I’m a few thousand points from another $100 on Netwinner, and therefore, a new microwave. The question is, will we ever have a place in which to use one?

As always, things take longer than planned. So while the programming is going well, it’s definitely not going fast. He still hopes to do at least a few races within the next few days. Yesterday was the first Saturday he didn’t have to work in ages, so he got a lot of time to spend on it. What seems really promising is the fact that due to the changes he’s made, he may very well be able to change the way he bets. Before he could only bet exactas, which were inconsistent. Now he thinks he can do trifectas and perfectas.

The truck is running fantastic, he says, and so we hope we can get the damn thing taken care of soon enough. The pigs here may not make going after expired vehicles a top priority, but we don’t want to take risks, minimal or not.

I’m so glad the people on the end left yesterday as they were horribly noisy! I was surprised when Tom said there was someone on the other side a few days ago. The end people were so damn noisy I couldn’t tell. I wish both rooms could stay empty as long as we’re here! But we’ll be here for months or even years. They don’t race as much in the winter, so even if he can make money at it, and enough to not have to work elsewhere, this still doesn’t necessarily mean we’d finally get to choose where to go. We could very well still be stuck with either this place or an apartment as our only options. I just hope that 50K dream was connected to the horses! If it was, then we could certainly be in the driver’s seat of our housing situation for once!