we fight every night for something

hallelujah the dahlias are moved. it is 2 in the morning but they are on the new taller shelf AND miracle of miracles, this shelf is basically at floor level. which means overflow dahlias can go on the floor and still get light! which means some of the things that were on the floor can go back on the shelves!

I am not a neat or particularly organized person but it gets to a point where even I'm like: the next pile of stuff I trip over is getting thrown away.

they still need more light, they've definitely outgrown the two they were barely crowding under to begin with, but I ordered another one of those super-powered sansi floor lamps. it won't improve the walking situation, but here we are.

Gardening is such exercise; I had forgotten a bit. I took water and snacks with me to the big garden this morning and cut back 20 spirea bushes to the ground. This afternoon I put maybe half the remaining cannas into 10 half-full holding pots on the patio, and after exhausting the two cubic feet of soil I had ready I went to the hardware store for four more.

I also dragged the bags of compost Marci helped me acquire from a local farm out back, even though I haven't decided where to put it yet (everywhere could benefit, really, I might drive by again tomorrow and see if they have more), packed all of the outdoor Christmas greens off to the garage in preparation for the dahlia* move, and got some pansies for the road garden.

*I lifted the lights again on Friday, but they're growing through the shelf now and that's not good for them. Also not gonna lie, when I said there'd be space on the shelf below I forgot that they get wider as well as taller. Marci and I brainstormed ways to get some of them outside early, but I think it's going to come down to more shelves and another light.

...In my defense, I genuinely did not expect them to sprout A WEEK AFTER PLANTING.

Anyway, my point is, I mixed some yogurt with blueberries for my evening snack (don't worry it'll be chocolate and cookies later, this is just the pre-snack where I get some nutrients before loading up on sugar and caffeine to keep myself awake long enough to study) and left it in the kitchen, so every bite I have to get up from the sofa and walk around to make sure all my muscles still work.

Also, today was one of those Productive Days.** I'm not saying every day should be a day where lots of Tasks Get Checked Off, but occasionally such a day comes along and I always wonder, is this just part of the cycle or did I do something to facilitate it? Some combination of sleep (ha ha not today) or herbs, that brain supplement marcicat recommended, or maybe that magical euphoria blanket green is studying??

(I got the white one (amazon link), which makes me feel like I have one of those Gusu Lan winter cloaks that appear in all the Tencent winter art for MDZS. It's delightful. Also suprisingly stain resistant: I didn't even try to keep Daphne's snacks off of it (life is short, let the dog have a bone... although I will admit I didn't realize how lucky I was that my last two dogs preferred chewing on clean chirpy cat toys) and so far the white fluffiness prevails.)

**Wrote stuff, paid stuff, updated stuff, did laundry and research?! Moved the garden bridge out of winter storage. It does make me slightly less anxious on days when I'm like, "no thank you I can not," because I know days where I'm all, "let me do a dozen things real quick" will come around, but think how useful it would be if it were predictable.