A lot can happen in a few weeks! The past few have flown by as Jen has been woring at Allstate, I've been job hunting, and we've been figuring out trailor living. You'd think living in a trailor would come second nature. You just put a bunch of trash outside your trailor, drink a lot of beer, and eat cheetos...so far it's not that easy. We have small. Yes, our fridge is small, our microwave, table, chairs, cupboard space, and everything else is small. You have to be creative on what you keep. Now I know why "trailor pros" have crap outside everywhere. I couldn't find pink flamingoes for the yard so there are Tiki torches to give it that settled in feel. You would think Tiki torch smoke keep the evening free of those flyng critters, but not so much.

We have had bee and wasp attacks for a couple weeks. Yeah 7 wasps sharing you spacious quarters does not bring the good feelings of more the marrier. I freaked out on the initial battle, but returned with a friend to kill them. Why did I not man up and take care of the pests myself. Ignorance. Sure anyone can kill colorado or Michigan waspes...but these are California waspes. Who knows the kunning dangers they are capable of. I find knocking them down with WD40 and the swatting them as their wings are inopperable works oh so well. Just check the shower before you enter!!!

Jen has been learning the workings of Allstate and I am just checking into things and researching. I have not a clear pull to one field. I'm checking into electrical, plumbing (maybe), police, and many mechanical areas. Police and electrical have for sure application processes and openings. I went on a ride-along two nights ago ago and had a mini "COPS" episode. I did all of the following though in no particular order: drove 100 on the freeway, saw some meth people searched, a guy on a bike cuffed and searched at taser, a few gun drawn investigations of neighborhoods, many drive throughs of high drug neighborhoods, a semi leak of 50 gallons of diesel, a dead 72 year old lady...the trash-cluttered house had 30+ rats in cages and 10 tranchula spiders being raised as well. The Oakland police were getting ready to charge a hotel where some murderers were hiding out, but they were not in the room. Earlier that night the stopped someones life with an AK 47 mashine gun. All very interesting, but no suspects to ride with us...I suppose that is when it gets really exciting.

I'm helping Alan (our "landlord" friend) with some roof tearing off and wood dismantling. I'm out of shape fo shizzle and am enjoying doing some physical labor. We have posted some pics of the trailor and our neigboring animals. We hear many chattering squirels, and cars/motorcyles peeling out at the stop sign across the creek.

We have aquired free food at church twice now!! Once at a pot luck (fied chicken leftovers) where I met the police officer who steered me to the ride-along, and the at a church informational meeting (pizza). Maybe we should make the rounds of churches in the area and save money on groceries. I don't think Jen's gonna go for that. That's not a good activity, I suppose. (B.R.)
We are enjoying this Labor day weekend up at "The Ranch" where her parents live. Interesting...there are suspicions of a meth lab in the area. Around 3 to 5 in the morning there is a sweet smell of cooking.

We are continuing to adjust and I'm hopefully narrowing down the direction to move in career wise. Oh We are near a Trader Joes again...besides all the reasons to move, this is at the top in my book. Oh I hiked near the coast and saw 50+ elk. I also go some hot spots on my heals. Let me tell you Clark, a potato chip[ bag works nicely as a barrier in your boot to stop the friction. Give it a try in an emergency. Well hope all is wel where you are. This is Scott signing of from the land of wine and gun control...The Peoples Republic of California.