Well it certainly is a sticky evening - my laptop is sticking to my legs as I write - but the one thing even more oppressive is the weight of packing for my return to university in under 4 days. Tuesday was a suitably productive day in terms of packing away kitchen, bedroom, and study items, as well as a few cosmetics. Today was the turn of the clothes, after dropping into my local high street for a few extra items (kitchen timer, plastic cups, food tray, etc). Packing clothes was never my strong point - even getting dressed on an average day can be a struggle - so today has been slow and full of me procrastinating like hell. I think I have a comfortable amount packed now, so that just leaves odds and ends and the other 20% to go nearer the time.
After rushing through preparing dinner and dessert in the space of 90 minutes, I was able to relax with some tea and Robot Wars before fixing a large batch of chicken chasseur and another of chili con carne to freeze up for my dad while I'm away. I hoped the day might end easily, but not this time. Due to the arrival of September, the crane flies are about and so when I went into my garage to fetch tomorrow's dinner, what decides to loom towards the overhead strip lighting but a freaking huge crane fly! My weapon of choice? A bag of frozen salmon. I wielded that thing like I was fending off a creature far stronger and more formidable than a flimsy insect, but when that insect looked like a flying spider....well, I suppose my actions were justified. I bolted indoors - because said bag of salmon needed opening (with scissors, no less) - but then I was faced with the problem of returning the bag to the still open freezer outside. Fortunately, Mr Flying Legs was nowhere in sight.
And there ends another day in the life of me. I'm usually good with a fair few bugs, but crane flies are a different story altogether.
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