Gary and I have been talking lately about how to keep me healthy...I need to weave less and walk more (or ride) but I seem driven to go back to the same old, same old that I did before I got sick...Weaving and working too hard. Not getting out enough. Convincing myself that none of this cancer thing really happened. OK maybe not completely but I do have a great deal of denial. I called oncology the other day because I saw in the paper that someone here (I didn't know her) had died of pancreatic cancer early March. There is no support group for us because we don't last long enough. So I told the nurse to give out my name to anyone who wanted to talk. She told me that there were two more just diagnosed. Geez...It seems like a lot for such a small place. Four already died last year before I knew them and I'm friendly with 2 others and now 2 more newbies??
Anyway, it's spring and with all that renewal I am determined to take better care of this battered body of mine! I have applied to Social Security because I turn 62 in May and the guy called me up and told me I should apply for disability, too. So I'm working on that. It would help us a lot financially and I wouldn't have to work so hard. Because right now I get maybe 3 good days in and then I'm exhausted and spend the rest of the week reading books and watching TV. So I need to find a better balance. Meanwhile, went riding yesterday, brushed both horses, cut Duke's mane (what was left after he rubbed off most of it this past year), and took these pictures after we rode...proof that they should only breed horses dirt color.
Well, it's Saturday morning and I'm off to Mary Harding's Studio (http://www.maryhardingjewelry.etsy.com/) to glaze some buttons...then I'll come home and ride...
xo
Have a great day, Cait - I'm going riding too... and oh yes, all horses should be dirt colored..lol...
ReplyDeleteP.S. Walk, weave for enjoyment and ride more, work less. Just my 2 cents :-)
Hi Cait- this reminds me of the huge draft horses that pull wagons of visitors around our ski hill. We park near their enclosure and if we are lucky they roll in the snow. It is an amazing sight. These beautiful creatures. Gilly
ReplyDeleteDefinitely make taking care of yourself a priority. Love the rolling pictures! I watched one of mine rolling out in the pasture earlier today. It's windy as can be out today!
ReplyDeleteHey Cait, good for you girl. Take care of that body of yours - you're gonna be in it for a long time!
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, Duke looks mights spiffy, and Dommie looks ... well, Dommie certainly looks happy. :D
I love the horse rolling pics. It was such fun yesterday talking and glazing. Balance. That is so hard when all you want to do is create. But I am trying too. Now that the weather is getting better, being outside is so much more doable. Think of me raking and planting today. At least a little Spinach. This is No Bead Sunday!!
ReplyDeleteHi dear Cait! here's to find ways to balance..hard for almost everyone..and it is always shall we say, challenging" to hear when someone else is diagnosed with the same diagnosis and even more so when you hear that they are gone! Sounds like you have some good ideas, good support there..and look at those wonderful horses!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteThank you, all of you, for being part of the balance I'm needing!! I can't tell you how much your comments mean to me!!!!!
ReplyDeletewell, after equinox might be a good time to remake balance in your life. and if the horses don't help you, i don't know what will. love the funny, funny roll. does he grunt, too?
ReplyDeleteI think you're on the right track, doing what it pleases you most to do. Helping people who are just facing what you've already experienced, and survived, would be such a gift, but maybe it will give energy back to you, too. Your heart is in the right place.
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