Saturday “Date Night” with SWMBO was as enjoyable today as it always is. She took me to Red Lobster, and that was good, but her company is better. What can I say? Twenty-nine years this month and I’m still “in love” with her. And I like her too!

Not a whole lot going on around here. Really wet outside. Driving around is kind of a pain in the butt cause most WaRshingtonians forget how to drive when the roads get the slightest bit wet. So ya gotta keep your eyes open even more than usual.

One of my friends, that just got his Ham Radio “ticket,” came over for awhile around noon so I could check out his little hand-held radio for him. Nice radio. Set it to our Repeater and programmed it in to memory channel 1 but decided that he needed to read the manual and play with the thing to really learn it. I could have programmed the whole thing; but he wouldn’t learn anything.

Pretty much SSDD after he left until SWMBO got home. She picked her car up from the repair place so she’s back to driving that. She liked the Prius GEICO rented for her and is thinking of getting a hybrid when it’s time to trade her car in. Cool.

Anyway, we walked the mall after eating and made our usual stop by Safeway on the way home. It’s time to just relax.

Not a whole lot going on. It is Wet, Windy, and Cold out there today. Made a trip to Safeway for some things (otherwise, why go?) and it was cold enough (34 degrees) to snow; but didn’t. Bummer. I’d rather see it snowing than raining any day. (That’s how long I’ve lived up here.)

Other than that just getting my usual chores done and waiting on the Insurance guy to come by and take a look at SWMBO’s car. Hope that goes well. Heard from SWMBO that the guy her son hit is claiming that he’s grievously injured. Sure, and my name’s Tinkerbell. Her son was moving a whopping 5 mph when he rear-ended the other car; I just don’t see how anyone can be “grievously” injured at 5 mph. But, that’s just me. Guess I worked too many accidents in my misspent youth.

And there is supposed to be another storm moving in with lots more wind. Oh, Joy. I have everything plugged in that can charge. Again. So far it’s just wet with occasional breezes.

And, I’m bored. If I didn’t have to be upstairs to watch for the Insurance guy I’d be downstairs (in the basement) straightening up and moving things around. Actually sick of sitting here in front of this computer right now. Thought about seeing how I could mess up the Raspberry Pi; but don’t even feel like doing that. All my chores are done. I’ve already kicked the Dog around some. Got dinner started and it’s only 1500. Sometimes being “retired” sucks. Not often, but sometimes.

Ah, the Insurance guy is here. It’s pouring down rain out there! Poor guy. He’s amazed at all the wire I’ve strung all over the place (antenna’s); especially the steel wire between the two tree’s on either side of the house. Hey, it all helps me to communicate!

Well, an hour later the GEICO guy is done. Estimated $3500 for repairs; of which we’re responsible for $500. Good thing Rent is coming due (from our Renter). Then it’ll take just over a week to get the repairs done; estimated. Of course, SWMBO’s Son will be paying us back. (That could take just short of forever.)

Heard the hacker group “Anonymous” declared war on ISIS. Hell, if they really wanted to do some good they’d declare war on Obama, find and release all his personal info that he had locked up before being elected President. Nice hearing some of the States telling Obama to pack sand on his immigration plans though. I feel kindlier towards my Ex- than I do Obama.

Anywho, that’s probably it for tonight. The rest of the evening will be spent listening to the (Ham) radio, puttering around the house, and chillin’. And waiting on the Tow for SWMBO’s car, of course.

Woke up to rain this morning. Didn’t last long though. Just enough to make it where I wouldn’t want to lay down in the (dead, brown) grass or jump into the rose bush. (Which I wouldn’t do anyway.)

Took the Dog to the foo-foo people for a bug bath and haircut. He looks different. If he had balls I’d be worried about the lady dogs in the area. He was pretty mellow when I picked him up and until we turned down the driveway; then he went slightly bug-fuck crazy to get out of the truck. Glad to be home, I guess.

Went the really easy way for dinner tonight. Two Beef-Bean & Green Chili burrito’s. Think I’ll make Orange Jell-O for desert. Maybe.

Supposed to get a lot wetter, and a lot windier, here tomorrow. Gusts up to 45 mph. Glad we’re leaving early; but am almost thinking we ought to leave tonight. Guess I’ll be going slower than I had originally planned just to be as safe as possible. I’m still new at hauling this Caravan around, you know. I like to leave really early to avoid some of the traffic if we can.

Not much else going on. Got the Caravan hooked up and ready to go. SWMBO should be on her way home and we’ll have to load her “last minute” stuff. I have a check-off list of last minute things to load myself; I don’t want to forget my CPAP like I did for the last camping trip we went on.

I hate when shit don’t work right! Damn Windows anyway.