Anti-mood

EEKS OF HOT,,

Still to endure, and now the humidity is really on the rise.  I got a reply from ebird managers who are investigating my complaint about the reviewer telling me to change my observation...and contacting me 3 months after I thought it was all settled, I  sent her the email correspondence he sent me.  

So the new phone order is to arrive today HOPEFULLY...And Im mostly chilling inside just trying to keep occupied while the heat rules the outdoors.  The dogs took one stroll  in the pasture while I put some water on my garden plants and checked the bird feeders had to fill up the hummer feeder yet again. I can't fill it to the top if I do it goes rancid in the heat so I fill it about half full each time.  They are keeping me busy for sure. 

I had to buy a new tire the other one could not be  repaired because the damage was on the side wall of the tire,,,I really didn't want to do that because I'd rather have all 4 tires in similar condition...and Im not prepared to buy 4 at the moment...My spare is not in good shape and if I had it put on then I'd have no spare at all...so just had to bite the bullet. 

Having a car is the most expensive thing really...on these hot days when I really don't want to go anywhere it just sits there costing me money.  Maintenance, gas, oil, taxes, tags, insurance! I think Im going to keep a spreadsheet... just see what it cost me per day to own a vehicle.  I will say I have thought of not having one, getting a scooter to go for my supplies, and now a days you can have everything delivered, well if it's not coming on Fed Ex...

So if I had one months supplies delivered. and then used a scooter to go for fresh veggies once a week, I bet I could eat like a Vegan Queen. Mostly I do eat fresh foods...and frozen a lot too.  Dried beans, some canned tomato.  

I just got my new property tax bill for the car, and  again they tacked on a Road Maintenance Fee that has been challenged in court as being illegal.  My county along with many others are doing this and it was brought to the attention of the Attorney General of the State  it is being collected as a TAX but taxes must be voted on by elected officials or the general public so this never was...It would be nice if they would stop charging that fee.  It's been on our Personal Property tax forms for years, began at $8, then up to $10, then $15, now it's $35.  Every single registered vehicle has to pay this "fee" and yet our roads and bridges are never in good shape.  
It goes to paying higher wages for workers...The thing is they work for the county so shouldn't that come out of a TAX FUNDED BUDGET? This money is not tax funded it is a "fee", not a tax. 
I added up what I have spent as best I could recall on Gas, Oil, other fluids, repairs, maintenance, taxes, tags, insurance, for my van so far this year. $2,717 divide by 6 months $453 per month...now that will go down if I don't have any more big repairs this year to about $276 per month...that is a lot!! I had 2 big repairs, the entire front brakes and wheel bearings, and the differential gears..

So as it stands now it cost me $15 a day for me to have a van sitting in my driveway.

So we can go to Canada, but they can't come here yet..I don't know why they would want to come here...get covid and take it back and spread it around up there?  It's really on the rise and the odds are not looking good for next year either...it will def mutate again into another variant and then what? 

Ok I've been in an anti-mode lately, anti people, anti government, anti-car, I think it's the heat it's really starting to get to me.  I am PRO Air Conditioner for sure!!