What I Did On My First Day of Summer Vacation, By Sabotabby (age 37)

[sabotabby]

Like every teacher in the entire world, I managed to get sick immediately after closing up. I should know better than to plan anything immediately after school is done, since I tend to spend the last month or so plowing through and ignoring my body's desperate pleas for surrender.

Instead, I did laundry, because that was getting problematic, and I baked like a mofo. Expect a post about my first vegan cheesecake experiment soon (when it's eaten and I find out if it's actually good and if it held together, but damn if it doesn't at least *look* pretty).

And I gardened. Here are some pictures of what my garden looks like atm.




THAT'S RIGHT Y'ALL THOSE ARE TINY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HAPPENING

I MADE A FOOD

Most exciting is that one of my ghost pepper plants is growing. Last year, that didn't happen at all.


I managed to faff about during the day, between the baking and the gardening, and left social plans until the last minute because I was honestly feeling like utter shit and didn't even know if I would be awake and mobile when it came time for fireworks. In the end, misslynx and I went to the celebration in Woodbine Park at the last possible minute (we arrived as the show was starting). Worth it, even though I feel like worse shit this morning.



I rather enjoy watching gunpowder used for its intended purpose.

Anyway, today is party, despite the fact that I am clearly dying and will soon be dead of the Plague or the galloping consumption of what have you. I do really want to sleep but I feel like if I ever stop moving, I will spend the rest of my vacation in sloth-mode and regret it come August when I have to go back to work.

Comments

[katebacross.livejournal.com]

Hope you soon feel better. Like your garden - we've had a lot of unexpected deluges so the ferns are sprouting like mad, if nothing else...

[sabotabby]

Thanks!

I love ferns. I dunno why it never occurs to me to plant any.

[rinue.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing the garden pictures! I was looking for something cheerful or gorgeous to end my day with, and here's both. Now I am free to shuffle off this mortal coil and onto a different rung of the mortal coil, the rung where I get sleep.

[sabotabby]

That is the best rung of the mortal coil.