How the hell was your day? 🐕

November said:
Went pub. For the first time ever, I drove there. I went to walk, like usual, but there is this creepy guy who has been walking up and down past my house all afternoon. I'm so glad I have dogs who were barking at him earlier. Thats why I noticed him again tonight when I went to walk out the gate in the dark he was still wandering up and down. So I took my car lol. I have never been scared walking at night here, I used to go out to the train tracks to watch the stars, but that dude freaked me out. Plus the street light is out again so I thought it a good idea to set off all my sensor lights on the way out and the way in.
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Are police responsive at all? Hope so. If you see him again i would call them and make a report.. Maybe he has been spotted elsewhere... Sometimes alerts are what make cops check. Glad you did not walk alone. Sorry that idiot is making you feel afraid.
 
I just finished finally doing the income taxes for my dad's estate. It was a simple estate, but those taxes are the most insanely complex thing I have ever encountered. For instance, a sub-schedule requires input of line 23 from the main form, but the main form requires input of the last line of the sub-schedule before you get to line 23. I did my best, and I'm sure I did them all wrong, but I can't see paying an accountant $500 or more to do taxes that indicate a net loss. So when the IRS looks them over and finds errors, they can come get me, and at least they will have done them themselves and can explain them to me.
 
Stake fodder said:
I just finished finally doing the income taxes for my dad's estate. It was a simple estate, but those taxes are the most insanely complex thing I have ever encountered. For instance, a sub-schedule requires input of line 23 from the main form, but the main form requires input of the last line of the sub-schedule before you get to line 23. I did my best, and I'm sure I did them all wrong, but I can't see paying an accountant $500 or more to do taxes that indicate a net loss. So when the IRS looks them over and finds errors, they can come get me, and at least they will have done them themselves and can explain them to me.
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Hugs you. Mom died in 2024 and i am still working on things. It sucks how hard the authorities make things.
 
Stake fodder
Stake fodder
It's incredible what an ordeal it is. When you are grieving!
DeepBlueJoy said:
Are police responsive at all? Hope so. If you see him again i would call them and make a report.. Maybe he has been spotted elsewhere... Sometimes alerts are what make cops check. Glad you did not walk alone. Sorry that idiot is making you feel afraid.
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He wasnt threatening, but I wasnt going to tempt fate walking past with a purse and bottle of vodka lol. Driving solved the issue without getting the policeman out of bed. Methheads aren't unusual here, I just noticed this being the same guy specifically cos of his bright yellow beanie.

The police are pretty good here, we're lucky to have a station in town (I can see it from my house). We get a new pommy policeman every few years. They move here for visa perks and free housing, stay for their contract and then move on. All very community minded cops who get a read on everyone as soon as they move in. I have met the policeman and his wife a number of times at the park with our dogs. Nice couple. No point getting attached tho cos I know they will be moving on.
 
November said:
He wasnt threatening, but I wasnt going to tempt fate walking past with a purse and bottle of vodka lol. Driving solved the issue without getting the policeman out of bed. Methheads aren't unusual here, I just noticed this being the same guy specifically cos of his bright yellow beanie.

The police are pretty good here, we're lucky to have a station in town (I can see it from my house). We get a new pommy policeman every few years. They move here for visa perks and free housing, stay for their contract and then move on. All very community minded cops who get a read on everyone as soon as they move in. I have met the policeman and his wife a number of times at the park with our dogs. Nice couple. No point getting attached tho cos I know they will be moving on.
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Good you know yours. It has been a while since one assigned to our neighborhood introduced themselves. I became quite good friends with our assigned about 20 years ago. She was very attentive.
 
Had a lovely walk punctuated with seeing a scary racoon... Definitely got heart rate up. Today's walk may go on the north loop instead of south.
Note: not normally scared of racoons... This one was stalkery. It scared the 6 foot + dude who encountered it too!
 
Stake fodder
Stake fodder
Good to be cautious. It might have had rabies!
I washed my car today. It was covered in bugs. The garden was lovely. Bulbs make me look like a brilliant gardener. Flower without fail and they were surrounding us today. The scent of the jonquils was beautiful too. I took some cuttings of daisys and geraniums and succulents and citronella to plant around the place. We are expecting rain tomorrow, so hopefully they take.
 
Drove to the market and got there right when they opened. It was 6am, really nice and cool outside. Stocked up on more earthquake supplies just in case. By 7am the sun was blazing, so I rushed home to avoid another sunburn. Grabbed my stuff, went inside, and shut all the windows and blinds. I keep my fans on 24/7 so its heaven in here.

I feel like a vampire hiding in a crypt, though it would be awesome if Spike and I could watch Passions together. 😄
 
Great day today. Took the dogs to the coast for walkies again. We have such a nice time. I was listening to a Christian radio station that I so rarely listen to, and they mentioned my little town! What are the odds? My town has less than 300 people and this national radio station did a little segment on it. Talk about timing! I so rarely have that station on. So now I rekon its a message from God, he sees this little place, but cant tell real people that or they will lock me up 😂

The dogs will be wiped out tonight. We got chicken nuggets for the drive home, so they are not even hassling me for dinner yet. They know the drivethru routine now, although the poodle does still want to bark at the people in the windows. I should teach her to read the "no abusive conduct" signs! She didnt full on bark today, but she wanted to. She did bark at children on e-scooters on the foreshore though. She does not understand children and feels big and tough when shes guarding from the car.

I dont need dinner tonight, so thats nice and easy. I am crocheting a new jumper for the toy poodle so should be finished that soon. Might put that crazy audiobook/drama thing back on rather than masterchef tonight.
 
Power went out for awhile, the entire neighbourhood. My sister called to tell me while I was out. No power means no fans, and I'd probably give up and just die. 😄

Thank God it came back on!! A lot of the stores shut down because without power, no registers, no lights. I knew this weather would end up screwing us. And it's only July. *screams*
 
Pretty good. I was on hold trying to get my appointment rescheduled for 20 minutes so I'll try again tomorrow. I did a full body workout at the gym today and I'm already sore haha.
 
I've been writing on this thread about trying to buy a new car. Well, I haven't bought one yet, but I sold my old little car today. I was a nervous wreck about it, fearing it wouldn't run when they came, and they'd refuse to take it. Plus, one of the license-plate bolts wouldn't come off. (They tell you to remove the plates.) But it went smoothly, and the guy was very nice, and I got $1300 for a 20-year-old car that barely runs - not bad. Though I was sad to see it go, it will be a relief not to have to worry about having to drive it once a week to keep it going and park it in a different space. I celebrated with pizza slices and a boba tea from places down the street.
 
My neighbour had a stroke 🙁 shes been flown to the big city for surgery by the royal flying doctor service. I am waiting to see if they need me to take in her cat while shes away. I hate cats, but this lady absolutely ADORES this cat and she looks after it well, its 100% indoor cat with all the tunnels and toys and outdoor run. She adopted the cat after its first owner dropped dead, so the poor thing is probably traumatised! Its a lovely beautiful little cat. I hope my neighbour recovers enough to come back to her. The home is already assisted living, so if she survives she should still be able to live there... but we wont know until after surgery. I just assumed they wouldnt do surgery if it was a lost cause.

Other neighbour brought me more lettuce and red bishop hat chillies from his garden. He wants to go for a roadtrip this weekend so was clearing out so not to leave anything for the snails.

I am thinking about re-arranging the lounge room, but its a big job if I dont like it, so still thinking on that.
 
Stake fodder
Stake fodder
You're a good neighbor to be willing to take in the cat. I hope your neighbor will improve and be able to come home.
Today is my mother's birthday so my sister and I will join my brother and stepdad at the nursing facility. Really not looking forward to it (or riding with my sister) but I'm going anyway. I honestly believe this might be Mom's last birthday. Hope I'm wrong, but we'll see.

The media hasn't been reporting on the earthquake swarm we're experiencing. That's rather suspicious! Obviously it's connected to all the water mains breaking. The big one is on its way. 😳

5 water main breaks in a week raising questions about Los Angeles' aging infrastructure | FOX 11 Los Angeles 5 water main breaks in a week raising questions about Los Angeles' aging infrastructure
 
After all the weeding and gardening that I did today, I figured I was going to be sore anyway, so I rearranged the lounge room.

The dogs are delighted by all the new found toys that were under the couch.
 
Today was decent aside from the fact I had to to to urgent care and I have pink eye. 😖 At least I caught it fast, but no gym for me for 24 hours.

It's been a slay the laundry demon kind of day and I'm looking forward to the kids going to bed so I can work on my fanfic 😀
 
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