a_natural_beauty

Not much to write this week. I'm starting up again on my comic Promised Memories again. Now I'm on chapter 19 finally! Then chapter 20 and I'll be done with part 2 of my story! I'm thinking of making it a total of 5 parts? Maybe up to 100 chapters... that feels like a-lot but already it's been 18 chapters which is a good accomplishment. It feels nice to work on it again.

The weather here has been pretty crummy. Wet, stormy, windy and cold. Climate change is a thing! I've gotten a bit of gardening done but not much. I need to learn what this one ground cover plant is that I have on my hill. I got it years ago from a patient I took care of when I did home health care. It's been growing nicely along with my lilac bushes I'm planting and hoping to have spread-out so I don't have to mow. Earlier this week I got my mower stuck several times on my hill and it was annoying. So the sooner I don't have to mow the better.

My house has sort of become a mess - not too horrible... but enough that I'm over it. But it's hard - I have moved a-lot of my hobbies and projects to the living room to keep an eye on Wiley since we've been keeping him closed off to just a few rooms in the house - mainly just the living room. It'll be nice when I can get my office together and set back up the way I wanted/needed. I have several books I want to organize better on my book shelves.

Bits and pieces of the news has stressed me out enough to remind me why I hate the news and that it's good to avoid it mostly. I do hear bits of NPR in the mornings and afternoons to and from work. Thinking about the damage he has been causing in this country and the world reminds me of a migraine that doesn't seem to go away. It just lingers. I wonder how many of his supporters still support him after the things he has done in the last several months.

It's only Wednesday night where I am, but already this week has worn me out! So many odd little busy things happened. And now it's halfway done and I don't know where the time has gone. I truly mean it when I say I am trying to get on DW more, but somedays I just don't feel like interacting with anyone and sitting on my couch reading or working on a project is what I would rather do with my time.

Monday I had the day off so I got some stuff done around my yard, but in the process of weed whacking I hurt some muscles in my back on the right side. That's been sort of keeping me from doing too much else physically. It's still very sore but I think it'll be done in another day or two.
My dad had an accident on a four wheeler he uses around the yard to haul stuff. It was in the wrong gear and he flipped off of it, hurting his chin and arms. Luckily he is okay, but being in his late 70's with some minor health issues, I worry about him (and my mom) quite a bit! So I went over there to check on him. My sister was already there so she helped him and his wounds. Then my nephew wanted to hang out for a bit, so we hung out for an hour. Went on a walk with his dog and then came back to my house to play video games.
But I did some reading and I did draw some new characters for Promised Memories.
I didn't get as much done as I wanted to with it being my day off, but that's okay. These things happen.

Tuesday after work I had a doctors appt. and it was such a beautiful day that I wanted to go walking around after that to play some Pokemon Go. So that took about an hour. I was still sore from Monday so when I came home I ended up taking a much longer nap than I wanted to. But I just didn't want to get up. I did get some work done for my comic and some reading done.

And today after work I had gravel come in for my driveway. It was going good up until the young man left. And I had many piles to clear up and move around. It was very tiring work! When already my back was STILL sore from Monday. But luckily the company got ahold of me, the owner came out and cleared up what he could and then the young man who didn't complete the job the first time came back out to finish the job. They were very understanding and nice. But physically moving a dozen buckets half full of gravel up and down a hill was very exhausting. SO I'm grateful they came back and helped finish the job.

Sometimes there are moments in my life that I look back on and I think... gosh, this is my life - right now! And what I'm going though builds character or something... at least that's how I like to think these experiences go for me. I hope all of you have been having a good week.