Moldy, I am happy to hear that you have folks to drive you to and from treatments
I had a surprise night off work last night - and I didn't mind at all, even though I was already in the parking lot when they called to ask if I wanted to be on-call instead of having to come in
I'm waiting for the hook - it'll likely come later in the week
I probably should have thought about it a little more - it's at least a gallon of gas each way, and gas is $5.79/gallon, so if I'd gotten called back in it would have been $23 bucks and change in fuel costs for the drives. I'm really worrying about our lower paid staff due to the fuel costs...
Since I was already in town, I decided no use wasting the trip so stopped at Home Depot for a brass hose splitter (the one I bought at the Evil Empire and fought with last year was some kind of soft metal and the threads mashed together). Then I hit Aldi to pick up a few groceries - that I otherwise would have either had to make an extra trip or nap in the parking lot after work to wait for them to open in order to shop. And then I stopped by Lee's Chicken to treat myself to some to-go chicken strips and sides so no cooking tonight (as I'm griping about fuel prices
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And speaking of fuel prices... we got our contract notice for propane in the mail the other day - $2.22 a gallon; and prices are only good from Oct 1~Feb 28. Almost high enough to make me think about putting the wood stove in, but the increased insurance costs - homeowners AND medical lol! - would probably make up the difference.
I'd only managed to get the front garden watered before I headed in to work last night - the one that is mostly transplants rather than seed, so went out to water the other one and the raised strawberry bed as well this morning. Since it is going to be in the high 90's again today - and for the next 10 days, I'll likely spend a lot of time watering plants. I do make sure to go back after I water and rake (kick lol!) dry soil over the top of the wet areas to keep the ground from cracking.
No other major plans beyond laundry and some minor housekeeping chores before I head over to keep an eye on the grandsons early this afternoon, and then take middle grandson to pick up his football gear. Daughter has a medical appointment and then is going to go to a paddleboarding thing to see if she likes it, so it's hard to tell where we will end up after that, but likely they will be in the pool - I might go buy myself a pool noodle to use as a sort of rest and get in there with them, although I do have a new book, so it's a toss up.
SB, how often do you use the Miracle Grow? I might use it when I put in transplants, and maybe again if the plants look peaked, but otherwise it rarely gets used. I do use sale barn manure in the gardens, but it has been composted for a year or more when I get it. The salts in the fertilizer can build up in the soil and 'burn' the plants.
Ha - the 'hook' I mentioned r/t being on call earlier didn't come very much later - it came about 5 minutes ago; sorry work; I've got kids tonight.
Off to get some laundry done and take a short nap before I go wrangle boys - since I'd slept about 5 hours yesterday during the day, I didn't go back to sleep until around 3:30 this morning, so now I'm ready for a nap
Night shift; gotta love it...