This Really Could Be Ended Quickly

 

Given The Way Things Are Going...

 ...we are going to have to pick one to sew on sleeves.

Last Night's Freakout

Was because I was getting texts from family that's 500 miles away.  They were sheltering in their laundry room in the brick part of their house as tornado sirens wailed all around them.  NWS said today that 3 tornados are confirmed for their county. And their sky was not only green but a weird pinkish color:

I'm afraid of wind.  As I said, "Wizard Of Oz" freaks me out.  I'd never survive a hurricane because I'd just die of a heart attack. (Yeah, ask me about the effect of watching Katrina grind towards towards the people and places we'd worked in for 2 years...)

The kids are OK.  My nerves are a little more shot...

Freaking Out Freaking Out

Because my family is sheltering in the center of their house and a tornado is on the ground.  And I can see from the radar that the worst isn't even there yet.

There's a reason I can't watch "Wizard of Oz."  The tornado.  Even though I know the details of that particular special effect.

I'm pretty much freaking out now...

Texas Has Caved

 

Now It's War

 Pulled off my shin Thursday:

And from behind my knee on Friday:

Aaaand pulled a Lone Star tick off pup last night even though he's treated.

Found permithren and a spray with much higher Deet concentration at Tractor Supply.  And every sock, every pair of pants, every shirt that I wear when hiking or working in the yard is getting soaked with the permithren.

I've had Lyme Disease twice and some other tick born disease that required antibiotics before Lyme Disease popped up.  I'm done with these miserable bugs.

And then there was last night's weirdness.  Was sitting on the deck watching the fireflies come out and a bird flew over me.  And pooped on my head.  As I was in the "What the..." stage a tree simply fell down across my back yard.  Just...fell.  I'm not sure why but right now I seem to be at war with nature.

Gaaaahhhh!

Cover myself in Off.  Soak my clothes and shoes in it.  Style my hair with it. And just yanked a tick off my throat.  The third one that's gotten attached this season. My dog gets treated with a cheap repellant each month.  I don't find ticks or fleas on him.  I want the same stuff for me.