Raakii!!! Rambling.

Yes, the big brown box came today, at almost one p.m. exactly. And there were all the CDs in there with nothing missing, nothing cracked. I've started the official listening round, although it hasn't been completed.

More important than music was that fact that the CDs caused Inu and her slave/boyfriend Tano to come and visit. Especially after that incident in May '02 that sent me to a therapist for a few visits, we haven't really gotten to talk. So it was fun catching up with them. She doesn't like Shiina Hekiru, but no one's perfect.

I think talking to them, I realized how lucky I am, and how much I take for granted. I get a job, that doesn't have supervision, gives me time to be alone with the natural world (not mentioning that I'm killing off a lot of what I spend time with), and guess what, pays a decent wage. Inu and Tano have been working for the step-father of a friend of theirs (Moeru-san)for what is considered less than minimum wage.

Not just do I have a job, but hey, I have my health if that were something that I cared to have. A lot of my friends have disorders, lingering injuries, asthma, etc. Many have had surgeries, therapy, or have had to give up things that they loved because they had a lingering injury. I only get colds, and all my broken bones have healed. Hey, so I'm out of shape, but I could work on it . . . if I wanted to.

Oh, yeah and my dog behaves for the most part. No we don't really have her 'trained' but she knows that we don't tolerate the chewingness or the territory markingness that many dogs do. And she's to scared of small animals (including kittens) to actually bother them.

Foltos and his crew is on vacation, something I finally picked up on today. There are ladies who come and let Chloe, the mutt, out. The one lady yelled at Chole after she went over to greet me as I got my equipment from the shed/garage. Hey, the dog knows me. Her humans send her to find me when I'm in the woods. They let her greet me. Honestly, the lady needs to loosen up the leash on Chloe. I can't stand it when people punish dogs for being exuberant. That's what they are.

Over and out.