Tomatoes, Luna Bars, and School

The weather was so odd and spring-like today, nice and sunny and mild. Perfect for my first day back to college. The weather is so nice in fact that my mom and I started to plan out our summer veggie garden, which I am ridiculously excited to announce will include heirloom tomatoes! I experimented with these little beauties last summer while trying to get lots of good stuff into my diet to help me regain my health. I loved them so much I insisted that I be able to grow them, partly because a packet of seeds costs less than a couple of them at the grocery store, partly because I am rather enchanted with the idea of growing as much of my own food as I can. We'll be growing lots of other yummy stuff as well, and taking precautions to protect them from the hordes of raccoons that like to take off with our veggies. If you have the idea that raccoons are cute, cuddly, and innocent, throw that idea away. They are mean little bastards with cunning minds. They even rolled the container with my cats' food out of the garage and down to their den once. But I know that somehow I will outsmart them and enjoy the fruits of my labor.

Speaking of enjoyment, I love me some Luna bars, another wonderful food that has helped me in my fight to regain my health. To be honest, my favorite Christmas gift may well have been the stack of Luna bars that half-filled my stocking. So when I came across a new flavor at Whole Foods I was very, very happy. White Chocolate Macadamia is what it is called, and even though I thought it tasted great, I didn't taste much of any those flavors. If anybody runs across it though it's definitely worth a try.

I went back to college today, and despite all my anxieties, it went really well. My Shakespeare class is really great. My professor is actually from England, near Stratford as a matter of fact. I don't even mind the fact that because my Shakespeare anthology weighs about 10 pounds my back is currently killing me. My other classes were pretty cool too. My Earth Science is in the planetarium, which is an unusual experience. It's very round. So things went well, I'm excited, and I'm happy. I really couldn't ask for much more.

Love, Colette