The place is going to the birds...

Today's excitement at work came in the form of a renegade starling. I actually spotted it yesterday along with one of my employees, but when I tried to catch it to release it outside it managed to escape into a tiny hole in the drop ceiling and vanished. It reappeared today inside the Top Secret area and spent the entire day flapping manically around the ops floor, poor thing. It was very fast and very wily and cornered much better than the lumbering humans trying to catch it.

We called animal control, but the guy wasn't able to catch it either. Finally one of my employees was able to toss my blanket over it (I keep a blanket in my locker because it gets very cold in the office during night shifts, even though I haven't worked nights in six months or so), and he released it outside without further incident. Poor little birb, it was probably pretty traumatized, especially since it bashed itself several times against our indoor windows and against the ceiling fixtures, but it flew away without any sign of trouble, so it was a happy ending after all.

I am off to Skype with my parents, and then call it an early night. I went to bed at an okay hour yesterday but ended up going to sleep late, and therefore I am still not feeling optimal.