Patty just took off. She leaves her TV on when she goes out, that is unless there’s someone else there I don’t know about. Maybe she just leaves it on figuring it’d be soothing to the dog and would drown out background noise that’d set it off.

The heat flushes her out in the evenings along with next door. The dog barked twice at the fence. The first time she came and got it right away. The second time she was on the phone, so she assumed her I-don’t-give-a-shit attitude for a while before she came and got it. I’m tempted to give her 1 dose a day of my music till we give notice, then up it to 2 doses a day, then 3 or more once we get a place. I’m sick of being the quiet one. I’m the only considerate one around here and that’s not fair. I think I’ll compromise and blast off as often as I want to when we give notice unless she has those animals over again.

The guy told Tom that the front corner of the garage is even with the back corner of the house. I’d like to think that if we get this house that’s the side the dog’s on, but I wouldn’t count on it. The other side of the house has a walkway, but no one else’s driveway runs up alongside the house. My only concern would be the dogs and kids. I don’t see how he can’t hear them unless his dog barks so much that it drowns everything out. He says, however, the only noise he hears is from the highway, but to me the sound of traffic whizzing by can be soothing, minus the stereos.

Tom went out yesterday morning to discover he had a flat tire, so he began walking to work. At some point, a coworker named Donna picked him up and a guy named Steve drove him home. That was nice of them. After work, he walked to the store for a repair kit.

Later…

Could Fatty Patty be gearing up for a little vacation? How I wish! It’s just that she’s got a bathing suit on under her shorts and was gathering what appeared to be towels and sleeping bags from her garage. She’s got one laid out on the roof of her van which is backed up close to the garage. I’m sure it’s just a blanket and that she’s probably just going to the lake or something, but I can dream, can’t I?

No company again today either.

Later…

Although I didn’t actually see her leave, the blimp took off. I can’t hear the TV going. She probably just took herself and the dog to the lake and will probably be back in time to spend a couple of hours on the patio. On the phone too, ignoring the dog, no doubt.

Canada just became the fourth nation to legalize gay marriages. When will the entire US legalize it?