Hoorah! We
survived the hurricane, as did my parents! Thanks to them for bringing
shitty weather..... you may think that’s harsh, but the fact they went
away at the weekend down to the West Country in the UK and it had
torrential rain makes it clear that it’s them and no “act of God”!
Of course the bad weather played havoc
with their trip, we spent Monday & Tuesday virtually cocooned
inside seeing if the power would go out.... it didn’t - be thankful for
the derecho that hit us in June and made the power companies improve all
the networks here.
Dad even got to check out a Home Depot
- managed to stop the saddo comparing bricks and composition of
sandbags though. Seems it wasn’t enough to keep him “retired” as I’m
informed he’s gone back for a week or 2 of consultancy work. At least
that’s what I’ve been told, I think it’s more to pay off the latest
holiday vacation. Overall I think it was a good visit, not quite what
we had planned of course on many levels, but they got to see Ryan for
the 1st time in 10 months and a lot has happened in that time.
What else is new? Oh, some bastards
went round the neighborhood on Saturday and slashed tires. At least
75-100 vehicles were affected, we were among them. The best I can say
is that our “puncture” warning light works fine on the car, but I didn’t
really want to spend $400 to find that out. I hope the shit(s) get
caught before they consider it a good idea to repeat, I know I won’t be
alone in administering some “street justice” if I encounter them. Given
we’ve had stuff nicked from our doorstep recently, this region is
becoming a “security” issue... n
Jet escaped! Big news.... she decided
to go on a day trip last week. Later evidence proved she snuck out the
front door when Jessica was posting a rude message about the thieving
scum. I only noticed Jet was missing when I returned about 3 hours
later, having searched I collected Jessica and we did a search outside.
Finally I suggested she check upstairs in the apartments..... and up
popped Jet.... sitting morosely right on the top level. Dumb cat.
She was pleased with herself, less so than Poof who gave her a slap for being dopey. But at least she’s back and ok.
Hmm, oh yeah... we had Thanksgiving of
course, the food turned out well, decent Turkey, Ham and even the
potatoes worked nicely. This year I didn’t have to work until the
Friday night, I think it’s a shame that corporate greed makes the
holiday worthless for a lot of people. Yes, I know “if you don’t like
it, don’t work there” etc etc, but that’s a short-sighted view and
symptomatic of the things many countries are getting wrong imo. Today’s
society needs to take a long look at what our legacy will be.
More progress to be reported on soon hopefully, maybe even before Christmas... We’ll be in touch!
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