Cock-A-Doodle-Do

Back before I hit the road fulltime in my RV, my oldest son, Daniel, put me on his cell phone service and ordered a phone for me. It was delivered to him, and he set it up for my use and then sent it to me. I was surprised when I received my first phone call to find the ring tone was a rooster crowing. It was a very realistic rendition. As it turned out, I liked this ring better than any other choices, so I continue to use it.

Fast forward to yesterday when I went to the Social Security Office in Georgetown. There was a sign on the entry door to turn off all cell phones and I fully intended to do so once I got inside. However, I was distracted by the electronic sign-in procedure and totally forgot about the phone. (can you see where this is going?) Let me tell you that Social Security Offices must be rough places as there was an armed guard just inside the door. Picture this....I've been dutifully sitting in my chair waiting for my number to be called for about 45 minutes, when suddenly my phone starts ringing. Now I must say that on the average day, I never get a phone call during the day. Well, Cock-A-Doodle-Do sounded shrilly in the very quiet waiting room. Heads turned, and the guard stood up and gave me the "evil eye"! I could just see the headlines...Aging grandmother arrested while applying for benefits at the Social Security Office for bringing a live crowing rooster inside a federal building....certainly a threat to national security!!! I immediately apologized and stopped that bird in mid crow. Thank goodness my kids won't have to bail me out of jail!

So, today there were 130 fifth graders that came for the Going Buggy program that the volunteers presented at Doe Skin Ranch. The weather was gorgeous and we all enjoyed our presentations to these youngsters. Chris and I did the Studying Insects station, and educated them on the migration of Monarch butterflies and helped them do a line sector study. We have two more school groups later this week and I will man the bird banding station for those groups. The weather is pretty iffy for the Friday group, so we'll have to see if they come.

Thanks for stopping by....talk to you later, Judy