Last day of March.
Temps are just starting to move up here.
Nothing horrendous yet, but it's definitely getting a bit warm out there.
Just spent quite a bit of time on the east side of the house pruning more trees and putting poles into the ground to help keep them standing straight up. Rosemary was out of control, pruned those 2 bushes back quite a lot as well.
Front yard looking good. Front yard pond doing very well. The water lily plant I have in it is sending lots of new leaves - good thing because that is the only thing the fish have to hide under in that little pond. I have it directly in the middle of it and it provides good coverage for them, will get even better as more leaves pop up out of the water.
Next pond needing attention is on the east side of the house. Umbrella plant has also sprouted out of control and am going to need to cut out a lot of it. I might run a Craigslist ad and see if anyone is interested in them.
Besides outdoor activities in working on my property, I have little interest in doing anything else this weekend. I am still pretty much under a bit of a weight with this situation going on at work. The conclusion? I may not know for some time. Or, I could find out Monday, who knows? When you don't know what's going to happen with something that could dramatically up-end your little world, well, sit down, breath, relax. At the same time, brace. Think of what I will do if the worst possible scenario happens.
If the worst happens, it won't be the end of the world but it will certainly have a dramatic effect on my life.
But, whatever. Tough it out.
Ready made family.
My manager got a call from a lady while at work yesterday: she was bored and was coming to visit. She brought one of her kids, a 6 or so something year old girl. My manager is like: she's pretty good looking, why don't you date her? Before she comes over. Yeah. 6 kids? This lady has 6 kids.
Well they show up and the lady goes into his office while the little girl is out at the counter - asking me 50 questions - at least. Mostly it was about whether I was married, do I want to get married and finally: "Well you can marry my mom if you want to. You don't have to if you don't want to, but if you want to, you can marry her". Talk about a girl desperate for some fatherly/male type of attention. This little girl sat out there for 30 minutes going on and on like this.
No, I am not going on a date with the lady. We never got that far. I might actually be interested, but - no kids on a date, thanks.
Next door neighbor. You know, the one that is sort of building a house? Well, he finally got the slab poured and started putting up the walls. Used lumber. All of it. Whatever makes him happy, I guess. It's going to be a very small house. He already has a sign up out front: house for sale. He's selling a house that hasn't been built yet. Nice.
I haven't seen 350 man in over a week. Not that I want to nor do I care. In fact, very nice. The house going up next door is now starting to block out the view of 350 man's house. Very nice again.
I'm about to go out front again and water my plants. I am taking Sophie out there, but, this time, she will be leashed.
Later.
ben
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