revenge of the cave spiders

I've forgotten to do these for like a month.

( Questions of Days )

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I read a thing a couple of days ago where people were being all surprised that some people know what ants smell like. To which my reaction was, of course, wait there are people who don't know what ants smell like?

Apparently it's genetic. So I have learned a thing.

(Kind of a combination of vinegar and black pepper, if you don't have that gene.)

Maggots also have a smell - I don't know if that one is genetic or not - and I was smelling it in our corner-that-is-a-pretend-kitchen for weeks in spite of the fact that I was constantly scrubbing out the compost bin. We have seperate "green waste" and trash collection so there isn't supposed to be organic material in the trash bin so it honestly didn't occur to me to check there.

Rookie mistake.

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Today featured lots of sawing and grinding noises. I have no idea what they were doing, but it was loud. At least things are happening?

Kitchen guy told me his part will take two months after the plumbing goes in. I don't know if the plumbers were here today, but there were lots of pipes stacked in the hallways. Basement guy, who the fuck knows.

You know, every time I pass through the living room I stop for a minute just to watch my housemate to see if they're breathing. I'm not even being snarky here, I have this constant low-level horror that one day they'll have a heart-attack or something and it will take me a couple of days to notice.

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Debating if I want a glass of wine.