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I keep feeling like there's a lot of things I want to post and then forgetting some of them.
- First iris started blooming yesterday. That's our first flower for the spring. So very happy to see it.
- Speaking of flowers, I bought an egregious number of seeds. So many seeds. I'm going to see if the school wants some (they have a gardening program with the kids on the roof, and they're starting it back up again.)
- On the other hand, Michigan Bulb Company is impressively not on their game. I ordered a grapevine and a clematis. Instead of grapevine, I received...gladiolus bulbs? Entirely unlike grapevine. I did eventually receive the grapevine. I also got the clematis, fully leafed out, weeks before it was possible to put it in the ground in our region. Like, the ground was completely frozen solid and still had snow when it arrived. I've been nursing the poor thing along in a pot. Trying to harden it off this week to plant over the weekend.
- I have tried to order Easter candy. That was thoroughly ineffective. For example, I want one package of Peeps. I can order Peeps from Target to pick up, but not for delivery. I can order them from Amazon Fresh to show up in an hour for like $1 (we don't usually use Amazon Fresh, and don't have enough other stuff to fill out an order). But I can only order them for regular delivery in packs of like, 3-4 packages. Walmart, but for like $5. Same for Cadbury eggs. I want one four pack, not 20. I'll have to actually stop by Duane Reade.
- I'm using vacation to fill out the rest of the month (there are bonus implications for staying on payroll to the end of the quarter).
- I've used some of that time to do a ton of outdoor chores this week. Resanded and repainted both the back deck and the front porch. Went out on the roof to clean ARR's windows and clear out the gutters.
- We've been trying to get onto vaccine registration lists. No luck so far.
- It's been a rough first quarter, and we've been struggling a lot. ARR's had some rough times--he's old enough that I don't really feel comfortable sharing much of stuff related to him online. But it's been hard, and wearing on us all. We've made some changes that are working really well for him--the teachers are delighted--but others that aren't so successful.
- I want so much to have some time of just...silence. I think over the summer, as travel maybe gets easier, I want to see about Chuckro and I each getting a weekend of not having anyone around. I'm dreaming of renting a hotel room or tiny house or something and going and sitting by myself without my beloved boys who are driving me completely bonkers. And then a week or two later, taking ARR somewhere and letting Chuckro just have the house completely to himself for 24 hours. The other day, I misremembered a doctor's appointment time and so ended up sitting on the waterfront by myself for 45 minutes and oh my god I need some more time without the psychic pressure of other people. And without coffee shops and commutes and stuff, dear god, I have basically never been alone in a YEAR and I am losing it.
- First iris started blooming yesterday. That's our first flower for the spring. So very happy to see it.
- Speaking of flowers, I bought an egregious number of seeds. So many seeds. I'm going to see if the school wants some (they have a gardening program with the kids on the roof, and they're starting it back up again.)
- On the other hand, Michigan Bulb Company is impressively not on their game. I ordered a grapevine and a clematis. Instead of grapevine, I received...gladiolus bulbs? Entirely unlike grapevine. I did eventually receive the grapevine. I also got the clematis, fully leafed out, weeks before it was possible to put it in the ground in our region. Like, the ground was completely frozen solid and still had snow when it arrived. I've been nursing the poor thing along in a pot. Trying to harden it off this week to plant over the weekend.
- I have tried to order Easter candy. That was thoroughly ineffective. For example, I want one package of Peeps. I can order Peeps from Target to pick up, but not for delivery. I can order them from Amazon Fresh to show up in an hour for like $1 (we don't usually use Amazon Fresh, and don't have enough other stuff to fill out an order). But I can only order them for regular delivery in packs of like, 3-4 packages. Walmart, but for like $5. Same for Cadbury eggs. I want one four pack, not 20. I'll have to actually stop by Duane Reade.
- I'm using vacation to fill out the rest of the month (there are bonus implications for staying on payroll to the end of the quarter).
- I've used some of that time to do a ton of outdoor chores this week. Resanded and repainted both the back deck and the front porch. Went out on the roof to clean ARR's windows and clear out the gutters.
- We've been trying to get onto vaccine registration lists. No luck so far.
- It's been a rough first quarter, and we've been struggling a lot. ARR's had some rough times--he's old enough that I don't really feel comfortable sharing much of stuff related to him online. But it's been hard, and wearing on us all. We've made some changes that are working really well for him--the teachers are delighted--but others that aren't so successful.
- I want so much to have some time of just...silence. I think over the summer, as travel maybe gets easier, I want to see about Chuckro and I each getting a weekend of not having anyone around. I'm dreaming of renting a hotel room or tiny house or something and going and sitting by myself without my beloved boys who are driving me completely bonkers. And then a week or two later, taking ARR somewhere and letting Chuckro just have the house completely to himself for 24 hours. The other day, I misremembered a doctor's appointment time and so ended up sitting on the waterfront by myself for 45 minutes and oh my god I need some more time without the psychic pressure of other people. And without coffee shops and commutes and stuff, dear god, I have basically never been alone in a YEAR and I am losing it.
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Date: 2021-03-26 04:56 am (UTC)From: