There are f---ing ANTS in my laptop!

My house has been overrun by ants. They appear in the kitchen whenever I'm a bit slack in keeping the bench clear. Fair enough, I suppose. I have laid out more ant baits than I can count, and I squash the little bastards whenever I see one.

The other day, there was a trail of them marching across the bathroom window sill. So I drowned them.

And now, they're in the office - INSIDE my laptop! As I start to type, they come scurrying out from somewhere beneath the keyboard. I've squashed about a hundred in just a few minutes. I watched one run round and round the serial port at the back, and I can see them running around under the keys. It's not like it's cold or anything, so what's the interest in my computer FFS?! (and no, I've never spilt Coke on the keyboard)

Apart from the Ant Wars, I had a quiet weekend. I had one of my headaches on Friday which I kept at bay with drugs. It was no better on Saturday, and without the drugs I felt quite nauseous and dizzy just moving around. After attempting to sweat it out by shovelling mulch for an hour, I retired inside, and alternated between snoozing on the bed and the beanbag.

I assumed it might have been dehydration from Thursday's hot run, especially as my throat was constantly dry and whatever I drank just passed straight through, barely touching the sides. (skip to the next paragraph if you don't want to read about bodily functions...) But late Saturday evening, I passed a particularly vile bowel motion. Really black and smelling acrid and poisonous. About 10 minutes later the headache was gone.

So I don't know if it was something I ate recently, or something detoxing itself from my body. Either way, better out than in, and I'm just relieved to get my head back.

I was alert enough on Sunday to start a drystone wall along the east fence. The bottom of the fence is about 2 ft higher than my ground level where it runs along the house, and there's an ugly clay bank making up the difference. I want to put various mint plants in there, and it needs something to hold the dirt in. After pricing up various "professional" options, I decided to DIY it and recycle the rocks that have been accumulating in a pile at the bottom of the garden. I got about half done before the heat sent me inside.

Weight	71.7 kgs
Walk	0 kms
Run	12.9 kms
Cycle	0 kms

lazy week!