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Sleep-deprivation, I think, caused me to do something really stupid on Tuesday. Having just returned from a long weekend traveling to NM and dancing, I returned to work Tuesday morning... late that afternoon, surprised that I was feeling so good (the aforementioned arm strength, and not feeling sleepy), my fatigue manifested itself in the following way: I have a locker in our break room, where I keep my purse and my Pyrex measuring cup for boiling water in the microwave, my tea mug, my clipboard and cable brace, pen, my OR bonnet, etc. Since starting work there, I have had the same lock, which uses a key, which I keep, along with another key (for our department's cleaning room), on a little fob, clipped to the back of my scrub pants in such a way that the keys dangle into my back pocket. This method has never failed me, and I have at times thought how great it is that I have never lost the keys and have never, say, locked them in the locker. So, in my post-mini-vacation-haze, perhaps, guess what I did? Yup. I pulled the keys from their normal place and put them in my locker while I sat eating lunch, and afterwards locked it back up. Oops. Security had to come and cut the lock. The security guard said it was a good one, too. Of the two security guards, the beefier one (male) had to cut it, as it was too tough for the female officer to cut successfully, though she did try. (I have a duplicate key somewhere, but it's definitely not anywhere useful.) I really hate losing things, but when it's my own fault, I am generally good at getting over the loss. So now I am using a combination padlock I've had since starting seventh grade, which was 1986 or 1987. Twenty-something years is pretty good for not losing a padlock, or its combination, right?
Picked up veggies yesterday, just before the huge storm hit (wasn't it awesome?!). The CSA box included: broccoli, green beans, basil, four med-large tomatoes, four cukes, several summer squash, a bunch of beets (3) with greens, a head of garlic, two large leeks, a bag of potatoes (red, small-med) and a bag of onions. I plan on making potato leek soup, and using the potato peels (which I'll leave out of the soup, probably) will go into another potato casserole type thing. I've already enjoyed one of the tomatoes - vine-ripened goodness which won't last long enough; pretty soon it'll be too hot even for tomatoes.
I plan to plant rosemary in our front walk area, and already have a lavender plant (transplanted from stickcow 's yard - it seems to be doing well so far!) Another friend sent me seeds for roses and says they'll really take care of themselves. I just throw them in some dirt, right?
Picked up veggies yesterday, just before the huge storm hit (wasn't it awesome?!). The CSA box included: broccoli, green beans, basil, four med-large tomatoes, four cukes, several summer squash, a bunch of beets (3) with greens, a head of garlic, two large leeks, a bag of potatoes (red, small-med) and a bag of onions. I plan on making potato leek soup, and using the potato peels (which I'll leave out of the soup, probably) will go into another potato casserole type thing. I've already enjoyed one of the tomatoes - vine-ripened goodness which won't last long enough; pretty soon it'll be too hot even for tomatoes.
I plan to plant rosemary in our front walk area, and already have a lavender plant (transplanted from stickcow 's yard - it seems to be doing well so far!) Another friend sent me seeds for roses and says they'll really take care of themselves. I just throw them in some dirt, right?