Strawbabbies

[sasha_feather]

Having a weird mood crash. It helped to get out of the house and do things, so I picked up another shift at the humane society. Also: air conditioning. It was 85 degrees F today (29 C), which is hot for this early in the season, and I'm not used to it yet.

I dropped off some clothes at Good Will and went inside to admire their newly remodeled store.

Went to the dog park. Mostly sat on a bench in the shade, and eventually some of the regulars came by so I sat and listened to them chat. Ended up spending close to two hours at the park.

Watered some plants. It's time for this asparagus fern to get rehomed, because it just stabbed me in the finger with one of its thorns. Some of the other plants I have look a little rough from being newly placed outside.

Picked some strawberries from the back garden and am eating them right now!

I broke a glass today and a plate yesterday. Dropping things and not-quite-grasping things is one of those weird RA symptoms. I think my anxious/depressed mood is a combo of missing WisCon people and having inflammation and the hot weather.

Comments

Speaking from my massive chasm of plant knowledge

[jesse_the_k]

Asparagus fern sounds like such a benign, frondy, gentle plant -- that it has a thorn is Just Not Right.


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Re: Speaking from my massive chasm of plant knowledge

[sasha_feather]

Apparently they are poisonous too! But maybe just the berries; and mine has never flowered or fruited.

[longwhitecoats]

I love the word "strawbabbies." It sounds plump like a strawberry.

I'm sorry you're feeling anxious. <333