I woke up to the tune of barking at 7:45. So, knowing it would take them an hour (although today it was a little longer) to get the fact that Jesse wasn’t going to come running to their calls for attention, I put the sound machine on. I could still hear them every time I went to the bathroom or into the kitchen. They stopped around 9:00, and I figured we’d be in for on-and-off barking fits for the rest of the day, but then it was quiet for a couple of hours, and then we heard the motorcycle leave. So Jesse obviously came back around 9:00 in the truck.

About 3 hours later, Jesse roared back in. This was around 2:00. Now why were they quiet during those 3 hours? Is it something about him leaving in the truck versus the motorcycle that could be setting them off? And what’s going on in the mornings that’s stirring them up more then? They definitely go off more then than at other times. Tom went out front during the worst of it, but he couldn’t see anything.

I’m back to thinking that the renter’s dogs have nothing to do with it because if it were the renter’s dogs stirring them up, then how come Jesse’s dogs are the only ones we hear? Besides, I can’t believe the renter’s dogs would be smart enough to know when Jesse was gone and to only pick on his dogs at those times. And for such long periods of time? Not likely.

Anyway, I heard the barking start up again around 3:00 and thought he must’ve slipped out in the truck, since that’s something we can’t hear, but then it stopped fairly quickly.

I think the only reason it was quiet yesterday is that he took the fucking things out with him in the truck. They wouldn’t have been that quiet had he been out, and he wouldn’t have stayed home all day. He always goes out at least once a day, even if it’s for just 20 minutes or so.

I wish I could come up with more story ideas because I’m so damn bored at times! When it’s noisy I simply can’t do any proofreading, and I can’t do it with the sound machine going either. I need quiet in the background. Yet when I went to carry on with my Rainbow Dreams story, I was at a loss as far as where to go with it. I still am, too. A writer can’t always make herself come up with fresh ideas! Guess that’s why they call it writer’s block, cuz I’m definitely blocked right now.

Later…

Tom and I ended up rearranging a part of the living room and it looks bigger and better organized now. Then we read together for a while.

So now that we’re at a time when I shouldn’t have to worry about barking, I’m going to do some more proofreading.