Another Turkey Heard From. And More On The Way.

It's been a busy, busy few days. Not much in the way of workouts, but a big one coming up. John and I start the Long Trail on Thursday. We were going to start earlier, but (a) it's supposed to rain -- a lot -- tomorrow, and (b) I've been getting trying to get my act together, with mixed success.

Like Monday. I drove to Costco to get some PowerBars that were on sale, and eight pounds of trail mix. Worked fine. Stopped at a gas station. Put wallet on car. Drove away from gas station. Realized when I got to Eastern Mountain Sports that wallet had not been removed from car.

Oooops.

Drove home, pissed. Cussed myself for an hour and a half. Checked messages on the answering machine. Turns out Massachusetts State Police Trooper Jeremy Cotton had risked life and limb to fish it out of the middle of I-91.

This isn't the sort of thing that happens to you?

Me, neither.

Went back to Northampton this morning to pick it up (and leave a couple of nice letters for the trooper with his commanding officer). Nothing missing, as far as I can tell.

Whew.

Stopped and picked up some hiking pants for John, ran by the CSA to get the week's goodies. Went to Wal Mart to get a few odds and ends like saline solution, toothpaste, etc. Came home and worked late.

In other news:

*** We have another turkey. That's two turkeys and one duck that have hatched. And lived. So far. We also have a turkey that's pecking on its shell, and a duck that's absolutely vibrating its shell. Possibly there's a little duck jackhammer inside. Possibly not. Anyway, hatching is imminent. We're keeping them incubated under a poultry heat lamp, in a straw-lined cardboard box.

*** The six baby Angora rabbits are doing OK. Four are huge -- they look like little pigs. One is a normal baby rabbit, and one is a runt. But even the runt appears to be doing fine.

*** If you are a border collie, and you spend too much time with your head in a chicken brooder, this will happen to you, sooner or later. I'm just sayin'.