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(Disease, pepperwood and rats) |
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May 19, 2020 |
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I can't complain about my life, in the spectrum of possible human |
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existence it's pretty great, but I will complain anyway. Last week was |
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rough, I'm not sure what the deal was, but I had some sort of low grade |
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illness happening. So I probably spent 3 out of the 5 days mostly staring |
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at my monitor and spacing out, drinking tea, and getting paid in-full for |
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it. |
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I felt much better during the weekend, so I rallied to take on a couple of |
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projects on the homestead. I cleaned out a rat infested shed. The two big |
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brown menaces scurried frantically looking for a hiding place while I held |
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a shovel at the ready to bludgeon them. Alas, I couldn't get a clear shot |
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at either of them, so I setup some traps and took a very long shower. It's |
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for the best, as much as I want a rat dead, I feel pretty conflicted after |
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committing the violent act by hand. |
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I also chipped branches from several California Bay trees I felled over |
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the past few months. They kicked up a powerful dust that caused any |
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exposed skin to itch. The dust managed to get past my mask and had my nose |
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running. I smelled bay and smelled like bay for days after. |
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All in all the week was miserable, but good. |
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