Yeah, I found a pitfall to all this recent activity.
Last night, I locked myself out of the house.
Usually, this is not a big deal. I have an extra key hidden and just go grab it. However, I cleaned and reorganized the carport. Oh crap where is the key now? I don't know, maybe I can find an extra in my car or did I hide it in a new place?
I had been on my way to the neighbor's house to spend some quality time with their dog. As soon as I stepped outside I could hear him barking. They are 2 houses down. I had grabbed a flashlight to make the walk over to their back door in the dark. It was 8:30 - yeah, it's getting dark early again. :(
Armed with just a flashlight, a dim flashlight, I began tearing the carport, car and surrounding area apart looking for the key. I remembered that my neighbor has a key, and decided to ask her for the key before it got too late - I knocked twice, but even though I could hear her TV, there was no answer. I had my cell phone and I contemplated calling my parents to come out with a spare, but I pictured my mom sleeping on the couch and dad snoozing in his chair and ruled that idea out. Back to tearing the carport apart. The whole time I was thinking, where had I hidden the key and where did I put the hiding place? Garbage? Ooo, didn't want to think about that! DId I put it in the window boxes in front? Under a brick? Digging in leaves and dirt revealed nothing. No to both. Did it fall behind the metal rack when I was cleaning the shelves? I grab a piece of wood and start pulling debris out of the back of the racks. Yikes, big bugs and lots of leaves. It was dark and hard to see so I was listening for the sound of a key on the cement. Nothing.
I am thinking I will need to pull out the rack in order to get a good look. I shut off the flashlight in order to save batteries and begin pulling paint cans off the racks in order to lighten the rack for moving. Then I start pulling my containers full of my newly organized carport clutter down off the racks too. That's when I remembered! I had stored it in a empty planter! Now where was the empty planter? Logic tells me it would be in with my gardening clutter. Wah-Lah! I found it at the bottom of the rubbermaid container! What a relief. I was making so much noise searching I was beginning to think the neighbors would call the cops. This whole time, the dog, Duke, was still barking up a storm - I am thinking he could hear me and was sounding off.
Well, now I am too flustered to be able to sit, relax and watch TV with the neighbor's dog, but Sadie and I go over there anyway. We didn't stay long. Just long enough to stop his barking and let him out for awhile. Then I headed back home, curled up on my couch and did some knitting. When I let Sadie out later, I could hear Duke barking again. Well, that answered that question, he wasn't barking at me!
You would think I would learn from this, but no, I cleaned and organized the guestroom last night too. I have company coming next weekend and it needed to be done. Next weekend is the Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival. Kristi and I have volunteered to work there, signed up for a class, and plan on attending.
Today is supposed to be warm and sunny. It is noon, and I am sitting on the deck, drinking my coffee and enjoying the outdoors. It is cool still, no sign of the 77 degrees it is supposed to get up to today. Sadie and Mister are terrorizing the chipmunks and all is peaceful here.
Update on cats: I finally gave up and put the litter box in my room. Ever since, things have been fine. I do not like having the box in my room, in fact, I hate it. But it is better than cleaning up messes twice a day right now.
I was mistaken on Julie and Ron's arrival date, it is tomorrow (Saturday) night. And the plan is still for them to come from Houston. Hopefully, I can visit with them on Sunday and find out how they did with Ike.
All for now, the hammock may be this afternoons destination, rather than the book signing in Houghton Lake. A full pot of coffee has not improved my ambition for today. :)
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