Well I have been away for a few days working my butt off on a number of things. I decided to get out and clear the ground around our redwood trees so I can start fixing up my garden railway. I decided rather than tie this section of the line to the entire project, I need to just get a simple loop running. It is amazing how much better the ground looks all cleared. I did run into a problem… If you cover the root ball of a redwood tree it has the tendency to grow out and up. This creates a large forest of little redwood fingers. I need to uncover the root ball so this doesn’t happen again.
I am still struggling with the pond. Again it is not getting enough water flow to keep the filter full. I am not sure what I will do as we are planning to be out of town for a few weeks. (more on that later). I bought some screening material to keep the fish out and will try to get that installed later this week.
Some of you know, I am planning to go back to school and get my masters. I have been frustrated with the fact my work would not pay for a degree in my field at the school I wanted. The only school available was USD, but it would end up costing me more money than I wanted to spend. I finally decided to see about going to school part time to get the entire program paid for by work.
Unfortunately yesterday, I learned they no longer are offering a Masters in IT. Not only did this completely deflate all my momentum, but now there is NO school in San Diego that offers a degree in MS/IT. I have no idea what I am going to do now. Because my goal is to change careers and teach, I may just go to school and get a teaching credential. So for now, I am just mostly depressed and frustrated.
We are back on track with the pool. I got my quote, but it seemed higher than I expected. I am working back and forth with the contractor about it, but should get it straightened out this week. We are going to finish the hard-scape planning before the end of the month, so I will feel much better once I am on their schedule for the pool remodel.
