One of my favorite parts of my daily walk

Bath Time

The garden gnomes got a once a year bath. They worked very hard in the garden this season. I'm proud of them. With the advent of fall, the garden has closed. I will admit that my efforts waned in August. Once my car died, and the weather became hot and rainy, I just didn't make it to the garden but every other week or so. Despite their best efforts, the gnomes could not keep up with the weeds. I was able to harvest basil and delicious tomatoes, but really, by the end, the garden looked unkempt. The next garden will be smaller, closer to my home and will have a more reasonable square foot to gnome ratio.

Latest

Why do insurance companies cover drugs but not massages?

I'm not naive and can probably answer that on my own. But, still it is frustrating.

I opted not to take meds at this time.

Midterms are approaching and I hate it when professors reschedule midterms that were going to be in the evening for two hours to a take-home exams over a weekend in which you planned to visit friends.

Rigor

An acquaintance who graduated from the program with an MA left to finish his PhD at school in the South. I asked him how the new program was going for him. He smiled and said, "The program is not as rigorous as the program here. I feel like I might loose my edge."

It just confirmed what I thought. The program here is challenging, demanding, and there are certainly easier ways to go about getting this degree-- but here I am.