trials and tribulations

listening to the guthries with the windows open. the weather has been pretty damn lovely lately. unfortunately i think that the ants have noticed as well, and we had to put out some poison this morning because they were coming in under the front door. i hate it. it has happened every year that we've lived here, and i now suffer from recurring nightmares about ants (no thanks to that last chapter of a hundred years of solitude.)
busy day today, with all sorts of boring/painful/productive things to do like paying property taxes. it will be nice if it comes off without a hitch, but i have to be prepared for hitches.
jake's concert last night was weird - the theme was nova scotia folk songs and all the kids were singing about getting married and such... weird to see ten year olds playing romance, but i guess it is something that we've all done (anyone wanna play 'another world'? ). jake, however, was not a fiance; he was a devil. how apropos! what good casting! bravo!
tomorrow will also be kind of hectic. jake is going to thomas's birthday at the putting edge, and sam's friend ian is coming overnight.
also, i sort of forgot that sunday was mother's day, and that if ian stays over on saturday night, he will be here sunday morning which is probably going to screw up my breakfast in bed, not to mention whatever it is that maggie's boys had planned at her house. i should call her and consult.
i wanted dille to fix the eavestrough tomorrow, but i am not sure that will happen. i would do it myself, but i am afraid of heights and it won't help anyone if i get dizzy and fall off a ladder. every time it rains, i can hear the water running down the side of the house, and i know that it is wrecking the foundation, and i can't sleep. gotta love the spring rains though, right? the garden is looking pretty damn good!