Repetition

Thursday, January 8th, 2026, is David Bowie’s birthday, Elvis Presley’s birthday, and Yancey’s birthday.

Not too cold going to work this morning, but getting out of bed before the Sun is up is still a drag. Bill is still on the road, probably for another week, which does not make me happy, but what has to be done has to be done.

Michael stepped in and has done a good job of filling in as a companion, but he has to go back to his crib tomorrow, and he might go tonight, or he might go in the morning.

I don’t mind getting a good night’s sleep. I have found that the first 20 minutes of me being awake consist of discussing in my head, going to work, or staying home. Going to work almost always wins

It was a tough battle this morning, but here I am at work.

I’ve been trying to cut down on my cigar smoking, and so far so good, although right now I am jonesing so hard for a cigar, but I’m thinking about running around the block and getting one. We’ll see how that goes.

So it seems that Mike is heading back to his crib today, this afternoon, which means I’ll be back in an empty apartment. Which is not as much fun as it sounds, though it will enable me to do whatever it is that I do when I’m alone. There’s a general malaise in the world today and it’s all over, including my crib.

I am about to yield to temptation. And I’m trying so hard to be here now.

So Mike is going to be away, Bill is going to be away, and I am not. I suppose that’s the natural order of things. I stay put; everyone flies off. Mike says he doesn’t want to, but he has to due to parole circumstances.

But I am glad I have this job, and I’m doing my best to be good at it, and it seems to be working, knock on wood.

Marcus and I finally connected for the first time this year, and we’ve both been extraordinarily cordial to each other, which is nice and out of the ordinary.

Mike has been placed in a Lyft back to his crib, and it’s crazy, but I miss him already. He’s just been very good to have around for the past two and a half weeks. He’s enjoyed it, I have enjoyed it, I think Bill has enjoyed the fact that I got somebody looking out for me like that.

He says he may be back on Saturday, so we’ll have to see about that on Saturday. Tonight, back to the usual routine, pick up some celery. And make some tuna fish for dinner.

Things just seem to be getting worse and worse, and we just got through our first week of January 2026. ICE shot and killed a 30-something young woman in Minneapolis yesterday. They are saying that she tried to run them over the video footage says otherwise.

So now they’re shooting American citizens…

On a lighter note, sometimes things that I have said or done in the past pop up in the middle of my day and leave me with embarrassment and or regret

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