Regular Days Off

I currently do not like having RDO's (regular days off). They are quite long and boring. I tend to sleep far too much. Shame.. Although I have only had one official work day, including answering live calls, I look forward to answering more calls tomorrow and one day soon working overtime after I have proven myself worthy of no longer needing to be supervised. Practice makes perfect!

This morning I planted more flowers - I got different kinds too: another Giant Zinnia (Canary yellow in color), pink Cosmos Sensations and an Annual Cut Flower Mixture.

Here is a new photo, showing off the Zinnias I purchased last week (they are on growth Day 7). They should turn out purple and orange once they blossom. It worries me how long the stems are. I feel as if I need to add more soil, simply to support them. They frighten me, hanging over the edge of the can like that. What do you think?

I bought some on-sale fabric from Wal-Mart yesterday for an "Amish apron" I plan on one day hand-sewing. I decided that I would rather use the burlap-textured material to make a doll. I haven't done that in a long time.. after my sad pillow cat got laughed at!! I was a tad disappointed that it took me 45 minutes just to get part of her left leg sewn together. That could have been due to the fact that I was half-watching the Amish episode of Bones at the same time. I don't have any stuffing yet..

I have been on an Reese's Sonic Blast kick lately. Also, I thought Michael needed to try Sonic's new sweet potato tots (he had eaten most of them before I took the picture!) since he always gets a side of sweet potato fries when we go to Orlando Ale House. However, I ate real food first: a healthy meal of grilled chicken, green beans and black eyed peas. Mmmmm!!

Spiffy Sprouts

I got way carried away the other day with putting the bouquet flowers in my cans to be silly, but luckily the seeds didn't get messed up and they are growing pretty fast. I was so excited yesterday (day 3) when I saw tiny leaves popping out from the soil! 

Sana - my friend from work - came over and went with Michael & I to dinner at Sweet Tomatoes then to City Walk. Michael met some friends of a friend, so Sana and I stayed in the gift shop, looking at Amish aprons and friendship bracelets. We went to the candy store and I bought energy gummy bears, ate the handful (one at a time) and proceeded to roll down a hill by the water after seeing some little boys doing the same. Instant mini-headache, but worth it! 

I took more pictures after work today (day 4- our last day of 911 training before we sit "on the floor" and listen to/answer live calls!) because even more sprouts had grown. The Marigolds were lagging yesterday.

Plato.

Today was a shopping day. Haven't had one of those in a long time. I feel like a girl again. After getting back home from a couple hours of Full Sail BTS- which now seems like yesterday (I will add pictures of that later), Michael and I went shopping because we needed new clothes. He needed more jeans for work and I didn't have many nice clothes to wear to the Academy, which starts tomorrow morning. He bought me two long sleeve shirts and an Amish looking skirt! Michael went to hang out with some friends - I heard they are trying to organize a double date with us - so I went to Plato's Closet, to see if I could find anything else good for work. And boy, did I! I got two dresses (one which I asked if they could take off the mannequin.. they did!), three skirts, a quarter length "long" sleeved shirt, and a comfy red sweater that reminded me of one that I used to have and wore all the time until shrunk too much in the wash. I'm excited to go back to "school". I have been wanting something to "force" me to get into a routine, since I'm not the best at making one myself. I'm hoping to go for walks every day after work too (with my baby weights). No naps, etc. Maybe even 10 minutes on the bike at the gym, to start with!

Yoder-Le-Hee-Hoo!

I want to tell you about my day in Amish Land, Sarasota with Ryan. I needed to spend a day with her before her and Ben leave to go work with the Ringling Bros. How cool! After a 2 and a half hour drive, we ended up at Yoder's Amish Restaurant. There was a bit of a line, but after maybe 20 minutes, we were seated. The menu was pretty big, but I ordered a tuna salad sandwich and Amish Noodles. Ryan got a hamburger (she said it was really good!) and a chocolate pie sample dessert. We had a lady take our picture outside the restaurant. Yoder's also has a gift shop (I got a couple items for my mom & a glass figurine for Mia). Ryan and I both found really cool collage keychain things, but they were kinda pricey for their size. We also went to the market and I got more Strawberry Rhubarb jam and Amish popcorn! After that we drove to Siesta Key beach and walked along the shore for a bit before heading back home. =)