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back in the land of the... um
Jul. 1st, 2009 07:42 amThe land of the living? I'm not sure that fits, seeing as Mirror Lake was plenty alive when I was there--alive as in active, not alive as in a body of sentient water, although that would've been pretty darn amazing in itself. Ooooh. Don't even start, brain. Well. Start, but not just yet. I've got an entry to write. :)
Anyhow. this's just to let people know that yes, the Mirror Lake trip happened, it was pretty flipping amazing - 37 geocaches in three days! Tent camping! Bookworming it while getting some rare sun time in... er, well. I wasn't so thrilled about the getting a tan part of things at the start, but it wasn't all that terribly bad, really. Half a dozen Tesla references/invocations, expected and otherwise, coming out of nowhere!* Ahem. I'll stop with the exclamation pointy list, now. :)
Anyway. There was a wonderful camping trip in the offing, and there was mother and daughter tooling around Wisconsin Dells and surrounding areas in search of many, many geocaches, and there was much hanging out in an air conditioned house by a certain fluffy dog; he stayed home with Dad and Jolie, since there wasn't much room in the tent for his fuzzy butt. As a side note: Bosco reacted to Scooter and Lily, Allie's kitties, about the same way he's reacted to every other kitty he's ever met. He sniffed them every so often, they walked away, he went back to whatever he'd been doing. Good labbydog.** Then there was coming back to Waupun, which meant great loads of post-camping trip laundry, fun fun fun. It also meant strawberry picking, which made me all warm and fuzzy as I'd missed strawberry season for various reasons for the last couple years. Mmm, strawberries. I need to find a 'pick your own rhubarb' place now.
and now I'm back here, still job hunting, still apartment hunting, but fairly happy all the same. My basil plant is down a couple sprigs, as after the scheduling meeting last night I caught a lift with Rachel, and so had the opportunity to give her her share. She ended up taking some catnip home as well, as her other half has three kitties. they must have *loved* her when she came home last night, between smelling like bosco and the catnip she was carrying. I wonder what Gilly thought of it all... anyhow.***
Feeling rather icky, must go shower. then must take the trash out. Then... apartment-searchy things again. whee!
*The more I hear about Tesla, the more warm fuzzies random references are starting to give me. I totally blame most of this on the bar; between Ray and the bright version of Tesla in the game (and the dark one too, though for different reasons), I'm curious now. You can bet I did a doubletake when a Six Flags advert came on the radio and the first words I heard were someone identifying himself as Tesla broadcasting from 1886! In a rather bad accent, at that. As for the expected reference... that deserves it's own post. It'll get one, too.
**Allie had air conditioner issues, so dropped her cats round at my parents' place while someone was in repairing things. Lily's an orange fuzzy who looks almost exactly like Ginger from Touched By a Paw, Scooter's a grey tabby. Much, much relatively shy cuteness. Dad had a zoo to deal with that day, and I was jealous, Mirror Lake trip or no. :)
***Gilly=Rachel's small fluffy black dog. He's about the size of Bosco's head, but he's much more the alpha than the mellow yellow's ever been.
Anyhow. this's just to let people know that yes, the Mirror Lake trip happened, it was pretty flipping amazing - 37 geocaches in three days! Tent camping! Bookworming it while getting some rare sun time in... er, well. I wasn't so thrilled about the getting a tan part of things at the start, but it wasn't all that terribly bad, really. Half a dozen Tesla references/invocations, expected and otherwise, coming out of nowhere!* Ahem. I'll stop with the exclamation pointy list, now. :)
Anyway. There was a wonderful camping trip in the offing, and there was mother and daughter tooling around Wisconsin Dells and surrounding areas in search of many, many geocaches, and there was much hanging out in an air conditioned house by a certain fluffy dog; he stayed home with Dad and Jolie, since there wasn't much room in the tent for his fuzzy butt. As a side note: Bosco reacted to Scooter and Lily, Allie's kitties, about the same way he's reacted to every other kitty he's ever met. He sniffed them every so often, they walked away, he went back to whatever he'd been doing. Good labbydog.** Then there was coming back to Waupun, which meant great loads of post-camping trip laundry, fun fun fun. It also meant strawberry picking, which made me all warm and fuzzy as I'd missed strawberry season for various reasons for the last couple years. Mmm, strawberries. I need to find a 'pick your own rhubarb' place now.
and now I'm back here, still job hunting, still apartment hunting, but fairly happy all the same. My basil plant is down a couple sprigs, as after the scheduling meeting last night I caught a lift with Rachel, and so had the opportunity to give her her share. She ended up taking some catnip home as well, as her other half has three kitties. they must have *loved* her when she came home last night, between smelling like bosco and the catnip she was carrying. I wonder what Gilly thought of it all... anyhow.***
Feeling rather icky, must go shower. then must take the trash out. Then... apartment-searchy things again. whee!
*The more I hear about Tesla, the more warm fuzzies random references are starting to give me. I totally blame most of this on the bar; between Ray and the bright version of Tesla in the game (and the dark one too, though for different reasons), I'm curious now. You can bet I did a doubletake when a Six Flags advert came on the radio and the first words I heard were someone identifying himself as Tesla broadcasting from 1886! In a rather bad accent, at that. As for the expected reference... that deserves it's own post. It'll get one, too.
**Allie had air conditioner issues, so dropped her cats round at my parents' place while someone was in repairing things. Lily's an orange fuzzy who looks almost exactly like Ginger from Touched By a Paw, Scooter's a grey tabby. Much, much relatively shy cuteness. Dad had a zoo to deal with that day, and I was jealous, Mirror Lake trip or no. :)
***Gilly=Rachel's small fluffy black dog. He's about the size of Bosco's head, but he's much more the alpha than the mellow yellow's ever been.
