The dog sleeps really well at the cottage because our room is deep into the basement, surrounded by 8ft of bedrock, is silent, cool and very, very dark. So I can get home to stay asleep until 8:00, or 8:30am without much trouble. At home the blinds are crap and our room lights up around 6:00am and he is ready to start his day three hours early, much to my chagrin. I’m going to need to paint my window black, hang curtains, or stuff a pillow in the window well because I’m not ready to start my day at six. Seven is one thing, but any earlier than that is just overkill. I work from home, so it’ll be silent here between 8:30am & 3:00pm every weekday for the next ten months. So it isn’t like I need to drink a coffee and read a newspaper in peace before I tackle the daily grind in an office setting. I’d rather just have the maximum amount of sleep I can squeeze out of the night before I absolutely HAVE to be up to make breakfasts, and lunches for my school aged children. The dog isn’t on board with that yet. He is still just an right month old puppy. And a terror when he chooses to be.
To tell you the truth, I’d rather be asleep right now. Or prepping for a nap. I seem to have hurt my back yesterday and I do not know how. I just feel stiff, and sore. I didn’t work out yesterday, and I do not recall having lifted anything of note. Must be my body still trying to readjust to my favored bed, over the one from the cottage. Or the height difference in my pillows has affected my back, neck, shoulders. Feels great to get older doesn’t it? Random aches and pains, with no discernible reasons as to why that is. Better than being dead, I suppose.
I know of at least one project I need to make changes to today, but otherwise lawn care is on the menu today, and possibly weeding our front garden beds too. The tomatoes took over, and have grown like a wild fire, but have very few fruits, flowers ready. Shame. Maybe I’ll just pull them up and call it the loss that it is. I didn’t water them, or monitor them at all in August, so it’s my fault. Put all their energy into growing the plant itself, and not bearing any vegetables I could use to make salsa or sauces. Probably should have fertilized it, and watered them once we got out of July. I like my plants, trees, and shrubs to take care of themselves. I’ll get them started with a generous helping hand, but you have to keep yourself going after that.
I see some whispers of new trees growing that I’ll need to cut down and remove. I should take down some other trees and bits around the property too. Rubbing on the fences, and hanging low over my neighbours driveway. I think it’s time the last two in the stand of six should come down. It took me nearly three hours start to finish, to remove and clear the first four parts of that stand of trees. Maybe the last two will go smoother, or take me less time? One can hope! The corner of fence will be bare, but the cedar there should enjoy some extra light, and the newly transplanted sapling from April/May should like less competition for water and nutrients out of the soil. Should be a win all around. Then I just need to make sure I kill the roots. I’ll drill plenty of holes into it, tear it up a bunch with the chainsaw. Or try to remove it with a pick-axe and saws-all. We’ll have to wait and see what I feel up to doing as the day progresses.
Just thinking about all of that makes me want to have a nap. Warm bed, cool fan breeze, firm mattress, darkened room. Say no more! I’m in. Ciao Bella.
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