Sunshine, Writing, Wings, and Beer!
So, I
went to the park today. It’s beautiful here. It’s my day off from work, and the
weatherman must have taken pity on me because it’s the only day this week that’s
supposed to be in any way, shape or form nice. It’s a gorgeous 25 degrees C
outside, with just the right amount of breeze blowing. There are a few clouds
in the sky, and the look like giant bits of whipped cream, and they are taking
their time in lazily crossing the sky.
The park
is pretty much deserted. It’s one of the few parks here that are usually empty.
I think I made a good choice in coming to this one today. I haven’t really gone
anywhere solo since we moved here nearly two years ago. There is another park a
little way from this one and it has this really silly little water
fountain/play place that all the little kids love. But, I’m enjoying this one.
It’s wide and spacious and full of green grass (if a little damp) with a
baseball field, and walking trails. The Mattagami runs along one side of it and
this cute little lady just walked past with her two handsome dogs to go play in
the water. A gaggle of daycare kids just made their way down on the walking
paths looking for all the world like little ducklings and goslings following
the grown up ducks and swans. Oh, look. There’s a woman walking her husky, who’s
panting really heavily. As warm as it is for me, I can only imagine how the
fur-clad animals must feel.
So, here
I am dressed in shorts, tank top and my Eddie Bauer sun hat. I look like I
belong down South somewhere as opposed to being stuck (temporarily) in the
Great White North of Northern Ontario.
My
bottle of water has long since ceased being cold. It’s rather warm but still
refreshing. I wish I had bought a bigger serving of Greek salad. It was really
quite good and clearly not enough. Olives and feta cheese in salad dressing
with cherry tomatos, green pepper and cucumber?! Good gods, yes! Every day of
my life, please!! I also bought mashed potato salad that had cheese, bacon and
green onion in it. I’m trying to be Very Good and not eat the rest of it until
supper time.
My only
complaint about being outside is the bugs.
"Goddammit Jim, I’m a writer not an
exterminator!!!"
They’re everywhere!! Grasshoppers, flies, June bugs and ants …
I’ve lost count of how many of these little green things with wings I’ve batted
off my legs! And the mosquito’s this year are beyond awful! They don’t just
appear one after the other to be a constant nuisance. Oh no, they’re too smart
for that this year. If they just appeared one at a time you might have some
hope of doing battle with them. Oooooohhhh, no. This year they arrived in
SWARMS! Dev and I went for a run last night with a friend of ours and her
little dog, too (no, she isn’t named Toto. It’s Rosie) and I tell you there was
a constant cloud of at least 10 of those little blood sucking bastards
following each of us for the entire time we were out! Of course, Sky had
hairspray in her hair and I stupidly wore a somewhat bright blue sweatshirt so
it kinda serves us right but you don’t understand … THEY BIT ME THROUGH MY
CLOTHES!!!
THROUGH.MY.CLOTHES!!
When I got home I didn't know if
I wanted to strip and shower first, or strip and scratch!!
The rest of my day was pretty
splendid. I picked up some movies – one for Dev (The A-Team) and one for me
(The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy), an iTunes card to buy some more music,
and then we went out for supper! It’s been pretty a lovely day, I have to say.
Right now, I’m catching up on the
last bit of the Hitchhiker Guide. It’s one of the better movies in my collection
and I've read all the books. The first and second were probably my favorites.
After that the series took a decidedly sad, downward and depressing turn. I
read them, of course, but I can’t say I really enjoyed them as much as I did
other ones. But this movie … it makes me giggle. There are some really great
lines, and the casting is downright brilliant – most British movies tend to
rather fantastic jobs when it comes to casting. I’m nearing the end of it now,
Arthur’s just figured out that Earth was built (by Bill Nighy) and paid for by
mice and discovering that he loves our beloved Trillian and wants to be with
her.
Once it’s over, it’s time for
bed.
I just heard on the radio in the past couple of days...it seems those flying buggers are attracked more to O-neg blood types. Sucks for me. I want to create a tent that you can slip in to, that hovers about 6 inches off your body at all times, so they can't get to you...dang em, dang it...but that extra 6 inches all around, well...it'll make this blimp feel like a swollen, overly inflated blimp...
ReplyDeletesigh. Nope, can't win.
JF in the Big-O
Ohh, you might be on to something there!
ReplyDeleteAlso, this is probably a good time to figure out what blood type I am ...
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