Sleepless night / Zelle / Walmart

Went to bed around 11:30 p.m. but was awaken by the neighbors' dogs who started barking at 3:11 a.m.  As hard as I tried I could not go back to sleep so finally gave up and got up at 4:30 a.m.  

I have been complaining to my homeowner's association that they should give options so we could be able to make our payments online versus mailing them. I had Paypal in mind but the board decided on Zelle a form of payment I had never heard of but that supposedly is used by many banks...of course, many but...NOT MY BANK!!!

If your bank does not use this program then you have to download the app to your smartphone and pay with a debit card.  If you call their support telephone number you are connected to a call center in India. I ended up hanging up on the guy as I could not understand him or vice versa.

This morning I decided to write a check instead and head off to the Main Post Office as mine is closed on Saturdays and besides mine always lose my payments. This post office is located in the north part of town close to Walmart. Since it was early I went to see if I could find some more discounted Christmas storage totes but they were all gone.

The last time I came to Walmart I bought some dark chocolates which are supposed to be good for you...ate a couple but then misplaced them...I am sure they are somewhere in this house. Since I had not eaten since yesterday I guess my sugar levels were out of whack. I ended up buying a carrot cake, muffins, more chocolates, menudo, chili and to make myself not feel so guilty...salads, nopalitos, and serranos :-D

As I passed by HEB I noticed that the price of gasoline had gone up and there were a lot of cars filling up. I still have 3/4 of a tank so I might gas up the next time I swing by here. Unlead gasoline was going for $2.09 a gallon.

Today we only reached a high of 79 degrees but with the wind gusts, it felt much colder.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Aunty Acid Saying of the Day

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Late trip to town

Another sleepless night, could not reconcile sleep until sometime after 8:30 a.m. fortunately fell into a deep slumber until 1:30 p.m.  I have a lot of errands to run but by that time of the afternoon it is much too hot to go out even in an air conditioned vehicle. We reached 102 degrees, 39 Celsius.

I am not one that likes to drive at night but I made an exception and went to the P.O. Box and HEB at 9:00 p.m. this evening and it was still stifling hot.  Actually I had no choice as tomorrow begins the Tax Free Weekend in Texas.  No taxes on clothing, shoes, backpacks and school supplies on items up to a certain dollar amount.  You can bet your bottom dollar you wont find me anywhere near a store this weekend...parents and kids can have it to themselves.

Sorry for not having posted gasoline prices lately.  This is the going price pretty much all over town but bear in mind that if you have an HEB gift card you get to take an additional .11 cents off of the price...so regular gasoline would be $3.12 per gallon and $3.51 for diesel.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Darn that grass cutting fairy!

Another sleepless night, all I could think about was those weeds that need to be mowed...darn that grass cutting fairy...never shows up when you need her :(

Went to bed at 4:15 a.m. and since I could not sleep, got up at 7:00 a.m. and headed on over to HEB to beat the crowds.  On the way back, I saw that there were two cars at the laundromat...decided I would rather do laundry than tackle the weeds.

When I got there, there were a lot of cars!  Almost came back home but knew I did not like the alternative...so for the next two hours I did laundry :-(

This afternoon we reached 100 degrees so I was glad I decided to tackle this tedious chore early.  As an added bonus I did not have to deal with any screaming kids.

The weeds?  Like Scarlett O'Hara used to say "tomorrow is another day"...

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.