Some randomness for y'all.
As of this summer, my boy is living with me. Today's his first day of school, and already the house feels all empty. i miss the sounds of him here.
Also this morning I found a really large bucket brigade of sugar ants strip-mining a choice kitchen location with the diligence of a Chinese gold-mining crew. I went full Teutonic on their segmented little asses and made multiple strafing runs with war chemistry (by Bayer no less) in the convenient shpritz applicator. There is a nest (supercolony?) of sugar ants who see my home as their destiny. i am disinclined to share. Cue the Wagner!