The gecko or lizard in our room one night.
The view when you walk out the front door of the office where I work in Scottsdale.
The view when you walk out the front door the office where I did my job training in Prescott Valley.
The corn in our garden...2 weeks ago.
Another view of the corn in the garden (2 weeks ago)
The box garden...2 weeks ago
One of the casualties of the box garden (a cucumber that hadn't quite finished ripening).
My dad and my brothers in their Mesa home
I finally realized about a month ago that there was no fruit growing in the box portion of our graden. There were vines galore, but none of them had fruit growing on them (except the cucumber vines). That's when we decided to stop watering the box garden. We kept watering the garden next to the house though, so the corn did well. However, in the last few days, it finished its life cycle and turned brown and crispy. We haven't harvested the ears of corn that grew...so I imagine they won't taste very good at this point. I'm not very good at this summer gardening thing in Arizona! I've learned some valuable lessons though. Number 1: Plant in late February, so the plants can grow and possibly get fruit on them before the hot season starts. Number 2: Once the hot season starts, everything will fry unless watered A LOT more than I am willing to water it!
I started my job as an Academic Advisor at Northcentral University two weeks ago. I really like it so far. I have spent the majority of each week training up at the Prescott Valley headquarters. I must say, I prefer the view from the Prescott Valley office over the view from the office in Scottsdale. I have two more days of training in Prescott Valley, then I will work out of the Scottsdale office. The break room at the Scottsdale office is great-it has two different kinds of slurpees for employees (for free!)
