The pain is gone. That’s the pain I sometimes get for a few days in my lower right side. I still don’t know if it’s some sort of cyst on my ovary that flares up every so often, or if it’s the start of a UT infection. All I know is that cranberry juice helps it and that’s what you’re supposed to drink when a UT infection comes on. If it’s that, though, then why does it always occur about 10 days after my period?

I not only got cran-strawberry juice yesterday at the store but also pineapple soda, something I’ve never had before.

I’ve been up for 7 hours and haven’t eaten yet. I’m trying to go all day without eating because I slacked off my diet and gained a pound a day for 6 days. This means I’m 137 pounds. Yikes!

The dogs didn’t end up being too bad yesterday. Just a couple of quick barking sprees. Today, however, was awful. Jesse obviously left in the truck and they went on a two-hour barking spree at that point. Then he came back and went out on the motorcycle. They barked right after he left, but he must’ve returned rather fast and while I had the headphones on because the barking didn’t go on much after that.

If only – if only – these dogs didn’t exist! The place would be dead quiet all the time if only someone would shoot the fuckers! Then again, I’d rather get the stop-barking thing as soon as we can afford it because if someone killed these dogs, he’d just go out and get two more to throw outside all the time. He doesn’t care about those around him, only that his place is “protected.” I just worry that the de-barker won’t work well or at all.