Blog post: Aug.25

 I would like to tell you some things about who I am and my life.. I have a Son for starters, (sorta made me do a 'double take') then she said, "she adopted him", oh ok, now this kinda makes a little bit more sense!. Anyway, the last time I seen him he was 5 and now he would be 25.. (I suppose I kinda forgot about her adopting, with me being who I am and all 😋😁)  I don't exactly know how he would take having a, let's just say, 'A Special Dad' for a Father!.. I met her in 1990 and I'm not gonna lie, when I first met her and introduced myself, she seemed very opened minded, free thinker, really easy to talk to!.. So I just kinda decided to tell her a few things about myself, like what kind of bed I have, how I'm a 'Nightowl' (oh in case you're wondering we decided to have a little late night picnic in the park under a full moon) as I was saying, what kind of bed and how I like to stay up late, and after a little while of looking at me like I had lobsters coming out of my ears, much to my surprise she didn't run for the hills which is kind of what I was expecting!.. Now, being all these years later, we were talking about things happening now, one of those things was how our Son is gonna take the news.. Veronica and I knew why we had to part ways but we didn't know if our Son William knew, cause if I left when he was like 10 or 11 then he would've started getting some idea, like, "Why his eyes change color like that"or "Why his skin so pale" or "Come to think of it,I never really seen him actually eat any food".. So we all sat down at the table and the first he did was pull out a pic. of me (yes despite movies and Hollywood we can have pics. taken) he looked at me, well, like his Mom looked at me with the lobsters coming out of my ears!. He said, "You still look the same, how is that"!?. (ya'll getting some kind of idea now!?) First thing I said to him was when I was born: 1431 and ever since that moment, it was just nonstop talk, mostly from him, he had so many questions, I took him down in the basement showed him my coffin, among other stuff like how my eyes can change colors, ask his Mom if she was a (I'm sure you've all guessed it by now) Vampire, she said, "No" asked if he was one, again, "No"! Ever since that moment that I mentioned, I was born in 1431, I expected him to, 'run for the hills' but nope and I thought, "Sure enough he is his Mom's Son!.

                                                                            I hope everyone liked my short story....

Blog post: August 4

I went camping for a few days!. Left Sunday about 11-ish and stayed till...... well......just a few hrs. ago.. It was nice,much better than the last few times I stayed there!. For starters, there were people down where I kinda wanted to be, so the cab  driver took me to a place he thought I'd like so I said, "ok".. It was a nice spot, big parking area, boat ramp, but about 3 or 4 fire pits so I just set my tent up there, I didn't mind the people that came and stayed for half hr. fishing or just sat down there.. That first day there must've been maybe 15-20 people that came down, some just came down turned around and went back out.. One person came down stopped, got out and we talked for about 20 min. maybe half 'n' hr.. The first night didn't go to well, I mean the back really didn't hurt as much as it did on the previous trips.. (but when I did wake-up it was kinda sore) The ground was kinda hard, getting the tent stakes in, most were just left sticking half out!. I was so excited about going camping this time, that I forgot reading/listening material !. For lunch and supper I'd call a taxi and go to the drive-thru at McDonalds and get a burger (I was gonna make hot dogs and hamburgers but I figured, "Nah, I'll just have hamburgers"😋) The second night I was there was better than the first night, some people came in, had a kayak and some fishing poles, a woman and her 4 kids (about 5 I guess) made a fire in the pit by the ramp then about 7 I seen'm putting up a tent, I thought, Hey, I got neighbors"!. The mosquitos were nill (do to the coolish nights) the raccoons were a different story!. That first night anyway, saw 3 pretty good size ones!. Second night saw a few deer crossing the road, so all in all I had a pretty good camp out!. (and I actually stayed)

Biog post: July 26

97 degrees, no good heavy rainfall in months, maybe just a half a puddles worth, been stuck in the frikken house for.....ohhhh,  a few days I guess!.. There's been a few mornings I've gotten up at 6 ish, and I'd walk up the store maybe around 10, when it's still (Somewhat) comfy out!. (Oh joy, it just went from 97 to 96!.) I'm not staying in intentionally, it's just too hot to go anywhere!. It looks like maybe there's a Birthday or som'n goin on next door, everybody's walk'n around with those little pointed hats on eating cake, looks like they're gettin ready to go to the lake to !. (WHOHOOOOoooooo)........... That was about 4:20 when they left and now it's 6:45 and they just got back so either they went to the lake or maybe someone's house!.. It  looks as though they're having a little get together, they are all sitting in their screen room, I guess a 10x15 surrounded by mosquito net.. Looks like they is all having a good time!. (that's all right, I have pizza 😋😜🍕 ) Weatherman said it was gonna be a somewhat more comfortable week this week, maybe I'll get out and do some walking!.

Blog post: July 17

Masks, you see more and more people wearing them these days!. Let's stop and think on this here for......well.....I was going to say a minute but I have a feeling it may take a little longer!. A person could get up at 6 get dressed and just before they head out the door, put on a mask, wear-it as they walk down the walkway to the car or wear-it into the garage, and then once you're in the car, take it off and either hang it on the rearview mirror or throw it on the seat alongside of you or on the dash.. Not realizing this whole time your were driving with the air on or just driving with all the windows open.. So all the little tiny microscopic dust particles (May) have decided to attach them little selves to the cloth, and so when you do stop, you grab your mask from the mirror or the seat or the dash and you put it on, and you're breathing in all that stuff...... If you want to wear the mask, go right ahead.. If you want to cough or sneeze in your elbow,go right ahead, but you are still walking with your arms at your side.. (so wear the mask the life you save could be someone else's!.)........but at what cost!?.

Blog post: July 11

Temp. 98, 10% chance of rain, everything's dry as a bone (even the puddles are bone dry) However it's a cool 77 / 78 in the house!. The day before yesterday, Thursday morning at I guess around 5-ish, we must've had winds of 50-60 mph (Bovines/Heffers) even got some rain out of it with some thunder & lightning.. I was woken up, but not enough to actually get up!. It didn't last long though, and afterwhile I went back to sleep again!. I was surprised, when I woke up again about 9:30, there were no limbs down not really any damage of any kind, it did fill the puddles up (well half full anyway)....................Sun. July 12.. Woke up to blue skies today, our little drought continues.. Don't really know if we're TECHnically under a drought, but all you have to do is look around, look at all the brown grass, all the dried up puddles and especially, the no rain since March/April, once in a while we'd have a stray shower or thunderstorm maybe some gusty wind.. Watching the neighbors do alittle mowing and weed eating alittle while ago!. I was noticing him weed eating the dog cage (like a 10x10 chain link) and wondering, "He should just mow what he can, try to get as close to the cage then if he has to go weed eat".. Eh...Oh well !. Anyway, they all piled in the truck and went somewhere, looked like maybe the local lake/a pool.. 

Blog post: June 29

Very breezy out today, small cats and dogs, think I seen a labradoodle fly by!. Temp. is probably about 95 now, it's probably been 89-90/s for the last month now!. We had a few nights in the last few weeks where it did get in the upper 50's low 60's for night time low's but the high's stayed in the upper 80's to 95.. Dry as a bone out there, haven't had a good solid rain since April !.. (I think that was our only tornado siren too) Went up to the store earlier, only I stopped alittle less than half way and went to the closer  market as it was in the 90's already.. However there was alotta houses on that street, so if I was to....... say, 'faint' I'm sure somebody would've  seen me, and helped me!.......... (maybe) Soo, I just went to the closer one!.,,,,,,,,,,,June 30, 9:30am, just went through a major hail storm, lot of wind with it, some leaves/branches came down, but I think that was about it!.. Had to do some shopping earlier, had to get some stuff for the freezer!..

Blog post: June 18

It's been 1 yr. since I moved in!. My 1yr. ann. in this house.. Feeling's not the same as when I moved in but atleast I made it 1 yr. and I have a pretty good idea how people act here.. Love the history and how most of the locals celebrate every single day, take for instance MLK day or Presidents day or Flag day, there is like a thousand flags up all over the 'Square'!. I guess it's not so bad, it's just the further away you get from the, 'Courthouse' the worse things get, houses I suppose for the most part.. I've been working on this room in the house, I call it, 'The Medieval Room' it's sorta like a little museum I made for myself!.. Just watched, 'The Call of the Wild' on Amazon Prime, it stars Harrison Ford and a cgi dog named 'Buck', great movie!. Haven't had much rain here in the last month and a half, maybe a few little showers here 'n' there, all the ditches are pretty dry (not totally) but pretty dry, all the puddles are dried up though, just about the only thing with water in it is the little  fountain in-front of where ya go in and pay the water bill !.