It's labor day so it might as well be a Sunday.....

So I rode a motorcycle for the first time EVER last week. I was terrified the entire ride but managed to keep myself balanced so that I didn't skew the driver's balance.
I've since ridden a couple of times, and each time seems to be an easier ride. My max speed is maybe 50mph but when you are not in control, it feels a lot faster. And scarier. The winding curvy roads are the scariest. I've managed though, and each time feels a little bit more comfortable and the scales tips more towards FUN and farther away from FEARFUL.

I was "on call" today for babysitting since I work for a nurse....and she was on call today...and I was doing them a favor. All day, from 9am to 9pm, I carried on business as usual at home but with a certain uneasiness knowing that my phone could ring at anytime and I would have to stop what I was doing and go 'work'. I finally left the house around 7pm to buy the required art supplies(motorcycle trip #4), still worried that I was going to receive that call.
I didn't. The anxiety I held all day, not getting too deep into anything or having too good a time (because that of course meant that I would receive the call at.that.time.) it was all for nothing! Go figure...
All in all, it was a good day.
And this is my newest neighbor:
It's really not shiny. Every night it spins a web between the porch post and the tree. Every morning it is gone. It's huge, as most of the spiders I see here are.
Tomorrow is a school day and brings my first spanish vocabulary quiz. I did get to spend a large portion of the day studying so I feel alright about it.
Bed time now---it's late!