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Monday, August 23, 2004

more snippets

1. Tonight while I was washing dishes, I put my hair in a bun and stabbed a pencil through it, because I couldn't find one of my five bazillion scrunchies. I haven't done this since high school. It made me feel all young. There was a guy who used to sit behind me in chemistry class who would steal the pencil from my hair. ah, memories.
   
   
2. We went to my dad's tonight for his birthday party. The highlight of the visit for the kids was The Walk. Why do people say there's nothing to do in the country? In one short excursion my kids walked barefoot on an unpaved road(carefully circumnavigating the cow pies), had their shadows traced on the road with sticks, and drew "traps" in the dust with their sticks to catch their grandpa, who had to break out of said traps by drawing lines across them with his stick. Fun stuff, I tell ya.
   
   
3. In keeping with the rural theme, here are some of the items (probably about half the content) from last week's sheriff's report in our local paper.
   • A call reporting a truck full of chickens with smoking brakes was received from the highway in [outlying area].
   • A call reporting cows mooing strangely and sounding worried was received from [development].
   • A call from Elizabeth Lane in [outlying area] reported a dangerous coyote growling under a trailer.
   • A mountain lion and two cubs were spotted at the water's edge at Lake M______.
   • A call reporting loud music was received from Ramsden Road.
   • A barking dog complaint was received from the 5100 block of Hillside Drive.
   • A report of trespassing by two kids swimming in a horse trough was received from Old Highway and Yaqui Gulch.
   • A call reporting a rattlesnake in a dog house was received from the 4000 block of Old Highway.
   • A request for an ambulance to respond to a scorpion bite was received from the 5200 block of Davis Road.
   • A call describing a "lab wreaking havoc" was received from Granite Springs Road. (at first I thought this was referring to a meth lab, which are a common hazard in these here parts, but just now I realized it's referring to a dog. I think.)
   • A report of unfed goats was received from the 5200 block of Colorado Road. (note: all the references to "blocks" are a joke. Because... there ARE no blocks.)
   • A call reporting a rattlesnake in a living room was received from the 5100 block of Lakeview Road.
   • A call reporting a loose bull was received from the 5000 block of Silva Road.
   And people say nothing ever happens here. Sheesh.
   
   
4. I was getting into bed a half hour or so ago and something cut my foot. I reached down expecting to find a pencil, and instead found a long, sharp bamboo shish ke bob skewer. T had been using it to repair a camera. (SHUT UP.) He muttered an unintelligible apology in his sleep when I explained why I shrieked. Is he trying to kill me, do you think? Is there something I should know here?

And that's enough randomness from me for tonight. I'm going to go brave the bed again. Maybe with the lights on, though.

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