well it’s been a while! work has been bonkers. my weekends are dedicated to focusing not on work. so what’s been going on?

last friday was “graduation” so the video and all the work that we’ve put into doing something celebratory for graduation was, of course, questioned and put down by a few vocal peeps. which needed addressing. then the video premiered and because students don’t read what they sign when they start school, there were people who’d signed forms that told us not to share their name publicly, which, of course, means a very public grad video. don’t blame me.  i need to answer a bunch of messages tomorrow morning after i get to look at my list. but grad is over, and this upcoming week i have to square some things away and get ready for…

a WHOLE WEEK OFF for VACATION! wooooo!! i’m so excited to get out of the state and fly on a plane and go do something that’s new and interesting. granted, timing could be better because this time of year in MN is the absolute bomb and i’m missing it. same thing happened on our mexico trip – we went during the week in october when it’s perfect in MN. BUT it will be awesome and i’m not going to miss peony season, which i would’ve been super sad about.

(i’m totally going to make up for the lack of blogging in the first part of may with the week in rhode island. i blog every day whilst on vacay. and i change shirts in the middle of blogging because i always pack more shirts than needed.)

saturday morning, i braved the unmasked crowds and got my plants for the season. then i planted my vegetable garden saturday afternoon. this year i threw caution to the wind and just planted a bunch of weird leftover seeds from up to 6 years ago. who knows what will come up! i marked them all, but who knows if they’ll actually sprout. just 5 tomato plants, 3 peppers, and (so far) 8 cucumber hills. i’m planting two more hills in 2 weeks. then 8 hills of sugar pumpkins. i think next year i’ll just make the entire plot cucumbers, dill, and pumpkins.  my asparagus are coming up (and are delicious!), and i’ve cut a batch of rhubarb for some oatmeal bars i’m going to make tomorrow.

tulip season, unfortunately, is over at my house 🙁

i just finished up a fantastic book called “quit like a woman” by holly whitaker, which is a feminist alternative to using AA as a means to overcome addiction. she’s my age, so her pop culture references (how do you even use snapchat?) and descriptions (psycho hosebeast) were right up my alley. i picked it up not necessarily looking to quit drinking, but i was hoping it would apply to other aspects of my life, and boy did she deliver. i’d recommend this to anyone looking to better themselves in any way, who’s also open to a rather PG-13, feminist style of writing.

i think that’s all i’ve got for now. expect to see some sort of pre-trip post where i catalog the shirts i plan on packing and give a general outline of what’s going on (i don’t think we know what’s going on). #thankskim