This is the 5th day in a row I awoke two-tenths of a pound down. I don’t expect this trend to last much longer but am going to keep up with my hourly workouts (which don’t include working arms and abs) because I love the way it makes me feel.

I was pretty crampy yesterday so I only worked out for 45 minutes as the more physical we are during periods, the crampier we get. Hopefully, I can do my whole hour today.

I’m still worried about Tom. He still has neck pain and is feeling rundown but is sure it’s not a cold. My biggest fear in life – bigger than the worst thing that could possibly happen to me – is any kind of serious illness or accident happening to Tom. I’d rather a dozen people bust in here and beat the shit out of me than for anything bad to happen to this man I love so damn much, and they would all get away with it, too. Oh, but it wouldn’t be just because God or whatever’s up there loves to protect my perps, but because of how backward our laws are. You know the “action” crimes (violence, theft, etc.) get you off easier than those where you’ve done nothing more than scare or piss someone off. That’s why people like Chris Brown do only probation while Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan do jail. Then again, these days the law is much quicker to come down on white women vs. black men no matter what.

Speaking of laws, when are men going to be banned from being able to vote on abortion? That really bothers me. They shouldn’t be allowed to vote on that at all. Not just because they’re not the ones who carry and have babies, but who do you think does the raping in this world?

They posted a position at work Tom wants to apply for. It’s for a job similar to what he’s been doing so he figures it should be comparable in pay. It sucks they don’t list what the jobs pay. Anyway, I asked what his competition looked like and I guess there’s some other guy and a woman interested, but the woman doesn’t stand much of a chance due to poor attendance. This is good to know because that and qualifications are what they should be focusing on. Not who’s the youngest with the darkest skin, which seems to get most folks first dibs on most jobs in most places these days.

So what’s the scoop with the troll’s Thoughts blog? For over an hour, someone appeared to be online there last evening, but no updates were made. Alison thinks it was her mother since she doubted she’d get online that fast after arriving in Des Moines. She sure spent a long time online just to check the troll’s 4 brief whiny posts.

It’s going to be 73° today but by the weekend we’ll be back in the 50s.

Just when I thought Amber might not return, she peeked in on me early this morning. I haven’t mentioned her, though, so is she coming around just to see if I have or could the rude bitch actually be interested in my blog?

That white pickup has been coming over every day, but this time it stuck around and the dogs didn’t go off, so Jesse must be home.

Later…

Today was gorgeous. Had the windows open and enjoyed the fresh air the breeze carried in. I still wish there was a better mix of rain and sun here, though. I’m still not sure which I like better. The sun keeps the heat off and allows us to air the place out, but the rain keeps things quieter. Always loved the sound of it, too.

Our chainsaw addicts up at the summit were back to buzzing away:( Although it was short-lived, I had hoped to get longer than the week to 10 days off they gave me, but at least we’re not next to them. Whoever is must be very tolerant or ready to smash the damn saw to pieces.

Something’s definitely wrong with the rat’s eyes and head even though his vision seems fine. He’s still super clingy too, always wanting more no matter how much attention I give him. The area around his eyes seems redder and the top of his head seems darker in the area between his eyes. But like it or not, he is old.

The white pickup came again today, but this time it stuck around. I wonder if it’s his brother that’s staying with him. Someone definitely is because I heard voices that I think were from up there when I was doing dishes and the window was open, then he took off on the Harley but there was no barking (suggesting someone was up there). Heard someone rummaging around up there, too. It could be someone else that left on their own motorpsycho that I heard but I doubt it. I’d be willing to bet that he’ll go out this weekend cuz I’ll be up in the evening. He didn’t last weekend when I was asleep at that time.

Someone’s been spending a lot of time on the troll’s Thoughts blog. Alison and I agree it probably wasn’t her mother after all or else she’d have deleted her wonderful “letters” to her and Kathy. The troll used to have Aly manage her KB accounts when she was too lazy to deal with messages and shit like that, so it’s probably a friend of hers, not that it isn’t hard as hell to believe she even has any. Right now I just hope she’s having a horrible time in Iowa and that she’s on the “wrong end of a sword.” On the other hand, if Iowa works out, she doesn’t get to go home to mommy who has Internet service, unlike her wonderful “fiancée.” So unless she went home and straight to a group home or some other place that monitored her activities, maybe she’s better off freezing her ass off in Iowa at least for our sake.

Marie definitely got my friend invite because she’s definitely been on Facebook. She commented on a post of Becky’s earlier. I think she just feels it’d be awkward to add me since she’s now with someone, especially if this woman really is that right for her. At her age, she may not be willing to take risks with any forbidden fruit even if it was harmless online flirting.