More sprinklers and windows

I did finally get the guy to correct the sprinklers to the back of the condo, so water no longer covers my roof or comes in my windows at 6 am from my sprinkler system. However, one of the houses behind me has these ambitious sprinkler heads that send water up about 30' in the air. It's like being at the Bellagio - pretty to watch. The bad part is, it happens early (and again later in the afternoon, probably again at night, too) and the heads are not properly adjusted. One hits his downspouts. I hope they are his downspouts, anyway. I know in my old house my neighbor's system used to hit first his, then mine. That was annoying.

I will adjust to the early noise much faster than I would have to the water coming in at 6 am. I know I will, since I have done it before.

My patio continues to be watered at 6 am and 7:15 pm daily. Every day. My patio is always wet. I have called three times about it now. First, to tell them I had company and we were chased off the patio. Second, to tell them that I just spent a small fortune getting a retractable awning, and it's useless to me (I bought it through the builder) because my patio is always wet. Third, just to remind them that it is still wet all the time. Also, I still do not have any outside lights. They have a photocell, but it doesn't seem to cell photos or whatever it is supposed to do.

I am very happy in my condo, and I am extremely nice to the people I call to fix things here. Really, I am. (You should see the guys they send out - I am not going to jeopardize that parade!)

OK, that leads me back to the awning. Remember the smartasses who were here last Monday? They returned on Sunday. They installed the awning this time. Last time it was just the brackets. These guys are adorable, and they know it. They are cute with it, not annoying. I gave them a few glasses of ice water - it was really hot and humid out there. They said they love me. They should.

The smartassier one, the one who really made me laugh, was showing me how to work the awning. It's easy enough. When he got done, he looked me in the eyes, and said, "Any questions? Any issues? Any problems? Any wishes? Any desires?"

That was just cruel, but it made me laugh anyway!

Since our heat index today was 104, I might not have wanted to sit on my patio. Being the heat freak I am, I might well have wanted to, and resent not having the choice. I do have a hammer, once I bring it from the old house. Those sprinkler heads can be quite fragile. I know, since I replaced them regularly for 30 years. People just loved to run over the ones I had that were close to the driveway. I still don't know why they were placed there. Lawnmowers sometimes decapitate them. I know a hammer will do the job. If not, I have a tire iron. I bet I could pry it right out of the ground in one piece.

Tomorrow morning I won't wake up to water on a downspout. I will wake up to a sleep clinic tech knocking on my door at 5:45 am. He called a little while ago to see if I had any questions. I asked if there is a window in the room. He said yes, but it's blocked off. I wonder what I need for that? Box cutter? Goo Gone? They are not happy with my normal sleeping hours at the clinic. What time do you usually go to sleep? About 2 am. Well, we are going to get you up at 5:45 and I need you in bed for 6 hours first (best offer I have had all week!)...I don't even want to do the math.

This will probably be the warmest night all summer here. I have to spend it in a sleep clinic, indoors, no window open over my head, let alone three of them, with some CPAP freak in the next room with a TV on. They expect me to sleep?

Halcion, take me away!