Sunday, August 17, 2003

 

I could hardly believe it when a friend called me last week and invited me to go to a baseball game with her and her husband on Saturday. So many times I've asked others if they wanted to go and usually they had very little interest. It looked like it was going to be a rainout too, but we decided to take a chance on it. I worked yesterday and watched the sky go from clouds, to rain, to sun, and back to clouds again. Our team lost, but it was still fun. And then afterwards there was a nice fireworks display. Except for the nausea created by me eating a sickeningly sweet blue shaved ice, it was a nice evening.

posted by Caroline 8/17/2003 04:03:00 PM

Saturday, August 09, 2003

 

I haven't been here for awhile.

About two weeks ago I walked into my house, and the phone was ringing. I walked in the kitchen to answer the phone, and the walked back into the living room while I'm still on the phone. I stepped on something that I thought was a large piece of hair that was shed from my big dog. Then AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I am still surprised that I retained my composure on the phone, by just saying quickly, I have to go before I scream. Beneath my shoe was a mole/vole. It looked like a mouse with a tiny, tiny tale. And although I can't prove anything, my cat was lying close by, looking quite puffed up. The critter had two piercings on its back where the blood ran out where I stepped on it. The strange part of this is that my cat has been an indoor cat since Oct . 2002. My only reasoning is that a couple of days before this the grounds workers had been cutting down, and pulling up shrubs, and this critter chose the wrong santuary to escape into.
P.S.
anyone that really knows me, knows one of my phobias, and knowing this, they can appreciate what happened so much more. The phobia is not mice or voles or moles.

posted by Caroline 8/09/2003 01:27:00 PM