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Today the salt man cometh. I must stay home & wait for him because my water softener needs salt & maintenance & ooops I wasn't able to put more salt into the contraption because of my recent surgery. Ah well, such is life. No swimming today, no aqua zumba. That's probably an ok thing considering how stiff & sore I am today from all the gyrations I pulled off yesterday. Fun does require a small price but I'll be the better for it in the long run.

I don't much want to go outside because the humidity has been up & it has been hot, especially for March. No, I still don't buy global warming. Virginia is a hot, humid, miserable place more of the year than not. I always swore I was moving to Alaska but at this stage of my life I think that idea has passed. I would settle for summers in upstate New York but that is more money & effort than I can spare. It's hazy. That comes with the humidity. During winter there is a clarity to the air that doesn't often come during the miserable months.

I am looking forward to seeing the chickens though. I always look forward to that. I'm not looking forward to the goats. The fence is down yet again & they are spending far too much time checking out the front yard. They are working their way up to turning over the feed cans like last year. They ate 20 pounds of corn in a day. That would have lasted the chickens several weeks. I hate living in fear of their destruction but I am unable to redo the fence without help & I have none at this time. It would help if I could ride the ATV but that isn't running & I don't know quite how to get it fixed. A friend said he could do it but he has made himself scarce. Very scarce.

I have procrastinated about as long as I can with these ramblings. I found a tick on Kishka the Wonder Dog this morning. She & her little black buddy are out in the yard wondering where the goats are & stalking chickens through the fence. I need to tend the critters that I can find, those that unlike the goats, stay where they're supposed to. So off I go. Maybe I'll get a chicken hug. One can always hope.