Ermcool's Blog

 How are you doing today?  Well, I hope.  I'm just sipping on my coffee.  I woke up before 8 AM today.  Yesterday, I bought some trash bags thinking they were the right size.  Turns out, the trash bags are 30 gallon bags.  To small for the trashcan in the garage.  But they fit like a glove in the trash can I bought for my apartment years ago.  Well, at least I got the discount.  At first, I thought God had abandoned me, until I realized the bags fit perfectly in that smaller trashcan.  Which is still fairly big.  So, I went out and put some of the pinecone needles into the trash can.  Emptied it, and put the bag out for the trash.  Then, I brought the trashcan back inside.  It was all just perfect.  Praise the Lord! Yesterday, I was supposed to work at 2:15.  But I swore up and down I start at 2:45 PM.  So, that was when I started.  But today I begin at 3:15 PM.  So, maybe I will head in ...

 Today, I worked as a Courtesy clerk.  I worked from 10 PM to 5:45 PM.  I mostly gathered carts, did trashes on the Front End, and did returns, or go backs.  I had a lunch.  I used lunch to purchase a deli sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and a pack of cigarettes.  Then, after that, a thunderstorm began.   At first the sky threatened rain.  Then, by 4:30 PM it began to rain.  Then, there was lightening and thunder.  According to my Dad it rained "3 inches" in North Texas.  There was more than one storm in the area. After I got off work, I came home and tried to let Max out.  But he did not want to go out.  I had to be patient with him.  So, I went ahead and let him stay in, prepared to clean the mess up.  But so far, Max has done fine. I made coffee.  I did not think much more of the storm.  I lay down while my coffee brewed.  As I lay down, I closed my eyes, but was awoken by a flash of lightening, an...