In which trek attempts to catch up

I just booted up my computer in the hopes of making a post today, having missed posting yesterday do to A Series of Very Busy Events. Imagine my horror when I looked at the blog and there was no Sunday post either. Two days in a row? Again?! Didn't I go through this last week?

Last week, I tried to get the blog posting juices flowing with a Wednesday Morning Bullet Post, and it seemed to work, but here I am again this week with two consecutive days of interweb silence. Is it that the bullet posting was ineffective or just that I was really busy these past couple of circuits around the sun? You be the judge.

• After Saturday's Fishing Derby, we returned to chez trek where Neatnik helped Number Guy tame the jungle which was our yard following a week of off and on raininess while I blog posted and made lunch.



• Do you have any idea how tall grass can grow in a week?



• Never mind the grass growth. Do you have an inkling of how tall weeds can become under those conditions?



• Our resident bunny, who had taken up full-time munching and lounging duties in our yard, hasn't been seen on the premises since Saturday's lawn mowing event.



• Yes, that's how out of hand the grass, weeds, and clover can get in a well-watered week.



• We are tired of the precipitous volume of precipitation.



• It just went very, very dark here. I mean, really dark. Like night-time dark.



• Why, yes, it is windy and raining here. How ever did you guess?



• I unplugged the laptop and now have up to 3 hours and 51 minutes of battery time.



• Saturday afternoon was spent securing passport photographs and preparing dinner for a few friends who were coming to visit.



• Sunday began with the traditional staying in bed as late as we could and still being able to make it to the late morning mass. Sometimes we aim for an earlier mass but usually we fail miserably at it.



• Lunch was a really yummy fruit salad, featuring watermelon as the main ingredient. I know what you are thinking: watermelons this early in the season are crunchy and not very sweet and flavorful. We have purchased and inhaled eaten three whole watermelons since the Memorial Day weekend and each one has been tender, sweet, juicy, and delicious.



• I tried to get another watermelon at the local grocery store yesterday. They did not have any. None. I was stunned.



• Perhaps the big warehouse club store will have some today. I was planning to drive down there to pick up some things this morning.



• I might have to sail there given what is happening outside right now, though.



• Luckily for us, Sunday afternoon was warm and sunny - the early part of it, anyway. We brought Neatnik to the pool and she got to play with a classmate while we were there. The water was cold but they are children so they splashed around in it until they were blue and shaking. A little bit of warming up in the sun and then it was playground equipment time. Good times.



• I just saw lightning and am continuing to hear thunder.



• Sunday evening, Number Guy and I had a reunion to attend. We used to serve as a presenting couple for our diocesan marriage preparation program back in the days pre-Neatnik. It was really great to see the old faces and the best part was that everyone is still married - to the same spouses.



• How do you follow up such a long, full weekend? Why, with a long, full Monday.



• Countless loads of laundry; vacuuming; dishes; food preparation; some School at Home supplies and summer fun shopping; fishing tackle shopping; a quick stop at the grocery store for odds and ends; countless loads of laundry folding and stashing; walking with the Neatnik; fishing with the Neatnik.



• Are you tired yet? I sure was.



• Oh, yeah, and the little lead fishing sinkers? They were labeled as follows:
  

  WARNING: This product contains lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects and other reproductive harm.



• What, lead sinkers contain lead? Who knew?



• This also begs the question: does this mean that the rest of the country is unaware that lead can be hazardous to your health?



• And another question: did they think we were somehow going to swallow the sinkers?

Okay, then. There are all of the reasons (I think) for why I've not posted since noon on Saturday. I did manage to knit on the sock for a short time last evening and even managed to squeeze in a bit of reading at odd times during the day, too, so it wasn't all work.

PS - The aforementioned reasons are also responsible for the lack of pictures - well, that and the non-cooperative weather.