I am officially on vacation for the next TWELVE DAYS!!! Wahoo.
I was going to work tomorrow, but I have plenty of days saved up and knew my productivity tomorrow would be nil....so, I took it off. I get to sleep in and then take my time packing and getting ready.
It feels great to know I have some time off.
I called the hotel that we will be staying on night one to find out if there was shuttle service from the airport...NO. drats. However, the hotel is walking distance to the train depot, so it made sense to stay there. When I got the cash out for the trip, I got some $5s and $1s to pay for cabs and tips.
My newly planted tomato plants are not as happy as Id like tonight, so I made sure DD3 understand that she HAS to water them this week. ALso, there was a HUGE black widow by the plants with a big egg nest. I think I got both, but have a mental note to call a pest service tomorrow. I saw a black widow web in the front yard too...I definately dont want to get an infestation.
Black widow webs are easy to spot. They are big, dont break easily , and have NO PATTERN...as a matter of fact, they are one of the sloppiest webs you will ever see. Not the nice spiral webs at all. My son once told me that haphazard webs and tunnel webs are the ones you want to stay away from. THe nice rounded webs are usually garden variety. The others are more often poisonous.
I dont know about you...but no spider web looks friendly to me. But I do stay clear of the ones my son cautioned me about.
My spending today was $5 for a subway sandwich and $20 to DD3 for watering the tomatoes while I am gone.
Looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow and then taking the day to get ready to go...
LIFE IS SO GOOD tonight!!
I'm on V*A*C*A*T*I*O*N
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When my family lived in ABQ many, many years ago, we had black widows and scorpions in our backyard and in our house. Shiver...!!! Knock on wood ... so far I haven't seen anything that looks like one or the other here.
Have a marvelous trip!!
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