Last Week

Why is it that I can sleep fine all weekend long, but on Sunday nights I toss and turn all night?  So it was last night.  I don't think I got to sleep before midnight, but that alarm is relentless and went off at 4:30 anyway.  

I did not want to get up, I'm telling ya, but somebody has to pay the bills around here, so out of bed I got and off to work I went.  Shortly after I got there, I tracked down the coworker with the firewood, and said, "I've been checking the weather forecast, and it's supposed to rain on Friday.  We might need to re-schedule that delivery."

He replied, "I saw that too, and was going to come talk to you about it."  We chatted a bit, discussing options, and he said he'd get the wood to me before the rain moves in Thursday night.  I think we settled on them (my coworker and his son) coming tomorrow, but I'm not completely sure.   I'm mostly sure, because he said he's got to go to his grandbaby's program on Wednesday.  He didn't go into details, so I don't know if it's school or church, but it doesn't matter. It's his grandbaby and he's going to be there.  

I mentioned that the rain is supposed to start sometime Thursday night, so he may want to bring it before then.  That leaves tomorrow.  So I guess he's coming tomorrow.   I think that's what we decided on.  I guess I'll be surprised, too. 

In other news, I forgot to tell you yesterday that I got my second batch of sweet potatoes boiled down and mashed, and wouldn't you know it, I have enough for another casserole and another pie.  I thought I'd bought fewer.  I guess I didn't. 

While I was doing that and cleaning up afterwards, I discovered some of my garlic that I'd bought back during the summer to make pesto with had started to sprout.  

I'd intended to mince what garlic I'd had left over, but I never got around to it.   I asked Gemini, and he said, why yes you can plant that stuff and it'll grow.  Tomorrow after work, I'm going to sort out the cloves that have sprouted and plant them in this bed, next to the celery  -- which is finally looking like it might survive. 

The taller stalks look pretty pathetic, but it looks like new growth is coming up from the bottom.  So, squee.  I'm excited about that.  

At the other end of the spectrum, I'm pretty concerned about Gloria.  Friday morning, I came into the kitchen to discover she had dropped a lot of segments.  Leaves.  Whatever they are.  

Saturday, she seemed better, then Sunday she dropped another segment.  Only one, so that's a good sign.  She hasn't dropped any more since, and I'm hoping whatever was distressing her has passed.  I think I might have been overwatering her again, so I've cut way back.  I also found out that you're not supposed to let them get below 60, and I'd left mine outside until it got down into the 40s.  Maybe that's why mine have been struggling.  Next year, I'll know better and will bring them inside any time it drops into the 50s.  

In knitting news, I made one slight adjustment to this hat.  

The fabric seemed just a little too stiff to me, so I moved the hat to a larger needle.  A US 5, for my fellow knitters.  

For you knitting muggles out there, it's pretty common to knit the ribbing on a smaller size, then switch to a larger needle for the body of the hat.  I did not tink back to the ribbing before I switched, since it was only about half an inch.  Even so, it already feels better.  It's much easier to knit, as well.

And finally, as promised, I dug the set of 8 glasses out of the big box, and put them into a smaller box.  

Then I pulled these five goblets out and put them into a separate box as well.  

I haven't posted the photos in the give-away groups yet, but I will.  Cross your fingers that someone comes and claims them.  

I hate to just throw stuff like this into the garbage.