Long time no seee

Hi everybody,

I know it has been a really long time since I last put up a post but for some reason here I am tonight.

Life has been interesting as of late. I am really enjoying school but wish that I had taken more classes. I really miss being at college. I know that as a grad student I am still "in college" but it is really not the same. I miss the social aspect of it all. I miss knowing just a ton of people and always having conversations that matter. I feel like as of late most of the conversations I do have are fluff.

Have not really been in a good place the past few weeks. Not sad but at the same time not happy. I really miss Oxford and being in England. A place where I had a clean slate and nothing to hold me back. I feel like while I was there I was free to be a different person, a more true version of myself. Yet, I think if I was that person here my friends would hate it more than they already hate my non - high school self.

Sometimes you just need a reset button.

Buddah Garden

So yesterday I was on a mission to fix one of the overgrown gardens in our yard. It had an odd assortments of cement sculptures in it with no real theme and the ground cover had left the once organized boundaries of the garden and taken over a good 1/3 of the nice stone covering that borders it. I wanted to give the new and improved garden not only a central theme but also match that theme with some type of functionality that made sense. So I decided to go with a Buddhist inspired that would also serve as a growing place for cooking herbs. Thus the mission to find the perfect Buddhist sculpture was underway! Mother and I had a disagreement as I was a fan of the full bodied Buddha whilst she really liked the head only sculpture. After a few minutes of discussion we went with the head only with the agreement that a fully body one would be added at another time. Then it was off to the farmers market to get the necessary herbs. I have to tell, that while we were there we found an herb I have never heard of before called "Chocolate Mint" and I swear it gives off the aroma of chocolate so strongly I can smell it inside the house. I must go back and get more. So I will leave yyou with some before and after pictures. Please note that the new garden looks a little bare but with time it will fill out.