More obligations, more work, more money to make to fuel the never-ending cycle of bills and expenses. The world churns along at a glacial rate and flattens any and everything that’s standing still. You feel like you’ve got some time – the glacier’s still a mile away, why not have a picnic? Too much complacency is a fatal mistake. It’s horrible, grating and pointless. There is no understanding here, just cold mechanical process. Oh, but the Mormons are still fun to talk to when they come to the door, and now I get to be home all throughout the day so they can wake me up with their absent-minded diurnal rhythms. Knock, knock! Why are you throwing books at us? We just wanted to share the joys of John Smith with you!
Oh yeah?
Well, I want to sleep for a few hours a day, at least. Lights are out, nobody’s awake in here. Bye!
Back to bed.
At least the cats get it. They like the new routine, though I feel like it’s sewing chaos with my neurotransmitters. I like the dark, so I’m sure I’ll adjust in time. And longer autumn/winter nights are on the way. That’ll be nice.
There’s a stray cat at work who wanders around the parking lot meowing desperately at anyone who’s standing in view. I bought some treats to give her tomorrow night. Hopefully she’ll act less standoffish if I’ve got some tasty things for her.
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I think that means a shift change? Part of the new hire?
My Friend got her cat cuz he was running around a cleaning company near she works.. he purrs on contact, adorable hunter.
Yep, soon as you get settled the meteor comes and a new group takes over. Least it means an end.
The managers forced me onto night shift with a pay decrease and a drop in tenure. I still run the show, I’m just much lazier about it.
Staying up all night on my days off feels so damned weird, too. Shopping at Walmart at 3am feels even more weird. When I was a teenager and really dumb, my friends and I took a bunch of cough meds (DXM – dissociative in high doses) and we wandered around a carnival in the middle of the night. It was so surreal and strange, like wandering through an alien jungle or something. Well, Walmart at 3am is like that only rather than a jungle, it’s an alien office building, and everything is boring and lifeless.
Cats are great. The one outside my work is just a tiny thing, a little calico, and everyone seems to think she has a litter somewhere nearby. I wouldn’t doubt it, but she’s so little that it’s hard to imagine. I’d adopt her if I could, but I already have two little monsters of my own. Ha..