The wait for quoted as 30-60 minutes so I was just prepared to sit and wait.

But then! One of the prerecorded messages that plays during hold proved helpful!

It talked about the fee for setting up a payment plan on the phone ($175!!!!!) versus doing it online for a fee of only $22.

And our payment discrepancy was $22. So I realized that the $128 was what was credited towards the actual tax bill out of the $150 we were charged on the first payment towards the plan.

But it is not documented anywhere that $22 of our payment went to the fee!

But for such a small amount I am prepared to accept that as the reason because it seems unlikely to be anything else, even without official confirmation.

This canyon is very popular with runners and cyclists, so there are always people running down the canyon on the side of the road of cars going up.

Well, we saw a woman who was running with a plastic bottle in her hand just fucking DROP THE EMPTY BOTTLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

In the fucking beautiful canyon that is a watershed area.

I was so enraged by it. We happened to be passing by her right after she did it, and the windows in the truck were down so I shouted at her, “I fucking saw that!” And it’s a small two-lane road, so I was basically right next to her when I shouted.

What a fucking asshole! Too bad there wasn’t a cop around, because it’s a $1500 fine for littering in the canyon.

But like for fuck’s sake, presumably she chooses to run in the canyon because it’s a beautiful part of nature, and that’s how she treats it?!!!

People fucking suck.

Behold the great bounty!!

There are tons of tomatoes growing, but these were the first ones ready for picking.

We are also going to have SO MANY butternut squashes. It’s the only variety that survived from the seedlings.

Although Dude concedes now that some of the other squash seedlings he gave up on during the indoor growing time probably would have made it, but he got frustrated at them lagging and yellowing and thought he’d killed them, and so stopped watering them.

There is a dog on the ship and I had to look up if the dog dies before I keep watching. The internet says that the dog survives the whole series.

I went through the whole automated thing to establish why I was calling and verifying identity and then it told me that the call volume was too high to take my call and to try again later and then disconnected me!!!

Not even a fucking call back option like most places offer!

It said to try on another day!

What the actual fuck?? It’s August! How is there such a high call volume today that I can’t even be placed on hold or a call back list???

There are two huge limbs on the grass and debris all over the place. They didn’t even sweep up some small branches and debris that is all over the sidewalk. Like what the fuck?!

Maybe they’ll come back tomorrow to clean up, but I highly doubt it.