The Daily Rave

[early morning]

SiouzQ, that's awful, I hope he is better soon and that the other driver's insurance covers all expenses. What a terrible thing to have happen, and good that he was in a sturdy car!!

Klunick, a raccøøn once bit my sister... No realli! Glad that did not happen to you! Rabies shots aren't as bad as they used to be, but still.

[Klunick]

SiouzQ, that's awful, I hope he is better soon and that the other driver's insurance covers all expenses. What a terrible thing to have happen, and good that he was in a sturdy car!!

Klunick, a raccøøn once bit my sister... No realli! Glad that did not happen to you! Rabies shots aren't as bad as they used to be, but still.

What scared me more is that I had been debating whether or not to take a bag trash out with me to stick in the can. I would have certainly had a heart attack if I opened the lid and the raccoon popped out.

[catherine]

[QUOTE=Klunick;421393]I guess this could be considered a "rave". I survived my close encounter with a raccoon this morning. I was heading to my car at 0330 and just as I got there, a raccoon popped out of our garbage can. I looked at it and he looked at me. [/QUOT

The first thing I thought was, I wonder if a Jim Henson puppeteer was hiding in there! Made me think of Oscar the Grouch. Glad the raccoon wasn't too grouchy!!

[Klunick]

[QUOTE=catherine;421406]

I guess this could be considered a "rave". I survived my close encounter with a raccoon this morning. I was heading to my car at 0330 and just as I got there, a raccoon popped out of our garbage can. I looked at it and he looked at me. [/QUOT

The first thing I thought was, I wonder if a Jim Henson puppeteer was hiding in there! Made me think of Oscar the Grouch. Glad the raccoon wasn't too grouchy!!

A good meal and full belly probably helped his attitude. He didn't seem startled at all when he saw me so maybe people feed him regularly and "trash diving" is just for fun. I have to say, it has been a while since we've had raccoons in our cans. I've never seen them but I have seen the evidence when I throw stuff in them.

[beckyliz]

SiouzQ - so glad your husband survived! My DS was in a wreck in a 1999 Subaru Outback when he was in high school (2013). Pretty sure the airbags saved him from major injuries. I now have a 2014 Forester and am Team Subaru 4 Ever.

[Tradd]

Did a copy editing project the last two evenings. It’s a field report of underwater archaeology on Lake Michigan shipwrecks for the WI Historical Society. My WI diving instructor is one of their maritime archaeologists. I get credit in the acknowledgments. I volunteered to do it. Fascinating reading I would have done anyway. My work schedule doesn’t permit me to volunteer as a diver, but I can certainly contribute this way. I told instructor to see me over anything else she needs read/edited. She’s the one who suggested I work on the two rebreather manuals over this winter. Death by a thousand apostrophes. Lots of ‘s for plural. Argh!

[Teacher Terry]

So glad your husband is okay. Sometimes people survive horrendous accidents. When I was married to my last husband he was literally run over by a semi that pulled out in front of him on a highway. The only spot on the car that wasn’t totally crushed was where he was sitting. Because the semi pulled out across the lanes he went under and his Saturn literally peeled the roof back like an onion and shoved him out.

The cops said they thought they were going to a fatality. I made him go to the hospital but literally all he had was a sore shoulder. This was just a few months after we got married and had taken out joint life insurance.

[Klunick]

Slow boring day at work yesterday so I did what anyone would do... grab a pair of old dull scissors, head to the bathroom, and proceed to cut my bangs which were long and driving me nuts. It was one of the best jobs I've ever done on my bangs. They look fabulous!! Usually I hack the crap out of them and instantly regret doing it but not this tine.

[iris lilies]

Slow boring day at work yesterday so I did what anyone would do... grab a pair of old dull scissors, head to the bathroom, and proceed to cut my bangs which were long and driving me nuts. It was one of the best jobs I've ever done on my bangs. They look fabulous!! Usually I hack the crap out of them and instantly regret doing it but not this tine.

The self haircuts—sometimes we get a good “do” and sometimes, not so much. Good that this on went well!

[catherine]

It occurred to me that I am now in a position to play the "I'm elderly" card. Usually, I feel so good health wise, thankfully, that I go about my business as if I'm my younger self. But today I cheerfully used my age to get out of going to my volunteer post at the Flower Show.

We were supposed to get a lot of snow last night, and we did get snow, but I would say only 4". I have a gig this afternoon and tomorrow to introduce a couple of workshop speakers. I really don't want to travel the 45 minutes to the Exposition Center in the snow. A few years ago, I'd be out there, shoveling out the car, creeping down the interstate, and going to great lengths to honor my commitment.

So when the volunteer coordinator called to see how I'm doing up here, I told her, without guilt, that it is highly unlikely I'll be able to make it today--I'm nervous about the drive, I can't shovel the snow, I don't like driving in the dark--after all, I'm 71! Now, by this afternoon, roads should be fine. But heck--my son called me and advised me not to go, and I don't want to go. So I'm not going.

I will go tomorrow, because I've been looking forward to it and, really, there will be no more excuses after the roads are all plowed and the snow has stopped for 24 hours.