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I eventually crashed so hard I am wondering if a giant impression of the hand of last week is imprinted on my face. Down sometime after 6:00. How much after God alone might know. I should have been to bed by 4:00, perhaps 2:00 if memory serves, if I won't swear to that as a truth. Could look back, but I can't read. Not yet. Only awake to deal finally with the mortgage company.
Something is very wrong with them. I definitely paid my bill twice this month, have been up to date for months, was told I didn't have to pay next month... the call was telling me I was in arears with the old loan. Which, if you'll have to trust me, I wasn't. Either hidden fees in there, or they accounted the overpayment into the package, or some other mistake on their side. I had it, worth the cost, just hate dealing with people who don't know what they are doing, or worse do but aren't playing fair, right, or honest. This guy was just the collecter. At this point he knows or cares about nothing except a ledger imbalance. He couldn't and wouldn't have, or probably been able to fix anything. Yeah. But done.
If I can settle a bit, perhaps back to bed. I can't remember what was done, what remains, in the house. Did well until I got stuck on doing nothing. Then just kept hoping I would... do. No "do" left. Then I crashed so hard I now have a metaphorical understanding of mosquitoes and windshields. I am surprised I woke for the call, even with my mind set to facilitate. There are limits.
Good night, again. I hope.
I've been crashing quite a bit myself recently. In my case I suspect it's due to the fact that I've finally been able to get a window fan in my cave, and a constant breeze in the high 60s has an enormously soporific on me.
ReplyDeleteI need a fan most parts of the year. In the winter, I can get it to 40. I think the main stone part is the limit. Have to keep that above freezing for pipes and cats? How cold can cats handle it? Now I'm curious. Sometimes I become vulnerable to cold, have to back it off. Mostly it is my sleep tonic, so I get it.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have ac. I've heard Tx is worse than Iowa, summer weather wise, at least where I am going. Texas is a big zone. Probably has as many odd regions as Ut, just a lot more space in each. You Even have minor mountains don't you?
Soporific, eh. I bet that beaut cost you at lest a Texas titty twister or two, on the wrong end.
Believe me, you cannot live in Texas without air conditioning. Especially in places such as Houston, which sits on a large salt marsh, with a climate to match (and now you know why most of the buildings in downtown Houston are connected by air conditioned tunnels). The climate in central Texas (where I am) is much more tolerable. Greater access to whatever comes down from the Great Plains.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, the Davis Mountains dominate a sizeable portion of west Texas. Highly recommended as a travel destination (McDonald's Observatory sits on one of the peaks). Then you travel south to Big Bend National Park and admire the peaks of the Chisos.
My second year at college found me living in a room just above the boiler for the heating system. I couldn't sleep the first two nights I was there, and I was the only one in the dorm who kept a fan in his open window during the winter months.
That would be good, to visit around, but it seems our trip will be much shorter than I had thought. Based on my mother's plans we will be no more than a week total, including driving... splitting driving with no stops. She's trying to get in and out without drama and our whole family, minus in-law parents, are prima donna drama queens, even my Fred Flinstone brother. I'm not sure shoving a hard schedule, and showing up exhausted is the solution, or shoving at all.
ReplyDeleteCan't blame her. But if she wanted to stay a bit and it was getting stuffy, I could solo out for a few days. If I may not be the only or even main problem. Lots going on there. And they are... an... expressive family. Still makes me happy to have been his best man. Trouble follows, but they deserve it... for good and ill. :} If I find a woman, I'll let him repay the debt.
Why does college and the Navy seem so familiar? Ah, because they are. Once a winter fan boy... And the wife? All of my women had problems with my need for cool. Usually a good thing for me, once the great (or lesser)... tracts of land were warmed, or... turned my stomach and that was hashed out. ;p Salt marshes? I wonder how different that is from highland marshes in what passes for a desert otherwise... or close. I'll know more soon.
ReplyDeleteNot looking to be so close to Houston. Liberal, reactionary, places are not to my tastes. Evil there hunts those who don't lockstep. Little nazis everywhere, calling themselves anti-themselves.