Yesterday was my first day back to school after my DC trip. It was fun to see all the kids again, but it was exhausting. After school, I stopped at the grocery store and felt like a zombie while I was walking the aisles.
At least I got to relax on the couch a little last night before I had my regular exercise appointment. Bruno helped me sit on the couch by sitting next to me.
On Saturday while I was working out in the yard, I saw that my front planter freesias were blooming! Woo hoo!
And right next to the planter are my pots of tulips, which are also blooming! Yay!
Since I was so productive, and still had lots of day left, I went to some garden centers. I’m looking for a Japanese maple. I didn’t find one, but I did find a dwarf gingko. I love gingkos, and with a dwarf, I can keep it in a container in the back yard. Excellent!
I also got a syngonium. I was holding off, because there are so many varieties, and I am restricting myself to one. This wasn’t going to count, because the tag said “nephthytis”, and that’s not a syngonium, so I got it! But then when I got home and looked it up online, I found out that nephthytises ARE syngoniums. Shoot. My choice has been made. I was planning to get a ‘batik’, but instead I have a ‘pixie’. Still, I like this one. I’ll be curious to see what happens to the white areas as the leaves mature.
Since I had the day off on Friday, and yesterday was already off, it was like I had two weekend days in a row. It was so delightful! I’m usually packing all my rest into Saturday, and then on Sunday I’m trying to grade papers and plan, leaving me with only one day of weekend. This time, I had a day of rest, and then a day of doing stuff. Yay!
I got the oil changed in my truck. I’ve been trying to do it for quite some time now. . I’m so happy! It’s been such a weight on my mind.
And then when I got home, I mowed my lawn. Wow! I didn’t think I’d ever get that done. Whenever I had free time, it would rain. My electric mower would not do so well with wet grass. But yesterday was beautiful, so I could finally tame the jungle that was my front lawn.
In the evening, I did some other gardening. I’ll post about that tomorrow probably, because today is my usual Sunday of Sadness.
But I was so dang productive! I should do two Saturdays every week!
Yesterday was a Day of Rest. It was wonderful. I slept late, then went out to the couch and hung out with Bruno. The only productive thing I did was some unpacking and some laundry. It was great.
He is a very good therapy cat. Good Bruno.
At least you got up to exercise. That’s pretty great, Brad, and very inspiring!