Get this!  We're sound asleep at 11am (like everyone else in the world!) and somebody with a leaf blower is next door cleaning the debris off the tennis court!  There are two VERY obvious things wrong with this.  First; it was 11am! - the middle of the night!  Why would anyone blow leaves at that insane hour.  Second; this is Palm Springs!  At 11am it's 110 degrees outside (not kidding).  Why would anyone think the tennis court needs to be clean, and better yet, would anyone play tennis when it's 110?  It's sheer madness around here sometimes!

Anyway, since we were up so early we had a chance to actually take the garbage out before tomorrow's truck comes around.  This is a major plus because now we don't have to load it all in our car and sneak it into the dumpster in back of the local minature golf course.  Last time we did that (last week), one of the employees saw us and chased Kevin with a putter halfway down the block.   Come on - like our 11 Hefty trash bags of beer cans (NO WE DON'T RECYCLE! - Would you wanna drink beer out of a used can?) is gonna fill up their stupid dumpster (it did).  Anyway, we're glad we don't have to go through that whole thing again this week since it took us four trips last time.

Okay, we were up early and already had the garbage out so we decided to celebrate!  It was lunch time and we headed over to Panda Express (yes, we know we just ate there, but they put something in the Black Pepper Chicken that makes you want to come back).  While we were eating it occurred to us that Kevin should get a job there.  He spoke with the manager and filled out an application.  We hope to hear soon because it pays $4.50 an hour and he gets one meal free every shift.  This is better than a governemet job! With our bellies full of "real" Chinese food we headed home for a nap and to wait by the phone.   It's exciting because if he gets hired today he can take tomorrow off because it's Labor Day!  And that my friends, is called planning!  Stay tuned...

      
We got the garbage out before tomorrow's truck!                     We hate sneaking around back to the dumpster.

      
We say - NEVER eat ice that has a beard!                      We hope the mustard & soy sauce stains aren't noticed.