I can’t stop the Texnut from viewing this blog, nor do I care if she does, but I don’t need to be reminded of her existence either. And so I blocked her IP from tracking any record of her visits. Ha, ha, cagna! Tu sei una loca puttana con niente meglio a fare.

Last night as I lay down to go to bed the palpitations started and I was worried I’d be woken up by them, but I wasn’t and slept just fine.

The dogs are getting worse again as we head toward the fall. It’s nice to know we’re no longer stuck here and could move anytime we wanted to. Only problem is we’d just have to listen to someone else’s dogs wherever we went, so if we did move it would only be because we got a good deal on a place closer to where Tom works.

Bambi’s here now. She comes around every morning and grazes about the area. I was heading out to hang some clothes, but I don’t want to scare her, so I’ll wait till she’s done finishing her breakfast.

Later…

Wow, Maliheh’s late in checking out my blog today! Hope it isn’t due to my making reference to her being beat out by the Tex-Ass! Or how seeing her appear on the list puts a smile on my face.

Later…

Maliheh made it back! I thought she might’ve decided to “punish” me by taking the day off. She didn’t hit my blog till 1:30 my time.

Tom said to feel free to stop working anytime I want, woo-hoo! Yeah, I’m back to living the good life, even if I’m still living in a dump, LOL. Where I was so cursed and so stressed out for so long, it’s nice to once again be that spoiled, pampered little housewife! Only this time around I’m not the high-maintenance woman I used to be wanting to spend $100 a month on crap she doesn’t need. Oh, I’ll still get some goodies as I’m only human. And I’ll still do at least a little work at the job site as I’m greedy and like money. For the most part, though, I will be a full-time author and language learner/teacher/translator.

Tom and I sat down, made a list of all our expenses and saw that we’d have nearly $500 leftover each month. So yeah, I quit! For the most part anyway. dances with delight Yes, life is getting better! I hope it stays this way for a long time, too. I expressed my worries about him being laid off, but he said it seemed very unlikely and that if anything they were looking to add more people. He asked me if I had any more vibes or dreams about moving to another rental. The only one I remember makes no sense. The house was bigger and newer, but it seemed like it was attached to Jesse. No thanks!

It was a busy week for me because I had so much to do, so I’m going to allow myself to relax this weekend, as hard as it may be because I’m such a workaholic. I hate just sitting around anyway. Even so, I might not work on my story till next week. Who knows, I might not even blog. In the morning we’ll be going out to check out new desk chairs and keyboards. The cool thing is that if I happen to find one I like, I can get it and not have to just wish I could! jumps for joy

Jen’s ignoring me and I’m ignoring Marie, both for the better. Yeah, Jen picked up my message on MySpace a few days ago, and Marie called today from a number I didn’t recognize. I didn’t say anything when she said, “How’re you doing?” and I realized who it was. I just hung up. I’m surprised she hasn’t come at me in emails or hit my blog. I guess she’s still in New York. It hit me afterward that today was her birthday. She’s my age now, but only for a few months. Anyway, I will always love her and think of her and wish the best for her, as I’ve said before. But I can’t go back to the 20 emails a day and her going off on me and insisting I’m plotting against her if I fail to reply to one of them in 5 minutes. I know it’s not her fault she is the way she is, but one has to consider their own selves at least somewhat, don’t they? I would rather Maliheh email me 20 times a day than her just once a day! Maliheh’s not crazy no matter how much of an insensitive bitch she may come off as. And maybe she’s mellowed out over the years for all I know.

There goes the palpitations again. No, heart, don’t do that! Has anyone else who may be reading this ever experienced heart palpitations? It’s a noticeable fluttering or racing of the heart where it beats hard enough to be noticeable, but it’s not like after you’ve done something strenuous. Most of the time our heartbeat isn’t noticeable, but this sure is even if you’re completely still at the time. It usually only does it for a few beats at a time. If anyone’s familiar with this, let me know. I just hope it doesn’t wake me up and spoil tomorrow’s plans!

I still don’t miss the rat, but it’s weird being petless and not having him around to share a little of whatever I’m eating as rats can eat anything.