Texas Tree Roach Summer

It's not just in summer that we get tree roaches in the house, but summer is when we *definitely* find these bastards have breached the perimeter.

Last night I was in the East Wing of League HQ (the room by the front door) getting Emmylou's leash set for this morning's walk, and got that always-horrible shadow in the corner of my eye - a large, dark spot on the otherwise flat-colored wall.  It was my old nemesis - the Smokybrown Cockroach, hanging where they like to - about 10 inches just below the ceiling, plastered on the wall.

They look horrendous - a sort of dark brown with a sheen.  Antennae, splayed legs and roughly the length of your palm.

They don't bite or make any chirping sounds - they're not that kind of nuisance.  And they're not the kind of roach that "if you see one, it means there's a hundred more you haven't seen".  It just means there's a single ding-dong roach that has wandered somehow into your house.  Maybe under a door, through a vent...  I suspect that's how we get them.  Every once in a while I wonder if they popped up through the toilet (more on that in a second).

League Rewind - June 7th

literally asked KareBear to stand there for scale

Well, this weekend we met up with my parents, Steanso and his crew, and we spent some days at Lost Pines Resort in sunny Bastrop, Texas.  

Lost Pines is a sort of corporate resort/ retreat that doubles as a family resort.  If you want to see innumerable children needing corralling, this is the place.  Everyone else arrived between Wednesday and Thursday, but we were unable to get there until Friday afternoon.  Just in time for some socializing, dinner and then more socializing.  

Saturday was breakfast, seeing the petting zoo, and then hitting their pool area.  After, I lost track of everyone else for an hour or two while I read, and then found people for dinner.  After, we watched some of the UT baseball game as the Longhorns beat Oregon by quite a bit.

And then this morning we got home and retrieved Emmylou from the Pet Ranch.  

All in all, a good time was had!  But I was annoying everyone by checking calories on food and whatnot.

This evening, Sunday, I am weirdly exhausted.  I have no idea why.  Apparently getting me off rhythm is a problem.  Here's hoping a night in my own bed solves all.

Cubs. 

After winning two streaks of ten games each, the Cubs then *lost* ten games in a row.  It was painful to watch.  

Well, we're winning some games again - so that's good.  But if I've been quiet about baseball, it's been a brutal few weeks.

I am hoping the recent wins mean we're finding a rhythm again.  And Pete Crow-Armstrong has really come to life recently.

WNBA

This season has been so strange.  I can't really even tell who is great or not yet - minus The Minnesota Lynx, who seem on fire.  In the end, I think what is happening with pay and moving people around depending on who is worth more and what teams can afford, in the short term, is creating something like parity among the vast majority of the teams.  And you just never know who will win in any match-up.  

Expect for this POV to change as the season wears on and some teams become the clear pack leaders, but just because they've one or two more games than others.

NBA Finals

In general, Jamie and I don't follow the NBA.  We were Spurs fans in the 90's and early 00's, and became Suns fans during our time in Phoenix.  But it's been hard to follow anyone - including the Spurs.    

But now the Spurs are in the NBA Finals, and while I want for them to win, I understand what it would mean for a lot of people if the Knicks finally won a championship.  I'm not sure I'm ready to add the Spurs back into my life, but they are great to watch, and I kind of do miss NBA ball.