First, the most exciting thing of the week: I saw an owl yesterday! We were driving on the bad part of Bryan Rd (for those of you who don't live near here, I live on a road that is half-dirt/half-paved, and right before you get to the pavement, the road is VERY bad) about 6pm yesterday, still very light outside, and there was an owl perched in a tree. I strained my head backwards to watch him as we drove by, and he did the same to us! :) It made me laugh. I've seen tiny owls before but never one like this. My only regret is that I didn't have my camera charged and on me and I didn't tell Bobby to back up so we could watch him a little bit.
I am finally starting to feel like I've recouped from our trip home. I was more than a little irate when we returned. I was so tired, there was so much to do here, and my heart felt so guilty for leaving my parents at a time when they could use an extra hand or two. Of course, while we there Mom didn't want me to do too much, and yet she wanted things done, too. :) I think the hardest thing for her is that while she is sitting, unable to be up and about, she sees and thinks of things that she wants done...and is unable to do them. We did accomplish one thing and I got some stuff for her to work on while she sits there, so hopefully that will help ease her mind some. (Though I can hear my Dad harumphing on that one, saying she'll just think up more stuff to do.) I did have one morning/day set aside with my niece to help her organize her room, and while she declared me a "meanie" more than once, she cried when we said good-bye, which broke my heart in more ways than one.
Meanwhile I've spent the last two afternoons outside - one cutting grass and the other fertilizing fruit & nut trees. I'm a little pink in several places, and am hoping this will turn and not peel. If I burn this early with the temps not above 70, then I'm going to be in trouble when summer rolls around.
And last but most certainly not least, I let my gym membership expire. Ever since last November (early voting, elections, shingles, our family trip, christmas plays) when life got very crazy, I have had a very hard time of making it to the gym more than once a week, if at all. I was to the point I was not enjoying it, at all, and I hated the thought of even going. When I got the notice saying I needed to update my credit card or I would lose my discount savings I had when I joined, I decided this was the perfect way to just back out. And I have exercised the last two days, without the gym. :)
And today my older sister is on spring break, so I will get to meet up with her for an hour or two at lunch. Can't wait!
I am finally starting to feel like I've recouped from our trip home. I was more than a little irate when we returned. I was so tired, there was so much to do here, and my heart felt so guilty for leaving my parents at a time when they could use an extra hand or two. Of course, while we there Mom didn't want me to do too much, and yet she wanted things done, too. :) I think the hardest thing for her is that while she is sitting, unable to be up and about, she sees and thinks of things that she wants done...and is unable to do them. We did accomplish one thing and I got some stuff for her to work on while she sits there, so hopefully that will help ease her mind some. (Though I can hear my Dad harumphing on that one, saying she'll just think up more stuff to do.) I did have one morning/day set aside with my niece to help her organize her room, and while she declared me a "meanie" more than once, she cried when we said good-bye, which broke my heart in more ways than one.
Meanwhile I've spent the last two afternoons outside - one cutting grass and the other fertilizing fruit & nut trees. I'm a little pink in several places, and am hoping this will turn and not peel. If I burn this early with the temps not above 70, then I'm going to be in trouble when summer rolls around.
And last but most certainly not least, I let my gym membership expire. Ever since last November (early voting, elections, shingles, our family trip, christmas plays) when life got very crazy, I have had a very hard time of making it to the gym more than once a week, if at all. I was to the point I was not enjoying it, at all, and I hated the thought of even going. When I got the notice saying I needed to update my credit card or I would lose my discount savings I had when I joined, I decided this was the perfect way to just back out. And I have exercised the last two days, without the gym. :)
And today my older sister is on spring break, so I will get to meet up with her for an hour or two at lunch. Can't wait!
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