Summer’s setting in a good 6 weeks earlier than last year, I’m happy to say. I’ve been sleeping without heat for days now. In fact, I’ve been waking up sweating! Although I’ve been sleeping during the daytime since it warmed up, this comforter is much warmer than my old one because satin can’t breathe as well as cotton, so it retains body heat better. I found a shop online that has some cute wind chimes, lighter blankets like the wolf print blanket that’s hanging in the front bedroom window (in fact, they have the same one), and an indoor lavender growing kit. Two of the wind chimes will go out front to replace the two that broke last fall. One’s 20” with roses, the other’s 40” with butterflies. Then there are two really cool indoor chimes. One is sound-activated. I’ll put it in the kitchen for every time that fucking dog goes off, though I’m sure it wouldn’t drown it out completely. The other has a little fountain and is activated by water trickling through it. Although their butterfly print blanket is utterly gorgeous, it’s out of stock and more expensive, so I’ll probably go with the leopard print one for half the cost. The plant, 4 chimes, and blanket should be right around $100. I want to keep the cost as low as I can so I don’t delay Rebecca or other things too long.

Anyway, I was able to turn the living room heater off at 7 AM. It only ran for 7-8 hours last night, and not too often.

Someone was mowing the yard of the house diagonally across from us. I still don’t know what’s up with that place. There’s a chair out front and a wind chime hanging there too, so it makes me think someone may’ve moved in. Incredibly, there are no dogs or kids yet. In fact, no one on this block seems to have kids.

The bees and spiders are up and about now, unfortunately, so I set up the spider traps and had one hell of a scare with Tinkerbell! These are sticky pre-baited traps. I taped one to the living room wall by the door above her reach, as well as on the kitchen door. Then I placed one on the floor behind the toilet, planning not to let her in the bathroom. After letting her out later, I was wondering why she hadn’t come to see me in a while. I called her and she never came to me. Then I heard scuffling sounds while I was standing in Tom’s room and thought, well certainly she couldn’t have gotten in the bathroom and trapped, but she did! Doing my best to keep calm, I gently pried her free. It wasn’t easy either! To say the shit is sticky is an understatement! There’s no way even a huge tarantula could escape it. She squealed a bit but remained calm while I freed her, then washed her paws as best I could. I don’t know how the hell she got in the bathroom. She’s never gotten in there before. I felt just terrible, knowing I’d never forgive myself if anything happened to her, but so far she doesn’t seem at all affected. She was playing with me, eating, and doing her usual thing. I reminded myself that the stuff was meant for bugs, not rodents, but I’ll still worry about her for a couple of days. Even if she didn’t digest anything, I would think her paws would be sore, though she isn’t limping.

Uh-oh. Through the wooden planks of the stockade fence across the street, I can see the dogs. I hope they won’t be living out there till the fall!

When Tom was walking to the store the other day, he said he saw a woman get out of the ugly old white truck we’ve seen before next door, and also the girl I saw on the night they moved in. He said she looked 12, though he knew she had to be older because she was wearing some type of uniform with an ID tag.

I see that Jessie recently joined Classmates but like everyone else, she’s not a premium member. She left no information on herself. If you don’t, people can email you to ask what’s up with you, but I think you both have to be premium members to send/receive mail. So she’s got a computer. Guess I shouldn’t be too surprised. Just about everyone does these days.

I won a couple more Nair samples and an assorted flower basket that I guess a local florist is going to deliver at some point.

I got the red wig and it’s way nice. I prefer dark red over bright fiery red that’s sort of orangey. This one’s a nice, shiny ruby red. I’m amazed at just how shiny it is. It looks cool when the light hits it. I know my least favorite wig is the free blond one, but of the other 3, it’s hard to say which one I like best. The red one’s so shiny, the Cher one’s so long, and the copper one’s so Kate-like, even though her hair was actually dark brown.