But don't think that life is all sadness and worry here at the nest of the Winged Creature. I haven't lost my sense of humor and The Hub has not lost his.

Since he's working at The Depot it's a good thing. When I went to the location near my house last night - that's not the one where The Hub works - I asked the young lady in the paint department if she was having a stressful day since she was really busy.

"Oh, no, not really. You know how we bang the lids down on the paint cans with these mallets?.....

...It relieves a lot of stress!"

"You ever pretend that's somebody's head?" I asked.

"Oh yeah! All the time!" she said cheerfully. I think she might have been thinking of a particular person, but I didn't ask.

Still, you don't know what she has to put up with all day. After all, The Hub only works 4 hours at a time there, "...and people have the WEIRDEST projects!"

"Like what?"

"Well, for instance, last night this guy came in and asked me if I had anything he could use to retrofit his leaf blower. He wanted to use it to blow dry his dog!"

"What did you tell him?"

"I said, 'Um...I don't think that's the intended use of that product, Sir.' But he said, he wanted to go ahead with it. So I told him we didn't have anything specifically to turn a leaf blower into a blow dryer for a dog, but I did show him where the fittings were."

"Hmm. You'd think there'd be some kind of warning about that. You know, like 'It's a violation of federal law to use a leaf blower to blow dry your dog.' Or something."

"There ought to be a law against somebody that stupid OWNING a dog!" The Hub commented. We were lying in bed in the spare room - the one that isn't being painted, and the bed in there is low enough for Winston to jump in. So he did, when The Hub said "dog"

Winston snorted happily and settled down for the night, nosing my arm to let me know he wanted a pre-bedtime head rub. We didn't get him out of bed until this morning.

"What kind of dog was it?"

"You know, I was afraid to ask!" The Hub said, "I had better success helping the lady who wanted to make a beer bong out of pvc piping."

"I don't think that's the intended use of that product either." I said.

"Yeah, but at least she probably isn't going to do any harm. The other guy, I could picture him blowing his chiuhuahua right into his neighbor's yard!"

I'm starting to think it's better if some people DO just sit around and watch t.v. all night!