Today I worked on campus, and Hardingfele and I walked at lunch. We were in the Allen Centennial Gardens when we heard a train approaching, so we hurried to where you can see the track just in time to see the short train (five cars) go by. Then in the evening we had a surprisingly amiable condo association meeting; not too many people came, but a lot of people filled out proxy forms, so we were able to conduct business because we had a quorum. We passed a budget and changes to the bylaws, so we actually got a lot accomplished. We met at the Waunakee Community Center, which I had never been to before, but there's a lot going on there. Outside there was a yoga class, and the room across the hall had a bunch of adults singing to toddlers. One of my neighbors found the senior center newsletter, but she said I can't read it because I'm not old enough yet. Though I really don't need any more activity in my life, it is tempting to check out this oasis of fun sometime.
A couple of weeks ago Travalon and I were sitting in our living room when two or three mice chased each other out of the kitchen and into the hallway. We hadn't seen mice in ages, so we were a bit shocked. I set up two live traps with cashew butter, but we caught nothing that night. I said we needed peanut butter, and Travalon found some expired peanut butter in the cabinet, so I set the traps with that. The next day we had a mouse, and Travalon released it outside. There was nothing the next night, but the night after that there was a very cute, perky mouse in the trap, sticking its little pink nose out of the air holes on the top. It was a tawny color and white underneath. Travalon released it outside. Nothing the next night, but then the night after that we caught a mouse half the size of the first two, and it wasn't perky at all - it seemed petrified. Travalon didn't want to let it go in the usual spot, because the cranes were hanging out there, so he let it go near the tennis courts. I don't know if this was a different species of mouse or just a young one, but a few nights later we caught one more tiny one. Now we haven't caught any in a number of days, so maybe our mouse troubles are over... at least for now.
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