Queen of Procrastination / More affected than I thought

The heat has been oppressive we had a high of 105 a low of 78 with a heat index of 107. These temperatures are making me even lazier than I already am.  I had every intention of raking those pesky mesquite pods this morning but waited too long to get started.

The same could be said for removing the old license tags from the windshield and installing the new one.  Have I mentioned that I am the Queen of Procrastination?  Well, it was obviously too hot to do that so I am OK with not installing it and if I get pulled over I can always show them the tags.

I needed to make a grocery run but to be perfectly honest I was a little afraid.  Briefly considered going to Walmart but quickly ruled it out, it may be a while before I get the nerve to walk into one.

My favorite go-to store is "Little HEB" as it is less crowded than the main one.  However, my thoughts went to the fact that it is way too small and in case something happened there really is no place to hide.  I have never in my life had these thoughts of self-preservation. 

Headed to the main HEB instead and quickly picked up what I needed and left.  I do not know what I was expecting but I looked for new security measures or guards but there were none. I had no idea how much the mass shooting in El Paso had actually affected my psyche.

This evening around 9:30 p.m.  I heard these two loud booms and knew is was the worthless step-son of Mr. Joe.  Ran to my room to find my robe so I could go outside and when I opened the door two more booms went off and I SCREAMED!!!  I think it took him by surprise and either it was the last of his 4th of July stash of fireworks or he decided to quit for the night.  If anything happens to us please be sure to tell the authorities that HE is suspect #1.  The guy is not all there and definitively has mental, emotional and alcohol issues.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

When is the 4th of July going to be over?

I am so sick and tired of the worthless neighbor across the street popping fireworks every night, I guess he is drunk once more and got started about ten minutes ago.  These are very loud fireworks that sound like a bomb.  He spaces them out so they must be pricey.

Why do I always get the worst neighbors?  Oh well, I think he stopped for the night.  It amazes me how an unemployed 30-year-old with a wife and three kids can leech off his parents but more amazing that they allow it to happen.  OK, end of rant!

It has been so hot lately.  Today we had a high of 102 low of 77 with a heat index of 105 degrees.
I limit my outside time and if it wasn't for the boys (my cats) I do not think I would even go out the door.

As you know I collect rainwater and out of 160 gallons, I am down to 10 gallons just from watering some of the shade trees.  I say "some" because the weeds are too high to be able to reach them all.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Blaring music / Good night's sleep / Rising cable bill

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.

Drunk neighbor / Bad Back / Burger King

After only getting two hours of sleep Friday night, last night at least I crammed in six hours although not concurrently.  I was awakened at 3:15 a.m. to the sounds of music, I did not even have to wonder where it was coming from I already knew.  It was the step-son of mother's nice neighbor (the one who mows the grass outside her fence line) who as usual was drunk and listening to music in his truck.  I turned on the television to drown out the music.

Twenty minutes later it started thundering and began to rain, that finally made him go inside and me back to sleep. This morning I was checking the trash cans that act as my primitive rain catchment system and saw that we really did not get that much rain.  I started transferring water around so I could empty some and clean them out.  I was using a one-gallon bucket which full only weighs 8.34 pounds (3.785 kilograms) well below my 20-pound weight limit when I felt that well-known pain in my back...I had thrown it out once again!

Came back inside to rest when a Burger King commercial came on touting their Mocha Frappe for $1.00 so decided I would treat myself to breakfast.

Enjoyed their Frappe

Their ham and cheese croissant was equally good. I may even make a return trip in the future.

Ran another errand waiting for it to be noon. In Texas, you can not buy beer until twelve noon and you can not buy liquor on Sunday either.

Spurs had a 2:00 p.m. game so I wanted to buy a six-pack to drink afterward provided we won. Well, we won but I did not get to drink it. My back was killing me and I had to take a Paracetamol 750 mg during the game...maybe Wednesday?

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.