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With the cooler weather, our heating/ac system has been off, and it smells weird in here. I’m sure the walls of the house are filled with dead bats and such, and it creeps me out.

Anyway, we are doing some extra cleaning, but the windows have all been open since Tuesday night as well. It’s 63 degrees in the house. As I type this, I’m cold. Cold! Naturally cold! I’m so happy. 😀 Bundled up and sipping hot coffee – ahhhhhh…

One of my boys came in looking morose yesterday. I asked him if he was ok and he shook his head.

"Are you sad?" 
"No, I'm mad." 
"Why?" 
".....because my Dad's birthday is before mine and I want to go first."

............um. That was a new one. Good thing we talk about the earth going around the sun and months and all that. I hope he'll get over it. He's a bright kid - he knows about primary and 'secondberry' colors.

The pirate bugs are back.

Do you know about pirate bugs? They are tiny little insects that only seem to appear in early fall. They don’t sting – they bite. They have a tiny, painful little bite that serves no purpose except to find out if people are food. They stick around until it gets colder and then they’re gone. Where have they been the rest of the summer?

Anyway, the problem is that our mornings are nice and cool, so we’re all wearing long sleeves, but in the afternoon our arms are getting attacked by these weirdos.

Oh well, at least it’s a sign that it’s getting cooler.

https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/2017/10/minute-pirate-bugs-are-biting-argh

I’m back in Nebraska. Going out and coming back, my connections were tight enough that I made mental back-up plans to just drive the second half of the trip, but God was good and I made it to the gate(s) just as boarding began. (Last night I ‘ran’ through Concourse B at Denver – gate 8 to gate 58. Apparently that concourse is 4,200 feet long. I can’t find an updated map that shows the ‘new’ end where gate 8 is, but it was end-to-end and it wasn’t pretty.)

All flights were blessedly free of turbulence, and that was great. It was awesome spending time with my Dad, and I wish it could have been longer. We got to get him to his new doctor for a very pleasant appointment, visited and did some things around the house – overall, a really lovely time.

I got in pretty late and am headed to work, so that’s it for now. Have a great Monday!

I’m in Colorado right now. My Dad had his first appointment with his new doctor on Friday, and there is so much background to go over, it was good to be there with him. My sister had made an excellent summary of the situation with good questions, and I just sat and took notes.

It’s been a a nice visit. The weather is blessedly cool/warm – not hot, and the company is great. My Dad has some apple trees and today I’m going to pick some golden delicious apples! Today would have been my Mom’s 85th birthday, so it will be nice to spend the day with Dad.

Have a great Saturday, everyone!

I wish I would have kept a running log of past years to remember how hot it’s been. people have been asking if September has always been this hot, and I just can’t remember. I’m sure there’s some sort of almanac log I could look up, but I’m very lazy.

anyway, it’s been incredibly hot here the past couple of days. Yesterdays heat index was 102, today we are supposed to top that. It is supposed to cool down pretty drastically on Wednesday, and I just can’t wait.

Not a fan of the heat.