8 am
Well,
let’s see, it is definitely cold out here on the front porch of the farm. But I
feel like I must stay because Tigger is out here with Nelly, and I don’t know
what dogs are inside, and the dog situation is so complicated. I wouldn’t mind
at least getting myself a cup of tea. And the oatmeal I left on low on the
stove.
What
will today bring? More cutting of honeysuckle. We got a lot done over the last
2 days: we took care of both sides of the brook up and down from the bridge.
Then we tackled the stuff in front of the garage, and the bittersweet growing
up in the lilac beside the garage. I guess Kent is on a roll because he wants
to work on the huge “patch” (nearly “acreage”) of honeysuckle behind the
garage. It is satisfying in a way, though I know this is just the beginning and
all those areas will need to be monitored so the stuff does not come back. And
what is most discouraging is that if one walks down by the river, there is tons
of it all there, too. And of course, what about the stuff that is in our own
yard? I guess now that I have done the cut and brush stumps with poison
technique, I can do it at our house also, it is not that hard, and the poison
is very locally applied, just to the cut stem/stump. Maybe I could even get
inspired to spray the small amount of poison ivy that we have. Last time I
tried to deal with it I got it on my hands and it was not nice.
I
managed to work on a bit more of the lab manual yesterday. So I have pretty
well gone through and written out what materials are needed for each lab. Now I
just have to figure out how to actually DO the labs. That is not minor. I think
D will be in tomorrow. I think I should email her to see if she will and if we
can get together so she can show me what she knows about the ECG and
respirometry computer set-ups. I am not especially looking forward to any of
it.
And
meanwhile K is planning out Christmas which kind of sucks. I don’t especially
want to think about all that now. And we tried to figure out Fakesgiving to
happen this fall – it worked so well last year bc G was home from school on
break and L drove down, but this year L will be in Utah all Oct so that part
will not work out. And G says that she and L are planning their own
Thanksgiving festivities. Alone. Not with us. Which will be way way nicer for
them, but what will we do? Hells Bells, we should find something that we like
and just do it. Head someplace bizarre? Truth is that it is usually a pretty busy
time at work, so it might be nice to be home a good part of it and just go
somewhere for a day or night. Not that late November is an especially nice time
of year. Oh well, this is not something to be concerned with right now.
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