dalthauser

A giant crack of thunder woke me straight up last night. This sort of thing always happens when I go to bed late and need as many remaining hours of sleep as I can get. Anyway, lots of rumbling thunder and rain. As soon as it was light I checked on the chickens - they were huddled under the coop - they appear traumatized. Once I came with greens to eat they miraculously recovered. On my way back to the house I slipped in mud and landed on my bare hands and knees - nice.

I got a thing in the mail from the stimulus people saying I'm getting $600 and I'll have it by May 9th. It's 300 more than I thought I was getting. All of it going to finally pay off the credit card that I've been carrying a balance on for months. When I had the big tree removed I had to put some things on the card to compensate - I've been carrying a balance ever since. It's the first time I'd carried a balance in about 10 years.

I rushed to work this morning forgetting to eat breakfast. Thank you Orville Redenbacher microwave popcorn! (I keep a box in my desk at all times - breakfast of champions).