yeah well

I am okay. 'Nuff said.

I had the last instructional MG class today. It's been grand. I've learned a whole lot - again. Faithful readers will know that I did this "same" training in New Joy Sea last winter. And then we moved. I didn't bother to take the exam, since there was no way I would have finished enough volunteer time to get the title.

The exam is Friday. Our project was very well received - in fact, Mrs. Pandammy and I both received kiss on the cheek from the instructor after our presentation. When we mentioned the keys on the "take away" business-card sized plant blurbs, the whole class gasped in approval. Excellent idea, Mrs. P! Way to go!

Ahem. Anyway, it went over well. And now we're done with our classes. I will take the exam on Friday and I do expect to pass. Then will commence the volunteer part of the deal, and already I've signed up for 38 hours of plant clinic time (the requirement is 18) of the 100 hours I'll need to become a bona fide "Master Gardener." I think I'll learn the most in plant clinic, with the veterans, diagnosing plant problems and diseases. I should. Over the course of 38 hours between now and October.

It wasn't such a big deal in New Joy Sea. The course was shorter (9 weeks of 2 half-days a week) but a bigger volunteer effort was required. And the major volunteer efforts involved the plant clinic and the tick lab. And I could not effing wait to put in time at the tick lab! I swear to the almighty I looked forward to that. The big things in New Joy Sea were turf problems and ticks, but up here it's fungal plant diseases and inappropriate species.

Aw, who cares. I'm gonna finish. I'm gonna do this thing, and accomplish something, for the first time in more than a decade.

Anyway. Wish me luck. I've taken this course twice and would like to finish.