This wasn’t a bad weekend, I had a healthy mix of accomplishments around the house and fun times out. I finally put the first coat of paint onto the staircase, and I ripped up more of the kitchen floor. Both of those tasks could be done next weekend (hint, hint, Nick…), so the inside of the house is progressing. I only went to Winton Woods on Friday, but it was a nice time. I am SO looking forward to the day when I can go to Winton Woods during the week again. As usual, the later in the day it gets on Sunday, the more I am dreading Monday. Sure, a lot of people are like that since weekends are times away from work, but I may dread Mondays more than a lot of people – thanks to having to go to Cleveland every freakin’ Monday for the last 7 months. I just wish those two companies I have been talking to would get off their duffs and give me a job offer! It is so aggravating waiting like this, since I am itching so badly to resign. My company (whose name will be withheld for obvious reasons) could go kiss my ass as far as I am concerned. They have pretty much 0% chance of keeping me as an employee, I will just be the latest in a long line of defections. KrisB finally got out last week… good for him! Hopefully by next weekend I will have the ethereal feeling that a criminal feels after being released from the big house… .a relief that I am free to live again.

On a more positive note, I did see my first cicada of the season. Friday I went to straighten up my flag outside, and when I did so a single full grown cicada came out. I caught it, resisted the urge to throw it in my mouth (ok, not really), then tossed it free. I was actually disappointed that more of them did not show up around here this weekend. I thought after all the rain on Saturday that they would start to show up, since they have in other areas of Cincy. But alas, Greenhills will have to wait for its invasion.