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The world is a cesspool of trauma so let's talk about other stuff!
- the garden might get regraded as soon as next week. We are waiting for the dude to let us know. if this is the case it means we have to bust our butts this weekend to get everything moved and piled on the patios. This includes draining the pond.
- we thought we were going to be scheduled a month out, so B wanted to plan where the new turtle pen was going to be, to ask the landscaping team to dig the trench for the turtle fence. That's probably not going to happen by Tuesday, but I guess this weekend we can have a look at the yard and figure it out.
-I really, really want to have almost the entire yard turtle-fenced in, though that might present complications when it comes to replacing the human fences; the fences which have not fallen down yet are in bad shape, but we think our neighbors will not want to replace them until they actually fall down, because the neighbors on those sides are assholes.
- I am very excited about Rex having this huge, enriching space. I want to also put the pond into the ground so he and Al can share it, but I am not sure if that is worth the work and expense; we have been in this house for 2 years and our plan is to stay 3-5, then buy another place and keep it for a rental. Actually, laying it out like that, it's unlikely that we will be moving in one year (though I wish!) so we might as well do it.
- Speaking of the garden, we had a rough summer. Some of my herbs just didn't make it, it was so hot and dry (and I wasn't out there watering every day, but I do have wine bottles in most of the herbs. It still wasn't enough.) But the last 3 weeks we have had frequent rain and cloudy days, and the plants are all doing great! My Texas Tarragon in particular is a beast- it died all the way down in July and in September it came back!
- Our neighbors are weird. They asked B if they could borrow our weedwhacker, he said "Yes, let me go get it," and when he came back with it, they were gone. Then 2 hours later they were outside with a different weedwhacker doing their yard.
- the garden might get regraded as soon as next week. We are waiting for the dude to let us know. if this is the case it means we have to bust our butts this weekend to get everything moved and piled on the patios. This includes draining the pond.
- we thought we were going to be scheduled a month out, so B wanted to plan where the new turtle pen was going to be, to ask the landscaping team to dig the trench for the turtle fence. That's probably not going to happen by Tuesday, but I guess this weekend we can have a look at the yard and figure it out.
-I really, really want to have almost the entire yard turtle-fenced in, though that might present complications when it comes to replacing the human fences; the fences which have not fallen down yet are in bad shape, but we think our neighbors will not want to replace them until they actually fall down, because the neighbors on those sides are assholes.
- I am very excited about Rex having this huge, enriching space. I want to also put the pond into the ground so he and Al can share it, but I am not sure if that is worth the work and expense; we have been in this house for 2 years and our plan is to stay 3-5, then buy another place and keep it for a rental. Actually, laying it out like that, it's unlikely that we will be moving in one year (though I wish!) so we might as well do it.
- Speaking of the garden, we had a rough summer. Some of my herbs just didn't make it, it was so hot and dry (and I wasn't out there watering every day, but I do have wine bottles in most of the herbs. It still wasn't enough.) But the last 3 weeks we have had frequent rain and cloudy days, and the plants are all doing great! My Texas Tarragon in particular is a beast- it died all the way down in July and in September it came back!
- Our neighbors are weird. They asked B if they could borrow our weedwhacker, he said "Yes, let me go get it," and when he came back with it, they were gone. Then 2 hours later they were outside with a different weedwhacker doing their yard.