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TGIF.

Nothing like a hot bowl of chili on a cold winter day. Had some friends over for dinner this evening so it’s a good thing I threw together a crock pot full of chili this morning.

It was bitter cold last night so it felt really good to climb into a warm bed. That good feeling quickly turned sour as not long after drifting off, because it was so windy, our neighbor’s car alarm started going off. Now all of us have heard car alarms in the middle of the night, and we just ignore them and go back to sleep after a few minutes of them wailing. But this car was possessed by the devil. I had looked outside to make sure there were no shenanigans going on, then climbed back into bed thinking relief would come eventually. But no, just like the Energizer bunny, it kept going and going and going and going…. I quickly dressed and went to our neighbors, all the while thinking bad thoughts about them and, of course, the inventor of the car alarm. I rang their door bell and…no answer. I rang again. Still nothing. I started knocking, at first normally, then louder, still louder, until finally I was furiously pounding on the door and jamming my finger so quickly on their door bell, I had flash-backs of playing Track & Field on my old Nintendo. So they finally answered the door, turned off the alarm, we got a good night’s sleep, I forgot my bad thoughts, and then they brought us goodies this evening as an apology.

I like goodies.