I has stuff!

See? See??

Yeah, I know it's kinda blurry. But STUFF! I'm drinking a (cold) cup of the jasmine tea right now, and plotting how to use the marshmallow root. Pastilles, yes?

Ooh! Look at my mortar and pestle up close! Isn't it prettyful?

Part of it is glazed in a dark blue, and the rest is regular unglazed stoneware. Not sure what the wood is made from...it's very hard though.

I apologize for the picture quality--these were taken in the kitchen at 9:30 at night because I was really excited about it. Heh.

Black pepper! I tried grinding the marshmallow root first, but it's really, REALLY hard and was going to take more time than I was willing to spend on it at the moment.

So yeah. I am very, VERY excited right now. And I haven't gotten any pictures of my freshly transplanted lemon balm, or my little baby plants coming up in the herb garden, or the strawberry tire--er, raised bed, or any of the other bajillion things I've been doing. Gah. My life consists of cleaning houses, work, and garden/herbs right now. 

Oh yes, and the occasional blog post. But I wasn't going to count that. :p

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I was going to write a depressing allegory-style post tonight...at least, that was the idea this morning. I may still write it, because the images I had in my mind while composing a potential post were very evocative. But not today.

Said day started off rather poorly. When I clean houses (Mom and I have 1 per day) I tend to zone out and let my mind wander...which, lately, has been a bad thing. My obsessive nature likes to focus on one thing/person a LOT, even when I would rather not focus on said person. I was plotting bad things and making myself cry, to put it concisely. (Even thinking about it now makes me tear up. It's a vicious cycle.)

When I got to work, I was in a pretty foul mood. But since mine is a public job, a smile was plastered on and irritation was squashed while busying the self in working for the public. 

Then there was the random Irish lady who came in with her husband and grandson. And after she found out my name, she insisted on giving me a hug and complimenting my 'lovely Irish name', and that she thought I must be as beautiful on the inside as I was on the outside. (I kid you not, that's what she said verbatim.)

It rather made my afternoon. After that, things were looking up a bit.

So no depressing/angry post tonight. But stay tuned, I may be so inclined to write one later this week. Maybe. XD

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Other stuff that's been going on...well, let's just say I've been a bit slammed lately.

There's a large tire in the back part of the garden that needs filled with compost/dirt/manure/etc and planted with strawberries. Pictures shall be forthcoming once it's finished.

I found out tonight that I'm going to have to fill in on rhythm guitar and vocals at church for a few weeks in June...considering that I can barely change chords in a song on time, much less play and sing simultaneously, this is going to be an adventure in 'let's see how much practicing Molly can squeeze into the next month!' *twitches*

I saw The Avengers twice last week (once with each brother, mwahaha), and I must say that it was really, really good. There were a few plot holes, a couple of things that could have been done a bit better, etc. But overall I was really pleased with how it was pulled it off. 

School has been a struggle to keep up with, if I do it at all. It really should be getting attention now, instead of my sitting here blogging...but I'd rather write than read about different kinds of medicine... *whimpers* 

There's a clothing project (tiered skirt commission) that's been sitting next to the desk for weeks that needs attention sometime too. I haven't even looked at the fabric yet. Eventually it'll get done, but...but...BLOGGING! And HERBS! And *head splodes*

Sigh. I guess I should get off and back to school...time for ye olde highlighter. *brandishes it threateningly* Good night, internet folks. Until next time...