Damn Critters
04/08/13 07:18
Well, here we go. I'm trying to see if this new chair is going to be a challenge or not. It's a little higher than our other chair so all the angles are different. I knew the proof in the pudding would be when I sat down to write in my journal. So far, so good. The arms feel like they want to get in the way and I think they do but I'm trying to ignore them. It's like sitting in a cubicle too small. And, I feel like I'm sitting way to erect. Maybe this is what it feels like to sit correctly in your chair. Maybe I've been hunching way too long. Never mind about that. The animals are eating Nancy's broccoli and she is not a happy camper. We took special precautions to keep those plants hydrated when we went to Pace for a few days and they stayed inside on a dampened cloth while temperatures climbed into the nineties every day for 3 days straight. What does a person have to do these days to get a respectable crop? We're willing to take the usual precautions but we are not going to get crazy over it. We will just have to grow things that animals seem to ignore. Tomatoes would be a good choice. And I have a bloody nice crop of those babies this summer. Peppers, plum tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and a whole lot of herbs. I've been making a few greek salads as well and you can't make a proper greek salad without cucumbers so I've been buying them from the councilor up around the bend for $.50 a piece. I will grow my own next year god willing.
Nancy is looking forward to our trip to the lake. I think it will be a sensational way to cap off an 18 year roller coaster ride with a boy named Evan. I wonder how he feels about it. It has to be a little scary. If he were around the house more than he is we might be able to get a sense of that but he is not. He is off with his friends here, there, and everywhere. We have noticed that he is a little less well kept these days. His hair is a little longer, his nails are in need of a trim, and he is a little less attentive to detail in the general sense of the term. The latter comment is just speculation but certainly fueled by the obvious. He is no more engaging than he ever was and, if anything, seems to be oblivious to his impending relocation. He keeps everything so close to the vest and that has not changed over the years. As such, we are not very well attuned to what is going on between his ears and are left to draw conclusions based on what we see day in and day out. He had better start to think about what he needs for school. They recommended a course for new students but he will not be taking the course. He is not inclined to start school any sooner than he absolutely has to. That means that he will not mix business with pleasure. He cannot be bothered. That is the difference between a successful student and a not-so-successful student. I suspect that that those differences will come back to haunt him. They always have. It is his modus operandi. It is the essence of the Ev-man.
Nancy is looking forward to our trip to the lake. I think it will be a sensational way to cap off an 18 year roller coaster ride with a boy named Evan. I wonder how he feels about it. It has to be a little scary. If he were around the house more than he is we might be able to get a sense of that but he is not. He is off with his friends here, there, and everywhere. We have noticed that he is a little less well kept these days. His hair is a little longer, his nails are in need of a trim, and he is a little less attentive to detail in the general sense of the term. The latter comment is just speculation but certainly fueled by the obvious. He is no more engaging than he ever was and, if anything, seems to be oblivious to his impending relocation. He keeps everything so close to the vest and that has not changed over the years. As such, we are not very well attuned to what is going on between his ears and are left to draw conclusions based on what we see day in and day out. He had better start to think about what he needs for school. They recommended a course for new students but he will not be taking the course. He is not inclined to start school any sooner than he absolutely has to. That means that he will not mix business with pleasure. He cannot be bothered. That is the difference between a successful student and a not-so-successful student. I suspect that that those differences will come back to haunt him. They always have. It is his modus operandi. It is the essence of the Ev-man.