– you wake abruptly from sleep every 8 minutes because you seem to have stopped breathing – your resting heart rate is 114 and climbing. – you feel very hot. Your usual layers of sweaters and jackets worn to combat the facility a/c begin coming off. – the orange in your lunch doesnt taste sweet. …
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Cricket Gets Spayed
This is what it has come to. Last night i slept in increments of 15 minutes for about six hours so that i could get up and stop her from taking the cone off, alligator death rolling, or swinging from the crate like a monkey on acid. It was really a two person job. One …
I Set Myself up for Failure.
This is the moment where i began to see my job as a second home and the group of people i worked with as family. My introverted self began participating in things that took me outside of my comfort zone because people i cared about asked me to and i understood that it would make …
Deer Whistles
One of the patients’ husbands handed out deer whistles for our cars to all the staff at work. He is so kind. He bought them at walmart and handed them out to the nurses, nurses aids, and therapists. He said after reaching 35 mph they would make a whistling noise that would cause deer to …
Sugar Cane
I spent Thanksgiving with my friend Cindy and her family in a neighboring town. Her youngest son skillfully cut the outside of a stick of sugar cane off with a knife so that i could try a few pieces. It was fairly good so he made me a to go bag of sugar cane pieces …
Well Water
When people’s wells started running dry earlier in the year i had to think about what life would be like if i never tasted well water again. I started praying every morning for the longevity of my well and the arrival of rain. I also started to appreciate each additional bottle of well water that …
Cricket
I was out watering the pecan tree after nightfall. I had the headlamp on. I was carrying a watering can. I was also on the phone, because multitasking. Suddenly i noticed a pair of reflective eyes in the grass. They were bouncing. They were definitely coming towards me at a high rate of speed. The …
The Black Widow
I was noticing that it was getting harder and harder to convince the dogs to go into the dog igloo after a treat and that was unusual for Cashew, who was very treat motivated. From time to time i threw treats in there to remind them they could enter in practice for a bad weather …
The Pullets Graduate
I have orpingtons. Everything ive read about these chickens says they are supposed to start laying eggs around 6 months of age. Yet, my second batch of chickens started laying at around 5 months and these last pullets began laying at 4.5 months. I am not complaining. I think its great. I just wasnt ready …
Deodorant
I sweat a lot. I always have. I think part of whats behind that is my inability to play well with others during home life renders me doing things that the instruction sheet specifically states require 4 to 6 for assembly. When you take on a lot of physical tasks you are going to sweat. …