Another Day Older...
Jul. 5th, 2003 12:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greenstormWell, that day happened. It most certainly did. I even did a bunch of stuff in it in short, focused bursts. What, exactly, did happen, you ask?
I talked to the Exotic a bunch, with the result that he now has had imparted to him (and doesn't say he doesn't understand) my concerns about the relationship, and the knowledge of what I'll do about it for now. What will I do about it for now? Nothing. I keep talking to him, if he comes up with some of the stuff I need to know then we'll talk about it. The workload isn't, at the moment, on my shoulders. It will be soon enough, I think, but right now there's nothing I can do and so I will not do anything.
I got some sleep in, a little reading in, and a big major garden overhaul in. Went over pretty much everything's pot (not the leafy surface, but the pots) and weeded, cultivated, watered, and fertilised. Things didn't need water as much as I'd thought, again -- the garden just doesn't need me much right now.
Ville de Lyon and Crimson King clematis are both flowering, crimson king in adorable little four-to-six petalled things and Ville de Lyon in larger (but still pretty small) brilliant grapey-velvet blooms. Buttercup is going crazy flowering, and the yellow patio rose with sending up buds. All my minis, the unknown apricot and white as well as Glowing Amber, are blooming. The bamboo's growing new leaves on the old culms and looks great. A bunch of my earlier rosemary cuttings seem to have rooted, and ditto with one or two of the lavenders in the side of the tall planter.
Ditto, too, one of the clematis cuttings.
Did blackspot maintenance on the roses. They've got some aphids but not a ton, so I didn't spray and we'll see if the ladybugs find them. Th ealyssum is starting to spread a little and also to look a bit yellow in places, probably from sun. I think I need fresh soil next year, and maybe to switch mulches. I don't know how good that mushroom manure is, in the end, for the variety of plants that I have.
My lone nasturtium is flowering and the mint, apple especially, is trying to. I need to nip it off before it can.
The carnations need deadheading or chopping back, one or the other, and I think that's about it for maintenance out there. Indoors the african violets seem to be having issues with the temperature. Oh! And the bird of paradise seems to be adjusting to outdoors no problem, though one leaf looks a bit rough.
I've been burning incense recently (inside, not garden-related) now that I've found some I like. It's a good stress thing, though I'm not sure what about it makes one more relaxed. Maybe it's ownership of the airspace, maybe it's the distraction of scent, maybe it's just burning stuff. But, that's a change for me, and I'll keep it in th eback of my mind as a stress remedy.
Got out to the poly meet tonight. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing that I dfecided to try and do at 3ish am, so I talked to Estrellada and she said I could crash at her place (there's a guest at TOH and I spent a lot of time there lately, so they need space). So, I just sort of went... and it was nice, even if the Juggler showed up halfway through and we spent the rest of it chatting and less socialising.
I got to talk to locke a bit too, and am looking forward to talking to Estrellada. It's nice to be able to jump outside the circle for stories and advice. Nice to ask inside the circle too. Yay, people.
Oh! I also got my coding homework done. In twenty-five minutes. Before I walked out the door. After reading the lecture in the twenty minutes before that. I was so sure I wasn't going to get it done, then I thought I'd just give it a bit of a try. I think it works, I on;y got to test most of it before I needed to leave. Better than not handing anything in, though. This month we were doing boolean logic, which is always a neat shape to fit my mind into. It's definitely an altered state of consciousness.
And, hm. Think that's about it for now. I see a copy of the next book in my series on the table, so I may snitch it and read until Locke and Estrellada get back from scouting out bachelor party venues. Or I may sleep. Or start a fire, then sleep. Mmmm. I like these choices.
Tomorrow I see the Juggler again, which is always something to look forward to. The SO, TOW, and her company are prolly going to the film fest in the evening, so there's some time to do private socialising... yes, okay, and that too. But really, just talking to him is a wonderful thing.
Then... on Sunday, we (minus Juggler, plus company) go to... Butchart Gardens in Victoria. Yay, plants! Yay, going with a photographer so that in all probability I won't be the slowest one there. Yay, yay!
That, and I have cherries in the fridge to eat with breakfast. I just hope the weather holds.
Take care, good night, and be well.
I talked to the Exotic a bunch, with the result that he now has had imparted to him (and doesn't say he doesn't understand) my concerns about the relationship, and the knowledge of what I'll do about it for now. What will I do about it for now? Nothing. I keep talking to him, if he comes up with some of the stuff I need to know then we'll talk about it. The workload isn't, at the moment, on my shoulders. It will be soon enough, I think, but right now there's nothing I can do and so I will not do anything.
I got some sleep in, a little reading in, and a big major garden overhaul in. Went over pretty much everything's pot (not the leafy surface, but the pots) and weeded, cultivated, watered, and fertilised. Things didn't need water as much as I'd thought, again -- the garden just doesn't need me much right now.
Ville de Lyon and Crimson King clematis are both flowering, crimson king in adorable little four-to-six petalled things and Ville de Lyon in larger (but still pretty small) brilliant grapey-velvet blooms. Buttercup is going crazy flowering, and the yellow patio rose with sending up buds. All my minis, the unknown apricot and white as well as Glowing Amber, are blooming. The bamboo's growing new leaves on the old culms and looks great. A bunch of my earlier rosemary cuttings seem to have rooted, and ditto with one or two of the lavenders in the side of the tall planter.
Ditto, too, one of the clematis cuttings.
Did blackspot maintenance on the roses. They've got some aphids but not a ton, so I didn't spray and we'll see if the ladybugs find them. Th ealyssum is starting to spread a little and also to look a bit yellow in places, probably from sun. I think I need fresh soil next year, and maybe to switch mulches. I don't know how good that mushroom manure is, in the end, for the variety of plants that I have.
My lone nasturtium is flowering and the mint, apple especially, is trying to. I need to nip it off before it can.
The carnations need deadheading or chopping back, one or the other, and I think that's about it for maintenance out there. Indoors the african violets seem to be having issues with the temperature. Oh! And the bird of paradise seems to be adjusting to outdoors no problem, though one leaf looks a bit rough.
I've been burning incense recently (inside, not garden-related) now that I've found some I like. It's a good stress thing, though I'm not sure what about it makes one more relaxed. Maybe it's ownership of the airspace, maybe it's the distraction of scent, maybe it's just burning stuff. But, that's a change for me, and I'll keep it in th eback of my mind as a stress remedy.
Got out to the poly meet tonight. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing that I dfecided to try and do at 3ish am, so I talked to Estrellada and she said I could crash at her place (there's a guest at TOH and I spent a lot of time there lately, so they need space). So, I just sort of went... and it was nice, even if the Juggler showed up halfway through and we spent the rest of it chatting and less socialising.
I got to talk to locke a bit too, and am looking forward to talking to Estrellada. It's nice to be able to jump outside the circle for stories and advice. Nice to ask inside the circle too. Yay, people.
Oh! I also got my coding homework done. In twenty-five minutes. Before I walked out the door. After reading the lecture in the twenty minutes before that. I was so sure I wasn't going to get it done, then I thought I'd just give it a bit of a try. I think it works, I on;y got to test most of it before I needed to leave. Better than not handing anything in, though. This month we were doing boolean logic, which is always a neat shape to fit my mind into. It's definitely an altered state of consciousness.
And, hm. Think that's about it for now. I see a copy of the next book in my series on the table, so I may snitch it and read until Locke and Estrellada get back from scouting out bachelor party venues. Or I may sleep. Or start a fire, then sleep. Mmmm. I like these choices.
Tomorrow I see the Juggler again, which is always something to look forward to. The SO, TOW, and her company are prolly going to the film fest in the evening, so there's some time to do private socialising... yes, okay, and that too. But really, just talking to him is a wonderful thing.
Then... on Sunday, we (minus Juggler, plus company) go to... Butchart Gardens in Victoria. Yay, plants! Yay, going with a photographer so that in all probability I won't be the slowest one there. Yay, yay!
That, and I have cherries in the fridge to eat with breakfast. I just hope the weather holds.
Take care, good night, and be well.
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Date: 2003-07-05 01:00 am (UTC)Yay, yay, yay! I've got all relevant maps and ferry reservations -- we are ready to go, and I'm looking forward to it.
Juggler has been making fun of me, and is in need of a sound gnawing.
Boolean logic -- now *you're* entering *my* familiar cognitive territory... how interesting :-)
Hugs, & see you soon...
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Date: 2003-07-05 09:09 am (UTC)While I definitely don't think boys should be getting uppity, I must admit that about a third of the time I spend with him and a larch is making fun of someone somehow. Wouldn't want to alter his personality too much...
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Date: 2003-07-09 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2003-07-10 12:06 am (UTC)For example, when I made my pathetic (and yet somehow in the long run successful, apparently!) attempt at hitting on K, I think I was stammering and blushing pretty badly. And when NerdBoy hit on me, I damned near choked on my chai. And when Chris emailed me the first time after we'd met I was somehow convinced that someone had spoofed his address to pull a prank on me (although the headers were quite legit upon examination) and sent him a silly email telling him so.