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To: greeneyes
I went back to work this week. I've been bored out of my mind while recovering from my surgery. 5 minutes after getting back to work, I was ready to be bored again. I've started making mental lists of all the things I could grow for seed to sell so I can quit my job. Not going to happen for a while yet :(
I might have to put pictures of my land up in my cubicle to remind me why I work there. (I have been known to bring old seed catalogs to work just for the pictures.)

Some of the chickpeas I planted are sprouting, they're a pretty plant. I never realized that.

My grape tomatoes and cucumbers are ripening! Just a few here and there, but still, yummy!

My runner beans seem to have gotten a second wind. There are little bean pods all over the vines now, where before there were only a handful. Runner beans are a perennial in warmer climates, so I'm hoping they'll keep producing even as the older pods ripen. I want seeds more than green beans right now. The older pods are HUGE! They look more like catalpa pods.

There's a delay in my rabbit-keeping endeavors. I got permission, but I need someone to get the wire fencing down from the attic so I can build a hutch. I'm not strong enough yet to get it down myself because of the surgery. Every time I ask dad, he insists he already got it, and then he points to the squirrel trap. I know they're both made of wire mesh, but they really aren't interchangeable, dad!

132 posted on 08/09/2013 10:07:19 PM PDT by Ellendra ("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
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To: Ellendra

Kinda reminds me of my last years at work. I also had reminders (in a file) not on display.

Sometimes I would get so frustrated. Then I would look at my retirement plan and realise that I could probably quit if I wanted. I’d just have to do without that special project.

Some how this made me less frustrated and more willing to go on. Just the knowledge that I was not stuck and it truly was a choice.


134 posted on 08/09/2013 10:13:24 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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