Tuff Enuff.

Sometimes I feel tuff enuff. Today I do not feel tuff enuff. Maybe just tuff, but not tuff enuff. Maybe you understand.

I haven't seen a preying mantis in years, and in just a couple weeks one was in my office and then one in my backyard. I kept the one that my friend Mike found at work, but I let the one my mom found in the backyard go. The one from the back might die. I'm not sure. He wasn't doing so well. I picked him up and put him in some plants. I hope he will be ok.

The other one I kept is doing well. He likes eating crickets and hanging upside down. His name is Kawaii Morning, which I've taken from this character on you tube that I'm obsessed with for some reason. I'd like to believe it's a real person and not just a character. I'll keep thinking that. At about 45 seconds in he or she looks like a mantis, I think.

Kawaii Morning has his own critter keeper and some sticks and water dish. I've been wanting to try keeping a mantis as a pet for a long time. I had one briefly named Ninchago Ninchago, but I didn't do a good job and he soon died. He was a good mantis for awhile.

Tomorrow morning I am going to cheer on my friend Angie when she participates in a 5K. I have to get up early, but it will be nice to do that for a change. Even during the work week I'm not out of the house before 7. I'll be leaving at 6:15 maybe. It should be a nice and cool morning. I don't even need the box fan in my window, which is good because the neighbors are smoking weed again, which is turning my stomach. I haven't worked up the courage to call the cops yet. They've been doing it outside every night for weeks. I don't mind being around it, but I can't stand when unsoliticed scents come in my window. It doesn't seem fair. I don't want to smell your cigarettes, fish, leftovers or cigars. I could shut my window, but it's nice to have it open when it's cool outside.

I've been trying to type more for a few days, so I'll just act like this post is Day 3 of October and post it now.


guitar solos - I dedicate this post to you.