A couple nights ago, she made chicken corn chowder for supper with some oyster crackers. But crackers she poured out for us were stale. Get rid of them, I said. Today, I saw the aging oyster crackers in the back yard along with bits of stale bread and buns.
This evening, she was making supper for us, and I was upstairs, reading something on the computer, with Charlie in my lap. It was about time to eat, and I heard her voice. But is wasn't time for supper. "Take a look out the bedroom window." I went over to see.
I think I knew right what I was going to see, and I was right. I went downstairs and grabbed my camera ...
There's one. Wait a minute. I looked to the left. There's two deer ...
The deer were moving off to the left of us, to the east. I followed then, and I saw two deer ... and then a third deer moved out from behind the lilac bush next door. Probably the one I saw first ...
See them all? ...
They eventually moved further left and out of our sight, and we sat down to supper. Then my wife looked up. "Look out the front door," she said.
In the distance were two of the deer, which had sauntered across the highway and were nearing the alley behind the houses across the street. I went back to grab the camera again, but the deer were gone by the time I got back.
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How have I been doing? Well enough, I guess. Late last week, for a number of reasons, I was getting close to burnout. Some extremely busy days at work, at a time when I was still worn down from the last couple weeks. I wrote a piece about it but decided it wasn't worth posting here.
I had worked very hard all weekend, and I was close to exhausted on Sunday, at least for a while. Took an unplanned nap, and that helped me feel better.
My highlight this week was to be a visit to N on Wednesday. She was going to make some steak quesadillas, and we were going to watch some silly movies. The usual routine, which works very well for us. That was the plan.
But Wednesday morning, she sent me an e-mail--she was having septic problems at her place, and she couldn't get someone out right away. On top of that, heavy rain is expected to move in overnight. By the time it ends late Thursday, we are expecting 2 to 4 inches of rain. Flood watches and everything. We have had a wet summer and early fall. The last time I visited N (in late July), it was another stormy night.
It's disappointing, but on the other hand I got to relax some more at home, and R&R time is badly needed. I have been feeling like Mr. Hamster, scampering around, trying to reach the end of his wheel. Mr. Hamster is tired and bored. He wants to do something different. All work and no play for too long makes for a dull hamster. I think Jack Nicholson said that.
At least I'm aware of the problem, and I want to get off my wheel and enjoy life a little more. That is the plan, anyway.
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My aggregation of football teams didn't finish 1,883rd last weekend.
That's what happened the weekend before. Last weekend, they were 2,721st. I had one of the best offensive teams of the week (San Diego) and one of the worst (Carolina). They nicely canceled each other out. The way the game works, you only have a chance of winning if all three of your teams are really, really good or really, really bad. Otherwise, you wind up in Mediocre City.
This week, my teams are Dallas, Denver and Oakland. Can we at least get back in the top 2,000?
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