Sprained Ankle and Golden Years

As I mentioned in my previous post I’ve sprained my ankle. It’s a bit better now but still pretty purple. I’m glad I can walk on it comfortably again. It was driving me nuts. I’ve never injured my feet or ankles before.

I was especially worried because this weekend is the Coburg Golden Years festival that I’m volunteering at. I will be working in the beer garden so if I wasn’t able to stand I would have had to back out at the last minute.

I’m pretty excited about it. I’ve been searching and applying for jobs all week and so far no luck. It will be nice to be finally doing something other than just thinking about doing something.

 

Spinning Around and Round

The topic of today’s entry is going to be Poi. Not the food, the sport/art/dance/hobby of spinning poi. And my love for it. 

Oh how I had forgotten.

I spun for a few hours yesterday. It was wonderful. I haven’t spun poi in months and I was so worried I would have forgotten everything, or I would be hitting myself. Nope! Well, a few times, but that was bound to happen. My younger brother also spun with me which was great. I like having someone to talk to while I do it.

The point of this story is I feel that after my hiatus from spinning, after just one day, I’m already totally head over-heels in love with it again. It’s a fun work out and it really helps my brain and body work together in new ways.

I’m going to search hi and low for one of my poi video’s so I can post it!

xoxo
Amb

Coburg, Oregon – Golden Years

RickDancerTV July 2013 Coburg Golden Years and More. – YouTube.

 

Heck yes! I will be volunteering both nights at the my fair towns Golden Years celebration. Doing what? Beer Garden. I don’t want my bartending skills to get rusty while I look for work. Should be fun.

While there are a few parts that are rather long winded. The Golden Years festival is a local fundraiser and all of the money we gain stays in the community. Not Eugene, or any of the other surrounding area’s, just our small town of 1000 people. Yes, I will take pictures.

Wasps!

Yesterday after getting home from swimming at the river with my cousins and hanging out at my Aunts’ house I came home to find a giant monster wasp in my house.

I couldn’t figure out how it managed to get inside since all of my window screens are new and there are no bends or openings large enough for him to get through. After freaking out (rightfully so) I chased him out of my house with my mop.

Later while I was outside smoking I saw one of these bad mama-jama’s fly up to my porch light.. and crawl behind it! OH NO.

I realized then how the thing had gotten into my house. Directly behind the porch light is my spare bedrooms closet and the water heater. It goes right up to the siding.

I immediately go into the house (I put my cig out but brought the ashtray inside with me. Freak out moment.) I shut the spare bedroom door and put a towel along the bottom. I was too much of a pansy to actually stick my head in the closet and look to see if there was a nest.

Then I called my landlord and today the pest control guy came out.

They’re Mud Dauber wasps and aren’t really aggressive despite their nasty appearance. He says they eat crab-looking spiders. The whole front of our apartment complex is covered in these spiders. So he sprayed a but load of wasp agent orange in the holes and said if I see some more in the next two or three days going in there to call him.

I hate flying insects.