Green thumbs up

Yet another activity to add to my plate: gardening. Ive been thinking about it for s while now, wanting to start a small vegetable patch from whence to harvest some crisp, fresh ingredients. Finally, I have begun to put my plan into action. It all began when I was looking around my fridge for some cauliflower. I wanted to make this really tasty looking vegetable primavera with cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, and a number of fresh herbs. I already have home grown basil, cilantro, and rosemary available as the fruits of my mother's labor, and the thought of being able to cook with my own raw vegetables as well was enticing. I put the idea on the back burner, however, and buckled down to prepare for these few overwhelming weeks. After my calculus test today, however, I was in dire need of decompression, and the open air, methodical prospect of gardening seemed to glow on the horizon until I finally surrendered and began to plan my assault on nature. Yes, this will be a violent attempt by someone with distinctively non-green thumbs to finagle something edible out of the ground, I am sure, but can I really be faulted for wanting to try my hand at yet another distinctively domestic but very alluring, therapeutic pastimes? I think not. So, we'll see how this endeavor ends up, but no matter the outcome, it has already been worth the excitement of planning where to place my tomatoes, cucumbers, and squash. And if all else fails, Cub foods is always there to catch my fall. On another note, today's run was a bit uncomfortable. Not because we were going fast, seeing as the relaxed lope for an easy 3 miles was very easy due to the meet tomorrow. It was painful because I had a bowl of cookie n cream ice cream before practice. I should have learned my lesson by now, but I really cant have ice cream before I run-- it messes with my stomach and I cramp up after about thirty seconds of jogging. Not good. Tomorrow, I'll have to remember not to jeopardize my race with any impromptu snacks too close to when I run. I'm psyched for the two mile, and am hoping to get around 12:40. I should get some sleep to prepare for a long day, but I'll check back in with an update on my race tomorrow. Happy running, and sleeping!