Yes, I live in Lubbock, TX, and yes it’s the desert, but, I have shade! In the entry to our house there’s an area which gets only a slight amount of direct sunlight during the day and then on it’s shade, it’s not dark, obviously but the house and eaves kinda shield it from direct light. In this area I dreamed of a mass of lily of the valley with their fragrant scents and cute little bells cheering me up and making me feel alive. What happened though was disappointing. Last year, we planted some, about 25. They grew great, had their little show of bells and were getting on strong and healthy. Then the caterpillars came. And I think you know what happens from there. No matter how many I attempted to dispose of, there were always more, making me cry. And not to mention the constant weeding.
Weeding wouldn’t have been such a big deal if it was just weeding, but the bugs really destroyed my beautiful flowers. This year, I’m planting more lily of the valley but I also have put in a raised bed, am pairing with with some bleeding hearts, cyclamen, viola’s and such. No weeds for sure, and I’ve got a natural combatant against the caterpillars. I WILL have my pretty shade garden this time. Speaking of, I need to get to planting those little guys, they just came in yesterday! I’ve also got a nice set of indoor pips for a pretty container indoors. I will DEFINITELY have some lily of the valley no matter what!
In other news, Michael started school back after his spring break and mine starts back up on Thursday. Also, I put in a resume for a job with a company where I can do tech support from home. AWESOME! Yay, they already contacted me about it and want to interview me. It pays mores than my previous NTS job, which I’m glad I’m not at anymore, talk about the most morally bankrupt people in existence. Those retards actually fired me for a Kidney Infection. I could barely move and slept for 4 days straight and just barely stayed out of the hospital and all they cared about is getting people to show up, and I had a stellar review a month prior. FUCK YOU BASTARDS. The worst company ever. STEER CLEAR! Besides, my manager’s manager was racist against white people and overlooked his black brother’s and sister’s not doing their jobs. And there’s some up there he wouldn’t fire even though they left when they wanted to, wouldn’t do shit for working and just basically flipped off the customers via the phone.
So if you think about doing business with NTS, DON’T! STAY FAR FAR AWAY!
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