Recovery Progress: Job update etc.

Job is going great! Great enough that my training didn't go near as long as planned and she's been on a need to call basis for a few weeks now. I think I got my first informal review. I say I think because it was kind of the spur of the moment thing on the phone. But it was an awesome review so I'm happy that they are happy! :) I'm learning a bit different of an area this week. Vehicle out of state overweight permit/in state overweight permits are coming due and I've never dealt with that so a new area to learn! I'm still just amazed how everything fell together so neatly. Love it when my Father leads the way. Now if only I could always allow that! Amazing how 'I can handle that' likes to pop up. Things rarely go the way you plan when that happens!

I've gotten to see a Kill Deer do it's nest protect act and seen my first ever horse fly. Those flies are HUGE! It was a Western Horse Fly. (picture below). Other then that the birds I most often see are Doves, Magpies, Red Wing Blackbirds and Robins.

Last week I went to Parma convention. It'll now be my home convention. I've only been there a handful of times the last 25 years but I went with my Grandma Layman in my teen years. Probably six or so years. It was so nice to have some time with a dear friend I made from all those years ago. Her and I can talk and talk and talk. 😂 We're hoping that I can visit this next month before they move far away again! Only 3 hours apart at the moment but it'll be back to quite a few hours apart the end of next month. :( It's our Father's leading for them as well but sad that it'll be such a distance again.

The garden is doing AWESOME! The tomatoes are a decent size. I've got a couple of peppers setting now. Cucumbers are coming up, squash is starting to grow. A co-worker gave me a crook-neck, zucchini and an acorn squash so they've been establishing themselves the last couple of weeks. There's some new growth on the acorn squash so it's finally established itself. I think the other two will by this weekend. It's certainly warm enough! Low 90's today. It's a bit tricker here because there's a fair amount of sand in my area. So it drains quicker then I'm used to! So it'll be a learning experience! The poppies love it here! I've always wanted poppies so got a couple at the store and they are just loaded with buds. The Black-eyed Susan that I brought from Gresham is loving it as well. I see several flower buds on it. I had that poor thing in its original pot for several years so was able to haul it along with me (Short of not watering a plant, it's kind of hard for me to kill a plant. They refuse to die!). But it's planted now and sooo happy! The pots are doing awesome as well. I'm curious how the snapdragons will do over the summer. I've never actually had those as the main flower in a pot before. I'll have to experiment with other flowers. There's been no progress on the weeds along the road though. :( Weather didn't cooperate and then convention and now it's hot! Excuses, excuse!! 😉 But it does need to get done sooner rather than later!

I get to go to Manhattan convention this weekend! I'm pretty excited! I've never been there but do know the couple that owns it since they lived in Gresham before moving there. It'll be my first time to be in Montana as well. All kinds of new adventures this last year!

And would you believe the last time I had air conditioning was when I was growing up in Southern California. And we moved from there when I was 11! I have a feeling I'll be glad that I have it, especially for meeting!!

If you click on this you may be able to see the Kill Deer bird. This is it's broken wing act to protect the nest. I have yet to figure out the loading of a video.