Today would be a great day for the beach if it wasn’t Sunday.

I decided what I’m going to do with Stephanie and Jill. I’m going to get my login points every day. After they’ve had time to build up over a year or so I’ll go on a shopping spree for them.

We’re looking so forward to getting Oculus Quest 2, so I can visit Mia in virtual reality, and we can do so many other things as well. Can’t wait to try some of the workout videos and walk through different environments on the treadmill which will be different than watching videos of people traveling through different environments. So yes, definitely exciting!

We’re also going to get a new Alexa for my bedroom because they’re supposed to sound a lot better these days. This one will be dome-shaped. The one I’ve been using has always sounded a little funky.

Lastly, we’re getting roll-up shades for the living room windows, his bedroom, and over the desk. Smart shades are way too expensive, so he decided to get a kind for the three windows in front that he could maybe print out and add a device to and make it smart ourselves.

We agreed to pick one day each week that we would take off and not do any projects at all. We would only do fun things. He decided Saturday would be a good day because I told him he could be the one to pick the day because I really didn’t have a preference either way. So yesterday was supposed to be all about fun and relaxation until my fucking bidet started leaking again. He had to put the expensive one back on that has a fatter stream. It’s better for number twos but not for peeing.

Another roll of tinted window cling came yesterday, so now the door is done as well as the bottom pane of the kitchen window. Only I did such a shitty job in the kitchen window. Not being able to reach it easily, it ended up rather bubbly. Tom can smooth it out some time with his longer arms.

He said he didn’t think it was across the street, but a motorcycle drove by at 7:30. Nothing woke me up, though. I even slept with "box fan" and "rain" and it was softer too. Since he only heard it once, then yeah, it probably wasn’t across the street.

They are way too noticeable, though. The car that’s visiting has a Texas plate and it appears to be a young woman with two kids. One of them seems to be about 3 and the other is around 8. I saw a dark-haired woman with a ponytail that I suspect is the wife that lives there. The younger woman with the kids had a blonde ponytail. They were screaming in the streets on and off and throwing a ball for the big dog that wasn’t leashed. Hopefully, they’ll leave after Thanksgiving, but that’s still 4 days away. They come and go 50 times a day, there’s the threat of the motorcycle hanging over my head, and I really can’t wait till spring!

It just hit me that that older kid shouldn’t be here now. If I’m remembering things correctly, you got two vacations during the school year. One at the end of the year and one in April. So what’s it doing out of school now?

Also, those are some remarkably well-behaved dogs. We’ve never heard them bark and it makes me wonder if they’ve been debarked.

We agreed that if we stay in the state we’ll definitely look for a park that does not allow motorcycles. If we can’t stay in this state, we may be better off going back to a cold climate. Perhaps not Oregon kind of cold, but in a cold climate you’re not going to have people running around on motorcycles so much in or nearly as much outdoor activity But you’re still not so isolated that you can’t make friends.

Oh, and Richard did reply to “Cindy.” All he said was that he would pass the message on to Tabatha, but of course, that isn’t going to change anything. The more people that complain about loud sounds, though, the better the chances are that they’ll finally do something about it.

I got up at 2:00 in the morning and I definitely feel a lot more rested than I did yesterday. We were both tired for some reason. I’m going to try to hold my schedule at 6:00 AM for as long as I can with the help of melatonin and light therapy. Even if I could only do it short term, short term is better than no term.

I haven’t the slightest idea why, but I’m missing Nane again. Again, I have no idea why. She’s everything Irene warned me she would be. Yet while I feel pretty confident that I wouldn’t talk to Maliheh if she reached out to me, I would probably be dumb enough to talk to Nane. Judgmental, bitchy Nane with her dry sense of humor.