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August 15, 2005
Can fleas live without mammals? 
May I just say, I had a spectacular weekend?
Saturday morning, Sweetie got me up for Pfit (4:30 am), and then he went back to bed. I as usual lingered too much, and I just wasn't feeling enthusiastic about going, and I knew I'd get there late, etc. etc. So I didn't go. Looking back, there are plenty of ways I could beat myself up about this: I would have had some social time. Long walks are good for thinking. Here, I'm a walker who doesn't walk. Et cetera.
But in the end, I'm really glad that I had 4 hours to myself. I sat on the backporch with a cup of coffee, watched the dog running around, and petted Daphne, our supersonic outdoor cat. I brought out a book (The Art of Urban Cycling by Robert Hurst, which I've been reading for months), and the powerbook, but didn't end up spending a lot of time with either. Mostly, I just sat on the backporch and drank coffee.
It was cool and breezy and sunny. The neighborhood was silent, other than the sound of the wind in the trees. My neighborhood is many things, but very rarely silent. It was beautiful!
I decided that my weekends need to change. Weekends have become this blur of errands-running. Even when we're doing fun things, it seems like we're constantly in motion, driving or scootering from place to place, one thing after another. Yes, there has to be some errands, but we've made making a day of it an art.
Later in the day, I learned our basement is infested with fleas. How is that possible? Don't fleas need a host? Let's not go there...
Posted at August 15, 2005
Comments
Yuck!
We had the same thing this summer. What a pain!
Brit blogged it:
http://www.turtledash.net/wordpress/?p=135
Posted by: SD at August 15, 2005 5:00 PM