The exterminator was due today to check on the traps, to see if he accomplished the promise of giving me a mouse / pest free home.
I didn't sleep well last night and then as we all know how it goes, this morning I could have slept for hours .. snug and warm and sleepy.
But noooo, I had to be ready for the exterminator.
Who was late.
But he declared the house Mouse Free ! yay.
No signs of pests, I can breathe easy again and not lie there in bed at night, wondering if every little noise was a mouse in the attic or walls or god forbid, my bedroom.
As soon as he left, I got ready and took off for Massachusetts, where my Bank is.
Smart, huh ? Move to New York and get a bank account in Massachusetts.
There were reasons ..
The drive is quite beautiful and kind of fun.. hills , dales, forests, beautiful homes and gardens and you can Go Fast.
I was going to walk around Great Barrington after the bank but unfortunately, my blood is still thin from Argentine temperatures. Living in the Frozen North is going to take a while to thicken my blood.
Or freeze it... whatever.
So I scurried to my favorite grocery and did all those daily chores, then zipped back to New York .
I know it is cold.
But then someone told me to stay inside and be careful.
What ?
It is going to be around Zero Degrees tonight. And 7 Below with the wind and all that ...
Would someone in Argentina please adopt me and let me come back and live with you ? bringing my children and grand- babies with me ?
Gracias !!
So here I am ... loving the sound of the furnace going on .. worrying I will run out of oil or something , wondering if there could be a blackout because of all the power usage ( it happened in Buenos Aires!) and wondering what I would do ... sit in the car with the heat on I guess .. wrapped in a blanket... they would find me the next day , frozen in my comforter in my car with Tango music playing.
I think I need another cookie.
Stay warm everybody ..
You stay warm! I've been thinking about you even though I don't even know you. I live in NY as well and I don't think anyones blood thickens enough to get used to this weather. Take Care, Corinne
ReplyDeleteIsn't it awful ! ? I have lived in NY over 40 years with a brief spell in other enchanted places but this is the coldest I ever remember. I do not love it. You take care too !
DeleteCandice, I think of your often and am so, so sorry. I can't even imagine how much you miss you husband or how difficult life is for you right now.
ReplyDeleteStay warm.... xxojoan
Thank you Joan !
DeleteI can at least try to be warm, the other thing, sadly, I can do nothing about .. the sad and the missing are a new part of my daily life.
You stay warm too ! C
Cookies are lovely -- until spring and all the lovely things you packed away have inexplicably shrunk. :-)
ReplyDeleteI am very glad you are mouse-free.
Have you picked up a kitty yet?
Pearl
I am venturing out into the frozen wild and hope to discover a kitten just for me. My cookie companion, I will eat them, the kitten can watch. besos.
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