Sun is Hot

It was another hot day with no rain. Relief is allegedly coming. Everyday is the same. I don't know how people in Los Angeles do it. Supposedly it rarely rains there. It's just sunny and hot everyday. Almost year round. I barely remember what rain looks like, which is what I said on the Friday when it rained last. It was only a few days ago but it's almost desert hot and the soil was so dry that there is very little residual moisture. I have to do root digs in a week or two. This is discouraging for the simple fact that with all this drought condition the crops will have produced massive roots looking for water and nutrients. This means I'll have to dig out further from the above ground portions of the plants which means that the root balls will have more dirt than normal, more dirt means more washing. More washing means more chance of breaking the roots and ruining the rating. Bad ratings produce bad data and bad data leads to poor conclusions. I want to avoid poor conclusions. It's a wild chain reaction set in motion by mother nature. Before you close this or chalk it up to a meaningless rant consider that you maybe didn't know that plants can adapt that drastically in a couple of short weeks. There you learned something new today. We had a pretty from the hip day today at work. I had a list of jobs prepared but not really a timeline of when they should be done. There were a couple of items that were more pressing than others and we just fired through those quick. The rest of the week is pretty open to interpretation now. It makes me feel uneasy, I like the structure and order of the growing season to guide me. This is happening, do this, etc. But now that things are slowing up it's getting hard to sort through let alone remember what can be done. I know, I know. He complained when he was busy and now he's complaining when it's slower?!? What madness is this? I guess it's been born and bred into me to wear the pessimist hat from time to time, just look at the T, he is proven pessimist. It's only natural that I got nurtured into it. I do manage to keep an open mind and brave face most of the time. Last night I bought the Alanis Morrisette album Jagged Little Pill for $6.99 on iTunes. It is one of the best Canadian albums of my generation. We had a '95 Chevy Astro van for many of my formative years and for as long as I can remember it was the only cassette that was in the player. We did many road trips rocking to Alanis. I wonder if she still makes music. I could look it up but I won't. Also that I Took A Pill in Ibiza song on the radio is the remix. The original is much different and has a very different tone. I liked it so I bought it too. Have to use those Christmas gift cards sometime. I'm slowing working through my pile of gift cards. People seem to get me those instead of a gift, after all, what do you get the guy that has everything and seemingly doesn't appreciate anything you do buy him? Obviously the answer is gift cards. I just spelled it out, are you even paying attention?!?