They’re already starting to hang out back next door, and why not with a high of 57º as they predict for today? Not having concrete to bounce balls on, or barking dogs, or screaming kids, or music, they weren’t overly noisy. I’d just hear an occasional ripple of laughter and then the daughter got frustrated with a cat she was trying to get indoors. This one was named Sadie. Despite how much quieter they were than the shit we had next to us in Phoenix, the question is, will they get much worse in the summer? Will they let me sleep then?

Tom’s less than an hour away from his interview with Walmart. I’ll bet he’s just as excited as I am. I just hope God gives us a break for once and lets him have the job! There’d be so many plusses to him working there, and it’s not like he’d start off with great money, so whatever’s cursing us financially doesn’t have to worry about him making significantly more than he does now. At least not for a while. We’re just worried they won’t want him to start until the supercenter is open. Then what will he do between now and then? We’re guaranteed to be stuck here another year for sure if that’s the case, but I think we’re already heading that way. Oh well. There are worse sounds to have to listen to than the door-slamming and the laughter. All I’d really have to do is hope that Bev stays put so we don’t have to deal with some welfare mom and her 4-year-old brat, along with her wild boyfriend that comes blasting in a million times a day, to say nothing of the indoor banging and bass.

Later…

Well, he had the interview but wasn’t told anything either way yet. He said that’s normal when it comes to large corporations. The woman said they’d call him at the end of next week. If he is going to work there, and he still thinks he is, hopefully it won’t be too much longer before he starts. She said they’re looking for someone to work nights stocking/unloading. It turns out that she knows his boss, but that’s no surprise in such a small town. I guess his boss’ son and her daughter are pretty tight.

I looked online at The Nickel, the paper we used to find the rental management in. It’s still too soon to do anything, but it’s not too soon to start looking to at least get an idea of what’s out there.

I’m now working out a total of 5 hours a week. I do a half-hour workout, plus a 20-minute workout 6 days a week. By breaking it up so that I have two workouts a day, it’s easier on my knees.

I just did a check and found we were wrong in assuming K-Falls has 50,000. It’s just under 20,000, although this isn’t counting the people on the outskirts of town like where we are. Technically, we’re not even in K-Falls ourselves and neither is the Walmart. Also, East Longmeadow’s not as populated as I thought either. It’s only got 14,000 people. Even Norwich is smaller than K-Falls with 36,000 people. Redding has 85,000.