Happy Turtle Day.

Happy Turtle Day everyone!

I’m back in the office today after an absence of a week between the trip back east and the long weekend – and it’s remarkable how much I don’t feel like being here at all. I’ve got a lot of work to get through in the next couple of weeks, I’m behind on everything I’m supposed to be on top of, and I got almost no sleep last night (plus, I just had the ugliest passport photo ever taken).

I have also been feeling a bit of the support-work stress the last few days for various reasons – which surprises me because I thought I had internally resolved a lot of my feelings about Darren and this situation – though apparently not and old things are coming to the surface suddenly. Last night mid-conversation with Greg I found myself incredibly angry about something, so much so that I had to get off the phone because I was so emotionally taken by it. Strange. Must be monthly-timing plus exhaustion in general making my skin a bit thinner.

The weekend was pretty good, however, and I really enjoyed being home for four whole days in a row and managed to get lots done – cleaned the house, put in one of the garden beds, ran errands, started a new quilt, and entertained guests – so I’m feeling a bit more connected to my home again (I’ve been feeling a bit homeless with all the traveling and suitcases lately). Of course this weekend I am going to Victoria again… which is another kindof home for me in any case (parents, old friends, Greg, apartment I am comfortable in)…….

Once I finally finish up with my garden (it needs more wood chips), I’ll post some photos here. I’m most excited about the peony tree I bought – which is really a small shrub that makes beautiful flowers. Besides that I put in some lavendar, rosemary, poppies, delphiniums, mums, lupins, lucifer’s tounge, honeywort, yarrow and beebalm. Once it fills out and goes into bloom I think the bed will turn out quite nicely – thought it’s all a big experiment as I have never done a perennial bed before. In a couple of weeks I’ll lay down the last of the bark chips, and will hopefully have the rest of the upstairs deck planted with seeds and starters as well (i’ve already fixed up my front stairs with pots full of colourful flowers, which make for a cheery homecoming). Despite my lack of hometime, I still want it to be nice when I am there. Later this summer the project will be raised vegetable beds and getting my front stair fixed – both of which I will be paying a friend to do. Despite the fact I have almost no yard and a small place – there is still lots to work with somehow….