Here There Be...

I'm free! Well, until Monday at least.  Yep, I took a rare spring vacation day tomorrow...no particular reason, but I still had two unscheduled days off.  Since they don't roll over, so I have to use them or lose them.  After tomorrow, I'll still have one, so I'll probably pick a random day in June or July and put it in then. 

I'm also about to max out on my ETO (Earned time off).  At the end of this month, I'll have 22 hours.  They cap those hours, so even though they do roll over, once I hit 24, I can't earn any more until I've spent some. 

Boy for someone who hates my job as much as I do, I sure have a hard time taking days off, don't I? 

You know what else?  After all of my bluster and blow, I didn't knit a single stitch yesterday.  Since I have tomorrow off and don't have to go to bed in the middle of the day, I'll be sure to rectify that tonight. 

I also went and did my weekly shopping today, so naturally my first stop was the garden center.  I'd intended to pick up three cayenne pepper plants, but the ones they had were pretty pathetic looking.  Instead, I bought a six pack which cost about the same as three individuals.  

I waited until the sun started going down before I went out and planted them in the bed. 

The three of them that fit, that is.  Plus I put two more marigolds into the bed so all of the plants will be protected -- and the bed looks more balanced this way.   I'll have to find room in some of my other beds for the rest of the cayenne plants.  I think if I pull up my onions and stagger them, I can fit them all into the same bed with my lemon balm.  I'll figure it out. 

The next thing I did was to get my zinnias all settled in to their new home in the fairy garden. 

I still need to get my fancy rocks out and make the paths and stuff, plus replace the driveway rocks in the bee pond.  By the time I got done, I was drenched in sweat, so I figured that can wait until morning, when it's cooler.   

Once I got finished, I gave everything a good watering because they took the rain out of our forecast for tonight.  Oh, we still have a chance of a scattered shower, but nothing to speak of.  They've even lowered our chance of rain for Saturday from 100% to 60%.  Thank goodness for hoses, that's all I can say. 

And here there be dragons!  As always, faithful Oberon is there to watch over it all. 

And finally, before I go watch TV and knit, I saw this in my social media feed and it absolutely cracked me up.  So much so, I had to share it with you. 

 Now, if you'll excuse me, I need a snack before I get busy knitting. 

Laters