booked a vacation.

there were far fewer granola bars in my kitchen than usual this morning.

i was under-slept and cranky.
there was a trail of pistachio shells leading from the bottom of the porch steps to the other side of the yard.

as soon as i said it, i felt like a grownup.
i think it was the looks of horror from the gaggle of pop swilling teen boys i was scolding.

i was dragging home a metre tall ficus and a huge trailing mandevilla on the ttc.

it's "fall planting" season for me.h

my beloved laptop is starting to worry me.

i love my lappy. i will be sad if this machine dies before i can get a new one.

i have decided to ask husi.

i have a new job.

several awesome things happened to me today.

1. 2 bags of plug spawn came for me in the mail
2. i got a letter from Service Canada
3. i learnt more about beer and beer making
4. started another batch of beer
5. i made beer bread
6. i made spicy papaya salad

except for what was seized by the canada border services agency.

i am ruminating here in the Desert Castle, and i am thinking of you, husi. and thinking of what to do next.

my job continues to be the awesommest thing ever.

it is over so soon.
already we are taking 3+ day weekends. after thanksgiving this marvelous paying experience will be over for the season.

i am learning so much!

the leaves are coming out on the poplars!

finally.

sunrise is 5:30AM and sunset is 9:30PM.
now i am fully a reverse vampire in the sense that i never see full dark. i am only awake in the daylight. in another few weeks i know i will have to miss out on the sunrise and sunset too.

the days are sunny, breezy and perfect. i can understand the trade-off between these perfect bright days and the frigid -40C winters.