We're Off!

 And we're off!

Today, I mean.  We're off, the whole plant.  

There was some doubt for a moment, because Group Leader Shark had come around and asked for volunteers to work, which of course I said I would.  I didn't really want to, but someone has to pay for all this yard work I'm about to have done.  If it ever stops raining, that is.  

Wait, let me rephrase that.  Someone has got to build my savings account back up after I pay for all this yard work I'm about to have done, and I don't see this evil cat of mine running out to get a job.  And it can't rain forever...I mean, literally it can't rain forever because God promised he'd never flood the whole earth again.  So it's got to stop raining sometime.  

Unfortunately, that sometime isn't today.  

But I'm getting ahead of myself...

Where was I?  Oh, yeah, Group Leader Shark had come around asking for volunteers to work, and even though I didn't really want to, I said I would because I can't turn down overtime.  But then, shortly after noon, she came back around and said, "No work tomorrow."  She said they couldn't get enough volunteers in Fin Press to run even the one line they wanted to, so they gave everyone the day off. 

I suppose they could have just made everyone come in, but in an extremely rare moment of humanity, they just canceled work.  

That being said and done, the plan was first of all to sleep past 2:30 AM, which amazingly enough the cat let me do.  Then I was going to get up and go to Batesville, go to the Walmart up there, then Lowe's, and finally go walk the trails at the Mounds. 

Alas, when I got home yesterday, I checked the forecast and it said it was supposed to rain all day long.  The good news is that it's been mostly light drizzle so far, so I jumped into my little old auto and whizzed on up to Batesville.  Even alas-er, I would end up disappointed because they didn't have much more up there than my local Walmart has had.   Nothing really, not even at Lowe's.  

I don't know what's going on.  Last year, I was spoiled for choice.  This year, the choices are few and far between.  Oh, they had plenty of tomato and pepper plants, plus a few melons, but I'm not ready for those yet.  It is the herb selection that is so poorly.  I came home empty handed, and because of the rain, I didn't even go to the Mounds.

So I jumped back into my little old auto and drove back home where I cut and hung some more orange mint, then I cut some spearmint, and spent the rest of the day knitting.  And watching TV as always.  The movie Grease is up on Hulu now, so I watched it for the very first time.   It was OK, but not my cuppa tea.  But it did have Sha-Na-Na was in it, so that was cool.  

I remember when I was in the Navy, they came and did a concert at Festa Americana -- which was the big Independence Day thing the command put on out at Carney Park.  And amazingly enough, I was not on auxiliary security duty that day and I was able to go see them.  

Oh, and I watched an episode of Dr. Pimple Popper and one of her patients was an NFL player named Marcel Darius.  As soon as they showed his name, I said, "I remember you!  You're the one that messed up Colt McCoy's shoulder!"  In that National Championship game between Texas and Alabama.  You remember, when he laid that dirty hit on McCoy and knocked him out of the game. 

He had a lipoma on his forehead, and I said, "That's what you get for messing up Colt McCoy's shoulder!"  

I still haven't gotten over that...

Anyway, while I was watching, I made a little progress on what I've come to call my 50 hour sweater.  I've gotten one sleeve done, and am about to start the second sleeve as soon as I'm done here. 

In other news, since it seems tornado season is just about over, while I was doing laundry, I went ahead and washed all of the blankets and pillows I'd had in the safe space and put them away.  I know you're thrilled to hear that, but that is my exciting life. 

The only other thing I did was get some of my sunflower seeds from last year planted. 

The fun part is, I don't remember which sunflower I harvested them from, so whatever grows will be a surprise.   And of course, I'll be sure to share that surprise with you.  But I did mess up one thing.  I'd ordered some of what I'd thought were peat plugs, but they ended up being more hydroponic sponges.  The only thing about them is that I don't know if they'll biodegrade or if I'll have to dig them out of my herb beds every year.  I guess we'll see...

That's about all I have for today.  It's still raining, and I have another sweater sleeve to knit, so I'll holler at you later. 

'Bye