Almost ready to go...

The last 2 weeks have been absolutely crazy at work but I have tried to be good about not wearing myself down. I am really trying to be somewhat balanced in my approach because work will not miss me when I am dead :-/ But vacation does not go unpunished so I am not up working on the last 8 things on my to-do list before I can call it quits. I will be so excited to go to Brooklyn and get on that ship tomorrow! Our first 2 days are at sea and then I will be in Turks and Caicos...total relaxation.

Baby Tomatoes and the longest week ever...

I have had very bad luck in the past with growing anything green in my house or at my desk. However, I recently journeyed to a nursery and I spoke to a very nice man who gave me a a good strategy...all I needed was a bigger container so that it could hold more water even if I forgot to water a day or two! And so my latest adventure in urban gardening begun. I now have one big pot where I am growing tomatoes, basil and Petunias. If all goes well, next summer I will add another pot and grow some more veggies...I am so excited! I was fertilizing my pot yesterday and lo and behold, I saw some baby tomatoes! I was so proud of myself and thankful to God that my pot made it this far. Here is a first look at my tomatoes:
Of course DH's reaction was "if you lived in the suburbs you could have a whole garden." To which I rolled my eyes and said "whatever." I am quite proud of my budding urban garden and I doubt I could ever handle more responsibility ;-)

This weekend I got to see a friend who has moved away and who I miss very much, it really made my week. That is probably one of the hardest things about my life in America, people just up and move at the drop of a dime so your community is constantly evolving. She is doing great though and living the life of her dreams which is such a hard thing to accomplish so I am very proud. This will be a particularly long week at work because its a "go-no-go" decision week for one of the 4 projects that I am working on. No matter how long I work on a project, this pivotal week is always the hardest but I am cautiously optimistic that everything will work great. Now back to the grind!