They broke another plank in the picket fence in front. Why are these little animals hell-bent on breaking this fence? I don’t care what they do to the damn thing since it’s not ours, but these little shits may very well work on the truck next. We won’t be able to get much for the old heap of shit as it is, so we don’t need any trouble.

It’s cold and rainy and miserable, yet wonderfully quiet. Been up nearly 10 hours and haven’t heard one bark or stereo yet. If I was your all-American noise-lover, I’d be really disappointed today.

I’d also have been disappointed had I made it to Safeway yesterday because she wasn’t there. Tom said it was the same people who were there the day before.

A few of my Tonner dolls won me a pink T-shirt. You had to submit a photo showing how well pink and orange go together fashion-wise. Well, I didn’t have a picture of myself in those colors, so I said, why not the picture of Sydney in a pink dress with an orange coat standing next to Mei Li in a hot pink gown and Tyler in her orange, pink and red Cinnamon Swirl gown? It turns out that the first 10 submissions got the shirt. It’s nice to know that plastic people are acceptable!

Guess that’s it for now. Time to fantasize about the cashier, work on my story, and win more sweeps! Always win more sweeps!

A part of me misses Mary, but I don’t miss her sensitivity, and I still wouldn’t want to deal with her pestering me once she’s cut loose.

Once again I’m totally confused about my ear. It’s colder today, like the coldest day so far this fall, yet my ear’s fine today. It’s got to be either the elevation or just my lifelong punishment for having it messed with. It will be interesting to see how it is on the cruise and my lungs as well.

That dude that comes out front to smoke is out now. His dogs and the ones next to him haven’t turned out to be the problem I thought they’d be over the summer. No dog’s as big a nuisance as the canal dog, though that one should simmer down as it gets colder. It does most of its barking in the late afternoon and evenings. Obviously, its owners return from work, ignore it, and it doesn’t like it. Anyway, the worst part of the summer was definitely the stereos except for when it was really hot in the 90s.

Speaking of work, I still don’t get how so many people can afford to stay home all day. Do they all have someone supporting them, or do more people around here work 2nd and 3rd shift than I thought? And what’s that hot cashier do when she’s not at Safeway, I wonder? She’s obviously only part-time. Maybe she goes to school when she’s not working or has a kid, though I doubt that if she’s as skinny as Tom says she is.