I was hoping for eggplants and tomatoes, but it seems I'm a bit too early for that.

We don't get organic, locally grown tomatoes until August, or late July at the earliest.

I've decided it is in my best interests to invite people ove to my place every couple of weeks or so. It forces me to straighten up and de-clutter and clean things that may not get cleaned in the normal weekly cleaning.

I spent all day last Saturday cleaning, and then when my family visited me on Sunday, they still found things to criticize. So this week my apartment is messy again, and I can't get motivated to clean. Why bother?

Hey, Hec! How are you doing? Yes, I'm a skipper, I have no idea, I'm sorry.

they still found things to criticize

Is it the sort of place where it's about them and not you, and therefore if the place were spotless, they'd criticize you for the floors being so shiny they can see themselves in them and get confused? Or am I just being mean?

do you enjoy a clean place? if so, then that is reason to bother.

Also? families criticizing is unfortunate.

I could have sworn I saw organic tomatoes at the farmer's market yesterday. I don't eat 'em, though, so I didn't investigate.

I spent all day last Saturday cleaning, and then when my family visited me on Sunday, they still found things to criticize. So this week my apartment is messy again, and I can't get motivated to clean. Why bother?

Could you give up having your family visit instead of giving up cleaning? They do not sound like a fun group.

We don't get organic, locally grown tomatoes until August, or late July at the earliest.

Yeah. I saw a few at the little farmers market on Wednesday, but none today. In New Jersey, tomoatoes aren't until August, generally, either. I thought I remembered eggplants around this time of year in DC last year, but I could be mistaken.

Still, kale and chard and sweet potatoes are all good.

Hey, Hec! How are you doing? Yes, I'm a skipper, I have no idea, I'm sorry.

What?! You haven't been tracking my life with the Hourly Hec Updates? And you call yourself a friend? Hmph.

Let's see: unemployed, which means lots of time to work on the new book, which is good and exciting. It's great to be able to just stretch with my own writing. This book is solely by me, so it's all my words and I'm really loving that. The boss who fired me, incidentally, just quit that job also. I don't know who's doing that work now, really.

Also: After getting rained out for the entire month of March (5 games) Emmett's Little League Baseball season finally got started on Wednesday. And we had another game yesterday and another one today and another one next Wednesday. So it's baseball galore.

Also: JZ and I went on a trip to Las Vegas last weekend. Phil the Gambler paid for it as a belated wedding present. We had dinner and breakfast with him and his GF (Jennifer the Actress) - they treated us to very fancy meals and put us up at a very fancy hotel (Bellagio). We also saw ND and Kristin in Las Vegas and went out with them one night. All very fun.

That's mostly it. Did you survive Passover? I know it's always a bit grueling for you to make your way through all that cleaning and prep.

Hec, I'll have to awe you an answer for the next time we get to post together, because a friend just called and I have to run out, OK?

because a friend just called and I have to run out, OK?

Have fun!