Got the monthly newsletter and in it, they complain of loose cats. *rolls eyes* Oh, please! That’s nothing compared to all the landscaping and home improvement racket going on, not to mention the uptick in car stereos lately. I don’t think they’re coming from inside the park, though. But why are there so many of them all of a sudden? I used to hear one occasionally, but yesterday was as bad as Oregon only at a distance. I heard them constantly even late into the night. Some were idling as opposed to moving. I’d like to think that if they were anywhere in the park they wouldn’t put up with that. Tom doesn’t think they would, but people seem to have a strange sense of what should be complained about and what shouldn’t be. I’ve seen something like one loose cat go by the house. Big deal. Rarely do I see loose cats when I’m out running. Yet it’s ok to hammer, drill, saw, blow, mow, and trim up a storm nearly every single day??? 

As for the thunderous car stereos, it’s sad that after all these years the damn things are still legal. And as is the case with most technology, it only advances with time and so they continue to get louder and louder. But that’s our fucked up country for you. We allow for a lot of shit to occur while we have other laws and ordinances that are just plain ridiculous. 

I finished the last of the cleaning and setting things back up. I’m glad that much is over. I almost felt like we were moving in all over again. 

I like having my desk further away from the rats when they’re active at night. This way the attention whores don’t pester me as much. I let them all run around last night and what a handful they are! I had to guide Sugar and make sure he didn’t get hurt, all the while Romeo wanted to sneak up and playfully nip me (too hard), while Hoodie ran off to get into whatever he could get into. 

Avondale spiders. Those were in fact the nightmares Tom and I saw a few times down in Arizona. I still can’t believe Andy never saw the things. They were straight out of a Stephen King movie. In fact, they were used in the movie Arachnophobia. They’re also known as Huntsman spiders. They’re huge, fast, scary-looking, and native to Australia and New Zealand. They’re harmless, but at 4-8 inches, I don’t give a shit how harmless they may be.