An Exercise in Futility….

garlic scapes.JPG, originally uploaded by On Maggie’s Farm.

While I was at the concert last night (which rocked btw), my lovely friend Eliza picked up my first CSA delivery from Bull Run Farm. I swung by her house on my way home tonight to pick up my goodies.

Wow. I’m so impressed. Lots of greens, basil, lettuce, and garlic scapes. Plus a half dozen eggs. Can I tell you how much I was looking forward to the scapes?!? Now I really don’t have to go to the grocery store (yet).

My dinner tonight was pasta with a pseudo pesto containing scapes, basil, olive oil, S&P, tofu, and a little water. So yummy, but my body is in shock from the fresh veggies since I’ve pretty much lived off of food from restaurants and cafes since late April.

I washed the greens and am looking forward to a salad for dinner tomorrow and scrambled eggs for b’fast. One of my eggs is blue. So cool.

(Eliza sent me this pic which I rec’d while sitting in traffic. It was such a tease)

After dinner, I planted daffodil bulbs from the spring thingie I bought many months ago. They had already bloomed in the house, but I wanted to see if I could transplant them. I also planted a couple of day lillies - color TBD. While walking the dogs this morning, I noticed this random, uprooted bunch of day lily fronds hanging out next to the side walk. I picked it up and brought it home. We’ll see if all of it lives.

Around 8 PM, I settled in for the evening. On came the tee-vee and the dogs finally settled down. I bound off my completed frozen toes sock only to discover that there is a reason the EZ sewn bind-off is recommended for its stretchiness. D’oh. I also cast on for socks for my MIL. She bought the yarn at the LYS when she was here in April solely for me to make her socks. This will be my first experience with two soxs on two circs. Wish me luck.

On the job front, I’m finally ready to talk about the baby steps posting from May (?). My last day with the trade association is on June 20. While it was a good place for the time being, I was presented with an opportunity with a labor union that I cannot pass up. The bennies are excellent (surprisingly, even better than the previous job at the investment firm) and I start on June 23. I’ll be spending the weekend making sure all of my suits and heels are ready to go since I haven’t had to wear them for many months now, but will put them back in rotation for the new job.

Have a wonderful weekend. Don’t get arrested.

I’m watching a tee-vee show on dvd and just recognized an actress from a tee-vee show I watch on Monday nights. Tee-hee.

DC Traffic,
originally uploaded by ecrosstexas.

While this isn’t a picture of my commute, I didn’t think to take one of my own. My twelve mile commute to work took 50 minutes this morning. It’s Tuesday. Nothing special. No rain. What’s the deal?!

In other news, husband had a great time in Atlanta and we had Five Guys for dinner last night. The boys were super excited to see him and so was I. We watched some quality TV last night and laughed a lot.

Today at work, nothing too exciting happened. I’m getting back into the swing of wearing suits (and pantyhose) to work. Not fun, but certainly easy.