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I stopped by the house and parked behind "our" dumpster, and it had a giant orange note on it...revoking the work order. I transferred the information from it to a text to my contractor. Basically it said the permit had expired (the dumpster permit expired 10/31/14!), it had to be removed, the permit would not be renewed, and before anything could be re-started the contractor had to meet with the local inspector for the area. The irony being if the same city (likely different sub-dept) would review our permits we could start work and it's the city that prevents it. Also ironic is that there are 3 pop-ups within blocks of my hood, while they sit on my permits.

And I just realized I forgot to take a picture of the permit.

Friday the 13th

Well I'm not actually into this holiday but I'm trying to make it a good one (with giant weekend!) for the girl. I'm still feeling about a bit with what is traditional that she expects vs. "ew," but gambled on going traditional for VD.

I hate pressure holidays, especially knowing their easily found fake roots (diamond engagement rings!?), and try not to bug others with them. My old joke was 2/15 is a chocolate holiday, but the cold reality is chocolate is usually doubled in price to drop into an ugly red box - and most sale chocolates are drugstore level crap.

I admit I'm still bitter since Lindt's outlet closed. I have found no substitute, but make do with trader joe's.

VD and sex! I'm on the verge of a new speech that you should not have sex with someone who says they're "clean." How can they say that - have the been tested for all 100 or so types of hpv, blood tested for herpes 1, 2, and I dunno...yeast? I would argue the best answer you can give is to identify tested status and risk factors. In fact that might be your best answer - "I have the following risk factors..." which shows not just (we hope) honesty, but knowledge of how complex the issues really are. I think someone who simply id's as "clean" is more likely to be ignorant - and while they could be "clean," I'd argue their ignorance was a bigger risk factor than someone who knows to monitor for a health issue.

You know though...candy hearts, the sidewalk chalk of the candy world, are still pretty cool. I guess like jelly beans, sugar skulls, and candy corn, they're good and go on sale after holidays.