PHEW!

Just got in from mowing the front lawn. Boy, it's amazing how much more of a chore that is in late June than it is May. We're not all that hot yet but it's been just muggy as all get out.

The overtime is going to stop here in a bit. Had a long talk with the big boss today and they're going to move me out of managing the team and into the network engineer spot. I feel like a rock has fallen off my chest...I much prefer just being responsible for myself. No worries. In my field, network engineer holds a better cachet than manager and, honestly, I make better money doing the high end technical work than I do as manager. Now I just have to wait for them to hire a team manager. I can't wait to get back to doing what I enjoy doing.

I still have about 2 dozen plants to get planted that I bought on Sunday. It came a monsoon on Monday and the last two nights just haven't given me time to get the set out. Hopefully they'll hang in another day. I'm a little frownie at my impatiens though. I'd bought a flat of the white ones and set about half of it out in various shade beds and none of them are looking really good right now. They all look fairly wiltie though the ground is well mulched, they're in different spots and the dirt is damp underneath. Hopefully its just the the planting and the heavy rain and they'll spring back. First thing I've planted this year that hasn't been chipper.

Oh! Some of my daylilies have started blooming. I'm guessing they're pretty common colors and you already have a gazillion but they're huge plants and dividing and sharing wouldn't hurt. Here's a few pictures. If you do want, say so but please feel free to go "naw" as well. No harm, no foul. I'll post the rest if they bloom substantially different colors. The yellow with the dark throat is 30" tall and the deep red-orange is shorter. Both bloomed within 24 hours of each other and just this week. Not sure if that makes them early or medium or late in my area. My Stella d'oros have been blooming for a 10 days or so if that tells you anything.

Double oh! Kev just brought in the mail and I got your surprise! Thank you!! I love Norah Jones (she's like listening to melted chocolate) and I will get her in the CD player in my car and think of you driving back and forth to work. You're such a great mom to me. I'm sure I don't tell you that often enough and certainly not in the way you should get to hear it. You make me smile.