Summer is in full swing and 6/20 was the longest day of the year. We have daylight here from like 4:30am to 9:30pm, and I wouldn't say I'm manic, but I sure do stay busier and faster this time of year. I see @Nettdata into the gardens with Zoe, and @walt has been cultivating a wildflower patch. Anyone else with summertime projects? I'm looking forward to all the little summer festivals coming up in the next months. Today me and the fam went to a parade and festival. My kid collected half a shopping tote's worth of candy. Thanks kiddo! Happy Saturday to you all. Stay cool.
Yeah, the flower stuff I’m doing is mostly just fertilizing. The front lawn was the big project, and the insane amounts of mulch I’m still spreading around.
I was supposed to redo my parents' bathrooms, but it's been almost a year since they proposed this work and they have yet to make any movement on what they actually want done, so I suspect nothing will come of it this summer either.
Today was a marathon today in 90+ degree heat to get the mowing done. I started at around 10am and worked through the day, pausing to drink water and a shake for lunch. No time to sit down to eat. Im getting close to being done, watching the clock because my wife’s parents are coming for dinner. I need to get a shower before they arrive. Then the power goes out. Okay, I’ll get a little more work done. By the time I’m wrapping up I am dripping with sweat, praying for the power to come back on so I can get that shower. Then I hear a loud crash from the road, followed by immediate screaming. Kids screaming… mother fucker. I run to the house to call 911, my son is running out to check on me, so I tell him to call. My wife just pulled in the driveway, and she and I run across the yard to the crash. She’s got 20+ years as an emergency room nurse, teaches trauma stuff, and I’m a former paramedic. I see a kid bleeding, but I’m looking for the kid that’s worse off, because there’s people everywhere and I just know theres a dead or dying kid here. So she handles that while I figure out who else is hurt and how bad. Fortunately all but that one kid is just fine. Long story short, the cavalry arrives and while everyone seemed relatively okay, it’s a complete mess so the road is closed off for hours for the investigation. Allegedly one of the drivers took a bad turn after, but I don’t know that for sure. Meanwhile my in-laws were stuck up the road, so they visited my parents for a while until they could get here. One of the few medics on scene who still knows me asked if I missed it. “Fuck no,” I told him. I was fucking rattled, mostly by the kids’ screaming. A lot of alcohol was consumed in a short time after. It’s been 20 years since I left EMS, and, while once upon a time I would saunter into and handle a situation like that no problem. That part of me, that skill set and ability, which I thought was still there, seems to be no more. And that bugs the shit out of me right now. I have issues from the shit I’ve seen and done as it is, I guess we’ll just add this to the list. I don’t know, I guess I just needed to get that off my chest.
I want to build a duck blind at our pound. Been saving it the last two years. I actually got my tarpon before the 4th but this heatwave is brutal taking down my tomatoes. Need to get some more shade cloth. Wear your sunscreen ! Spoiler
The toilets in the UK are just the dumbest. What's with the rectangle seat? It's impossible to do a courtesy flush with the flush behind the lid but the most asinine feature is the water level. It's not a water saving feature as the toilet uses a metric ton of water when you flush it. Either these people have magic asses that drop the bomb perfectly into the hole or they like sitting in their own stench
Why is a moron from Oklahoma who was dumb enough to pack ammo in his travel luggage being treated like he’s a POW? He’s a fucking moron. Treat him that way.
Still not as dumb as the "poop shelf" toilet. In other news, JJ and I had a flying cockroach incident at 5 AM today. This problem was exacerbated by the fact that we have black floor-to-ceiling curtains that kept allowing it to hide. That woman has a sixth sense about roaches; she just snapped awake, saying that she heard something. I just wanted to go back to sleep, but she insisted, and she was right.
@dixiebandit69 that reminds me of getting bit in the face by a roach while I slept. Wish I had a 6th sense about roaches that day. Can anyone tell me what deer are doing this time of year? I have seen more roadkill and live ones grazing by the interstate these last couple weeks than ever before.
It's hot out and at least around here been dry. They're looking for food/water in areas that are unfamiliar to them.
Same way up here. We only have white tail here but I’ve never had so many close calls driving over a one-month period. And at car-heavy times of day, which they usually hate. And we’ve been having legit heatwaves.
Wellllll sitting at your market table in 100F weather is a fine time to discover that your lotion bars get a little sweaty at this temp. I'm glad to learn that at this little market and not a big event, I suppose.