Officially Summer

It's officially been summer since yesterday but I forgot to post so there you go.

Some good news: Jim is back to work today. They have another vote on June 5th so keep your fingers crossed. It's all about the money and hopefully they can all come to an agreement. We'll see. And since Jim was off yesterday anyway - he was only affected for 1 day (last Friday) so that's good.

PIB was good. We had fun and a couple of really beautiful days that weren't expected. The bad parts: We've got black mold due to water leaks, due to windows being completely shot and we've got mice. The thing about this that pisses me off is that we knew about the mice at the end of the season and it was brought up and my cousin said she would take care of it...and she didn't. I mean, how can you claim to love a place and then treat it so badly. It's upsetting. I hate the disrepair that's happening. UGH!  I'll be heading back up on June 24 for a few days and then returning for my week with Jimmy on the 29th.

Here's something I don't understand: Why do people climb Mt. Everest?! What is the draw? Is it worth the risk of death or frostbite? And are you willing to die up there or leave someone who has died up there because it's too dangerous to take their bodies back down? And what must that be like, passing all the dead bodies on the way to the summit? And then the money! It can cost $60,000 to take that trip! People are just stupid. I don't get it.

I think the chipmunks out front are killing my plant which pisses me off. Maybe I should fill the watering can up like Jim did and let nature take it's course? Or maybe I should just set Scout up out there on a tie. He'd swiftly catch me a few, I'm sure.

So here's a scary thing: The tornadoes that ripped through Dayton on Monday night? Jim and I had just driven through there a 1/2 hour or so prior. So scary. I knew we were racing against a storm because I could see the lighting toward the west and every now and then as we drove we'd go through one of those whacky downpours but I had no idea at the time how dangerous the storms were. Man were we lucky. I feel so badly for those people.  Little Miami Brewery is doing a fundraiser starting Friday and going for about 2 weeks. For every pint of Dayton Strong Milk Stout they sell, one dollar will go toward relief. I loves me some milk stout!

Lost another 2 pounds which is saying something since I drank quite a lot while in PIB. Now that it's summer, I'm able to exercise like I like. Yesterday I took Scoutie on a 3 miler and then mowed the lawn which was another 3 miles of walking! I'm DETERMINED to keep this weight off!

Okay - I guess that's all I've got.  A storm is rolling in and I want to bring in the cushions and then do some cleaning. Happy Wednesday (it's that time of year where I forget what day it is). Later!