Ayayaye...

So would you like to hear about my day yesterday?

Of course you would.

I had intended to make fajitas last night, but my propane tank was empty on my gas grill. So yesterday morning I had to load the empty tank into my car to trade it in for a full one. The plan was to take it with me to work, and then run to the hardware store over my lunch hour.

So as I was loading it into the back seat, which is no easy task because it is big and heavy, I figured I should lay it on its side so it wouldn't roll around back there. As I went to tilt it over, however, I heard a weird buzzing sound coming from the bottom. I sat it back upright, and the sound stopped. Weird. I tilted it over again, and heard the buzzing. I sat it back upright, no buzz.

OK, well, I thought, it's got to be one of two things. It's either air leaking out somewhere at the bottom, or it's BEES. Neither is *really* something I want to be dealing with on my drive to work, so I'll just wrap up the tank with this towel here, nice and tight, and leave it sitting upright, and that should contain whatever the problem is until I can investigate later.

Fast forward to lunchtime. Out I go to remove the tank from my backseat. I grabbed it and had to tilt it over slightly to get it out, and WHAM! All these BEES flew out!! Ack! I knocked it over and looked on the bottom, and there was a BEE HIVE sitting on the bottom of it. Hello! Would this EVER happen to anybody else? Of course not!! Yes folks, Hildy drove to work today with a nest full of BEES riding right behind her in the back seat. It is fortunate that I had the foresight to wrap the thing up in the towel, otherwise that could have spelled trouble for Hildy on the expressway! Ayayaye! I'm telling you.

So then I had to leave my windows down for the rest of the afternoon to get all the bees out before I had to go home. They seem to be gone now, but what if there's still one or two in there? Making a new bee hive or something? Plotting revenge? Ack!!! I can hardly bear to think of it.

In other news, last night I retreated to my swing outside to read some Harry Potter after a hectic day, and simultaneously managed to LOCK MYSELF OUT OF THE HOUSE. I kid you not!! I drove to work with a car full of BEES and managed to lock myself out on the SAME FREAKIN' DAY. UnBELIEVEable! So I'm standing there in the back yard, freshly locked out, racking my brains for how to get back in. The front door was locked. The garage door was closed. The back door was now locked up tight (dammit). I would have to check all the windows and hope that I was careless enough to leave one open!!

I looked down at my beagle for help, as he was locked outside with me. He looked up at me with his lip tucked into his teeth in a kind of quizzical sneer. Nice.

So, I started marching around the house searching for unlocked windows with the beagle trailing close behind me, thinking how embarrassing it would be to have to bang on my neighbors' door at this hour if I couldn't find one (it was after 8 at this point). As luck would have it, I found one unlocked, which I realize is by no means safe but there you have it. Hallelujah. So then I went about trying to remove the screen, which was a whole different proposition. Long story short, no dice---it was wedged in there so tight, there was no WAY I was getting it off. Augh!!! How completely irritating!!!

So after a few minutes of picking at the screen I gave up, looked around, and just dug my fingers into it. I tore it open and ripped the entire thing out of the frame (I'm sure the neighbors were enjoying a great show by this point. They probably had popcorn and Raisinets and everything. Feh.)

Once I ripped the screen out, I managed to force the window open and clamber inside. The beagle was all ready to leap in behind me, but I slammed the window shut and went back around to unlock the back door for him instead.

Jumpin' Jehosephat, it was a rough day for Hildy yesterday. But, I have prevailed. And I'm happy to report that my fajitas were absolutely delacious, as expected. Yes ma'am!

So that's it for me. That's enough strife for one day. I can hardly wait to see what excitement today will bring...I'm afraid....