The Holiday Weekend

Everything is on hold for this weekend -- kids are sick. My eldest is getting over something (and will be fine for Sunday), but my DIL and grandson are possibly catching it (and it's a bad one). The worse part (for me) is the waiting. I'm in limbo -- so much to prepare ahead of the BBQ, but it's likely to get canceled. Hikes I passed on because I have too much to do to get ready. Dang. Nothing but waiting. 

We plan to make a decision today -- if it's canceled, I'll see if I can get on some hike waitlists. If it's a go, it STILL can get canceled if things turn by Sunday. I'm almost routing for canceling today so I can make other plans if there's any chance they're catching the bug.

Oh well.

Today is less-than-fun day. I have a court report due on Tuesday for my volunteer position so I have hours of work ahead. I'm going to try and knock out most of it today.

Wednesday's hike was excellent -- maybe top 3 of the hikes I've done with the group. It gave me the bug to challenge myself for harder hikes. So many mountain flowers on the hike -- here are a couple. I hiked with 6 "my-aged" women and it was fun. Fast, hard, great conversations. These are some incredible women. One walked over 2000 miles doing multiple Caminos. One is a competitive speed skater for 15 years. One is an ironman athlete. Seriously -- incredible!

Summer purple

Flowering cactus in GA
-- so beautiful at the top
of the mountain

My garden is unruly and wild and I'm here for it. I probably over planted so I need to figure that out for next year if things struggle for resources. Beetles are any day now and that will suck. Otherwise it's lovely to watch the plants grow. I have a first cucumber growing and a few cherry tomatoes forming. Everything is blooming except the peas (I shouldn't have fertilized them because it halts flowering -- now I know). I keep picking the pepper flowers to let the plants grow more. I'm letting a few form now. Excited for a summer veggies. 

Best get moving today. Today is one of those "productive" days that kind of suck but will feel really, really good once the things get finished.

Happy Friday. Later gators.