My plate is filling up to overflowing for the next two weeks. I picked up Zeke's food and a key to the house today; they're taking enough food for his trip with them for a couple of days, then he's here starting Friday. At the house, without my two dogs there, he's a big galumping baby who will chase toys in the pool for as long as you'll throw them. I'll make a point of taking the dogs up to play, but I'll take Cinnamon by herself the first time to see if she even likes pools. Poppy won't, and if Cinnamon is shy of the pool then I'll take just Zeke up every so often to swim.

I went by the humane society. The dog I turned over on Thursday afternoon isn't up for adoption yet; she would have been examined probably Monday and the guy at the counter said it's usually another three days after they've been on that hold list that they might be adopted. I'll go over on Thursday and see if she made it through and what her heartworm test shows.

The ex called today and said he didn't understand why he was getting statements from his auto insurance company, that if he didn't put our son on his account soon they'd put him on automatically. He wanted to know why I wasn't paying for his insurance. It's because he never drives my truck, he put his dad's address on his driver's license (that's how the insurance company knows he's a registered driver at that address), he doesn't have a car and he is gone nine months of the year with no access to driving. I didn't receive any notices, and didn't know what arrangements he had or hadn't made.

"Do I tell him he can't drive my car?" was the question. I told him to call the other insurance agent and see what the options are - but I called back a little while later and spoke to my son. I told him if I have to put him on my insurance that I will only do it if he goes out and gets a job for the rest of the summer. If he won't do that, to help pay some of his own expenses at school, then he won't be on anyone's insurance. His dad had no argument with that! It's time he started contributing to this enterprise. He's a smart kid, and he works hard in school, but he also needs to understand that people work.

We shall see!

Storms looming. Good! I hope for rain, without damaging winds.

SRS