Airwolf

I've almost survived the no family weekend. They're all supposed to come back tonight sometime. I did spend Friday with my dad and bro playing golf on what was more or less a farm. Lots of goose poo. Lots of open space. Even saw a crop duster fly overhead. But it was fun, and we saw the Ports game after. Which was a combination AgNight, Raider Night, and Fireworks Night. The Raider night portion of the program consisted of four Raiderettes who would do little routines between the first few innings. I'm guessing these aren't the same Raiderettes who would normally appear at the football games. It reminded me of a high school football game. They seemed to have the same skill level that I remember the JV squad having.

But otherwise, I've rediscovered my mild insomnia, which always springs up when everybody leaves. I'm not sure why I don't sleep much. Well, that's not entirely true, I have a hard time falling asleep at night, but usually I can sleep well into the next day. I got to sleep in until 12:30 on Saturday. That was awesome. I had to shut the window, which sucks because I'd prefer it to be open, but there's Mexican's two houses down from me and they've brought their culture of having a lot of yard animals at their house. So there's roosters, chickens, and other noisemakers that I can't legally just eliminate. Though I've almost bought a slingshot a few times now. I'm getting closer to making that purchase. So that damn rooster starts crowing at around 5 every morning. I can hear it very well with my window open, but not so much with it closed. However on Friday, I discovered a few things. One, PG&E is stringing electrical wires at the end of my court. Two, they work on Friday mornings. Three, they like to be efficient as they do this work. Four, in order for them to be more efficient, they use a helicopter to carry the wires from one pole to another. Five, this helicopter is very very very loud when it's a mere 100 yards away. Enjoy this video of what was happening starting at around 7 in the a.m. I took this from my side yard. None of the cars you see are mine.

So that's what woke me up on Friday. Fun, eh? Thing is, it took me a while to find the chopper as the sound was echoing around my house and it would come only every 10 minutes or so. First I thought it was a medical helicopter going to rescue a horrible driver or something. But it wasn't because it kept coming back and it wouldn't allow me sleep. Which I need. And love.

So I'm glad everyone will be back home tonight. I miss my family and seem to need them in the house so I can sleep well. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be much better rested.