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Wrenching Dad
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Drank too much wine this evening. Went on a nod and now am up all night again.
Wife's on days off and she just rose from a fifteen and a half hour sleep. Cat's on her cat bed on the piano just out of reach of the dogs affections. Cat tree stands ready next to the piano in case of the need for an emergency escape.
Funny household we live in, everyone showers late at night or the early, early mornings.
We still have a tank type water heater. In the silence of the late night/early morning we can hear the heating water in the tank flashing into steam with it's loud pops cracking out in the garage.
So I load the dishwasher, change the trash bag and put on Netflix. Direct TV is 300 channels with nothing on. No, more like 350 channels and absolutely nothing of intelligent interest on.
I look out the window and see folks passing by in the darkness walking their dogs at 1AM.
One girl runs by with 6 Greyhounds she rescued running alongside her. Other girl across the street walking one of those big Clifford kinda dogs but black of course, not blue like in the cartoons passes by with a flashlight.
It's 45F outside and seems much colder. Damp chill I guess.
No coffee run tonight for the 24 hr donut joints are just too miserable to visit.
Wish we had chains with better coffee than Starbucks around here.
We'll some times head to Disneyland in the early AM and park way before the Park opens.
They open up their coffee and breakfast spots for early risers like us and international hotel guests on way different time schedules.
We'll stroll around the beautiful resort area as the sun rises. The question people ask us is "where did you get that [non starbucks] coffee?"
Only a few non-Starbucks coffee spots in the resort left. Seems Starbucks it taking it all over. Their is still a non Starbucks coffee cart with a college age girl manning it.
She's dressed in a late 1800's style starched and pressed Harvey Girls kinda costume with the grandma apron, wearing tart-by-the-book makeup who's vending coffee in a little semi-hidden location. She's been up since 2:30 AM. Has to be at her first college class of the day by 9:00 AM.
Starbucks took over one of the most excellent Disney Bakeries too. Sad. Replaced the unique and amazing fresh baked pastries with those pre-frozen-then-nuked items one finds at their locations around the country.
Changing times.
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