I had quite some excitment this weekend

I had something flying around inside the house
not sure if it was a bird or a bat
but it just creeped me out totally

I had gotten trapped in the front hall at one point
when I had tried to open the door to coax it out
but the door was blocked by a big package on the front step

I sat on the screened porch for a bit
gathering my wits again
while I talked to my sister

Finally I went inside the house
turned on ALL the lights
looked in the bathroom
used the facilities while I was there

washed my hands
shut off the light
shut the door tight

went in the office
looked all around
shut myself inside
called my son and family
who were driving back here from Milwaukee
they agreed to come here and "rescue" me

so along they come
and we traipse up and down stairs
looking high and low with no luck

then my son goes in the bathroom
he comes out grinning

"didn't you say you went in and used the bathroom

before 'locking' yourself in the office?" "it's in there"
"he was hanging right over your head on the curtain"

it was a brown bat
OMG

I got the neighbor to come and catch it

he has done it before at his house

he had thick leather gloves and cupped his hands around it

I waited outside to open the door for him
so I missed the bat hissing at him

when he went out I ducked in
he let it go outside

 

is this one of the joys of country life?

ABC's Of Me

A - Age you got your first kiss: I was 12

B - Band listening to right now: BB King "Let the Good Times Roll - The Music of Louis Jordan"

C - Crush on:  Nobody

D - Dad's name: David

E - Easiest person to talk to: Debbie or Anita

F - Favorite bands at the moment: Marcia Ball, Belairs, any good blues band really

G - Gummy worms or gummy bears?: neither, give me chocolate

H - Hometown: Milwaukee

I - Instruments: none, unless the stereo counts

J - Junior High: My school went from K to grade 8, then a 4 yr high school

K - Kind of car:  Toyota

L - Longest car ride ever: Drove to Texas and back then less than a week later drove by myself to California (well ok my sister joined me in Phoenix for the last leg of the trip).

M - Mom's name: Marcia

N - Nicknames: Bluesbaby, MOTO, Keeper of the Agenda

O - One wish: World peace and the end of greed which I think is cause and effect.

P - Phobias: Heights

Q - Quote: Wild Women Never Get the Blues!

R - Reason to smile: My kids and grandkids.

S - Song you sang last: Hoodoo Party at the Belairs concert in the park

T - Time you woke up today?: 3AM going back to bed now

U - Unknown fact about me: I am the black sheep of the family.

V - Vegetable you hate: Cooked carrots

W - Worst habit(s): Not exercizing

X - X-rays you've had: Just about everything...ankle, knees, hands, back, neck, head

Y - Yummy food: Italian, Mexican, Steaks, Seafood

Z - Zodiac sign: Libra