spring into action!

I did mention that it was a busy weekend, didn't I? On top of that, I've been working every day. Not always full shifts, but working every day means pumping and commuting and scheduling around work every day, and even a 5 hour shift adds up. I'm looking forward to Friday, my first day off in a week and a half.

But this weekend! This weekend was a blast! After work on Saturday I headed into Seattle so that I could photograph a friend's recording session in the basement of an art studio. Talk about fresh subjects for my bored camera lens and colorful eye candy all around. I had so much fun, although I've been suffering from doubtydoubts since then. I'm not really equipped to shoot in a dark studio, so I had to get creative and hopefully the results won't suck completely. I felt like I was in over my head in every aspect of a photo shoot, from gear to set up to subjects to post processing. Especially since they paid me. Just a little, but it's a vote of confidence in me, who has never done a shoot like that ever, and of course now I'm obligated to perform in return.

After that awesome fun and nerve wracking night, I got up the next day to climb the tallest sky scraper in Seattle for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. It was a blast, and I got to register my marrow, which was something on my 101 things in 1001 days list. The 360 degree view from the 76th floor was absolutely gorgeous and I wished I'd had a camera or at least stayed longer to appreciate it. It was stuffy and I was huffing and puffing from the 20 minute climb. Did I mention I took an elevator back down?

The other thing on my mind lately? Square Foot Gardening. Anyone tried it? Since it's my first year gardening, I don't want to go in over my head in alien territory with no one supporting me. In true unschooling fashion I'm diving right in and I'll have all summer to teach me the lessons results of my decisions this spring. I've already planted a few rows of things, but there will be nine people eating out of this garden and I want to make the most of it! I don't know how open my uncle will be (since it IS his back yard, after all) to the SFG plan, and I don't think I have enough time to figure it all out on my own this year. I'm thinking about next year already, and we can put the SFG in a sunnier place since the apple trees shade the current garden placement.

Next year. Next year? That used to just be something to say. Next year was just some random time. Maybe I'd be in another grade or another school but I'd still be in school. Maybe I'd be in another home or another state, but I'd still be me, doing my job. Now when I say next year, the time line is there. It won't be My Current Life just in another time frame. It will be me, likely in the same state, hopefully in the same job, probably in the same (gardenless) apartment, but most importantly, a Two Year Old Bella will factor in. And perhaps we'll be thinking of cooking up another by then, so how can I even fathom what I should accomplish next year? Planning for that far away? Uh-uh. It's an awfully good excuse to make it happen this year.