Good news, finally. Tom’s got an interview at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon at Walmart! From what he could sense from the woman he spoke to, it looks promising. Even if they start him off at minimum wage, he would bring home a couple extra hundred bucks a month since they wouldn’t take so much out of his checks to insure him, plus there’s the discount, too.

It’s still unlikely, though not definite, that we won’t be paroled out of here in May. This comes as no surprise. When we do get to do the things we want, it’s never when we want to.

I had toyed with the idea of casually mentioning to Bev that we may be staying just to test her reaction, but then I realized it could have negative effects. Could have positive, but you just never do know, so I’ll just keep my mouth shut. Besides, if she’s fated to move and we’re fated to deal with trouble all over again, there’ll be no avoiding it. A part of me wishes they’d raise the rent so that we’d have to leave, but they won’t. Especially if this is where we’re meant to be for a while.

The backyard of the house next to Bev was a bit annoying today. The landscapers returned to blow and saw away at God knows what for over 4 hours. I could’ve dealt with 1-2 hours, but 4 was a little long. I hope they’re not getting ready to sell like Tom suggested. I like the dogless, childless little old lady that’s over there now, and that yard’s still a wee bit too close for any dogs and screaming kids. They wouldn’t be out as often as they are in Phoenix, but if we’re here in the summer, it could be an unwanted distraction from my writing.

The pope is bashing gays again. I swear, those belonging to religious groups are bigots no different than bigots belonging to groups like the KKK! Oh, the things people do in the name of religion! People put religious labels on what’s nothing more than hateful statements and actions. How can they call bigotry religion? To me, religion would be accepting both God and others as they are, but if you’re out to bash gays, that’s bigotry, not religion. Take my hatred towards blacks and Hispanics – well – that’s exactly what it is. So why would I want to try to cover it up with a religious label?

I feel bad for the kids of today. The poor things must be so confused. They’ve got their teachers preaching tolerance while mommy and daddy are no doubt telling them that gays are evil sinners to be ousted and hated.