Fatso has the van out front signaling that she’s going out. Why does she pull the thing out before actually leaving? The dog was tossed out at 6:30. It gave a couple of soft barks at the door to be let in almost an hour later. I get the feeling she’s waiting for her first round of many weekday visitors to come and dog-sit while she’s out. Can’t the dog stay alone for a few hours? I just hope those fucking animals don’t come back, but if they do, that’ll just make me all the more glad to escape this place and all the less worried about blasting my stereo. The only reason I’m holding back now, despite the overwhelming urge to blast the shit out of it and hope to hell I annoy her and next door who always has their windows open now, I’d like to wait till we get a place unless I’m provoked in any way before then. The chances may be slight, but there’s still the chance that complaints lodged against us could hinder us from renting a place elsewhere. So as always, they have something they could possibly hold over our heads while we never have shit to hold over anyone else’s head. Patty’s from Southern Cal and which’s a lot like Arizona where complaining is seen as a crime. Therefore, I doubt she’d complain about me. But next door might. Especially if they’re from this area.

It frustrates me to know that this is the shit we’re going to get until and if we move to a retirement community where noise is regulated. It isn’t so much the distance between us and the neighbors that matters so much as what we have between us. Barking dogs 400’ away with nothing between us would be louder than barking dogs 200’ with thick hedges between us. But thick hedges aren’t something you can just have in a matter of minutes or even days or weeks.

Later…

Wow, Fatty Patty was gone for a good 5 hours or so. Of course the dog had to go out back the minute she got in. Looks like she’s going out again too, since the van’s in the driveway.

I realized I could get an extra entry into some of the sweeps by using Tom’s name. Some say ‘only one person per email and household,’ others say ‘one per household’ or ‘one per email,’ but some let you use multiple names at the same email and household. Those are the ones I’ll enter his name in.

I’m surprised yet pleased that Tom’s not home yet. I adore my hubby, but it means he got overtime which means we got more money!