It makes me feel alright...

Tyson and I went out with a co-worker of mine and her friend (?) to see a home tour today. There are a lot of historic districts here in Phoenix which consist homes/buildings that were built in like 1900-1920 ish. You aren't allowed to tear down the buildings in one of these historic districts so people have mostly renovated them. Some of the homes were REALLY cool. Now let me first say that Tyson and I are renting in a historic district right now, and they are not all created equal. Our house is kind of in the ghetto and we get a lot of bums coming to our door asking for money and there are about 10 feral cats that live in our front yard after dusk. The inside of our house isn't too bad. It needs new floors and new doors on the inside, and a lot of TLC on the outside. Otherwise it's actually really cool looking. They didn't really care about storage though back in the 20's so our closet is about as big as my thumb.

The home tour obviously wasn't in a neighborhood like our own. All the people there had money and went to the max to keep their neighborhood and homes immaculate. Plus, they all had grass. As rare as it sounds, a yard with grass is extremely rare here. Just the cost of watering it has to be insane (hey, we are in the desert). It's definitely the thing I miss the most about Texas. A yard with grass; I never realized before how much cleaner it will keep your house too. Our yard is basically just dirt with some cat litter looking like gravel, anytime you walk outside you get dusty and you can imagine how dirty our dogs get playing outside.

I got soo tired though after the tour. We got up to meet them for breakfast at 9, went to the home tour at 10, walked around too see the houses till about 2:30. Then I was pooped. We came home, ordered a pizza for lunch/dinner, and then I fell asleep on the couch until 6. Am I really getting that old that I can't even go to a home tour without collapsing? Lately I just wish I could sleep all the time. I get off at noon on Fridays and all I do (usually) is come home and nap until the sun goes down; then get up and eat dinner, then back to sleep.

This blog tired me out. I'm going to bed now. =)