Today, I spent some time out on the property to do some cosmetic preparations for the start of TentLife ‘09 tomorrow… 6 hours – doing manly things (read: dangerous things) the entire time! Wielding and hatchet, loppers, a saw, and an axe – I cut, lopped, and hacked the trails to and around home base for TentLife. When I got home from the days work, I undressed to find 7 new acquaintances latched on to my person.

If this is any indication of how the next 5 months are going to be, I might have to hire a part-time tic-checker or buy a couple guinea fowls (which I hear are voracious eaters of tics and other annoying bugs). Besides the uninvited guests it was a great day of work!

And so on the eve of TentLife ‘09 I go to bed with the A/C on full blast, cherishing my last luxurious night in a house, under the covers, in my bed.