Mission accomplished
I slept for eight hours. I got up, had some breakfast so I could take all of my meds, then I went back to sleep for a while. Got up and showered. Went back and dozed until a little after noon. It was great.
I hit a wall yesterday. Dar came home Friday afternoon, and I did some running around that evening to help her prep for our alpaca collective's weekend seminar: Alpacas for Dummies. (No, really.) On Saturday, I was on KP duty, helping to prepare, serve, and clean up after snacks and lunch. I was not the best person to be wielding a sharp chopping knife by that afternoon, but I managed not to bleed on myself or the food, so it was all good.
True to form, by the time night rolled around, I was wired again and thinking that it was going to be another restless, sleepless night . . . but no. Hurrah! I know it was the fact that Dar was here, and I didn't have to worry about being up in time for chores, or being on alert for something happening with the alpacas. I could just sleep. And - with the help of the appropriate pharmaceuticals - I did just that. I must give credit where credit is due :)
We've been having the most bizarre weather for the past two days. Yesterday we had snow showers, freezing rain, hail, almost white-out conditions at times. It fell in visible bands. At one point I was looking out a window on one side of the hall; Suelaine, who was facing the opposite direction, asked what I was looking at. "It's really snowing again." "No, it's not," she replied. And it wasn't on her side of the building. Just after she said that, the snow line passed and it was a mini blizzard all around us.
The night before (Friday), I was driving home from Waterloo to Palmerston - about 30 miles. Waterloo was windy but clear. The closer I got to home, the deeper and darker the cloud cover and the more frequent the bands of rain. There was a sliver of horizon visible to the setting sun. I turned the corner to the long road leading toward our place when suddenly the sun set at just right level to set the sky on fire. I've never seen anything like it. Each cloud was limned in deep red while a brighter, glowing red filled in everywhere else. That was on my left side. On my right side, there was a sunset rainbow against the dark clouds. Again, I've never seen anything like that. It was stunning, set off against the dark gray clouds. So fire on my left, rainbow on my right. I literally almost ran off the road into a ditch because I kept looking back and forth instead of straight ahead. I was hoping to make it home and grab my camera before the show ended, but I didn't make it in time. I was beating myself up for not having my camera with me, believe me.
Today we're back in the sunshine. I never made it outside. I'm sure they could have used my help at the last day of the seminar today, but I couldn't do it. I needed the sleep, and my body decided to take today to shake loose with some craziness. My blood pressure was dropping frequently, and I was dizzy and weak-legged. Fair enough. Cram it all into today and be done with it, sez I.
And then, to top off this wonderful day, Dar made the most delicious ham. It was very exciting, really. Apricot glazed on a bed of onions. My mouth is watering again. AND . . . it looked like a hog's head.
And now it's time for Treme. I already wonder how I never managed to have Treme in my world before this. It is that magnificent, that addictive.
Gotta run.
I hit a wall yesterday. Dar came home Friday afternoon, and I did some running around that evening to help her prep for our alpaca collective's weekend seminar: Alpacas for Dummies. (No, really.) On Saturday, I was on KP duty, helping to prepare, serve, and clean up after snacks and lunch. I was not the best person to be wielding a sharp chopping knife by that afternoon, but I managed not to bleed on myself or the food, so it was all good.
True to form, by the time night rolled around, I was wired again and thinking that it was going to be another restless, sleepless night . . . but no. Hurrah! I know it was the fact that Dar was here, and I didn't have to worry about being up in time for chores, or being on alert for something happening with the alpacas. I could just sleep. And - with the help of the appropriate pharmaceuticals - I did just that. I must give credit where credit is due :)
We've been having the most bizarre weather for the past two days. Yesterday we had snow showers, freezing rain, hail, almost white-out conditions at times. It fell in visible bands. At one point I was looking out a window on one side of the hall; Suelaine, who was facing the opposite direction, asked what I was looking at. "It's really snowing again." "No, it's not," she replied. And it wasn't on her side of the building. Just after she said that, the snow line passed and it was a mini blizzard all around us.
The night before (Friday), I was driving home from Waterloo to Palmerston - about 30 miles. Waterloo was windy but clear. The closer I got to home, the deeper and darker the cloud cover and the more frequent the bands of rain. There was a sliver of horizon visible to the setting sun. I turned the corner to the long road leading toward our place when suddenly the sun set at just right level to set the sky on fire. I've never seen anything like it. Each cloud was limned in deep red while a brighter, glowing red filled in everywhere else. That was on my left side. On my right side, there was a sunset rainbow against the dark clouds. Again, I've never seen anything like that. It was stunning, set off against the dark gray clouds. So fire on my left, rainbow on my right. I literally almost ran off the road into a ditch because I kept looking back and forth instead of straight ahead. I was hoping to make it home and grab my camera before the show ended, but I didn't make it in time. I was beating myself up for not having my camera with me, believe me.
Today we're back in the sunshine. I never made it outside. I'm sure they could have used my help at the last day of the seminar today, but I couldn't do it. I needed the sleep, and my body decided to take today to shake loose with some craziness. My blood pressure was dropping frequently, and I was dizzy and weak-legged. Fair enough. Cram it all into today and be done with it, sez I.
And then, to top off this wonderful day, Dar made the most delicious ham. It was very exciting, really. Apricot glazed on a bed of onions. My mouth is watering again. AND . . . it looked like a hog's head.
And now it's time for Treme. I already wonder how I never managed to have Treme in my world before this. It is that magnificent, that addictive.
Gotta run.