thursday

I want my house to sell.
If it does sell, it's going to take awhile. I'm not very patient. I want it to happen now........

We've had thunderstorms on and off all day.
I like it.
I used it as an excuse to not do much of anything today.
I payed bills.
I packed my lunch for work tomorrow.
I laid out my uniform for work tomorrow, and I switched the stuff in my
purse to another purse.
I took a nap.

monday

Happy 6th birthday, We-ping! I love you.

My little buddy, Mr. Bojangles, napping. I love burying my face in his fur and kissing him. He's so cute!

I hired a painter to paint my living room, dining room, and hallway. He did most of the work today, and will complete the job tomorrow. It looks nice.

Daughter has had a second job for at least a couple of months. About five days ago some guy came in to her place of employment and started a conversation with her. He shadowed her the rest of the night  while she was at work. Even talked to her as though they had some sort of romantic involvement and long term relationship plans. No one took it serious. They even joked about it. Daughter though instinctively knew he was weird. She even told her boss that the guy gave her the creeps. Boss guy joked and I guess he figured  Weirdo was just smitten with daughter. Well Weirdo came back the next night and followed daughter as she went about her job. Security escorted him out. That same night when daughter headed to her car after work Weirdo was waiting for her at her car. He walked away though when he saw daughter was being escorted to her car. He showed up at her work the next night. He had a bruised face and grossly swollen eye. I don't know why........but thought it was worth mentioning. So he shows up at her work.......this time Security stops him at the door and made him leave.

 One of the girls who works with daughter recognized  the guy. She says he has Aspergers disorder & was expelled from a local university last year for stalking a female student.

Daughter is off work for a few days. Hopefully he will go away. If he comes back, part of my plan is to go to the police. I'm not sure what the other part of my plan is yet.

wed.

they laid the new carpeting a couple of days ago. it looks and feels great!
all that's left to do is mulch the ornamental grasses and call the realtor. yay!

saturday

I have air! It's great!
My house is a mess though. I need a maid. How awesome would it be to have a maid. I guess many husbands could answer that question. Maybe I should get a wife.

Daughter ended her relationship with her boyfriend.. The cultural differences proved to be too much, so said she. I think it had more to do with differences in character.......
Whatever the case may be, a new start is usually a good thing.

friday

today was my pay day! that's all i've got to say about that, except.................YAY!....................

monday

It was 106 degrees yesterday with a heat index of 113. It's been like for well over a week. Without central air the inside of my house feels like an oven.......cats don't pant but Mr. Bojangles was sitting on the coffee table panting. I thought he was going to die. I watered him and We-ing then put them in the basement where it was a little cooler.... I threw my bed away a week ago............so sleeping on the floor in an oven has sucked big time.
The guy worked on the central air. He said the motor in the central air unit had been put in upside down and that it wasn't the right motor for my unit..............I told him it had to be something else because I've lived here for 21 years and even if the motor was in upside down, and even if it was the wrong motor, it's always worked...........but I was at a loss because I don't know about this type of crap.........so I allowed him to replace the motor, and whatever else..........after he completed his work& turned the unit back on,  the compressor went out. So a $660.00 job will now cost me around 3500.00. for a new unit or 2600.00 for them to rebuild mine. I'm bummed......and can't help but wonder if the compressor was the problem all along, or did he fuck it up.............
The air conditioning people are coming today to sell me, and hopefully install a new unit................the carpeting people are coming this week to lay new carpeting.............and hopefully I'll haVE THIS HOUSE ON THE mARKET BEFORE THE WEEKEND. Unfortunately a better, cuter house down the street just put a for sale sign up........the overall appearance of this street is going to hell........I might end up in this house for the rest of my life.

july 4

we watched the fireworks show from

downtown main street last night.

it was pretty.

the heat has been miserable. it will be 101 again today. my old central air can't keep up with it. my house is suffocating.

 my dad and nephew planted 5 ornamental grasses out front for me. i woke one morning to noises out front........and there they were.......they had removed two old bush trunks and were planting the ornamental grasses. i was thrilled. planting anything around here is extremely difficult for me. the ground is mostly clay and rock. nephew and dad made it look effortless.

 they saved me from so much work.............

if the grasses make it through this heat i'll be lucky!

the moon was so beautiful last night. the picture didn't turn out so great though......

mr. bojangles is sprawled out on the coffee table. we-ping is on the kitchen floor. i think they're wore out from the heat.......