Had a fun few minutes at work yesterday. One of our clients called and said his co-worker was going to drop off some paperwork for him.

I hear the door chime and go to the reception window but it's not the co-worker. It's a criminal defense client for the attorney who shares office space with us. He's all decked out in his low hanging pants, jersey and do-rag. (Nice gold tooth, dude.) He wanted to pay his bill, but I don't have access to their accounts and couldn't really help him. As I'm explaining this, our client's co-worker shows up.

Oh, did I mention our client and his co-worker are members of the Sheriff's Department? Yup.

So anyway, this con is standing at the window and in walks the biggest damn cop I've ever seen. I mean, I don't know how the guy fit through the door. The con glances over his shoulder and sees the uniform and all of a sudden his posture straightens up, he starts yes ma'am-ing/no ma'am-ing me, etc. I'm trying to keep a straight face. I let him sweat for a minute or two, then hold up a finger, ask the officer if he was dropping off papers for so-and-so. He nods and hands me the papers, I thank him and he leaves.

The dude at the window visibly deflated with relief.

ahhhh good times... good times.

yeah... and that's why I'm shupping

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Thanks for the reminder, Noon. Gotta get the steel doors off their hinges then scrub/prime/paint em sometime in the next few weeks. Tidy.

Need to repaint the garage door, too.... and the kitchen, dining area, and the little bedroom.

sheesh. Ima take a nap first.

busy
tired
yaddah yaddah blah blah blah
you get the drift

Where was I? Oh ok. got it.

Yeah...so... Zippy the Wondercar's oil pump died and the reduced pressure caused a ton of engine problems. Deeelightful!

We found a slightly older Zippy in fantastic shape with only 73,000 miles on it at a good price. With all the work we've been doing around the house this summer, cash-on-hand was non-existent so I had to take out a loan. I haven't taken out a loan in almost 30 years. Deeelightful!

After a week of waiting, I finally got the loan approved. WHEW! Zippy II is now in the garage and all mine...kinda-sorta...after 24 easy payments.

My life truly began four years ago today when he took me in his arms for the first time.

I loved you then, Poohbare. I love you now. I'll love you for the rest of this life and into the next.

Ahhhhh rain! Beautiful, glorious, wonderful rain. It's been coming down gently all night long. The ground sure needed a thorough soaking.

....And I just realized I left my raincoat on the back of my chair at work. Oops. Oh well. It's just water.

Ho hum. Waiting for the dew to evaporate so I can mow the lawn. I'm not worried about bothering the neighbors across the street. Their kid was revving his dirt bike up and down the street late last night, so it seems only fair.

Those damn gourd plants already grew back to where they were before the kid cut em back, so I cut them back a bunch more. Never again. Next year, watermelons or pumpkins. Yeahhhhh.

Yeah...so.... to sum up the week:

Mom's been in her angry mood most of the week. Dunno why. It's not her. It's the Alzheimers. Still, not so much fun.

I've got a long list of projects at work to get things organized from the last year of chaos. Not so much fun.

Things have actually been good between the girlspawn and me. Much fun.

Zippy the Wondercar's motor crapped out this morning. Poohbare thinks its a bearing or two or more. It's at the shop to get an estimate, but the repairs are likely to be more than the car is worth. Not fun. Found a promising Zippy the Wondercar, Jr. (ok, Poohbare found it) and we'll take that for a test drive tomorrow. Fun.

Been getting about 3 hours of broken sleep each night this week. Not fun. Lots of hand pain. Not fun. Drinking wine to knock my whiny ass out tonight. Fun.

and life goes on....