loreleii29's Journal

I HAVE NOT HAD THE ENERGY OR STRENGTH TO WRITE MUCH IN MY JOURNAL. A LOT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND IT HAS LEFT ME UTTERLY EXHAUSTED. TWO TIMES THIS WEEK I HAVE GONE BACK TO BED AFTER GETTING LIL MS S TO SCHOOL AND I HARDLY EVER DO THAT UNLESS I AM NOT FEELING WELL OR IF IT IS A DREARY YUCKY DAY. YESTERDAY I SLEPT UNTIL NEARLY NOON. HALF THE DAY GONE, NOT THAT I HAD ANYTHING GREAT PLANNED BUT I DO LIKE TO GO DO MY ERRANDS DONE IN THE EARLIER HOURS BEFORE IT GETS HOT AND THE ROADS GET CLOGGED. LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN THAT SEEMS TO HAVE MORE CARS THAN PEOPLE IT DOES SEEM TO GET CROWDED OUT THERE QUICKLY. PLUS IT IS CANNING TIME AT THE CANNERY WHICH IS RIGHT SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN SO WE GET ALL THE BIG 18 WHEELERS BRINGING IN THE FRUIT OR TAKING OUT THE FINISHED PRODUCT. NOT A YEAR GOES BY THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FRUIT COCKTAIL SPILL ON THE FREEWAY ENTRANCE. THE SMELL IS ATROCIOUS IF YOU MAKE THE MISTAKE OF DRIVING PAST THE CANNERY MID DAY IN THE HEAT. YULK!!!!! TONS OF FRUIT PEELS AND PITS SITTING IN BIG DUMPSTERS WAITING UNTIL THE NEXT HAUL AWAY. I OFTEN WONDER HOW MANY TIMES A WEEK THEY DO HAUL IT ALL AWAY. I WOULD HOPE AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, BUT SOMETIMES IT SMELLS SO BAD I WONDER. REMINDS ME OF VERY CHEAP WINE, THE SMELL THAT IS. I DO NOT EVEN WANT TO HAZZARD A GUESS AT WHAT IT MUST LOOK LIKE. THEN WE HAVE THE OLIVE PLANT WHCH IS JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM ME. NORMALLY IT DOES NOT SMELL UNTIL THEY "TURN" THE OLIVES THEN WATCH OUT! THIS PLANT MAKES THOSE FANCY BIG GREEN OLIVES WITH THE PIMENTO CENTERS, THEY SMELL BAD ENOUGH WHEN YOU OPEN THE JAR LET ALONE THE HUGE VATS OF THEM. THIS TOWN IS VERY ODORIFIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST. AND NOISY TOO. IT IS REALLY GETTING TO ME, MORE THAN NORMAL. 

THE POWERS THAT BE THAT ARE DEALING WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER FINALLY DECIDED SHE MAY HAVE A MOOD DISORDER. WELL DUH, YA THINK???? SO THEY WANT TO PUT HER ON SOME KIND OF MEDS, OF COURSE HER MOTHER IS SAYING "WELL I DON'T KNOW". YET SHE DOES ACKNOWLEDGE HER DAUGHTER DOES HAVE SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER AND THE COUNSELLING AND THERAPY THING DOES NOT SEEM TO BE HELPING. IT IS LIKE MY DAUGHTER UNDERSTANDS THE GIRLS SELF MEDICATING WITH POT AND WHATEVER ELSE IT IS BUT GETS ALL UP IN ARMS ABOUT RX MEDS CONTROLLED BY DRS, THAT HOPEFULLY, KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.  MAKES FOR MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FOR ME. 

NOT MUCH ELSE IS HAPPENING. JUST WAITING FOR FALL TO REALLY GET HERE. WE KEEP GETTING TASTES OF IT THEN SUMMER SLAMS ITS UGLY HEAD RIGHT BACK AT US. IT IS GETTING TIRESOME. I AM ALSO SICK AND TIRED OF SHAVING MY LEGS, NOT THAT I DON'T IN WINTER, JUST NOT AS OFTEN. I ALSO FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER IN THE COLDER WEATHER. THE HEAT SAPS MY ENERGY AND BRINGS FLIES AND MOSQUITOS AND NOISE AND TOO MUCH DUST AND DIRT. I WILL NOT BE SORRY TO SEE IT GO FOR ANOTHER YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY WINTER AROUND HERE DOES NOT LAST THAT LONG AND IT SEEMS THE HEAT IS BACK WAY TOO SOON. WELL THAT IS ABOUT IT. I KNOW, NOTHING OF REAL INTEREST. I WISH SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING WOULD HAPPEN SO I WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO REALLY WRITE ABOUT. TAKE CARE AND HOPE EVERYONE KEEPS SAFE.