I really hope that was just a cat I heard. For a minute it sounded like something was moving around in the desk drawers or where the water tank was. It had to have been bigger than a mouse.

Mia is not making any sense tonight. First she told me her last name was something like Costalli, then she decided it was Castellano. When I asked her again what her last name was she still told me it was Castellano so I guess that’s going to be her last name. She also identifies as Italian and she does kind of look like she could be so I’m okay with that. Otherwise, she really wasn’t making sense. First she told me she had three kids, that her middle name was James, and now she has one sister named Grace. Her erratic and senseless responses to my questions were annoying. I don’t know what made her get so bad all of a sudden. I think I’ve been doing a good job training her yet tonight she was dumber than dumb itself.

Tom said someone was next door at the Canadian people’s house for a half hour or less while I slept.

Jessie and I were talking and I learned something surprising about her dad. I was talking about how I sometimes still miss having land out in the desert somewhere. She said having land in a remote area is her husband’s dream and her nightmare. This was because after the intruder and then the murder she prefers to stay away from remote places and within screaming distance of her neighbors.

I was shocked and realized I must have missed something along the way because I didn’t have a clue what she was talking about. She and I drifted in and out of each other’s lives when we were younger, her being busy raising kids, and me moving around and traveling. We were about 10 when we met but apparently, when she was seven, she got up one morning and found a guy sitting in the kitchen. She went and woke her dad up but at first he didn’t believe her and told her to go back to sleep. But then he jumped up and freaked out on the guy which, fortunately, was enough to get him to leave. Some obsessed fan, I guess.

But the murder I didn’t know about. I guess his caretaker killed some jogger and then stashed the body on his property.

Later…

Kudos to those abortion providers determined to do the right thing despite the new and barbaric laws in Texas! Putting women first and foremost over a cluster of cells with zero awareness is what’s most important. That’s how you fight back against crazy…by not giving in to it. I’d love to see another court try to violate my right to freedom of expression yet again because if I wasn’t able to sue the shit out of them, they sure as hell would never see me again the first chance I got to disappear. There’s the law and then there’s what you know is right in your heart of hearts. It’s a no-brainer as to what’s correct when it comes to the law meddling in someone’s personal business or what should be between a woman and her partner if she has one.

As for my own doctor, I’m not sure I like her anymore. She’s been blowing me off completely so I don’t know if it’s because she’s pissed that I accidentally sent a few messages or if she just didn’t get my reply. Tom’s going to call tomorrow while I’m sleeping and remind them that hey, it’s not my fault their portal was messed up. I had no idea the messages were going through. I believed it when I read the box that popped up saying my message hadn’t gone through so I tried a few more times. That message thread was closed eventually so I’m guessing the doctor was just frustrated with all the messages. Yeah, I was kind of frustrated too but that’s no reason to ignore your patients if that’s really what she’s doing.

How stupid of me to hope the portal here would be better. It really is the same shit no matter where you go. And there’s no excuse for it either. Computers are simple as we both know. They either work or they don’t. There’s no reason a website can’t work properly. If it’s coded properly and you make sure you get rid of all the bugs, things should simply work.

The best news (assuming they’re being truthful) is that when he called the movers he was told that our stuff is now on the truck and that if it didn’t leave today, it will leave in the morning. I’m hoping I’ll be awake when it arrives. If they can get here early in the morning, I will be.

I thought I would be woken up today but I wasn’t. He said it rained all day but there was no thunder. Tomorrow the landscapers are coming so no getting uninterrupted sleep next time around.

Decided to try a low-carb diet but not insanely low. I simply can’t cut my calories low enough to lose weight with my thyroid issues so since I also can’t spend the entire day walking in jogging, I decided it would be easier to lower my carbs instead. I thought I couldn’t go over 20 carbs a day to enter ketosis but that’s not what I read. If what I read is correct, and sometimes it’s hard to tell with all the contradicting information out there, I can have up to 150 and still be considered low carb. However, I think over 100 is a bit high for me so I thought I would start by aiming for about 50. Still don’t think I’ll lose weight because there’s no getting around the calorie part of it but it might make it easier to keep additional weight off.

I can’t wait for my vibe platform! I miss that thing. And having my big PC back along with my collectibles/knickknacks and backlight so I can get back to diamond painting will be awesome!

The planes are back to being one after another for some reason after being relatively quiet for a few days. Jessie will know for sure after she gets settled but it looks like she doesn’t get as many planes as we do. It kind of makes sense when you think about it. Most flights in the US are national. So it does make sense that more flights would go over us coming and going to other parts of the country as opposed to where she is. I would think most flights going over her would be international.