A New Experience on two levels….

Yesterday was an unusual day.  I only had one major thing to do, but ended up doing several.  It was another busy day, which is fine with me.

I started by going to the bank to deposit a couple of checks.  Then I went to Home Depot to but some gloves to handle the flea spray stuff as well as a vapor rated respirator.  Once that was accomplished, I headed to the hair salon and was able to be fitted in for a quick haircut.  Nice start to the day!

Once at home, I called a couple of friends, had lunch and then gathered all of the paraphernalia to begin the battle against the fleas.  I donned all of the gear to protect myself from this nasty stuff, mixed the concoction in the sprayer and began using it outside, on my deck.  I decided to do my first efforts at spraying so I could adjust the nozzle to get a decent spray setup for inside as well as just get a feel for how it is going to work.  As a result, I will be spraying today, just before I head out for Indian Acres, taking the paraphernalia with me so I can repeat the process just before leaving Indian Acres on Sunday or Monday.  The spray has to be completely dry before Molly can come back into the house.  The application makes things a bit wetter than I anticipated, so this schedule works out to the benefit of everyone, except the fleas and other insects inside the houses.

Once the test spraying was finished, I called a fellow PABA member (Art Polk) who had invited me to come to the Parkesburg Lions Club meeting.  He has been inviting me for over a year, but I have never been able to go.  I decided to take him up on it.  The Parkesburg Lions meet twice a month, on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month.  So I drove to the Baptist Church, where the meetings occur around 6:15PM.  I was treated to a lovely dinner, and while the attendance last night was very sparse, they seem to be a nice group of people who are trying to serve the community.  They have already asked me to give them some pricing on embroidering sweatshirts/hoodies for sale to the group next year.  That would be a nice bonus should I decide to become a member.

Off to get ready to pack up the truck, prepare the house for spraying and then off for a weekend at Indian Acres.