Sum, sum, summertime...

It's hard to believe that the summer solstice has come and gone!  And here, it was only in the low 70s.  We've had some weird weather.  For the first time that I can remember, most corn will not be knee high by the 4th of July.  Not a good portend.  It has been cooler than normal, and wetter than normal. 

Old Business:

• I don't know why I am struggling so much with Hands Heal, P4S, and Trail Guide.  Maybe it is just being out of the habit.
• Cabinet project is definitely on hold. Have shifted focus to gardening and house maintenance.
• Finished the Handmaid's Tale re-read.  Granted, it has been 30+ years since the last time I read it, but there were definitely parts I had wrong in my head!  LOL
• Am half-way through The Testaments.  I feel like I'm starting to get my reading jam back!
• Magazines are doing well.
• Mending pile still there, have added a couple of things.
• Garven is still really amazing.  I have learned you cannot go through the carwash with the sunroof popped up. OOOOOOPPPPPSIE!!!!
• Memorabilia still staying under control, and have finished 1 layout.  Need to get cranking on the next.
• PCP visit is finally set up, with yet another replacement.  Sigh.  Colonoscopy is Monday.  Knee ended up having a patellar hematoma and bursitis.  Still wearing a compression brace, but it is back to a more normal appearance.
• Sticks continue to be a problem as we have had a lot of storms and wind.  Wabash got hit with another tornado.
• Lawnmower ended up having a loose (and eventually thrown) pully.  That took a month to get the parts in, and then the ones that I actually used I probably could have gotten at the local hardware store - kinda grumpy about that.  And had to spend $13 to ship the unused parts back.
• Guitar practice has gotten shaky here lately.  Not sure why.  Sometimes mentally I just don't have the energy for it.
• Have been really good on weeding.  I am able each time to go over what has already been done and that goes pretty quickly and it now takes a large part of the gardens to fill up the (five gallon) bucket, when it used to happen multiple times each session. And each time I have been able to extend the already done part further. So that feels good.
• Have done some repairs on garden art, which feels good, and of course more to do. I guess most of life is just baby stepps. 022 was supposed to be able to come up last week and help me with getting some bigger things transplanted and done, but it ended up not working out.  I kept the week off, and was able to finally (after 9 years!) get the front door frame painted. Also picked up a low top dresser for work, had my follow-up with the cardiologist. Nothing wrong with my heart, so it is out of his wheelhouse why I'm having symptoms.  Back to the drawing board.  I have found that wearing abdominal compression has really reduced the symptoms, which he found curious too.  It makes me SO HOT though when I am working!
• Have weeded twice at work now. About 3 buckets worth over the two times.  I need to do some bush trimming still - I had tried the last time, and my battery died halfway into the first bush! Was able to get some very pretty canna and dahlias for my containers.

New Business:

• Oh my goodness, everything is different at work!!  J came over and is renting my old green room, K came back, so she's in the red room again, so I moved to the blue room!  Holy cow!  It feels so incredibly good.  I am just absolutely amazed how much it has improved my mood and attitude! So, we have a contractor coming in to widen a doorway to the break room, and then get water and drainage over there, so that we can get a full-sized washer and dryer there!  So excited!  Our little midget set has been such a trooper, and I will be forever grateful to it, but it is unrealistic to expect it to keep up with 3 full-time therapists.  Not to mention you have to go through my blue room to get to it.  So, that will eventually turn into a working space for me, with a small desk.  With others there now, I don't feel right in leaving my stuff laying around everywhere when I am building packets and whatnot. So excited!!!
• Colonoscopy Monday, so that will be fun!
• 022 comes to visit (for sure this time) most of that week, so we'll get some things transplanted.
• AC for church is next week, not sure if I'll be able to go to opening worship on Sunday evening or not, with doing the prep.  Tuesday I'll go to FTW to do the service project in the morning.  If 022 is here, she'll go with me.
• I think my PCP visit is that week, and I have a massage too!  And I'll still work at the church on Friday.  I think 022 is going down to visit her dad, and her sister will be there too.  I'm excited they'll have a chance to see each other.  I also took Monday off for the holiday.