On my way home this evening from school, I'm not sure why, but I had my head down most of the way. Perhaps it's because I left at 6:15 p.m. Tired and hungry so I guess I was focused on my walk. Not the usual. Anyway...
During my head down commute I noticed five different types of ants. Yes five. Five different species in my 10 minute commute. (Sidenote, I just had a random flash to those Subway commercials for the $5 footlong and was going to make a joke but I don't even know if that's on tv in the U.S. anymore. Laura would be so disappointed in my pop culture knowledge).
I saw a herd little black ones, not living too far away from a red dirt mountain of little red ants
Then I saw one lone big black ant that looks similar to ants back in Illinois.
Next I saw a trail of carpenter ants carrying a variety of leaves and bugs on their way home.
Finally I saw the scary ones that attacked me way back earlier last fall.
They've dug up my usual route home so I had to take a little different path but this new route and having my head down gave me an appreciation for the variety around me. Especially after staying late at school and I have a mountain of papers to grade, some blog procrastination and enjoying the little things in life probably isn't a bad idea at all.
Hope all my IL friends and family will see some ants soon.
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