Old Stuff

Wednesday in review, so far

3am-4am: adoration at St. Matt's. Slogged through the office of readings, then slept like a log. The sound of the door opening at 4am woke me up.

4:15-6am: work. Of course, my machine slows down when I'm trying to wrap things up. Oh - updatedb thinks this is a good time to run. kill -9.

6:30am-7am: a 3-cigarette drive home. I never fall asleep when I drive with a lit cigarette.

7am: 6yods has improved, call to cancel 8am appointment. 80% because he's better, 20% because I'm bushed. Maybe I can lay down. Oh. There's a mouse in the kitchen. Little bastard is crawling around on the @##$$#@! counter. To IGA to get mousetraps. Come home, try to set the damn things. Pieces of shit. Call Rural King - yay, they open at 7am.

I love Rural King. The staff is helpful - "Do you have glue traps for mice?" "Sure, aisle 30, right side toward the back!" First, get a bag of free popcorn from the high school basketball game style popper, then wander over to aisle 30. Good God, the rat traps are huge. Glad I'm not a farmer. Browse through the rat and mouse aisle of death & finally pick out 2 4-packs of mouse glue traps. They're Muy Fuertes or something. Very Fiery? Super Strong, says the U.S. side of the package.

I'm at Rural King, so I have to get something for the kids. Pass things you put on horses, a little fridge with stuff you inject into pigs, hey! the toys have been moved. Wander around, there they are. Got a little plastic cow and calf for 4yodd and a little Matchbox-style ATV for 6yods. One thing I really love about Rural King: this aisle has toys, the next aisle has ammo. Rural King is also your local supplier of red fox urine, which I'm told is useful when you're hunting wild animals.

Do dogs really like to chew on pigs ears? There's a Godawful-huge bin of brown dried pigs ears at Rural King.

From the east side of town to the west - I must get cash and buy breakfast. Mcdonald's for 2 smeg meals - yes, that's what the employees call the sausage mcmuffin with egg - and 2 hotcakes & sausage meals. Zip back home on the east side, screw the friggin' mouse, let's eat. Kids are pleased with their Rural King treats. The ATV is variously named Four X Four, Jeffrey and Populars (beats me, too), the cow is "Sally, because it's a cow, a girl" and the calf is Kit. Sleep.