I'm still here!

It's been a long while since I have posted, but I am still here! I am reading (although I am behind), and I also don't have too much to say as comments. Cat's got my tongue I guess.

It's been a slightly off-schedule few weeks. I had jury duty, was covering days at the gardening desk for the 5-day-a-week gal, and I was OPK surging. Gah. It's never just one thing at a time. The trial was weighing heavily on me (shooting in the ghetto in our 'urban' environment). Multiple generations are lost in that 'hood. On my way back from the courthouse after we decided out verdict, I found a place to volunteer. I used to volunteer at the public schools, but it was an unsupported program. Now, I have found a more structured place. When the volunteer coordinator found out I have a graduate degree in science AND I am an avid gardener, her eyes just kept getting wider and wider. I went to be a 'learning buddy' in the reading program and now I am somehow running the gardening program for the 2nd and 3rd graders. Maybe it will turn into a small fee thing, instead of just volunteering, in the fall.

Well, all that OPK-positive-induced activity was for naught. Anyway, the pharmacy and/or the doctor's office was so friggin late in getting the endometrin set up, that we just now got it today. 50 bucks.

My garden is now a huge jungle. In my one raised bed, I think I could have planted half to a third of the number of plants! I took some photos of bugs and such for the kids program. I also will have to take in some cuttings.... hm lots of lessons to plan.

Triple S has started his new residency. We are going out with some of the others tonite (crawfish baby!)

So, I am here, and nothing much is going on. The crazy summer heat is finally giving us a break and my brain is re-solidifying. It had kinda gone mushy. Triple S has today off so we are trying to catch our breath!

Happy Fourth all you gringos! I am not feeling it this year, but we'll see. I have to work tomorrow anyway.