Gawd, I never imagined I’d have any such thought! But here it is, not even 6 in the morning, and I’m being blitzed with hassle after hassle after HASSLE.
Got to take the dog for a walk before it gets hot — which means we’ve gotta get out the door NOW.
The pool is suffocating in dead leaves. WHERE is Pool Dude???? Amazon just delivered a new net for the leaf catcher, the original having plain worn out.
Put that out back with a note for Pool Dude. No guarantee the guy is gonna show up.
Pool cleaning is one of the “professions” for which the state prison system trains its residents. So…that means chances are good that your pool cleaner is an ex-convict: not exactly the soul of reliability. I should wait here and see if he shows up, but you KNOW that if I do that, the dog will not get out for her walk. Because…
* The guy won’t show up before 10 a.m., by which time outside temps will be pushing 108 degrees; or
* The guy won’t show up at all.
Meanwhile, to get to the grocery store on foot before it gets too hot to walk up there (my son having purloined my car), I need to get started on that errand NOW.
But I can’t do that and take the dog for a walk. And even if I leave for the store right now, by the time I get back it will be too hot to take Ruby out.
My son is probably right: the time draws nigh when I will no longer be able to stay in my home. I’ll either have to move into an apartment (and what am I gonna do with the dog?) or into an old-folks storage bin (and what am I gonna do with the dog?).
Actually, I think some of those places will let you keep your dog. Ducky: how do you keep her from yappiing at every footfall that comes up the hallway?
Speaking of footfalls: better get the dawg out for her walk before the heat comes up: i.e., NOW.
Why don’t you just use instacart now that you don’t have a car? Sure you pay a bit more, but you don’t have to pay car insurance anymore, so you probably end up ahead anyway.
And, why aren’t you just taking Uber rides wherever you want to go? The expense is just coming out of your son’s inheritance which is his choice since he swiped the car.