We’re still doing what we do best – waiting for nothing to happen. I hope this week (what’s left of it) won’t be another “nothing” week, but we’ll see. I have a little bit better feeling for this week than I did for last week. Maybe that’s because we have a little more money now and will finally be getting a decent paycheck with some overtime on it this Friday. Yeah, God denied my request to spare us from having to pawn the TV, but at least we’ll only have to pay interest of $35, instead of the $50 or more I thought we’d have to pay, and we have 130 days. We decided to let the camera go too, since they now have better ones for much less. I just hope God will care enough about us to let us have a place to live! And real soon, too! I tell you, some of our old problems would be a blessing to have over the stress and problems we’ve been dealing with. I’d gladly bitch about barking dogs just to have a home, rather than live in the fear of going hungry, homeless or worse.

I had a slight vibe on a small white car, plus something about March 10th. Other than that, yesterday sure ended better than it began. I was so stressed out, worrying that we wouldn’t get enough money for the TV, even though common sense told me we would. High-def TVs are still pretty pricey, and so it’s not like people are going to have them to pawn them regularly. It was still so stressful waiting till we actually pawned it because we still needed to pay for storage, the rest of the week here, get some food, gas, that sort of thing. Anyway, they offered either $150 or $225, and we took the $225. We could’ve gotten by on $150 if we really cut back on the groceries and waited till the weekend to pay for storage, but we decided it’d be best to give ourselves some extra cushion there. It was nice to get lotion, ibuprofen and those little things so many folks take for granted that make life a little more comfortable. It still pisses me off, though, to have to be pawning shit. And so late in life too, and as hard as we work. The more I learn about pawn shops, though, the more I can see that some things would be good to get there. You can get a really good deal on stereos there.

It’s “black history” month when the blacks all come out and try to convince us how wonderful they are. Thank God February’s the shortest month of the year!

Michelle has been kind enough to give us housekeeping every Wednesday that we’re still stuck here, even if we have to book the room in twos. Normally, you’re not supposed to get any service without booking for at least a whole week. Prasaad is the name of that Indian chick I don’t like as much as the others, though I don’t know how it’s pronounced. She did the room last time around and seemed pleasant enough.

When I went down to give her a letter to mail, I asked if she signed up with Netwinner and she said she just moved and still hasn’t got any internet access yet.

She also got quite a haircut, too. Before it was just below her waist and now it’s barely to the middle of her back.

We’ve been having some nice afternoons and even hit 70º a few days ago. This week, however, is to be rainy. We’re so close to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, that Tom can sometimes see snow on some of the vehicles that have come down from the mountains that haven’t had time to melt off. That’s how close we are to the evil crap.

My second cold is just about over. Now I just have to hope I don’t get a third one!