee is brewing, but I already have a cup. Once I shower, I’ll see if Crystal would like to get up. Then, I’ll spend the last minutes of warmth on the couch before heading to work.

Happy Monday everyone!