Cleaned out, shift sleep

Last night after work I grabbed a couple light bulbs for the van brake lights.  Even though I am donating the van I figured I should fix them.  I picked up the dogs on the way home as well in the Prius, something they will have to get more used to.

After replacing the brake lights I started the sobering task of removing all of our personal items out of the party van.  I also took a few shots of the rusty belly of the van to illustrate just how bad the problem is.  It’s not a matter of if something snaps or breaks under there, it’s when.

When the last item was pulled out I looked back at the passenger compartment for possibly the last time, remembering just how much happened in that space the last 6 years. Of course it made me sad.

I made the arrangements yesterday for the vehicle donation on the phone.  I don’t even have to be there to make it happen.  All it requires is for me to leave the keys and signed off title in the vehicle.  They will send a tow truck and take the vehicle away. The tax write off is minor, $500 or whatever they manage to sell it for at auction, whichever is higher.  I could care less about the write off, I just hope the few bucks it can bring in are put to good use at the Humane Society.

Cindy and I have been watching Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spinoff.  I was afraid it would not live up to the incredible standard of BB.  So far it has been great and quickly has become one of my favorite shows on the tube right now.

I was not very happy with the dogs last night as they decided to wake us up not once but twice.  The first time was around 2AM.  Nicki started with her whining noises that she is so good at.  I got up and let them out, Nicki took a leak that seemed pretty long so I guess it was legit.  The second whining session at 4:30 was not.

I laid there hoping she would quiet down.  She continued and then Sadie joined in.  I was now angry not only for my sleep being ruined but also Cindy’s.  Even though I know Nicki can hardly hear me, I swore as I got out of bed again.  I then was furious at Sadie when she literally body checked Nicki, knocking her over as she sprinted out the lanai door.  I used my God’s Wrath voice as I scolded Sadie causing her to instantly go down into a belly crawl back towards me.  Sadie takes it very seriously when she hears the word “naughty”.

Nicki just did a token pee this time that lasted all of 2 seconds.  When we went back inside she acted like she wanted a treat for doing so, which I think was the whole impetus behind the second wake up, she wanted food.  Of course I was not going to reward this behavior.  I went back to the bedroom for all of 15 seconds before I shot back up, telling Cindy there was no way I was going to be able to fall back asleep, I was too annoyed.  I had the dogs come out to the main area with me and closed the door so Cindy could hopefully at least get a small amount of sleep.  I spent my extra hour running around WoW.

I am not sure what it is about being at the house that makes the dogs so anxious to get up.  At Ali’s place they routinely sleep in until 7 or 8am with no issues.

Yesterday I forgot to congratulate Jeremy on his victory in the Boca city council race.  He secured a 3 year term, beating two opponents that outspent him significantly.  He didn’t just squeak out a win, his 10 point margin of victory is a beat down in political terms.