Gross creatures, fishing, boating, and other exciting stuff
Okay, I've just had my first three bad experiences in my apartment and they all happened within an hour of each other! And all three involve bugs! This scares the shit out of me! First a spider in the bathroom, and the ceilings are so high so I couldn't get it for about a half hour until it came down lower, and the little ugliest grossest creepy thing was so active and exploring the whole fucking ceiling before coming down low enough to kill. Second, a spider in the living room on the windowsill of the one open window, and I discovered it literally two minutes after first finding the bathroom spider and when I went to shut the window - I killed it by smashing the little fucker with my shoe. And third, and perhaps most disturbing of all, was some kind of speedy little asshole with tons of little legs, and it was racing around under my coffeetable and almost got under my couch but I slammed a book down on top of it.
Motherfucker, this isn't boding well - right now I'm thinking about how I'm going to put clear tape around every one of the screens in the whole apartment, and I also noticed a little hole in the floor near the corner in the kitchen so I'm going to put clear tape over that, and I'm thinking about the millions of other ways that they can get in an older place like this - and it's scaring the fucking shit out of me! I just know I'm going to dream of spiders and creepy-crawly things tonight, and even now I can't stop searching every inch of the room with my eyes!
But before discovering the spiders and centipede thing, I had a wonderful, fabulous day! Work was fun, and The Silly gave me a couple tickets to an opera that's playing tomorrow night at Ravinia, and the seats are amazing!!! I'm so ridiculously excited! I've never been to Ravinia and also never seen an opera, so it's going to be just perfect! But I'll be able to talk more about that tomorrow night, and post some pictures of Ravinia as well, of course. :) Yay! Oh, and The German thankfully said he'd go with me so I didn't have to search around for a date and feel like a loser.
Well anyway, around 2:30 in the afternoon The Meat, Freckles and I all headed over to the lake to do some fishing! It was absolutely the most perfect weather ever, around 70 degrees, perfectly sunny skies and a light breeze. I love love love that we got to go out and enjoy the day! And after a little while, Florida was able to get away and meet us, which I just loved! We all fished for a long time with two rods, but the fish weren't very hungry - but I caught one, a beautiful little Rock Bass! It actually didn't give any fight at all so I think maybe it wasn't very healthy. We of course threw it back, but not before I posed with it for a picture! I was a complete wuss though, and embarrassingly squealed like a little girl when I tried to hold it (and only with thumb and forefinger in its mouth). But I caught it and did finally manage to hold it! And even though we didn't catch any other fish, it was the best time just being with them all and being outside in the sun and by the water. [I've tried forever to put a picture of the rock bass in, but blogger is just fucking it up again. I'll try later to put it in, and a couple other pictures that I wanted to put in as well.]
And afterward, I walked back to work with The Meat and we got a chance to chat for a bit, which was very good because I could tell that something was bothering him and I was able to be a friend and just listen, and he was able to get it out. So even though it's nothing I can help him with at all (it's issues with his children), I hope that I helped a little by letting him talk about it. But I'm still bothered, because I just want him to be happy and I hate when something is weighing on him and making him feel blue. He deserves only the very best and to be happy and content and feel joy often. I wish I could do more to give him that.
Anyway, I left after just a bit to meet The German, who left work very early to get downtown at just after 5 p.m. And we went out on his boat! How fun was my day!?!! We motored out a little way and then put up the sails, but there was no wind so after awhile of waiting we motored out much further and again tried to sail, and again nothing. So we relied on the trusty motor and we buzzed all around - down near Oak Street Beach and over to North Avenue, and then back towards the harbor. We were out for over three hours, and it was such fun and just so incredibly cool to go out on a boat for a few hours after work! And the views are just amazing - Chicago is so pretty! Near the end, when the sun was completely down, I was freezing my ass off so I was so happy when we were safely back in the harbor. So - I still h
aven't sailed, but soon I will! The wind just has to cooperate a little!
Okay, so it was a very fun day! And I also talked to My Wonderful Friend Benji (MWFB) for a couple hours during the day, and even though he wasn't having a good day at all I was so happy to talk to him and be there for him. And tomorrow I am just so incredibly excited about the opera and about our fabulous seats in the pavilion, and about taking the metra and just about everything! I love having things to look forward to!
And now I'm going to get ready for bed, but I think I'm going to have to read something very happy in bed or else I won't be able to fall asleep for fear of fucking spiders and huge centipedes crawling in my bed - oh God, the idea is so awful I can't even possibly express it.
Motherfucker, this isn't boding well - right now I'm thinking about how I'm going to put clear tape around every one of the screens in the whole apartment, and I also noticed a little hole in the floor near the corner in the kitchen so I'm going to put clear tape over that, and I'm thinking about the millions of other ways that they can get in an older place like this - and it's scaring the fucking shit out of me! I just know I'm going to dream of spiders and creepy-crawly things tonight, and even now I can't stop searching every inch of the room with my eyes!
But before discovering the spiders and centipede thing, I had a wonderful, fabulous day! Work was fun, and The Silly gave me a couple tickets to an opera that's playing tomorrow night at Ravinia, and the seats are amazing!!! I'm so ridiculously excited! I've never been to Ravinia and also never seen an opera, so it's going to be just perfect! But I'll be able to talk more about that tomorrow night, and post some pictures of Ravinia as well, of course. :) Yay! Oh, and The German thankfully said he'd go with me so I didn't have to search around for a date and feel like a loser.
Well anyway, around 2:30 in the afternoon The Meat, Freckles and I all headed over to the lake to do some fishing! It was absolutely the most perfect weather ever, around 70 degrees, perfectly sunny skies and a light breeze. I love love love that we got to go out and enjoy the day! And after a little while, Florida was able to get away and meet us, which I just loved! We all fished for a long time with two rods, but the fish weren't very hungry - but I caught one, a beautiful little Rock Bass! It actually didn't give any fight at all so I think maybe it wasn't very healthy. We of course threw it back, but not before I posed with it for a picture! I was a complete wuss though, and embarrassingly squealed like a little girl when I tried to hold it (and only with thumb and forefinger in its mouth). But I caught it and did finally manage to hold it! And even though we didn't catch any other fish, it was the best time just being with them all and being outside in the sun and by the water. [I've tried forever to put a picture of the rock bass in, but blogger is just fucking it up again. I'll try later to put it in, and a couple other pictures that I wanted to put in as well.]
And afterward, I walked back to work with The Meat and we got a chance to chat for a bit, which was very good because I could tell that something was bothering him and I was able to be a friend and just listen, and he was able to get it out. So even though it's nothing I can help him with at all (it's issues with his children), I hope that I helped a little by letting him talk about it. But I'm still bothered, because I just want him to be happy and I hate when something is weighing on him and making him feel blue. He deserves only the very best and to be happy and content and feel joy often. I wish I could do more to give him that.
Anyway, I left after just a bit to meet The German, who left work very early to get downtown at just after 5 p.m. And we went out on his boat! How fun was my day!?!! We motored out a little way and then put up the sails, but there was no wind so after awhile of waiting we motored out much further and again tried to sail, and again nothing. So we relied on the trusty motor and we buzzed all around - down near Oak Street Beach and over to North Avenue, and then back towards the harbor. We were out for over three hours, and it was such fun and just so incredibly cool to go out on a boat for a few hours after work! And the views are just amazing - Chicago is so pretty! Near the end, when the sun was completely down, I was freezing my ass off so I was so happy when we were safely back in the harbor. So - I still h
aven't sailed, but soon I will! The wind just has to cooperate a little!Okay, so it was a very fun day! And I also talked to My Wonderful Friend Benji (MWFB) for a couple hours during the day, and even though he wasn't having a good day at all I was so happy to talk to him and be there for him. And tomorrow I am just so incredibly excited about the opera and about our fabulous seats in the pavilion, and about taking the metra and just about everything! I love having things to look forward to!
And now I'm going to get ready for bed, but I think I'm going to have to read something very happy in bed or else I won't be able to fall asleep for fear of fucking spiders and huge centipedes crawling in my bed - oh God, the idea is so awful I can't even possibly express it.
