Cameron

Ray decided Cameron needed a bath, so he made an appointment at Petsmart. I wasn't sure that was a good idea, but he seemed set on it. First, he got the day wrong and went yesterday. There was a long line and he vowed to get there early today. It's very gray here (although not cold) and he slept late. I woke him and he rushed around, but we were still a little late--this time there wasn't much of a line, though. Three different people tried to make friends with him and reassure him, but they decided he was too anxious. He was drooling and trying to get away from them. So he didn't get a bath today. 

Ray is on the bus to his new HRB office. He went yesterday to check it out and the bus is pretty great. It runs every half hour and it's free. It has wifi too. Needless to say, he wears a mask on the bus and in the office. He likes the office manager, Lavita, and he's starting to meet the other tax preparers. 

I worked some yesterday for CSN, balancing the checkbook for last month and dealing with a few emails. I have a call with my boss at 11 today. I'm also considering a couple other part-time remote jobs. I haven't actually applied yet. If I just work about 10 hours a week, that will be great, keep my brain in shape, have a little purpose and structure to my days. Mostly I cook and think about cooking and read. 

We have had Amelia here most nights. Kevin is sick, he tested negative for COVID and flu, but has a sore throat and doesn't feel great. So she gets here about 6:30 or 7, after the store closes, and we feed her some vegetarian dinner and sit around. She knits and works a little and we watch Jeopardy and Kim's Convenience. In the morning, we have breakfast and she showers and dresses and heads to her house to take care of the chickens before she goes to work. They are on their third day of inventory and are not sure they will get it all counted. 

Monday we went to Stone Brothers & Byrd and bought some blueberry bushes. There was one old Southern guy working there--a delightful man. He said, I'm the only one here today, so just go on back to the plant section and you'll find them on the left. We now have 3 Premium and 2 Rebel blueberry plants, as well as a bay tree (only a few inches high at the moment), a rosemary plant, a thyme plant, and a lavender plant. We bought some hand tools and some gloves and a bucket and a watering can. It was a fun place and I though how much my Dad would like it. 

It's raining a bit now and more is forecast. We got three of the bushes planted yesterday in the front yard. They're kind of under a big old oak tree, so I'll be interested to see how they do. I've been looking at a lot of gardening/landscaping books and thinking about where to put the herbs and what else to get. I'm considering a fig tree, but decided not to put it where I was planning to, near the house. I'll start some seeds here pretty soon. Of course, most things won't be ready to harvest before we head back north, but Amelia or someone else will probably enjoy,