Time Will Tell

Dear Portland,
It was so nice outside today. Unfortunately I woke up with a massive headache. And do you know why? Because of those dogs. Those god damn dogs. I'm not sure if I have mentioned the dogs to you yet.

 They live two houses down. I have never seen any human activity coming from that house. There are blankets covering the windows, chewed up newspapers in the yard and three of the most evil and annoying dogs I have ever come across. And you know Portland, I LOVE DOGS. But these little miscreants need to go. There is no other solution. They must be relocated. For their own safety, my neighbors (Mary and Dillon) have both expressed their disdain for these miserable creatures and if they are not taken care I fear we may run a guerrilla operation to "take care" of them ourselves. Now, I do feel sorry for them. As I said, it seems they have no owners and only The Daily Interlake, for food, but seriously, no animal should bark that loud ALL THE TIME. I am not exaggerating. They bark at every car, person, cat, dog, child, insect, leaf, and blow of the wind that they detect. And believe me, they detect it all. They are left outside all day and all night and never stop barking for more that 45 minutes. I am woken up by them at least three times during the night. I already don't sleep well in general, and they are not welcomed help.

I finally got fed up with the Doxen, Schnauzer, and Springer Spaniel and called the cops this afternoon. I had never called the cops for any reason in my life. I looked up the non emergency number in the phone book and gave the operator my whole sob story. No sooner had I hung up the phone, when all I could hear in my neighborhood was laughing children. A beautiful sound for an out of work teacher. Not one yip since then.

I went to the yarn store to talk to Melanie today and she told me I have one 10 year old girl signed up for my Monday class, just one. I told her I would still do it, but that sucks. One more week to register so hopefully the spots will fill themselves.

I'm off for what I hope to be a peaceful nights sleep.