A Place to Begin

Galatea had a cool moment in combat in the last session- she rescued Yūji! Crush had grabbed her, and thus Galatea revoked his hand privileges.

Dude was a mind-controller, had been abusing and manipulating a whole town/small city of people to become his army for years. He was always aiming to get out of the shadow of his fellow villains.

And not only did Yūji take him out of the fight as a side-effect of an attack on a different villain, she also later walked over to his dying body and spoke to him just before crushing his skull.

We are starting to edge closer to summer temps now, in my area of Nor Cal, and some of my cucumbers and tomatoes were starting to show the first signs of drooping and stress from the heat.

But I didn't want to completely shade them- they all have tiny fruits being set and more to go and they need the sun and the warmth to keep going. So, how can I help them adjust to the increased UV and temps? A 30% shade cloth. Just enough to cut the edge, but not enough to completely shade them!

I know it doesn't even look like much in the picture (especially with my whole yard already being in evening shade when I took it), but it really did make the difference- both cucumbers and tomatoes stopped drooping only a few hours after I put it up.

I helped a friend the other week, they weren't able to dig up their potatoes for mental health reasons. And so I was like, "I could just come over and dig up the potato bed for you." And they were like, "but... that would just be like, you coming to my house and doing a chore." And I was like, "yes, a chore/task that I enjoy, and it would also be helping you, my friend. So double good feelings attached!"

And now I've got another friend who's HOA has sent them a notice that their front yard patch needs to be weeded and trimmed, but everyone at their house is like super busy right now. And I chime in with, "oh, I'd love to come over and weed and trim your front yard garden for you." And their first instinct was to go like "but if you come visit and all you do is manual labor, I will feel like a bad friend." And I had to reassure them, "No, no, no, I am inviting myself over to your place to do my hobby. It's a physical hobby, but I would be having fun doing it, and I would feel good knowing I am also helping a friend!"