Monday, April 29, 2013

April rains??? hello????

I'll drop the picture in later.  I am tired of fighting with computers.  Full moon has passed but dang if it hasn't still been bouncing around and interfering with my life.  I took Friday off as personal day because if I didn't I wouldn't be just writing about slaughter but in jail.  Work has been brutal and I know when to use my free money time.  5 or 6 hours of overtime every week and still treated less than dirt.  Enough said - no energy.

So my work polluted me and I was sick on and off with nasty scary illness bouncing between 100 and 101.6 degrees for fun. I think Dan mentioned having something like this a week ago...Dan...I get it...argghghghgh.

I did get garden started.  It was supposed to rain massively tonight so naturally not a drop.

Work this morning only 88 emails.  Most were okay but then the wheel turned and it went sideways.  Nothing to do with me being off Friday but stuff I didn't have anything to do with but had to deal.  Sigh.

Good news got some writing in and with weird nightmares over weekend some fun ahead.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Evening sky

This was taken a few nights ago.  The setting sun letting us know that the weather would turn soon.  It did.  The office BBQ happened without a hitch on Friday.  Of course we weren't paid for the time we had to spend outside 'being nice' to other departments.  The food wasn't bad but it wasn't anything particularly spectacular by my rather picky standards.  If you serve corn on the cob please cook it completely...maybe have butter, fake butter or even salt and pepper for anything you serve?  Slotted spoons for the oddly flavored baked beans (I think they dumped a half cup of liquid smoke in it).  The shredded beef was good, the chicken too dry and I didn't bother with the pork.  Sadly I did something I rarely do - I threw out food.  I have a hard core belief that is a bad thing to do.  No choice.  Inedible.  

The rain did come middle of Friday night and on and off on Saturday.  Sprinkles and threats today but nothing like promised.  It didn't matter.  My latest neighbor in the little compound of 4 units rents the efficiency on the shared wall of my place.  She was a quiet little Brazilian woman with 'no friends' when she house sat for the lifeguard who smoked out there (not kidding - I never walked past his side of the complex cause contact high possible).  Two days after she moved in she suddenly had an older boyfriend with two small boys.  Small noisy boys...in an efficiency!  Oh, who are in the pool all hours without supervision. 

I've had someone I know died by drowning I wouldn't wish that on anyone.  Here are two boys at risk!  They toss in the small fakey life preservers to the boys to play with - horrifying no?  This morning after the gal partied all day with her friends on Saturday the boys were out unsupervised before 8 am yelling and screaming.  So loudly I could hear them outside the backyard and on the street.  I am unhappy but love the rest of the area.  The good thing is eventually one of the many neighbors these screaming boys are waking up will call child protective services and report them.  In my state it is illegal for unmarried couples to have children living without their own rooms.  There are no 'rooms' in that small place.  The gal is a sweetie but still. 

Next weekend is the last weekend for my local farmer's market as it gets too hot during summer.  Summer has pretty much already hit so I don't blame them but still.  I loved walking across the bridge and bringing my recyclable bag and picking up veggies.