In Flux

Hey Blog readers!  Sorry I've been a little absent as of late.  I have to say that I haven't really been doing much, and even though I know some of you would say that not having something interesting or intelligent to say hasn't stopped me before, I just haven't had anything good to blog about lately.

As you know, I was supposed to be in England last week for work. I was really looking forward to the trip because 

1) I would get to see some work friends

2) I would be in an English-speaking place

3) I was going to pick up some spices at the supermarket that I can't find here in Serbia

4) There was a lot of work stuff that was going to get accomplished and I like accomplishment!

However, due to the volcanic ash, I couldn't travel.  So I stayed in Belgrade all week and to be honest, I can't really tell you what I did.  I didn't go out in the evenings and I didn't go to the factory.  I made a chicken and stuffing and kajmak mashed potatoes and ate well.  The weather was nice and I just chilled and enjoyed myself a little.

But enough is enough!  I'm tired chilling, so I was glad that this week is a bit more exciting.  I was in the factory yesterday.  I think I've mentioned the scenery before, but it really looks a lot like NE Indiana.  This time of year, the crops are going into the fields, and I passed no fewer than 20 tractors on the way home.  Unlike Indiana, there are these amazing yellow flowers.  I don't know what they are, so if you know, please share!  I have never seen such a natural vivid color.  I took these shots from the highway, so they aren't the best.  I haven't retouched the color at all.  Seeing these against the cloudy sky, all I could do was smile.

The final "news story" is about my Jesus beetle.  Bugs aren't my favorite things in the world, but I'm really only afraid of cockroaches and wasps/hornets.  On Friday night, I saw a dead beetle on the windowsill in my living room.  It was kind of gross, but I wasn't too freaked.  I thought it had a certain beauty to it.

(I told you my life was dull - I'm now showing pictures of dead bugs!)

Anyway, I left for a while and came back several hours later, and the bug was still dead, but it had moved.  I thought that was odd, but figured that air currents had moved him.

On Saturday, I decided to clean my apartment and Mr. Beetle went into the trash.  I took the full trash bag out of the can, but I didn't take it outside.  I was sitting on the couch reading, and I kept hearing some strange sound, like the bag was moving.  I picked it up, looked in the bottom, couldn't see what was going on.  Then I SAW.  The beetle was alive!  It was a beetle miracle!  Now before people get angry at my sacrilegious comparison of a beetle with Jesus, I'm sure that the beetle was just really, really, tired before and wasn't really dead.  Or maybe there was another live beetle in the trash.  Or maybe the awesomeness of my trash has miraculous powers?  I'll let you make your own conclusions.

Anyway, that's my life these days.  I am going on a trip soon, so I will have more cool blog posts. But for now, you get flowers and bugs.  Enjoy.