And again…and again…and again…. Not even eight in the morning, and this has turned into One of Those Days! Nothing you try to do goes right! Right?
Human & Dog are just back from a seemingly endless walk through a swampy morning. Around the park and through the ‘Hood. The air is so wet it feels soggy. Other folks are walking their pesky dogs, too. Here comes some clown with not one but TWO pit bulls, towing him down the street.
Cross over to the other side of the road.
Pass the house where the scion of the family got into trouble with the law, f*cking some under-age chickadee. Wrecked their lives. They seem to have lost their home. And whoever bought it is just letting it sit there. They’ve done some upgrades, in a passing way…but…there it sits. An abandoned mess.
Trudge and trudge and trudge through the wet morning. Evade two other dog-loving folk of the “they just wanna pwayyyy” variety. Godlmighty, WHY are people so STUPID? Get past them without a dog fight: that’s refreshing.
Racket from Luke Air Force Base roars through the morning air, adding to the (un)lovely ambience. Reminds me of my mother…
My, how she loved Sun City. So much so that she included the blasting of jet engines in the purview of her love. She actually liked to sit out on her screened back porch and listen to that endless R-R-O-O-A-R-R emanating from Luke Air Force Base, a few miles west of their home.
Every. Goddam. Morning.
To give you a clue: here at the Funny Farm, we’re a good twenty miles away from Luke, and that racket sounds like it’s just down the road.
“It’s the sound of freedom!” she used to simper.
Nooo, Muther. It’s the sound of World War III, comin’ your way.
Why are people so damn stupid?
Seriously: it never seemed to occur to her that ONE bomb could wipe out her pretty little home, her shopping centers, her L.A-style city, and…her.
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Upwards of an hour has passed. Not only is it NOT getting lighter outdoors, it seems to be getting DARKER.
I need to get off my duff, walk down to the Albertson’s, and get the covid booster that’s about to be massively overdue. How do I not wanna? Let me count the ways…
Yup. This is going to be one of those days.