- opened mom and dad's pool...thumb injured when socket wrench bit pried loose makes direct contact with thumb...felt like 100mph hit...immediate swelling...I kept working...what a trouper!
- thinned out the roses...only a few cuts!
- weeded the lawn...who needs pesticides and caustic weed killers?
- opened my pool all by myself this morning...lots of sweat...a little bloodshed...but lots of pride in a job well done
- planted sunflowers, marigolds, calendula...carefully watered poppies and amaranth...the seedlings are so delicate...
- painted radiator in downstairs bathroom...inhaled lots of fumes and boy was it cloudy in there but no longer looks like a rusty mess!
Even though I haven't done any art yet, I feel like I have to get some of the house things out of the way. I am also reading two books - one on the life and death of Tsar Nicholas II (written by a Russian and sad, scary and hard to deal with) and one on the history of Bomp! records. The Romanov book is riveting but I just can't believe some of the stuff - Alix was so naive and pushy, the revolutionaries were so discombobulated - I have to put it down frequently and relax. The Bomp! one is SOOOO good! And with the weather summer-like now, I can plop some good old garage vinyl on the turntable and listen as I read about some fine music! Hooray for summer!
Side note...the car situation does not look good. I upset a couple of graduates by not lingering on graduation night. But I had to get my ride. I also saw some teachers schmoozing and it looked silly. I am not like that...graduation is not about me, the hip teacher...it's about the graduates. Anyway, I really want to keep in touch with some of those who graduated and e-mails and future visits are so much better than a goodbye...
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