By 11am yesterday I was getting convinced that the uptick in work the previous week had been the fluke I thought it may be, yet once again, things are rocking. In 20 minutes really early this morning, I’d already made over $10.

The only annoyance lately is Jesse and his dogs, of course, but hey, what else is new? He’s been going in to work later lately which delays the barking a bit, but then as soon as it gets home it guns its engines. Although it’s only for a few minutes, it’s starting to get old because it’s been happening every day lately. I can’t figure out what the hell he’s doing. Sometimes I wonder if he just likes to be heard. I can’t figure out what it is either. It doesn’t sound like the motorcycle or the ATV or the bulldozer. Could it be something he’s having trouble starting? Either way, it would be nice if he’d take a day off sometime, especially when I’m trying to do audio transcriptions. He may be hundreds of feet away, but the thing is LOUD!

Haven’t heard any barking all morning yet, so I guess the engine gunning will start any minute if he doesn’t take off somewhere. He’s still usually out the vast majority of the day whether he works or not.

Eileen finished the second story I sent her and liked it, though she said a few parts were obvious to her. Also, she was heading down to CT for her granddaughter’s second birthday.

I was listening to this discussion on how people evolve throughout their lives and it got me wondering about the future me. I’m not the same person I was years ago and I don’t expect to be the same person in the future either. Our interests, goals and dreams tend to shift throughout the years. The way we talk, the way we think, the way we see things, the way we interact with others all change. I know my tolerance level has dipped down to near zero when it comes to putting up with people’s shit. I wouldn’t have dumped so many people, right or wrong, and become so unforgiving if it hadn’t.

Later…

I’ve now got just 18 pages of my bio left to edit before I update it and it is NO fun at all. That’s because I’m now at what’s got to be one of the worst times of my life, even worse than jail, Valleyhead and Brattleboro in some ways. I almost skipped it because it totally turns my stomach and gets my heart pounding just to think about it, so to actually read through it is really depressing. Hopefully, I’ll get through it soon enough, then I can begin updating from early 2008 till now. Those times were MUCH better.

Jesse motorcycled out of here right before 11am. Incredibly, it remained quiet, so either someone’s there or it’s got to do with the fact that it’s getting close to April which is when the dogs usually quiet down. Time of day matters as much as the time of year, so his leaving so late in the morning could’ve had something to do with it, too.

Jesse returned around 2pm and I expected to get hit with engine gunning, but all’s been quiet so far. It’s a bit warm out there, so he may just be waiting till later in the afternoon.

Someone was saying how they hope to get their neighbors to shut their dogs up in court. I didn’t tell her this, but she’ll never win. She’s in Cali too, and to my knowledge, there are no barking laws here, and if there are, they obviously aren’t enforced very well, since it didn’t work with Jesse. It goes to show again that not only are so many laws in existence that shouldn’t be, but so many that aren’t that should be or that should be enforced. I think a person should be responsible for their dogs whether they’re home or not.

I don’t know what state this was in, but someone else told me that her father tried to take their neighbors to court to no avail. The neighbor’s dogs were keeping everyone up all night and annoying them all day, but the judge was like, “Hey, it’s their dogs, so they can do what they want with them.” Typical, huh? I mean, what a surprise that our lovely system would have such an attitude!

I’d bet just about anything that Jesse pulled the “When I’m not home there’s nothing I can do about it” thing in court and the judge simply agreed. I mean, why bother ordering muzzles or for the dogs to be moved or for anti-barking things to be used when you can simply do nothing at all? In other words, there IS something he can do about it, but he doesn’t want to, and no judge is about to make him.