The “neck knockers” have returned. I wonder if this means my BP is up. I’ll have Tom take my BP when he gets home. I don’t think I’ve been active enough lately due to the heat. I will force myself on this boring skier soon enough.

Aly’s apparently pissed at Kim. Even though she doesn’t have it in her to name names, I know that’s who she’s talking about, especially due to the lack of communication between the two of them. Her complaint is that Kim acts like Aly’s bothering her when she contacts her, but then throws a fit when she’s quiet for a few days. Yeah, that’s something crazy Kim would do. Still, I don’t feel the least bit sorry for Aly. Kim is her karma, although they do still follow some of each other’s fan accounts.

The more I think about it, the more I’m sure that Aly has my username filtered out. She wouldn’t have this much discipline in her to read and not reply to at least some of my tweets. She never could ignore Molly for this long. Also, I still say that if she knew of my account, she would flag it to Kim who would, in turn, block it. So no more tweeting to her since I’m likely only talking to myself. Plus, I really do need to move on.

Sure enough, the workers were here yesterday to annoy me with their loud equipment on top of the loud traffic. So, done by Monday or Tuesday my ass. Things didn’t quiet down until early evening. It was like OMG! Never have I lived in a place where there were so fucking many loud vehicles. Yesterday a worker told me that that was it for them and today another company will come and fill in the asphalt. Really hope they make it out today instead of waiting until I sleep late enough to be woken up.

So what will the next project be, who will do it, and how long will it last? I doubt I’ll even make it much more than a week or two before the next annoyance around here hits. Not that regular traffic and landscaping sounds aren’t more than I need to hear. Then beginning at 6 PM it’s loud car stereo time from just outside the park. There’s always something to listen to here, but I’ve totally given up hope of ever finding a quiet place to live. Like I said, if you haven’t found it in 30 years and an adult community, it doesn’t exist. At least not for me. It seems we all have some things that are meant to be no matter what while others are not meant to be. Well, I wasn’t meant to live in peace any more than I was meant to be tall.

I won CampNaNo yesterday going nearly 1000 words over my goal, which I set low at 15K words. November’s NaNo is the big hard-count of 50K words. Whether or not I’ll jump in depends on what ideas I may have at the time. It better be one hell of an idea too, because I don’t normally have the patience for 50K words.

Tammy congratulated me on the win, and while I don’t know why, this put a big smile on my face. I would still continue on my merry way spinning my tall tales even if no one ever said a word, but I guess congrats and encouragement are always nice from those we’re close to.

My Blogger blog hit 50K all-time page views. The stats don’t list every single country, browser and operating system to ever access my blog, but it lists those in the lead. Germany remains the runner-up country. Nane? Christiane?

I’m now down 2 pounds, but I still have to see myself lose more than just a few pounds to believe it. Then again, Tom has always had a very slow metabolism all his life, even when he was young. For him, it takes very few calories to maintain a healthy weight. This is part of why he has a low HR. He’s lost about 15 pounds in three months, but he has a lot more to lose than I do.

I was just the opposite when I was younger. I couldn’t gain weight for the most part if I tried, and keeping over 100 pounds was very hard to do.

I was definitely eating 200-300 more calories than I thought I was. It’s human nature to overestimate things, I think. Chances are you’re eating more than you realize, things aren’t as bad or good as you think they are, and you’re probably not as smart as you think you are either. :-)

I used that coloring shampoo yesterday and it’s WAY better than regular dye! It doesn’t stink as bad since it’s ammonia-free, and it only takes 10 minutes instead of the 20-40 minutes regular dye takes. I can tell it’s going to be much gentler on my hair. It still can be messy and stain the skin like regular dye, though.

Now that I know what product is best to use for hair coloring, and since my hair is so damaged, I’ve decided that this weekend I’m going to go get it cut to the shoulders. So I’ll be cutting about 10” off. The last time I cut it to the shoulder was two 2 years and 2 months ago. So, in the summer of 2019, it should be a lot healthier at this length than it is now. I usually cut it to the shoulders and let it grow till it hits my ass. This takes about 4 years.

Last night I dreamed I was staying in a hotel with Tammy and some other woman. There was a radio in the room playing music too loud and I was trying to figure out how to turn it down so I could hear Tammy and the other woman speaking.

I was in a house that was so remote that I suddenly felt vulnerable when I was alone, and then in the last dream, I was going through old photographs of estranged family members such as Lori and Lisa. I was going to dump the pictures right then and there, but then for some reason, I decided to wait until I was 70 years old before I dumped them.