Monday Evening Open Thread – Always check

Hello everyone reading, or in the case of some, pretending to read, my Joycean (lack of talent notwithstanding) flow of consciousness is here again to hopefully entertain you.  First, Orson is struggling to adapt to the passing of Noir, lots of just sitting and staring, a lot less energetic, still in the grieving process.  We have started the very slow process of trying to bring the downstairs bunnies upstairs, to give her company and to consolidate our chores and to make cleaning easier.  This has not gone well so far, we are going to have to go very, very slowly.  For anyone who thinks rabbits are docile, try introducing rabbits to each other, fur, teeth and nails will fly (we did cut their nails before trying this as it ends up better for everyone) if they feel their territory is being trespassed on by other rabbits.

Enough of the Fury of the Fur, what I want to bring up is the rituals you do when you return home after a trip.  Lower the AC or raise the heat is a given, bringing in the cans from the street, going through the mail, and getting rid of the mold farms in the fridge, that sort of thing.  After this last trip, I am going to add at least one more, checking the fucking toilet for spider webs before I sit down.  I admit I was in a bit of a rush after a really long flight, but a week seems like a very short time for the spiders in the house to build webs in ALL the toilet bowls.  I assume they did so because with us gone, the toilets became the only source of water in the house for the bugs, so the spiders trapped the water hole.  Go spiders!  Just not in the toilet, doorways, or in cabinets where I will be walking or sitting.  Was quite a rude surprise.  This summer has been hot and very moist, so the insect population is exploding as NC is turning into FL, both politically and weather wise.  Hot, humid, daily thunderstorms that clear up in the evening.  Just horrible.

Anyway, I am so looking forward to Monday Night Football, plus the football season in general for a variety of reasons, mainly so that Monday’s will not suck so damn much and the end of summer is nigh!