Cleaned out, Two I missed, Shocked

Last night after work I headed out to the garden to do some purging to make room for some new plants. I ripped put both of the broccoli plants which were huge but apparently had finished producing heads. I also pulled the eggplant which was even bigger. I think I made a mistake by only planting one of these, I think you need two of them to produce fruit.

Pulling these revealed the pepper plants that never took off very well. They may get yanked as well. I hope to fill up the new space with whatever looks good in the Home Depot garden center.

Last night I finally saw the latest Transformers movie that came out last year. The series is always high on action and lacking on story/plot and this one was no different. I’d give it a B. I also started Fast and Furious 10. That franchise follows much the same formula, crash cars and blow stuff up, the people will come no matter how horrid the writing/acting is. I only got maybe a half hour into it before I turned it off to go to sleep.

Last night I got a message from Alison that stopped me in my tracks. She told me the daughter of an ex-neighbor of mine had passed away suddenly. She was very young with two kids. Her and I had talked off an on periodically over the years but I had not heard from her in a number of months. There are no details about what exactly happened.

Hearing the news was shocking. I thought about the reality of her two little kids now being without their mother and how their lives turned upside down, permanently. I thought about how you assume, especially at that age, that you are close to invincible. To hear about her passing was impactful and a solemn reminder of how nobody knows just how much time they actually have left. It’s the reason that waiting to do what makes you happy is never a solid long term plan, you just never know what the next day brings. What a tragedy.