My doctor thinks I’m a nutcase. I know he does. He gave me his cell phone number and I’m supposed to call him tomorrow to let him know how I’m doing. Why did he do this? Obviously, he thinks I’m a nutcase. I’ve been sick for the past three weeks. It started with the flu, […]

As you know, I’ve got Charlie in my ceiling banging around and Clara outside being mean and nasty to me whenever I open the door. But if you thought that wasn’t enough, then perhaps you are the one responsible for hiring a whole tribe of men to climb on top of the roof and bang, […]

It didn’t work. She came back and plopped her fat butt right down on top of her eggs. She did not gather her friends to help her move the eggs, nor did she fetcher her boyfriend to help her. She just sat back down in the [now] unprotected nest. So who cares if I’m captive […]

As noted in the previous post, there’s a duck nesting right outside my door. I looked out this afternoon to see if she was around and, what?!, she was away from the nest! There are 8 eggs in there! So my first thought was, “She’s watching me.” I could feel it. So I stepped slowly […]

I hate Charlie. I hate him so, so much. I can’t wait to get rid of him, but, unfortunately, I have to wait until Tuesday when the exterminator comes to set some traps. You see, Charlie is a huge rat/rodent/squirrel/beaver/woodpecker/thing that lives in the ceiling of my bedroom. I think it’s a rat because it […]

I’m moving back to Iowa. Some of you knew this before; some did not. I told my coworkers this past week. They had some things to say. First was their reaction to cry. Then came their brilliant ideas of trying to find a banker who they can talk to in order to get Kevin hooked […]