I get woken up at 1:30
by the chicken’s squawking .. it’s like… I’m dying squawking.
so
I grab my new flashlight and I go investigate it.. and there’s totally a raccoon in the cage.
It starts running around … trying to get out … and I can see the chickens running around
some of them have bloody necks…. or their missing feathers on their body
and one is on the ground laying... and just twisting (later I discover her head is stuck under the fence...she’s fine)
so I’m like… hmm….. I need a weapon and shoes…. so I go grab a shovel
and I go to put on my croc boots.. their outside because I’ve been using them in the coop already
then I start freaking out because I realize HOW STUPID it is to put on shoes/boots that have been outside for days because there could be a spider inside
I start like...
Jumping around trying to get the shoes off and I look inside them with the flashlight- no spiders
Then I’m like “these are Tabs chicken, I’m soooo calling her- if I’m awake she can be awake”

lol

so I call and she says it's ok to call animal control...
so I do- their super nice
its actually a cop who comes out, who had previously been on animal control…. he has a look'
and then he's like.. yup that’s a raccoon… so… we talk for a second
….then the cop like... sighs
and pulls out his gun …..and starts loading the bullets into the clip
he goes into the cage
he shoots the raccoon
(he had to move the small coop first though)
he doesn't kill it - it's bleeding
and the cop is like- we'll let it bleed to death (thinking it was going to die quickly)
and the raccoon wanders around a little bit.. like coughing up blood and stuff
and once it settles down the cop shoots it a second time - in the head (it dies)
then I went and got some garbage bags
and the cop put it in the bags and it's in our garbage
so...

the saddest part of this story is that
once we saw the raccoon up close it was obvious that the raccoon was very diseased
so...
I don't think it'll be safe to eat the eggs anymore
at all- not a good idea

ALL THE CHICKENS LIVED!!!

hmm...

I'm thinking of doing the HGC diet. I'm asking for opinoins. I've heard both sides.. that it works and that it doesn't.

Basically i've been about the same weight since I was in highschool. What this is supposed to help do is reset your body's predetermined weight. Huh.

So.. please feel to comment in.

huh

my last 7 days:

- I scheduled the cabin for July (YEAH! cabin time!)

- I was in a car accident (not too bad, but still not my fault)

- I helped a friend take engagement photos

- I helped a different friend wash blood from her hair (surgery)

- I've become more active at church (institute and FHE)

- I got a parking ticket ($25)

- I got cool new accessories for my bike (rear rack and bell)

- My roommate who I don't get along with is moving out

- My garden has started sprouting

- I"m working REALLY hard to give up pop. I <3 pop and am not that excited about giving it up. But it's tome for it to go...

....So pretty much I have LOTS going on, and it's about 50/50 good and bad stuff. I'm of mixed feelings about it all. Sigh. It could be worse. I could.. like have been injured in the car accident. I'm just antsy for a new adventure. Like.. moving or a boyfriend.. or somthing. Just something different.

At least it's spring and I get to be outside more. In the rain. In the sun. Under the leaves. On the hammock (oh, and I bought a hammock, and hung it up). Hopefully I'll host my first bonfire of the season soon. That should be pretty sweet. :)

HALLELUJAH!!!

I am excited to announce that I am about to embark on a quest for serenity. Some things have come to pass recently that will help enable this.. such as people leaving my life who I'm glad their gone.. or student loans coming through allowing my to pay off credit cards (yes mom, I know I still have to pay it off) but I'd rather have my debt be under 6% interest than 30%.

Along with this is a desire to become yet more religious. I haven't been doing the best in the past year, and I can do better. There's always room for improvement, yes? Yes.

I've had to make some decisions recently as well. I have my ten year reunion, a cousin's wedding and a really good friends wedding.. all within 2 weeks ( not 2 weeks from now, but in late July.. sorry to get some people's hopes up!!) . The reunion and the friends wedding is actually on the SAME day. So... yeah. What do you do? I think I'm going to go to the cousins wedding and then the friends wedding... because with Facebook in existence, there is no disconnect from my old high school friends. I still know whats going on in their daily. I DO want to see them, but I'm scared of bridezilla. lol.

AND- going to my cousins wedding means I'll get to have time up at my family's cabin (I hope) I still need to check the schedule and see if it's available. Hence the pic I chose... it's very similar to the forest up there.. :D

I need to be in the mountains. I need to feel clean air on my skin and lay by the steam as it goes tinkling by. Sigh. It's been WAY too long. And I need people to stop yelling at me over stupid dish pamphlets. Get a life.

I'm ready. HEEELLLLLOOO. I'm ready. Get movin', will ya?

My poor baby car....

So.. I feel like it's time. Time to talk about how much I hate car stuff right now. ARGH. So.... I was hit by a hige SUV a few weeks ago. I was on my way to the MUSE concert with a roommate and a friend. Then BANG- they pull a U-EY into my car.

Needless to say, the lady was convinced that it was MY fault, but it's REALLY apparent that it wasn't (as you can see in the accident scene pic).

My car in the shop now. Being fixed. I hope they do a good job- and the paint matches this time. So far, it hasn't really in past jobs... The biggest crime in all of this has been the fact that this accident made me late to the concert- and I missed the first 1/3 of Muse's show. They had came onto the stage really early- 8:30. What we did see was AWESOME... i'll just FOR SURE have to go next time their in town.. and be early : )