Day 252 of 365 Days of Being Thankful

                  Today I am thankful that Olivia got up early to let Sandy, Renee's dog, out.
For some reason, Sandy has become very skittish around me and won't let me near her. I am watching Renee's dog because they are out of town at a wedding.  Sandy use to like me a lot but now wants nothing to do with me and won't come near me.  She really loves Olivia and she likes Frankie a lot so they have been walking her,  She wouldn't even let me put the leash on her.  Sandy doesn't usually like males but she likes Frankie.
 My weeders didn't come today because it was raining! The weeds have gotten so far ahead of me!! Yesterday I saw the gopher carrying my deer netting in his mouth. He pulled it off of my hostas.  It was a huge sheet of netting that I had over my hostas because the deer eat the plants down to almost nothing. I was afraid to go out and try to take it from the gopher. I have no idea where he scurried off to with the netting! I am thankful for watching the crazy gopher run across my patio with the netting! It was such a funny sight!  I don't know if the gophers are friendly or vicious!  Maybe the gopher is trying to use it to nest for the winter months ahead.
          Today I am extra thankful that I am going out to lunch with my three long time best friends for Jackie's birthday.  It is so nice to have friends who are there for you in the good times and the bad times.  Jackie offered to cancel and reschedule due to my sciatica.  I will take some pain pills, I am tired of the stupid sciatica running my life! When I went to the physiotherapist he told me to "be one with the pain."  What does that mean?? I am one with the pain, it is  my pain!  He also told me "not to let the pain run my life." Again, that is not something I am choosing to do but on the really painful days, I can barely make it down the steps to the couch. And he said to be "mindful" of the pain."  What the heck?? How can I not be mindful of the pain, it is unrelenting 24/7!!! He also told me to wake up, get immersed in the pain for a few minutes, then ignore the pain and go about my day as normal! If my pain was able to be forgotten, I would have forgotten about it months ago!
         I am also thankful that Olivia and Frankie had dinner with me because Dan was away on business.  I paid for the pizza and fried and we chatted and ate.  They are going to see the scary Nun movie and invited me but thanks, but NO THANKS! I don't like those type of scary movies, I get nightmares from them! 

       

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