This morning I woke up with a bit of an itch on my torso, right by the lowest rib. I scratched, it felt funny; I scratched under my shirt and felt a little lump that I hadn't felt before. Immediately, I checked it out and noticed this little tick, moving legs and all, stuck in me.

The idea of this creature having dug its head into my skin freaked me out a little. Last Tuesday, however, I found the tick-remover I wanted for a while and purchased that. After a minute of slightly freaked out searching for it I found the set, and tried out the small one. It wouldn't fit, so I used the bigger one.

It worked as expected and much easier than the other tick-removers I have. It did hurt when I twisted the little bugger out (a bit of a burning sensation) and he insisted on trying to keep digging back in, but I won and flushed him down the toilet. I suspect it hitched a ride on Nano and then landed on the sofa where it secretly attacked me.

I'll have a blood-test to check for Lyme's disease in a month or two, as it doesn't always give that specific rash (should I get a rash or any other weird complaints, I'll go to my GP immediately of course). The spot feels a bit sore, like a bruise, which I hope goes away soon.

Now, if only I could shake that itchy feeling I've had all day. Brr.

Hurray!

I started digitising the earlier sketch cause I couldn't really sleep anyway. Now my hand hurts.

But it looks cool.

Sister asked me to 'design' a wall for her son's new room. I made an initial (quick) sketch on my computer which I'll work out in more detail.

It storms a bit today. Lots of rain and wind. I've decided to stay inside, apart from the quick trips with Nano. When I looked out of my window onto my balcony, I saw this little one. It scurried about, probably looking for either food or shelter. Managed to snap a quick shot of it before it ran of because I scared it with a camera in its face.

It did come back a few minutes later though, trying to access the house. Hmm...

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The entire train had these decorations on the walls and ceiling. It looked great!

They hid in the back and dried themselves. I'll save them for next year and sow them.

She tried to get the stick away from me.

My precious drawing book, in which I haven't drawn for a while.

I love the little fish on the cover, they don't make it harder to bring the book, I've just not had that drawing mood...

I will pack it for my little trip this week. Must Want to draw.

Very empty, few cars coming by but not much else. Sun shines and doesn't burn, hurray!