Well, in answer to “how many mice can live in a treadmill?”, we are up to 19 caught (and released) with 2 more that I have seen in the back room. Still none in the foodstores, for which I am immensely grateful. They have learned to get the food from inside of each of the humane traps we have used, and get out again. It is terribly difficult to starve them, when you have four dogs on an open-bowl feed plan (meaning food is down all day and you eat what you like when you like). We’ve been picking it up all night, but watching our dogs ignore mice noise during the day doesn’t encourage me that the mice don’t eat all day. But, then again, maybe that is why they are not yet in my pantry.
So, the treadmill took an excursion outside yesterday, and the hole in my office floor (which is not even 1/2 inch square), which provided them access into the center wall of the house, is plugged up with an aluminum disposable pan and a stack of heavy books. Will that do it? Only time will tell.
Meanwhile, the drain on our tub has stopped working. You can drain the tub, but only while holding the lever down. Duct tape doesn’t even suffice. Short showers are now in style! Hopefully we can get a plumber quickly.
Today I spent time researching how to build a sustainable landscape, and quickly decided that I don’t have the energy to set one up. Maintain one, possibly, but not create it. So, I will be looking for Baton Rouge area landscapers who are willing to do a small job, with solid prep and a long-term plan. I’d like to get far enough along to have a fall vegetable garden in September and October.
Over the weekend, I came up with my new year’s resolution (for July). I have quit visiting my yoga studio due to price hikes, and have seriously lacked the self-determination necessary to continue my practice at home. If I go to the studio immediately after work, there aren’t interruptions. But coming home and changing clothes inevitably leads to a nap. Or the DH making dinner plans, and I don’t want to be the party-pooper. So, the only time that it is entirely my own to command is the space in the mornings before work. That time when I get my very best sleep.
But, if I get up when the alarm goes off the second time, instead of the fourth time, I’ll have 10 minutes to start my day with. Not much, but it is somewhere to start. So, tomorrow, 7:10, I will be up, doing a few sun salutations and a few minutes of meditation. It’s a short week – only 4 days – so I think a good place to start. I’ll post my progress here, hopefully as some kind of accountability that I desperately need to improve that self-discipline!
