THE EARTH HAS TILTED!!

My morning routine has become stuck in concrete.  With my eyes still half shut, I whipped up a delicious cup of hot water in which to pour those lovely granules of sweetness.  A quick stir and I'm in business.  I turn the AC on and head out to the cool air of morning.  

Although I think I'm not being billed for this coolness, or so the contractor said, I'm not going overboard with the AC.  I don't want PG&E to hit me with a huge bill while I wait for them to set the new meter.  In the meantime, I did swelter quite a bit yesterday with this temperature.  

I don't remember it being this hot since I was a kid.  I think the earth tilted yesterday ... weird things began to happen!!

Take for example I never have any warning of it being NATIONAL ICE CREAM DAY!!  Now that's a holiday I can get behind, but every year I miss it.  Finally, after all these years, I saw someone make the announcement.  That was enough for me .... after all, who doesn't want to celebrate THAT day!  Why it would be unAmerican!

But first ... maybe I'll have a little breakfast, although ice cream for breakfast is not beyond the imagination.  I scanned the fridge for fodder when the light bulb in my brain went on.  There is seriously something wrong here ... I actually thought a veggie omelet would be great.  That thought hasn't entered my mind in 20 years!!

Ahhhhh I forgot to take a picture.  There is definitely something wrong though, since that even sounds good for a second day in a row.  What happened to the bacon?  The hash browns?  The butter smothered toast?  No kidding, I had a veggie omelet for breakfast.  I know the world must have tilted overnight.

And then it was NOON!  Time to head out for that delicious Cold Stone treat ... my all time favorite ice cream ... Coffee Lovers!  Coffee ice cream full of Heath Bar chunks and caramel sauce.  I did make one big mistake ... I ordered a LARGE.  I never do that, mostly because I can't eat that much!  

With temps over the roof, I sat inside their tiny shop and at least TRIED to eat the entire thing.  I won't do that again!!  HOWEVER, unlike that half a muffin I ate, my stomach LOVED this treat!!  Lucky me!

The rest of the day found me in front of the TV with Cooper snuggled up alongside.  The Calgary Stampede ... the biggest rodeo in the world ... had their finals shown on the Cowboy Channel.  You could feel the tension right through the screen.

I admit in the old days, rodeoing was more drinking and partying than riding.  There were lots of times when the guys just couldn't sober up enough the next morning to ride.  Nowadays, it's become a sport of amazing pro athletes, most of whom thank God for their success.  Good looking athletes I might add!!

By 4:00 I was again contemplating vegetables (there's definitely something wrong here) when I spotted the Amazon driver delivering Jonathan's seed.  I opened the box on the kitchen counter and grabbed the first bag.  Ummm there's a hole in the top.  I pulled out the second bag when I felt something on my hand. OMG ... the box is FULL of ANTS!!!  What the heck?

Then I got bit not once, but three times.  I grabbed the box and threw it outside.  My counter was now covered with fire ants.  I was slapping and smashing trying to kill all of them before they hit the floor running.  This picture was twenty minutes later when I ventured back out into the 108 degree heat to see if any were left.  How does this happen?

I went straight to my phone and called Amazon.  They were not the least concerned about the bites I got, but they did say to keep the two bags for free, both of which have holes in them.  I'm not sure if the ants are in the bags or just in the box, but I'm not about to try and find out.  They are shipping two more bags.  Hopefully those three huge red, now swollen spots on my wrist will go away at some point.

With temperatures still in the OMG range, I chopped up some veggies for dinner.  I'm pretty sure this is a first.  I haven't had a veggie wrap in my LIFE!!  It did need something with a little flavor, so I whipped up some homemade teriyaki sauce for the dressing.  I'll probably have another one for dinner today.  This is just unheard of in my house!!

It's going to be another 108 degree day ... swimming pool weather.  Since there's no pool, maybe I'll just run through the sprinklers.  That reminds me, another weird thing happened, but I'll tell you about it tomorrow!!  Enjoy your day ... I'll be on the couch scratching my ant bites!