And then things got silly.

Somehow I've had quite a bit of extra time on my hands this week, with the blog taking the brunt of my untapped attention.

You've seen the creepy woods behind our apartment, but you may not know that when we moved in here there were creepy woods in front of our apartment. Not anymore. Now we have a Gazebo!


They cut down most of the trees, put up a gazebo, and spread hay everywhere. We're not sure what the hay is for. I'm guessing it is mulch/insulation for the winter or it is the grass seed itself.

You may also remember the creepy shack that was out there:


To alleviate the creepiness of said shack, a gazebo would not suffice. No, they had to kick it up a notch. They had to add some miniature potted cacti.

New Mexican Gnomes would feel right at home.

In other news, we had a baked potato literally explode in our oven:


I'd show the unexploded part of the potato, but the camera ran out of batteries at that moment, so I ate it while they charged. This photo was taken just before I vacuumed our oven.

My one regret with our current situation in Connecticut is that we don't live in "Norwegian Wood" apartments.

(This Bird Has Flown)

My mind is simply blown with all the follow-up jokes I could be making at this point ("Mean Mr. Mustard Hot Dog Stand," "Rocky Raccoon Pest Control" "Fixing a Hole Roof Repair"). I will note that you don't have to sleep in the bath if you live there.

Last but not least, we can add two more critters to our posse. Apparently a family of wood chucks live near my building on campus and this fellow paid us a visit just now:


At first he looked like a kangaroo or an especially large rabbit, but proved not to be the case.

That's it for now. Maybe I'll possibly do some reading now.