The backyard is overall now a safer place. The huge hive of bees has been sealed up and there are no signs of a new hive forming. I do wish that there was a way we could have removed them alive from the tree and transplanted them, but it would have probably done damage to the awesome tree. Oh well.

Other bug updates: all bugs in the house that we find are dead! Meaning, the rate of new bugs showing up is slowing down considerably, and by the time we see them, they are officially dead! Considering the fact that seeing a live spider or cockroach or any creepy-crawly or flying thing can send me into a state of cardiac arrest, and then those creatures show up starring in my nightmares, this dead bug thing is very very good!

The temperatures here in Texas are HOT!!! Today, outside the house was about 103, and inside was 95. Can I just say, YUCK! It’s really killing our grass, and as our sprinkling system consists of a hose, a nice spray nozzle, and a rotating sprinkler, it’s a lot of work to keep up with! So our grass looks a lot like this:

Some places, it looks a lot worse. 🙁 At least I have managed to keep the majority of the plants alive! woohoo!

So today, I was attempting to revive the greenery about the house by water and vacuuming up bugs in the house, waiting for the AC guy. (Yes, I am aware that the middle of the day isn’t the best time to be watering. Until we move in, we aren’t motivated enough to do late night/early morning watering.) The window was 1-4pm, and the house was 95 degrees. Guess who actually got pretty far behind? Yup, the AC man. So there I was, doing activities in the sun and then coming inside and vacuuming/unpacking some items that I moved over there today… and I think I got too much sun. Drinking water wasn’t really helping… so around 3:30 I called Jared and asked him to call the AC people and see if they were EVER going to come, because I couldn’t handle the heat anymore!

Jared called me back, and the window had been pushed back to between 5-6pm! And they couldn’t call to give us this time estimate? Must I suffer, hoping that ANY MOMENT sweet, cool relief from the AC could be coming?  Well, Jared told me to go home, rest for a hour, then go back, or he could leave work and go there for me.  I got home and decided that I couldn’t go back. I was dizzy, I had no energy, and even with my glasses, my sight was off and on blurry. Time to sleep for sure.

So Jared ended up taking a break from work so he could meet up with Mr. AC guy, and now we have AC. Hopefully that will make moving so much easier!

On other news, Stevie is doing much better. The bumps are all but gone and he’s not sneezing anymore. He does enjoy getting meds because they come with the magic items “Cheese” or “Peanut butter.” It makes me laugh, because he actually gets excited when he sees me opening up his medicine. A dog that WANTS to take his medicine?! Not to mention, he is hilarious when he gets peanut butter. Here’s a vid of IggyJack (NOT STEVIE!)  that can give you an idea of what Stevie looks like after he gets peanut butter; except Stevie’s tongue sticks out about 4 inches for a good 30 seconds after he gets the stuff.

(Warning: Video may lead you to laugh, giggle, and can cause strong yearnings for a cute dog. There’s some great links associated with it, like IggyJack gets shot, IggyJack gets a tissue… etc. Also, you may want to play it with the sound off, other than the shot one…)