Wrapping up -- Hitting the Road Tomorrow

Today was fairly uneventful. I had to run some errands and be back in time for my new mattress to be delivered.  It is much better than the inflatable mattress. I haven't been sleeping much and the inflatable mattress didn't help. I hope tonight is different.

I had to solve my cell phone problem today before I hit the road again.  I went back to the guy at Contact Cellular and he scrounged up an old cell phone that he cannibalized and used parts to fix mine.  This guy is a wizard. It was going to cost me $280 for a phone and he fixed my dead phone for $48 and even saved all of my contacts and 350 pictures of the inside of my pocket!!!  I don't make butt calls anymore but I have lots of butt pictures.  So...How cool is that?

I stopped at J C Penney and got some sheets and a pillow for my new mattress. When I got home Rod was hanging on the fence so we talked some more. This time it was about scorpions and centipedes and tarantulas and snakes. He had a rattlesnake get into the house once.  He got stung by a scorpion. I think I'm going to stop talking to Rod.

I managed to take care of the pond twice today and never fell in. Of course the resident wildlife was back.  The quail are early risers and were out before I had my coffee. My two rabbits spend most of the day in the yard. Sometimes there are three.

The birds are still cautious and would like me to go away...or at least not sit close to the bird feeder.  Today I had lizards...a new addition to the zoo.  Rod tells me that Roadrunners will eat lizards and they also eat rattlesnakes. They are carnivores and you can encourage them to stay by putting out a feeding station with some hamburger or other meat scraps. If you have Roadrunners you won't have rattlesnakes.

That's it for today. Even McDonald's is dull tonight.