Lots done already...

I stayed up way too late. It was 4 am by the time I got to bed. A late workout, late dinner (Oriental Chicken salad. YUM!), and wrestling with Orbitz to get tickets to denver to see friends, my cousin, and maybe do some Colorado-inspired artwork.

I say wrestling because I was trying to coincide the trip hope to be the same as Bennie's. He's going out earlier to get some work done on a work-related project with Triggur. We went through several rounds of chosing flights, meals, seats, and entering payment info only to be greeted with "The fares have changed, please try again!" or "One of the flights on your trip is now full! Please try again!" Rarrg. What the heck is going on in Denver that flights were filling so fast? It sort of worked out ok, though. We fiddled with dates and got a nice, low fare, one stop each way; Kansis City, MO on the way out, Charlotte, NC on the way back.

Anyhow, 4 am to bed, 8:30 am to rise. I had intended to sleep till 10, but that wasn't gonna happen. An upset tummy drove me out of bed and then I couldn't get back to sleep. Oh, well. I'd set aside today to really tear into the garden anyway, and getting out there early, before it got too hot, was a good diea. I'd been neglecting the garden to work on the book and some other stuff and then it got too blasted hot, then AC, then still too hot. I did a lot of work ahead of time the other day when I heard today would be cooler. So, from 9:30am till 11am, I was wearing a big, floppy straw hat and sunglasses, and tearing out weeds.

There are few things as satisfying as grabbing onto a weed with both hands and yanking it from the soil. It helped that the soil was soft from rain. The pulling can still be tough, but you're less likely to break the tap root.

A good work out at the gym, an hour and a half in the garden, and light meals. This is a good thing!

I think later, I'll trim the grass, get all the weeds bagged, and then take a little nap, then ink Monday's strip, and then work on coloring for overdue badges.