At some point, I just have to throw my hands up and accept whatever is coming my way. Think I'm there. And it's only May 8th, so good timing. I have a while left of this disastrous month.
So, we have termites.
Of course. I mean, why wouldn't we? It would be crazy for us to not have termites. Duh. Bad things that you don't think will happen to you have to happen to someone. OF COURSE IT'LL BE US. The real question is how do we not have bears. Or cancer. Or a rare form of bear cancer never before seen in humans.
Don't worry. We won't die from it. A tsunami will get us before that. Here, in St. Louis. Probably on a lovely sunny day. Tsunami's like to sneak up on ya. A blessing, putting us out of our bear cancer misery. See! Bright side! I can find it!
The termite guys are here. Only two and a half hours later than they said they would be here!
But they are here! Bright side!
And they were really nice. Excellent English. Blinding bright side!
And I know they're working. Because the whole state can hear the noise of their termite killing drilling machines. Ka-pow! Gotta wear shades, it's so bright!
We caught the termites in the front of the house, in 2 of the 5 posts. You know, the ones holding up our roof. You can see them in a photo I just posted when I took pictures of the doves on the front eave.
Update: The doves pushed over their nest.
So no more adultish-baby doves.
Hope they just flew off to live somewhere else.
Mom and Dad are still here rebuilding
and driving the cats insane.
The termites haven't reached the actual house yet, so we caught them early. Which is good. Bright side!
Now we're going to kill them, which is ridiculously expensive.
Um... I really like my necklace. And my cute little cami/floral blouse/short sleeved sweater outfit. Feelin' good! Bright side!
When I say "we" are killing the termites, obviously by "we" I mean other, professional termite people. I am inside the house on the computer trying to talk myself down from the ledge of an overstuffed online Kohls cart overseeing everything.
The small damage the termites have done so far is mostly aesthetic, so, in other words, Happy Wife doesn't care. So, bright side? Sure.
Says the lady who planned on replacing the dead shrubs in the front. Who cleaned out the soil beds and trimmed back all the other shrubs only to decide to "do it next year" because she got too tired after those tasks and the couple prime planting weekends came and went. And bonus, we saved money I would have spent on a million cubic feet of dirt and a bunch of new shrubbery.
Shrubbery is a fun word. Bright side!
I have a large tree limb down in the backyard from however long ago that's been on my to-do list for a while. I will have to move it to mow. Whenever that happens. It's been raining. Stop judging me.
The bright side?
This view from the kitchen window gets less frustrating
as the grass has grown to hide most of the limb.
Killing 2 birds with one ballet lesson.
Because avoiding it and watching it become less pronounced
still means I need to move the limb AND mow.
It's better if I don't even put "make the ugly posts look prettier" on the to-list. That was on the list before termites. A task that essentially has meant "replace those posts" and has been on the "things to fix in the house" since we moved in here.
My point is with the termite damage so far, we don't need to replace anything or worry about structural issues. Bright side.
Hopefully, in 3 hours, the termite treatment will be done. Then I can run to the vet and pick up Mav's medicine. Her medication blood levels were bad, which was "good news" (I am quoting the vet there) since maybe giving her a different dosage will make her feel better.
Bright side:
Mav's alive!
And even my house shoes
are a-dor-able.
(Brought to you by A Bonus Bright Side!)
Sigh.
Is it June yet?
