Orlando Things

Back in Orlando.

I've partially unpacked, it'll get done eventually. A lot of stuff can stay in the suitcases until I know whether or not I'm going back out.

The data entry job has not given me any more work, but it's ok. They will or they won't.

I spent a few days cleaning and getting caught up with my plants.
There are now FIVE banana trees back there. Where is my FRUIT tho!


All of my little lemons are surviving and growing. The tree has a scalebug infection so I sprayed it with neem oil.


All I can say about everything else is "they're still alive". I'll have to breathe some life into some things in coming days.

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In food news, I finally got to crack open my pine cone "varenye", which is a specific type of fruit preserve found in Russia and Georgia.


Yes, it is real baby pine cones.


They have been boiled for a long time to soften them, and then boiled again in a sugar reduction to make a preserve.


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After dinner there was a thunderstorm which was nice.
We watched the finale of The Circle and a few episodes of the new Iron Chef, which is really growing on us.

Somewhere in there I got an email from our music coordinator on tour with an updated tour route and a promise to send an updated contract draft in the next few weeks. Yay! Another step toward "This is really happening"! She also revealed that the band call will not be until mid-September (it was originally around the 5th) so that gives me a little more buffer for giving notice to my court reporting job.

Speaking of that, my first day is supposed to be Tuesday.
I am nervous as heck, but there's not much to do but wait and see how it goes and walk in there like a newborn having not a clue about anything!