The other day when I was standing in the checkout line at the grocery store, I saw a magazine with bold letters saying "How to lose your stress-fat". Not sure if stress makes one gain weight faster or if it's because one eats to relive stress, but in any case, they were going to tell us how to get rid of it. Directly opposite, on the same magazine cover was another article declaring "Ice cream can help your PMS". Didn't anyone at the magazine notice the contradiction?
I've been seeing a young groundhog/woodchuck lately. It lives in the ravine, which is still edged with trees. On days when there's no construction in the mudfield that used to be the woods, the groundhog comes from the edge of the trees, races across the expanse of dirt & stops by the fence by the driveway. This fence divides my apartment building from the construction site & has a line of weeds & wildflowers growing along it. The little rodent moves along munching. Thursday, it had gone under the fence & was ripping apart some plants right next to the garbage bin on my side of the driveway. This week was limping, which worries me. I hope that it's injury is temporary & that it regains full use of it's limb soon. I love seeing any wildlife, but this one worries me with it's dashes across the construction site. Even if no machines are working, there's a lot of holes & pipes that could be dangerous. I hope it stays safe.
