On Tuesday I had a final exam. I studied all through Easter weekend like a woman on a mission. I had calculated what I needed to achieve in order to keep my A+ and I was extremely paranoid that I would fail. Every time D mentioned anything about school or the exam, I wouldn't be able to speak unless I had gone over the different stages of economic liberalization in my head. I mention the A+ not because I want to tell you that I was doing well in the course, but to explain the annoying persona that appears when I know I am close to achieving something to be proud of - complete idiotic behaviour that is so anti-social I wonder how I ever got to the life I have now.

Fluke.

I loved my course - geopolitical economics. It’s right up my alley in terms of what to say to conspiracy theorists and how to listen to the news. I now know what caused the Asian financial crisis and I can spot a crisis of accumulation from a mile away. Capitalism, and all its "quirky inconsistencies", has been burned into my brain. Ask me about the problems of e-waste, the informal labour sector of developing countries and how to short stock.
No, don't.

However, I knew very little about any of these things before. If you had mentioned globalization to me I would have babbled about sponge like borders and the smuggling of immigrants across the border. Now, it's a scarier and more solid world than I had originally thought.

But Whatever!
Hooray for books that make you hug your kid harder and thankful that you were born in North America. Right?

Anyway - after the weekend of studying and a long all-nighter right before the exam, I decided that I would treat myself to a dig in my new garden plot. If you look at the pictures I posted a few days ago, you'll see that there is a lot of work to be done. How I over-turned the amount of area I accomplished on zero hours of sleep, I'll never know.

What I do know is that I was ecstatic. The garden had previously been divided by wooden 2x4s. By now, they are rotten chunks of wood that come apart in my hands. However, the soil is extremely healthy and there seem to be about 6 or 7 worms in every pitchfork I turn over. So I've dug as much as I could out and have a lot more to do - hopefully tomorrow.

Today we passed by a demolition sale and scored some bricks for the pathways and border. As well, I have drawn out a garden design and figured out which vegetables will go well with others. Ideally, it would be nice to have the brick ready to lay down by tomorrow so I can slowly plant on my lunch hours.

I guess I'll have to wait and see.
Ha! Will you listen to me read what I'm writing... "life" is starting to get in the way of my garden.

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