It’s warming up and getting noisier. Next door’s been behaving so far, but I couldn’t even listen to my own music till after midnight because someone had to put on a show for a few minutes here and a few minutes there. Having the bass thumping along with my music was thoroughly obnoxious. To think I have to live with these things for another 40 or 50 years makes me want to scream! And they just keep getting louder and louder all the time. When it gets to the point where people’s windows are being shattered regularly, then will someone do something about them??? Is it going to take such extreme shit like that before someone does something???

It’s to be in the 70s by the end of the week. I checked my journal, and according to what I wrote, we didn’t hit the 70s till mid-May last year, so we’re a little ahead of the game this year.

Like every household but us, Tom said they got a grill next door, but it’s on the deck on the other side, so that’s good. He also got my computers hooked to a wireless network so that anytime they feel they have to make their presence known, I can escape to the other room. Tom doesn’t think they will with their house being a good 100 or so feet away and with the way it’s laid out, but we’ll see.

The order from Dragon Tears was a bust. Half the scents smell the same and none are very fresh. No wonder they claim to rarely have problems with the bendejo’s service; because they’re too stupid to take the time to make sure the scents are what they’re supposed to be. Either they just don’t care or not many people bother to let them know the scents aren’t all that kosher. They just end up doing what I’m going to do and not bother ordering from them again.

The coyote's face would be perfect if the nose wasn’t bent. I guess I’ll try to steam it sometime and see if that helps. The fur is beautiful and it’s nice and soft.

My wins are getting pretty pitiful lately. I won a watch and a 1-year subscription to Women & Horses magazine. I’m not sure what the grand prize was I was going for to end up with such a bum win like that, but at least we’ve got some other instant prizes coming that are ok. We’ve both been playing an instant sweep Kodak’s been doing. He won an 8x10 print and a mouse pad, both of which he’s received. He chose an old picture of his dad for the print, and I chose a mannequin picture for the mouse pad that he’s using. I haven’t received my 3 wins yet which are a 5x7 print, an 8x10, and a deck of cards. I used two rat pictures and a squirrel for these things, now all I have to do is hope we win mugs! A puzzle would be nice too, even if it’ll probably only have 50 pieces. But that’s just the thing; I just don’t seem to get the prizes I really want.

Later…

I just went to take some trash out. The dumpster’s half-empty since Miss Fat-n-Filthy doesn’t dump her trash. She just bags it and tosses it outside her door. What’s she going to do when she runs out of room back there? Put them by our door or start filling up our utility room?

Anyway, it’s hard to tell from this angle and distance, but it looks like they have a flowery plant on their porch. That’s what we need – two more wind chimes and a floral plant for our front porch. It’s not a high priority, but maybe we’ll find something. They also appear to have a nice bench swing with an awning like Miss Perfect had. Again, it’s hard to really see it well, but that doesn’t seem very college-kid-like to me. Too comfy, too fancy. I figured they’d eventually end up hanging on the front porch a lot, too. That could get to be a real drag depending on how loud they are and how often they are out there. At least they’re not literally right up against the wall of the house like the duplex assholes! Come to think of it, though, I don’t know just how shaded that deck will really be because that side gets more sun at least until the late afternoon, but they have trees over there, too. I don’t know how well they’ll shade the deck, but we’ll see. I still think they’re all a bunch of misfits on disability or in minor trouble and trying to get their act together before they end up in jail rather than a group home.