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

Curses, Foiled Again!!!

 

I Hope you're in the Visual Holiday Spirit coz I'm gonna dump some more prematurely on ya for the Blog Fodder Eye Candy.  I don't know how many Tonka Toy Vehicles hauling Bottle Brush Christmas Trees you can Stand, we'll find out tho'!?  *LOL*   I NEED the Lightness and Cheer Holidays bring right now, so Forgive me over indulging in the Visuals prematurely. *Winks*  Why?  Irrigation was all cocked up AGAIN, for the Third Rotation in a row, so I'm Upset about it. All kinds of debris floating Downstream to us clogging our Ports, which took a lot of physical labor to rake out of the Ditch and unclog the Ports that Gravity Feed the Water, coz it was blocked and not flowing until all the fucking Debris was removed.  Apparently everyone who'd cut Grass/Weeds from their Ditches hadn't removed them and just let them flow, big problem, I don't think Rob had either and I thought he'd done it after he Weed Whacked it.  Anyway, that wasn't the only problemo, The Son fell asleep, had drank too much anyway, Allen never did wake up to help as he said he would, and Princess T was also a No-Show as she said she would ask Rusty to drop her off earlier Tonight. 

 So it was just The Daughter and I slogging away at it and she was highly upset that the Guys had flaked out.  Not so much that her Daughter had coz Princess T isn't that much Muscle to have been helpful in what we had to Rake out of that Ditch to remove all the flotsam that kept coming.  At least what the Pump is distributing to the Front and Eastside Yard is doing what it should and isn't clogging, Thanks to the Screening The Daughter put around said New Pump when she and Rob installed it.  Anyway, it was all FUBAR, but at least the Water was Warm to wade around in, not very deep coz the Debris was obstructing the flow into our Pasture, and we had our Scorpion Black Light making sure we didn't walk where any might be, they Glow under Black Light and float on top of the Water.  Plus Tyson has been using the Pasture where his Lead allows him to, as a Bathroom, so, Dog Turd Piles to avoid in the Dark too.  The Grandsons didn't clean that up before Irrigation, they should have.

It's a very Dark Night, no Moonlight to speak of, so pitch Black out there, you can't see a damned thing without a Flashlight, which doesn't illuminate well, everything you really need to be able to see.  So, I honestly don't know how much Water we'll get and I know in the Morning she and I are gonna be pissed off that we didn't have the Help we needed and we have plenty of other Adults who could have been out there assisting.  And doing everything they should have while it was still Daylight and well before Irrigation even came.  The Daughter is the most Emotionally Raw Family Member right now and she came thru as she Promised she would.  Steven helped some before he left, but he came after his Shift at Work so he was tired and I couldn't ask him to do more, it wouldn't have been a reasonable request to ask him to be a hapless Volunteer when Family had Flaked Out.

I had been watching a good Show on Amazon Prime {which Allen pays for} before Irrigation showed up.  Had to abort finishing it when I realized nobody was out there to help The Daughter, she couldn't be expected to do it without assistance.  I really don't like doing Irrigation, I don't think anybody does.  Okay, enuf Bitching for now about that fiasco that ensued.  The Niece in Texas whose coming here for a Job and to stay with The Daughter in the 5th Wheel, had been blowing up the Phones all day.  I'd told her we had Guests visiting due to the whole Tragedy everyone now has heard about Mando.  And that we also were fitting Irrigation in, so would be too busy to have long conversations over the Phone.  I talked to her Twice already Today, and she goes long, and I have no Idea why she was calling so much?  I know the Caregiving of her Dad is overwhelming her, but she's gotta Cope 'til she can get out of there.  The New Job here wants her to begin by the 14th, so I told her she can Hang Tough 'til then, it's not that long.

Lord knows I understand how Emotionally Raw and Isolating Full Time Extreme Unpaid Caregiving is, been doing it forever.  So I'm trying to be sympathetic and have empathy for how overwhelmed she clearly is and we're the only ones who realize and accept her plight.  Her own Family are running so much Negative interference they're only making an already Bad Situation even worse.  I'm glad she's just dumping it all in their Laps since they presume to try to tell her how to do it, while they are Armchair Caregivers with Zero Point of Reference and have no Idea how bad off the Dad has gotten. 

 Her Two Younger Sisters and her Dad's Sisters are talking a lot of shit, so, let their Mouths now bury them with and burden them with the Responsibility now they've not been Supportive and run her off.  I don't blame her, their Dad was difficult and dysfunctional, not a good Father, even before Dementia, I can only imagine how much worse he is now.  So she Needs to Feel Heard... I Get It.  But right now I can't be someone's Full Time Substitute for a Therapist.  *Smiles*  I do Care... but I can't Solve that Problem she has with Family FOR her.  She can't really Solve it either.  Some Family Dynamics are just Painful and difficult and probably always will be if the Loved Ones don't sort out their own shit sometimes.  Her Dad plays the perpetual Victim, so does the Middle Sister, it has worked for them to garner Sympathy and Pity from everyone.  And a lot of Help they now feel Entitled to without exhibiting any Appreciation or Consideration.

 I never Liked him, her Dad, but his Wife was one of my Lifelong BFF's.  She should have left him Years before they Divorced.  She was long suffering and never had a Bad World to say about anyone tho', in all the Years I knew her, even that Bastard.  After she Died I only kept in touch with their Kids and mostly the Oldest One.  The Middle One unraveled her Life with Alcoholism and lost her Family over it, the Ex has Custody of their Twins and she's so far in arrears on her Child Support, it's a Wonder she's not in Jail actually.  She had a very successful Career, but Job hops now to avoid paying Child Support or having garnishment for the ridiculous amount she owes and the Custodial Parent was awarded during the Divorce.  Usually if a Mother involuntarily loses Custody, they really are quite unfit or there are serious Issues the Kids wouldn't be Safe or Well in their Care.   She thinks a Judge will award her Joint Custody, but given her Track Record, I think she's Courting being Locked Up by a Judge instead for being a Deadbeat Mom with the pretense of being a Caring or involved one. 

 Her Ex is an Attorney and takes good Care of their Children, but even Visitation has to be strictly Supervised coz she's been such a Train Wreck over the Years.   Her Older Sister tried helping out with the Children as much as she's been able to, she is Single, no Kids, and Gay, so, tho' she's a Good Aunt, she's never been a Mom and doesn't wanna be either.  It's a lot of responsibility and she feels the Ex-BIL is a good Parent and the Kiddos are best in placement they now have, I agree.  The Youngest Sister is very bougee now, she got Divorced, her Two Kiddos are Grown now, her New Boyfriend is from a Rich Latino Immigrant Family who are very MAGA, need I say more?  They think becoz they have Wealth, that this Administration will never come for them.  Au contraire.  But, they'll live and learn, most of MAGA assumes it will never be THEM.  She really never has contact with anyone she knew from her Past before snaring the Wealthy Boyfriend, so nobody has much to do with her either, including her Blood Relatives.

Anyway, The Niece has quite the Train Wreck of Kinfolk who are still among the Living, so quite often we've been her Surrogate Family coz we've known her all of her Life.  She's like a Niece to us and like a Cousin to our Adult Kids.  I think it will be best for her to detach and come to Arizona and get on with her own Life now, she's done all she can there for Family and it just didn't work out in spite of the best of Intentions.  She's a Tech Guru but a lot of I.T. Jedis are finding AI taking a lot of their Jobs already and displacing them, so to find a good Job here again was unexpected and a relief to her.  She does Gig Work, which is well below her level of Training and Expertise, and she's an accomplished Poker Player and could go Pro, but doesn't wanna make that a "Living".  Too unpredictable even if you're very good, she wants more Job Security and I don't blame her. 

 She is always ahead on her Spread Sheet of Gambling Semi-Pro, so as long as she's making Money at it, it's just another Stream of Income while the Careers are in suspended Animation sometimes these days.  That's what has happened to Glitch too.  He designed and developed Programs for Amazon and they laid them all off and are moving the Company to Nashville.  He said Amazon will be laying off Thousands of Workers at all levels to replace them with Robotics and AI.  But he had to sign an NDA as did all the rest they let go, in order to get the Severance Package they were offered... which, they all accepted coz otherwise they'd of just been cut loose with nothing.  He's been out of Work now for over Six Months and only the Chinese are trying to woo his ilk to come work for them instead.  That's what the Niece said too.

Well, Princess T did get dropped off by Rusty in time to help her Mom and I drop the Gates.  She'd slept thru her Alarm, so did Allen, he showed up just 9 Minutes Late to do it, but, at least both of them did show up, it's just that The Daughter and I were On Time.  You don't have to be punctual coz it looked like Manuel had overslept and I don't know whether he opened his Gates or not to receive his Water?  So I've got to go out in about 40-60 Minutes and see if the Ditch is cresting Water and Flooding into our Yard?  If it is, we'll have to Open the Main Gate and just let Omar get his Rotation early to avoid Flooding our Property or any others Upstream if the Ditch backs up too much.   There's STILL fucking Debris and Yard Clippings and Branches floating Downstream from Upstream.  So I think a lot of folks didn't Maintain their Ditches well or let Storm Debris sit in them without cleaning it out?  We had no Trash or Branches in our Ditch prior to Irrigation, just some Grass clippings from Rob Weed Whacking what had grown in there and forgetting to ask anyone to Rake it out.

Anyway, I removed Branches and set them to the Curb, coz in the Morning is Bulk Garbage Pickup Curbside for the Month of September.  It's always the 1st Monday of every Month and we had a lot to put out there this Month.  We've been discarding stuff beside The RV Garage Mahal that Mando had used for Fabrication and Handyman Projects.  None of our Guys are handy at doing that so I needed it to be gone.  The Daughter and Jason took anything Metal to the Scrap Yard in Jason's Truck, you don't get much per Pound for Scrap Metal, but you get something and often Jason will ask to Trade it for something he wants out of the Scrap Metal Piles they already Bought and the Owner doesn't mind doing that with Jason, who is a long time Customer and Friend.  I think Jason Traded it all for a Bicycle.  

He fixes them up and Sells them.  he's given The Daughter Three of them, nice ones he fixed up, since she Cleans for him and does Meals for him.  Even Mando's Bike he got Killed on was from Jason, Traded for Handyman Work.  It was a mangled mess of twisted Metal after the Hit & Run.  Anyway, so at least we're done now, whew, what an Ordeal this Rotation turned out to be.  I'm glad we're winding down in Rotation Cycles for the Fall and then during Winter they Suspend them until Spring.  We pay our Annual Fee in Winter too, it's a couple Hundred Bucks and isn't for the Water, which is Free, it's for the Maintenance of the Main Canals, all Farms and any Residential Properties that get Irrigation pay for the Maintenance and distribution of the Water, not for the actual Water, which, to me, is a good Deal.  Well, until and unless these Fucking Data Centers use up all the Water that is.  They've already driven up Utility Bills almost double already!!! 

I don't wanna pay a fortune I can't afford to Fund these Billionaire Tech Bro's Fuckening of our Environment, Natural Resources, and ruining our Communities and way of Life due to their irresponsibility and Greed.  They should be footing all of the Bill and be Taxed out the Ass too if they are allowed to even be here without the Consent of the People who Live here.  Nobody asked the Public about any of it, Back Room Deals were made without the Taxpayers Consent or even telling us about any of it until it's all here and cocking things up almost immediately.  It's not well thought thru and rushed to approve and build them without any thought to long-term Negative effects they Create.  And I personally Believe they knew all of the Negatives and covered it up for as long as they could, until such time as they couldn't.

The Daughter has a Serious Tooth Infection in a Molar and one whole Side of her Face is Swollen.  She's taking some Strong Antibiotics her Friend Amber brought back from Mexico and delivered to us Today.  Their Antibiotics are way more effective and act quicker than anything you can get here.  But we've got to line up a Dentist to see about an extraction of said Tooth once the Infection is under Control.  She's under AHCCCS so they have to accept that Medicaid Insurance and with it being an Infection, it should be covered and not Denied by Medicaid.  She has some Dental Paperwork they sent her from DES about some Dentists that they Approve, but I'd rather she see my Dentist if he'll take her Insurance and it is Pre-Approved before she gets any Work done?  So I'm taking her in Tomorrow Morning to see if they can push this thru and line up Treatment?  I need to Schedule my Cleaning anyway, I had to Cancel when The Man had his Heart Attack.

The Daughter and Granddaughter were Laughing so hard about the way I said that, I deadpanned that I have to Re-Schedule my Annual Cleaning and had to Cancel getting my Teeth Cleaned coz your Dad/Grandpa had that Heart Attack and Heart Surgery.   And they're dying Laughing saying, Yeah, damned inconvenient Heart Attack, and now Mom/Gramma doesn't have Clean Teeth!  *Bwahahahaha*  If you enjoy Dark Humor you might Giggle about that too inappropriately???  *Winks, it's Okay, we won't tell anyone, our Secret*  It's just that damned near all of my Appointments I try to squeeze in for myself to maintain my own Health and Well Being end up getting sidelined, cancelled and have to be fucking re-scheduled almost every time.  So my Appointments keep getting kicked back further and further into the Future.

   Coz another Family Member will have a Medical Emergency or Crisis that you have to prioritize all the Goddamned time!!!  Sometimes I've waited Months already for MY Appointment, so to have to abort doing it almost at the last Minute, and Re-Schedule into the Future again, and Hope another Emergency/Crisis doesn't sideline it yet again later on too, is annoying.  Sorry, I know this is the 3rd time I've had to delay this Procedure or Appointment, but now he's had a Heart Attack, Surgery, Specialist Follow-up for the Medical Emergency, so on and so forth, almost all of the time now.  And if it's not him, it's one of the Kiddos.  Like her with this Tooth Infection... it's a Dental Emergency, so HAS to be prioritized above my Preventative Maintenance Cleaning, which can wait, even tho' it's been delayed now damned near half the Year already and long overdue now.  Anyone else gonna have their Emergency too?  So that I can hold off Scheduling any of my Appointments or Procedures?  Coz you just never can fucking know 'til it happens again!!! *Eye Roll*

I kinda get sick of folks, including my Medical Professionals and any Caseworkers or Home Help, telling me I should make sure to take Care of myself too!!!   Like I'm not fucking Trying to!!!  As if on Purpose a Caregiver is neglecting our own Needs, when we're consumed by the Needs of those we're Caring for, coz it's a Full Time Job and it never Ends.  I don't get Time Off to attend to me and my Maintenance, if I do Schedule some, it gets cocked up by the next Emergency that takes a Priority.  It's not like I could go to my damned Scheduled, that was set up way in advance, Tooth Cleaning, as The Man has a fucking Heart Attack and requires Heart Surgery, the Day before I was to go in and get it done, Right?   Curses, Foiled again!!! {Snidely Whiplash of "Rocky & Bullwinkle" and sometimes Dick Dastardly of "Dastardly & Muttley In Their Flying Machines" Famous Cartoon Character's Line}   

Both Villains looked very much alike actually.   And Muttley's Laughs were Iconic, Raspy and a Wheezing Snicker that was unforgettable and I just Loved hearing.  Okay, Caregiving Venting and Rant now over.  I feel a little better... and will set up Try No. 4 to get my Teeth Cleaning Re-Scheduled yet again.   Mebbe they can do me and The Daughter together, since his Assistants do the Cleaning and he'll be doing her Extraction?  *Bwahahaha*   She really Needs Dentures or Implants, but we don't know if that will require each Tooth to be taken out One at a fucking time by Medicare when they absolutely almost cause a Medical Situation?  It's ridiculous, preventative Care would be better Serving to the Medicaid Patients for both Health, Mental Health and Dental Health.  But ya gotta wait for Approvals when it's critical and an Emergency Situation for them not to Deny Coverage on Adults who have Medicaid.

Anyway, I feel like quite a Whiner in this Post, don't I?  *LOL*  It's Labor Day in Real Time, I've gotta try to find a Dentist Open on a Holiday to bring The Daughter to.  Don't Emergencies always happen on or around a Holiday it seems?  Or a Weekend?  You know, when most places like that you KNOW will not be Open for Business.  *Le Sigh*  She didn't even tell me her Tooth was problematic 'til her Face swelled up like a Macy's Day Parade Balloon.  And of coarse now I'm alarmed, how bad did she let this Infection get hold?!  I do Hope those Mexican Antibiotics are strong coz it looks bad.  *Le Sigh*  I do have to Work Tonight too, so her Emergency has to get fit in before say, 3:00 in the Afternoon tops, can't take longer than that, chop-chop, Calendar already had other commitments of stuff on it.  I had Days when it didn't, but of coarse we couldn't and didn't have an Emergency then, did we?  *Bigger Sigh*  Let's make things Exciting shall we, have one on a Holiday and when Mom is Working, that would be a Rush!!!  *Even Bigger Sigh*

Are you Maxed Out yet on Old Tonka Toys carrying Christmas Trees yet, in September?  *Bwahahahahaha*  I've had Fun with it anyway, even if you haven't.  I did buy a Trio of these Old Vehicles with the Trees that he was Selling Years ago.  One is a Silver Old Car Hauler, the others are various Colorful Old Work Trucks.  I Stood Tall on the Cost of each coz I had Waffled for a long time and really wanted some to Display for Christmas under the Tree.  Now that everyone is Older we don't have so many Pressies sitting under a Christmas Tree anymore, so just Stage a Vintage Christmas Look under there that looks Editorial.  Nobody really Cares about having Pressies Wrapped and waking up super Early on a day they don't have to get up for Work anyway.  *Smiles*  So, we often just go on Shopping Sprees before Christmas together to let each other just pick out what we really want.  The Quality Time spent together out there Shopping during the Holiday Season is part of the Gift.  We have a good time, usually do a Lunch, and they get exactly what they want and so do I.

To be sure, we Buy each other Good Gifts and indulge each other, within Budget of coarse.  Our Family has never gone into Debt or over Budget to Buy Christmas Gifts, I think it's Foolishness to.  None of us has Need of any of it so we're certainly not gonna end up in Financial Crisis over any of it either just coz it's the Holidays and we wanna be like the Chevy Chase Family of the Cult Holiday Classic Movies, tho' sometimes we do resemble the Griswolds in how Motley our Crew is.  *Smiles*  National Lampoon did put out some Memorable Cult Classic Movies and we watch them every single Christmas as a Ritual and Tradition.  Yep, "Home Alone", "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", "A Charlie Brown Christmas", "Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas", "Bad Santa", "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" {Cartoon Version, not Jim Carrey's Version}, "Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer".  

 Yes there are Cult Classics we don't like that many do and would make their Top 10.  I just didn't find them appealing enuf to watch as an Annual Tradition.  And when Rated Online I don't usually agree with the Critics Choices either.  The Man is of the Camp that "Die Hard" is a Christmas Movie however, and for me, that's a stretch.  *LOL*  And the really Old 1940's Cult Classics aren't my Jam either, I've watched them, mebbe more than once, but if they're on, probably won't.  Before my Time and so not much of a Connection and I don't recall us even having a TV for most of my Childhood, so didn't grow up watching them either.  Tho' one Year a Christmas Card Boxed Set I bought from a Wal-Mart had a CD in every Card of "Miracle On 34th Street".  Our Friends and Relatives enjoyed receiving that Card and Movie CD with it.  

Now, I don't remember how much I paid for this Unique Boxed Card Set with a CD in every Card that Year, the Card itself looked like that Top Pix and the CD like the Pix Above.   But I do remember it cost a fortune that Year to Mail them coz it took Media Mail Rate since the Card was large and an awkward Size and had a CD in it.  And now Online the CD's Sell for about $9 each, without the Card... so I'm assuming it was a Novelty item Boxed Set I've never seen since.  Now hardly anyone even exchanges Christmas Cards anymore, or Cards in general.  Most Stores now barely carry a selection due to that and "Hallmark" must be about ready to File Chapter 11 if the Practice continues of Cards becoming passe'.   So my Christmas Card List grows ever smaller, plus folks lost Touch or Died, so they fell off the List, and anyone who quit exchanging I figured wanted to cease the Practice and took them off the List too.  If you skipped one Year you were kept on the List, but if you missed Two Years, you were Purged.   I'd add you back on if you resumed.  *LOL*

How I found out most people I knew had Died was they quit sending Christmas Cards.  Or mine would be returned.  And then I'd check Obituary and Memorial Pages matching the Name.  Otherwise, since we didn't live close anymore to see each other, and nobody Wrote Letters, many didn't use Social Media, it was the only way to verify Proof Of Life.  *LOL*   When I Woke this Morning we had Ducks floating around on our Yard and Pasture {See Above, sorry about poor Quality coz we zoom lens took it so as not to scare them off}, coz we ended up with the Floodwater from Irrigation that backed up due to Debris clogging Downstream.  I can't unclog what other folks Downstream haven't and it gave us way more Water, it looks like our Property is a Lake or Pond, but, it didn't Flood into the House and our Foundations are Tall enuf to withstand overage like that.  Which is why SRP contacts us if they want a Property to take on more Water than Assigned, becoz they know we can on our Property.

  So, I turned the Pump back on at 9:00 this Morning to put some of that excess now into the Front and East Side Yard coz the rest of the Property can't take on more now.  I think we should be Okay to take on whatever is left in our part of the Irrigation Ditch.  But somebody Downstream won't be getting their proper amount of Water.   So now I'll have to monitor Pumping Water for a couple more Hours, not how I intended to spend most of my Morning.  I'm gonna see if The Daughter can wait 'til Tuesday to try to find a Dentist?  I don't think many are Open on Labor Day anyway.  She's talking with The Niece on the Phone and I know they can't do an Extraction anyway 'til the Infection is up under Control and she is on the Mexican Antibiotics, so, we do have to spend some Time trying to control the Infection enuf to get an Emergency Extraction. 

 She's been very used to administering her own Medical Treatment herself when she lived in Mexico.  Now Mexico does have National Health tho', most Countries do, just not ours.  We're the ones now acting like a 3rd World Country and going backwards to Archaic Times of the Past with Conspiracy Theory Quack and Worm Brain Kennedy at the Helm of National Health.  That Worm must have Feasted on that Fuckers Brain and eaten most of it?!   I can't even stand the way he Talks, something is very Wrong with that Dude.  He's obviously Roided Out too so I doubt he's Living a "Healthy" alleged Lifestyle if he's Juicing to look like an Old Wrestler or Aging Body Builder.   And I do Wonder, if like all the Rest, they Secretly get the Vaccines and are all Vaxxed Up while telling their Fan Base not to get them? 

 I know they did during the Pandemic, they ALL Secretly got the Vaccine and that Truth came out.  The whole Faux News Misinformation Machine wasn't doing what they told their Viewers to do.  Nor was any of the Administration in 1.0 tho' some, including Donnie and Family, got COVID.  I thought it would take him Out coz he looked Dreadful when he got his.  He still looks Bad and I'm not sure from what... I suspect he's Diseased and they're Covering it up.   As much Whoring around he did and with the likes of Porn Stars and Prostitutes, even Marrying one whose America's First Lady now, Talk about a "Pretty Woman" Real Life Outcome, of Hooker snagging her Billionaire and then occupying the White House!  Hell, even the Movie didn't take it that far.  *LOL and Eye Roll*  

 Well, I wouldn't be Surprised if he has an advanced serious STD.  And Hey, I don't blame ole' Melania for improving her Lot in Life from Mail Order Bride Hooker and Soft Porn Star to First Lady and hoping her Geriatric Billionaire drops Dead sooner than later so she's a Made Woman financially.  She's a Soldier for ever even Crawling Under THAT, IMO!!!  I wouldn't Crawl Under the likes of that if they were Bombing Phoenix!  The Creep Factor is way, way, way too high to reduce yourself to that and fuck a Serial Sex Offender and Pedophile that likes Underaged Girls, Cheated on every Wife even when they were Pregnant with his Children, and probably has Switch Hitted too, I think he's likely an all around well rounded Freak on a Leash frankly.  Most of his Closest Friends clearly are... including Epstein, among MANY others.

  When the majority of your Crew are Pedos, then don't try to tell anyone you're NOT, it's not credible.  And he's mentioned a lot in them Files, probably more than anyone else.  And it will NOT just Go Away and he can't MAKE it Go Away, so he shits Kittens about that.  Justice for the many Victims has not played out, but I still Hope it does, it's long overdue and every Perv involved needs to be Revealed and Prosecuted.  Sex Offenders ALWAYS Re-Offend, it's not a matter of IF, just WHEN.  So, they Need to be put away, and any who even already Served their Time for their Crimes, need to Register for a Lifetime due to that Fact that they will have 100% recidivism, it's a Given and the Criminal Justice System knows that.  The Public should know that so that if one is around their Community, they Collectively protect their Loved Ones from that Person and keep an Eye on the Perv in their midst.

What Cheerful Content to accompany the Christmas Imagery, No?  *Bwahahahaha*  Hey, the duality of that doesn't escape me, but you do have to balance shit out, Right?  *Smiles and Winks*  The Ditch is still Cresting and Rob told me they took on more Water too to help out but you can only take on so much more than is reasonable.  So far I still can take on more and Hope the Ditch goes down soon so I know I don't have to spend more Hours doing this.  Our Rotation was over at a Half Hour past Midnight really, and here I am at 10:12 a.m. still having to take on more Water or our Ditch will Flood and Crest it's Banks, and it's a big deep Ditch.  I don't know whose the Problem, but Rob said he was throwing big Tree Branches over his Neighbors Fence behind him coz it's not their Trees, they only have neatly Trimmed Citrus Trees in their Back Acreage. 

 So he was waiting for them to say something and he'd tell them, listen if your Trees drop Branches and shit beyond your Fence Line and into the Shared Irrigation area, you're still responsible to clean that shit up.  I know I doubled my pile that they picked up this Morning with Bulk Garbage, with Tree Branches from other Properties Trees from our Ditch too.   Which added like an extra Hour to my Late Night Work that shouldn't have been necessary.  The Neighbors whose Tree Branches it is are Young Couples, so they are more fit to do that shit than Rob or I, who are Senior Citizens.  Anyway, I like all the New Neighbors and they are "New" so it's a Learning Curve for them to even know what they're supposed to do coz the City used to Host Meetings to answer Questions about such things and send an SRP Rep out into the Community to talk to any Group of us that showed up. 

 We were Lucky they did that within Days of us first moving in, but they've not done one since.  And we got a lot of New People who've moved in since then.  The long time Residents of Original Owners from the 60's and 70's are Dying off now.  And tho' some of them have Heirs that kept the Family Mini Farm, which was probably Paid for by now if they were the Original Buyers, most Cashed Out the Equity and probably moved out of State to where Real Estate isn't so expensive.  We had too many transplants that migrated from expensive States and now ruined the cost of Living and Real Estate Market in Arizona.  Retirees used to flock here due to it being affordable on a Retirement Income, now it's not anymore and most Retirees now are Migrating to Southern States.  Pretty soon no place will be affordable tho'... all will be ruined by the Migrations and some will decay when everyone moves away.  Cali and New York currently have the highest Domestic Migration Losses coz they've been too damned expensive and unaffordable.

The Exodus is massive and New Jersey actually tops the List of outbound moves, not Surprising, I've been there, wouldn't wanna live or be there.  Let us just say it's never been a Destination.   Illinois and Massachusetts too have high Exoduses happening... and Data shows Colorado, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Mississippi have a Migration Inversion going on too for the first time since 1990.   The Primary drivers for leaving these States is high Housing Costs, Taxes, Retirement, Job Relocation, Weather and Natural Disasters escalating.   North Carolina had the most Gains for Domestic Migration TO it, along with South Carolina, Idaho, and Tennessee.    Florida and Texas have Cooled as spikes in Home Prices and soaring Home Insurance, so it's leveled out, they've had some Weather and Natural Disaster Issues too that make folks hesitate to do more than briefly Vacation there. 

 Arizona still has a lot of Migration IN from those States high in Exodus moving here.  With more Locals moving out coz the Inbound are fucking things up for us in Costs mostly and Urban density going Bananas, Phoenix, not even Metro Phoenix, is the 5th largest City in the U.S. now and Metro Phoenix is nearing 6 Million.  We're catching up to Cities like Hong Kong, and NYC pretty rapidly, especially as New York is losing Population due to Exodus being high there.   Anyway, Global Migration will continue to happen for a variety of reasons and I suspect Climate Change, Opportunity Issues, Civil Unrest and National Instability will become the Major Reasons Why.  Some International Locations have more American Ex-Pats than ever before too, those that can leave and have the means to, already have or at least have another Home Abroad as an Option.

  And, I hear tell from Reliable Sources in The Know, that a LOT of the Elite are building Bunkers.  So, one has to Wonder what they know that isn't being Told to folks that can't afford lavish Bunkers?  When 50% of Silicon Valley Billionaires and Ultra High End Net Worth Individuals have Invested in some form of Apocalyptic Insurance and Doomsday Sheltering, you should be paying attention.  They don't have an Escape Mindset for Nothing I suspect.  But, they do have the disposable Income to have it even if they never have to use it.  Most of us could never buy into it even if it was critical to need to use it.   So, consider yourselves among the Left Behinds if things go completely Sideways and mostly becoz of these People and what they're complicit or directly responsible in causing.  They know the Fuckening is happening, some are even boldly Whistleblowing now that it is imminent.  

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Happy Autumn even tho' this Post flirted with some Winter... Autumn is still my favorite Season... Dawn... The Bohemian