Monday, July 09, 2007
Awesome Day
I got the gator job!
He just called, I start Wednesday.
Now I have to tell my current boss that I’m doing the work at home job part time.
Heehee! I’m so fucking happy right now you have NO idea!
[update] Ross - Dress for Less: I love you.
Had to get some khaki shorts and proper shoes and khaki hats for this gator job and Ross came through. I saved almost $200 going there. I heart them. And I especially heart their mirrors. I look downright stunning in their mirrors and I think the entire world should be outfitted with Ross mirrors.
I’m thinking, with all that I’ll be learning and all the wildlife I’ll see, if maybe I’ll start a Serenity’s Wildlife Moment or something. Plenty of species out there to keep it going for awhile. I’m not just here to talk and vent, I’m here to share! And educate! You’re welcome.
Speaking of wildlife, I just have to walk out my back door to see some of it. I snapped a photo of this guy because I’d actually learned about his type when I applied for the gator job in the first place. Not two nights later, I got front row seating to the experience.
These guys:
are poisonous. You won’t see any other frogs in the area because these guys, who came from South America, ate them all. Back in the 50s or 60s, ONE container of these frogs split open and now, that’s all this place has. They are cute but be careful because even though Spot or Kitty might want to eat them like they do other frogs, these frogs will kill them. Word to the wise. Or your mother. Or your canine/feline friend.
Also, I am able to see any number of these cute little buggers any time I walk out my door:
I’m especially in love with this one because I had a horror filled 20 minutes earlier this afternoon. There I was, minding my own business, blabbing to my friend on the phone when I went outside and noticed an ugly, hideous, orange, long legged arachnid. (Guess I spoke too soon in my recent WILS entry.) It was hanging off the mosquito net/drapes and I thought I was going to throw up. My friend on the phone advised that perhaps it should be killed because it was probably poisonous. Before she said that I was having myself a little fit because I hate these things but the second that word was uttered, I thought, “Serenity!” and ran inside for something to kill it with. All I could come up with was some Orange Glo hardwood floor cleaner. Desperate times, desperate measures. I went back outside and the little lizard was on the net/drape near him. I waited to see if he would just eat it but he did not move. Screw it! The 8 legged demon spawn dies! I nudged lizard pal out of the way and started spraying Orange Glo all over the nasty devil. I sprayed and sprayed, chasing it as it tried to run away...spray! spray! spray! spray! spray! spray! die you bitch! spray! spray! spray! Finally my heart could take no more and I ever so valiantly ran back inside and proceeded to choke on my own fear. After about 10 minutes I looked out the window and noticed the cute little lizard was near the freak of nature again. I went back outside and the 8 legged whore was on one side of the netting, the lizard on the other. I told the lizard what he needed to do to get lunch and he listened! He eventually caught, ate and KILLED that horrifyingly waste of space. Hurray lizard! I just feel so bad because he ate some Orange Glo...hopefully it will have tasted like Orange Chicken to him or something and he’ll be fine but I’ve been keeping my eye on him. He even allowed me, the paparazzi, to snap a photo of him and I thanked the heavens for his existence by shouting, “God bless the lizard!” I think he understood me.
P.S. You all might wish to consider dropping some cash in the sunscreen stock because I’m going to be outside a lot now. I’m very white and the sun is a harsh mistress.
