The sexy new ankle brace is miles better than the old getup I had, and it served me very well on my away job this week. It's not too bad looking, and I'm not limping much at all anymore. If I wear a lot of black, or some styling bootcut jeans, most people don't even notice I'm wearing a brace.
I was feeling so chipper, in fact, that when I got home yesterday afternoon, I changed into some gardening clothes. While I was waiting for Mr. Jefferies to get home from his sleepover (He also became [one of the] Office Dog[s] at Burton Snowboards for three days, where he gained all sorts of new fans, I'm told. Dude.), I went out to survey what was happening in the garden.
Given how well the ankle was doing over the past three days, and how well I was feeling overall, I thought that I might even be able to get some serious gardening done this weekend. Or if not serious, then at least semi-serious.
I did a few things -- I had quite a lot of asparagus that was ready to be cut, and quite a bit of lettuce and fresh mint -- which I gave to Mr. Jefferies' babysitter as a thank-you gift. I watered some things. I have new baby beets, spinach, carrots, onions, lettuces, and Swiss chard, and the plum trees are covered with blossoms. I have everbearing strawberry blossoms, and some pear blossoms.
I removed the very lightweight coldframe from over the top of the lettuces and kales and cabbages, which can all now fend for themselves quite nicely, and moved it to a different bed where I put in some zucchini seeds. This is very early for those heat-loving zukes, but I'm betting that the cold frame will keep it warm like a hothouse and they'll be fine -- maybe even better than usual. And I sowed some broccoli seeds all over a 3X3 bed. I'll eat the babies, thinning them out to the six full-size plants that a bed that size can handle.
And that was pretty much it. My ankle was letting me know then that, "Thank you, Norma, that is quite enough now."
Sigh. It's gonna be a while before I'm 100%.
I had a picnic on my way home from my business trip: Oh-so-delicious leftover Biryani from the Bollywood Grill, where I had a wonderful dinner with Claudia and Sandy the night before last. The food was fabulous, the company was wonderful, and the waiter was flirty. What more could one wish for? Well, leftovers, of course! I took the leftovers with me and ate them outside, in the beautiful sunny and warm day, when I hit West Lebanon, NH. There was also a little bit of shopping at LLBean.
Hey, I have that same set of bamboo flatware!
Glad you're mobile enough to do some gardening. I can't believe how much you've got growing already.
Posted by: Catherine | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 01:42 AM
I know how you enjoy being active so I'm sure it's frustrating to not be able to do your gardening. Did you get anything fun at LL Bean?
Posted by: Carole | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 07:08 AM
I would say that you were quite successful in spite of the bad ankle. Don't push it too soon. Your garden sounds well on it's way. I'm envious. Would love to have a garden but too lazy to do all the work.
Posted by: Lois Budnitsky | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 08:34 AM
Did you eat the rice? ;-)
Posted by: claudia | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 09:09 AM
Dude! Glad to see you got to play in the garden. Also glad to see you're listening to your ankle; I've learned the hard way about pushing the healing time on injuries.
Posted by: Jennifer B. / Brooklyn | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 09:30 AM
I know how frustrating it is to be kept out of the garden this time of year. Every hour lost now equates to days lost later in the season...
Go easy. It's so tempting to overdo.
Posted by: gayle | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 10:05 AM
I'm dying to know who babysat Mr. Jefferies at Burton! I worked there for over 10 years - maybe we know someone in common? Having dogs there was the BEST. :)
Posted by: (formerly) no-blog-rachel | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 11:57 AM
Lucky you with the gardening, etc. Just don't over do it.
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Posted by: elizabeth a airhart | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 07:29 PM
I'm glad to hear you got some garden time, and it actually sounded somewhat relaxed although it was busy.
Mmmmmm. that looks good!
What did you get from LL Bean????
Dude. Little Dude. hee.
Posted by: marianne | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 07:53 PM
I garden vicariously thru you, Norma. My apartment has so little natural light, even the fake plants die!
Posted by: Angie L. | Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Lucky girl! You had yummy food with Sandy and my sis! Now I'm a bit jealous. I think you must bring out the flirty in the waiters based on our CIA exploits...
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I love Indian food, so I was shocked that there was an Indian restaurant I didn't know. Then I remembered that I only truly know Indian restaurants in the Boston area. I don't think any of those outside of Logan are even T accessible.
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