Bugs
Today was a productive day and I’m very proud of all that I managed to do. Among other things, I sent out applications and resumes for 5 jobs and cleaned up our apartment a bit. It really needed it. I even washed the kitchen floor. I wanted to leave the apartment clean (or cleaner) before taking off to New Mexico for a few days since Tim will be staying home and taking care of Lena. This means that he won’t be able to completely ignore her while I’m gone since he’ll be feeding and watering her, and cleaning her litter box. I thought straightening the place up a bit would be a nice thing to do for him.
I also swept up a bunch of dead june bugs. They seem to come into our apartment for no other reason than to die here. It’s really annoying but I do feel bad for them. There are a lot more insects and spiders here than in Boston, or at least they didn’t end up in our apartment as much there. The spiders have me a little worried here since I know brown recluses are dangerous, but they aren’t very distinctive and while I’ve seen pictures of them, I don’t think I’d recognize one if I saw it.
There are also lots of wasps that live around our apartment. I often see them flying around outside when I’m sitting at the computer. Recently I found not one but three wasps in my kitchen. They were flying between the kitchen window and the blinds, trying to get out. Common sense would have dictated that I kill them since getting stung by a wasp (or three) isn’t a pleasant experience, but instead of using common sense, I felt sorry for them and then spent quite a bit of time trying to save them. One by one I managed to trap them in a plastic cup and then released them outside. Yes, not only do I feed stray cats, I also save wasps.
Tomorrow morning I hope to leave by 9 am. I know that I probably will leave a bit later, but it’s OK. Since I’ll be driving from Central Time to Mountain Time, I’ll “gain” an hour, so I’ll still get to Albuquerque with plenty of extra time to make it to a 7:30 dinner. And now I really should get to sleep so I can get up early and get the rest of my things together.
I also swept up a bunch of dead june bugs. They seem to come into our apartment for no other reason than to die here. It’s really annoying but I do feel bad for them. There are a lot more insects and spiders here than in Boston, or at least they didn’t end up in our apartment as much there. The spiders have me a little worried here since I know brown recluses are dangerous, but they aren’t very distinctive and while I’ve seen pictures of them, I don’t think I’d recognize one if I saw it.
There are also lots of wasps that live around our apartment. I often see them flying around outside when I’m sitting at the computer. Recently I found not one but three wasps in my kitchen. They were flying between the kitchen window and the blinds, trying to get out. Common sense would have dictated that I kill them since getting stung by a wasp (or three) isn’t a pleasant experience, but instead of using common sense, I felt sorry for them and then spent quite a bit of time trying to save them. One by one I managed to trap them in a plastic cup and then released them outside. Yes, not only do I feed stray cats, I also save wasps.
Tomorrow morning I hope to leave by 9 am. I know that I probably will leave a bit later, but it’s OK. Since I’ll be driving from Central Time to Mountain Time, I’ll “gain” an hour, so I’ll still get to Albuquerque with plenty of extra time to make it to a 7:30 dinner. And now I really should get to sleep so I can get up early and get the rest of my things together.
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