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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A better frame of mind....



Well, today (Tuesday) was absolutely beautiful. Not a cloud in the sky, no breeze, about 60 degrees....a perfect spring day. I woke up, and Elmo meow and Freckle meow decided that I needed kitty love, so Elmo stood on me and pushed his nose into my face until I gave him kisses (he's the only cat in the world who LOVES to be kissed) and Freckle did the pat-pat-pat with her paw, to make sure I was awake....

Then they both snuggled up with me, purring, and I could feel that Charlie was by my legs and someone else was on my feet and I just laid there and smiled. Lately I've had so little time to enjoy them, that sometimes I forget why my animals are important. Then I got up and "ducked and clucked" (that's the terminology for feeding and watering the chickens and the ducks) and it was great to see all those birds enjoying spring, too. I spent longer than I should, just watching and smiling.

This started me off feeling very productive today. So I set up an appointment for my mom, called the assisted living place to let them know, called my mother in law, did a little cleaning (and I mean a little!)....it was good!

DH had two appointments today, one for blood/labs and one with the jobs people. I don't know how either of those appointments went, because I was on my way to work by then. So I called home, and asked DD if DH was home. "He's outside". I asked if he was out smoking. "No, he's....um...he's outside splitting wood." I could not believe my ears. I said, "splitting wood?" "Yeah. Should I go get him?" Of course I didn't have her go get him. The tree that I presume he was working on fell during a storm last June!!!! And it has been sitting there ever since. I absolutely cannot believe that he is out splitting wood. I could believe that he was outside, it was a beautiful day. But doing something like that????

Could the Depakote be working?

5 comments:

Queenneenee said...

Oh I hope it is the new med kickin in. You certainly deserve a break. I think its a good sign!

Karen said...

Thank you for this wonderful post. We in SA are starting to go into Winter, and your post was so wonderfully springy, and hopeful and full of the joys of life.

Anonymous said...

That's great news about the wood-splitting. Exercise gets those endorphins flowing.

perphila said...

Freshly split wood. What a nice way to round out the day. I have a weird sense of smell. I like the smell of the wood when it's being split. Plus all the smells of the spring air. Nice. I'll keep my fingers crossed for the meds.

Karen said...

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