So the puppy needed to go run amok at 5am; a heavy work load currently means she’s been a bit neglected and the boredom has built up. So out she went into the yard, a neon pink flashing circlet around her neck–have you ever tried to find a black dog in the dark?? Then the little old mini schnauzer wanted to go out as well.
Twenty minutes later, every one is inside, given a cookie, and taken back up to bed. I lay down and the 5am questions began: how screwed up is my shoulder/neck tonight? Should I take an advil or a muscle relaxant or will I be able to fall back asleep? If I do take a pill, I will have to eat something, and while I’m contemplating the idea of wandering back downstairs to joylessly eat a few saltines, Jeffrey (the schnauzer) prompted an entirely new set of questions: Where does he GET the damned spiders and why has he put one on my face!!!
This is a recurring question, sadly. I swept the spider off, turned the lights back on, and cleared my sheets of an annoyed wolf spider. Then I took the dog back downstairs and removed the other spider clinging to his fur. This is the second time Jeffrey has come in from the yard in the middle of the night wearing spiders that he generously shares with me.
I am going to have to institute a spider check at the door, to go along with the other procedures: no sticks? No rocks? Feet not too muddy? Did you roll in something I don’t want to smell in the house? Are you wearing spiders???
I am very grateful to not be alarmed by spiders.
Still fighting the revision, though I’m hopeful that once I get through chapters 18-22, matters will get easier. No snippet today though.
Listening to Meg Myers’ Take Me to the Disco. So far, a lot of powerful songs. My favorites are probably Jealous Sea, Little Black Death, and Funeral. Also listening to Kandle and really liking her as well. Discovered her via July Talk’s Peter Dreimanis doing backing vocals for When My Body Breaks.
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