greatbear | Polishing my lizard

As usual, I've been a bad blogger, no regular updates 'n' all that shit. Been pretty busy at work, then I come home mentally exhausted and not much in the mood for anything challenging. That sort of carried itself into this weekend, where I did little non-critical projects, some of them odd, some necessary. The bathroom vent fan in the travel trailer, while effective, is the biggest source of RF interference this side of an armed forces tactical jammer. Anytime it's on, forget about watching or listening to most anything over the air in a radius of 200 feet. I pulled out the motor and fitted it with a set of capacitors, now there is no EMI. One dumb project taken care of.

Last weekend I had pressure washed the big parking area in front of the garage. During the week I have been filling cracks in the asphalt and concrete. Today I picked up a couple huge cartridges of concrete crack repair. It's essentially a self-leveling latex caulk. I tackled the long crack along where the pad meets the building. Once I made the first pass, I waited for the stuff to level and seep into the crack, filling in where it's insufficient. Color me surprised when I find a portion of the bead moving and writhing, then attempting to walk across the driveway. Apparently I sealed a blue-tailed skink (a common lizard) inside the crack. These strikingly colorful little reptiles are suddenly very common around here. I felt bad about entombing the little juvenile lizard in the sticky caulk, so I spent about a half hour trying to clean him up. Water is hopeless, so I used a bit of vegetable oil. Eventually I got most of the stuff off the critter washed him up and set him free against the house. I hope he makes it.

I have so much to do and no desire to do it. I gotta get out of this slump and take care of these things before it becomes overwhelming and expensive. And getting angry at myself no longer does any good.