it's been so hot that somehow 28 degrees feels cool, so I'm sitting outside on the balcony with my laptop, working from home today. I went by the garden last night and pulled out one of the kales and the nasturtium was looking anemic and depressing so I yanked it too. I pulled as many weeds as I could before the mosquitoes devoured me, then I covered everything up with a big sheet of landscaping fabric - now I read that as it breaks down it is releasing microplastics into the soil, of course it is, what isn't? So perhaps i will go back and replace it with hay and mulch this weekend but i'm afraid that nothing stops weeds like plastic and I am maybe too fatalistic about all the plastic already in every cell of my body.

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R and I continue to live happily ever after, more or less. I'm just happy. I love living with him. It has changed my life. I am not sure how to write about this, just sitting here on this balcony with my coffee, feeling the breeze, watching the neighbours. Content.

2:57 p.m. - 2024-07-26