A couple of sandhill cranes were out front the other day. Naturally, when I showed the pictures to Andy, he had to be all negative and point out how they shit all over the place. That may be true if there are too many of them hanging around for too long, but can he ever just be positive? I get that he’s just being honest, but sometimes I wonder why I bother sharing any good news with him because I know he’s just going to be negative and find fault with things whether they’re trips, new cars, new houses, etc. I often wonder why too. Is it jealousy? Is he just not happy with his own life? Or is that simply the way he is?

But I have some negative news, even though it’s no surprise. We knew it was coming. The AC crapped out on us. We called someone out for an estimate and learned it’s 14 years old. The quote they gave us was ridiculous too. They want 8 to 9 grand. We really don’t want to pay over 5 so we decided to just use the portables, which is simple enough in a small house such as this, and we’ll get other quotes in the spring. The portables can heat, cool, and dehumidify.

Words cannot express just how frustrated I am with my sleep disorder. I feel so damn cursed! On the 13th, the park is having a yard sale and I won’t be able to attend. He’s going to check it out, though, and see if it’s anything worth doing next year. As always, my schedule is jumping faster through the days. It’s like something wants me to be on nights so I can be woken up more often and feel more anxious. At least I don’t get woken up nearly as often here as at the other place.

Making one last-ditch effort to tolerate the 88s. I’m fine so far, but it may take a few doses to get bad.

Went for a walk yesterday morning but I’m too tired to go walking today. I don’t know why I wake up so tired at times. Yesterday I woke up feeling refreshed, but I’ve been tired ever since I got up today. I don’t know why, since I thought I slept fine.

There sure do seem to be a lot of smokers in this state, and I hate it when I go out on walks and am forced to inhale secondhand smoke along the way. I get that these people don’t want to stink up their houses, but they’re stinking the outside air up instead.

Looks like my other big toenail is now ingrown. Figured that would happen someday. I’m just surprised it took this long.

I’m back to writing anonymously again on OD. I figured what the hell? The mood just struck. Even though I have to create a new account every month, I really like how I can have the entries disappear in 24 hours or a week if I want.

We found out that we don’t make enough money to qualify for insurance. However, we can qualify by making just $750 a year extra. We can make up to $5000 extra a year without losing Social Security.