Wasps and Lizards

The weather has been cool! The mornings and evenings have shed their humid sweat inducing blankets of stickiness. Feels soooo gooood. So my wife and I spent the last two days doing a lot of front yard work on my parents house. Luckily while taming the palm tree out front, we weren't attacked by wasps.

Liz was on a ladder with a cutting pole when I noticed 3 wasps flying right near her back. I got my serious voice on...Honey, get down now, be quick, be caaaalllmmmm. Maybe I said ,"don't panic?" ooof, I hope not.

I went to the store and got some black flag wasp killer. Their nest was built in a tough spot though protected within a palm frond. I had to lay on the ground to even spot the darn thing. So I went out with goggles, hat, a big thick jacket and sprayed UP. The instructions say don't spray up even, because it doesn't work very well at all. It just kinda sprays all over instead of the nice stream. Somehow I managed to kill them and not get stung. The were two nests and a bunch of lizards too. There was no Jake Sully to save this little world of wasps and lizards.

The yard looks much nicer now. I can actually see the house from the road.

In other news, my time living at my folks house may soon come to a close. Supposedly we'll be closing on our house next Tuesday. With all the crazy that's gone on though, I won't believe it until I have a key in my hand.