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Got out and did more digging in the back yard. Finished the area I'd originally hoped to get done this weekend, then thought I could finish by yesterday. So, we're back to this weekend.
Tomorrow, dad comes out. He's going to take me to pick up the bookcase I want, then haul cardboard to the recycling center (in theory, I can call for pickup and leave it curbside; in practice, I haven't got anything to weight it down with and it would in any case become a sodden, useless mess - whoever thought that scheme up wasn't very thoughtful - and I can pay for the privilege, too). I'm beginning to think I need to get more comfy driving a truck - I keep borrowing his! Of course, it's an excuse to see my parents, which is always welcome, and I tend not to put as much effort into it as I could wish. I'm not sure if they appreciate this continual appropriation of vehicle and time, though....
Once we've done that, I'm going to have two main tasks, namely, planting the area I've dug up, and putting the bookcase together. I'm not sure what the timing will be - if it's before two or three, I will work on the bookcase. If it's after, I'll start on the yard. Better to do that in the evening, and the bookcase could care less where the sun is.
When we bought this house last year, I was planning to dive right in, and then my job hit me with month after month of hard work - way worse than what I've been bitching about lately. I was working 50-60 hour weeks routinely (instead of my current 45-50...), working weekend days, getting shipped out of town on very little notice....
I've felt bad for most of that time that I didn't get a jump on the projects like I meant to. And now? Now I have the library almost done, and the 'display' portion of it is done, and it looks like I wanted. I have the backyard probably 1/3 to 1/2 done and I'm finding it's easier as I go along to work on it.
I'm sorry if I babble about my projects too much, but this year is being everything I wanted last year to be. It rocks.
Tomorrow, dad comes out. He's going to take me to pick up the bookcase I want, then haul cardboard to the recycling center (in theory, I can call for pickup and leave it curbside; in practice, I haven't got anything to weight it down with and it would in any case become a sodden, useless mess - whoever thought that scheme up wasn't very thoughtful - and I can pay for the privilege, too). I'm beginning to think I need to get more comfy driving a truck - I keep borrowing his! Of course, it's an excuse to see my parents, which is always welcome, and I tend not to put as much effort into it as I could wish. I'm not sure if they appreciate this continual appropriation of vehicle and time, though....
Once we've done that, I'm going to have two main tasks, namely, planting the area I've dug up, and putting the bookcase together. I'm not sure what the timing will be - if it's before two or three, I will work on the bookcase. If it's after, I'll start on the yard. Better to do that in the evening, and the bookcase could care less where the sun is.
When we bought this house last year, I was planning to dive right in, and then my job hit me with month after month of hard work - way worse than what I've been bitching about lately. I was working 50-60 hour weeks routinely (instead of my current 45-50...), working weekend days, getting shipped out of town on very little notice....
I've felt bad for most of that time that I didn't get a jump on the projects like I meant to. And now? Now I have the library almost done, and the 'display' portion of it is done, and it looks like I wanted. I have the backyard probably 1/3 to 1/2 done and I'm finding it's easier as I go along to work on it.
I'm sorry if I babble about my projects too much, but this year is being everything I wanted last year to be. It rocks.
