2006 sucks.

It's official. Several months worth of drought were erased when the monsoons hit soon after my return from Brooklyn. Besides the devastation to the garden I spent six hours mowing this weekend. How ironic that farmers now want dry conditions to get crops out of the fields.

The conference was good last week but even it couldn't avoid more bad news. My instructing assignment next week has been cancelled due to lack of overtime to cover backfill while the students are in class. At this rate I'll be lucky to instruct three classes this year.

2006 started out with such promise. But it's turned into a really, really bad year.