So far – and I repeat so far – it’s been a peaceful day. No saws, no barks, no engine gunning. But lately, Jesse and the kid seem to make most of their weekday racket between 4pm - 5pm.

It’s still nice in the afternoons around here and we don’t need heat during the daytime but that’s mostly because it’s been unusually dry. As soon as the rains come in it will be cold night and day.

Amazon now has my book available in Italy and Spain. LOL, no one in Italy’s going to buy my book.

Our laser printer has been saying it’s out of toner, but then Tom read online that if you throw tape over the sensors, you can print another 1000 pages or so. They tell you it’s out of toner before it really is to get you to buy more cartridges more often so they can make more money. Each cartridge has a window on the end of it and when we looked inside one we could clearly see that there was indeed more toner in it. So we taped the sensors and sure enough, we were able to print my NaNo certificate and some pictures for my folks. Once my story’s done I’m going to send those and a copy of it to my folks after I edit out anything too smutty.

I saw that another sample of my book was downloaded on Smashwords, but there’s no way to tell who it was. If it was Maryann, she didn’t go to my blog that I know of. I honestly can’t imagine her buying it or going to my blog. I figured she’d at least check it out and maybe download a sample, but that’s about it.

Just took a half-hour break from this entry to talk to Paula. When the phone rang I automatically assumed it was Tammy, but then when I saw the 413 area code and didn’t recognize it as Andy’s number, I was confused for a minute. It was nice to talk to her after so long. I was wondering about her just the other day and whether or not she was in jail as I knew she had legal issues going on. Sentencing is Thursday and so she’s getting nervous. She doesn’t think she’s going to go to jail, and while I know Massachusetts isn’t like Arizona or Texas, I don’t see how she won’t since she’s being charged with both a misdemeanor and a felony. Wish I knew what class that felony was cuz that’s the problem. They run from 1-6 with 6 being what I hope hers is. A class 6 will probably get her a few months in jail while F1 is usually reserved for the murderers.

I’m not looking forward to when Tammy calls. Damn! I just do not want to talk to that bitch! I wish I could get into the whole idea of it and all that, but I just can’t. Yet I’m afraid to dump her because I know she would not only drag our parents into it and get them upset, but she would also start shit with me. Shit that may very well go beyond nasty messages and badmouthing me to whoever, wherever. She may also interfere with me getting any inheritance that may be left to me. So I have to just grin and bear it till our folks are gone and then I can walk away if I still feel the same and I think there’s a good chance I will. I don’t think the only reason I feel this way is due to our past problems but due to the distance as well and us being so different. Just because she’s my sister doesn’t mean she’s someone I would normally want to associate with. It’s different with those who are far away and with whom I have things in common or find attractive.

Got an email from Maliheh (she thinks my birthday’s today) saying maybe we can chat later on. I’d like that. :)

I know it’s dishonest but I sent Barbara an email saying I accidentally deleted a few messages and thought one might have been from her, just to see if I get a reply.