Dept. of Working Weekends

[kaffy_r]

 Cleveland, Ho!

Off to Cleveland tomorrow morning; have to get up at 3:45, yay. Wish me luck, folks. 

Nothing else much to say, except that I've neglected my exercises, battled mouth sores (mostly successfully) and screamed like a screaming thing last night when I felt something on my leg while I was reading, looked down and saw a huge fucking hornet. Kicked it off, screamed some more, and was very glad BB was able to kill it. He said it was on its last legs anyways; I'm not so sure. And how the HELL did it get into the house? In April?

Ah well; to bed now for a few hours.

Comments

[cygnia]

Good luck in Cleveland! Check out West Side market if you can... :)

[kaffy_r]

Thanks, if we have some time free from this union meeting, maybe we can sneak out and do just that!

[shanghaied]

Eep! You were lucky your kick and BB's follow-up) was successful. Horrid things!

I've always had a horror of European wasps. But the ones that were accidentally introduced down here (via shipping, presumably) are something else altogether - a blessedly inoffensive something else. Unlike European ones, who chase you down the street and then lie in wait or, y'know, leave a bee's head at the foot of your bed to let you know they haven't forgot about you, the Victorian Apologetic Wasp (Vespa victorianis paenitentis, as I call 'em) neither attacks nor chases unless you happen to stumble into a whole nestful. I used to run like hells (allergic!) when I saw one, but years ago one flew straight into my forehead and did a wasp version of 'oops, sorry about that' before flying off. I was so amazed, especially after this had happened a number of times, that I gave them the above name. To this day, when I'm working in the garden and one of two are around, I ignore them without fretting.

[kaffy_r]

Oh, lord - wasps. While I maintain that hornets are altogether the most awful of the stinging insects, wasps run a close second. i'm glad that the ones that showed up down there are relatively inoffensive. And if you're allergic, it has to be such a relief. I love your name for them.

or, y'know, leave a bee's head at the foot of your bed to let you know they haven't forgot about you,

I snorfled.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

3:45 is crazy early. Have a safe trip!

Oh my god, I would have screamed my face off too if I had found a hornet on my leg. I'm glad you didn't get stung and it was successfully killed!

[kaffy_r]

Yeah, 3:45 was really too early. So I got up a 4 a.m. instead. Heh. And now I'm in Cleveland and I am a stone-cold sleep-deprived wreck.

[maruad.livejournal.com]

Have fun in Cleveland. Maybe they will burn the river in your honour.

Disclaimer, I am a Steelers fan so my tendency to refer to Cleveland as the mistake by the lake is a result of the company I keep. I am sure there are many fine people in Cleveland and much to recommend the place.

[kaffy_r]

Last night, just before we went to sleep, Bob and I sang the first verse of Randy Newman's song about Cleveland ("city of lights, city of magic ... burn on, great river, burn on.)

And you're the second person I've talked to today who calls Cleveland the Mistake by the Lake.

I thought about going to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but I probably won't have time to do that. I'll be too busy giving reports, trying to get the hotel to print at least one of them out, and lobbying people about the need for money. Argh.

[mack-the-spoon.livejournal.com]

I would have screamed bloody murder, too!

As I did two nights ago when I walked blithely into the bathroom to change the cat's water only to turn around and see a scorpion on the floor over which I'd just stepped. I think it, too, was on its last legs. Either way, I was thankful that Namarie found something heavy to kill it with. First time we've ever had a scorpion in the house - and I very much hope it was the last!

[kaffy_r]

Oh. My. Lord. A scorpion???? You have me topped by a country mile! I think I might have just frozen in place - or fainted. Augh. And kudos to namarie for being able to help it shuffle off this mortal coil. I, too, hope you don't ever see another one in your house.

[eaweek.livejournal.com]

ARGH about the hornet--so glad you didn't get stung!

One of my best internet friends lives in Cleveland. After he visited Rhode Island last year, he told me, "you live in God's country out there. " Hope all goes well for you!

[kaffy_r]

I'm so glad, too; all I could think was "Hornets aren't like bees! They can sting you again and again and --aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..."

[thisbluespirit]

Good luck, then! ;-)

[kaffy_r]

Thanks; the good luck is very much appreciated!