Tuesday was hot. No surprise there! My foot is slightly better each day, so our walks are a little quicker and longer. I ice my foot at night, and I take Ibuprofen in the morning and at night before I go to bed.
My only task of the day was watering, but I delayed it until after lunch and I spent the morning doing errands in and around the house. When I did start to water, it was one o’clock. At two, when I wanted to have a break, I searched for Sheba to bring her in with me, but she was nowhere to be found.
She has never left the Pinecone Park area. She visits both proximate neighbours but goes no further and she always comes when she is called. But not yesterday. I called as I walked through my neighbours’ yards and on the street, but she did not respond. As time passed, I started to feel scared. I could hear it in my calls to her. And then suddenly, there she was, with Sosa, the dog next door, in Colleen’s backyard.
It was finding her that triggered my tears. I had quite the little cry as we made our way inside. The relief felt wonderful. I ate a donut to recalibrate. Then I went back to watering all the backyard beds, and when I was done, Her Highness and I went to Elder Cedar to walk. I chose to do that trail knowing that when I got home, I had only the front yard to water and then I’d be on the chaise with my foot on ice.
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It amazes me how happiness fills my soul when I have these consecutive days of solitude. I feel so free and safe and happy. I love my friends and I love seeing them, but it ain’t easy on me. It’s worth everything to be with my friends, but there’s nothing like endless absence from engagements.
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Today is yet another brilliantly sunny day, but it’s also another very comfortably warm day. It’s not going to be a day of killer heat. And the nights are lovely. The midnight temperatures are in the mid to low teens, so sleeping is a joy. Guess what I’ll do today. I’ be watering of course, but I Zoom with Dr. Dorscheid to talk about my asthma and treatment in the early afternoon.
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