Little_pooh: Yeah, it's good to spoil yourself every now and then, and I'm looking mighty foward to doing so!

Got a letter from Sabrina. She’s depressed, of course, but surviving. One interesting thing she told me was that she met Yolanda Saldívar, the lady that killed Selena. I’m surprised she’d be in general pop. I also thought she was in Texas, though, and when I checked on Wikipedia it said she’s now 49 and serving time in Gatesville, TX. Death threats from Selena fans kept her in isolation for a while and she may be paroled (I hope not!) in 2025. If she were white I’m sure she’d stand no chance of parole at all since the laws are favoring non-whites more and more.

Anyway, I have some of Selena’s songs in both Spanish and English and always thought she had a better voice than Gloria.

Bri’s in a two-man cell now and not a huge dorm, and has to work for free as a dorm worker. Kind of like the equivalent to a trustee at Estrella. She says she doesn’t find it any better than jail, but that she’s at least been treated fairly so far.

Jesse came down yesterday afternoon in his truck with his kid to see if the pipe’s leaking in back. Is it? Well, of course! And so is the front kitchen window, but only when it rains hard. It doesn’t hurt anything, though, as long as we have a towel sitting on the sill. So we’re still cursed with leaks even when it’s not our own shit we’re dealing with.

I was surprised he worked today since it rained like hell all day, but when my allergies woke me up at 5am and I went into the bathroom to pee, sure enough, the dogs were going crazy. Oddly enough, though, I didn’t hear anything when I went back into the bathroom a half hour later to put a nasal strip on my nose.

I had to take a Benadryl and ended up crashing till 11:00. When I got up it was raining hard and steady and it was as dark as either 7:30am or 4:30pm.

Little_pooh: Ouch, Wisconsin! That's definitely colder than I can stand. I agree, Florida's a great place, even though I've ended up sicker than a dog every time I've visited with colds. I don't care for humidity, but it's still appealing in other ways. I know I wish the winters here were more like theirs. My parents live there.

Not surprisingly, Jesse’s worked all week. I’m sure, however, that once I’m sleeping through the hours that the barking is usually at its worst, he’ll be out of work.

The propane’s been going down about 1% a day. I didn’t expect it to get this cold till next month. The afternoons are pleasant, but the rest of the time is pretty cold. It’s going to nearly freeze tonight, then tomorrow we’re going to have a day of cold, wind and rain as a fast-moving storm rolls through. We shouldn’t need more propane till the end of January, and thanks to MT, we just paid our car insurance. So no bills other than the internet! We’re really starting to get ahead.

Next month we’re going to blow a few hundred on some fun stuff we’ve been wanting (incense, wireless speakers, a topper for the bed, a new deep fryer, some perfume and other goodies for me at Sephora) then it’s off to save, save, save! With all the weight I’ve lost I should get new bras, even though I only made it from a 38C to a 34C. I miss my flat days! At least I got the flat tummy.

The pain in my lower right side stopped as suddenly as it started. We're thinking it probably is an ovary, like maybe I've got a little cyst or something on it. I just hope it doesn't get any worse or more frequent! If I've been uninsured for nearly 5 years, then insurance obviously wasn't meant to be.

Little_pooh: Wow, you wish it wouldn't snow where you are? I thought you were in Florida. Yeah, money's a wonderful thing regardless of where it comes from.

I have that pain in my lower right side that I get periodically, usually when I’m mid-cycle. I still can’t figure out if it’s a bum ovary or a UT infection or something else. I just hope it doesn’t turn into anything serious. Tom can’t see it, but I know we’re years away from being insured.

Yesterday was both fun and productive. Knowing we’ll probably be here a few more years, I decided to tear apart the bedroom closet and all the drawers and rearrange things better. It’s so much harder to find things when you’re cramped for space because then you have to have so much shit piled up together. I was sick of having to move ten things just to get to one so I rearranged things a little more spread out as best I could with the limited space and in a more organized fashion.

I’m sure there’s other things I could discuss, but I’m pretty busy at the moment so I’ll leave it at this.

Shoutout to Little_pooh : It would be wonderful if we could find a dogless senior community! That way we could have the convenience of the city without the noise. But as of yet it seems they only ban dogs from apartments, not houses. And we'd certainly want a house.

I’ll have to remember to check and see how things went in court for Stacey, LOL! I think her next court date is the second week in December.

Up to $175 now on MT. There’s no doubt that the two of us together can pull in 3 or 4 hundred a month. It may never replace a regular job, but it sure does a fine job of supplementing one. Or one’s unemployment benefits.

The weather’s been cold at night, but nice during the daytime. The heat doesn’t usually run between 9am – 9pm.

The dogs continue to go crazy in the mornings and that’s about it. I just hope I can count on them shutting up in April like I knew I could count on them starting up again a few weeks ago.