Neglect Your Garden - Get Weeds...Or Do You?

Its been a very long time since my last post. It was important for me to take a break to gather my thoughts and determine next steps. I was coming up on a 12 month deadline to take a Project Management Professional certification test, so I restudied and passed the exam. I spent 8 months looking for work and became very frustrated with the whole job search and interview process in California. Being laid off no longer has the stigmatizm it once had, but a 24 month job gap is very challenging to explain if you can get past the online application systems. Once you are able to explain you needed time off to take care of family, it is understood. *Don't give too many details, and make sure to emphasize that all is good now and promise there won't be future disruptions. Don't be shocked. I was asked and advised. 








I recently returned to our empty house in the Dallas area since our renter situation didn't work out. As luck would have it, Texas is successfully recruiting large companies to relocate their headquarters which is creating a thriving economic situation. More to come on my job search journey...post caregiver assignment.
  
I started addressing the weeds in my former garden this morning after 2 years of neglect. They were so tight it was hard to get the shovel in to loosen things up. My husband suggested I spray everything with weed killer to make things easier. I'm not known for doing things the easy way and I don't like to put chemicals in my vegetable and flower beds. To my surprise, in between the pig weed, dandelions, wild grass and every other weed type known in the continental US, I found hundreds of baby carrots! The dirt had worms and the beds were hosting hundreds of ladybugs. It was like everything was waiting for me.



Today life isn't quite the same, but there are remnants of some of the good things that were left behind. I still had to do the work of turning over the dirt in order to discover multiplied treasures. Weed killer might have been fast but so much would have been missed. Sometimes what seems like neglect is just a recovery period. Don't be out of the game so long that the weeds get the upper hand. Take just enough time gain the strength to move on. What do you like to do with carrots??