the state of thangs.

( from top: 1. a few cuttings, verbena on right; 2. the little pitbull! 3. tomatoes, rosemary, basil, chives; 4. lilac, blueberry, gardenia; 5. snake plant & unknown acquired-from-my-first boss plant. )





it is said that two of the three most stressful things a person can go through are moving and changing careers. well. here i go.

my love and i moved almost two months ago; thank heavens we now have that behind us. i'm convinced that the fact that we made it through and still want to spend the rest of our lives together is an excellent sign. since that was clearly not enough for us, i am quitting my job at the end of the month to go back into debt, back into the depths of undergrad, and seek a second bachelor's in horticulture science. four years at a nine-to-five desk-and-computer job and this is all i can tell you: i'd rather be playing in the dirt.

i'm starting at the bottom with this thing. i am taking freshman biology and precalculus. i will not pretend to know what i'm talking about because i promise you that i don't. i do, however, know this is what i want to do. so let's start.