Current mood:

migraine

project lemon tree pt. 2 and other misc health crap
It seems like the theme of the summer is earth! When I took the lemon tree cuttings to the guy who knows what he's doing he said they didn't look good! The leaves were starting to curl up, which I had also noticed and thought was strange. I kept misting the leaves with water, thinking that was how they would get water until the roots grew. Apparently I was wrong! The branches are supposed to start sucking up moisture from the dirt right away. When I went to buy the dirt I had bought the potting soil labeled as special for citrus, and apparently that's too dry. I grew up in Indiana and all my gardening experience was there, so I'm pretty clueless about citrus. Brilliant me didn't think to water the soil either because I thought I was supposed to be misting the leaves. Might need to make another trip out for cuttings from the tree, and if nothing else I can use seeds from the billion lemons I have in my fridge.

I've been dealing with some stupid health problems again. Side effects probably. This is no fun. I'm trying so hard to make lifestyle changes and do other non-prescription things to be healthy, but I kinda feel like I'm having the rug pulled out from under my feet. Essentially I have to invest more time and energy into caring for myself, which is a lot of work. It takes time to get into new habits and routines, and it takes time to see effects.

I also need to work on work! My tax refund check was marked for motorcycle repair, and it already disappeared into some sort of black hole. The amount that had been intended for savings will be paying for the motorcycle.