There's something I really like about early morning. I am the only one up. It is quiet around here. I have had the time to do a couple of simple tasks uninterrupted (loaded the washer, found a place to keep the new prescription cat food cans, etc) and now I am sitting on the couch listening to the quiet. It is peaceful and restful and just a nice way to ease into the day. I had a good visit with my massage therapist yesterday. I tell you, I think one of the better choices I have made recently was to go to massage therapy. Among other things, I am learning to actually relax! I will admit it...I can get pretty tense and anxious about stuff and I am starting to feel a carry-over of the relaxation that I am learning in the massage therapy into the rest of my life. It is my hope that by the time school starts, I will have had enough reinforcement of relaxation and have learned enough strategies that I will be able to counter my academic worry. And one of the nicest things about the massage therapy is that the therapist is such a good match for me in terms of style and personality. I couldn't have found a better fit. Actually, at this point it means that all my health care professionals are folks that I just really click with and have a good relationship with. It has taken several years, but I am at a point where I have a physician that is competent and takes time to actually listen and I really like her. I have a physician's assistant in the same office who I see when my physician is unavailable and I just adore her! Heck at this point, I even love my dentist. It took some time and trying some folks who just didn't work out...but right now I am happy with them all! Speaking of happy.....So, yesterday, dh was moving my sugar baby watermelon from its spot on the deck to a different spot. It has started to vine and it was in a spot at risk to be stepped on. All of a sudden he called me out to the deck with a bit of urgency in his voice. I couldn't imagine what he had uncovered moving the pot that caused him to call me like that. Guess what he found! A baby watermelon!!!! (I mistook the excitement in his voice for urgency!) 
Yup, a teeny tiny baby watermelon. It is about the size of a pea. But don't worry, I have confidence that it will grow into a nice tasty softball sized watermelon.  I have grown sugar babies before and they never get really big for me...but they are always sweet and tasty. Maybe if I am lucky I can nurse this one along to cantaloupe size! Other things are growing like crazy on the deck too. My happy cuke plant is big, leafy and blossoming. 
Some of my tomatoes plants are in tomato overdrive. 
And some are just about ripe and ready to pick! 
It's too exciting. They aren't quite ready yet.....still a bit orange, but any day now!!!! <happy tomato dance> Today will be a low key day. I am still taking it a bit easy on the knitting as I seem to have strained a muscle in my wrist. <sigh> We won't speak of how frustrating I find it to not be able to knit right now.  But I will find other things to do to occupy my time...like running to the grocery store. Our cupboards are getting sparse. Heck, the fridge was getting so bare that I actually cleaned it out yesterday. You know, the kind of cleaning where I took out the shelves and wiped it all down! And I have to say....I was amazed at how much cat hair I found in the refrigerator....especially considering how little time our cats spend in the fridge! But it's all cleaned up now. K...I need my morning bowl of cereal and to go work on my grocery list a bit more. I like to get to the grocery store early before it gets crowded. | 
