I’m back to say that I absolutely CANNOT believe that I not only slept well 3 days in a row but to the tune of Jesse bulldozing the back of the lot and the little pathway leading up to his place too. Tom said it took him two hours to do it, but that the bulldozer was surprisingly not that loud. Wow. It sure used to be before, so I’m surprised the vibration of it didn’t rumble the place like crazy! I guess cranking up the sound machine and adding an earplug really does help. It’s sad that I live in the woods and still have to go to such extremes to protect my sleep, but Jesse’s bulldozer, ATV and motorcycle aren’t going away. The helicopters did, though, at least for the last couple of days.

It’s been hot and dry so things are browning up out there. Well, we’re actually still going through the summer-by-day, winter-by-morning routine I hate where it’s chilly as hell in here really early in the morning, but as the highs creep up towards the 90-degree marker, the mornings won’t be so bad.

Those trees with the white flowers are in bloom now and it smells so nice and flowery out there!

Whiskey came down a couple of days ago. He just slowly walked by the place, then when he heard my voice, he glanced at the kitchen window and then quickly hurried off.

I’ve been doing languages all day, along with dealing with major PMS fatigue. There’s this really cool site that has the ‘word of the day’ in several languages. I’ve also been reviewing some past Italian lessons to help ground what I’ve learned better. I’ve devised a new system for how I go about my lessons. This new method should prove to be better for overall retaining, but we shall soon see for sure! I think I was taking in too much too fast before, so instead of one lesson a day I’m going to do just two lessons a week, then spend the rest of the time reviewing, which I wasn’t bothering to do before. Hopefully, this routine will be better.