Well…only up once at 5:10 this morning so I guess that is a win but I don’t feel like it….pretty darn worn out and I hope the coffee starts to work soon….I don’t know how it happened but I am now getting three days out of a pot of coffee when it’s always been two…I wonder if that has something to do with feeling worn out? It was an okay day yesterday and I did get out to the beach for an hour or so and it was cool to watch the dredges in operation depositing sand on the beach to make it twice it’s normal width….the depositer was connected to the dredge with pipes from over a mile away and I was surprised how quiet it was when in operation….can’t wait to ride out there and see how much they got done yesterday….it’s going to make it a really long walk to get to the water when they are done….didn’t get anything done yesterday but water the lawn and today is going to be the same other than I’m out of leftovers so I’ll need to cook today…..and I need to take something out of the freezer for later in the weekend…or maybe I’ll make some of the breaded chicken fillets that I have lots of…..not much to do today….just going to get on the bike here in a minute and take it easy today…will be back to the beach later this morning to get a swim in and get some sun but don’t have any plans other than that….might have to go to Meijers to get some beer since I like to have one on the beach when I go out there and only have one left…but I won’t be on the beach over the weekend with it being so busy out there so maybe I can wait til next week….more later…

Well…as I talked about earlier, I was curious about what kind of animal was tipping over my water container that I put out every day for the animals around here…as I was closing up the blinds for the night a few minutes ago, I saw what it was…a family of three skunks were in my yard drinking from it and that is just too cool…I don’t think I’ve ever seen a live skunk in my long life and to add a new experience is pretty damn neat…..they are quite strange looking animals with their long black and white fur…and the big one was motionless while drinking for a good 5 minutes…so, to go along with the deer, turkeys, and cats, we now have another species to add to the list and that makes me smile…..pretty damn cool….

Well…just wanted to warn everybody that I am heading to the beach to get a swim in so there won’t be a political one here until a bit later…I finally got to see the dredges putting sand on the beach this morning and it looks like they are going to extend the beach by a lot more than the 40 ft they started with and that is pretty cool but makes it a much farther walk to get in to swim…. and the noise is going to be a bit much but I can go all the way to the south end of the beach so it won’t be too bad….more later….

Well…that was a crappy day…had to make many calls to shut down the assholes that think I want to listen to their bullshit music in my house and that always depresses me…and I am pretty depressed today…I did sleep okay since the firestarters out here didn’t light the whole damn neighborhood on fire like they did Tuesday night so I didn’t have to eat smoke in my house….okay, that’s enough of that…I did realize why the A-10’s I saw yesterday looked so different…they had a pointed fairing over where the rotary cannon normally sits just under the nose of the plane….so no armament and that just raises more questions about what state they were in….heading for scrapping? Who knows? Didn’t get much done yesterday but didn’t need to and I don’t think I’m going to do much today….I’m just so tired from being depressed that I want to take the day off until the hearings come on this afternoon….did just see something strange in my yard….a mother cat had her kittens playing in my yard until an opossum started walking through where they were and the kittens climbed up my big tree and the momma attacked the opossum….all while baby squirrels sat on the power lines watching what was going on….and some animal dumped my water container over for the second night in a row and I wonder what it is….I really wish that was all I had to think about out here…but the noise is going to start again and I’m going to have to deal with it all day again….and that is bullshit…need to get a couple of e-mails out to the city government today to bitch about it…when do I get a day off from that? Not much to do today….at least my teeth don’t hurt much so I guess that’s something…just going to get on the bike here in a few minutes and I wonder why? Not enjoying it much lately and it has become more of a job than anything else and that is a function of the depression, too….so, do I just veg the day out and elevate my guilt response or do I drag my ass out off the couch and get on the bike? Yeah…you know the answer to that….on the bike and hope that it gets better…damn, I hate the people out here….at least I have tiny little beans on my bean plants….and in a few weeks I’ll have fresh beans to eat…more later….

Well…after getting everything done today, I decided to hear out to the beach for a swim and some sun and the normal set up is to pour one beer into my Contego leak proof coffee cup and throw that in my cooler with my water bottle and some sunscreen and an ice pack…on the way out, I heard a loud pop and knew what that meant…the pressure had gotten too high in the cup and it had blown the top off it…luckily, I had zippered it shut so the beer shrapnel was contained inside and I had put a spare beer in so I had one to have at the beach for my swim…when I got my chair set up and comfortable, I heard a loud jet engine and couldn’t figure out how with the airport all the way on the other side of the city…so I looked to the south and saw two A-10 Warthogs coming up the shoreline over the lake at about 200 feet altitude…pretty cool but they were the nicest ones I’ve ever seen…not beat up at all and, since the last ones were made in the 80’s, that was just not right…they looked like they could have come off the line today so I wonder if they were rebuilt ones? Whatever they were, it was cool to see them flying in formation just off the beach…you never know what you’re going to see at the beach….

Well…running a little early today with having to work on the computer to get it to do a windows update and it finally just finished so I guess it worked okay…slept okay last night but it was a 2:14 and 4:40 night so that kinda sucked and I finally just gave up and got up at 5:36…I found my next neighborhood improvement project to get the burning of open campfires banned up here and the first e-mails to the city commission will go out today…last night some asshole was burning near me that filled my damn house with smoke and I had to close all the windows while it was 85 degrees and I am just not going to tolerate that…so, I’ll be working to get them to enforce the burning ordinance that says you can have a fire if the smoke doesn’t impact any other property…and it does so here we go….even with not sleeping a lot, I still feel pretty good this morning and will be getting out on the bike for the first ride here in a few minutes and that will get me out before 7 and back here to do the grocery run…I did have to water the lawn yesterday and will probably have to do it for the next week or so to try to salvage the lawn….I put so much work into seeding it and getting it to grow I guess I’ll have to bite the bullet and spend a hundred bucks to keep it alive….I finally remembered to wash the car yesterday to get all of the pollen and dust off it and it now looks okay….not much to do today….I may do a beach run this aft since I haven’t been out there this week and I really could use a swim…don’t have a lot else to do today other than the grocery run and I don’t mind that….but I’m still kind of stuck in getting the summer going and I do need to think about how to fix that….more later…

Well…just got back from my first dental appointment in the string of many, many I’m going to need and it wasn’t too bad…hurt a bit but no worse than when I eat….so I’m going to wait a bit for the next one in July but I hope that I can get a cancellation and get in earlier….it looks like at least 4 more this year and then start it over next year…at least I think we are mitigating the damage and they won’t get worse so I guess that’s progress….I am looking forward to getting more done….yay!

Well…happy summer solstice….at 5:14 this morning, the sun started it’s trip back to the south and we will have the most sunlight of any day this year….but it was a 4:21 morning this morning and I’m not sure if I can keep up only getting about 4 hours of sleep a night…I feel okay this morning but need to get moving and get on the bike before 7 so I can get two rides in before I have my dentist appointment at 10:30….and that starts the long journey of getting my teeth fixed so I can arrest any more damage and try to get rid of the pain…and that is going to cost 400 bucks out of pocket even with insurance but I planned on that so no big deal…they did start putting the dredged sand on the beach the other day and extended the beach by about 40 feet wide and 100 feet long and it looks like it’s the first of many applications but I’m not sure how long the extension will last with some big wave action….not that we are going to get any…no storms or even rain in the forecast out here for the next two weeks so I’ll be spending money on water today…going to hit verizon thurs to give them one last chance to give me a better deal before I switch to another carrier to save money and get a new phone….then all I’ll have left to do this week is find a doctor and get my checkup scheduled….and I think that will be tomorrow since I want to watch the hearings today at one….not much to do today…just the bike rides, dentist and hearings and I think that will be enough for the day…this dental work is going to hurt so I don’t know how I’m going to feel after it….more later….

Well…I finally talked to the dentist this morning and ouch….going to spend 400 bucks tomorrow on work that is not covered but I planned on spending a grand out of pocket this year so that leaves me with 600 more to spend for what the insurance won’t cover…at least I’m getting started on the work and will probably be in pain for most of the summer but that’s okay…I’m in pain all the time right now so that won’t be any change….and I feel better with the uncertainty gone about the work starting…so I go in at 11 tomorrow morning to get started….more later….

Well…damn, what a sucky day yesterday…only heard from two of my kids and I guess I’ll never hear from two of them again….but I shouldn’t bitch too much when T’s mom is in the hospital and not doing well…perspective…..slept okay last night and didn’t get out of bed til 6:30 or so and I’m still having trouble getting started with just pouring my first cup of coffee…and I put my grandpa coffee cup away since I’m not considered one anymore….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I think I need to mow the lawn today after the bike rides….haven’t been feeling too hot the past few days and I think I may need a rest day here soon…and I may have to just let go and stop scheduling my days so tightly…I wish that could be today but I know it’s not going to happen….I do need to find out what the hell is going on with the dentist since it’s been over a month since my first appointment and haven’t heard a peep from them since….and I need to find a  doctor and head over to Verizon tomorrow to give them one last chance to keep my business before I move to a new carrier that is much cheaper….so, if I accomplish those things I’ll consider this a successful week….not much to do today….just need to get started somehow and get on the bike for the first ride but don’t want to….still pretty depressed and it seems like that is happening all the time recently….and that sucks….more later….