While she soaks up the rest of her drench, let me get this done.
Daily Update: Perpetual Tent - Week 9
The Kit Girls all got their DeStress foliar this morning, just as the birds began their morning song fest. I wonder if they heard?
As loud as the birds get, I can't see how they could have missed it.
One of the advantages of not sleeping is you get to hear the birds wake. A notable disadvantage is utter exhaustion.
Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia got a 1/4 Transplant/Water drench today. When it's done it goes on the working SWICK to compare to the African Buzz, which won't be on the SWICK. Overnight I'll have it on a spacer, off the perlite, but tomorrow I'll sit it right onto the damp perlite and there she'll stay from this point on.
Into the tent we go.
I'm too tired today to be as loquacious as normal, so this will be kind of short and sweet. Don't get used to it.
I can feel that baked bud I popped over at Canna's edibles thread about 30 minutes ago beginning to take hold. Ahhhhhh. Normal mode. This is why I'm growing now. This is my favorite method of ingestion and it takes a steady supply to do that. I also need to keep the daughter in edibles. She's been suffering nightmares again. We discovered that tiny doses of cannabis banish the nightmares entirely, so yeah, grow already.
Auto Destroyer at Day 55. This soil settled more than I'd anticipated in this pot. I'll have to remember that.
African Buzz at Day 54.
Auto Jock Horror x Auto Amnesia (on the right - the leggy one) Day 53. She took every drop of her drench, thirsty girl.
Cheese Candy at Day 55 and looking ready to pounce, don't you think? She always looks like she wants to jump into my arms.
Environmental readings. The high humidity is a reflection of the tent being open while it was raining.
Planning the next cycle: The Spaces
Inside the tent there will be three stages. Each stage lasts a month. The last stage may run over on occasion.
Stage #1 will be in cups, under CFLs
Stage #2 is veg, on the lower shelf under T8s (to be purchased)
Stage #3 is the finish run and will be out on the main dance floor under the LEDs, which will be arranged in an arch over the space, Dorm Grow 450 in the center and the two Mars Hydros off to each side, from front of tent to back.
The Tiny Closet
will be a feeder for the tent. Cups of seeds begin on an upper shelf (yet to be hung).
They then veg under T8s in the lower space until such time as they get flipped into the tent.
The plan is fleshed out. I have a few more tiny pots to fabricate and a few more things to pick up from Lowe's today (unless I fall asleep) and some minor details to attend to (I need a shelf mounted), but we're close to being ready to roll. I'm trying my best to keep moving forward but still allow myself to slow down dramatically when grief catches me, which has been diminishing. I was thinking during my walk that this first two weeks was about as long as we'd been apart since we met 35 years ago, and it's the next week or so that it's going to hit home that I won't ever see him again. I'll do my best to be alert for warning signs and be as gentle with myself as I can. August 16 is our anniversary date. I expect that's going to be a bit of a rough patch. I can tell you I'm crying just typing it in, so yeah, gonna be rough.
I can't tell you how thankful I am to have this distraction.
Enough about me. Get out there and spread that joy. You know, this little joyful proclamation I do every day has had a profound effect on my life. I hope it's having the same effect on yours. You really can't lose when you're spreading joy though, can you?
I'd do it today. 
