Got up just in time today at 8:30 pm. A half-hour later, the impatient ones started with their firecrackers. Next door shot some off in front of their place. By 10:00 it was booming. I still hear some going off, though it’s tapered down a bit. By midnight it should be pretty much dead out there.

Tom said Patty was out all day and that next door was quiet.

It was 84º in here when I got up, so I guess the tin foil I put up really does help drop it at least a few degrees. It’s to be 85º today, but by Friday, it will have dropped down to 73º.

My oils left Illinois two days ago and sat still today and yesterday. They should be on the move again early in the morning.

Whether or not he gets overtime will determine if we give notice in August or in September, which means I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if he didn’t get any more. He got overtime a few days last week and says it’ll be a day-to-day thing that will be hard to predict in advance.

I can’t sweep for another hour so I think I’ll go listen to music for now.

I’ve currently written 3333 journal pages! It would be closer to 4000 had I not lost 6 months back when I met Tom. That was a hell of a time to lose, too! Losing the NHA or Deerfield time would’ve been better if I had to lose any at all.