Jesse, it's also flea season. Does Hazel sleep in the bed?

Calli I was at that game, in the front row with friends?

Cool! One of my friends is a huge Courage fan. Goes to all their home games and such. I'm not as into it, but an evening of savory snacks with friends, watching women be impressively athletic, was fun. The Portland team's logo is nifty. My friend suggested it would make a good tattoo.

I'm afraid I have bed bugs. At least, I have woken up with some kind of bites two days in a row.

Yikes! I hope it's something easier to deal with.

Jesse, it's also flea season. Does Hazel sleep in the bed?

It's Buddy (now), and he does, but he doesn't go outside -- could he get fleas??

For now I am going to believe that a mosquito got in the house.

Sorry about the bites. I am a very tasty morsel who will get bitten repeatedly if any mosquito finds a way into the house.

My SIL is back in the hospital with an obstruction now. Talking surgery but I am hoping not. So far they have been abusing her in various ways.

Went to the movies last night with my sister and niece. Saw Life Itself which when I read reviews this morning is apparently an awful one star emotionally manipulative crap movie. We didn't leave feeling that way. Great actors and we felt we got our money's worth of emotional manipulation. So there!

Sorry Buddy!

You can bring them in and they can get on him. But it seems unlikely. My cats have always gone out a little.

It could be mosquito bites. For me, they never really appear as red, itchy bumps right away. It's usually either when I'm going to bed or the next morning that I realize I've been eaten alive.

Sorry about the bites, Jesse. Ryan is sporting a bite too; a spider bite, I think, because this is Australia.

Speaking of Ryan, yesterday I took him to Healesville Sanctuary (a zoo for Australian wildlife). We took along some maths homework. We got a seat in the cafe by the window and went over decimal multiplication while watching two echidnas trundle past on a regular circuit. Educational win! (Echidna Institute - for when you really need to get your point across.)

Jesse, we also have teeny tiny jillifonts that love to snack on me (and Alexandra, unfortunately). Big red bumps, but they're not in a line (which is the tipoff for bedbugs, I think).

If it looks like two little bites right next to each other, that's probably fleas.

If it looks like two little bites right next to each other, that's probably fleas

Or vampires. Could be tiny vampires.

So there were sideshows all over Oakland last night, including about two blocks from me. Which included bonus gunfire. As a result the beast felt the need to sleep on the bed with me, and I didn't have the energy to fight her off. At least when she's worried like that she doesn't get all worked up, she just wants to be on me.