Unexpected Tasks
Oct. 18th, 2016 10:06 pmAs per the previous post where I thought I'd probably not do most of the tasks on the whiteboard I did indeed not do most of the tasks on the whiteboard (and by "most" I mean "all" since I hadn't even bothered to put "make soup" on it). However! Since I overworked so much during wacky week last week it meant I'd accrued more than enough time for a day off today and today was an ideal day for it both 'cause it was pretty darn nice out but also 'cause all of our management is at a management retreat which greatly reduces the chance of my being asked for Urgent Stuff.
One of the tasks was "garden" (by which I mean 'turn over dirt') and boy was I glad that I took the day off to, in part, "garden" 'cause when I went out to do this I discovered a perfectly contented looking dead raccoon beside a clump of hostas. If it weren't for all the flies I'd have assumed it was a sleeping raccoon as there was no sign of injury and the eyes were closed as if resting. Even though I was 99% sure I was looking at a dead raccoon I still gave an experimental poke with my shovel with the end result of, "yup, dead raccoon."
So there was nothing to be done for it but stick the shovel in the ground and see if there's anything I'm supposed to do with a dead raccoon other than use my shovel for something other than poking. Turns out I'm supposed to call the city and ask for a pick-up so that's what I did. On the one hand this was pretty good because I didn't have to dig a raccoon sized hole somewhere in my yard but on the other it was not so good as I was required to finagle this adult dead raccoon into a bin bag where it will hang out at the foot of my drive for up to 2 days depending on how busy the animal pick-up people are.
Oh, and it will be picked up at night as animal pick-up people only do nightshifts so I sure hope they notice my black bin bag on my black driveway. I considered myself excessively lucky (this is the 1st day I have ever taken off just to muck around in my yard!) to not have to be around rotting raccoon but it seems like there's still time for that. :)
One of the tasks was "garden" (by which I mean 'turn over dirt') and boy was I glad that I took the day off to, in part, "garden" 'cause when I went out to do this I discovered a perfectly contented looking dead raccoon beside a clump of hostas. If it weren't for all the flies I'd have assumed it was a sleeping raccoon as there was no sign of injury and the eyes were closed as if resting. Even though I was 99% sure I was looking at a dead raccoon I still gave an experimental poke with my shovel with the end result of, "yup, dead raccoon."
So there was nothing to be done for it but stick the shovel in the ground and see if there's anything I'm supposed to do with a dead raccoon other than use my shovel for something other than poking. Turns out I'm supposed to call the city and ask for a pick-up so that's what I did. On the one hand this was pretty good because I didn't have to dig a raccoon sized hole somewhere in my yard but on the other it was not so good as I was required to finagle this adult dead raccoon into a bin bag where it will hang out at the foot of my drive for up to 2 days depending on how busy the animal pick-up people are.
Oh, and it will be picked up at night as animal pick-up people only do nightshifts so I sure hope they notice my black bin bag on my black driveway. I considered myself excessively lucky (this is the 1st day I have ever taken off just to muck around in my yard!) to not have to be around rotting raccoon but it seems like there's still time for that. :)
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