Another to do list

[averygoodun42]

Because without them, I fritter away time and energy.


Because it's in no particular order:

- Get Page onto the school bus
- commence stage two of war against fruit flies: chemical warfare
- read management chapter
- look up on blackboard what management prof wants for presentation; start preparing
- read at least one section of accounting chapter; do exercises in section
- read over answers of lex quiz and journal
- make jello
- find half a bottle of beer to tempt the slugs with
- clean off brunera leaves
- prune lavender
- clean front storm door windows
- laundry (oh shit... are towels still in washer?)
- taste test stock... looks weird but should be fine. is fine, if slightly odd. I blame the surprise lemons.
- find out if 504 plans carry over from year to year
- buy more eggs, dish detergent, bleach
- follow-up emails
- PAY BILLS!!!!



It's finally stopped raining, which is nice. It's supposed to be warm and sunny for the next ten days, which is even nicer. I hope that will encourage my zucchini plant to produce fruit, because I want more zucchini, damn it!

However, it looks like one of the reasons I don't have more zucchini (and perhaps why I didn't get ANY cabbage) was because slugs have invaded. Ick. So I need to get a beer from someone and tempt them away.

The bright side to all this rain is that most of my transplanted plants seem to be thriving. The ferns I put in first (under the arbor) have at least two new fronds each. My hostas are pretty sad looking, but I think that might just be because they're thinking it's the end of the season for them (it is getting late). I'll need to take a picture before they yellow out completely.

As for me, on Wednesday I thought I had caught the virus Page had last week, but if I did, I was able to shake it off much faster. I dosed myself with a fair amount of vitamin C and several drops of oil of oregano (a powerful anti-viral) and drank probably close to 4 liters of fluids, half of which was herbal teas. By the end of the day I was almost hydrated. o_0 When I went to bed, I gargled Listerine (in case there's any bacterial component to the sore throat), took as many pain drugs as I was comfortable with and knew the minute the tylenol started working, as suddenly I was much happier and more relaxed.

The regimen seemed to work as I woke up yesterday morning feeling MUCH better, and my sore throat is now only a slight nuisance.

Yesterday afternoon Geoff got back from his business trip, and has now been asleep for about 12 hours. He got a whopping 3 hours yesterday. :-( But I told him last night that when he goes into work today, he has to ask for a raise. I'm sure he'll be able to get a laugh out of that (assuming the boss hasn't already heard it five million times already...). However, if the bill does pass, I'm hopeful there will be a raise in the near future. Hopefully a decent one.

Aaaaaannnnnnd.... that's about it.

Comments

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that about oregano. How do you take the oil? Neat?

And as for hostas, the one thing I know about them is that they are slug magnets ...

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

I recommend taking it in a glass of water. It is incredibly potent stuff and will sting your mouth and throat if taken by itself.

Yeah, they are supposed to be slug magnets, but mine haven't suffered much from them. Yet. However, I will be putting a saucer of beer out for any slugs that might be interested in them, too. Might as well be proactive.

[zalena.livejournal.com]

I swear by your garlic, honey, & cayenne infusion.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

That's a good one, isn't it? I didn't have half the ingredients for it, so I didn't use it this time, but I'd better stock up on the stuff now before cold season hits!