growth

I'm excited to announce that all my plants are still alive!! This really is something special, as I don't exactly have a green thumb! One of the plants is challenging me a little bit, but the others are actually thriving! Take a look at my green babies:

This guy (above) is the one giving me a little trouble. It lost its unique orange blossoms, which was supposed to occur. But then it kept getting covered in little spider webs, which I'm pretty sure is not good for the health of the plant. My mom recommended something for that and it seems to be working so far. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will survive until the next blossoming season.

The lucky bamboo is doing great. It's sprouting and not dried out at all. I think these overcast days are doing great things for filtering out too much sun.

In non-plant news, we found out yesterday that Jerry will be going away for the entire month of August for a training exercise. Basically he's going to pretend Iraq, where the living conditions of Iraq are simulated in preparation for the real deal later this year. As much as I dislike another month apart, I appreciate Jerry being as prepared as possible for his time in an area of conflict. (Of course, my first questions were how do you do laundry and how often do you get to clean yourself? He hadn't really thought about it, but upon my prodding admitted that he planned to pack all of his underwears. I think that's a smart move.) I also think that the month-long training is going to be good for me to get a sense of what being here on my own is going to be like. I have some projects lined up for myself and hope to find at least some part-time work. As much as I've been thinking that I'd really like to work, I'm not sure I really want to go back to a full-time job. There's so much that I do around the house (and that I enjoy doing), that it's almost like I already have a part-time job.

This week continues to be a fun one for me and Jerry. Tonight we're going to see Iron Man at the on-post movie theatre. We saw it when it first came to post a few months ago and liked it so much that we're going to see it again. We love our movie dates!