The big black snake is back! At 1:00 I was gazing out the living room window when I saw that same black snake slither away from the house and into the wash somewhere. It either slipped into a hole or moved on. I don’t think it was quite 6’, though. Maybe closer to 5’, my height. I couldn’t get any good shots of it cuz by the time I grabbed the camera it was gone. It was definitely all black and definitely the same kind of snake I saw the last time, if not the exact same one. It moved like a corkscrew and it could’ve been under the stairs or under the house, but I can’t say for sure where it came from.

Woke up at a record-breaking 114 pounds today, but is this a weight loss or a water loss? Any connection to the Theo? Who knows, but I may have to stop the Theo no matter what. One of its star side-effects is sleeplessness and I couldn’t fall asleep till 2:00 even with 3mg of Melatonin and all I usually need is 1 or 2 mg. I had to take a Benadryl to knock myself out and ended up sleeping till 11:30. Now I need to slowly back my schedule up.

I’ve gone back to my over-the-counter inhaler cuz the Albuterol is useless. It’s a dewheezer, and I don’t wheeze anymore. Meanwhile, it does nothing for tightness like the Primatene Mist sometimes does.

That was the first time I just saw the red pickup go down Ralston across the front of the house and the third time in a row that it went by without any music. There were a few other times they went without music too, which I thought was weird. Usually, you’re either a boom car stereo blaster or you’re not. I’ve never known anyone to sometimes blare their music and sometimes not blare it at all. Nobody gets those stereos for their own listening pleasure. As usual, it was loaded with Mexicans obviously out of work. Thank fucking God I don’t have to live 3’ away from their house, which no doubt has 50 occupants!!! See, that’s the only bad thing about this town; even freeloaders can afford to live out here. Most of the houses are dumpy old trailers. And if you get shitty neighbors, you’re more than likely gonna be stuck with them for years. People don’t move that often out here, but again, these freeloaders may rent and they may be history in 6 months, but so what if they are? God will just have new freeloaders move into the area that’ll probably bang by every time they go by. Of course, there’s always the possibility that the reason I hear it in spurts is cuz it keeps breaking and they keep fixing it, but if the fixing it gets to be too much for them, then yes, they’ll move into the city where they can blast it regularly. It’s that important to these people and to everyone else who gets these stereos. They need attention that badly.

I saw the renter’s truck yesterday, so I guess they are still around.

Later...

Tom’s home now watching TV.

I just saw the pickup go quietly up Ralston again, and never heard or saw them come back. In and out, in and out. I see a pattern here. Typical drug dealers no doubt going to the center of town to make some sales. I also saw, for the first time, someone walk up Meadow Green. A young, topless Mexican. He stooped down every now and then along the way. Looking for something, I guess. No wonder those freeloaders are so damn restless. They don’t want to work, but they don’t want to stay home all day, either. Why should they when they could be out causing trouble and making an easy buck selling drugs? Nobody drives in and out like that, especially way out here, for innocent reasons.

As for getting arrested in January and July – I should’ve known. I should’ve known better. There I was thinking, wow! You mean God actually let me dodge the freeloaders’ subpoena and get into trouble for the manila envelopes I mailed them? Ha! I should’ve known God would never be so kind. He’s never let me get away with anything. If I’d known it’d come to this and that I’d get arrested twice, have to spend the night on a cold hard floor, and lose hundreds of dollars on account of these dirtbags, I’d have taken the subpoena back in ’98 or whenever it was and gotten it over with then. That way, I could’ve sent the mail without any repercussions, but then again, this is one stubborn, vindictive bitch so I don’t know. I don’t think the freeloaders are involved in this anymore, but I won’t know that for sure till I talk with Paul.