If u have any trusted peeps that live by u.... family member, friend, roomate u could possibly trust them to water it if u showed them how much water to use. I dont know how many of ur people would be going on break w/ u.

As for the lights, u should get a timer. Even when u arent on break u can use the timer to turn the lights on and off auto style. Its pretty bad having to turn the light on and off everyday manually. Go to home depot or lowes, get a timer for 10$, they plug right into ur wall socket