The garden party

Saturday

I got up at 8, I rinsed the sprouts thoroughly and put some in a third container to relieve crowding. I listened to the rest of The Hightwire. A gut microbiome specialist was talking about testing people's microbiome before and after vaccination. She discovered the population of biffidobacteria went to 0, even in children.

I washed up and got dressed. I watered all the plants. I threw out the sugar cane - still no growth after 6 months. I listened to a podcast on a movie called The Last of Us.

I went to the post office. There were two packages, but I noticed one was not mine. So I turned it in and she checked to see if she had given them a package for me. Nope. Then I went to the company house to get the laundry started. There were only two dark things, so I put everything else in a white load and took the two darks home to wash with ours. I went home to drop off the towels and the package.

Then I went to the garden. There were lots of people there at the event, cleaning out their plots. I worked on mine and several people offered to help. Before noon they broke for lunch, which was hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill. I went to the company house to throw the sheets in the dryer. I went home to have a banana and I took our whites from the dryer and threw the darks in.

I went back to the garden. I helped the CSM with an unclaimed lot and the CDC lot. Her little girl helped and commented constantly. Finally it was just the three of us. We finished the lot and I went home. I noted that the lunch table was full of stuff and wondered if she had to clean it all up on her own.

I made and ate breakfast while reading e-mail. I watched videos on what to make with eggs. I opened the package and put the supplements away. I was so tired, but I went back to the company house to make the beds and clean the house. I did not mop because my mop is at the second street house. Sigh. But Jamie said it is finished except for the final mopping. I had to go back to the company house one last time to bring back the dark towels.

I was still tired. So Chris offered to drive me to the commissary. We went shopping for a few things that I didn't get in town. We brought it home and put the food away. I ate the last of the butter lettuce from last week. I also had some tomatoes and then pineapple. When I finished listening to New World Next Week, I worked on my blog.

I made tea and we watched episodes of SG1. Chris went to bed and I stayed up to read and listen. Befre going to bed, I took more of the drops that Melanie gave me.