Wildlife Appreciation

So yesterday I was appreciating the peacocks. Today one of my great huntresses brought in a chipmunk. It got away from the huntress and hid under the couch. We lifted the couch to see why Minnie was so interested in it. That is when it escaped somewhere else. About an hour later Minnie is making a ruckus in the bathroom. It was under a set of shelves. So Dave got his big old welding gloves and went chipmunk hunting. He said it ran up over his head and bounced off the walls. He did catch it and did the release thing in the woods. He thinks Mica brought it in and I suspect Minnie.

Oh oh oh oh

I went up to my neighbors to see his puppies and his garden. His garden is at least five times as big as mine. While we were looking at it and talking about it I kept hearing this banging noise. Finally I asked him what that noise was and he said oh it was probably the peacock attacking himself. Oh noooooo...... Peacocks see themselves in shiny things and think it is another peacock so they attack. I have nice chrome accents on my Mini and so it was attacking my car. Looks like most of the scratches should buff out. Guess I won't be taking the Mini to the neighbors house anymore.

Rotten Grass

So Minnie is again being the great hunter. She caught a mole yesterday and another one today. She also thought she needed to roll in some rotting grass. Boy that made her smell so good. Anyway it got her a bath. Turns out she doesn't like her ears to get wet (they had to be washed) and hopped out of the tub. Then she told me she was not getting back in and I couldn't make her. She now knows different. I am the Mama and I picked her up and put her back in. I had no choice as she still had soap all over her. She smelled much better. But now she is out playing with that mole so I have no idea how she is going to be when she comes back in.

And Change

Had a nice visit with Myk yesterday. He said the interview with an Oxford house didn't happen. He doesn't seem concerned. He wants to come home and maybe not go to an Oxford house. I guess time is going to tell. We do have an appt. for family therapy on Thursday. We'll see what comes of that.

Plans Change

Myk has another week of in-patient. He gets to come home for awhile on Monday to reconnect with us. On Sunday he has an interview with an Oxford House. My impression is they really want him to go to one of those as opposed to coming home. They don't want him in our little town. I totally understand. It could end up being that our last child has left the nest. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Myk

Myk is really looking good. He has now gained almost 30 pounds. His treatment provider is talking about him graduating the program next week and being able to come home on Tuesday. We'll know today whether that is what happens or not. Myk said he has actually learned a lot in the past four weeks. Says his perspective is different than before. He is also waiting to hear if he has to go back to detention or whether he is on house arrest when he gets out.
So the plan is if he gets out next week he will come home until the new Oxford House opens and then he will move there. That sounds somewhat reasonable to me. But I do still have my fear of what happens when he comes back to our small town with all his "friends".

Garden

While all the seed that we have planted has now sprouted, so too has the weed seed that was already there. You would almost think I was growing a squash field from the number of volunteer plants. Have to wait for it to dry up a bit in order to start weeding. And it looks like the flea beetles are back also. Grow quick bean plants.