Sow Late

Better late than never Spring plantings.

Peas, soaking in a cup - supposedly that gives them a head start on direct-sow germination.

Finally, finally got around to sowing something, anything. It was the sugar snap peas. Because I love them so.

These seeds are my own, meaning they were purchased commercially; they were the products of peas that went too long on the vine last year in the Jardin. So, no quality control, no testing of germination rates. Just a little soaking, and in they went. Precipitation anticipated for planting day +1 and +2 to help them along. Results TBD. Just as DIY gardening is supposed to be, right?

So much to do in the Jardin. So much has been deferred. Not sure how I got into this cycle of deferred maintenance, but I did, and must now dig myself out. Project in progress.

Found the time for these peas because I worked from home, on a day I wouldn't normally. But I was called in on a day that would normally have been a work from home day, so I decided to reclaim one of the others. And really, with the shortened week, I could have claimed two, but it happens that I need to be in for in person meetings on three days. It's fine. Because work from home still feels like a bonus. Perhaps, though, I should adopt my officemate's approach and do just what is required. She somehow largely manages to stick to a 9 to 5 schedule. I need to try harder at that. Though loosey works better for me. So in my world, it'll be trying to stick to 8 hours, and not allow myself to be cheated of the lifestyle I was promised. I need to rephrase that: I mustn't cheat myself of my life.

Around my second year in practice, when the economy started to pick up post 9/11 and people in my law firm class started to leave, one woman, who had kids already, said she was going in-house for the better hours, because the job wasn't her life, it was just a means to support her real life. I was quite late in really absorbing that and acting on it. I am a slow learner, clearly. And still trying to implement and execute. Again, a work in progress.

[Edited April 6, 2023 to completion.]