Dine and dash

Some guy did a modified dine and dash at Subway earlier. He ordered his sandwich, then ran out before getting the veggies on it. XD He left the sandwich, just ran away.

I returned to Quidi Vidi lake and fed the birds. There are more than just ducks there, which is interesting. I got mobbed by pigeons. A woman asked to use a handful of seed to feed the goose, named Michael. I agreed, even offering a second handful should she need it and she did. I got brave enough because of that woman to feed Michael myself. Geese scoop the food up much like a dog would. Empath, once again, got Pidgie McSkittish (a pigeon) to eat from his hand. :)

The in-laws come home tonight. >:[

For the birds

Empath and I made a third trip to feed ducks this afternoon. We've been mobbed by ducks at the university pond the last two trips, enough so that certain ducks were cheekily nipping at our knees to be fed. This trip took us to Quidi Vidi lake. There is a ring of large, flat shale rocks around the edge of the water with a large path encircling it. We found some relatively clean slates and sat down. The shore about 3 feet below us became engulfed with ducks, pigeons, loons and sea gulls. There was a large grey goose that paddled over near the end. It's the first time I've seen a goose up close, so I was very impressed. Feeding the birds relaxed us after we had rough days - Empath at work and me on RuneScape.

10 days to my birthday!

TV season

This week has been the new seasons for tv shows. I mainly watch CBS since that's all my mom could get on her tv in Iowa. Friday is, again, a big night to be in front of the Boob Tube. Moon Light, a new series about a vampire PI, came across as having a noir feel due to the narration. Numb3rs, which Empath loves, was good, but was all the unshavenness to make Val Kilmer look good? TBH, Val's getting a bit tubby in the face and I think I saw the profile of a belly when he was injecting the triple agent (forgot his name).

Spooky thing today. I had laundry going, was washing dishes and playing Madonna's GH2 at 11. In the middle of this, I heard what sounded like Empath's brother call out to me. When you've got a bunch of background noise going as loud as I did, words were indistinguishable, but the general vocalization was that of someone trying to get my attention. I had a similar incident happen a few weeks ago when I was mowing the lawn.

Involved

I've been involved with this mouse issue, thus why no posts until now. We pretty well cleaned out a bunch of shit in our living room and bedroom, donated clothes to Salvation Army and would really like to take my 5 broken chairs to the dump without paying $50 to get through the gates. I haven't heard any micey noises for 2 days, which doesn't mean much but it's a start.

Oh and I apparently can't eat pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut or any kind of pest sauce because I get heartburn (I guess that's what it is) so bad I have to puke. The only saving grace is that it means I can drink more Mt. Dew as the carbonation makes me burp and relieves the pain in my stomach.

Laundry day again

More laundry today. I made a killer herb and garlic chicken that was delish!

Yummy pink crystals

A1 exterminator showed up on time. He checked out the house first, then laid some bait traps (plastic trays with pink crystals inside). The pink stuff is (supposed) very rodent attractive and will dehydrate them so they will look outside for water. I just can't wait to find a dead mouse on the floor when I have to pee at 4a. *rollseyes* We also got free sticky traps that smell like peanutbutter. Don't lick them! :P Next couple days or so, we've got to kick it to clean up better than normal.

Of Mice and Men

2 mice caught on a glue trap in the bedroom woke me up at 5 something this morning. I roused Empath to deal with them, which he did and went back to sleep. Sadly, I couldn't get to sleep again because of the radio morning show. Newfoundlanders talk fast and with the volume low, it was hard to hear what was said, especially when Stephanie O'Brien yakked as she's a Baymen and they talk 10X as fast as a regular Newfie.

Thursday, A1 Pest Control is coming to de-mouse the house.

I took a 2 hour nap at noon and felt tons better.

The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers *spoilers*

I read this last week and finally found the time to post about it.

*SPOILERS*

Braun did not write this book nor the last one, The Cat Who Dropped A Bombshell. In Bombshell, Liz Hart dies in a car accident and Qwill has no reaction to her death. WTF? In 60 Whiskers, Polly drops everything to take a job in Paris. Oh she notifies people over the phone, but giving up Brutus and Catta? Again, WTF?

*/SPOILERS*

I didn't get the Alexis Morgan books I wanted, but I got 2 more by Marjorie Liu that are great if you like psychic and magic stuff.

The Odor

Yeah, The Odor isn't me. Anyway, the best I can do to fight it is with baking soda on top of my sub woofer. I'm going to call exterminators tomorrow and see if anyone is cheaper than Orkin. I have a suspicion that it'll cost the same.

Empath gave up on the Internet. His wireless connection dropped for no reason and he's sick of dealing with it. He can't d/l anything or stay online for more than 30 minutes. He's going to get 50 feet of CAT5 cable so he can be wired like me. That's the crappy part; I'm fine online. I think it's the new printer/scanner/phone all-in-one dohicky his dad bought a couple weeks ago.

Not much else going on.

Is it just me?

All day there has been this permeating odor of stale piss around my computer. First, I thought it was mice and did a deodorizing voodoo with Febreeze. The smell went away for a short time, then returned. Okay, my next suspect was myself. I checked my panties and they didn't smell like The Odor. It's possible I have some sort of yeast infection that is making itself known. I'm praying it's something I can deal with at home as Canadian doctors won't see me unless I have insurance (which I don't). I have wondered if it's the chair I sit in all day because I don't smell The Odor when I'm away from the computer.

I had a fucked up dream very early this morning. My essence or soul was split from my body and I floated through a couple dreamscapes. The creepiest one was my soul-self, with a distinctly male flavor, hovered around the closet and floated over the bed where my body slept with my husband. I woke up to see my soul-self above me, but now I'm seeing the dream through my soul-self. My soul-self tells my body how I would like certain body piercings, touching the areas and making me aroused. My body reached a hand upwards to touch my soul-self's face and I remember how blue my eyes were. Emapth, when I told him, said this sounded like an out-of-body experience and it made sense. Though with my body female and my soul-self male, I've been struggling to work out why this happened now.

Perfumed air

Woke up fairly early today - 8ish. The other exterminator hasn't called back yet. I'm going to the library shortly to pick up more books. I found a readable series by Alexis Morgan. Empath's fingers' skin is splitting and he's wearing bandages. It's so sad because there's nothing he can do to stop the skin cracking apart.

Laundry

Between my game play, I managed 4 loads of laundry today.

I have a house problem: mice. They invaded earlier this year after a vicious snowstorm and refuse to leave, even when asked politely. My husband, Empath, and I have tried pretty much everything there is to get rid of the fuckers - traps (glue and snap), poisoned bait, asking nicely, blasting Avril Lavigne's Let's Go with no results, other than many glue-stuck mice who were promptly drown in the toilet. Today was supposedly when the Orkin man would rescue us, but Empath had to work this morning and called to cancel the appointment. Empath wants to be home when any exterminators come calling. The price from Orkin is between $800 - $1000 for the whole house. Now, we're trying to contact other pest control companies to get a lesser estimate, but no one has called back. Guess what I get to do tomorrow. *sigh*

The first post

A new blog for my real life stuff, something separate from my RuneScape blog. I had so much to say in my head today, but I can't recall one bit of it now!