Day: August 7, 2019

I cleaned up the jungle that the yard had become.

All the water this year really made a difference in the plants in the yard. Mother Nature was working overtime to reclaim my little patch of land.

There’s still a lot to do, but the majority of the mess has been beaten back. I wish I’d taken before and after pictures but I wasn’t thinking that far ahead. I filled all the bins with clippings.

While I was working outside, I kept smelling a dead animal, but couldn’t find it. This morning I found where the smell is coming from. It’s the back deck, and I’m going to have to dig to get to the carcass. Joy! I don’t have the time to deal with it today, and whatever has died did so at least a week or more ago. It will be just as dead when I come back up here.

My sinuses are beating the hell out of me right now. I guess there was enough pollen left in the plants to wad me up for at least the next couple of days.

Heading back to the apartment today so that I can pack some more and make arrangements to get out of San Diego. 

I spent some time on the job search front. I don’t have a lot of faith in this process, but I’m going through the motions nonetheless.

I do hope to get some writing done because it makes me feel better.

Maybe I’ll do that tonight after the drive and chores of the day are complete.