Bug Problem

Bees
On Friday I was walking back to the office from being on a visit, and as I was on the sidewalk a bee ran into my head. I wiped at my hair and kept walking. Then I heard another *buzz* coming at me and a bee hit me in the neck and my shirt. I touched my shirt and all I felt was my collar. I then got that creepy feeling that it was still in my shirt. So I reached down the back of my shirt and there was a bee! I un-tucked my shirt and started flapping it to flush the bee out and jumping around. The bee flew out and I walked into the office.
One of the office secretaries and the custodian saw the whole thing, but didn't know there was a bee involved. Needless to say we had a good laugh few quite a while.

Spider
Today as I was getting into my car to go to church when I buckled my seatbelt, turned on the car, released the emergency break, and then reached for the gear shift. As I did I saw a spider with huge legs on my shoulder. I jumped out and the car stalled and I knocked the spider off into the cup holder and then took the cup holder out of the car and blew the spider into the bushes. The whole thing freaked me out and reminded me of Friday.

Ants
As I was writing this I was reminded of the ants that have been invading my house. They are large and scary. When you hold them up to look at them you can see their mandibles. Not something I want to be able to see with my naked eye on an ant. They have been gone for almost a week now. I think I won the war.╬

Home Communion

Yesterday I went to bring home communion to several people at a community that has nursing home, assisted living, and apartments for senior citizens. My last stop was at an assisted living house. The gentleman I gave communion to was someone I had never met before. As we were chatting another man came in and asked him if he was ready to come. He responded he would be there in a few minutes.

As we walked out of his room I asked him where he was going with his friends. He told me that he was going to happy hour, and that his was the only place in the US where you could go in an old man and come out a drunk. He invited me to come have a drink with him and he would pay for it. I told him that I was still working and that I probably shouldn't have a drink. He then said, 'you are not a preacher are you?' I told him that I pretty much was. He said oh well, and a nurse standing nearby told him that although he drank only alcohol there, that there was in fact soda and other beverages.

Well, I passed the opportunity and I headed back to the church. Let's just say that it was a rather fun and the most entertaining experience I have ever had at an assisted living home.╬

All Alone

So my wife left me once again for the west coast, which leaves me all alone in my house. Well, I do have the cat.

So that means more video game time for me. It also means that it seems cool because of the extra game time for the first few days, but then it just gets plain boring because there is no one home to talk to or to hang out with other than the cat.

And I am sorry Charlie (our cat) but you are not as good as the wife. Plus I didn't realize how needy the cat was until I was the only one around. She is constantly hanging out with you and trying to get you to pet her. And she likes to rub against things so when I play video games she likes to rub against the wires of the controller. That is usually about the time I get beat down or shot in the head by a sniper in Halo 2.

Well the wife comes back on Monday and then leaves the next morning I believe for Columbus for a week long class. That basically boils down to three weeks without her.╬