Is CRAZY contagious?

HqdefaultFor years, there’s been a kinda crazy lady living within a block of my home in the mountains. 

This is a woman that has on more than one occasion been seen on her balcony bare breasted speaking fragments of half a dozen languages doing the Xena Warrior princess war cry or arguing with one or more of the voices in her head.

On at least one occasion she’s been out on the street lying naked having a full on temper tantrum.

It is not uncommon to hear her having these fits once a month or so, they go on for an hour or so then she gets bored and shuts up.

Crazy manHer immediate neighbor was a decent guy, But over the years he’s gone downhill. He’s on heavy medications and way too much “Medicinal” Pot. With him, the problem seems to be Tourette’s syndrome (after a fashion). Something will frustrate him and for the next 30 minutes there’s a stream of bellowing obscenities, punctuated by fuck in all it’s various forms.

Usually, the neighborhood only has to deal with one of them having a bad day at a time.

Since I’ve gotten back up to the mountain, both of them are having bad days every day sometimes all day, and well into the night. We’re talking about screaming at the top of human vocal ranges. Imagine the screams of the damned souls in Hell.

Needless to say, it’s making it tough for me to calm down. The very last thing I need is conflict or soul chilling screams right now. I really need peace and quiet. I’m thinking someplace away from all people, off grid – maybe camping someplace? 

The thing is, The Crazy is strong with these two. Do I have to deal with their shit and my own too. can’t I find a moment’s peace? What happens if in dealing with their shit and my own… I end up just like them. 

There’s a fragment of something about looking into the abyss and having the abyss look into you. I can’t remember all the quote right now. There’s something else about dealing with monsters.

I did find a few moments of not only peace, but joy, over the past few weeks, but that is over now I fucked it up. Now it’s back to just dealing with stupid shit.

Sigh, Time to go walkabout!

And So Labor day comes to a close…

Wasn’t a bad holiday.

Didn’t get as much done over the weekend as I’d hoped to but today was a nice day. 

labor-day.gifWent to lunch at a friends place, played in the pool and got some sun. Not too much, but I am slightly sunburned; To be expected after being a nocturnal creature for 3 years.

It felt good. My body was making it’s own Vitamin D and my skin warned me when it got to be time to go back into the shade.  Perhaps not as quickly as it should have but I think my body was enjoying the solar bombardment. I’ll have to be careful the next few days just to make sure I don’t overdo it accidentally.

I swam the length of the pool several times and realized how out of shape I am just because the endurance in the water wasn’t what it should have been.

Water and I are, and always have been friends. I’m no Aquaman, but I’m comfortable in the water and also found that due to the amount of fat I’m carrying around that I’m way more buoyant than I should be. I had to spend more effort staying under water than I used to.

Ahhh, the “fun” of aging! Damn it.

Fall is upon us, 9/23/2019 is the official day, Plants here in the mountains are already showing signs of the coming seasonal change.

I’m still trying  to figure out where / what I want to do for my “Walkabout” to clear my head. It looks like I’m finally finished with the former company. Just a few more things to do around the house, and I can be gone for a few days.

I don’t want to spend a fortune but I do need to get away. New vistas, new people, new adventures, that sort of thing. Nothing too strenuous, but something fun just for me.

That Adventure should start on the 11th of this month. In the mean time, there are chores here and one of those chores is the routine of looking for a job and all the crap that entails.

Hope that your short week is calm and mellow which is how I’m feeling right now.