Today's Report
Wow! It's June! I'm reminded of that song from Carousel (June Is Busting Out All Over!). Everything is green, the trees and skies are filled with birds, butterflies and dragonflies flitter and flutter about in Sandy's Garden, and a warm wind is helping knock down the worst of the temperatures. It's 84 degrees as I write, and summer heat hasn't even put in an appearance. On one hand, I don't mind that because it means the air conditioning system doesn't run as much and the electric bill stays lower, but it also means Sandy's job is a greater challenge, as she's tasked with keeping the technicians, installers, and sales folk busy at the air conditioning company she works at. Her boss has a favorite saying that in the summer, a drunk monkey can make money in the air conditioning business. Drunk monkeys aside, we're just a couple of weeks away from our cruise to Alaska, and I'm really looking forward to it.
Over the weekend, Clementine's sister came for a visit. Her name is Bonnie, and the two of them are about the same size, though they are very different in personalities. We were surprised to discover Clementine is extremely shy, and it took her almost the entire visit to quit hiding beneath Sandy's chair. Bonnie, on the other hand, explored the yard, studied the fish, and persistently challenged Clementine to come out and play. We had the get-together because Clementine will be staying with Bonnie while we are away, and we wanted to get them acclimated with one another. Since Clementine can't be left without supervision yet, she needs to be somewhere to stay out of trouble. Puppies are fun, but she's not out of the "What is this, and how does it taste" stage yet.
Today's picture shows Sandy's Pool is almost full and ready for her to move to the next stage of its life in which she gets the water prepared, adds the ladder so she can step over the side and enjoy it, and also spend the first part of her time in the pool cleaning it. I probably won't be making use of it. My balance is too bad to allow me easy entrance and exit. I will, however, sit beside it so we can make our observations of the world while she's enjoying the water.
Things I Don't Understand
This is just a list with very little commentary. These are things that just baffle me. I know why many of them are the way they are, but that doesn't mean I fully understand them.
- Why are bathroom doors so narrow?
- Why do people say "each and every" when one or the other would be sufficient to make the point?
- Why do people think being WOKE is a bad thing?
- Why do we elect politicians to represent us when they don't actually do that?
- Why do we keep electing them?
- Why are there tons of different religions and only one God?
- Why do we go to war and believe God is on our side?
- Doesn't the other side do the same thing?
- Why did anyone in their right mind think it was a good idea to vote for Trump?
- Why do people keep sending a known con artist money?
- In a sporting event, if the losing side had to clean the stadium afterward, would anyone still attend?
- Why isn't education the most important item in the United States' budget?
- Why aren't teachers paid more?
- Why do we need more pronouns when no one uses the old ones correctly? (This is not a reference to the reason those new pronouns are in use.)
- Why didn't they tell me in my old Latin classes that Latin was probably spoken with an Italian accent? It would have made learning to speak Latin more fun.
- Why are some people proud to say they haven't read a book since they were forced to read in school?
- Why isn't this list longer?
That's enough for now.
Take care, and be safe.
cma
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