Just one outburst from the dogs around 5:00, but nothing else because it’s been raining like crazy the last few days, keeping it nice and quiet for the most part. I think Jesse’s being home helps, too. Like I said, it’s gotten to the point where as long as he’s not home, those dogs will never stop barking. They’d bark round the clock day after day if he took off for days (I’d kill them for damn sure!). I really hope they won’t be so bad when the weather warms up, but if they are, I hope we’ll have the stop-barking device in place by then.

Jessie sent a message. She’s just as pissed at the way this country continues to let all the fucking foreigners come over and hog all the jobs. Just be glad you still have your job, I told her, and a home of your own.

I think it’s rained more in the last couple of months than in all the time since I’ve been out west! As soon as the sun set, the frogs were croaking up a storm.

I got some perfume samples in the mail today, a coupon for a free bottle of Dr. Pepper, which is so-so, and the mind-teaser cube and CD I expected from Kiwi. They also enclosed a bar of soap that smells like lavender which was nice of them. Lastly, a couple of cards that I can fill out my username on and give to people for them to sign up. If they do, I get 200 extra points. Well, I don’t know anyone to give them to, so perhaps I’ll stuff them in no-postage-necessary envelopes!

I dropped 5 pounds in 3 days but took the day off today. I’m stuffed right now. Not a feeling I like much better than being hungry. I wish I could always be neither. Then losing weight would be a cinch!