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Today my goal was to write an essay for Humanities class, finish the Food Co-op newsletter, and rent a rototiller and till the garden. When I told DH my plans this morning, he snickered and said, "Oh, that's all?" 

Yes, it was ambitious. I wanted to be free of the mental burdens that those tasks had become. I wanted a free weekend. 

I did it. I only got 9/10 on my essay, one of the articles in the newsletter wasn't overhauled, the newsletter had no recipes, and the rototiller resulted in a little cursing and an extra trip to exchange a broken machine. By 8 pm it was done. My wrists hurt from holding that rototiller (not good for carpal tunnel), I'm tired, full of pizza because I didn't make dinner, and on my way to the shower. 

Here's to a relaxing weekend! -without sugar. Yes, I'm still on the wagon. Yesterday the kids ate the peanut butter squares and I went to the food co-op where they had a nice fruit juice seltzer to help with the soda cravings and lots of great produce. If I can make it through the first weekend sugar-free then the second week will be easier. Amanda was right, the first few days of something like this are the hardest. It's getting a bit easier now. 

Today another one of our background checks came back in the mail. Yesterday at DH's interview for foster care the worker encouraged us to move up our homestudy. She is super supportive, or they're short on foster parents, or both. She also said we don't need to have the bedroom reassignments done for the homestudy, meaning that we don't actually have to show them a bed. They really need fosters. She also got our recommendation letters back, everyone said they wrote good things about us. One person who talked to her on the phone said her response to his assessment was, 'You've just confirmed everything I've felt about them. They'll be good.' Did I say that they're really desperate for foster parents?

Next step for me is storing all the medications and poisons (cleaning products, drano, WD40, etc.) according to foster parenting rules. Tomorrow we have a three hour foster training about discipline and dealing with crisis. I'll keep my jokes about duct tape and rope to myself. 

Comments

[Where's the Party?]

1.

Sigh...those jokes are the best...
My husband and I spent at least 50% of our time in class passing notes back and forth and trying not to snicker too loudly.

But really, it's exciting to be so close to finished!

BTW, how big is your garden? We've got 400 sq. ft. but it's spread out over three spots, and sort of funny shaped, and I've never been sure if I should just get a rototilller or not. It doesn't take me too long to just go through it with a spade, about a day.

[jendoop]

2.

The last class we went to we were the only couple that showed up, so it would have been very obvious if we were passing notes and giggling. Then again the workers seem to feel that as long as we're in the room and still have a pulse it's good.

Yes, you should rent a rototiller! It cost abt $30 for 4 hours (you might be able to get a better price) and I tilled our 10'x17' garden in less than an hour - after I got a machine that worked properly. Now that I've used it for 3 yrs the soil is pretty loose and I may be able to spade or pitchfork it easily next year. My soil needed amendments, using the tiller spreads that more evenly than I could by hand.

[Where's the Party?]

3.

Yeah, I definitely needed to work in some manure this year, and it wouldn't hurt next year either. There are a few tree roots, but they're not big, and I should probably get rid of them anyway.

I'll have to remember this next spring, when I feel like not being bothered to go to the hardware store. I'm sort of confused like that: too lazy to go to the hardware store for a half hour, but not too lazy to spend several extra hours turning dirt.

[Amanda D]

4.

Way to go on getting all three done. And, I'm thinking, 9/10 is pretty good! I'm glad that the going with out sugar is getting easier. I wish I had your will-power!