Actually I have nothing much new but I’ll make some stuff up because I wish there were more things and that we were already on our way.

I do a lot of pacing in my apartment which is kind of just my personality but also the building antsy-ness manifesting itself. Oh also I am not jogging now since my calf has some kind of mildly pulled muscle or something so just taking walks so there may be excess energy. But then thinking maybe in Austin I’ll just be walking anyway as it’ll be TOO HOT to run! TOO HOT :)

Various low-level concerns about the move, aka the HYPEROBJECT:

Bass Lake showing some life. The high tomorrow will be about 45 degrees.

Wait, did we verify that rental house actually has central air?
Will that concerning rattle in front of my car lead to a break-down in the middle of Oklahoma?
How will I get sleep en route since I can’t sleep in same room as anyone else (one of my mental problems) ?
Will our landlord actually remove her stuff from our side of garage/locked room? (if not, where will all our stuff go??)
Will our address become one giant headache? The address we were given has a “B” after the street number, and this is not recognized by USPS, etc.
Will internet actually get installed the day the tech comes out? Issues already apparent with address, etc.
Will I get to eat breakfast on schedule en route and first couple of days in Austin (before movers arrive)?
Will unanticipated noise-makers such as airports, dogs, coyotes, javelins* keep us up at nights?
Likely the worst problem we’ll encounter is one I haven’t even thought of yet! YIKES!

Reminder: There’s only one month in Minnesota where snow has never been reported (July).

I took a picture by Bass Lake this week (included in this post) which garnered ~70 likes in my lichens, mosses, ferns and fungi group!

I am really really enjoying the book, Suburban Safari. Would you guess this book is good given the cover?

I read a lot of science-nature books and this one is far better than most.

Did you know that the unfortunate squirrels that lose part of their tails is typically a result of….other squirrels tearing it off? This book would make some great summer reading for you. Also, another shout-out to Half-Price Books.

* I mean javelinas. I had never heard this word before this week when I stumbled across it in Suburban Safari. But I keep saying javelins instead of javelinas. Also I did know “peccary” already which is the other name for the cute critter. I did a quick look-up and no, not recommended you have one as a pet.

** Warrior doesn’t at all match the content of my post but I thought it looked good in the title.