Lock-down Day 248

I got up, had coffee and went to fetch At. We had a really lovely day! I made bread rolls, this time, I placed a meatball in the center and covered that with a piece of cheese! Turned out really nicely – I already tried one!

I also prepared myself dinner – cut and fried the baby marrow and the mushrooms … meaning to finish tonight with boiled Brussels Sprouts and pasta – but I decided to do that tomorrow night, instead.

Then I went out to join At, and looked for my next garden project. I planned to clear the area where I’ll want to grow my herbs, but just wanted to clear one or two creepers from the bed outside the back patio … I ended up working along that bed the entire day! I managed to get a lot of those creepers out – mostly with their roots, so they won’t be coming back! I also cleared dead leaves off some more aloes – yikes! Some of the lower leaves were already quite rotten! Same as with the ponytails out front – they haven’t been touched in years! Now, however, they’re going to whoosh!

All in all I cleared about a third of that bed. It was slow going, and there isn’t much to show for my day – but those creepers have really, really long taproots, all under a bulb, which is quite deep in the ground. So you have to dig until you can get a good grip on the bulb, then pull slowly so the taproot under the bulb doesn’t break off, but comes out completely!

Mewthos and Janey went into hiding from At again! Mewthos spent most of the day huddled behind the bed, and Janey under the bed! They did, however, start to come out later in the afternoon! Even Mewthos! Though he wouldn’t go anywhere near At – he did go out the washroom and came towards me, so At could finally see him!

Ziva took full advantage of the extra hands for scratchies, ha ha! Mini played coy – I think she’s trying to suck up to Janey by showing solidarity. She spent a lot of the day in the bedroom with them – though she slept on the bed, not under or behind it!

The day just flew by, I could hardly believe it was already four, when I checked the time! At packed up and I took him home.

When we wanted to leave, I couldn’t find Janey! I went from room to room – three mips in tow, helping me look … no Janey! So I checked outside. No Janey. Back inside, mippies in tow, room to room again – where do I find her? Casually stretched on my shelf in the wardrobe! Silly girl!

Now mippies are mewling for their outies time, ha ha! They should have taken advantage when the doors were open! On the whole, though, they are coming around to his presence. Very slowly, but they did come out.

When I got back, I first had a shower! I got even more burnt today! So I’m putting on some after-sun! I’m quite knackered, but I decided to wash the dishes tonight, not leave them for Monday … which eventually turns into Saturday, ha ha! Well, that’s me happy and everything done!

Well, my right hand looks really ugly at the moment. Lots of red bumps all over, from cleaning those dead leaves under the aloes. I couldn’t avoid getting pricked – quite a lot! But they really needed those leaves cleared out! Desperately!