A Few Small Things

Was getting pretty frustrated yesterday with my laptop's trackpad being all glitchy (even after cleaning it and restarting my computer). So far, coming back today it maybe (inexplicably) seems back to normal? But I've only been using it for a second so I'm probably jinxing it. Also yesterday, I enjoyed using the hot water bottle on my neck/shoulder. Mary Beth and I did our Fresh Market run during the ol' lunch break. Given all the external work being done on the buildings these past couple of weeks, we were a little worried that our landlord was just getting things ready to sell off. Our neighbor called our landlord yesterday and just straight up asked and he said definitely not. So that's about as good as an assurance as we can get so it was at least a relief to us and Mary Beth got a bit less stressed about it. At night, we happened to be outside on the deck enjoying the weather and a neighbor from down the street came by screaming (an angry scream "FUCK!" not a terrified scream or anything like that) and she saw us and started telling us about her food delivery just getting jacked by someone. Then she was telling us about the mansion across the street being occupied by squatters and she was blaming them for it. Hearing about the squatters I guess clears some things up. And that the guy who had lived there before had died. (And her narrative wasn't even definitive, but peppered with "I think", etc.) But this big mansion (well, big house, small mansion, I guess...and this is the old one, not the new mcmansion) across the street has had people over there and they make fires in the yard at night sometimes and there are never any lights on or anything, it's the one that a few months back had the generator going constantly almost 24/7 for a few months solid. I guess it would make sense that there are people squatting there. Also, I don't care about squatting, I think it's a good thing in a world with so many unoccupied residences and homeless people. Also, I mean, maybe it was someone from there that stole her food, but she didn't actually know and that part was just an accusation because she obviously doesn't like the fact that they're squatters. But I dunno, anyway, now it's time to start my "Friday."