Crickets

I’m slowly acquiring some new living room furniture to replace the heavy, bulky, and generally over-bearing furniture I currently have.  Something to open up some spaces and add some color, while still being functional and comfortable.  Sofas and other similar seating solutions have a difficult time accomplishing these objectives – a more minimalist style sofa just isn’t that comfortable.

So, thinking outside the box, I looked to our Southern neighbors for a solution.  For centuries indigenous peoples of Central and South America have utilized hammocks for seating, sleeping, baby cribs, and everything else.  Interesting idea, yes?  So I have a really big and really nice hammock on order from my work – handmade, deep hanging, and large enough for 2+ people.  My living room is the perfect size for hanging it up, and thanks to Breed & Co. all of the necessary hardware is ready to go.  With two climbing carabiners on each end, the whole thing will be easily portable for outings to the lake and such.  Dual usage at it’s finest.  If it works out really well, I might grab another one to replace my bedroom futon.

We have lots of crickets in Central Texas right now.  I kind of have a thing against bugs.  I don’t like them, especially when they have tendencies to jump or run in sporadic patterns.  Crickets and cockroaches – I hate them both.  The cat living in my apartment on the other hand couldn’t be happier.  She’ll totally mutilate one when it sneaks inside, batting it around the floors for twenty minutes or so, picking it up in her mouth and tossing it in the air.  And then, like every other toy, she’ll pick it up and place it in my lap.  How cute.

The ’08 Texas 4000 team rolls into Anchorage tomorrow, ending their four thousand mile journey.  I wish I could describe that feeling, but the truth is, by that point in the road I was entirely too exhausted to feel much of anything, let alone be able to put it into words.  I couldn’t be happier for them; they definitely had their ups and downs along the way, but they pushed through and persevered in the end.

I’m happy right now that there are no crickets attacking me on this porch.  It’s nice and breezy tonight; it almost feels like it’s beginning to get cool again.  I won’t disillusion myself though – tomorrow will be back in the 100s, and I know we have another one to two months of this heat, at the least.  Could be worse I guess.