The most exciting thing that happened yesterday was I got locked out of my house. I made my son stop the video games to help clean up the backyard. He didn’t realize that the new door handle is very spring loaded and the spring popped after he closed the door. That was fun. We had to climb over the backyard fence–over six foot tall wood. At least the yard got picked up. Much less dog doo and lemons.

I spent most of the day doing my own thing or watching my son play video games. Once he remembered that he could get online to play that is all he did. I watched him unload an entire clip into some guy. I guess the guy was on his side, but kept shooting him and reviving him. From what I’ve seen, these online players are idiots. I watched one run down a team mate on a motorcycle. The game? Call of Duty 3. My son didn’t even want to go to the movies. Oh well. It’s his vacation, and he doesn’t get to play them often otherwise.

The weather is supposed to be better here today. I hope so because the wind was horrible. Our poor little shallow-rooted trees can’t handle winds above 50 miles per hour. At least this year, I didn’t lose any trees in the backyard. My lights out front managed to stay mostly on the trees.

The cats are still in hiding. The two youngest don’t like strangers. Apparently, there’s a very strange person in the house.