Has Spring finally arrived?

Well true to form in southern Alberta, the "mixed up" month of May has passed along with it's snow and "monsoon" June is upon us.  Last weekend it was beautiful.  Managed to plant about 75% of my pots only to have a week of rain descend upon us.  Luckily on Monday I managed to beat the worst of the storm home and put all the pots up against the house so they were fairly protected.  I think it rained the entire week.  Felt like Vancouver!!!  Didn't help that I picked up a cold last Saturday and was sleeping like crap all week - hard to sleep when you can't breathe.  On Monday night at one of my mid-sleep wake ups I found Dave had moved out to the couch.  Seems I was snoring too loud - paybacks a bitch isn't she!  


The sun decided to return on Friday and the pots are back out.  Hopefully my first attempt at tomato's will work out.  Yesterday was glorious.  Finished my planting and Dave helped to clean up the deck so it's presentable and useful, not that ANYONE comes out to visit.  LOL.


On Thursday David, my step-father, called - good news, the house in Princeton has sold.  Bad news is possession is July 7th and there is a bunch of furniture that needs to come to Calgary. Not only a quick possession, but it has to be over the end of the busiest moving month of the year .... argghh!!!


Spent Thursday checking out some sources, then Friday spoke with a bunch of people.  Of course the pick up time frame is bad enough, but add the rural pick up location and the inability of a semi to get off the road and onto the driveway and up to the house .... which is set back a ways, and this is working out to an expensive exercise.  Hopefully by the end of today I'll have some things worked out.    The only good thing about the timing is that Dave & I were planning on heading up to the cabin in Tulameen for June30-Jul9 to pick up some more wood and to deal with the roof that needs fixing.  At least I'd had the two weeks booked off already and may only need to get coverage for one or two shifts at Rona if I can't arrange a pick up while we're already in the area.


Retirement note ... I think I've played my last ball game.  A few weeks ago while running to first on my last hit of the last inning I felt the old "snap" - small one at least, of something in my foot.  Of course the right one (deformed problem child).  Luckily it wasn't too bad, but it's definitely attached and part of my Achilles issues which have been quick tight and I've been fighting with, or is trying to ignore, for a few years now.  Seems nothing I do will alleviate the tightness for an extended period.  As those who know me know I LOVE ball, but given that I'm already doing various therapies weekly for my continual state of well being, the fact of the matter is I'm not 20 anymore and playing injured and ignoring the pain isn't an option.  The cold facts are if it were to tear it would mean surgery, again, and rehab which means a minimum of 4 months on crutches which I am not prepared to do.  Right foot, no walking cast means NO driving, no working and total dependance which I'm not prepared to do.  It took me a few weeks to come to this decision.  It still kinda sucks but what do you do.  The optimist in me thinks maybe next year ... I'll just have to wait and see but the realist in me says "suck it up buttercup" and move on!


Some will wonder why I'm up early ... especially on my day off.  Woke up at 6am and couldn't go back to sleep.  Partly due to Dave's mild snoring and partly due to the light.  I really need to get some black out shades or something for the window as the drapes are NOT very good for keeping the room dark when the morning sun hits them.


As I sit here typing it seems the weather is changing and the forecasters were correct.  It's gone from sunny to overcast and it looks like that storm is coming in ... more rain - what a surprise of June.  Guess I should go move the pots again otherwise they'll drown.