Wednesday, May 16, 1984

I went to the unemployment office to renew my unemployment benefits, but I am to go to a two-hour briefing on another job tomorrow. I will still qualify for unemployment, but only partial benefits.

I had to pay $186.00 to our Great Gas God.

I sprayed the yard for weeks and fleas. I also sprayed the carpets in the house for fleas. The last couple of years I have grown bumper crops of both weeds and fleas. I tried to keep the weed killer far away from my garden, and I think I did, but only time will tell. The last two years my dogs got flea baths twice a week, but they still had fleas 'til the first frost. Maybe I can prevent them this year, since flea shampoos and dips are expensive. I gave the remainder of the spray to 'Grandpa', my neighbor. He has a dog that gets just as miserable as mine with fleas. I'm feeling close to nature this years and it was beautiful outside today.

I started refinishing the dresser for the back bedroom. It was my Dads and has sentimental value to me. I'll try to do more on it after my garage sale.

I treated myself to a coney dog, fries, root beer and ice cream cone.

I ran into an old high school boyfriend at the unemployment office. His wife owns a small shop downtown, but he's out of work. He told me they were getting ready to move out of the area.