One-year anniversary of the blog

Number of Ticks Removed: 63
Days Tick Free: 5

It was one year ago today that I began the blog. I browsed through some of my old posts, just to remind myself of all that has taken place in the past year, and I was overwhelmed by the lameness of my entries. This pretty much happens whenever I go back and re-read anything I’ve ever written. After the fact it always seems so lame. The only thing that I think has maintained some of its integrity is my NSF grant, although if you look closely, there are a few typos in there.

At any rate, I am doing my best to struggle through the last few weeks of the project. It would be nice to end this on a high note, but the rain, the spiders, the endless tangles of vines, and the lack of juveniles are making it a punishing task at best. A hundred times a day I swear that I will call up the airline to change my ticket and be on the first plane out of here, but when I actually consider leaving Wrinkle Belly, Horace, Jess, Uno, Stacy, etc, I get all weepy and never want to go.

I’m sure with each sentence, this post is getting more and more lame, so I’d better sign off for now. Thanks for reading, for a whole year.