The candle snuffer works great. I thought I would have to lower it down into the wax a bit, getting the bottom waxy, but nope. The patchouli amber candle was a bust because I just couldn't smell anything unless I stuck my nose right above the flame. My whiskey tobacco candle is pretty good, though. However, I don’t smell the tobacco in it.

FedEx says they delivered the exerciser that goes on the door, but we never got it. Tom thinks that, as they have in the past, they listed it as delivered, which they sometimes do when they're late delivering packages. I hope it's not sitting at the honker’s place because there's no saying if we'll see it if it is, although I doubt it. I would hope he’d have the decency to leave it by our door if he did get it and do the right thing despite his disliking me, and I’m guessing he would. More than likely, they falsely listed it as delivered but still have it. We have to wait two days before we can take action.

I checked the camera and didn’t see any deliveries nearby. Even so, I unblocked him and left a message in the group asking that it be left at our door if anyone has it, just to see if he blocks me. If he does, I’ll re-block him after the 48 hours are up. It’s just that I try not to burn any possible bridges I may need to cross in the future. I don’t like the guy, but I don’t want to literally be enemies in case he does end up with a package of ours, for example. You just never know when someone may be useful in the future. If one of us passed out in our driveway and he saw it, I’d really like him to try to help us. So, since we have to be neighbors, I don’t want to be mean in any way. When I quickly glanced at him before glancing away, I thought of giving him a nasty glare for a second but realized there was no point in being mean just because I don’t like him. I’d rather ignore someone I dislike whenever possible, even if he’s my hardest neighbor to ignore with the noise he generates at times.

I was just stepping out of the house to get some sunlight in back when he exited his truck that he momentarily parked in Ray’s driveway so he could arrange his toys—the golf cart, the motorcycle (which he moved but didn’t start), and then his grill. He has the grill and motorcycle covered, so I don’t expect to hear it today. Anyway, he heard the door close behind me and glanced back in my direction right as I was stepping out. I barely gave him a glance, but then quickly looked the other way. If he ever says hello, I’ll say hello back, but I didn’t see any point in exchanging pleasantries when his deleting me on Facebook made it clear that he doesn’t want anything to do with me. I wonder, though…if I had said hello, would he have returned the greeting or turned away and walked on in silence?

I don’t know if it’s because I misunderstood a post of his that I commented on, because I’m liberal (he’s a Trump supporter), or something else, and I don’t care. As long as he doesn’t do anything beyond annoying, even if I’d like an excuse to get him kicked out of the country. As it is, all dogs are supposed to be on leashes, and yes, I could technically complain about that, but I don’t because the dog is quiet and stays in his yard. I guess it’s a case of picking which battles to fight, but hopefully there will never be one to have to pick and fight.

The more I think about it, the less I think he’ll move for many years. If he’s seeing someone who lives here and, based on all the friends he seems to have in the park, why would he leave if he’s still in good enough health to make the trips? I’m just glad he’s not here full-time, even if I have to trade him in for storms that are much more likely to wake me up than he ever will be.

He was a constable, so maybe he looked into my background or at least found my blog and didn’t like what he saw, but like I said, as long as he doesn’t give me any shit, I’ll just have to put up with his existence. Don’t get me wrong, though—if I ever catch him doing anything a lot more wrong than letting his dog run loose on his property, I will report it. Same with if he overstays his six months. Screw having to register—I would love it if they dropped their allotted stay to four months! Having to register is nothing, but it wouldn’t hurt my feelings if he could only be here for four months rather than five and a half.

Chatted with Irma again, and I wonder if she has memory issues worse than mine because she brought up things we’d already discussed as if we never had. We discussed Toni’s place being up for sale, and she asked me about it in a way that suggested we hadn’t spoken about it before. I know she’s still well-connected to what’s going on here because she brought up the honker’s new lady as if we hadn’t talked about that either. Well, I haven’t seen that “new” lady yet, who actually isn’t that new. Hate to say it, but I wish they would break up because that might give him an incentive to move on if he felt awkward coming down here with her here. Then again, I don’t think he’s that easily intimidated. He strikes me as the kind who thinks he’s invincible and fears no one. Even so, unless it’s by choice, people aren’t usually single in their 60s, as he was between Keri and Colleen, unless there’s something wrong with them. He’s obviously open to relationships, so the fact that he’s dating this late in life tells me he’s not able to hold relationships for that long but who knows? I don’t know the guy, and I don’t really want to. I just journal what I observe, as I do with pretty much everyone.

Imra also mentioned his younger ex, Keri, saying he’s kind of good-looking. Yeah, I’ll give him that much. He’s okay looking, so that and his money may make him appealing to women in general.

Okay, enough honker talk for now.

Last night’s wake-up call was a nightmare about being attacked by some guy, in which I defended myself all wrong by simply pinching his chest. Despite the nightmare, I wasn’t up as long as the night before when I had the coughing fit, and I have the most energy today that I’ve had in nearly a week. Why? Just why? Tell me what I did right this time so I can keep on doing it!