September's End -- happy-sad storytime

We planted a garden yesterday. It was a vegetable garden. I really love vegetables. I was raised with gardens, and that is one of the blessings of my life. This particular garden is new and full of promise. If I don't receive a bounty of delicious veggies, I will be quite disappointed. 

We have tomatoes, peppers, cabbage, collard greens, romaine lettuce and red lettuce. Additionally, we bought herbs-- basil, oregano, peppermint and cilantro. The scent of the herbs stuck to my hands, and they kind of smelled like heaven. Sweet and spicy heaven. Heaven is a herbaceous kitchen. 

Also notable: I am the queen of weeding the dollar weeds. 

Running is hard. I'm trying to get back into shape, but it makes me sore. I think if I pushed myself, I could get back to an 8 minute mile. Maybe next week. This week is for just running a mile without stopping. Maybe I will run more than a mile tomorrow, if my legs are still attached to my body. Seriously, I'm sore. (Though, that could be from weeding the garden yesterday.) Anyway, the nice chemicals from the exercise should kick in sometime, which would be... nice. 

I sprinted part of my mile today. It was good to just GO, to release that energy that was sustaining me, to use it all up and spend myself out. 

I'm a little melancholy right now. Last week I was basking in the glory of the oncoming Autumn and the way it signals the quiet approach of Winter. This week I am remembering all the Summers I have had. 

But we planted a garden yesterday, and the rain and the earth are making the plants stronger than they were in their pots. 

In my dreams last night, a childhood friend visited me. He was one of my valued playmates during elementary school, and he's never been quite emotionally stable. In my dream, he saw me and was happy to see me, he was young and rational. Oh well. 

You really get another perspective on friendship as you grow up. Things aren't perfect. Friends have problems too. At least they tend to take their more serious problems away from me. (I think that might be selfish to say. I apologize. I am actually quite happy to listen to everyday problems.) I wonder if the people I knew could imagine what I have become. I wonder if anything would actually be deeply surprising to them. 

Silly, is what it is. 

This entry truly represents where I am right now. I think. Now I will go do something more fun-- Like watch an episode of Parks and Recreation. Lordy, what a good show that is. Many more laughs than this blog entry.