Random bits for November
1) Yesterday afternoon was spent trying to mulch the leaves that continue to fall on our lawn. Last weekends mulching was cut short due to rain, so this week was a little more difficult. Our mower doesn't do a particularly good job of mulching (due in part, I think, to the fact that the mulching aspect is an add-on, not the default behavior) and so I need multiple passes to take care of things.
Yesterday, however, was something new. Yesterday it started snowing. So there I was, hat and gloves and scarf and winter coat mowing my lawn in a snow shower. It was a...unique...experience to say the least.
2) Speaking of the weather, now that it is cold somewhat consistently I've found that my appetite has grown. I am hungry more often and I crave all the fatty and greasy things that will probably kill me. In fact, right now if I could just wrap a block of lard with a few layers of bacon and then batter and deep-fry the thing, I'd pretty much be in heaven. Maybe throw a couple eggs on the side. Oooh, eggs...scotch eggs...oh man. I'm hungry again...
Sorry, drooling a bit on the keyboard...
3) Speaking of keyboards, I was typing on mine this morning when I noticed some bits of red showing up on a couple of the right-hand keys. "Strange" I thought and discovered that a couple of my fingers had blood on them. "What the...?" was said out loud. There was no cut on my fingers or hand and so, while trying to figure out what part of me was bleeding, I absentmindedly touched my right ear. Sure enough, my fingers came away with fresh blood. A quick check of the mirror showed an inch-long scratch on the front-top part of my earlobe that seems to have appeared out of nowhere. I have no memory of scratching my ear and have no clue how this happened, but there it was, bleeding away.
4) Speaking of fingers, mine are cold. The building that my company leases space in turns off the environmental controls after 7 pm on weekdays and entirely on the weekends. With the holiday, the heat has been off for four days and even now at 3:30 pm, it's not very warm in here. I think it's time for another cup of coffee.