I’m gonna start writing this at 12:02 AM on Tuesday. Why? Because this song…
I listened to Amanda Palmer tonight on Live From Here, the new version of Prairie Home Companion…here’s the link. Love this song. Makes me laugh. And cry. I’m so excited that I will be seeing Amanda sing in LA in May. I finally persuaded a male attachment to come with me.
So that was last night. I stayed up too late, but I finished quilting. That’s a big yahoo on that.
First we walked the dogs though…it’s been a while since we’ve been to this spot..
It was wet and muddy and stream-filled. Well. Not filled, but we went across at least two of them, one of them three times. Apparently the rain finally caught up with the creek and filled it to the edges…
Sometimes over the edges…the flowers are all starting to bloom…
Thinking about a trip to the desert for the bloom this year…
It was a really beautiful evening for a hike. It’s finally daylight a bit later, so we could go further…here’s one stream, which is actually where the trail normally is…
Calli has no problems or qualms about wading through streams. Simba is not as good. Definitely more water than usual…
Which is good.
Especially for the plants…we stopped here…I was kinda done with wandering through mud at that point.
Plus it was heading toward dusk…
So we headed back to see what the bridge looked like…
They’d fixed the smaller bridge…the rain had pushed it off its bank and into a smaller creek.
I don’t think the big bridge is going anywhere, but that’s a lot of water for here.
The dogs are good sports…
Tons of flowers everywhere.
I love ending a work day like this. Wish I could do it more often. Yes, I graded too…got one assignment done. And then my principal emailed about this professional development thing we have to do, and they totally screwed up next week. Sigh. I set test and due dates. Wonderful. I’ll figure that out later today. Last night I couldn’t handle it. I can’t be mad at him…his wife just had their second kid. I can be annoyed though that we have to do the PD at all.
While I was waiting for boychild to make dinner, I drew a bit…still working on possible embroidery designs.
Might be too much.
Post-dinner TV time with the man, Simba curled up behind him.
The two of them had a coyote scare last night, very close to the prime peeing spot. Scary. Dumbass puppy thought he would go kill the coyote. He does not realize he would be a tasty treat.
I finally went in to quilt at about 10:30 PM…with the goal of finishing.
Which after about an hour and 15 minutes, I did.
With 19 hours and 21 minutes total into the quilting. Crazy shit. Hopefully tonight I will clean the floor, trim the quilt, and put a binding on it. At least, that’s the plan. I’m also going to the gym, so we’ll see how that goes. Right now, I’m tired, but I also want this thing done. It’s taking too long. My brain is done with it.
So. Off to school. Difficult teaching day ahead I think…concept-wise at least. I thought yesterday would be low-maintenance and it totally wasn’t. So there’s that. I also need to prep for a messy lab. Good stuff.
*Amanda Palmer, Ukulele Anthem
Kathy Nida 