It’s weird how some people have no concept of time or weather. Despite the wind and rain, some cock’s working on something at the corner house across from next door. I see ladders set up and occasionally I hear hammering. There’s just never a day off in the city!

Tom says he wonders if First Choice is going out of business because he saw people moving from another one of their houses near where he works, pointing out that it seems odd that they’d move at the same time. That’s a scary concept. If First Choice gets rid of this house, that means there’s an excellent chance the yard will be dogged. There’s just no escaping the damn things in the west! I no longer want that house, either. Not if we’re moving between March and June, and not since the dogs would be twice as bad from over there. The canal dog and the one diagonally would be the same, but the corner dog where the cock is still rudely hammering, plus another canal dog that’s further down and blocked by that house, would be worse.

As I knew would be the case, they’ve blown us off completely since returning the check, so Tom’s going to make one last call to them tomorrow like the company that goes after them requires one to do, then we’ll contact the company. I’m still not walking away from $2500, and I meant it when I said I’d quit turning the other cheek when others screw me over. I can’t stop God from making sure they screw me over in the first place, but I can and I will fight back, win or lose.

Although I’m still both sad and mad over EFO and not looking forward to dealing with crowds, I am looking forward to going to the store next weekend, getting the cruise over with, then making a big incense order and trying new scents when we return. I’ll need that to look forward to as I’ll be like, “I don’t want to return to cold, snowy Oregon of all places!” We haven’t had much snow, though. This has definitely been the mildest of the 3 winters we’ve been here through, though it’s only December. It’s bound to snow again, even though it all melted away a week or so ago, within a week.