I can not believe that I have already gone through 3 cans of bug spray and one 4 oz jar of The Dollar Tree version of Vicks Vapor Rub. Those pesky mosquitoes are something else.
The temperatures have been high and there is so much humidity. I am only going outside to feed the boys twice a day. Yesterday there was so much bad weather in the state. Fortunately, it skipped us. Hope my readers in those areas were not affected.
Saturday I was so tired when the step-son of mother's nice neighbor began with his blaring music early in the afternoon. I laid down after dinner for a couple of minutes and did not wake up until 10:35 p.m. and the music was still going on. Finally, his mother or his wife made him shut it down at 11:45 p.m.
I went back to sleep and believe it or not I was able to sleep until 8:30 a.m. It has been a LONG time since I have slept for twelve and a half hours...my body needed the rest.
I was so proud of myself for troubleshooting the cable box in the kitchen or I was going to get rid of it now that my bill went up an additional $8.05 to $168.02 monthly.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
Terlingua Dreams
Governors Landing Campground - Lake Amistad - Del Rio, Texas
Wow that is amazing that you got all that sleep. Nice that the noise finally stopped. Oh My that is one huge cable bill!
ReplyDeleteI am so grateful I was able to get some much needed sleep. Just when I was convinced the step-son and his family had moved out for good..here he comes again...grrrrr!!!!
DeleteThe cable bill includes cable, internet and home phone but I would agree that it is expensive.
I hope you get a lot from the cable bill... we pay all total a little more than that for the internet ($60), 2 cell phones ($45 & $55) and a netflix ($13)
ReplyDelete(it was a lot better before I added it up...:-)
I have no other choice Rob...in Del Rio if you do not have cable you have a blank TV set...being a border town we have access to the two main television networks that transmit to the border from Mexico City via satellite. However, if you do not speak Spanish (fortunately I do) you have to pay for cable.
DeleteBeing a long time reader you know that I am a diehard NBA fan and would DIE if I could not watch my SPURS games...so YES, it is worth it to me to pay for this service.
Spectrum makes you pay for each cable box $7.50 plus tax I originally only had two. The kitchen did not have one I just screwed the cable to the back of the TV but last year they notified me that I would have to purchase a box (which was free for one year) or I would no longer be able to watch TV in the kitchen.
Yes your body needed that sleep I bet you felt good in the morning. But that loud musice wouldn't last with me as a neighbor. Where is the respect for that mother and why does she allow that. Oh I don't know.
ReplyDeleteI certainly needed and welcomed the sleep.
DeleteThis now 30 year old man is an enigma. He has had a drinking problem since he was in High School and would host parties when his mother and step-father went out of town.
These parties which were exclusively male would consist of a lot of people who would cross the street and urinate or vomit along mother's fence line. My mother would not let me call the police fearing that when I left (I was living in Houston then) he might take retaliatory measures against her and I agreed.
This individual has no respect for anyone not even his mother or his hard working step-father that apparently supports him as he does not have a steady job and the only one that earns a pay check is Mr. Joe...very sad situation.
We live in the county so Val Verde County Sheriff's Department does not put a stop to loud music on weekends until midnight.