Salamanders & Dreams

This is a post from 2007, April 8th - finally publishing it...

Hey! Long time...

Well, today Tim and Al (the grader) have our front driveway and side yard all dug up, laying septic, electrical, water and all, with Paul, and Paul & Tim found a whole bunch of salamanders. Paul called me out to see; he'd named the first couple, Jimmy and Mabel, and I named the others as we found them and I picked them up: Judy, Jeffrey, Robert and Richie. Meanwhile the drain had been interrupted, in order to hook up the new septic connection, so we weren't supposed to use the toilet or run water down the drains; and I suddenly realized that I was holding these toxic salamanders in my bare hands, and should wash my hands afterwards, but was I going to be able to do so? And I'd been eating chocolate... eating with my fingers without washing my hands first was definitely out if I wanted not to get sick.

Well - the piping was all hooked up, so I was able to wash my hands right away. Paul, who'd been wearing gloves, opened the door for me and turned on the bathroom light and the water. I could have turned on the light with my elbow, and the water using a piece of toilet paper over the faucet handles... but it was nice to be treated to some help.

More later. I want to write yesterday's dreams.