We had an overnighter in the inside room last night that was quiet. The end room turned out not too bad, but they’re gone, too. They left yesterday. So now we have the end of this side on this floor to ourselves for now.

Yesterday when we returned from Walmart and were taking the groceries out of the truck, we could’ve sworn we heard someone screaming for help somewhere near the other motel. In the middle of the day with enough people out and about, I can’t imagine what could’ve happened, but obviously whatever it was, assuming it wasn’t really some unruly kid playing around, it must not have been too big a deal because nothing was in the local news for this area.

Tom had another killer sinus headache, and again I wondered if something was not just punishing us for trying to fight fate, but for wanting to gamble. As much as his head hurt, though, he still managed to place a few bets in Florida today, as well as some evening bets in Texas. The tracks in southern Cal and northern Florida have been affected by bad weather. It’s been rainy and extremely windy. I’m amazed we didn’t lose power, so unless we don’t make a profit, things could’ve been worse. It’ll be interesting to see what the results are later on when he awakes from his nap. Did my dream mean anything good? Or was it just a tease with his latest program being the same hit-or-miss bust it was before?

If the horses or Rhino won’t let us out of this room, we’ll just have to let ourselves out as I said before, though we’d rather walk out of here alive and with a home to go to. Much rather that!

It’s really frustrating how the results we get in life can sometimes not go with our actions and we end up with such totally backward results. Since when are you supposed to work this hard just to be broke most of the time unless you’re in a poor country? Or a drunk or a druggie?

Also, not that we regret not having kids, but the main reason for not having them was so that we could have a life. So we could do the things we either wouldn’t be able to do at all or couldn’t do without a million interruptions. Yet here we are as lifeless as most folks with kids! Like donning a coat just to be colder!