Day 302
The fog rolled in – sometime in the last hour – and, once again, swallowed up the trees and surrounding homes in my “neck of the woods”.
I let the dogs out before bed and was met at the door by a heavy mist and clouds swirling by … cool but creepy.
It made me wonder if I was once the Creature from the Black Lagoon because I am so fascinated by the fog. I almost (well, for a nanosecond or two) contemplated going for a walk in it – but quickly came to my senses.
I never thought I was afraid of the dark … but the fog, cemetery and darkness all combined make it rather, well, CREEPY out there! Too many monster movies when young, I suppose, that spark my imagination.
Just beyond my fence I’m sure there are werewolves and real coyotes and giant worm creatures with horrible teeth ready to eat me!
But I am inside my fence … and, for the next month, I have added protection from wayward werewolves and the like because I have guard-reindeer!
The last two days I have spent reindeer wrangling. Oh what fun it is to wrangle …
Not really.
I, somehow, have acquired a herd of reindeer. Not real ones – though I’d prefer real ones as they are cuter, cuddlier and probably easier to manage – but the white, light-up, holiday decor kind. I think my herd is expanding yearly. I’m thinking there must be some reindeer nooky going on in my garage as I started out with just a few and now I have six.
Anyway … of course, what should have taken an hour took two days. Holiday lighting is known to make the strongest of people go insane. I being among them. I have a low frustration threshold … and today that level was off the charts within three minutes. None of the lights worked. So, I ripped off all the old lights and put on new ones … but before doing so I had to go get more lights – which also meant my fourth trip to Target (in the last three days). Enough already!
So, after my lovely shopping trip I wound the lights around the reindeer and set them out … only to discover that the outdoor electrical outlet I had specifically installed earlier this summer for holiday lights was not working. Great. So, off to the store, again, to get a longer extension cord.
Besides Target, Ace Hardware and Walgreens are also loving me these days!
Anyway … after much repositioning and legs falling off (the reindeer’s, not mine) and a head or two falling off and me getting poked by metal antlers and a few choice words from me at the reindeer, I finally got the animals standing and where I wanted them. Only to have the pug/lab herd come barreling through the yard and topple two of the deer.
So, after more choice words (at dogs and deer) and more reindeer wrangling and repositioning of the extension cords and no doubt loading the circuits to the max I’ve finally got my outdoor display done. Until the dogs or wind knock the reindeer over once again.
In any case – they are now upright and look pretty neat all lit up … little white beacons out in the fog.
Look out creepy monsters and werewolves … I’ve got guard reindeer on duty!