Life here at The House of Weeds is coming off the rails. Last week was the Spousal Unit’s birthday, the Teen’s high school graduation and Father’s day.
It was also the end of school and I was amazed at how many possible events graduation entailed. In the past two weeks, I’ve had two days at home and a whole lot of going out, running errands and other stuff.
I’m ready to hunker down and stay home but the world keeps pulling me out. I foolishly scheduled every possible medical, dental, optical appointment for the teen and I to happen over the months of June and July. Silly me.
The world is opening up way too fast for my liking. I think I prefer staying home and writing and gardening and occasionally seeing my friends. Running errands is overrated.
I’ve been madly trying to get plants in the ground as the heat is coming on. I believe it was 79 or 80 today, which passes for hot in this part of the world. I was out trying to plant in a sunny bed and kept having to stop and go sit in the shade.
Last week the rainy days had highs of 55 to twenty-five plus degrees difference. Even established plants are wilting here, unused to the heat. I’m scrambling to get everything watered. But I weeded a bed this morning and got 14 plants in the ground, so I’m calling it a win.
I’ve bailed on writing for this month. My schedule just hasn’t been under my control with all the graduation stuff and other events.
I’ve done two bookselling events and have another one coming up in July. There have been meetings of every possible group who hasn’t met for a year and a half. My introvert self is growing cranky from seeing too many people.
I’ve been reading a lot. And making art. And cooking. And planning parties. But there hasn’t been enough down time, enough time to just be. Which I need in order to write.
And I need a regular schedule. I’ll be back on track in a couple of weeks and am looking forward to writing in the outside office. I’m in the middle of a science fiction story and I want to see how it ends!
And the other things I want to write are stacking up. But soon, the teen will be driving herself places and I can stay home. And write.
I’m pretty much done buying plants for a month or two, so once I get all these in the ground, it’s just watering and weeding. Just, I say as if those aren’t time consuming tasks.
The problem with gardening and writing is that they’re both more-than-full-time pursuits. And for me, one nurtures the other. I can’t just do one of them. I need to do both in order to feel satisfied.
So, I’ll leave you with one of the many roses in bloom right now. This one is named Tradescant and is very fragrant – as are nearly all the roses I grow. And I’m off to the shower, because the twigs in my hair are beginning to grow.
I hope your solstice is full of all the good things and the coming season – summer or winter, depending on where you are, is filled with abundance and joy. And maybe some solitude! I’m sure looking forward to having some!