How Does Your Garden Grow?

First let me apologize for being away for so long. Things have been strange to say the least. Mr. Giant and I got into a fight and I kicked him out. I instantly regretted it but it can't be taken back now so I just have to deal with it. We're still on speaking terms but things are a little strained between us. Hopefully we'll get better but if not oh well. I am only spending one more semester at my current school then I am transferring somewhere much closer to home.

Second, I have news about Gram. Last Wednesday my mom called me around 7 p.m. and told me that at noon the doctors had called in the family and said she had two hours to live. I freaked out because Mom had called so late and I was 7 to 8 hours away. I made a mad dash home after packing up my dorm room and got in around 3 a.m. I got to see Gram on Thursday and although she did look sick she was doing alright, sitting up talking to people, getting upset that no one had vacuumed her floor, and so on. When she saw me you could tell she was excited that I was home. I spent all Thursday with her during the times she was awake, and I got to spend some time with her yesterday. Yesterday wasn't a very good day for her though, she was pretend sewing, drinking pretend water, eating pretend food, well you get the idea. However, she did still recognize all of us so we took that as a good sign. I'm at my mom's right now though, posting from the internet on my blackberry. So far Gram is still holding on. It hurts me deeply to see how far down she's gotten but I am so happy that I did get to see her.

Next, on a happier note, Mr. J found a book in a local shop at school that he thought I would love. I've been looking for this book for quite a while and every time I found it I couldn't bring myself to pay the almost forty bucks for it. Mr. J found it for twenty and I couldn't pass it up anymore. I am now a proud owner of Judika Illes' The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells! I haven't really had a chance to look through all of it but so far I am madly in love with it.

Also, just tonight I found lavender seeds at Walmart. Those of you that have followed me quite a while should know that I am in love with lavender. You'll also know that I've failed a couple of times at growing it. So I bought the seeds and some peat pellets and now have six peat pellets containing approximately 3 to 4 seeds each and am waiting with bated breath to see what happens. If any of you guys have any gardening suggestions for me on lavender or really anything I'm open to them. I don't have much of a green thumb but only because I was never taught. I want so badly to be an avid gardener but I can be bad about over watering this plant and under watering this one, or giving this one too much sunlight and not enough to that one. I get so nervous and feel so bad when I kill a plant I almost gave up altogether lol, but this is something I really want to do, so I keep trying and well, plants keep dying. But I vow I will learn, and things will be different.

Such A Long Day

This day has been filled with all sorts of running around. First I had class at eleven. Then I met Miss K at the fountain for lunch, during which time we received new movies from Netflix! Then Miss K and I rode with our friend Squirrel who needed to go pay for a ticket at the courthouse, then we all went to a guitar shop here in town which I was pretty excited about. I've owned two acoustics in the past and don't have either of them now. I was so happy to be surrounded by so many guitars! I want a new one so bad I can taste it!

After that, Miss K and I came back and hung out for a little bit, then Mr. J came by with a headache so I fixed him a cup of chamomile tea. After that Miss K announced that she was bored out of her mind and wanted to find some sort of craft to do. We jump in the truck and drive all over town, Miss K trying to find some sort of kit to buy that would keep her busy for a while, and me trying to find scrapbooking supplies. We drove all over town! Miss K didn't find anything that satisfied her, and the only thing I found even remotely interesting was a package of over 300 pages of card stock with different designs on them. The store wanted 30 dollars for it and I'm not even sure if I'll even use any of the paper in the package so I would much rather not get it.

We found out we'll have to drive an hour away to the nearest Walmart if we want any kind of craft supplies. We also have the option of ordering online but I'm not a big fan of ordering scrapbooking supplies online because you might get it and not like it and it's just a hassle. I would rather be able to look at it in person and touch it with my own hands to decide if I really want it or not. It is now 4:42 p.m., and we have about 15 minutes until the UC opens for supper, so I just wanted to share my day with you! Later there will be a couple more posts, I just wanted to share this one with you first.

Oh and Miss K is very excited because she purchased her first ever thing of sea monkeys! I'm not going to lie, I'm a little excited about it too! Even though I'm 22 years old, I've never had my own sea monkeys so I'm very excited to see what the little critters do. And, I've seen some local women planting flowers already so next week I plan on going over to the plant nursery in town and seeing if I can find some lavender and chamomile seeds. I want to grow lots more than that but I'm not sure what I want to grow at the moment, or what will survive in my dorm room. I have two windows in my bedroom but none in the living room area. I may be able to purchase artificial uv lights to put in my living room area but I'm sort of new to gardening and growing things so I'm not sure what all needs to be done or what all plants will need extra special care to survive here, so if you guys have any suggestions I am 100% open to them!