June just ended and I’m not sure what to think of it yet. It was a tough month between heat, dry weather, garden pests, and the stress of the gigantic looming dental surgery bill, June brought me next to happiness.

Much of June was spent cleaning up and transitioning the garden from a spring to a summer garden even though I planted most of the summer crops in May. It was mostly about clearing up the spring crops. Yesterday, I harvested and chopped the fava beans, some of which got fried in the heat despite being under shade cloth. By fried, I mean fried – the shells of the beans were charred and blackened. The last time I had this happen to the fava beans was when it was hit by frost last winter, except last time, it was mushy and gross, this time, it’s dry and crispy.

The only happy moments in June, I guess were the company picnic where I won a mini-fridge, which I ended up giving to the new guy since I already have a mini-fridge at work, and the airshow I went to over the weekend. I don’t know whether I can say taking care of the enormous dental bill was a happy moment since I’m now down $2600, but I guess I feel more relieve than happy that this has been taken care of.

Yes, the airshow! I was there on Saturday. It was my second time, the first was in 2022. This is held every two years as people from all walks of life flood into the air force base to watch some of the best aerobatic performances. To be honest, I didn’t want to stay for the finale. After 3 hours of standing, I was dead on my feet, not to mention sleepy. I ended up taking a nap in one of the hangars while my aunt walked around.

I’m glad I stayed for the finale because that was such an awesome performance.

July feels like the end of summer in my mind even though we are now entering the “dog days of summer”. It feels like it’s too late for me to plant summer crops but too early to plant fall crops. I think I waited until mid to end of July last year to plant anything for the fall. Maybe I can try again with a new sowing of squash? My current sowing have been devoured by earwigs, which is still the problem I’m still trying to tackle. I tried diatomaceous earth but it didn’t seem to work. I have seen a reduction in population in some spots while other spots are being devastated by these nasty little bugs.

The other thing I’m looking forward to in July is this week when I only working two days and my weekend starts on Wednesday. I hope that with my mom’s absence, I can get some garden projects done during my time off while possibly do a day trip or two in between.

When I told my relatives I’m off this week, they all asked what fun places I’d go. I wish I can go to more places during my time off but my energy level is just not what it used to be, even compared to 6 months ago. My thyroid really messed me up this time by zapping all my energy into oblivion.