brown thumb

d's been helping me in the garden quite a bit lately. we spent several hours on sunday cutting up scrap lumber & building some new raised beds. i decided to rent 2 plots this year soz i could grow hopefully a wider variety of stuff, a little more spread out. we got a lot done & it's looking pretty good.
i'm pretty sure the wood we used is going to fall apart pretty quick. i'm opposed to purchasing new lumber so i can put it in the ground & let it rot. doesn't make any sense to me. so i'll have to keep my eyes peeled for decent scrap wood in the near future.

i'm feeling pretty pumped about the plot. my seeds are beginning to sprout & i can't wait for everything to start growing. my good buddy, k, is off having a grand farming adventure in massachusettes & not here sharing the plot w/ me.

work's been keeping me busy lately. started recruiting & interviewing for next year's volunteers. wacky. i rejected my first applicant today & i felt terrible doing it. i'm hoping to learn a whole lot about interviewing, hiring & all that crap during this process. it's been pretty interesting so far. but it has the potential to suck. rejecting people is no fun. hope it gets easier.

started physical therapy for my shoulder right before the alaska trip. i think it's finally sinking in & feeling better. for the first few weeks, it was feeling much worse. i definitely feel improvement now, so that's good. i'm going to a "wellness center" where the therapist uses mostly pilates & some yoga to work the muscles. it made absolutely no sense to me at first, but now i'm getting it. i also bought a large rubber ball to sit on at work instead of a desk chair. that stupid thing makes my back hurt. we'll see what happens w/ the ball.

d & i just got back from a nice long walk to sherwood gardens. the tulips will be opening up soon. should be beautiful.