There's a difference....

between dreams and reality.

I always think about how nice it would be to live in the country. Less noise, fewer cars and people, clean air, nature. Then I remember how much of nature I'm not fond of. Things like dirt...and bugs. Mostly bugs.

As mentioned in a previous post, I'm house sitting. It's at a friend's place. They live on a county island and have horse property, so it's kinda like living in the country, only not really. But they have more than their fair share of bugs...and dirt...and critters.

They have horses, dogs, cats, chickens, and duck (plus a house bird, but I don't really count him, unless I'm trying to sleep in the front room and he WON'T SHUT UP). These creatures have to be fed and watered twice a day. Ordinarily not a problem, but they've gotten used to eating about 7am and then again at 5pm. Major ugh! That puts a crimp in all sorts of stuff, however for the most part it's not that bad. Except for the ducks. I hate duck (well, actually most waterfowl including geese and swans). They are bad tempered, mean, and stink. If you've never been bitten by a duck, feel lucky.

This, however, is the main rant of this post: INSECTS (this includes spiders). A few example to demonstrate my point:

One morning I go to put my jeans on (I had them hanging on a chair with the legs hanging onto the floor a bit), I shake the legs out and out flies a scorpion! A medium-sized yellow one. Well, I of course lost my mind and did the Mexican hat dance on it with my shoes that smeared it all across the floor. Not good times.

Another time, I'm laying in bed trying to sleep and I feel something tickling my stomach. I had the fan blowing so I figure it's just a loose hair. I reach down to pull it off and I feel something crunchy. I did what any sane person would do and smacked whatever was on my across the room, turned on the light and found that I'd had a spider crawling on me. *shudder*

Now, yes those are only two incidents but they don't include the numerous mosquito, ant, and fly bites I've gotten as well as the positively unbelievable number of spiders in the garage.

Country living...sounds nice in theory, but HIGHLY overrated. At least in Arizona.