The heavy-duty steel screen door is closed and locked…interior door open to let in some fresh air and let Ruby peer out.
WHAT a goddam place we live in, where you dare not leave the kitchen door open while you putter around the house! Ruby the Corgi, of course, would make a ruckus if someone tried to enter…but by then it would be too late for the human.
Some bastards nabbed a woman out of her home near Tucson the other day. She’s been gone the better part of a month. No knows what happened to her…though presumably the puddle of blood outside her door is not a good sign.
I really should keep a pistol at hand. But…ugh! That is just NOT my style. I don’t want a gun laying around, thankyouverymuch! No, not even in a house where no kids hang out.
Really, though…I suppose it isn’t safe to be loafing in your family room totally unarmed. Bad idea.
Well, it’s something to think about. Something tiresome to think about….
Because we live in a hectic part of the city, one thing we don’t have to fret about here is rattlesnakes. In some precincts, that is an issue.
Oh well… In other sylvan precincts: it’s off to the physical therapists tonight. Ugh! Another feature of life in the big city that I could do without.
Oh, well. This evening the hip HURTS with a vengeance. So that means I’ll be able to point the therapist right to the vicinity where it hurts. Then with that detail in mind, maybe they’ll be able to show me how to beat it back.
Very, very tired of hurting….
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YIPE! Cop copter just roared over. Goodie…
Mercifully, he roared on up the way…by now is several miles distant. That, presumably, means the perp is not outside the back door.
Ruby the Corgi is in full loaf mode, which presumably signals that she doesn’t hear or sense anyone around. A dog, unfortunately, is not a 100% burglar alarm. But she’s better than the human, anyway. About 2/3 to 3/4 of the time, she’ll alert me if anything is up.
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Ah! Here’s my Hero on the phone: calling to say he’s on his way over here to pick me up and tote me to the physical therapists.
Isn’t that nice! Really, there’s no way I could get there other than in a cab, if he weren’t hauling me around. <3
I do hurt too much to drive a car just now.
Uh oh… Here he is!!