Back at the Grind

Last week I started back to work at an actual job. Not like the jobs I've had lately... walking the dog, baking muffins. Or even like the jobs I had before that... torturing students, confusing volunteers. (or was that confusing students and torturing volunteers...) This is a job where I actually have to do the work. It was a bit of a shock to the system. The system mostly being the feet I mean. After the first day I found a pair of cushier insoles and hunted around for my foot massager. It now has a place of reverence right next to the remote control.
We still had snow and below freezing temperatures last weekend, so my first days were spent in a warm greenhouse playing with very small plants that were not too heavy. It was a nice way to ease back into the labour force. By midweek though, spring arrived. Spring in NL means fog. And foggy it is. One of the first plays I ever did had a line that described Newfoundland as "the home of fog, cod and fornication." As we haven't seen the house across the street since Wednesday, I'm thinking not much has changed.
This week though looks like the warmer weather will continue and that will mean more outside work, and therefore bigger ( read heavier) plants for me. If I don't post here for a while you'll understand that I can't lift my fingers to type.

How to Rid Your House of Mice

We've had a few mice in the house since the start of winter, but we finally hit on a solution unique to Atlantic Canada. Mail order monsters. They arrived in the mail yesterday, and now that they are fully comfortable with the dog, they set straight to work and we haven't seen any mice since.




Happy April 1st.