It was about a quarter 'til 9:00 AM, the sound of the alarm would go off to alert the anthropomorphic animal in bed. Turning over to stare at the ceiling thinking to himselfI really don't want to get up, what's the point?Trying to shuffle out, the man would fall to the floor with a loud thud with his alarm continuing to go off. "Dammit!" the man would get up off the ground, to locate his phone and shut off his alarm. Picking up his phone as he'd read the date, it was a Thursday somewhere during the fall of 2019. He'd read some messages; one from his ex asking for her stuff back, it'd be about six after they had broken up with one another and she had yet to ask for her things. Which he did have wrapped up in a nice trash bin. Guessing it was either due not wanting to confront him or laziness but either way. The raccoon would take the bin of her things before tossing it out the door, "shit..." silently exclaiming to himself as he headed over to stand the bin back up before heading back into his apartment. Sitting on the couch, The raccoon would continue to scroll through his phone to check other messages and other notifications before heading to his bathroom to shower and get ready. Whilst in the middle of his shower his phone would ring, "crap, crap" The racoon would be drying his paws off with the towel on the side of the sink before grabbing his phone.

It was his Cousin, Irving calling him for a chat,

"haha Samson, how are you doing?"

"Well i was in the middle of getting ready, since i have to do some work around the city"
"I see, hey how are you and Viv doing? Still planning on moving in together?"

Samson lets out a small sigh while he showered, keeping him on Speaker,
"Sadly no, she and I aren't together. After i found out cheated on me" there'd be a brief moment of silence from Irving and him as his cousin would begin to speak once more

"Man, I'm so sorry that happened to you. You know you'll-"

"Hey Irv, I appreciate the pep talk but I'm totally fine. I promise, it's been about three or so months now and I'm single and ready to mingle!"

"Well that's good! I'm really glad you're feeling better considering all those alarming voicemails you sent me before. Side note, remember that girl I was talking to the last time you came here?"

"Yeah! Her name was Jess right?"

"Yep, we're officially an item. We went on a couple dates and she said yes"

Samson would stop the shower drying himself off,

"Well that's cool and I really hope you two stay together."

"Thanks cuz, i know you've said you didn't want to hear this same old song and dance but know if you need to talk I'm here."

"Thanks Irv, I really appreciate it. Look, I enjoy our talk. However, I really need to go now. I gotta head to my classes than work"

"Ah I see, this is your last year right?"

"Yep, I'll finally get my associates degree!"

"Awesome! Hey, before I let you go, when are you coming to Bright Harbor to visit? You haven't seen me in months"

"uh... Soon, i don't know what my work schedule is but I'll make sure to tell you so we can coordinate"

"Ok, I hope you swing by sometime, I really want you to meet Jess. There's also this cool couple we met at our Café. I can't remember their names but they seemed like some cool guys."

"Alright, well I'll talk to you when I get everything settled. Bye!"

Samson would hang up so he could get ready for his classes, going to a nearby community college of Tins Haven. It was a small town most notable for its music and art scene, the supposed UFO sighting, as well as being one of the cities you would migrate to if Bright Harbor was out of your budget. Samson would be in his final semester, with most of his classes being half online and half in person. He was 22 and lived on his own for 2-3 years now whilst heading to college, meeting his friends as he'd met up with them in the classroom, the two were Felix and Isaac. With a smile he'd walk up to them and greet them,
"How it go, Fellows?" saying with a playful demeanor while approaching the desks while he sat down, it'd be a few minutes before the class started. The Cat and Bird would smile back at him responding separately,
"Doing good, you?"

"Doing Alright, how about yourself Sam?"

"Doing well" the Racoon would say before mustering up a small smile after letting out a small sigh. "Finally got the courage to at least get up and do something today. It wasn't just to go to work, then lay in bed until I went to bed, but- enough of that! I'm doing well and i'm single and ready to mingle!"

"Well that's great, Sam." Isaac said with a smile, before Felix chimes in

"So listen, Dex actually invited us to a party that's being held at Larryton Forest. You know what that means?" With a small smirk on his face, Samson knew what that means as they all exclaimed in Unison

"UFO Party!" but before they could express their excitement the professor would arrive and begin class. The three remained seated to each other, paying attention to the class at hand. It would be about digital imaging and the various ways to touch up forms of image documents in photoshop. They would pull up a small group chat on their laptops, and pull out a notepad program to take notes on the lecture. Half way through, he'd shoot one of his friends a message
SSo how did Dex swing an invite? FOh, basically Dex was just chatting with this one girl,what was her name?
FJackie, i Think or was it Callie?
IAre you talking about Callie K? Pfft that guy has no game with her FAnyway, before I was rudely interrupted by Isaac. Dex somehow got invited and decided to invite us. SBut how did he swing that?
FWe're supposedly bringing the beer to the party, so good news we're swinging by the the liquor store to get a kegger when we go there SSo when's this party happening? FI'm pretty sure it's tomorrow SOk, cool. Anyone we know going to this? I am Reallllly trying to avoid seeing someone there FOh don't worry i don't think Viv will be there IYeah apparently someone destroyed her car so she and her folks are trying to get it fixed
ITires slashed, and a broken windshield FAnyway

"Alright Class, it's time to show what you've learned!" The group chat was interrupted by the professor as she'd given them all an exercise to do as the Trio would be hard at work altering their images for their separate assignments that they would have followed from their textbooks. With a couple of clicks and a personal spin on his assignment, Samson would finish up the exercise a few minutes later. There'd be a few minutes before class left. Samson would still look around to see his two friends still having their finishing touches before they could continue their conversation.
After the class was dismissed, Samson would head out to his car to go back to his house to get ready for work, walking out in jeans, a plaid shirt, and an old worn out t-shirt. Most of his tasks were to clean up most of the buildings within the city of Tins Haven. As he'd always clocked in before getting a read on the newsletter, he would work with a previous co-worker, an older looking bird with a white beard. He never really got his name before, but it didn't mean he wasn't a great mentor for Samson. After he retired some years later, Samson would fill in his role doing various tasks around Tins Haven and the other neighboring towns if needed. Samson would have a very minimal day for work, getting his checklist ready on which building he would be heading to. From most of the government owned buildings and some occasional alley ways. The raccoon would be cleaning up at one of the bus stations, and finally sanitizing the bathroom, getting all the trash together, and cleaning the windows. Samson would then have some down time to get back to the previous group chat at hand.
Shey, guys i'm not really feeling like drinking at this party SI can be the designated driver for you guys if you want IAwesome, now i don't have to be the sober cab FYeah that's fine, oh we have to add Dex to the chatDex would then be added to their chat
DSup? Sjust curious, who did you invite? DWell just you guys Syou mean just us? Or...(edited) DI'm not following IHe's asking if you're inviting Alex
FOh right, forgot about that
DWhat? DWhat happened with Alex?(edited) SAll you need to know is that i'm not talking to him anymore
IHe slept with Vivian DOh...
S,FIsaac!
IWhat?! It's what happened

There would be a very long pause, with Dex trying to type up a rebuttal to the Isaac's statement,
DOk, he said he couldn't come with us so... we're in the clear. Sok, cool Dfor some reason he couldn't go, his apartment flooded FHow did that happen?(edited) DHe doesn't know but it's going to cost him a fortune for whatever happenedSamson would hang up the phone and get back to work. He was stoked, looking forward to tomorrow night giving his all at his job so he won't get called in to do more work tomorrow. After going to the bus station he'd drive around to the various other areas around the town; carrying trash bags, sweeping up floors and doing menial repairs around the town.

After all the running around the town, he would return to the office and clock out for the evening. Finally climbing back into his car and driving back to his apartment, unlocking his door before locking it back to decompress. His living room would consist of a couch, a small table with a few framed posters of vintage sci-fi monster movies and a used brown couch. Sitting down he would begin scrolling through his phone to see if he had any new notifications while watching some television, it would be the titular Garbo and Malloy Samson would be barely paying attention to what they'd be talking about, pulling out an edible and breaking half of it off to consume it and relax a little. He'd feel the relaxing properties of the THC take control of him while he took a deep breath trying to prepare himself for tomorrow. Looking down at the clock, he would notice it'd be very late and would shut off the tv and go to bed. Hopefully tomorrow will be better, and it'll be one of his best nights ever..