Aye Yai Yai

Let's start with yesterday. I'll let the anticipation build. Except you don't even know I'm building towards anything. I fail as a writer.
I sat in stand yesterday morning. I didn't see anything.
I came back and went to the office. The electrician came by and replaced the ballast in Katie's kitchen first, and then he replaced the one in Judy's. I felt bad for him while he was working in Katie's apartment. Not only was it smokey (as per usual), but it was unbelievably hot. George happened to be over there as well, and he and Katie just stared at the electrician while he did his thing. The guy tried to make conversation, but all you can ever get out of Katie is "huh?"
Judy couldn't comprehend that the problem in her light was with the ballast and not the bulbs. She kept asking me which bulb was burned out.
Anna went riding with her mother while I was in the office. She is getting to be real pals with Ishy. My wife's a cowgirl.
I'm sure I wore underwear yesterday, but I couldn't tell you what color it was.
Daulton walked into the building looking absolutely miserable yesterday morning. He had a bad headache. I didn't make him do anything.
I don't really have much else to say about yesterday.
Now for the main event.
What you've all been waiting for.
(Disregard my ridiculously inelegant syntax)
These are the mornings that make me pull my hair out of my head. These are also the mornings that will haunt me for the rest of my life (unless of course I do get a deer this year).
I got up again and sat on stand. For the third morning out of the four that I've hunted, I heard a "crunch, crunch, crunch" at about 8:35. I caught enough of a glimpse to know that it was indeed a deer. I had to turned and pick up my bow, and by the time I had it, the deer was already halfway past me. It was a buck. It was a really big buck. It followed the same path the buck from Monday morning followed, and I didn't have a shot. I tried to grunt to him, but he just cruised on by. He wouldn't stop for anything.
I sat for the next hour and a half without seeing anything, and I knew I had to get back to the office. I looked around to make sure nothing was coming, and I started to get out of the stand. Halfway down the tree CRASH CRASH CRASH. I turn and see a doe wheeling and bolting from not ten yards in front of me. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen her before I got down. I couldn't believe that if it had been a Saturday morning, I would have had a chance because I wouldn't need to go to the office.
I finally made it down, grabbed my bow, and started heading back to the house. CRASH CRASH CRASH. I hadn't gone twenty yards. I whirled around to see another really big buck running right out from under my tree. I about fell over. I nearly went insane on the spot. Not only would I have had a chance to shoot this deer if I had stayed on stand another five minutes, but I would have had a chance to shoot this deer if I had just stopped at the bottom of my tree and looked around.
I told Anna, when I got back, that I'm no good at this hunting thing. I quit.
The exterminator came today. He sprayed in most all of the apartments. I don't like entering apartments when I'm not sure if anyone is home or not. While we were in Pat's apartment, she started talking to me about Daulton. She wanted to know how old he was. She thought he had told her he was thirteen, and she wanted to remark on how young he looked for thirteen. When I told her he was fifteen, she gave me an absolute look of disbelief and asked if there was anything medically wrong with him. I didn't exactly want to talk about the possible side effects of his medication, so I said that he just hasn't hit manhood yet.
When I knocked on Janet's door, I was treated to an assault of yappy dog barks. After she had let the exterminator inside, she started asking me if it was alright if she had the dog, saying that she was going to come see me today and telling me all about how the dog's previous owner was now in a nursing home. She assured me that she had only had it one night and was willing to pay the deposit. Here's the thing though. She's had the dog there for at least two weeks. Her sister-in-law even told me about it. I didn't say anything. I just thought it was amusing that she was trying to lie about it.
After the bug man left, I put Daulton to work cleaning up the entry way. The main door especially needed attention. I had him use a magic eraser on it. It worked pretty well where he could actually reach. I noticed later though that he hadn't gotten the top of the door. I'll have to get it myself.
Bobbie came out to see Daulton while he was working on a puzzle. She didn't come in to say anything to me, but I could hear their conversation and figured out what was happening. She really admired one of the puzzles Daulton had completed (it happened to be a hideous Thomas Kinkade thing), and she wanted to frame it. She actually brought a frame and had Daulton help her put the puzzle in it. I found it particularly amusing that it wasn't until after they had it all framed, that she had Daulton ask if it was okay for her to have it.
Mike stopped by to pay his rent. He's grown out his beard. He'd make a good Santa.
I got a couple hairs cut after I finished in the office. It's short now. I'm still kind of itchy, seeing as I have yet to take my shower.
I dyed Anna's hair today. It was a little scary when I was applying it, only to see her scalp starting to turn purple. We were a little worried at what the color would actually be, but it looks really nice. It's not as red as we were expecting. It's just a pretty rich auburn. She's hot, let me tell you what.
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