Tired

I’d blame it on the weather which is at the crispy-dry, hotter than blazes, right before the rains start stage, but that’s just part of why I’m so tired, the past week, it has been in the low 90’s by midday. No matter how much water I drink, I’m dehydrated after working in the yard. I’ll get adjusted, but not quite yet. 

I did harvest my potatoes, which consisted of lifting up the boxes whose bottoms fell off and running my hands through the dirt. Not a great haul, but they are absolutely delicious. I’ll grow them again next but not in boxes which were difficult to keep watered. Maybe in the ground.

Another reason I'm tired is all the house chores falling to me. Even if I’m not actually working on them, they have taken up residence in my brain. The dang toilet seat still isn’t attached. The house is dirty, so I guess I’ll have to find and hire cleaners. I need to get estimates to have the non-blooming magnolia taken down, plus other tree trimming. We got a letter from the IRS saying we owed $301. I’d underpaid our estimated last year, which turned out to be true. I looked through our records, conferred with our tax preparer Dennis. Then wrote the check. Etcetera, etcetera. 

I also said yes to too much with both garden clubs and Toastmasters. My fault. Today, I’m resigning as Recording Secretary of the Windermere Garden Club, which relieves both me and the new president who was concerned about my having a conflict of garden club interest. I’m plugging away at understanding the details of Membership Chair for the Bloom and Grow Garden Society (the job seemed so easy when Julie was walking me through the process). Then I’ll look at how to add videos and tag them on the EarlyBird Toastmasters website. If I spend 15 minutes, I get 1 little thing at least started, perhaps even done, and my mental fatigue lessens. 


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