Theatre of the Bizarre?

Ok, maybe not quite but I had a bad neck pain when I woke so I didn't do much today. I did take a few Tylenol and eventually the neck eased off. Some stretches and a walk didn't really help. There was a time today my eyes were aching too. Great, eh? This afternoon I sat outside with the neighbor awhile while he had his sprinkler running. A little before that I'd been stopped by one of the grandkids asking if they could earn money for their school.

Late in the afternoon one of them came to the door and rang the bell. I didn't see what they wanted. Later, the same one came back! That time I did answer the door. Well it seems another of the grandkids had locked grandma's door and while she'd been out of town for her aunt's funeral the key was broken. Thus, no way to get into her bedroom. Fun, fun. So I got my shoes and a screw driver or three.

Well, I couldn't get the door open from inside the house. I thought maybe I could and although she was all for me breaking the knob I just wasn't ready to go that far. It wasn't as if there was a fire or an infant trapped in the bedroom. Plan B. As in burgle. I fetched my ladder, up on the roof, over the balcony. Ridiculous, let me tell you. Anyway, a little strength and luck and the sliding door opened up. Her grandson was up there with me and was surprised how fast it opened. Well, honestly, so was I but quite grateful because I was about out of ideas after that other than 'call a locksmith'. Well, almost out of ideas. I'll keep my other ideas in my bag of tricks just in case.

Anyway, I was glad and told her I might have another keyed lock but would have to look. On my way out she asked if the front porch light might work if a fresh bulb was put in. I didn't see why not. Now let me say that they have basically nothing. They didn't have a flashlight that I could use. It's depressing, even a bit scary. That house is in poor shape. It was a bit heartbreaking. I'd been there a few times as a kid and seeing how it'd fallen on hard times passing through different owners, a myriad of renters and even some time as a drug house was disturbing. I fetched a light bulb that I had laying about and put it in. I did find the locking door knob that Father had on his office but we're removed after his stroke. I found the key as well so I'll take that over tomorrow and install it.

It's about 11pm now. I'm fooding. The kitty was just in for a petting. I guess it's just as well I didn't go to the grocery this evening or I wouldn't have been around for my little adventure. I wish my stomach would stop battling me. It's been annoying me since I had a can of chili the other day. I'm also down to just spring water to drink.

I see Elton John commented on Clay (and some other things). He said he doesn't care if Clay's gay or not because it isn't any of his business. It seems maybe Clay didn't quite best Timberlake after all. But Soundscan says the data might not reliable because an unidentified retailer was unable to provide sales figures and so they estimated. Read more here. They estimate Clay sold 205,000 copies, a third of his debut album's first week and slightly less than his holiday album's debut week.