A Little Bit

I should say something, but what? I don’t really know what to say.

So far my vacation is going fine. I’m doing my best to stay away from shows I know will be triggering and music that may be triggering. It’s safe to say I’m very guarded right now because I’m not doing that well.

As far as other self care goes, I’ve been eating regularly and taking my meds again. I’ve been sleeping even though I don’t want to and I’ve been leaving the house daily. I have chiggers to prove that I left the house yesterday and today. Gus and I went to the park today and walked around the duck pond and looked at the trees and stuff. Since the weather decided to lower its temperature from hell fire hot to manageable it means he and I get out a bit more. That 110 to 125 heat index was brutal!

My sofa got broken by a friend so I’m back to sleeping in the bed. I miss my sofa, hate the bed.

I have to get use to my new neighbors and the noises they make. For the last 5 years an elderly couple lived there but now a full family with 4 children live there. I think there are a total of 7 people in that 4 bedroom house over there. Mostly I hear the young boy and his father outside playing football. It’s not really a disturbance, just a difference I need to get use to.

There have been some changes with Mary Jane the super kitty. I’ve never been one to allow my cats to be indoor/outdoor cats because I think there’s too much for them to get into in the city, but Mary Jane was driving me insane so I let her outside. It seems she’ll stay on the front porch and sun bathe for an hour or two then she wants back in. The difficulties I was having with her before aren’t as prevalent so I think I’ll continue to let her on the porch. It worries me though because I don’t’ want her to get hurt or get into some sort of bacteria that hurts her. There’s a big world out there, totally different from indoor life but she seems to really need to be out there for a time, otherwise she paces and yowls. That sound is like fingernails on a chalk board to me.

Earlier in the evening after she came in she walked right up to me, lifted her paws in that “Mama pick me up” way and then clung to me for a bit. We sat in the Lazy Boy and watched re-runs for about two hours until she scooted to the sofa and slept on her back. The girl is adorable.

That’s pretty much it for updates. I’m taking it easy, keeping to my to-do-list and trying my best to do a lot of self care.

Oh yeah, one of my paintings on Redbubble was featured in a group called Art and Stories Made for Children. I was thrilled.

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Petunia by F. Magdalene Austin

I guess I had more to say than I realized.

Me (or someone like me)