I’ve had a terrible week. Sleepy as all getout and unproductive as heck. I just now got all the camping pictures edited, all 197 of them.

Here’s one just for my mom.

It’s the universal but oh-so-secret “wave” to a biker you don’t know coming the other direction . I’ve been trying to capture it on film for a year!

I will write soon, all about the ride and camping and everything.  But for now I have been struck with a strange sort of fatigue symptoms, fog-like and almost to the point of narcolepsy.  A five minute spanse of me sitting still will find my head bobbing off to one side.  My limbs feel unusually heavy, but I’m not really sleepy..it’s so hard to explain.  I’m also having a hard time eating, I have absolutely  no appetite and eat morsels of things, grazing very lightly through the day just to keep fuel in my body.  I’m going to give it a day or two and then if it doesn’t subside I will see a professional I suppose.

More soon.

We had a really nice ride tonight. It was only about an hour long, which was good because Emma was on it with us. We were riding at sunset and the weather was cool, it was nice. We headed out of town and into the foothills a bit and then back down and ended at Gunther Toody’s. All 20 of us. Irritating that I called ahead this morning to warn them and yet when we got there they had nothing set up for us. Boo! We almost had to go all motorcycle club on them and start trashing the place but we didn’t.

A few pictures:

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I know, they all start looking the same after awhile.

I had to ride on a spare backseat which is always weird. It was the first time I’d ever been on a Harley and damn was it vibraty. I thought I had lost my ride home at one point cause my driver took off with our waitress.

But he came back, thank goodness.

While we were standing around outside someone came up to me from behind and said “I’m going to tell your mom the kind of people you’re hanging out with”. Eek! Turns out it was the daughter of a lady who has been my moms next door neighbor for about 44 years. (Kristen, mom) Crazy. We really are a motley looking crew when we’re all standing around together. lol

I forgot to post that Katie went on a ride with us last week.  Here’s the guy she rode with:

She had a good time even tho we took a wrong turn on the ride and got lost on a dirt road, and also got caught in a rainstorm.  Here we all are on the side of the road putting on rain gear.

Good initiation into the world of riding, I think.  I hope she goes with us again sometime.

Hope you all had a good hump day.  I did.

One of my damn cats loves us so much it deposited a dead bird on the floor of our bedroom today. I’m not sure how long it had been there because I took a shower, and then laid down for a bit, got up and did not put my glasses on right away and didn’t go back into the bedroom for a few hours. So technically it could have been there for like 4 hours, but for the sake of my sanity let’s say it was there about 30 seconds.

When I first noticed it, it was like one of those “I can’t be seeing what I’m seeing” moments and then I just freaked the hell out. I ran from the room flapping my arms and screaming. I had to take care of it myself because Mark wasn’t due home for a long time. (And in reality he’s just as squeamish as I am sometimes)

I actually took my glasses back off to clean it up, because then I couldn’t actually see it, it was just sort of a blob. I was so afraid the thing was going to move or worse, start flapping around inside the grocery bag. If any neighbors were out they had to have thought I was being murdered in here cause I was squealing the whole time.

I’m pretty sure it was Emo who did it, because of where it was left. Cats bring dead things in the house as a “gift”..this one was deposited very obviously on Mark’s side of the bed and Emo loves Mark more than anything.  They even cuddle together overnight, with Emo laying in the crook of Mark’s arm, with Mark’s arm around her.  Ridiculous.

I told Mark it’s all his fault anyway because up till now the birds have been too fast for the cats. But the other day we had some leftover donuts and Mark threw them out where the birds congregate in our backyard. I told him the donuts made the birds flabby and sluggish and now the cats are having an easier time.

Looks like we are going camping with the club this weekend. It’s an 800 round trip jaunt, so I will be driving a support vehicle rather than riding on the back of the bike. My ass cannot take 800 miles on the back of a bike, lemme tell you. So I will be hauling tents and pillows and coolers and such, and making dinner and breakfast for the gang too. Nothing fancy, maybe chili at night and some eggs and sausage in the morning. Could be fun.

We’re also having a ride tomorrow night, Mark is in charge of it because he is ready to move to the next level of Knight and he has to kick a ride to move up. Emma is going on this one with us, so I had to find an alternate backseat again. Blah.

Speaking of pests (weren’t we?) what the HELL is up with the pincher bugs this year? Every year it seems to be “something” and this year it must be pincher bugs. They are everywhere! I even found a dried up one on my clean cIothes I pulled out of the dryer. Gross. I guess I should just be glad it isn’t grasshoppers, cause you wouldn’t see me out of this house till October. In other pest news, I took a big swig of coffee this morning and there was a moth in it. Yes it went in my mouth. I thought it was the grossest thing that would happen to me all day, but that was before I found the bird.

Well, that’s about it.  I feel like I may be getting sick, a bit of an earache and the whole right side of my face is hurting so I am off to bed.  Night, y’all.

I had this post box open all evening last night, but never could really come up with anything to write. There’s ups and there’s downs and life marches on.

One good bit of news is that Daniel finally got his freaking driver’s license! Lordy be, that was a long time coming. He’s only 3 months away from being 21 years old for goodness sakes. I have to credit my sister for getting him over the hump, my mom had paid for a few lessons and I had taken him driving quite a few times but it was Cindi’s patience who seemed to finally get him over the hump and ready to take his test after just a couple of hours of driving practice.  He still needs some ongoing practice I think, but this is a huge step for him. It will open up some jobs and opportunities that have been shut for him in the past, and most importantly, it’s been a big boost for his esteem. Yay.

I have more to write but after I started writing this I got caught up in IM with one of my fly ladies, who moved to South Africa a few months ago. She’s very unhappy there and needed some company tonight.

I hope you are all having a good week so far and I will try to get back in here soon.