Housekeeping and Deer

Busy day.

First thing, Mom and I went out to drop nanakikun off at his job and pick up a slate countertop from the school surplus store. (We suspect it was formerly the top of a lab bench – slate is fairly intert and strong, being made chiefly of quartz (SiO₂) and muscovite, and is therefore suitable for the task. Also, it has stains on it.) While we were there, we got nanakikun a toolbox, ^z a wristrest (those dinguses for prevention of carpal tunnel) with a baseball player on it, and Mom a comfy office chair. We considered stopping by the CD/Game Exchange after, but we were pressed for time.

After our return, we mostly spent our time in my sister's room, clearing it out for the insertion of a folding futon bed tomorrow. We broke for lunch and for my sweeping the downstairs (and down the stairs), and Mom left for a period of time to teach one of her Appalachian dulcimer students, but we got a good deal done.


Also, this late-late afternoon (near 7) a deer walked up to our neighbors' yard to eat their plants:

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Usually the deer wait until dark to loot the flowerbeds, but Mom pointed out that this one was a yearling (probably just kicked out by the mother), and therefore stupid inexperienced.