I am so, so pissed off right now. The loud car house did exactly what I feared they would do and pulled their house off the market. Just like the last time they put it up for sale a couple of years ago, they couldn’t get what they wanted and so they gave up. So no, they likely weren’t evicted. I tried to tell myself not to be pissed because if it wasn’t for their loud vehicle it would be someone else’s, but I AM pissed. :-( I’m sick of them breaking rules with loose dogs and underage people living there and no one saying a damn thing about it. I really thought that in a retirement community, people would be quick to speak up when they saw people breaking rules. My mother had said one wrong move and you’re out when we were discussing moving to an adult community before her death. But this is the west where it’s considered a sin to complain about others, so that may be why.

But I don’t care if this is the west or not, although I did take measures to complain anonymously by inserting a bogus name/number. I don’t know if they’ll get the message, but I felt I had to do something and that this would be better than doing nothing at all. Maybe the 20-something guy has permission to be there, and if he does I apologize for complaining like I told them. But I would be willing to bet otherwise. He sure doesn’t smack of caretaker and I really don’t think he’s supposed to be here, so hopefully, they’ll investigate.

I can’t swear to it but I think the woman that lives there (there are like three generations of people) may teach water aerobics. In that case, she may be able to get away with more things easier. I haven’t seen the little girls in a while but as far as I know, there’s a whole family living there. Breaking a few rules here and there short term is one thing, but there have been minors there ever since we’ve been here and I really can’t believe no one else has noticed. If we’ve been able to figure this out from the other side of the circle, how can those who can see their place from theirs not have caught on? I think they have but are afraid to say anything and they’re not savvy enough to do it anonymously. People definitely don’t take well to complaints out here, but if they’re not supposed to be there and the office really does investigate, I don’t see how they would suspect us. We’ve never even talked to the people.

Anyway, after waiting forever to get my number transferred to the new phone, I’ve set it up and gotten to know it a bit and I definitely think it’s the best phone I’ve had as of yet. Much easier to navigate. I love how there are no ads on the lock screen and I can give individual contacts different ring tones and notification sounds. Changing wallpaper is easier and the voice recorder and memo thing are easy to use as well. Haven’t found a flashlight yet. I sent Tom and Tammy some things. I’ll probably use the speech-to-text in the memo thing for dream notes. There’s this really cool thing that lets me spell words by drawing them with my finger right on the screen.

My TSH is probably still in the teens because my skin is still dry, my nails are a bit brittle, my hair is a little thinner, and every time I walk into a room I forget why. Most importantly… NO anxiety! :-)

For just a couple of bucks from China, I got 2 large ocean stickers. I put one of them on my desk and it actually looks pretty good. The last of the solar toys arrived broken, so that’s 2 of them that are broken now. Tom’s good at fixing things like that.

I ended up walking twice yesterday. The first time it was kind of hot and there were a lot of people out and about along with traffic. I didn’t like having to break my stride by having to stop and wait for traffic, so I definitely prefer to go out later at night. It’s so quiet and peaceful then. I just have to watch for skunks. I took the ducks a few pieces of bread and I think I’ll take them the last of the old bread since the rats will be getting a new loaf tomorrow as Saturday is grocery day.

Tammy’s pretty anxious about her house due to the hurricane. She should have been evacuated by now although I don’t think it’s supposed to hit Florida until Sunday morning. I wonder if those who moved there are sorry they did every time there’s a hurricane. This one’s a biggy, too. :-( Fingers crossed!