But things are happening to make me feel right at home. Or, more accurately, right-where-I-am-which-is-lack-of-home.
Not that being home for a month wasn't a Good Thing. Naturally it was great to see my parents and sister and some friends again. Naturally, it was GREAT (!!) to be able to shop at a grocery store and be able to make wraps and scones and mujadara and chive butter and broccoli 'n' cheese and brownies with writing on 'em-- whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted, without fear of taking over kitchen time from someone else.
And then there was the buying my first car ever (meh.) and driving across the country by myself.
Cool parts of the road trip:
-belting along to various songs
-stopping in Sandwich, Illinois
-cool countryside on the backroads
-getting Indian food in Toledo and putting together an Oreos puzzle with Cara at her grandparents' cottage
Not-so-cool:
-getting lost in Illinois
-getting lost in Ohio
-getting lost in Gambrills (like 15 minutes away from my new home)
So, basically, if there is a way for me to get lost, I'll find it. Which, by the way, continues to this day, but that's fodder for another post.
The main thing making me feel right back where I was--aside from working and working and not having anything to show for it--is our wonderful recurring houseguests. Ctenocephalides felix. Aka, the cat flea. I've documented the ordeal on Twitter as a Pokemon battle. Excepts include:
CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIX
appeared! Ender, GO! Enemy C.FELIX used BITE! It's super effective!
Ender used SCRATCH! It didn't affect Enemy C.FELIX
Mary joined the battle! Mary used TOXIC on Ender, Babushka, and Sami! Enemy CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIX is Poisoned!
Vacuum, GO! Mary used FLEA
COLLAR on Vacuum. Vacuum's ATTACK increased! Vacuum used ABSORB on
CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIX. Critical Hit!
So, raise your hand if you thought the insect infestations wouldn't be a prominent part of your lives anymore when you got back to a first-world country?
*sigh*
And it certainly doesn't help that I'm at home three to four days out of seven. Come on, I will work to my nerves if you'd just hire me...
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