Sometime yesterday I realized that I missed a court date. Granted it was only a hearing and nothing much happened, but I wanted to be there! It was my fault. I entered the date in my calendar, which syncs across all of my devices, but I listed it as an all day appointment instead of an hour long one. All day appointments don’t allow for same day alerts. Live and learn.

What happened was that he turned down the plea agreement, but since I haven’t been able to talk with my advocate, I don’t have details. He asked for another bond reduction and to be placed in the ankle bracelet monitoring program so he could live with his mother, who lives just a couple of miles from us. The judge changed nothing but he did schedule another hearing to address these issues. I will be notified and I will make sure to add the info correctly.

When we got home, we were both pretty beat and were looking forward to hitting the sack early, but that was not to be. Andy called upstairs and told me that there was some guy that fell in the parking lot. By the time I got down there, the cops were there with him. He was smashed. He also had a banshee with him, although I think most people would call it a girlfriend.

While talking with the cops, it turns out that they dropped them off at our place at their request! We don’t know these fools and I don’t want them on the property. The cops told me that they said they had no family and then they left, after telling them that I didn’t want them on the property. That didn’t stop the drunken fool from trying to come into the store.

After a bit I was able to get them a ride to San Jose where they claimed to be staying with a friend that the cops told me kicked them out. They claimed they needed to get all their stuff. Prior to getting them the ride, the banshee was screaming at me about how they’re not animals and why won’t anyone help them. After about 5 minutes of this she started crying for her mommy. At that point I asked her “I thought the cops said you told them you don’t have any family?” That’s when she called me a bunch of names in a very loud manner, hence the nickname “the banshee”.

After she the banshee started screeching at me, the drunk came to defend her honor. Since I felt threatened, I pushed him to the ground since he had exhibited quite a bit of difficulty getting up previously. The banshee kept screeching at me and threatened to kill me. I make friends easily and I’m sure she and I will be lifelong friends. She wanted me to buy her cigarettes too.

Well, the guys in the pickup were waiting for them to board and the banshee wanted to ride in front, but they said no and she started off on a whole new tirade about being human and not animals. Once they were gone from my place, I started getting calls from people in the village complaining about them. They were going door to door looking for help. I had called the cops to inform them about the progress of their actions and they came back about an hour later to deal with them. I have no idea what the end result was, but I will be stopping at the cop shop and explaining to the commanding officer there that I don’t want homeless and drunk people dropped off at my place at any time in the future.

Oh yeah, we have a carload of Mexicans sleeping in front of our store because they broke down there and have no money to fix their Chevy Suburban that has $3000 of wheels and tires on it. They just got them. Can’t afford an alternator, but DAMN those tires are bitchin’ BRO!

Shit, I wish I was still hauling garbage.

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Howdy! They say that shit a lot at the Big Texan Steakhouse. We had a nice time, except for the problems I had with my shifter. On the way to Amarillo I had to keep pulling over to Mickey Mouse fix my shifter. The shaft stripped out and I was able to fix it and it would last for about 50 miles or so before I had to pull over and do the repair again. 3 times it went out and the last time I just coasted to Tripp’s Harley-Davidson in a high gear. I pulled it into service and they had me out the door in 15 minutes with the problem fixed and warrantied. I rejoined the group and a great time was had by all.

We stayed at the Big Texan Hotel. The room was clean, the mattresses were comfortable, the TV was fairly new with a good channel selection, but the room was very tacky. The hot water in both the sink and bath were reversed. The ceiling above the tub was peeling. The outside had a bunch of smallish litter lying about, including a huge bandaid. It was convenient and since we walked from our room to the restaurant, I actually had more than 1 drink. No, I’m not telling the actual total.

• So I fall asleep last night around 8:00.
• I wake up @ 3:30 exactly.
• I wake up @ that time almost every day.
• There has to be some weird switch in my head that causes this.
• I wish I could change it.
• I’ve had 7.5 hours of sleep and I should be happy about that but it’ll be another 4 hours until Nina is awake and I have nothing to do in this motel room for the next 4 hours.

Heading out to Amarillo for an overnight with the HOG Chapter this morning. It’ll be nice to get away from the store, if only for the 2 days.

We’ve decided that if we can’t get away from here for a real vacation this summer, we’re heading to Paris for a few days. Actually, I think Nina decided, but I tend to agree. Between the both of us, we have enough air miles to do business class with a few bucks added on to cover the balance and taxes.

Peace.

• Pre-Trial Hearing, June 1 @ 1:30
• Final Docket Call, July 17 @ 9:00
• Jury Trial, August 11 @ 9:00

The above is all mandated if there is no plea agreement. A plea offer has been made already and I’m not sure if any progress has been made in that endeavor.

More info will be posted as it comes to me.