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[geekchick]

Yesterday in review:

• Whined a bit about feeling like I wasted most of my vacation.
  
• Gave myself a kick in the butt to stop whining and went over to check out Ellanor C. Lawrence Park where I spent a while walking around about two and a half miles of the trails there.
  
• Ran into (almost literally) a pretty little Eastern ribbon snake next to the creek there. Am proud of myself for not freaking right the hell out. (Where I grew up, most snakes I came across were cottonmouths and so snakes automatically make me nervous at first glance.) Not sure which of the two of us was more surprised; it ran off before I could get the camera back out. It did remind me though that perhaps I should keep a closer eye on where I was stepping since we do have copperheads.
  
• While enjoying my walk, I completely failed to remember that I needed to go pick up my CSA veggies. Oops. Oh well, the only thing I'm missing is the Cushaw pumpkin, everything else on the list we've still got plenty of. I could try to pick them up on Sunday, but I think the pickup time at the farm is around the same time as the movie at AFI. Movie wins.
  
• Went duckpin bowling and scored the greatest complete fluke shot EVAR: the ball was clearly headed for the gutter, so I turned my back to go pick up another and try again; when I turned around, all ten pins were all gone. Apparently it hit the gutter and bounced in such a way that it hit some pins which proceeded to knock over all the rest as they fell. w00t! Accidental strike! Unfortunately after three hours of bowling, my wrist and shoulder were killing me and those fabulous bowling shoes didn't do much good for my plantar fasciitis. Worth it though, it was fun.
  

Comments

[easy-living.livejournal.com]

Pumpkin? We get pumpkin this week?

Glad you had fun with the duckpin bowling - we've gone to that place a few times now and I like it a whole lot better than regular bowling. Easier on the wrists and a lot less dangerous to the fingernails, plus I can use the same bowls as everyone else rather than being very visibly The Wimp With The Kiddie Bowls. However, skittles still wins by virtue of being played in pubs accompanied by a pint or several.

[easy-living.livejournal.com]

Oh and I forgot to say...

EEEEEEEEK! SNAKE!
(I don't care whether it's theoretically harmless, it's a freaking snake! Snakes are not common where I grew up thus I never developed an immunity to the perfectly natural EEEEEEK IT'S A FREAKING SNAKE response.)

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Ah, see, snakes are non-existent (outside of zoos and occasional sad smuggled beasties caught in customs) where I grew up, but my default reaction would have been "SQUEEEEEE! A SNAAAAAAAKE! CUUUUUUUTE!" But I have a thing for wee (or not so wee) scaly beasties.

I'm a touch jealous, really, while our neighborhood is remarkably Wildlife Central for anything furred or feathered this far inside the beltway, the one thing we seem to be in short supply of are herptiles -- and I would so love to have to have wee snakies or frogs or toads about, if I weren't worried that the dogs would hunt them...