LIFES LITLLE UP'S AND DOWN'S...

WHEN THE FEEDING FRENZY WAS OVER, MOST OF US STUCK AROUND UNTIL DEE FINISHED HER SANDWICH BECAUSE, ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN,

EVEN SHE WAS SUBJECT TO DROP SOMETHING SOONER OR LATER.

UNFORTUNATELY...THAT WOULD NOT...BE THE CASE TODAY.

HOWEVER...

WE DID GET A COMPLIMENTARY LICK OF DEE'S FINGERS WHEN SHE WAS FINISHED!

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU FOLKS...NOTHING SAYS GOURMET TASTE...

 LIKE THE FLAVOR OF HAND LOTION AND WHOLE WHEAT BREAD Y'ALL!

 

WITH MY BELLY FULL...
(IT WAS A RATHER LARGE GRAIN OF SALT),
I HEADED OFF INTO THE OTHER ROOM TO GO HANG OUT WITH THE BIG GUY,
 WATCH A LITTLE TV AND CATCH MYSELF A LITTLE SIESTA AT SOME POINT.

I NO SOONER LAID MY HEAD DOWN ON THE BIG GUYS LAP...

WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN,
ME AND THE BIG GUY, HAVE THIS HUGE, ROGUE HOUSE-FLY BUZZING AROUND US!

I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE 'HOW' BIG IT WAS...BUT FROM WHERE I WAS SITTING,
I WOULD SAY IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT THE SIZE OF A DOLPHIN!

WHAT CAN I SAY?

 WHEN YOU'RE AS SMALL AS I AM, EVERYTHING REALLY DOES LOOK GIGANTIC,
 INCLUDING THIS MISERABLE LITTLE SPACE INVADER WE'VE GOT ON OUR PAWS HERE!

THERE IT IS AGAIN!
 RELENTLESS LITTLE BUGGER...I'LL GIVE IT THAT!!

"HEY BIG GUY! YOU UP FOR MAYBE TAKING A SWAT AT THIS THING OR WHAT?"

NOW IT'S OVER THERE!

I TELL YA...
IT WAS LIKE BEING UNDER ATTACK BY AN ELECTRIC RAZOR WITH WINGS!

ONE CAN ONLY ADMIRE THE INTEGRITY OF THIS OVER-SIZED HORNETS PERSISTENCE. THAT'S FOR SURE!

"NOW CAN WE KILL THIS THING OR WHAT!

SUDDENLY...THE ROOM GREW VERY QUIET...

I WENT FULL UP WITH THE LISTENING DEVISES...
AND DIDN'T HEAR A THING!

AT LAST, IT WAS GONE...NEVER TO RETURN AGAIN!

NOW, WHERE WAS I?

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" I THOUGHT...
 IT WAS BACK!

I COULDN'T TAKE IT FOR ONE MORE SECOND Y'ALL!

I JUMPED OFF THE BIG GUYS LAP AND WENT UPSTAIRS,
 AND WANDERED DOWN THE HALL TOWARD DEE AND THE BIG GUYS BEDROOM.

 WHEN I LOOKED INTO THE ROOM...
 

MERLIN AND TIKA WERE ALREADY THERE!

  MERLIN WAS DOING A THREAD COUNT ON THE PILLOW CASE AND IT KINDA LOOKED LIKE TIKA WAS DOING A THREAD COUNT ON MERLIN!

ME AND TIKA WENT UP ON THE BED AND MERLIN WENT OVER TO THE SCREEN DOOR TO ENJOY A VERY PLEASANT BREEZE BLOWING THROUGH THE ROOM.

I TOLD TIKA...
"IT'S A GOOD THING THE BIG GUY BUILT THOSE STAIRS FOR US TO GET UP AND DOWN ON THE BED WITH HUH?

 "CUZ,,,THAT'S A LOOOOOOONG WAY DOWN GIRLFRIEND!"

   
"WHEN YOU'RE AS SMALL AS YOU ARE"
THE CURB IS A LONG WAY DOWN!" SHE REPLIED.

I SAT DOWN FOR A MINUTE...

AND JUST LET THE WARM, GENTLE BREEZE WASH OVER MY FACE,
LIKE A...WELL...LIKE A WARM GENTLE BREEZE ACTUALLY...

SUDDENLY.AND WITHOUT WARNING...
TIKA AND I BOTH HEARD THE SOUND OF THAT INCESSANT LITTLE FLY,
COMING IN HOT, JUST UNDER THE CEILING FAN!

I THOUGHT TO MYSELF...
"YOUR MINUTES ARE NUMBERED YOU.....SORRY...OLD...BUG!

WHEN YOUR EARS ARE THIS RECEPTIVE TO SOUND...THAT LITTLE BUZZ THAT YOU HUMANS HEAR...SOUNDS LIKE AN OLD HUEY CHOPPER WITH A SLIGHT,
 MUFFLER LEAK TO US!
 

MERLIN SAID IF THAT NASTY OLD FLY LANDED ANYWHERE ON THE DOOR THAT HE WAS SITTING AT...IT WOULD BE THAT FLY'S LAST 'ON-SCREEN' PERFORMANCE...

"VERY CLEVER MERLIN...VERY CLEVER INDEED!"

IN LESS THAN THE BLINK OF 6 OF THE FLIES EYES...
IT WAS OVER...
THE CEILING FAN RUNNING FULL THROTTLE, ON HIGH,
 WOULD PROVE TO BE TOO MUCH FOR THE LITTLE BAS...KET-CASE..FLY..BUG.

THE CEILING FAN CLIPPED BOTH OF THE FLY'S WINGS, WHERE IT ABRUPTLY FELL TO THE FLOOR LIKE A RATHER LARGE AND QUITE UGLY ANT!

 SEE WHAT I HAVE TO PUT UPWITH AROUND HERE?

DO YOU FOLKS SEE WHAT I HAVE TO PUT UP WITH HERE?

YOU KNOW....I DON'T MEAN TO BLAG...BUT...

('BLAGGING' IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE BRAGGING...IN A BLOG!)
 (IT'S ALSO A PHRASE I'M COINING...RIGHT NOW!)
 
LIKE I WAS SAYING...
I DON'T MEAN TO BLAG...BUT,
 WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT, THAT A BLOG, ABOUT AN IMAGINARY FLY,
COULD KEEP YOU ALL SO....CAPTIVATED?

LIKE ME...Y'ALL HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR PAWS...
 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME....