Sometimes it's the little things that make me happy. For instance, yesterday I found a penny -- heads up! And then I went to the Wendy's where I always go when I'm in Hillsborough, to get my salad and iced tea (which is the best food available in easy driving distance of my office). And because it was raining the drive-through line was really long, so I went inside, and I saw the manager and said hi to him, and he told the cashier not to charge me! I was like, "what in the what now? I mean, thanks, but, what?" I've seen that happen in bars but never at a fast food place before. I've been going there twice a week for years now, so I guess they've gotten to know me. I almost always go through the drive-through so maybe they remember my car.
Then today there was a short window of time after it stopped raining and before the cold front moved in, which Georg and I used to smooth out the dirt around the blueberries, and also spread one last wheelbarrow full. It turns out dirt is a lot heavier when it's wet! Especially the dirt in the wheelbarrow, which had been covered with a tarp, which slipped, and the wheelbarrow was full of water. Mucky water with thick mud at the bottom. Spreading that stuff made me feel like I was making mud pies. Georg also turned the dirt in the second vegetable bed (the one we haven't planted anything in yet) which mixed the new soil in nicely. The beds which got the new soil are really looking nice. If it's sunny tomorrow I'll take some pictures.
After lunch I had planned to go out and weed, but then that cold and wind moved in and I really didn't feel like being outside. So I spent the afternoon sorting through (and throwing out, yay!) old papers while we watched Fistful of Dollars.
I heard from the rain barrel guy we found on Craig's List, he's going to deliver 2 barrels to us on Wednesday. And I had a nice email exchange with my favorite rose company, who were hard hit by the drought. They don't have any of the roses I want because they had trouble propagating without sufficient water. Which they were very apologetic about. They even sent me a link to a super-secret page with some roses not available to the general public. But I have a very specific wish list, which none of those fit. I'm going to wait a year and get the roses I want from them, because I like them and I want to support them.
Then I lit a fire and now we're watching a "Women of Ninja Warrior" marathon. New episodes tonight! And we're going to have a braised pork shoulder for dinner. What a nice day.
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