A long Sleep

Monday dawned cold and bright. However, come the end of the week, afternoon temperatures are predicted to be in the mid-to-high teens. When the sun came up, it was a great pleasure to go out to fetch wood because the yard is looking wonderful after all the work Pete and I did on Sunday.

I rose an hour later than usual yesterday morning. I was whacked from working with Pete and four hours of Zooming, but today is a day of no responsibilities and so I planned on doing some reading after we walked with our friends. It was a day to keep the fire going—light but constant heat was the order of the day.

But my plans for nothing but R&R derailed when Pete arrived just before 11:00 with his huge weed wacker, and he set about doing the edging of my backyard. Unable to sustain a friend and neighbour working in my yard without joining him, I set to work on clearing the driveway of two wheelbarrows full of cones, and then together we cleaned up the front yard, and now the pristine driveway and the yard free of cones and branches makes the house look fabulous from the street.

All the working made me aware of how my night would roll out. I expected another night of terrific fatigue and going to bed early. But I loved being outside, even in the cold. I loved making Pinecone Park look so, so good.

Sure enough, I was right. I was so whacked by all the activity of the previous two days with Pete, I went to bed at 20:30 last night, and I slept soundly until 5:30 this morning. And this morning, there’s been rain, and it is very welcome. The ground needs a good watering, and I need a day on the chaise with my book. Also—and this is great—I see Dr. Shoja at 14:00.

The Himalayas from space. What an incredible geographic phenomena.