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[treeskin]

Spent yesterday getting caught up on spraying, very exciting. Got a bit more of that to do this morning, then I need to check on a tree by the softball field, and check soil moisture at some flower beds, then I can spend the afternoon watering trees.

Got a nap after work last night, and am stil thinking that maybe I should have skipped my phone date (sorry, honey) and just went to bed at 9 isntead. Felt groggy all through the phone call, and just couldn't get to sleep afterwards. Am blaming my allergies, which are acting up after wading through a big bed of fountain grass spraying weeds yesterday morning. Fun fun fun. Didn't think my at-work motivation could sink much lower than it was yesterday, but...it has.

Still in the waiting period for the greenhouse job. At the moment, that's waiting for my transcript to make it from KSU to the HR office. Donna warned me that KSU can be really slow about that. *sigh* So, if the science department secretary doesn't have it by midmorning Monday, By's offered to run to Manhattan with me and pick it up. If we timed it right, we might even be able to have the thing back to school before the close of business Monday. That'd be nice. There's been no word on other applicants yet...Donna doesn't expect many, she doesn't think the job was advertised outside of campus, and it's only open for a week. So, there's me, and maybe the other horticulturist (who has a snowball's chance of even getting his app looked at), and maybe the gal whoh's teaching herbaceous (and maybe not, Donna said that M's not said anythign about applying thus far).

I know, I'm obsessing. I just want out of here that badly.

Had some guy running around campus yesterday morning looking for something he could name after himself. I was told he had a pile of money to donate, and really wanted a butterfly garden, but was also looking at the upcoming Japanese garden. And he was looking at Donna's flower garden on the south side of the hort center--actually went in and was a bit of a pest asking her about what was in there now, and who decided what went in there, that kind of thing. She was frazzled enough to be honest, so the answer was "whatever is left over from the plant sale, and whatever I have time to get in", so that idea probably got nixed.

Robyn had some good news yesterday. That company she's been submitting designs to was REALLY happy wih one of the most recent sets, and they want her to finish and elaborate the other. *crosses fingers* This falls neatly into Robyn's eventual goal of being a general designer or stylist--she wants to design (and have someone else make) everything from the tableware and ornaments to table linens, the gift boxes, canle holders, the whole shebang. She's been dong just tableware for this company, but got a wild hair with one design set and sent it in with lots of other things besides, and they loved it. Really hope it does well...Robyn could use the boost.

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[tnrkitect.livejournal.com]

I suggest that if you run to Manhattan on Monday, you take YOUR vehicle, and not try to hoof it ;-)

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

**frowns in your general direction**

We'd already planned to take the Kia, silly. (A) it getts better mileage, and (B) it has AC & a CD player (my sneakers do not).

[tnrkitect.livejournal.com]

At least the frown in my general dirrection was a smiling frown and not like the ones from earlier in the week.

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

This is true. And good...I've got other things to worry about today (which sounds a little callous, I know)--Tuffy had a bad day yesterday, and I'm a bit concerned about what I'm going to find when I get home tonight. Poor old cat.

[tnrkitect.livejournal.com]

Not callous at all. I hope the old man is feeling better today.

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

I hope so too, but I'm trying to be realistic. He's been getting a little weaker and shakier every week for the past month or so, and that accumulation really showed last night. He was having trouble just staying upright, let alone walking. He'd take a few steps, then his hind legs would go, and he'd lay down for a little while, then get up and have another go at it. Stubborn old coot, he is, and that's part of why we're so attached to him. And I think he's generally not feeling well lately, because he's been super clingy, and that would have been out of character for him a year ago.

[tnrkitect.livejournal.com]

:-( well, I'll keep him in my thoughts

[draco-kc.livejournal.com]

Poor guy... Sorry to hear he's doing poorly of late. I hate to think that he's starting to have a hard time of it.

[treeskin.livejournal.com]

He's not really recovered from the stroke in March. Until yesterday, though, he'd been getting around well enough, and had enough spring left to get up on the sofa and the bed. And he could get down without taking a tumble. That may not be again. **sigh** It's a pretty strong reminder of his age (14, last Feb).