Finally! Sunday! My only day off of the week!

I must say, it's weird not working after six days of doing so. Still, no complaints!

Saturday was one of those days where I was able to complete my route in a very fast time, only to have much more work on other routes when I finished. I did get to do some walking delivery in a nice neighborhood in southern Bloomington, but by that point, I was ready to crash. I ended up going to bed at an early 11:30 pm to sleep a solid 12 hours--I believe that was my body saying that it was lacking a certain something this past week.

                                                      

I encountered some wildlife Saturday as well. Deer love roaming Bloomington and can even be seen in the most residential areas or even on IU campus. You have to keep in mind that Bloomington was once mostly forest before it slowly became the large college town it is. With that in mind, the deer apparently still haven't realized that Bloomington is not the forest it was before and still reside in the midst of the city. It's neat actually to see deer here and there, especially while on a route--this one was particularly not very skittish as I was able to get within 15 feet of it. Unfortunately with all these deer, Bloomington residents like to install gadgetry in their yard to keep away the large rat-like herbivores, such as this motion-activated sprinkler system:

                                                      

The unfortunate thing is that mail carriers, such as myself, are suspect to falling into said traps as well as we love to cut through yards. I am shamed to say that I got soaked one day by said sprinkler in the about photo because I momentarily blanked about the existence of said water gadget. I guess the sprinklers are an effective yard defense though for I no longer cross said yard and instead take the extra five seconds taking the sidewalk.