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I'm starting to feel like the flu bug has finally tracked me down

 

Forgive the long post, but this pertains to the wildlife stories up thread.

We live about 40 yards from a 4 lane highway in what a lot of y'all would consider the country. I consider it almost in town, but I undress.
In the last 5 days I've seen our roadrunner (the one who normally runs right through the yard following the highway, with a few pauses to look for bugs) fly up into a tree and start climbing around on the branches like a big woodpecker.

The land I live on is sandwiched between the highway and a 2 lane road running parallel to the highway. There are 2 trailers here.
I live in one, and my buddy and his girlfriend live in the other. The land is his mother's (who lives on the other side of the property in a house adjacent to the 2 lane road), and they've worn a dirt road from the 2 lane road across the field running by the end of my trailer to the highway. At the end of my trailer, about 10 feet from where the dirt road turns to avoid my trailer, I have my satellite dish on a pole facing South.

For the last few nights, an owl has been perching on the satellite, facing south, as well. My buddy's mom comes flying down the dirt road, as she's wont to do, and sees the owl and almost hits the pole because she was mesmerized by the owl. She nearly forgot to turn.

Then night before last, I'm in my bedroom listening to vids on YouTube with my earbuds in, when I imagine I hear someone crying. At first I think it's the video, but I mute it and my t.v., don't hear anything, so I turn it back up. I soon hear it again. I mute everything again, and hear a bunch of coyotes yipping and yapping in the backyard, and my dog Maggie up underneath the trailer whining and growling. (she made a nest under there to get away from us when we're being "mean" to her. Usually consists of us not feeding her the good stuff. It's kind of like her vacation home. I'm jealous)

The next thing I know, my buddy unloads some buckshot right outside my window (it seems) towards the coyotes. He says he thought it was birdshot, but I think he was trying to induce a heart attack and get the big trailer. He's sneaky that way. He's a mechanic, after all.

That's it. Life in the suburban sticks.

 

Ayup...

 

Sure. Come to Chicago.

Need anything else?

 

Interesting euphemisms, Phil.

 

Jesus, can we not get a goalie that can block a damn shot?

 

I have a hangnail, it hurts, send help.

 

My only trip to NYC was during Fleet Week in '98 - Fun trip especially when you are wearing those delightful dress whites that just scream what you are. The locals from there split first thing and changed into civvies and probably visited their old haunts.

 

Doing my taxes in my underwear!!!

 

Awww.....I need to check TFP more often. Should've called, babycakes, I was probably awake.
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In other news, I'm starting to think I have mono or something. Days I work, I chug Red Bull and coffee just to get by. On my days off, I sleep for twelve hours, get up for three or four, then sleep for another eight. Ugh.

 

That sounds like fun

 

I really shouldn't have Googled the symptoms. Not only have I experienced all of them this week, but now I'm worried about my spleen exploding.

And I don't have insurance. ARG.
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I don't kiss anyone at work, obviously, but there is occasional drinking after one another when we go out afterwards-- like "here, taste this beer" kind of thing. I had ruled that out as a cause, because no one else is sick.... damn it.

I get paid Monday. Looks like this paycheck's going towards a doctor's visit.

 

IT IS!! I kind of LOVE doing my taxes!

The internet is NOT a doctor......yet

WEBMD always says I have cancer. It's inevitable, but my splinter doesn't mean I have skin cancer, usually.

 

I've done both. Though I respect the massive cultural & culinary offerings in NYC, it is older and less visually appealing than Chicago which arguably, has almost everything NYC has plus we have the prettiest Great Lakes big-city view, period. I would come here to Chicago.