these days

just got back from a trip to the garden. my beautiful cucumber vines have come to the end of their short life... so sad. for a few weeks there, they were prolific producers. last monday, i came home with 13 good size cukes. with what i brought home tonight, i might try out pickling. i think it can be done without canning & if so, i'm down cuz i don't know how to can. why is it called canning when it's done with glass jars?

a few (2 or 3) of the tomatoes are starting to ripen. there are probably 100 or so green tomatoes... i've been waiting for them to turn red for WEEKS. been a little panicky about it. seems late in the year not to have tomatoes yet & for the love-a god, i planted like 29 tomato plants. i best get some ripe ones soon!

work's been going alright. i've attended several training sessions over the past few weeks - management for first time managers; interviewing, hiring & evaluating staff; setting & maintaining boundaries. this is the first job i've ever had where they sent me to training & payed for it. i intend to make the most if it, that's for sure. i think we may get to take a "team building" trip to yestermorrow building school in vermont sometime this fall. that would be fantastic! though i'm not down on sharing a room with any of my colleagues. when you're spending 8-9 hours a day w/ colleagues, i think it's important to have some personal time too. some people think i'm wack, but i'm pretty sure they've got poop between their ears. i offered the final position today & i expect that it will be accepted tomorrow. man, i'll be glad when it's done. it was a lot of freakin work. seriously.

hm... we went on a canoing trip w/ folks from work this past sunday. it was mostly enjoyable. one person kinda got on my nerves a bit... but that's bound to happen. now that i'm armed with this boundary training, i'm going to build a fortress around myself & i'll never be annoyed by coworkers again. that's a big fat fantasy... :)

well, i guess that's it for now. we might be making a day trip to the beach this coming weekend, which would be nice. maybe a trip to visit k the farmer over labor day weekend. we shall see.