Have Not Killed The Plants YET ...

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Ah, jeez, I used the wrong kind of dirt.

I was very careful to look over the label of the dirt I did get, but somehow I managed to miss the big picture where it wasn’t potting soil. That would fit in with the rest of my week, frankly: apparently symptoms of this cold or sinus infection or whatever it is includes swollen sinuses, spectacular postnasal drip, and Being Stoopid. I wound up putting the wrong patient’s scans in a chart at the office, I am taking forever to fight bosses in Twilight Princess,* and I am even having trouble with the god damn alphabet, as seen by my sorting abilities at Job. Not to mention the whole “being tempted to read a Dragonlance book,” which should have been a clue.

I kind of want to go back to swampy allergies now.

Fortunately, I just bought the plants yesterday and haven’t gotten them actually planted yet, so it’ll be a lot simpler just to dump the dirt out and put in the correct dirt.** It’s a pain in the ass, but not nearly as bad as it could be.

I will post pictures once I get the stuff all planted!


*This is becoming The Game I Play Through Whenever I Get Sick.

**Of course, first I have to go buy the correct dirt, which means another trip to the garden center in which I wander around singing “I’ve got a bag of dirt” in the manner of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Comments

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

Metaquoted for great offhand diss of Dragonlance

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*grin* I made an artistic decision not to add the footnote that would have simply said "OH SNAP" there.

[gwalla.livejournal.com]

In retrospect, metaquoting the Captain Jack bit would probably have guaranteed a bunch more comments.

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

**Of course, first I have to go buy the correct dirt, which means another trip to the garden center in which I wander around singing “I’ve got a bag of dirt” in the manner of Captain Jack Sparrow.

Excellent! More people should approach gardening in this manner. Pirate gardeners!

[cysfics.livejournal.com]

Hi - I'm a random strange off the internet and I find your writing very good. I hope you don't mind, but I've friended you. I've got a real world account as well, but this is my standard, "I'm too lazy to sign" out one.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

I don't mind at all! Welcome to the club!

[spiffikins]

*nods* - I know those kinds of ailments - at a certain point, you almost want to just give up and go home - nothing you do is going to be *right* that day.

what kind of soil did you get, if it wasn't potting soil?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Garden soil. Apparently it's too rich on its own and would eat my plants, instead of the other way around. I dunno, I figured better safe than sorry--plus, Mom can use the garden soil for the garden.

And yeah, I didn't even MENTION the bit where I didn't update torn_world because I forgot it was Tuesday. Or my failure to put a stamp on my latest payment to the student loan people ...

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

*snorfles* I love the listing of "wanting to read Dragonlance" as a sign of mental impairment. For me, it's romantic sci-fi or fantasy... you know, the kind of thing Anne McCaffrey is so frighteningly good at.