*fret*

[dragonlady7]

Was consulting calendar. It's now been 10 days since I planted my first batch of sweet peas, and 8 days since I planted the peas and lettuce and the rest of the sweet peas, and nothing's come up. The package said seven days!

I am a failure.

In other news, the last two days' rains have left a rice paddy in our backyard. Dave tried the hose method again, and when I left for work yesterday the hose end at the bottom of the driveway was running at full speed. I mean, water gushing out down the street. It was impressive (and a far cry from the tiny drippings I was documenting in those photos). However, the rain eased off, the hose emptied, the siphon failed, and now there's a puddle in the back again because the rain has resumed, and I don't think the hose is doing anything. It's a bummer.

Also, in the middle of the night I became convinced that all my houseplants had frozen to death on the sunporch. I went out this morning and they were fine. But it worried me every time I so much as half-woke, the entire night. Maddening.

I wish I could make myself be in a better mood. I'll attempt to chalk it up to PMS even though all my hormonal issues are chemically controlled and I don't theoretically have those sorts of problems. But trivializing emotions by dismissing them with science is always a constructive coping mechanism, don't you think?

Indeed. Off to what will likely be a slow day at work. Mm, snark from Dave makes my morning complete. I even bussed the coffee table because I can't escape the meaningless monotony that is my life. My life fucking rules, which is awesome, because nothing's going to change about it for a very long time because I lack the resources to make a change and don't know what change I'd make if I could anyway. And I am tired of my ill-fitting white uniform shirt whose cuffs I cannot undingeify. I am filled with a longing to wear a flattering t-shirt with a snarky slogan on it. Likewise I am filled with a longing to go somewhere that isn't work or home, and also a longing to see various of my family members. And in addition I am filled with loathing for Fox News for giving me a bulletin about a bunch of killed dead US soldiers in Baghdad while I was sitting at the table writing a letter to Katy in Baghdad and then not providing any concrete details like who was dead. Fuck you, Fox News. Fuck you with a hot-dog-stand umbrella which then opens.

That is all. Happy Monday, everyone.

Comments

[kkatowll.livejournal.com]

Eh, it snowed. That's probably why. Give it a litle longer and then if you get nothing assume the snow killed 'em all.

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

They're supposed to be planted before the frost-free date. They supposedly grow best in the cold weather.

I will be so upset if they don't grow!!! This is, like, the one thing I thought i could do right!!

*weeps theatrically*