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Our Hermit Crab, Peacock, and Rooster Friends – Thoughts from June 16 to 18, 2023

June 16, 2023 It’s Friday and I think we all know what that means. Usually, it means grocery shopping at home, but today it’s vacation shopping. Patti is looking for a bag for the cat sitter and guardian of our girls while we’re here in paradise. We lost water this morning before we could shower.…
Brian Kirwan
2023, Asian cuisine, birds, black rooster, cat sitter, cats, cats fighting, cock-a-doodle-doo, Competition ruins everything, drinking at the pool bar, earplugs, eye mask, fruit sticks, grocery shopping, hermit crab, last smoking vacation, normal diet, noticing animals, numb butt, paperback book, Patti, peacock, pool, pool lounger, pool volleyball, reading, red feathers, rooster friend, shopping, showering at night, showering in the morning, sleeping, smoking, swimming, thoughts, Thoughts paper, vacation, Vacation Land, vacation problems, vacation shopping, white Kindle, writing -
Operation Jamaican Vacation: The Anniversary Part – Thoughts from June 13 to 15, 2023

June 13, 2023 Day two of operation Jamaican vacation, but it feels like day one. We were too tired to vacation yesterday. I had a dream where I was petting a seal. This was probably from me missing Luna laying on top of me and our daily rubbing exercise. I rub her and she tries…
Brian Kirwan
2023, anniversary, annoying behavior, breakfast, competition, Competition ruins everything, crabs, daily rubbings, drinking beer, human cat dad, humpapa, Jamaica, Jamaican vacation, long pants or shorts, male peacock, missing the cats, music trivia, New Orleans, operation Jamaican vacation, Patti, Patti and Brian, peachicks, peacock kids, peacock mom, peahen, pool volleyball, Queen, Queen songs, quiting smoking, repeaters dinner, school of fish, secluded beach, shallow ocean by the beach, smoking, Southerners, sweating, sweating is my hobby, sweating profusely, swimming, thoughts, Thoughts paper, translucent skin, trash talk, Vacation Destination, vacations without smoking, veggie bar, wedding song, What a Wonderful World -
Jamaica, Here We Come – Thoughts from June 11 and 12, 2023

June 11, 2023 Here we sit in the LAX airport. It’s about 9:30 pm and our flight is at about 11:30 pm. Who is this “we” you speak of? This might be your question if this is your first ever Thoughts paper you’ve read from this Brian guy. Brian is one of the we and…
Brian Kirwan
2023, airport, away from our bags, Beatrix, being tired, boarding groups, boarding the plane, Brian, carry-on, cats, cats are part of my routine, choking on salt, Couples Resorts, Facebook, flight, French fries, fur on our stuff, gaining vacation weight, getting nervous, Italian hot sauce, Jamaica, laptops, LAX airport, Luna, Miami airport, missing my bed, missing the cats, my weight, packing, Patti, Quest, racism sexism and religious fundamentalism, resort restaurants, resorts, routine, Scout, sleeping on planes, Starbucks, suitcases, talking cat, the American South, thoughts, Thoughts paper, too much salt, vacation, vacation meal, vegan and vegerarian options, Willow -
Blanket Rules are Illogical Rules – Thoughts from May 28 and 29, 2023

May 28, 2023 Following rules you hear is not the same thing as following rules that are written and documented. Enough said. May 29, 2023 It was fun to end my Thoughts paper yesterday with “enough said” after one sentence, but I wasn’t actually done. Today, I will finish what I only introduced yesterday. The…
Brian Kirwan
2023, all-or-nothing statements, arbitrary and unecessary rules, being a rebel, being aware of other people, blanket rules, caring about other people, challenging behavior, changing my ways, common sense, courtesy rules, daily routines, disagreeing with all rules, established rules, experience, following blanket rules, illogical rules, individual decisions, knowing why I’m doing something, managers, preventing rudeness, questioning, questioning rules, rebels, rude people, sound reasoning, sterile workplace, thoughts, understanding a task, verbal rules, walking on the right -
Ignoring Other People and My Moth Friend – Thoughts from May 20 and 21, 2023

May 20, 2023 I’m on day six of eight days of working the same earlier shift. It’s only two hours off the shift I enjoy better, but it’s an annoying two hours. The most annoying part about it is feeling tired every day. If I told you when I was coming to work, you would…
Brian Kirwan
2023, abnormal jobs, autism, being an atheist, bored or freaked out, boring people, carefull word choice, caring about other people, catering stories to the group, connecting to other people, conversations about religion, coworker, drumming in the air, exciting people, experiencing the world, ignoring other people, ignoring the world, incidence, interesting people, little creatures, looking strangers in the eye, loud clothes, moth, moth on my windshield, movements as communication, my Monday, my moth friend, no beliefs, observations, Other People Exist, people’s stories, shyness, snoozes, stimulus, storytelling, the early shift, thoughts, tired, unpleasantness of the world, videoing, weird stories, work

