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That old diesel engine made an eerie sound

Shawshank, January 23, 2026

We’ve been in a cold snap in the area. I checked my weather app last night, and it told me it was -45° with the wind. Well, the wind has died down a little this morning, but it’s still freakin cold out there. like I told the kid I was working with last night, “it’s not that bad out. I don’t mind the cold.” He minded the cold, and told me that he hasn’t been able to find his long underwear for a “couple of weeks”. So he ran the register.

It’ll be just as cold this afternoon. I’ll be in just as many layers as yesterday. I’m the adult this evening. It shouldn’t be too bad in fact, I think it’s going to be a good day. All that stands between me and the weekend, is an 8 hour shift. I got this!

I had a pretty good sleep. I woke up a couple of times in the night. I think some time in the night, for the first time in a long time, my knee locked up. Weird. I straightened it out and passed back out. Sleep daddy was doing his job. Then I don’t know when, I began to sleep on my neck wrong. Yep, stiff neck today. Woo!

It’s cold, it’s dark, it’s January, north of the wall.

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