Saturday: Septuplets and Snails

No, I'm not expecting septuplets, so everyone can relax. I'm not expecting anything, so, Don, you can relax! In my groggy morning state, I sat down to watch a program on Discovery Health about septuplets. OMG! I do not want septuplets, or any multiples for that matter! The parents that were interviewed had no sleep, free time or money. There were two families featured: one with baby septuplets and one with teenage septuplets. You'd think that it would get easier as they got older, but it didn't! The teenagers were just as crazy as the babies! The parents of the teens said that they wouldn't change a thing, but they wouldn't wish it on their worst enemy either! The parents of the babies said that they probably would have had a different answer about fertility drugs if they had really thought that multiples were so likely. Twins wouldn't be so bad, but I always remember the license plate holder on Lisa's parents' car growing up: Twins: Double Blessed, Double Stressed. Although, Psychology types love identical twins. They are wonderful for all kinds of studies that question Nature versus Nuture, but I'd have to keep one and send the other off to the plains of Africa and reunite them twenty years later. That would make having twins a lot easier! I don't think that I need to worry about it, because twins don't run in my family at all. Don's family- who knows? All the same, I probably don't need to concern myself with it at this time.

So, after the septuplet program I decided to work outside in the garden. Most of you probably already know this, but I don't think that I'm much of an outdoor girl. Sigh. When I was little I was outside all the time, but now I feel like a puny, wilting flower every time I try to do something outside. My skin turns red (even after applying sunscreen) and I just feel gross. Today's project was removing all the destroyed (thank you, Dobby) wooden planters in the garden. It really wasn't that bad. I had originally wanted to do a complete overhaul of the garden, but realistically that won't happen by next weekend. I'll settle with getting the really awful looking stuff out. It was kinda' fun discovering the wonders of "my big backyard". I unearthed lots of earthworms, found a big snail, a few slugs and (yuck!) a few spiders. (I hate spiders!) I feel like a little kid discovering nature for the first time when I actually get around to doing this stuff. Then I realize that I'm hot, dirty, sticky and smelly and just want to go inside and take a shower! Oh, well. That's one thing done out of too many. I know that some things just aren't going to happen- like getting our shower fixed. I'm really bummed about that one, but what can you do?

Now, I'm off to do air conditioned housework.