We got a nice little post-it note last night from someone who lives near us. It said simply “Your dogs bark all the time! Perhaps you should close your windows or something.” Really? All the time? Truly?

I have one thing to say: Fuck you.

I know this is probably from our next door neighbors. They are aloof and snooty. I’ve tried to say hello several times, but she just preens in her front yard while fucking with her roses and petting her cat. I wrote her distance off because I was wearing my septum ring. It’s a little scary, I guess. But she and her husband just LOVE to scream orders at each other in the morning on the weekends and slam doors. Their driveway is right next to our bedroom. I am tempted to be petty and start blaring D&B, but I’m not completly sure it is them. But they look like post-it-note kind of people. Fuckers.

For the record our dogs DO bark. They are fucking dogs. We are also on a really busy street with a bus-stop right in front of our porch. I’m so fucking sorry they are good at alerting the world to the presence of strangers. They don’t bark much when we are home. Sometimes they bark when they are are in the yard, but we have people on 2 sides. Frankly, that’s to be expected. So I am going to keep the windows (most of them anyway) closed when we leave. We don’t have very many that open, so this pisses me off. It gets warm in here. It is, after all, summer. Granted, we aren’t in Florida with 95+ temps wiht 95% humidity, but what ever. Damn, people just piss me off.

I haven’t written a lot lately, I know. I’m a berry bad blogger. So, you get a list, because I’m supposed to be editing my workshop partners’ stuff, but I needed a break.

• People drive 5 miles below the speed limit here. It drives me nuts.
• It took us 2 hours to get to Lex’s house..and 4 hours to get home.
• Alexis loves our dogs.
• C & B are moving this week! Yay for them!
• D finally fixed our dryer issue. It’s good to have dry clean clothes.
• All of the Ikea furniture is put up. Now I have to vacuum.
• I got lots of lovely stuff for my birthday.
• D bought me an antique desk. I love it.
• My birdfeeders are still full. I miss birds.
• I had a dream about Rollins last night. It made me kind of sad.
• 300 is as good as I remember.
• I still haven’t read Harry Potter. I’m waiting until after this deadline.
• Malbecs are my favorite wine right now.
• I heart beer.
• The bridges in Portland are amazing, and fun to drive on. I wish I could take pictures of the view, but I’m usually doing 60.
• We are going to Crater Lake this weekend!!!!!!! The beagles are coming too, because C & B aren’t assholes (see: bitter diatribe earlier)
• C & B are so much fun to hang out with. We get sillier every time we get together.
• B makes me snort.
• C and I are going to take a welding class later this year. Mmmmm FIRE! (yes, I will take the recommended safety precautions).
• It feels good to have the house set up.
• We have spiders. They live in the basement. It’s all good.
• Next week, I will start looking for a job.
• My site was down for a while because I forgot to renew my domain name. Oops.
• I don’t want to work. It’s lovely sleeping until noon and going to bed @ 3 in the morning.

I really do have to get back to writing. The time is slipping away on me, but I guess that happens when you wake up late. I think D wants dinner and my tummy is a little rumbly.