Produce

I went and checked out the lettuce yesterday that I planted... umm.. late last year? The radicchio looks pretty but also like I don't want to eat it. The arugula is awesome and has really filled out; I actually ate a few leaves of it right there in the garden.

There was another little pot I planted that was just labeled "mesclun greens" but has now grown into a bunch of alien life forms. I can't tell what the hell any of them are; one of them looks a bit like parsley, and the other looks sort of like a weird halfway between spinach and butter lettuce.

The cats have been behaving strangely. Even though they're restricted to the laundry room, every now and then I lock them out completely. It gives me a chance to do some uninterrupted laundry, vacuum/sweep the floor in there, etc. I guess this time they were pretty unhappy with this arrangement. The Hamburgler managed to pry open a crawlspace access panel and avail herself of the full house all day. I closed that down but then Manolio managed to pull it open again. It's now covered in flagstone and brick. If they can move that, I will be truly disturbed.

Other stuff. Travel plans coming together. Furlough week approaching at a glacial pace, but I'm looking forward to it. Started another EVE trial account on a whim over the weekend. It makes a lot more sense this time (somehow) and it's sort of interesting. I'm not sure what part of me is entertained by it, but I'm doubtful that I'll stay interested very long.

Err. Other stuff I think. Fell asleep the other night with Independence Day on. (Ew.) Aside of the fact that they wasted Laura Roslin on the role of the First Lady (!) it made me have a weird dream that I had been elected president. My advisors were nagging me to make some sort of public address but I kept putting it off. (Worst. President. Ever.)