Mind Blown... Insert Explosion Sounds

 

I'm still on a Bloggy Pre-Scheduled Post Roll, in Real Time it's the 8th of Sept. but this will probably Publish the 1st part of October.  I couldn't get The Daughter in to my Dentist, he doesn't take Medicaid Patients, only Medicare Patients.  Well, dammit, that means shopping for a Medicaid Dentist now and the only other Dentist I know that accept it is a Pediatric Dentist, so... have to search engine this now to find somebody available and close by.   Great, just found one that might work and it's right next door to the "Baskin Robbins" we go to.  *LOL*   So I can go have an Ice Cream while she's having a Tooth pulled, good, coz last time I almost Passed Out and had to drop to the Floor.  That never happened before but it Pained me to see her going thru something like a Tooth Extraction.  I do Fine when it's my own turn in the Chair!  Go Figure!

 Google says it takes Medicaid AHCCCS Patients so I'l surrey her Ass on up there when she wakes up and see if they can at least get her in and check with her Insurance about what is Approved once the Infection clears up?  I'd think an Extraction of that Tooth and one other that's loose, will be in order frankly.  I'd like her to eventually Qualify for Dentures or Implant coz her Teeth are are damaged from Decades of Meth use. And she has trouble Eating and self-conscious about Smiling.  In Grieves me coz she had the most Beautiful Teeth and I paid Five Grand when she was about Twelve to have Braces and some Dental Corrective Work on her Jaw done due to a Birth Defect.  So her Teeth were Gorgeous afterwards.   Ah well.  The Son ruined his Naturally Gorgeous Teeth with Drug use too.

Now they're both Clean and have been for Years, which I'm glad they gained long term Sobriety from Drug Addiction, but the damage is done Dentally.   Anyway, now we're running Damage Control and with shitty Insurance Coverage that doesn't cover much with Dental.  Even my Medicare Dental is less than it was before.  They're cutting all these Programs drastically and Healthcare and Social Services in particular, as well as ensuring our Food Supplies are Safe coz now damned near everything is contaminated and Unsafe with Worm Brain Kennedy at the helm.  He's a Dangerous Roided Out Conspiracy Theorist Idiot and not a Doctor or Healthcare Professional whatsoever, no experience... but now making vital Medical Decisions for the Nation and CDC... Splendid.

The fact some Americans still think this is all Normal, not Crazy, or Good, and fully still Support any of it, just blows my fucking Mind!!!  Insert Explosion Sounds!!!   Anyway, I'm gonna miss Tyson, The Adorable Great-Grandpup.   Tho' since now he's figured out how to shed his Harness and Leash, probably good Allen is leaving this Morning after he gets his Laundry done.  We're fortunate, with all the Gates still Open after Irrigation that Tyson stayed in the Yard and Back Porch Area.  *Whew*   Allen says at Home it's not necessary and they don't have a Fenced Area but he stays on their Property when he's let out to do his business.  But, he's mostly an Inside Dog at their Home and that's probably why too.  This is like his Vacation Home and he wants his Adventures while here on Vacay.  *LOL* 

I went and did all my Errands Tuesday Morning, forgetting Nurse Remi comes for The Man, so The Son sat with him for her visit, which was Fine.  I don't have many Open Days on my Calendar anymore to get things done that only I can do since I'm the only Driver and I've got the Transportation to do it.  I picked up Essentials while also purveying the Halloween Merch everywhere.  They already had the really good Halloween Candy on Sale at TARGET where if you bought one you got the 2nd one half price, so I picked that up early.  Even if we don't get a lot of Trick-Or-Treaters it's the Candy my Family Loves, those new Gummi Cluster Nerds in the Seasonal Spooky flavor which is Ltd. Edition and Berry Flavor, in Halloween sized Packets of 50 and 75 per Bag.  We've been getting more Kids every Halloween since moving here, so now get between 50-100 on Average.  First Couple Years it was probably less than 20.  I think Younger Families are moving in and our Reputation for going all out for Halloween too.  *Winks and Smiles*

 

We are the Frontage Road of our Mini Farms that faces directly to the Main Road so we're visible to the high Traffic areas and always Decorate extensively for Halloween.  This Year the SPIRIT Store in our Location is quite small and unimpressive with their Halloween Merch, which was Surprising.  TARGET had less than usual too, same with CRACKER BARREL.  I think with Tariffs hindering Imports and Foreign Trade, where most Product comes from outside of the U.S., they may not be able to get their Product or at decent pricing?  And now Diesel here is up to around $6 a Gallon, so Transporting ALL Goods is gonna be hella expensive too due to this Idiot in the White House tanking the Economy, not just here, but Globally.  Everything he touches Dies or goes Bankrupt.

 

But, I had Brunch at CB and brought The Man Home their $6 Meatloaf with Mac N Cheese Takeout Special for his, he Loves their Meatloaf.  They had new Fall Offerings on their Menu so I got the Sweet Cream Caramel Apple French Toast, had no Idea it had Four Pieces AND came with Two Eggs and Bacon, way more than I could eat.  So, Three pieces of the French Toast came Home with me.  And I had the Sweet Honey Latte, which was excellent and visually stunning.  I played with my Camera Settings and found a Pro Feature for low Lighting, which CB's are rather dimly lit, so that was Helpful.  I enjoyed the 2026 Fall Menu additions, will order them again before they drop off the Menu in Winter.  I also got some Divinity in the CB General Store.  And I hit a GOODWILL and got a T-Shirt for me and a Labubu Purse, which I'll let Princess T decide if she wants to Keep it or Sell it.  It was Senior Day and after the Discount the Two items cost me $3.29.

Me Playing with my Phone Camera Settings in the dim Lighting of "Cracker Barrel" when my Specialty Coffee got Served, it was Editorial and delicious, definitely will order it again... and cheaper than most Specialty Coffees elsewhere.  You can get it Hot or Cold, I chose Iced coz it was still 107 the past couple Days.  Just a sizzling balmy Arizona Fall rolling in... but it beats the 121 we got to in Summer... bwahahahahaha.  And I did finally hear from Jamal from the Insurance Co. about my Claim, but only after I left a Voicemail Complaint with the Guy on Vacation saying his Backup wasn't returning anyone's Calls.  *Winks*  Jamal was pleasant and informative tho', I'm guessing just swamped with not only his Work but also his Co-Workers on Vacation's Work now too.  He walked me how the process goes, so I think I understand it now, checks will be issued in our Name and our Bank's that Tote the Note on our Mortgage and they have to release/waiver so I can Cash it at our Bank and pay the Contractor.

The bulk of the Claim won't be paid until after all Work is done tho' and what they pay up front is paltry once they take out the high Deductible, which did get reduced down to $5,100 rather than the initial $5,500 they Quoted me as our Deductible.  Our Contractor did say he'd cover the Deductible to get the Job, which is good coz I don't have $5,100.  *Winks*  Anyway, the Insurance and their Adjustor agreed it's a Full Roof Replacement on an Older Shingle Type Roof that cannot be just Repaired, so that was Good News and no hassles.   The Claim comes in at around $11,700, minus Deductible, so our Contractor will get just over $6,500 or thereabouts, unless more damage ensues before Work begins or Storms cause more or something was missed when Adjustor and Contractor Inspected it.   Since the Main House had no damage it sounded to me like the Insurance was just glad it was a Stand Alone Garage Structure on the Claim.

So, now I've got to contact our Bank that holds our Mortgage to find out their procedure once Checks come to us with their Names on it too?  Hopefully it's no Dog & Pony Show so that we can get this Job started and finished in a timely manner.  Zach, our Roofer, said the Industry snuck in these High Deductible Rates at Renewals in 2026, so it's just the direction the Industry is going now.  Of coarse some States can't even Insure with Hazard Insurance anymore due to constant Catastrophic Weather and ridiculous amounts of Natural Disasters thruout their States.  States like Texas, Florida, Louisiana, California and various Midwestern States are probably on Forced Place Coverage thru Lenders and that's an astronomical cost to Homeowners on their PITI {Principal, Interest, Taxes and Insurance} that make up their House Payments.  No Wonder Housing is ridiculously Unaffordable and even Rentals are Stratosphere High too!!!  I will be glad when this is Done and behind us, it's been a long Ordeal, a Month now and now Work has even begun on Replacement.  Every Storm since I'm holding my Breath!

 

So, I probably had more Fun Photographing Halloween Themed Toys in the Toy Dept. of TARGET than a Woman of my Age should have.  *LOL*  And Photographing Halloween Merch in General, so there will be at least a few Posts of the Imagery I took for Seasonal Blog Fodder of 2026 Offerings.   I'm just glad no more Children in the Household to have to Buy any of this for anymore.  *Whew*  I so enjoy looking at everything even tho' I Buy very little of it anymore.  I did get the Two little $3 Plushies Pictured Below and got my Red Card Discount on them too.  The rest of what I spent at TARGET was for Essentials and Foods, I did get my RHYZ Mushroom Coffee tho', the Real one, not some Knockoff I got Conned on E-Bay to Buy and had to Report the Sellers.

  They've since had to take their Auctions Off the Site, good, I don't want them ripping more people off, I never got refunded and learned my lesson that there's some very convincing Knockoffs out there and when it comes to something Edible, it's risky, no telling what they put in there if it's a Fake!?  Even The Real Deal Foods aren't be Regulated anymore under Worm Brain!   Anyway, aren't my Plush Trick-Or-Treat Ghosts Adorbs for less than Three Bucks each?   With how low Inventory is everywhere on Seasonal Decor it will probably Sell Out before October even arrives.  So, I decided to get whatever catches my Eye, early and not risk it.  And including the Candy we want to hand out, while they had it at a good Sale Price, which may not happen closer to the actual Holiday?  I already had some Halloween Novelty Party Favor Type Toys to hand out that I kept from last Year {See Below}.  We usually give each Kiddo a Candy and a Toy of their Choice.

Usually I get the Party Favor Toys at Chazzas in Bagged Lots, but a lot of Dollar Stores now have a good Selection too and so does TARGET.  I got some Hot Honey Big Family Sized Bagged Popcorn Today on Sale at a Dollar Store for Fifty Cents a Bag.   We like all the Hot Honey flavored Foods and have Invested in Hot Honey to drizzle on Food at Home too.  Allen expected to leave this Morning but it's late Afternoon and he hasn't left yet, too much to do I guess, but his Rental is almost up on the Car he drove here.  His isn't reliable enuf to make long drives and thru the Mountains especially.  So a Rental Car makes a lot more sense, I noticed it had Colorado Plates on it and plenty of room for Tyson, it's an SUV Size and he brought a lot more stuff for The Young Prince here when they came coz they had the room in the Rental Vehicle to do it.

These Monster High Dolls lend themselves well to Halloween, I have a Dia de los Muertos one from Years ago that I Display with my Halloween Vignettes.   Every Year they come out with a new one but didn't have any at this TARGET Location, just Online or on E-Bay.  I'd get the Line of it from this Year if they get it in Stock.  Mine has a Short Dress and I think each one has different Sugar Skull Girl Painted Faces and Accessories too.   I'm not a Doll Collector per se, but specific Dolls for certain Holidays I do sometimes Collect.  And Creepy Assemblage Art or Altered Art Dolls too.  The Vendor that makes the Prim Dolls hasn't made any for Halloween yet, but I'm sure she'll make at least one.  I keep checking her Unlocked Case.  Since she mostly Sells crapola I'm just surprised she's not gotten the Clue her Handmade Art Dolls Sell better and she should just stock said Case with those!  I don't know anyone Buys any of the Junky Crap she's got in that Case loaded up otherwise?  And the Case is always a messy Hoard of worthless shit not really Displayed, just crammed in there helter skelter.

She's stayed at our Mall a long time tho', Years, so I have to assume she just loses Money every Month?   Some do, I don't understand it, especially when they don't work the Space or maintain their Rental Space at all.  Or some barely have any Inventory... or just a lot but it's Crap... so it can't even make Rent if they Sold it ALL every Month!  To each their own tho', I can't fathom the lack of logic or common sense some folks lack.   Anyway, the Go Fund Me Page for Mando's Memorial has Raised just over $4,000 so far, in just a few days, I'm so Happy the Community at large is responding so generously. There is much to be said about a Family Generationally living someplace long term to where so many people know them and Care.  When my Friend Died in Texas and her Daughter set one up there, where they're only a Family that moved there less than a Decade ago, response was inadequate to have made a difference to her Final Expenses, so her Youngest had to pay almost all of it.  Friends in Arizona Donated of coarse, but not where they now live.

The Man and I Pre-Paid for our Final Expenses so our Kids, Neighbors and Friends don't have to rely on Charitable Donations to cover our Funeral/Memorial.  But, when someone Dies Young and Prematurely, or Tragically, like an Accident, Unexpected Death or a Homicide, it catches everyone off Guard and you can't possibly prepare for that kind of Tragedy adequately.  I do Hope his Family Lawyer's Up and gets the information of the Owner of the Vehicle that caused his Death and the recklessness of the Driver, so they can file a Claim if they had Insurance?  That's iffy, I know with The Man's Catastrophic Accident that a reckless Driver caused, they were also irresponsible and didn't have Insurance either, weren't even Licensed, not in the Country Legally and probably fled to Mexico knowing they almost caused a Fatality with Speeding and not being in control of a Vehicle they shouldn't have even been behind the Wheel of!!!  I personally think when Police respond and that's the Case, the Person should be immediately Arrested and held without Bail... for the sake of Victim(s).

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That's all Folks, for now... Dawn... The Bohemian

The Usual Suspects, Mysteries And Enigmas

 The level of Water in the Irrigation Ditch was still high but no longer Cresting so we turned our Pump off at around 12:17 coz we were at Saturation Point for taking on extra Water now in the Front and Side Yar that the Pump Irrigates.  Well, at least we got a lot of Head of Water and I still suspect someone didn't take on theirs and forgot or didn't Cancel distribution in time?  The problem with Multi-Generational Living is Sharing only Two Bathrooms with Six or more in the Household, especially Shower time and not running out of Hot Water, or doing Laundry.  After so many Hours of doing Irrigation I'm a sweaty Mess, I'd begun Irrigation at 10:30 last Night and resumed it until past Noon the next Day.  Didn't wanna change or Shower 'til I was through, or get in my Work Clothes for Tonight.

I had intended to Price some Inventory to take in with me but now I'm not bothering coz I'm too Tired from so much Irrigation Work.  I'm soaked, sweaty and exhausted and I still have to go to Work Tonight for the Labor Day Sale Fill-In.  I'm guessing I'm just an Extra due to the Sale and not actually Filling-In for anyone who didn't show up, but, mebbe???  A lot of the Regular Shift Usual Suspects are so Lazy they surely don't want to work a busier Day like a Sale Day, so they often call out so they don't have to.  I think Management should warn them if that is habitual they'll lose their Shift entirely coz it's not fair to other Workers for them to just not show up on the Busiest Days when they'd most be needed.  They've had high Paid Staff Turnover too, so many New Faces behind the Registers who likely won't last, that I don't even bother with Names now.  After a while you don't even remember the constant rotation of Faces.

I took The Man to our New Fav BBQ Joint and got the Special where you get 5 Meats and 3 Sides for only $44.  We tried the Pork Belly Bites, OMG, I like it even more than the Sliced Brisket!!!  Sublime!!!  We got enuf for everyone coz we get a Military Discount and they had a Holiday Special on Burnt Ends so we got some of that too.  The Man and I ate there and brought the rest Home for all the Kiddos.  Since The Daughter has worked so hard and tirelessly for over 12 Hours helping me with Irrigation I bought her Drinks for the Day, they had a Sale on them at the QT so I got enuf to last her Today and Tomorrow.  So, she's Delighted, due to the inflamed Tooth she can hardly eat anything solid until the Antibiotics clear up the Infection and Swelling some.  Her Cheek looks like a Chipmunk and I know it has to be Painful.  Tomorrow we'll try to find a Dentist that takes her Insurance and coordinates with Medicaid/AHCCCS to make sure what has to be done is covered coz she has no Money.   She has less than $15 in her Account to her whole Name.

Anyway, I'm well fed before Work now and everyone else is now fed too and The Daughter had made some Burritos to supplement this since Feeding Four Grown Men this wouldn't cut it... along with Three Grown Women as well, but oddly, it was enuf.  It's 105 and so nobody felt particularly like eating a lot, even tho' it was excellent, the Heat makes you Thirsty rather than Hungry.  You FEEL Hunger but then when you go to Eat you get Full right away and barely have eaten anything really, no matter how good it is, you couldn't eat another bite.  I think your Body is working so hard to Cool itself down, it has to cut back on Digesting Foods.  Your Body prioritizes Cooling Down to Digesting Food.  It moves Blood away from your Gut and to your Skin.  

And Digesting Food creates Internal Metabolic Heat, so your Brain tries to stop this extra Heat Production when you're already Warm or feeling Overheated... and increase Fullness Hormones via the Hypothalamus.  Plus, often when it's Hot your Hunger is actually Thirst and the Body can mix up and confuse the Two.  But, the Body is a Marvelous Creation.  Another Grandson just turned 14, he's The Young Prince's Younger Brother and they look so much alike, except this Sibling has Blue Eyes.  He used to be Platinum Blonde when he was little {See Below}, but his Hair has darkened at Puberty, but is still very curly.  He was such a Pretty Baby and is still a Pretty Boy who looks very Gender ambiguous like his Older Brother does.  I think he's going to be Tall, he's a lanky Tween now and still has some Growing to do.  Their Dad, Bobby, is Short, but both Sons are Tall.  They Grow Up so fast, in the blink of an Eye it seems!!!

I'm glad Angie still sends Pixs to us even tho' she and Bobby are no longer together and never did Marry.   And The Young Prince does get to see his Siblings, he and Allen used to Babysit them all the time when they were little so that Angie and Bobby could have Date Night.  They really enjoyed the Kiddos, the Brother is really into Video Games and is so Smart, so he'd play against his Brother and his Brother's Husband. His Little Sister, has Autism and pretty high on the Spectrum.  So with Allen having Autism too, he could relate to how she is.  But, she could be a handful and was always taking her Clothes off as a Toddler coz she was a little Nudist at Heart, and they'd have to run around the House trying to re-dress her!  *LOL*  

He said they'd both be exhausted by the time his Dad and Angie came Home and they'd gotten the Kids Bathed and to Bed.  But both Kiddos Adore their Big Brother and Allen, so they didn't mind spending Quality Time with the Kids and giving the Parents a break and Alone Time.   And Angie knew the Kiddos were in Good Hands, she wouldn't just leave her Kids with random Babysitters, she's a very good and protective Mom.  We really always liked Angie so she's kept in touch with us, even tho' she never really had to.  Angie encourages the Kids to be Authentic to Self and they both are.  They're growing up to be really Good Kids.  I know Angie is really Proud of them. 

 And they like their Dad's new Wife, so that's good too.  They have Shared Custody but most of the time they live with their Mom and her new Partner, who, The Young Prince told me is Female.  Both Angie and Bobby are Bi, and all Three of Bobby's Kids turned out to be Gender Fluid.  Which my understanding of that from what my Grandson told me is a Person's Internal Sense of Gender is not Fixed and can shift and change over Time.   They are both Sweet Kids, the Sister doesn't like being Photographed very much so there are fewer Pixs of her, but she too is Growing Up so fast and is of coarse Adorable.  I am of coarse completely biased about any and all Grandkids and Great-Grandkids  being Adorable and really Special, natch!!!  *Smiles*  I'm glad they have such a great Relationship with their Big Brother too even tho' they didn't Grow Up Together, but did get to see one another often.  Sadly, Princess T never has gotten to know any of her Paternal Siblings in Mexico, they're numerous coz Salvador Fathered a slew of Kids, and Three of them are also The Young Prince's Sisters too.

Anyway, in another scant few Years yet another of the Youngest Grandkids will be a Grown Adult.  I think we only have Two Grandkids now that are Children and not at least Teens or Grown Adults.   And even the Great-Grands are Maturing so FAST!  Every time I get new Pixs I'm like, OMG, they're this Big/Old ALREADY!!!  {See Below, One Granddaughter's Family who lives in Pittsburgh, she's the Oldest Child of our Oldest Daughter}.   She and her Hubby were Childhood Sweethearts and I think never Dated another Person other than each other.  They were inseparable since about Age 13-14, but I think they grew up together and have known each other all their lives.  They're great Parents and have made a good Life for themselves. 

 This Granddaughter was the Golden Child of the Trio of Daughters our Oldest Daughter had.  Never a problem, did well in School, had a great Relationship with her Parents and with this Guy who was her Childhood Sweetheart.  But, they waited to Marry and to start their Family, being Older Parents.  She was Born in 1994 and The Son was only 7 when he became an Uncle to her so was Mad Jealous and didn't like her calling us Gramma and Grandpa.  *LOL*  He said we had to have White Hair before anyone could call us that and he did NOT like being a Child Uncle at all.  Now, fast forward and he did become close to his Nieces and still has contact with them.  But, he also Hated their Friends saying, Wow, you have a Hot Uncle... it just sounded Creepy to him even tho' he's not much Older than all of them are.  *Bwahahahaha*  He don't wanna be anybody's Zaddy.  *LMAO*  Since he doesn't look 40, he often gets Girls in their 20's or early 30's interested, but he likes Older Women and most Girlfriends have been Older, as much as 10 Years his Senior.

The Middle Granddaughter Back East has Two Kiddos, a Boy and a Girl, she's Single Parenting coz the Marriage didn't work out, not a Surprise, given the Guy's Track Record of too many Baby Mamas and Kids by various Women.  So, he seemed to always been looking for the next Ex IMO and his infidelities were constant.  So, she's better off without that Loser.  The shame being, she waited so long to Marry and to have Kids, so it wasn't like she wasn't trying to be selective and find the Right One.  She's a Successful Nurse and put her Career ahead of even Dating, she's super Smart and she's a Good Mom.  When she was Younger tho', she was a Wild Child for sure, very Athletic, full of Piss & Vinegar, and she said so are her Kids, so it cracks me up that the Little Apples didn't fall far from the Tree.  She said they are Feral Children that have Manners, go figure!   It's a good thing they're Real Cute tho' if they're Little Rascals.   And the Girl is recovering from a Black Eye, in Running Wild Child Meets Edge of Coffee Table!!!  *LOL and Winks*

Our SIL is German Ancestry and has been a Platinum Blonde all his Life and Two of the Three Granddaughters are Blondes, only the Youngest is Dark like our Oldest Daughter.   So, out of the Five Great-Grands we have a split of 4 Blondes and only 1 Dark.   The Oldest of the 5 Great-Grands is the Dark one and she looks exactly like our Oldest Daughter did at that Age, so she's her Gramma's Clone!!!   The Man's Ex has Italian Ancestry.  In fact, most of the Relatives there in Pittsburgh are Italians and thus extremely Family Oriented and close knit, I really liked that about them when I met them.  And, being I was the New Wife I still had the Warmest of Receptions and Inclusion, they're Good People and have remained close over the Years, like Family.  Much closer actually than The Man's Family were, and more inclusive of how much different my side are.  *Ha ha ha*  Funny to me that his Ex-Wife's Family were less exclusionary, I felt very accepted and Welcome.  His Ex and her Hubby, Tony, are really Good People and I liked them both, and her extended Family.

Work went well, the Mall bought us 6" "Jersey Mike's" Sub Sammies in a variety. I've never had one from there, mine was Ham and Provolone, the No. 3, it was very good.  They had Numbers on the Wrappers but I don't know what any of that Sammie Shop's Numbers are?  They let us take some Home to get 'em gone coz we were the last Shift, so I also have a No. 5 which turns out to be their Super Sub with Provolone, Ham, Prosciuttini, Cappacuolo... and a No. 9 which is the Club Supreme with Roast Beef, Turkey, Swiss & Applewood Smoked Bacon.  It was very busy but they had a lot of us working, Jackson, Eve and Tina were on my Shift along with a New Lady I don't know the Name of, she seemed very nice and works hard.  Sales are way up, which is great. 

 I had a Check from last Pay Period, it was a decent one for the End of Summer.  This Pay Period still had a lot of Days left in it and I'm way up in Sales, so will get a nice Check coz I'm also working lots of Shifts.  I bought a couple of Antique BALL Canning Jars with the Zinc and Milk Glass Lids, the Vendor had them so cheap and then I got the Additional 15% Off for the Sale AND I had a Store Credit, so they practically cost me nothing.  So, the Labor Day 3 Day Sale was received well by our Customers.  And, we got out of there on time, which was a nice Surprise.  We'd had over 1,200 Customers thru the Door each of the Three Days of the Sale, which is good attendance.

One of the Vendors I know, Sandra, has some Hand-Made Versions of Fugglers she Sells.  They're Adorbs and even have the Button Butthole, I particularly like the Wookie Looking Brown Bat One, but the Price is higher than Fugglers are, by a lot.   Sandra is Retired Military and so was her Husband, she was his Full Time Caregiver too, and he was Sickly a very long time and Disabled Physically, and with Dementia, he finally Passed Away last Year.  Sometimes he'd come in with her, but usually not often coz he was in very bad shape and she had a lot of Work to do coz she has several Booths and Cases.  She Sells really nice Merch and Imports, has a lot of Dia de los Muertos Figures, the high Quality ones. Lots of Sterling and Semi-Precious Stone Jewelry, Native American Quality Pottery, Arizona Souvenir items, Talavera Pottery, Ex Votos and Milagros, Rabbit Foot and Raccoon Tail Keychains.  Native American and Mexican Hand Woven Baskets, Native American and Mexican Hand Made Blankets. Rock Candy and Cactus Candy.  Crystals and Collectible Rocks.  Leather Purses and Wallets.  Metal Mexican Art Wall Hangings and Garden Art.

Today I've got to do more follow up on that Insurance Claim coz the Guy that is a fill-in there while the Guy they Assigned me on Vacation never called back.  My Contractor is still waiting on the Go Ahead to get the damn Job started or at least Buy the Supplies with the first installment of my Claim Payout.  I have no idea yet how much they're Approving for the Job and I NEED to know and so does my Roofer.  They better not try to stiff me so that I can't get the fucking Repairs done is all I've got to say.  Or I'll be Suing them and changing Hazard Insurance Companies.  My Car Insurance Company always wants me to bundle with Hazard Insurance and I just might if the Company I've had all these Years, with the last Four Properties we've owned, balks with the very first Claim we've ever had to file in all these Years!  That's what I mean by a Racket, we've had this Hazard Insurance Company for Four Properties and for well over 35 Years with Zero Claims.  So they better not Dick around with the only and first one ever filed for damages.

I'm hoping my Dentist can take The Daughter's Insurance and get her in Today, coz I gotta Work again Tomorrow and would at least like her started on whatever they must do with that Tooth Infection.  They may prescribe her better Antibiotics that are responsive to the type of Infection she has.  In the meantime she's relying on the Mexican Antibiotics her Friend Amber just brought back for her from Mexico.  She didn't go to Mexico herself due to the Infection of her Tooth, and also, part of why she was going there was to be away... and now that Mando was killed, that whole delicate Situation is over to where she was trying to break up but not have it be troublesome.  She really Loved the Guy but since he was Dying and acting irrational at times, it was Stressful for her and she couldn't handle it anymore.  Of coarse nobody wanted it to End the way it did, a Homicide is no way to leave this Earthly Realm when you were just going about your day and someone else ends your Life horribly, doing something that Kills another innocent Human Being. 

 

Above is one of the few Photos I have of Princess T's Dad, Salvador, who is also the Father of The Daughter's Three Younger Daughters too.  This Baby was the Youngest One when she was an Infant, she's almost an Adult now.   He's another Guy that didn't have his Life in Order and went from being a highly respected Tech Guru working for huge American and International Companies designing their Programs and Supervising other Departments of their Tech Teams, to now he'll spend the rest of his Life in Prison.  I don't even wanna know what for this time, he got involved with some very Bad Actors.  In Mexico the Cartels do hire a lot of smart people as often as legitimate Businesses do, I'm sure Organized Crime in the United States does the same thing, they want the best and the brightest too, it makes sense for them to recruit the best people as much as any other Organization. 

 And, to be Fair, sometimes people can't refuse.  They don't hire the same way legit Businesses do, if they want you, sometimes you better accept their offer.  So, I'm not judging either.  Look at how this Prez and Regime is Threatening and Intimidating people in every aspect of Government and the Civilian Sector, like Organized Crime Syndicates do.  This Regime is as Dangerous as any other Bad Actors who are Criminals are, becoz they use exactly the same practices and tactics. EXACTLY THE SAME, there is no difference.  And I've been saying this for over 10 Years now ever since he went down that Golden Elevator running for Office.  Shit, they better not take this Guy Seriously as a Candidate or America is doomed... and yet, they did, not only Once, but Twice.  So, my Faith in America's discernment is now compromised to the point I know a large swath of America's Voters are either as Corrupt or as Stupid as fuck.  Mebbe both coz it's not mutually exclusive to be Stupid AND have no Moral Compass. 

And I've had to become more discerning about giving people the benefit of any doubt.  Becoz when they show you who they are too, it can sometimes catch you off guard as well, by what they are willing to Support and be complicit of.  And that was a revelation that was often hard, coz I thought I knew some of them well, but clearly, not as well as I thought I did.  And it did make me Question a lot of things about the Character of many people.  People who on the Surface, or even over the span of Years, seemed not to be compromised of Character or lacking in a Moral Compass, but, digging deeper, well, not so sure anymore and had to expose myself less and less to them.  And I became more and more okay with that separation from what I found in them to be Toxic and even abhorrent to me.  I try to understand where anyone is coming from, I'm not opposed to Hearing you Out, but when that shit sounds Crazy, the Devil's influence, and Inhumane, yeah, I just can't.  It goes against my Core Beliefs of how Humans should behave appropriately

Well, this Morning Tyson the Houdini of Pit Bulls somehow managed to wiggle out of his Straight Jacket Harness and Leash.  All the Gates were open so at least he had the bandwidth to be disciplined enuf not to run off.  *Whew*  Which is handy coz Allen is leaving this Morning to go back Home to New Mexico.  He's been working at Cleaning The Young Prince's Living Space coz The Daughter only got it 3/4 done and Allen has tried to finish it up.  He said Safety and Hygiene were an Issue at Home with The Young Prince and keeping on top of that is a full time Caregiver Job that was exhausting, I completely agree.  Schizophrenics can do the Craziest Out of Touch with Reality Shit ever in their Living Spaces and Environment unless intensely Supervised.  Allen said he couldn't Live like that and knows we're already having trouble keeping where he's got Private Space, and where his Mother has Private Space, kept Safe and Sanitary all of the time.  Have Fire Escape Routes clear to every Entrance and Exit.  Not have spoiled Food or soiled Clothing or other Odd Unsafe Habits transpiring.

I have to check on it regularly even tho' they are both exceedingly Paranoid about you entering their Space, we have to, it's necessary if they intend to be allowed to Live here.  She's more agreeable to my intrusions for Inspections than he is, but he knows it's mandatory, not optional.  So, Allen has been trying to get it up to speed in there so I can walk in without climbing over things or risking falling.   And I appreciated him spending Days now mostly doing that rather than having a real Vacation, which, I'm sure he took Vacation Days off his Work to come here to do all of this and it's just a lot to deal with and Emotionally Process as a Spouse of someone quite Ill.   I know he's probably had the Come To Jesus with his Husband about, you can't do like this or your Gramma is gonna have to send you back!!!   And I can't Deal with it in our Home either!!!  Group Home mebbe... mebbe not... I don't know they send Schizophrenics to Group Homes!?  *LOL*   I'm gonna Google "Service For Schizophrenics" and see what comes up?  You know, for the Mental Rolodex For Future Reference.  *Smiles*

The Young Prince has taken to not wearing many Clothes all of a sudden and so long as he has Pants on I'm Okay with that.  *Smiles*  I just told him some Clothing is mandatory for being in Public and being in the Shared areas of the House, out of Courtesy for mostly his Sister, the rest of us have seen everything in this Lifetime, not much can shock us anymore.   When The Daughter was in her 20's, and at the height of Mental Illness Madness, The Daughter took to only having sparse Clothing or being Buck Naked inappropriately too, so it's not my 1st Rodeo with that kind of Schizo Behavior.  Sometimes she got Institutionalized for it if Police had to pick her up Naked coz Concerned Citizens would call it in and be worried about her Welfare. Yesterday The Man said, when she was coming with us to the Convenience Store, is she just Wearing her Bra and Chonies, Honey? 

 Why, Yes, Yes she is, even his Dementia and TBI had Processed that.  *LOL*  But, I told him mostly Urban City folks won't even Notice, it's a Human Sideshow out there... she'll just be a part ofit.  Plus, I haven't got the time or patience right now to battle her at this moment about appropriate Clothing... it kinda looks like Poolside Wear so, it'll Pass, we're only going to QT.   We don't have to Look Uptown when we're just going Downtown.  *Bwahahahaha*   Now, her Daughter won't go out of the House with her Mom like that and I'd have to battle her then on, can we choose something else more appropriate for an Outing coz your Kiddo is Mortified and doesn't want people looking at you Side Eyed???  *LOL*  

She is very Protective of her Mom, as is The Son very Protective of his Sister.  If someone even LOOKS like they will say or do something to Mock her, he'd Check them in a Heartbeat.  He's sometimes gotten Emotional when he sees that she has unintentionally made a Spectacle of herself doing something benign but he said some will look at her as if she's Retarded, and he doesn't Like that.   And the thing is, with a Schizophrenic, whose Paranoid as it is, they are not Developmentally Disabled and Unaware of Problem People in Public who display Ignorance or Bias.  So, it only takes the Wrong Side Eye Look from some Random Fool out in Public, to Trigger her into a Confrontation, Rage or Episode with THAT Fool... so, avoiding that is handy too.  Crazy People be Looking Crazy sometimes and the General Public needs to School themselves on when to ignore whoever Looks fucking Crazy and not be an Idiot or Fool about it, be discerning.  Winding Up a Crazy Person is courting disastrous consequences. *Bwahahahaha*

I've been wading thru some Photo Archives that go back a long ways, of some Events during their Heyday and during the Holidays in particular.  Some are still around and will be having the Fav Seasonal Events I most look forward to.  But compared to Yesteryears, it's different.  I do miss the Old Days of it and all of the Peeps we did it with, the places that are no more, and many now have gone MIA and I haven't seen in Years, others are still around, but a remnant of what once was.  Some folks go Off The Grid for a long while and resurface about once every Decade or so, it's Weird.  I never ask, we just pick up where ever we left off previously.  I don't Personalize it coz I've never felt it to be Personal.  Nope, I'm inclined to Imagine Shit, do they lead a Double Life perhaps?  I have a fertile Imagination, as you can tell.  *Ha ha ha*  So, I might Speculate where the fuck you've been and what you Secretly do in that Double Life I Imagine you COULD be Living and disappeared into during longer than usual absences???!!!!!  *LOL*  Just know that.  *Winks*

 

Hey, people have Secrets, a lot of people in fact hold a lot of Secrets.  And mebbe nobody even knows?!  I found that out every time I worked a Case File at the DA's Office... and, Yep, it made me a Cynic about what Faces and Persona people wear Publicly, and what and who they could be Privately without anyone knowing necessarily.  *Winks*  Some of the peeps I know I do feel I know Well over the Years and like me tend to be more transparent about who they are and what they're all about.  I can pick them out of a lineup like that.  And then there are others who really are a Mystery and an Enigma of sorts.   And those people, places or things can be so Mysterious, puzzling and hard to Understand, that I probably may never figure it out.  And perhaps I don't even Need to, so I don't Try to.  Animals of almost every Species are easier to figure out and Track in Behaviors and Predictability than most Humans are.  We as a Species are a Wild Card.

There are folks I haven't seen since the Pandemic, I know they didn't Die during it, but I don't know where they went or what they're doing now coz they just went Off Grid and never have resurfaced yet.  Mebbe the Strangeness of that whole Period of Time altered all of their Behaviors Socially, Privately and Publicly, I dunno?  It was Strange to move thru and it did kind of Shake out who took it Seriously and who did NOT.  And that did cause some deep divides that mebbe never corrected, same as current Politics did and have.  And you have to be Okay with that and know folks sometimes separate themselves for various Reasons, Seasons and sometimes just drop off the Face of the Earth and nobody ever hears from them again and that's how they want for it to be.  I Respect that and if I Reach Out and you're unresponsive, then the Ball remains then in your Court to Play or not get in the Game at all.  I don't really Care, I don't require an Explanation or Excuse, so, it's all Good. 

I'm pretty much all Friended Up at this Season of Life and Socially have kind of disengaged a lot myself and I'm also comfortable with that.  So I can understand when someone else decides to be too.  I like people in general, just in smaller doses now.  *Ha ha ha*  I know a little bit of me can go a long way and some people must know a little bit of them goes a long way too... tho' some do seem oblivious.  And when I initiate contact is when I'm most comfortable anyway, then I can limit it to what I can tolerate at any given time, coz I got a pretty full Dance Card most days and can't fit a lot else in really or comfortably.  I'm probably most active and Social during the Fall and Holidays kicking off, then, after New Years, I'm kinda back to wanting more Solitary Time and a Hibernation of sorts from Socialization.   Perhaps I'm becoming a Bear... *LOL*

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Happy Fall my Friends... Dawn... The Bohemian