I live in a small town that has something going on almost every weekend during the summer. Tonight they have a festival going on downtown, downtown is about five blocks from my house so Ernie and I got to watch the fireworks that got shot off during this weekend’s festivities.

During the fireworks there was a green/red light that fluttered around, stopped and watched the fireworks, then took off after they were over. Do people fly drones that close to flying explosives?

I’m noticing a disturbing trend in the light. It was getting light by 5am, now it’s almost 6am. Can’t stop it from happening but it’s a reminder of frozen winter mornings when no one’s car will start and we get inundated with tow calls and jump starts.

Had a tomato sandwich for supper. Oh how I have missed tomato sandwiches!

It was delicious btw.

I’ve decided I won’t call it MAGA, I’m going to call it MAMBA, Make America My Bitch Again. Let’s face it , that’s what he really wants, revenge for his 2020 loss and to ensure he doesn’t have to ever pay for his crimes.

My friend and I went to Ottawa Il to shop, have lunch, check out the downtown and see how high the Illinois River was after those storms went through the state. Chicago had gotten 6 inches of rain and most of their rivers feed the Illinois. Thought this sign was interesting.

All clear, didn’t lose electricity, will know more tomorrow morning as far as damage in the area but we’re good.

More bad weather coming our way. This one looks kinda bad but it’s hard to tell. I really need to invest in a radio that runs on batteries and electricity. Sirens are going off. Later. Might be a while, we will probably lose electricity.

Please warn before linking to that pile of Elon pus crap.

I don’t know how hot it got here today, the forecast was for 89, add to that the rain we got last night and last I looked the humidity was 88%. I work in air conditioning but today was so hot you really couldn’t tell, until you stepped outside, then it was very apparent. I’ve never seats this much at work. I had to charge when I got home because everything was soaked through. Now we’re under a severe thunderstorm warning with tomorrow’s temp predicted to be 91.

Well, my heart got a jump start this morning. I let the dog outside at 3:30 this morning only to realize there was a family of raccoons in the corner of the yard who had just climbed over the fence. They weren’t there when I let him out at 3am before my shower. I hope I didn’t wake up any of the neighbors with my shouting, but that damn dog went right for those raccoons, not to chase them, he wanted to play with them. I was afraid they’d think he was going to hurt the baby.

Front page of USA Today has an article about GOP states opting out of summer EBT funds.

Yeah, tell me again how “pro life” they are. Farging assholes.

I get 4 days off in a row this week! It’s been a while since I’ve gotten that long a break. We’ve been short staffed for months, if this group actually stays I might be able to go back to my semi retired state.