Fucking Bloody Hell. What a day.
*hugs you all*
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I had nothing on this weekend. That didn't mean I didn't do anything, it just meant that nothing was scheduled.
Saturday, I gardened - planted seeds and rearranged chicken tunnels, and watched ep2 of Bridgerton Season Three. Then I went out to feed a friends' pets while they're away (and their sitter was away for a day), went out to local night markets to get some dinner, came home and went to bed early-ish.
Sunday, I woke to the discovery that I have a new nephew! Yay!
Then I went to feed the friends' pets again, had breakfast in a vegetarian/holistic cafe near the community garden where I was volunteering late last year, and came home and chipped a whole lot of tree prunings. Watched 2 more episodes of Bridgerton S3, taking me to the 'midway' break, then went to church. Now home, trying to write, and feeling distinctly discombobulated.
But also comforted by the people I'm seeing on threads - calling for calm focus, level-headed care, and seeing the endgame. Stay calm and keep fighting.
Frankly, the chipping really helped - something to keep my hands busy and concentrated, and the podcasts I listened to (Australian Christians talking about Australian issues) helped distract my brain. And the chipping definitely needed doing - and is so satisfying! Boxes of woodchips, all those space-occupying branches now chipped into teeny tiny bits that I can use in the chook tunnels or in the chook yards. They'll decompose swift and neat, all good! And getting a local teen who's been doing yard work for me to trim it down to smaller twigs and short branches meant the chipper didn't block as regularly as it usually does. There's still a couple of branches to be dealt with on some of the bigger trees in the backyard- I decded to wait for the lawn guy to come and do those instead of trying to balance on things with a chainsaw (never advisable).
However, after all that, my left arm is aching (again). *sigh*
If it's not one thing, it's another.
But I had some good conversations at church tonight. Those were very much needed, too.
*hugs you all*
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I had nothing on this weekend. That didn't mean I didn't do anything, it just meant that nothing was scheduled.
Saturday, I gardened - planted seeds and rearranged chicken tunnels, and watched ep2 of Bridgerton Season Three. Then I went out to feed a friends' pets while they're away (and their sitter was away for a day), went out to local night markets to get some dinner, came home and went to bed early-ish.
Sunday, I woke to the discovery that I have a new nephew! Yay!
Then I went to feed the friends' pets again, had breakfast in a vegetarian/holistic cafe near the community garden where I was volunteering late last year, and came home and chipped a whole lot of tree prunings. Watched 2 more episodes of Bridgerton S3, taking me to the 'midway' break, then went to church. Now home, trying to write, and feeling distinctly discombobulated.
But also comforted by the people I'm seeing on threads - calling for calm focus, level-headed care, and seeing the endgame. Stay calm and keep fighting.
Frankly, the chipping really helped - something to keep my hands busy and concentrated, and the podcasts I listened to (Australian Christians talking about Australian issues) helped distract my brain. And the chipping definitely needed doing - and is so satisfying! Boxes of woodchips, all those space-occupying branches now chipped into teeny tiny bits that I can use in the chook tunnels or in the chook yards. They'll decompose swift and neat, all good! And getting a local teen who's been doing yard work for me to trim it down to smaller twigs and short branches meant the chipper didn't block as regularly as it usually does. There's still a couple of branches to be dealt with on some of the bigger trees in the backyard- I decded to wait for the lawn guy to come and do those instead of trying to balance on things with a chainsaw (never advisable).
However, after all that, my left arm is aching (again). *sigh*
If it's not one thing, it's another.
But I had some good conversations at church tonight. Those were very much needed, too.
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