more compost

Another day shoveling compost. I didn't get as much done as last weekend, but I think the remnants of my cold was slowing me down. I unloaded about 12 wheelbarrows, and then Georg did the rest when he got home from work. (Which sucked, his having to work on a Sunday, but what can you do.) I was so tired afterwards that I fell asleep on the couch watching TV.

Now that whole huge bed is ready to plant. And to celebrate I did a little planting: the sweet peas! Really I think I'm supposed to wait until all danger of frost is past, but they were getting so scraggly and overgrown in their little peat pots. They really needed to be in the ground. Besides we're not supposed to have another frost all week. I hope they do well!

Thirteen has been acting a little wiggy on and off all day. I think she's still upset about the bathtub incident yesterday. Everytime I think about it I feel just awful. Who knows how long she was in there. It must have been her worst nightmare: alone, trapped in the dark, in the bathtub. Poor thing.

I had a nice chat with Kelsey, the little girl who lives next door. I have to say, I like her so much more now that she's reached the ripe old age of second grade. When she was a toddler she used to hassle me endlessly about the dogs, just couldn't understand when to leave them alone. But she seems much more sensible now. We can even have a conversation. She said she wanted to plant some flowers around her clubhouse, so I got out my seed packets and let her have one. (She picked the butterfly weed.) I told her about Lina and she seemed genuinely interested, asked me lots of questions. I told her that Thirteen was lonely since she lost her playmate, and Kelsey suggested I should get Thirteen a new playmate. Which I have to admit has occurred to me. But it will have to wait because I'm traveling so much right now.

I found out a little more about the Charlotte auto fair. There is going to be electricity at the site, but no net access. Which is a bummer, I was hoping I could take my laptop and work there. The other bummer is that they are going to keep our cars for the duration, and provide a shuttle to get us to the hotel. On the bright side, the hotel is in walking distance of many restaurants, and has high speed net access. Maybe I could just stay in my room during the days to work! No, I need to be at the show to keep the bubble machine filled. Sigh. I can think of people who would enjoy four days trapped in the largest car show in the southeast, but unfortunately I'm not one of them. I'll have to go to the library beforehand and stock up on books.