And Juggling Three Live Cats

Never think your plate is so full that you can’t balance one more meatball up on top.  You may not like it. You may not want it. But there it is, so get over it.

Today, I was going to accomplish items on the Daily Front Burner and Next 24HR list. But instead, after calling my physician’s office at some point where they actually answer their phone, I’ll try to squeeze myself into today’s schedule. You can imagine how that’s likely to go.

Reason: I woke up at 1 a.m. with an itchy spot in my arm pit. I’ve felt that sensation before, just last week, as a matter of fact. And once more…

…there is a tick not just attached by its mouthparts—which is bad enough.

Oh no. This one, like the last, seems to have dug itself deep and set itself into auto-destruct. The last one I could pick specks of bug parts out of. This one will require a Lyme panel and surgical cut-down. I can’t wait.

No, I take that back. That’s why they call it the Waiting Room.

I’ll have the iPad with my outliner notes for the Eco-Panel Saturday and the Food-and-Faith bits Sunday. And my TEDx cheat sheet notes. It won’t be quality “study time” what with the productive coughing and loud cell-phone talking there on death-row-with-magazines.

BTW, the event outside DogTown for Friday has been rescheduled due to the expected blowing rain.

And life goes on, as illustrated by this late-afternoon bug’s eye view of skunk cabbage (click to enlarge) growing in profusion near the Eco-village conference center. We’ll be stopping here on the “nature walk” on Saturday to talk about this plant.