My father is a stubborn, agervating man.  The fact that my mother has been married to him for over 30 years is a miracle to me!  UGH!

My father comes to complaining about how I am scratching up the side of his van by carrying out the trash cans past his van on trash day, after I told him a LLLLOOOOONNNNGGG time ago to park to one side of the driveway so I could have room to get the cans by without scratching up the side of his van, but will he do it? NOOOOO!

And once again, he sits crooked in the middle of the drive with NO chance of getting the cans by without scratching his van.  What am i to do?  Wake up my parents at 1 O clock in the morning so he can move the van out the driveway long enough for me drag out the cans?  i would never hear the end of it!  I don't HARDLY think so!

So I'm gonna just leave him alone and let him sleep.  he will wake in the morning with a note on the mirror, telling him I couldn't get the cans by his van last night without scratching it and he's gonna have to take out the cans.  Point-blank.  I'm just so... UGH!  Goodnight!

THIS BOOK IS SOOOOOOO LOOOOOONNNNGGGGGG!!!!  AAAAAHHHH!!!  I am finally on my way to finishing Harry Potter and the order of the Phoenix after a week of trudging though this book of 870 pages!  There have been too many down moments, and I've been really busy, so I haven't had much time to read it.  But I'm sure The Half Blood Prince will be better.  I have not finished the book yet, so I am still wondering what will happen to serious while he is in Voldemort's Possession.  And I'm so mad at Snape for cutting off Harry's Occlumency lessons.  Dumbledore has not been right yet, but I am sure he will prove to be right before this night is out.  And I wonder what the centaurs are going to do to that God-awful woman, Umbridge.  Now that was funny!  Let me see, what else.  Um, nothing.  I just want to get back to reading.  I'll be back to share my thoughts after the books is finished... Yeeeeaaaaaahh.

Currently on page 771 of Order of the Phoenix
 

i am no longer aiming to get that box set.  it would be nice to have.  But I don't cherish the Harry Potter books THAT much to want to buy the box-set to keep.  I am getting the books from the library and happily taking them back.  i don't want to KEEP in Harry Potter stuff in my house.  I'm good.

The Next Day....

ok, I'm back, and i finished order of the phoenix, FINALLY!  Whoever wants to read that book, beware.  It's extremely long.  That is jacked up how serious dies, and I couldn't imagine the burden that is now on Harry's shoulders right now because of Trelawney's prophecy.  I can't start Half Blood Prince, yet.  God said wait.  So...  I'm going to wait... successfully, this time.  Order of the Phoenix was a good book, with a great ending, although, it was really hard to appreciate and savor the ending.  I just wanted to hurry up and finish the darn thing.  it was so long.  I felt I had been reading it long enough.  My goodness, I can't get over how long it was!  Anyway, i have to get up for work tomorrow morning, so i am off to bed, now.  Goodnight.