Fighting February

Like many people, I really don't like February.  By about this time of year I seem to have zero energy for pretty much anything. It sounds overly dramatic, I know, but that doesn't make it any less true. I don't even see it coming, usually. Add to the February "blahs" the fact that we are up several times a night with a puppy and my husband just submitting 3 papers for journal publication and you have a very tired house.

I woke up this morning, fully intending to go to work. The puppy (Logan) and I had our bathroom breaks - fortunately getting it right in terms of who goes inside and who goes outside. Logan, at almost 8 weeks, knows what to do when he is outside and even sometimes asks to go out when he needs to, but occasionally thinks perhaps he should try inside, just in case. I, on the other hand, am trained pretty well to only go inside with a few exceptions.

Anyway, we do our thing, I toss a handful of kibbles his way and look in a mirror. Ugh. At that moment I am awake enough to realize that I look exactly as awful and tired as I feel and the inklings of a cold I felt yesterday were indeed getting worse. So I called work and went to bed for another 4 hours solid. I woke up feeling like hell but thankful the puppy slept just as long (I was smart and let him sleep next to me). About an hour later I felt better than I have in weeks.

We did manage one task on the weekend that helps fight February.

SO nice to smell dirt.

(um, is it weird to admit that?)

We started seeds for several varieties of peppers, all hot [Monet (jalepeno), big bomb (cherry bomb), explosive ember (serano)] or medium hot (crimson red). We wanted to start some plum type tomatoes but ran out of large size jiffy pucks (seen in photo above, re-hydrated) and couldn't find them in store either. I also get other peppers and tomatoes as transplants in the spring but some varieties I can only grow if I start from seed. I will also start cucumbers, ground cherries, and maybe a few other things in the next few weeks.

What? Doesn't everyone have a 

mini-greenhouse in their dining room?

Hang in there everyone, the end is in sight!!